Bob Ham @rah@librem.one
Computer programmer, transpersonal psychologist. Occupied with freedom in the mobile phone space.
This is my personal account. My views are my own.
Joined May 2019
@clacke You're not communicating very well. Your response just seems like a pithy dismissal. You've provided glib answers to important questions without providing any references to back up what you're saying.
The witch hunt continues:
http://guix.gnu.org/blog/2019/joint-statement-on-the-gnu-project/
My first thought: this is exactly what they (those who attacked rms) wanted. Divide and conquer.
My second thought: how has Stallman's behavior over the years undermined the empowerment of all computer users?
My last thought: why didn't the people making the statement explicitly state the behaviour(s) they believe to undermine?
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Bank robbers used to burn debt documentation and it's absolutely wild to me that you could just do that in the 1920-30s.
@irl Personally, I think it's complete awesomeness.
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UK, drugs policy
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A worker owned taxi #coop in Southend has grown from 6 to 70 drivers.
They repaid all their investors and returned £3000 to their members last year. The same year Uber left the area after failing to compete with them.
We need this in every town and city!
@amcewen I spy with my little eye.. a sugar silo! I know where this is..
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WTF?! My non-rooted phone had #Google Maps pre-installed, but I only use #OSMand for navigation etc.
Yesterday, I walked to a local restaurant, without using my phone, and had lunch there before walking back.
I never opened #GoogleMaps.
Today, I find a notification from Maps:
How was {restaurant name}?
Rate places to get smarter recommendations.
So it tracked and calculated where I ate without even opening my phone or the app.
Definitely time for #Pinephone / #LibreM
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Thailand judge shoots himself in court after criticising system
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49945636
(submitted by miles)
@mewmew Mastodon is not useless by itself. A Mastodon instance can function without a wider social network.
@mewmew "Mastodon is the frontend: the program in the system that lets you interacts with the posts of all the people you follow. The frontend is an essential part of a social network, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete social network."
I don't believe that's right. As I understand it, "Mastodon" does not refer solely to a frontend but to a codebase with multiple parts including both a frontend and a backend. And even that distinction is sketchy.
@uncletrunks@radical.town It's MINE! I WANT! ME! ME! ME! MIIIIIIINE!
@lxoliva I'm too wary of being attacked by a mindless Twitter/Fediverse mob to attend LibrePlanet.
@ozoned @gamingonlinux You got done :-)
@mntmn It looks like the keys in the Reform 2 are no longer 3D printed like they were in the Reform 1, is that right?
Hmm... veganism you say?
https://i.imgur.com/JjjDHwu.gifv
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last night I went to a talk by tamzin powell, an anthropologist into folklore and witchcraft. it focused on the continued existence of 'cunning folk' and their history in the wye valley and the forest of dean. this is a thread of what I learned!
@fey @knownrobes Conwy valley FTW
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If the operating system on your computer is a subscription service which you might lose access to at any time, what use is owning the hardware it runs on?
This could be the next revolutionary product:
Rented PCs on which you own nothing, with no way of transferring your own data out to another storage medium. Also, you cannot even unlock the PC without an internet connection, so all your files are held hostage by the subscription service.
#PlannedObsolescence is for noobs.
Computer programmer, transpersonal psychologist. Occupied with freedom in the mobile phone space.
This is my personal account. My views are my own.
Joined May 2019
