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... i started having thoughts a while back, in a particularly annoyed moment, about the proprietary nature of so much of the audio/music industry. As an audio engineer, this is a particularly true sentiment, as so *incredibly* much of the gear my fellow engineers and i use is entirely proprietary -- both in the software and hardware departments. From how our soundboards are not-entirely-but-close-enough-to black boxes, to how the new digital age has brought so many new proprietary "standards" -- Dante, AES50, etc. There are actually open/non-proprietary standards out there for audio and video transmission over networks, and for sound control. There is no seriously good reason why we should throw hundreds of thousands of dollars at single pieces of equipment.

With this in mind, i started a new project: OpenSourceStudio. The goal of the project is to create open hardware versions of the tools we use on a daily basis in our work, and to allow for a far more modular studio. So far, i have a... start, in the form of a wiki. While this project is still early stages, i believe it has great potential to make our lives better and our work easier.

The wiki: osstudio.wiki.klisglitch.space (Registration is closed, and edit access can be requested through the Matrix community.)
Matrix community: +osstudio:matrix.klisglitch.space

i look forward to working with those of you who see potential in this project! And please, spread the word! Thank you!

#AudioEngineering #OpenSourceStudio #OSStudio

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Leo Sammallahti  

The regulation that ensures you don’t have to change your phone number when you change the provider made it easier for businesses to compete with lower prices. Markets became less "free" but more "open".

Left should move the debate from free vs regulated to free vs open markets.

Nothing reveals the hypocrisy of big businesses like when they beg for government protection from the free market forces they always cite to justify their greed.

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Glyn Moody  

France suspends controversial glue-trapping of songbirds - euractiv.com/section/energy-en good; now ban it completely forever

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Electronic Frontier Foundation  

RT @protctdemocracy: BREAKING: Several voter advocates and watchdogs are suing #POTUS for retaliating against social media companies for fa…

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Nothing shows you more vapid news than a capitalism-driven news-preferences AI.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation  

eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/eff-

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Status: Thing-Fish on LP while pleasantly buzzed.

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Lesson not learned from the 1918 flu pandemic, lack of preparation and existing social supports are much more deadly than the illness.

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Old Fucking Punk  

I think Uncle Bob and his eXtreme Programming gang have devolved software development towards the "make a cheeseburger, sell a cheeseburger" development path. With Capers Jones clocking numbers of 3x productivity (with at least that much quality gain) for MDA over any popular programming language, one has to question the intelligence of the SW community at large. Are they using their brains, or are they just chanting STUPID!, SOLID!, YAGNI! as offerings to the shrine of failed SW projects.

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I don't know if this makes Fairphone a better or worse employer than the average in whatever country the phones are made. It's always up to the people in the country to determine how they want to be treated.

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Fairphone video, "For each Fairphone produced, we pay a living wage bonus."

Hmm...this is quite a bit different than paying a living wage. The "For each" implies piecework, which was fought against by unions as unfair. "a living wage bonus" works hand in hand with piecework. i.e., you don't make a living wage if your production falters. Typical reasons production falters are illness, personal capacity (mental or physical variations from the average), and external factors.

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GOP Lawmakers Asked Trump for Low Wage, Migrant Worker Visas theintercept.com/2020/08/26/go

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The Failure to Unionize the Tech Industry Will Eat the Labor Movement Alive inthesetimes.com/article/union

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Kyle Rankin  

If a computer can read/write directly to your brain, does it change how you feel about vendor control of which software you can use or whether you can see the code? What about subsidizing hardware/software w/ ads or selling data they access through the computer?

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Kyle Rankin  

Given what you know about the current state of phone technology and Internet , which tech company would you trust to control your neural implant? theverge.com/2020/8/26/2140224

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Purism  

The design behind a and secure mobile phone

"I don't think I am mistaken if I say that the Librem 5 is the most modular smartphone out there."

puri.sm/posts/the-design-behin

Learn more: puri.sm/products/librem-5/

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Electronic Frontier Foundation  

By claiming that blockchain technology is part of a unique solution to the public health crisis we’re in, AB 2004 is opportunism at its worst. California: Tell you senator to vote no on AB 2004. eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/cali

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ScheduleBot #debconf25  

"My phone runs Debian - and it does phone calls!" by Guido Günther in Talks debconf20.debconf.org/talks/13

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Kyle Rankin  

"Documents released also show that Google’s privacy policy was crafted in a way to allow applications that had location tracking turned off from using the location tracking information from another Google application that had location tracking on" azmirror.com/2020/08/24/unseal

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Old Fucking Punk  

Is it even possible in a company with a hierarchical power structure to be Agile? FME, it doesn't appear to be possible. Scrum practice especially imposes tighter management controls in hierarchical power structures. This explains it's popularity with management; it gives an illusion of more control over outcomes. Given that it is mostly practiced with invalid metrics, the whole idea is laughable.

Agile is only possible with autonomy, trust, and cooperation. Not common in a modern SW corp.

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