Ich wΓΌnsch euch ganz wundervolle Feiertage π. Besondere Liebe geht an alle raus, die sich gerade einsam fΓΌhlen, sich kein tolles Festtagsessen oder einen Weihnachtsmarktbesuch leisten kΓΆnnen oder gerade mit Depression kΓ€mpfen. I see you π. Ich bin so unfassbar mΓΌde, heute ist mein erster Urlaubstag des Jahres und ich werde so viel schlafenβ¦ FΓΌhlt euch gedrΓΌckt, wenn ihr mΓΆgt π.
One common reason people name to pick a big host like GitHub instead of Codeberg to host their projects on is the hope that the bigger platform will make it more likely to get more contributors. A nice thought, isn't it?
Sadly, realistically, most FOSS projects will forever stay 1 person, no matter where it is hosted, so just don't worry about it :)
Also, depending on the audience, GitHub might just as well keep contributors away than attract them. I'm even kind of a bit proud those are balanced in my audience: chaos.social/@chrysn/115707616β¦
When you find an issue with software you use that you can fix right away, what are hurdles you are prepared to take while sending that fix upstream?
#FLOSS #supplychain #opensource
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@chrysn Being involved in IzzyOnDroid, people seem to not be less willing to log into Codeberg than GitHub.
Back when I was involved in F-Droid I did see a lot of issues caused by GitLab's anti-abuse systems asking quite ridiculous things like credit card info from those trying to use GitLab CI (to prevent Bitcoin mining abuse), meaning a lot of users were either unable (no credit card) or unwilling to test their changes.
A forge *can* make stuff worse, but Codeberg doesn't seem a big hassle.
On top of that, Codeberg has not falsely deleted any issues in issue trackers yet unlike GitHub (I have lost over 20 Catima issues, probably more, but GitHub refuses to even give me a list: chaos.social/@SylvieLorxu/1155β¦)
Yep, even my more popular projects haven't generally received contributions outside Hacktoberfest. I mirrored all my projects to my personal forge last year and now don't put anything new on GitHub and it's been just fine.
@msfjarvis Basically the same here. Most contributions I get are translations, which are all Weblate so not really relevant. Hacktoberfest is basically 95+% of all contributions of the year and this year a lot of that was LLM slop.
None of those contributors stick around, so I end up spending more time guiding them through the codebase than if I had written the code themselves, so aside from one contributor in the past who did stick around for a bit, it has generally only cost time.
it's the only license i've seen that accounts for the power dynamics fundamental to capitalism: class struggle between proletarians and the bourgeoisie. it takes a stand for the working class by defining a commons where people and their orgs are granted access while for profit enterprises will need to negotiate for access. this line of differentiation is the one that matters the most, under the current mode of production. read the telekommunist manifesto for more context, well worth it
"Magic? Are you for real? That stuff is all make-believe," the youth huffed in exasperation.
The elder remained unperturbed. "What makes you so certain?"
"Ugh! I... I tried it all, ok? The incantations, the ritual components, the freaking wands! I wished over and over again and nothing happened, and right now I just need this to end, so I'm not wasting my time with all that trash again."
Still unperturbed - but now with a glimmer of understanding - the elder placidly responded. "Ahh, yes, you've been taught the usual lies. No matter - the truth is easy enough to learn... if you'd like."
The youth was obviously still skeptical, but offered no objection.
The elder spoke - quietly at first, growing more and more animated with every word, until the room itself seemed to struggle to hold the conversation.
"A wish, my dear, is not a commandment which we use to impel reality to become different for no reason! No, this is silly! Of course what you were told didn't work, because none of it is true! A wish is an invitation - it is the feeling of reality asking us if we'd like to be a part of changing it! That is the way the magic flows. And if we say yes, well... that's when things get interesting!"
Microsoft: β1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of codeβ
That would mean @bagder rewriting 5 #curl projects into Rust in a month.
Microsoft revising the βrewrite over a weekendβ meme to it actually taking them 6 days. For a person they have not hired yet. With tools they still have to invent.
If you are a MS customer, youβd better start putting more money into Copilot right away!
I donated to #eff as I think they do great work trying keep our internet free. They also have nice things like privacybadger extension. Check them out. They do hope to unlock matching funds if they get enough members before the year ends.
I donated to @conservancy I think they also do important work supporting lots of free software projects, managing legal waters and supporting software freedom. They are also fighting the good fight to make sure the GPL is actually enforceable.
They do have a match in effect now until jan 15th.
Software freedom is critical to many of todayβs most pressing social issues, but itβs only effective when FOSS is for everyone. Support Conservancy today to help make that happen!
I also this year donated to the internet archive. I think people tend to just take them for granted, that they will always be there archiving our internet history, but if we don't support them, they won't be. ;(
They provide the wayback machine, sooo many old archives of things (recently I found all the old dragon magazines are available there).
The media in my country is poor and getting worse. propublica has been doing actual news reporting, things that no one else is willing to do and speaking truth to power.
Heartland Humane Society provides adoptions, lost pet resources, low-cost services, and humane education in Benton County. Join us in supporting pets today!
Finally a reminder: your company may have a donation matching program. If it does, do remember to request matches for all your donations. The group will then get 2x your donation. Win win!
This post was contributed by the Fundraising Committee from the GNOME Foundation. This week we are launching an end-of-year fundraising campaign with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME...
Sometimes when people ask me how I perceive myself as an autistic person who canβt see images in my head, the best way I can describe it is.. I feel like Krang.
I feel like I am a brain, just floating around in space, badly controlling this body that is attached poorly to me.
That sounds similar to how I perceive myself (blind from birth so no visual perception or notion of one). But not sure if it's the same or it just reads like it.
@marcozehe ich find das Lied auch nicht schlimm. Die WeihnachtsbΓ€ckerei finde ich wesentlich schrecklicher. Gerade lΓ€uft Fairytale of New York, das mag ich sehr. Ein Freund hΓΆrt es sich immer an Heiligabend an zur Erinnerung an seine Mutter.
Eh, pls #boost my request to #getfedihired, if you could spare two clicks? π₯Ί
I've been humming and hawing about posting this, it feels strange, something about generational guilt & working class shame & ... but it's either this or start putting my CV through LLMs to include every buzzword on the listing I'm applying to. I haven't been able to stomach that, even though I presume that's a lot of my competition.
I simply can't get to an interview. Historically, I've done three interviews and got the job each time, because I'm a real human being who is friendly and chatty and presents himself sincerely (or, that's my guess, anyway).
In #Ireland with my partner, but we've lived in different places and would move happily. I've a year experience doing an IT support role the last year, but have transitioned to this stuff later than usual.
Before I've done: bartender; bicycle courier for Deliveroo in #Berlin for two years (best job ever); private tutor for five years in #Lyon (mostly piano but also maths, Irish, English, flute, tin whistle); bookies clerk for a short period; a few other odd bits - one highlight was writing reviews for a theatre company.
Oh, very comfortably fluent in #French, pretty fluent in #Irish (my first love), and intermediate #German (which I would love to have a chance to go back speaking and learning).
Tech-wise, it's been mostly on the #Linux / #Emacs / #Lisp side of things. I would happily work on anything that is one or more of challenging, interesting, useful, or moral.
Money doesn't rule me. I want to live with a humane level of comfort, that's all.
CVs and references available, DMs open. Thanks so much for any and all help!
it's pretty funny when right wing trolls are like "no politics in software!!" followed by "rust is woke!!" like. my man. you just made it about politics
It occurs to me that the recent #NVDA issue with IPC between 64 and 32-bit libraries (in particular voice synths) may be a perfect place for this solution: ekxide.io/blog/iceoryx2-0.8-reβ¦
the next version of NVDA will be a 64-bit program, so it cannot easily directly interface with 32-bit libraries, and many voice synths (especially older ones) are built as 32-bit artifacts. Eloquence being one of them. This might be a way to create a mechanism for NVDA to interface with such libraries, possibly.
Guten Morgen! Ich wΓΌnsche euch einen schΓΆnen, geruhsamen und nach euren WΓΌnschen verlaufenden Heiligabend! Und dann zwei Weihnachtsfeiertage, die natΓΌrlich auch genau nach euren Vorstellungen verlaufen mΓΆgen. Die einen werden's feiern, die anderen werden ob der Familienverpflichtungen gequΓ€lt aufstΓΆhnen, die nΓ€chsten werden's ignorieren, und all das ist voll OK! Nichts davon ist falsch. β€οΈ
Brailab, the Hungarian-only speech synth people love to make beatbox with random consonant-combos and yet I grew up with, is now updated to use a faster wrapper architecture and modernized with NVDA 2025.3. This does lay the groundwork for Brailab to work across future NVDA versions, as the audio it produces is now piped directly into memory with the wrapper rather than the DLL just piping it to the Windows audio API. eurpod.com/brailab-2025.nvda-aβ¦
Yβall realise that the entire computer industry just pivoted to βAI Supportβ. Manufacturers of components (GPUs, CPUs, storage, RAM) are either exiting the consumer market (ex: Micron, Samsung) or severely limiting their offerings (NVIDIA, AMD, Samsung). Instead they are making products specifically catered and offered to AI/datacentre use.
You thought not being able to upgrade your RAM was a problem. Wait until you canβt buy a computer, and only rent one.
What can I say. Brailab wrapper works. It has some quirks but I built one. Now onto firstbite. I heard the voice, it won't be no Doubletalk style, because it is SmoothTalker 4 whereas I believe the other was version 3. But it does sound cool. I like that voice. Sort of like a hybrid of Keynote and old eloquence. I got it working under XP. But modern Windows, it has a memory corruption errors.
Mark Carney took a cabinet committee name and speech ideas from billionnaire-funded pro-AI and oil&gas booster group 'Build Canada' last May.
DeSmog and National Observer wrote about it 2 weeks ago and The Tyee wrote about the DOGE proponents among them in February but no legacy media have followed up. #media #cdnpoli
This mudslides app for iOS. I guess it's the next mudrammer? I've heard it's a testflight beta. How does one get access to this? I haven't had a mud client on my phone for years.
Hey people that follow @RainbowRemedy@moonbow.garden can also follow me here if you'd like. :) I plan to have both accounts up because I like both spaces for different reasons xx
There's a topic on the AudioGames forum where someone was asking if the Blastbay Film Score Themes CDs are available anywhere. Philip Bennefall has kindly made most of these available. The exception is the Epic Romance CD to which he sold the rights a few years ago. His links are available for a limited time, so I've downloaded them and combined everything into one zip file, around 1.5 gigabytes. These files are in wav format. The AudioGames topic has a link where you can purchase the Epic Romance pack, again as wavs, so I am not including that since it's still for sale. Share and enjoy! Zip file: bluegrasspals.com/BlastbayFilmβ¦ AudioGames forum topic: forum.audiogames.net/topic/581β¦
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