Did you know we have a Github project dedicated to client compatibility issues? We don't have time to investigate all of them at the moment (there are so many Mastodon clients!) but if your favorite client has an issue open in this project, and you feel like taking a look at it... well, that would be cool :)

github.com/superseriousbusines…

#OtD 22 Jan 1891 Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci was born in Sardinia. His key contribution was his theory of hegemony, which describes how the capitalist class maintains power through its domination of culture. Commemorative merch here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/e…
#otd

Tim Klein noticed that #jigsaw puzzle companies tend to use the same cut patterns for multiple puzzles. This makes the pieces interchangeable.” So he’s combined puzzles to create these amazingly bizarre hybrid images…

#art

themindcircle.com/jigsaw-puzzl…

Grief
On Friday evening, we said goodbye to our beautiful labrador Cocoa who was with us for just shy of 13 wonderful years. It all happened very suddenly. We're all heartbroken, but each day is a little brighter.
This song, Roses of Loss, which we released a couple of years ago, fits my current feelings far too well. Lyrics by my good friend Michael Sheppard. files.jantrid.net/music/NthDeg…

as it is the 40th anniversary of the Apple Lisa i am once again obsessing about this photo of Atari developers Dave Staugas, Jim Eisenstein and Jerome Domurat sitting in front of a few Apple Lisas and Macintoshes in March of 1985

the Apple Lisa was used to prototype the Atari ST's TOS operating system before the hardware was ready

the photo is from this Antic Podcast interview with Jerome:

archive.org/details/JeromeDomu…

#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST #Apple #Lisa

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in reply to GEM is truly truly outrageous

you can see you can see the early "DAS BOOT" disk loading TOS boot screen, printed really big pasted up on the whiteboard for some reason

probably using that Apple Imagewriter

#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST

youtu.be/SLmC5jWXTP8?t=637

in reply to GEM is truly truly outrageous

speaking of Apple Lisa source...

source code for the GEMDOS prototype for the Apple Lisa was found among the Digital Research source code that was released under the GPL by Caldera a while back

now that's how you publicly license historical source code

and people have gotten it to run!

with a full GEM desktop!

it even runs well behaving Atari ST apps!

stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopi…

alternative-system.com/en/revi…

compu85.homeip.net/stuff/Lisa/…

#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST #Apple #Lisa #GEM

Have you heard about #ReproducibleBuilds? This is one of the biggest #security benefits of #FOSS. On #Android, this technique ensures that the #FDroid version of an app exactly matches the developer's version.

Read our article below for more details and to see how easy it is for developers to get set up:
f-droid.org/en/2023/01/15/towa…

Für alle Leseratten gingen gerade wieder 20 #eBooks bei ebooks.qumran.org/ live. Damit fehlen nur noch 54 Bücher zur 12k Marke – bei der es dann für jeden Monat des Jahres 1.000 eBooks in meiner kleinen Bibliothek gäbe. Sollte also bald soweit sein :awesome:

Happy Schmökering!

It's with great pleasure to announce that the CfP for Linux App Summit is open! Please consider submitting a talk - it will be in person in Brno - April 21-23, 2023 - linuxappsummit.org/cfp/
hosted by both GNOME and KDE projects. It's the perfect mix of the application stack from the kernel to the toolkit to third party developers !

#GNOME #KDE

It is back! theyrule.net

They Rule is an interactive visualization of the interlocking directories of the largest US companies. It shows that 87 of the top 100 US companies in 2021 were connected through shared directors on their boards. It allows visitors to browse through the board-room connections, and create maps they can share with others. Visitors can find links between companies by clicking on the chair menu in the top left and printing out their maps.

Currently pouring over a sample exam sheet set for Finnish highschool students in German as foreign language in 2020 to assess the accessibility of the exam solution. It's got everything an accessible test needs: a table of contents, a good heading structure, native HTML 5 media player with almost perfect accessibility, native controls such as radio buttons and edit fields to give the answers.
The students were to pass the test by connecting their computers with an Ethernet cable to the examination machine running a special OS, presumably a fork of Debian. The test was taken by tunneling into the examination machine through the web browser and handling the exam in an accessible HTML from there.
Sadly, the audio recordings for the listening part do not seem to be available. Pity, as they reference Whatsapp voice messages. Would be fun to check for their authenticity based on the sound quality.
On that note: Do language exams in your countries reference modern communication methods or is it still a telephone? When I took my final in German, "Social media: pros and cons" was just a subject of the mini essay I had to put together as part of the writing assignment.
web.archive.org/web/2020012122…
#Accessibility #Blind #Finland #Education #Languages #German

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We have launched our new online voting system for GMs. It is @matrix based and you need the #element app on mobile (or head to chat.cs.ox.ac.uk on your laptop), to vote.

Download the app element.io/download and then follow the steps! :balliol: 💕

- Click I already have an account.
- Click 'Edit' where my conversations live
- Change this to matrix.cs.ox.ac.uk
- Click continue with SAML and log in with your SSO

- Email jcr.webmaster@balliol.ox.ac.uk with any problems!

“Understanding Privacy” — a new (and important!) Smashing Book smashingmagazine.com/2022/12/u… #prodmgmt #webdesign #privacy

The best take I've read on that sculpture in Boston: "On a deeper level, this dismemberment represents the misremembering of MLK’s legacy. Simply put: The deliberate forgetting of America’s history plays a crucial role in the self-understanding of White Americans. It makes them feel safe and innocent. It absolves them of the need to feel guilt, anger and empathy — all of which can be necessary emotional catalysts for change." washingtonpost.com/opinions/20…

Přeji krásnou sobotu, přátelé #fediverse a naší instance. Přidal jsem na server překladač #LibreTranslate . Kdyby se osvědčil, mohu ho přidat i zde na Mastodon, místo Deepl, který je placený. Tak zde je odkaz na vyzkoušení. Děkuji za testy a hezkou sobotu přeji. 👍 :arch: libret.arch-linux.cz
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Most apps allow Google, Facebook and others to track you. And shops are following Google's example with their own tracking apps so we must say: "No, I'm not installing your app to order food". Learn here how to easily protect your privacy! 💪👇
tutanota.com/blog/posts/apps-t…