Vincent Cloutier @vincent@librem.one

https://matrix.org/open-tech-meetup/ is live now! Join us!

Beta six is here and Nextcloud 19 is coming soon! Help us make it a perfect release! 😀
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-19-beta-6-is-out-help-us-test-it/

Many times, I've seen arguments made like this: "I'd try Mastodon, but I already have Twitter followers", or "I'd like to use OSM, but Google Maps has better data for my city", or, in my case, "I'd like to use sr.ht, but GitHub has better discoverability".

Platforms for which popularity improves the utility of the service are skewed in favor of the incumbents. New platforms face a chicken-and-egg problem. You have to decide - will you help it, or exacerbate it? Those are the only two choices you have.

Don't let that cool new platform die in obscurity while you wait for it to become popular.

1) A donut has a hole in the middle
2) You can eat a donut
3) You cannot eat a hole

=> the world is positively littered with un-eaten, left over donut holes

Sure, to make an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe. But to make plans for later this year you must first imagine a whole civilisation.

To all those that still think #Covid19 might not be that big a thing. Here’s the death toll of Covid19 compared to SARS and H1N1. Sorted by days since outbreak. #StayAtHome🏡 #WashYourHands🧼 #WearAMask😷 Source: https://cv19info.live/

He's right.

@brainblasted never mind, I see now 😠

@sir

Big conferences like FOSDEM should start hosting PeerTube instances instead of depending on mirrors.

#FOSDEM #PeerTube

Count votes on paper ballots. By hand.

signed,
a software professional

Doors to help those with dementia feel like they’re home. Such a good idea.

https://imgur.com/gallery/3fzRFUy

In 1998, a programmer who had been working on Y2K fixes started to get anxious because he couldn't believe how pervasive the problem was. He switched from company to company trying to get away from it, but everywhere he went he became regarded as the Y2K expert and immediately became the team lead for that company's Y2K contingencies. He finally had a nervous breakdown, quit his job, and decided he wanted to be knocked unconscious when the Y2K actually came about.

A month before Y2K he was put into an artificial coma and cooled down to a near cryogenic easily sustained long term life support.

Unfortunately the life support notification system had a Y2K bug, and no one revived him for 8000 years.

Finally he was found and revived. He woke up, and saw himself surrounded by lots of glass, light, stainless steel, and tall beautiful people in white robes. He asked if he was in Heaven.

They replied, "No, this is Chicago. Actually but it's a lot like Heaven to someone like you."

"Someone like me?"

"You are from the 20th century. Many of the problems that existed in your lifetime have been solved for thousands of years. There is no hunger and no disease. There is no scarcity, or strife between races and creeds."

"What year is it now?"

"Yeah, about that - it's the year 9,998. You see, the year 10,000 is coming up, and we understand you know something called COBOL?"

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and start preparing for twitter too