The Matrix.org Foundation joins the FOSS community and advocates of digital sovereignty in calling on the European Commission to sustain its funding for the Next Generation Internet program.
The European Union must keep funding free software: matrix.org/blog/2024/07/17/ngi…
#Advocacy #Policy #EU #FOSS #OpenSource
The European Union must keep funding free software
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communicationsJosh Simmons (matrix.org)
Von wegen technologieoffen: Wie das ZDF berichtet, haben sich Minister Wissing & Staatssekretär Luksic als Lobbyisten für den Kraftstoff HVO100 einspannen lassen. Unterstützern von "HVO100 goes Germany" wurden exklusive Treffen mit Wissing oder Luksic in Aussicht gestellt - gegen saftige Bezahlung.
Luksic übernahm sogar die Schirmherrschaft für die u.a. von Tankstellen - Lobbyverbänden finanzierte Kampagne.
Wir fordern schonungslose Aufklärung!
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Gegen Fakten und Vernunft – Minister Wissing verdingt sich als Verbrenner-Lobbyist
Medienberichten zufolge haben sich Minister Wissing und sein Staatssekretär Oliver Luksic als Lobbyisten für den Reste-Kraftstoff HVO100 einspannen lassen – explizit gegen die Empfehlung der Fachleute im Verkehrsministerium.www.vcd.org
NOAA Is in Danger
Project 2025 would all but dissolve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Zoë Schlanger (The Atlantic)
Bayern beschließt Bundeswehrgesetz: Militär an Schulen
Per Gesetz verpflichtet Bayern seine Hochschulen zur Kooperation mit der Bundeswehr. Die Kritik daran ist laut, CSU, Freie Wähler und SPD waren aber dafür.Legal Tribune Online
The simplicity of Dutch public transport tariff sometimes leads to illogical pricing.
For instance this 30-minute-long tram ride is cheaper with a tourist ticket for € 3.40 than when paid as you go with a transport or payment card.
I wish Dutch cities learned to implement price caps, which are common in virtually all other countries.
The Best Phone of 2024 is now just $975 for Amazon Prime Day
Amazon is currently shaving $324 off of the 256GB Galaxy S24 Ultra, while the 512GB model is $370 off. That means you can grab a 256GB Galaxy S24 UltraAlexander Maxham (Android Headlines)
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OneDrive in-depth: Learning content
Microsoft OneDrive Blog: OneDrive is the home of your files, and files are how we get our work done. It goes beyond storing and protecting files. It also powers sharing, collaboration and file...Windows 11 Forum
Hello Hello Jamers 🙂
For those who didn't have the time or energy to click on the Dev update #9 link, we've got you covered!
Here's the link, if you want to know more: jami.net/dev-update-9/
#Jami #opensource #P2P #App #PrivacyMatters
Dev update #9
Jami's development is progressing, with our developers concentrating on improving small fixes to the user interface.jami (Jami)
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Anna Genser | BYCS
About me: As a working mother of three children (10 and under) I am very reliant on my cargo bike often with the added trailer. I love good cycling infrastructure especially when the needs ofBicycle Mayor (BYCS)
Proposal: I email you weekly programming challenges building towards a web browser, & assess the solutions you email back!
Some of those challenges could be skipped if you want to pull in existing dependencies (just don't email those solutions to me), others can't.
No charge.
Though if it goes well I might charge to rerun the course.
How much interest do I have?
- I'm interested (21%, 8 votes)
- I and my friends are interested (2%, 1 vote)
- No thanks (2%, 1 vote)
- Won't partake, but good idea! (73%, 28 votes)
To anyone who wishes to learn how to build their own browser engine (the document-rendering portions), or simply wants weekly real-world software development exercises...
Please sign up at browserdev-challenges.ghost.io… & starting Sat 27th July I'll send you weekly challenges!
These challenges should only take an evening a week, for 12 months.
And to those signing up: I'm happy to offer you a chat platform discuss with other students! Do you prefer XMPP, Matrix, IRC, SSH-Chat, or Mattermost?
seirdy.one/meta/badges/ has mine.
if you wanna use the others, see credits wt the bottom for unmodified versions (I remove/reduce animation for some of them).
Classic web badges
My curation of over 70 88x31 badges, representing what I and this site use and stand for.Seirdy’s Home
Long before #Rosetta & 67P/C-G, there was Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 & its devastating 1994 encounter with Jupiter.
I was privileged to be part of the team that made & released the very first images of Fragment A impacting at ~20:15 UTC on 16 July, 30 years ago last night, as seen from Calar Alto in Spain.
The brightness of the impact plume was a huge surprise & the following week saw intense astronomical, media, & public engagement.
#Astronomy #Astrodon #SpaceScience #PlanetaryProtection
Running any kind of online community is a huge undertaking. David has done so for well over a decade as a volunteer who has improved our access to information.
We send our support and solidarity to David’s family, and to the @AppleVis team.
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No, Tobias. You can neither outrun nor outskate an incoming thunderstorm.
Now get out of those soaked clothes with what remains of your dignity.
Test out the new Open Source games here! itch.io/jam/free-software-puri…
Free-Software Purism Game Jam
A game jam from 2024-06-10 to 2024-07-17 hosted by Purism. All those participating, use the code purismgamedev to save 10% on the purism shop! Welcome to the first Purism Free Software Game Jam! Here, we want...itch.io
It was powerful being able to submit a pull request to fix a typo and have it fixed quickly. That's something proprietary games cannot offer.
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Meta is already using it’s user’s data in the USA, But its brazen attempt to use EU user data and introduce Meta AI won’t pass! 🙅 🧐
Read more here 👉👉tuta.com/blog/noyb-privacy-win…
#MetaAi #Meta #AI #NYOB #Privacyrights #gdpr #GDPR #AI #Tuta #privacy
Another privacy win for NOYB: Your data is up for grasps? Not so in the EU – not even for Meta’s AI!
Meta’s ‘legitimate interest’ to use Facebook and Instagram user data to train its AI models met with backlash in the EU.Tuta
In terms of creating a less bias AI model, it is better to have a more diverse training model. Thus, if many data subjects opt-out to this training attempt, in the long run there will be a worse off propaganda machine.
This is one of those current dilemmas between quality of model and acquiring of data.
After reading an article on the average news site, there are usually links to articles of dubious quality that are often salacious clickbait. These are usually Taboola ads.
It is thus a huge surprise to hear that Apple plans to run ads from them in its News and Stocks apps.
9to5mac.com/2024/07/16/apple-t…
Apple taps infamous Taboola to sell ads for Apple News and Stocks - 9to5Mac
Apple has entered a new partnership with Taboola, the ad firm known infamously for ‘chumbox’ ads, to sell ads for Apple News and Stocks.Ryan Christoffel (9to5Mac)
The Basics of Legibility
A Short Guide for Non-Typographers
BTSpeak owners! July 6th 2024 update: Bug: BTSpeak not speaking on boot.
july 6th has come and gone, and I’m sorry that I’m just now, writing about this. I do understand however that not everyone is on the BTSpeak list, and conventions bring new owners of th…Drews Sound
> Confidence is not "I know what I'm doing."
> Confidence is "I know how to find that out" and "I know how to learn new things" and most importantly "I know when I don't know what I'm doing, so I stop and find someone who does"
(us)pol in original post, see reply with cw
Doesn't apply to (us)pol only – but to soooo many more areas I don't even dare START counting…
And IMHO it also includes "I admit when I'm wrong and adjust accordingly" – instead of "I'm a mule and continue on my path regardless what".
(with apologies to the mule)
For the Nation of Gondwana festival this weekend, me and Nicl worked on a 3D printed tactile map. Made me wonder if there are any standards in this direction, like what shape would a toilet have and all that. If anyone has some pointers, please let us know!
This was first drawn in inkscape and then later extruded layer by layer in openscad2.
printed at @xHain_hackspace @xhain3dlab #NationOfGondwana #NationOfGondwana2024
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