I donated to @thunderbird today. I've been using #Thunderbird for over two decades and it has always been free and open source. Support an e-mail client that doesn't pollute your brain with ads and doesn't sell your data by adding to the community funding:
BUT!!! No "share to Mastodon" after the donation?? Really??
get you a girl that did both
or maybe don't, we're disasters.
but, you know, _do_.
Guy Steele, "Dan Friedman -- Cool Ideas" (from Dan Friedman's 60th birthday - other talks from the event can also be found on William Byrd's channel)
youtube.com/watch?v=IHP7P_HlcB…
Guy Steele keynote address: Dan Friedman--Cool Ideashttp://www.cs.indiana.edu/dfried_celebration.htmlRecorded 3:00 pm, Friday, December 3rd, 2004.YouTube
"Computers for Cynics" - a compilation of Ted Nelson's vlog entries:
youtube.com/watch?v=hZ3gmh-d9o…
Ted Nelson casts doubt on Computer Basics. A compilation of all "episodes" of Nelson's series Computers For Cynics.Episode directory and start times:Compute...YouTube
Erlang The Movie II: The Sequel is still the best single movie in the whole Internet
youtube.com/watch?v=rRbY3TMUcg…
Erlang's creators discuss the aging language and meet a surprise helper.For anyone having trouble with the dialog, here's a complete transcript:http://www.ga...YouTube
Okay, new @thunderbird version asked me to donate and for the first time I did.
I am using thunderbird since... ever, at least 20? years and donating the price of a good retail software is the least i can do.
Also sharing the special link from the new version, because it looks so much nicer than the normal donation page ^^"
THank you everyone involved 
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I donated to @thunderbird today to #freetheinbox. Join me to support communication privacy. thunderbird.net/donate
Sharing even though the share card doesn't have any way to post to Mastodon!
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"Apology for Breaking CVE-2023-38545 Embargo"
curl.se/mail/lib-2023-10/0021.…
Mistakes happen. We can only try to learn from them to do better next time. Onward an upward!
On September 30 in Delhi, the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) organised an event to celebrate Software Freedom Day. Ravi Dwivedi was there with a stand and merchandise, to raise awareness about LibreOffice. Here are some photos from the event:Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
LibreOffice reshared this.
The focus on Freedom and taking control of your data is also imperative to #LabPlot, an open source Data Analysis and Visualization software.
It supports multiple file formats and the ODS import support will be added in the next release 
➡️ invent.kde.org/education/labpl…
#LibreOffice #DataViz #Plotting #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource
#DataScience #Spreadsheet #Calc #ODS
Description Support importing ODS (Open Document Standard) files produced by Calc, etc. ConformityGitLab
Next week on "Platform Summit 2023" in Stockholm I am going to talk "next level curl" nordicapis.com/sessions/next-l…
30 minutes of fun #curl things brought in the last few years
During this talk, Daniel Stenberg will look at some of the most powerful and interesting additions to curl in recent years.Nordic APIs
That's me – no adblocker, but Enhancer for YouTube trips it up – presumably because it has a "Remove ads" option (which I do use).
I've been seeing it for a while, but it stopped appearing recently. Either they gave up on me in their AB tests, or Enhancer found a way to block this prompt too.
Cash-strapped Malaysian budget carrier MyAirline abruptly suspends operations, stranding passengers
> Malaysian budget carrier MyAirline abruptly suspended operations Thursday, citing financial pressures less than 11 months after it took to the skies. The unexpected announcement on social media caught many by surprise and left angry passengers stranded at the airport.
abcnews.go.com/Business/wireSt… #Malaysia #airlines #SouthEastAsia #TootSEA
Malaysian budget carrier MyAirline has abruptly suspended operations, citing financial pressures less than 11 months after it took to the skiesThe Associated Press (ABC News)
Český rozhlas ověřil, že firma Smartwings ministerstvo zahraničních věcí o žádné speciální lety pro záchranu Čechů po teroristickém činu Hamásu v Izraeli nežádala.Jana Klímová (iROZHLAS.cz)
The Philips PerfectDraft beer tap unit allows you to enjoy chilled, freshly tapped beer at home at any time. Many different types of beer are available.Philips
Para confusión la que genera este artículo. Estoy descubriendo ahora que hay neuronas en el ojo, que el Glaucoma se produce porque mueren células de la retina y que el glaucoma es neurodegenerativo!
Yo, que tengo Glaucoma desde que nací tenía entendido y así sufro que el glaucoma se produce por problemas de presión en el ojo, y que la enfermedad en la que se mueren las células de la retina es la retinosis pigmentaria.
Que esto lo firme una señora representando a una universidad, duele mazo!
El glaucoma, la enfermedad neurodegenerativa que más afecta a la población mundial
diariodenavarra.es/noticias/vi…
La enfermedad neurodegenerativa que más personas afecta en el mundo no es el alzhéimer, a pesar de su popularidad, sino el glaucoma. Los datos sobre su prevalenElena Vecino Cordero (Diario de Navarra)
Follow-up on the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Exploit: NGINX also describes the mechanism they have in place to prevent this.
Google and Cloudflare should have written "the typical web server is not affected, but the typical Cloud implementation is."
Blaming the exploit on the protocol standard is lame.
When you implement 100% of an RFC you are not done with your work.
fffilm, František Fuka, Ilona Fuková, film, premiéry, recenze, Fuxoftwww.fffilm.cz
Český rozhlas ověřil, že firma Smartwings ministerstvo zahraničních věcí o žádné speciální lety pro záchranu Čechů po teroristickém činu Hamásu v Izraeli nežádala.Jana Klímová (iROZHLAS.cz)
@bagder I just found the "I could rewrite..." (daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/05/20… ) post of yours. People are awful.
Thank you for decades of work on cURL. It was already there when I really learned programming. It is still here now that I teach programming. It is a cornerstone of web technology. Thank you!
Oort seems like a pretty fun Rust programming game. The idea is that you get to program ships to engage in space combat. Similar to other games such as Space Traders.
The idea is pretty cool, but it uses a web editor to input the code and it is not accessible, so I can't use it. Pity.
A unique multiplayer game built on a free Web API. The best sandbox platform to learn a new skill or apply your knowledge in a fun and meaningful way. Use any programming language with our RESTful API to control the most powerful fleet in universe.spacetraders.io
Spent a little while writing the async Rust mutex of my dreams:
* lock acquisition is async
* cancel-safe, prevents cancellations in the middle of critical sections by using a closure
* lock poisoning (!!!)
coming soon to a crate near you
github.com/oxidecomputer/cance…
See the documentation in src/sync/mutex.rs for more. TODO: Add documentation and comments about lock poisoning Add example-based tests Add tests for lock poisoning Figure out licensing situati...GitHub
OMG the latest #Thunderbird update (115).
But finally stumbled across a Reddit post that helped me fix the most objectionable (to me) change:
reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/comme…
After the updated, the message list seemed cramped, line height way too small.
This is because the default "density" changed from, I guess, medium to compact?
That setting lives under the "hamburger menu" (three horizontal lines in the upper right)
Changed it back to medium density, breathed a sigh of relief.
Glad you found the solution! We're working on promoting the App Menu > Density solution more widely, because it has left a lot of people confused.
Ultimately it's an easy fix -- but not if you don't know how to find it!
Leaving Twitter. And thriving. A true story 🐦👋🏼
“as a platform becomes less reliable — either editorially or technically — staying becomes more fraught. And as NPR has demonstrated, you may not be giving up all that much if you walk away.”
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible - Nieman Reports
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The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic.Nieman Reports
I support Bradley Kuhn. Welcome to the LGBTQ+ FOSS community!
No one should be forced to come out due to fear of being outted, especially in court. Please read Bradley's post and the linked court documents about Eben Moglen's behavior.
ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2023/10/11/…
The website of Bradley M. Kuhn, aka Brad, aka bkuhn. This site includes his GPG keys, resume, blog, projects list, software, interviews, speeches and writing.ebb.org
I'm proud to call Bradley Kuhn a friend and am celebrating him joining the growing community of out-and-proud FOSS leaders.
But it is a tragedy when someone is forced out.
I've watched as Eben Moglen and SFLC have abused the legal system and attacked SFC, wasting the scarce resources of one of FOSS's most important charitable nonprofits, and am devastated to learn about the personal abuse Bradley has endured.
FOSS friends: please take the time to read this. ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2023/10/11/…
The website of Bradley M. Kuhn, aka Brad, aka bkuhn. This site includes his GPG keys, resume, blog, projects list, software, interviews, speeches and writing.ebb.org
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a11yphant #Update 🐘
We have revamped the #mobile #UserExperience on our website. It is now possible to open all challenges on smaller devices.
Ever wondered what it would be like to code on your phone? Use the time on the bus or train to complete some levels on your way to work.
a11yphant is the easy way to learn the basics of web accessibility. Learn step by step by completing short, interactive coding challenges and quizzes.a11yphant.com
“Joint Statement by Free Software Foundation Europe and Software Freedom Conservancy Regarding Eben Moglen and Software Freedom Law Center”
Wow. fsfe.org/news/2023/news-202310…
Both Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) are committed to defending and expanding software freedom and the rights...FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
The website of Bradley M. Kuhn, aka Brad, aka bkuhn. This site includes his GPG keys, resume, blog, projects list, software, interviews, speeches and writing.ebb.org
Realizing I haven't posted this one here:
So a lot of Firefox preferences aren't synced to new computers, right? To fix this, you can config-as-code all of them with a `user.js` file. This means easy restores/setup on new computers, the ability to sync changes across computers after editing in one place, and having a `diff`able snapshot of all your preferences. No more disabling Pocket manually.
There are plenty of projects which offer starter configs. Arkenfox is maybe the most popular; I've found Betterfox to have defaults that fit closer to my needs.
I have a project which is really just a Makefile and some overrides, that pulls from the upstream Betterfox repo. It lints for organizational issues with some terrible, terrible CLI invocations, lets you `make install` the generated `user.js` (with automatic backups!), and provides for machine-specific preferences. Check it out! codeberg.org/oneirophage/firef…
My config-as-code for firefox preferences. Concatenates overrides with Betterfox, installs.Codeberg.org
Once again, all credit goes to @DavidRadcliffe333 I merely laid an AI filter over his already fantastic impression, making this acoustic rendition even more ...YouTube
I knew ionized water was a scam but "we run it through some old soviet military titanium we bought from some dude and oops hydrazine and liver failure" was a unexpectedly wrenching escalation.
arstechnica.com/health/2023/10…
An expert witness testified hydrazine was likely formed during an electrolysis process.Ars Technica
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