"A conversation with Daniel Stenberg, creator and maintainer of #curl, one of the most widely used networking tools on the internet. We talk about Daniel’s journey through decades of protocol work, the story of curl, what keeps him going, and how he balances open source with real life."
On July 16, the European Commission proposed a €2tn seven-year budget – the largest in the EU’s history – to boost autonomy, competitiveness, and resilience. The spending plan ...
not sure if you know about this but some people just do it for free!!! You don't even have to pay them a subscription. Unlike the EU budgeting software, probably…
The usual suspects, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle etc. have a huge lobby sitting in Brussels to make sure that the companies will get a big piece of the cake. Open Source sadly has no lobby. I wish there was. Also the term 'sovereignty' is somewhat a buzzword and they don't in any way understand that this cannot be accomplished with any US tech company which provide cloud services.
This is what you get when you have people in power, esp. v.d.Leyen, who don't understand what's at stake.
The problem is probably that the OSS folks don't have hordes of lobbyists and "consultants" yelling at every politician in Brussels, throwing money around and making them panic that they may miss the AI hype train.
Background The EU is allocating a €2 trillion investment "to boost autonomy, competitiveness, and resilience" by "address[ing] cybersecurity, innovation, and other...
in order to make them turn to open source, the license must prohibit commercial use; then will start realizing the true value of open source
There's nothing wrong in having a license that prohibit commercial use; it's a fair behavior; besides, a concept (absolute freedom) must never be above foss people and their generous efforts
Its source repo was archived 6/2024, and the app taken off PlayStore. Last release was 2/2022, but the server software most likely moved on – which might have broken compatibility. If that is the case, we'd need to remove the app from #IzzyOnDroid as well, to avoid disappointments for those installing it full of hope.
How does that work with Chat Control then? Aren't they one of the backers of CC (which I understood to be open access to all messaging regardless of encryption)?
This has got to be one of the best. In Wales, UK, there is a legal requirement for road signs to be in both English and Welsh. So, in this case, the official of the Highways department emailed the English wording to the translator and, after receiving a reply, proceeded to have the sign made and installed.
Unfortunately, a few weeks later, Welsh-speaking drivers began to call up to point out that the Welsh reads..... "I am currently out of the office. Please submit any work to the translation team."
She has been at the forefront of building the @matrix , nurturing the growth of a vibrant open ecosystem, while also driving the success of Element—a sustainable open-source company with a strong focus on gov tech.
At the Fest, she’ll join a roundtable on the open web, open protocols, and the future of decentralized governance and interoperability.
Whether you want to hear how an organization deployed Matrix at scale or learn what the engineers are doing to improve the protocol, the Matrix Conference has a track for you.
For example, there's a WG for documenting moderation issues; reducing spam, easier handling of trolls, griefers and grifters.
If you're keen to get involved in keeping the Matrix protocol network fully decentralised, surveillance-free, and non-corporate, this could be a good way.
Yeah, I've updated my @Arch Linux to @GNOME 49. There are some nifty #a11y related tweaks such as better labelling for gnome shell menus, refreshed settings UI, I like how presentation of various lists e.g. List of wireless networks is presented with screen reader including signal strength.
I must admit the iPhone Air looks pretty cool. Now that Google is locking down #Android, I might as well get one of those and do #Conversations_im for iOS instead.
Tried iOS with iPhone 14, fled within 6 month back to Android and Pixel 8 pro. With Google going iOS Style I looked into GrapheneOS to learn the only decent devices supported are Pixels but only until last year. Is open source really dead end on smart phones?😭
Why maybe that’s what we need to solve the unsolvable issue of XMPP notifications not reaching any iOS client running in the background. The remaining piece of the XMPP puzzle.
Well, yes. But tried @Monal these days and they did a pretty well job. Works really nicely combined with #Prosody, #Conversations_im and #Dino. But I think you already joined forces, which is a good thing.
In the Linux world there are several tools and technologies to encrypt data on a hard drive, most falling into one of two categories: block device encryption (like LUKS) or stacked filesystem encryption (like EncFs or gocryptfs).
This was very funny and I do think it makes some good points, although I am not looking forward to the smug linux weenie contingent reading it literally and linking to it incessantly, while being ignorant of the artful suspension of disbelief and the deliberate omission of massive swathes of extremely useful functionality and security that it's leaving out rakhim.exotext.com/benjamin-bu…
Tuta is the secure email service, built in Germany. Use encrypted emails on all devices with our open source email client, mobile apps & desktop clients.
OK, having read your report, it’s quite reassuring—my email is safe!
But that’s not really what my question was about.
In the reported case, the authorities didn’t ask for access to the emails. They ask for the accounts to be suspended, which isn’t a case that’s mentioned in your report.
So I’ll ask again: if authorities asked Tuta to suspend some users’ account, what would Tuta do?
Pořád v šortkách, byť nahoře jeansovou bundu. Včera na kole podobně krátké/dlouhé, ale odpoledne si už asi vezmu dlouhé/dlouhé — po padesátce bude lepší ta kolena nezlobit.
Discover how Ditto, an open-source clipboard manager, transformed my productivity by providing complete control over my clipboard history, easy organization, and seamless multi-device syncing.
If you, like me, need to drown out the sounds of your local environment with a bunch of unpredictable chaos and weird noises, FX Radio may just be the thing for you.
Direct from the dot lumen website: "Expected something like this to exist, but not during our lifetime." - blind since birth Everything the Guide Dog can do, now in Technology The guide dog pulls your hand, the .lumen Glasses pull your head. Powered by our patented haptic interface. My comment? That's... interesting. I did not know that "blind since birth" was someone's name or a proper attribution. Neither am I sure I want to it pull my head. What do you all think? dotlumen.com/glasses
Before reading the hole post I thought this was gonna be like some fluff piece about how this device is going to "help the blind see" or something. Thanks for keeping it real.
I'd like something that could keep me from veering, especially when out in a busy street. something like that could be great for those of us with spacial awareness issues, whether it be due to, in my case, having only one ear, or just not having much in the matter of space perception in general.
ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials with the network said Monday.
this piece describes my preferred approach to programming better than anything I've managed to write so far (did I post this already? maybe so, but it's worth a repost)
This is a brief write-up of a trick I learned that helps me write code faster and more accurately. I say "trick", but it's really something I started to do without noticing as I moved further into my career.
Last week I attended a symposium called ”The Politics of AI: governance, resistance, alternatives” at Goldsmiths in London. In this post, I will share some takeaways.
Help the people around you continue to be protected by helping them switch to Linux. They don't need to go buy a new computer just because Microsoft made a decision for them.
Follow @Endof10 for success stories and resources for how to help people switch!
Did I mention my second talk from #PyConAU about Free Software's unwillingness to think about consequences and how we might have learned a small amout from labour organising (and how corporates certainly have)?
(Christopher Neugebauer) The Golden Era of Open Source, in whose late stages we currently exist, has been defined by early decisions to release code with no ...
A beta version of Pinta 3.1 is available for testing. The fee open source image editor adds axonometric grid, polygon selection, performance improvements and more.
"Look, at some point you’re going to have to draw a line. So I’d argue, why not draw it right here? And when they come to you with stupid, ridiculous demands, picking fights that you know you could win in court, instead of rolling over, why not stand up and use four key words they don’t tend to teach you in business school? Not, ‘OK, you’re the boss.’ Not, ‘Whatever you say goes.’ But instead, the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away. And that is, ‘Fuck you. Make me.’” youtube.com/watch?v=ohPToBog_-…
John Oliver discusses ABC’s move to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air, what it has to do with Brendan Carr and the FCC, what it means for free speech in the Unit...
![Cropped screenshot from the game Disco Elysium. The scene shows a the two detectives looking at a blackboard in an abandoned building which has some drawings and a calendar on it.
The description text says:
"Project Dread Board - This is a monthly calendar from the year '50. Cryptiv words like 'sprint', 'daily minime', and 'GPI' span the marker drawn grid -- the grand scheme of production and money.
Perception (Sight) [Medium - Success] -- It looks like an academic calendar. Only much more *brutal*.
1. Keep reading -- What happned?
2. Step back and look at something else.
"](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/706641 "Cropped screenshot from the game Disco Elysium. The scene shows a the two detectives looking at a blackboard in an abandoned building which has some drawings and a calendar on it.
The description text says:
\"Project Dread Board - This is a monthly calendar from the year '50. Cryptiv words like 'sprint', 'daily minime', and 'GPI' span the marker drawn grid -- the grand scheme of production and money.
Perception (Sight) [Medium - Success] -- It looks like an academic calendar. Only much more *brutal*.
1. Keep reading -- What happned?
2. Step back and look at something else.
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Michael
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •The usual suspects, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle etc. have a huge lobby sitting in Brussels to make sure that the companies will get a big piece of the cake.
Open Source sadly has no lobby. I wish there was.
Also the term 'sovereignty' is somewhat a buzzword and they don't in any way understand that this cannot be accomplished with any US tech company which provide cloud services.
This is what you get when you have people in power, esp. v.d.Leyen, who don't understand what's at stake.
LogicalErzor
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •ive created a draft within pmOS to try and get an open letter going: gitlab.postmarketos.org/postma…
will be useful if other open source/foss projects signed on
#OpenSource #linux #linuxmobile #PostmarketOS
An Open Letter Regarding EU's €2T Budget Disregarding Open Source (#121) · Issues · postmarketOS / postmarketOS · GitLab
GitLabdoragasu
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •in order to make them turn to open source, the license must prohibit commercial use; then will start realizing the true value of open source
There's nothing wrong in having a license that prohibit commercial use; it's a fair behavior; besides, a concept (absolute freedom) must never be above foss people and their generous efforts
Koen 🇺🇦
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