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When people start popping off with their opinions about how the world should work, one of my favorite questions to ask is "who is we?" Let's start to unpack who we're talking about, and what we're talking about in terms of changes in their words and actions.
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Marco Rogers (@polotek@social.polotek.net)

@mwl@io.mwl.io people love to say "we" when they mean "somebody who is not me".
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Marco Rogers
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I think I also need to ask "who is they?" More often. It's always "we" against "they" without a lot of explanation.
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Marco Rogers

2024-07-24 15:04:44


@tab2space @jrconlin @lightweight who is "they"? Overruled by who?

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Marco Rogers
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More importantly though, every actor in this dynamic feels that it's not their own actions that need to change. It's always somebody else that needs to change.

That's why I end up poking people about this. Even though I know it often just makes them defensive. Each of us has to understand that we don't have any control over what other people do. The only thing we can actually make a decision about is whether our own actions in the system match up with our stated values.

qué cabrones los de correos de aquí. Todo el día en casa... pues me mandan un mensaje para que recoja el paquete en la oficina del pueblo porque nadie contestó. Y una P**** como una olla. Pero claro, diles tú que eso no es verdad.

Yesterday, I interacted with an iPhone 15 and the dynamic island for the first time. Is there a VO gesture to jump to the island? During setup, focus kept jumping to the island instead of an element on the screen, like the first heading or button. Does that always happen? Seems annoying.
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James Scholes
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It happens far too often. I'm yet to encounter an instance of the Dynamic Island being anything other than an annoyance and wish I could turn it off.
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victor tsaran
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I don’t think there is a gesture, but I also don’t think you will be traveling there all that often! :) Most apps do not seem to use it!

Anscheinend wird von den Roma in der Bahn erwartet, dass sie keine Fahrkarten haben. Und vom Schaffner werden sie geduzt. Mich hingegen hat er nicht kontrolliert und andere Fahrgäste siezt er.

#DeutscheBahn #Alltagsrassismus

#deutschebahn #alltagsrassismus

CrowdStrike is offering a $10 Uber Eats gift card to some of the parties affected by the 2024-07-19 outage. All is forgiven. /s

(no seriously, look it up. oh and they cancelled it too)

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Seirdy
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while i’m here talking about real things that belong in a satirical newspaper, Michael Bay is making a Skibidi Toilet movie and TV franchise.
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Seirdy
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on one hand, a michael bay skibidi movie kills the wacky indie spirit of the web series.

on the other hand, can you imagine the reviews written by critics four times older than the skibidi target demographic.

(i still can’t believe that this is actually happening)

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Honestly I think one of the better decisions I've made in the past year is taking 'I am an artist' out of my lexicon.
I make art, and art is just a thing humans do. You either make the thing or make the thing but not to the degree you wanted and that can make you an artist.

But online makes it so much of your identity and I'm realizing how much I've locked myself into a box. How much pressure there is to perform this label. And honestly I'm so tired of pressure I don't need.

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Batichi 🧿
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Your little doodles in the corners of your notebooks mean you're making art. Singing in the shower is making art. Dancing by yourself is making art.

We are so concentrated on 'art as a product' I've forgotten what art really is, and it's communication and self expression.

It's not any metric internet platforms has forced me to think it is. I've been so conditioned to think that to be 'an artist' I need products. But in reality I don't. I just need to let myself free to be an artist.

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if cryptocurrency was good furries would use it

- posted by Eri

A disconnect I often find in hearing from devs of major browser engines is that the "open web" I value, the open web I find conceivable to serve, rarely relies on surveillance advertising.

They may use contextual advertising, but mostly it runs on love & cheapness. Donations are very common.

Earlier I needed a 3 minute 30 second timer, so I started a YouTube "3 minute 30 second timer" video. But then when the timer went off I forgot to close the video, so the YouTube recommendation algorithm started autoplaying other types of timer videos. By the time I noticed, the tab was about 20 minutes into a "70 minute timer" video
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mcc
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Okay, so this took me down a weird path where somebody asked why I don't just use the command line for a quick timer and I thought "sleep && beep && beep", so I tested and discovered a series of weird things:

- The unix `beep` tool does not work in Windows Services for Linux (WSL1)
- However, the act of `beep` *failing to work and printing an error message* causes Windows Terminal to play a beep
- Therefore, the unix `beep` tool works in Windows Services for Linux (WSL1)

$ beep beep: Error: Could not open any device

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Mikołaj Hołysz
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You can also do what I do (on the Mac) and just alias it to echo "\a"

Well, mine is a fancy shell function that also accepts a command and beeps thrice if it finishes with an error and once if successful, but that's beside the point.

Many blind people on the Fediverse don't have profile pictures, because they use the internet through non-visual audio interfaces. So, if you see an account with a blank profile image, don't assume it's a bad account.

The most reliable way to check if an account is good is to see what text is written on its profile page, and what kind of posts are in its profile timeline.

#FediTips

#FediTips

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Looking for contact in Colombia

#infosec #followerpower

Does anyone here have contact to people responsible for (or interested in) privacy and IT Security inside the country of Colombia (South America)?

Through friends, I have become aware of a data leak that can be devastating to ten thousands of people living in that country.

My friends tried to get the responsible organization to close the data leak, but were met with complete disinterest. So in their frustration, they turned to me.

Now I am looking for a journalist, activist or even a government official who is willing raise the issue from within Colombia.

#infosec #followerpower

"Testes à covid-19. Autoridade da Concorrência condena laboratórios por "envolvimento num cartel""

"em setembro de 2020, o valor os testes covid em Portugal estavam ao nível dos preços na Europa, em junho de 2021 Portugal era o país europeu com o preço por teste mais elevado."

rtp.pt/noticias/economia/teste…


Testes à covid-19. Autoridade da Concorrência condena laboratórios por "envolvimento num cartel"

A Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC) condenou uma associação empresarial e cinco dos principais grupos laboratoriais a operar em Portugal ao pagamento de coimas superiores a 48 milhões de euros por "envolvimento num cartel que operou no mercado portugu…
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Restriktive #Bezahlkarten mit pauschalen Bargeldlimits gehen nicht klar, sagt das Sozialgericht Hamburg: netzpolitik.org/2024/sozialger…

Die Beschränkung muss - wenn, dann - an den Einzelfall angepasst werden. Das würde Bezahlkarten zu einem Bürokratiemonster machen.

Die Konsequenz muss jetzt sein, dass man die ganze populistische Diskriminierungssymbolpolitik einfach ganz sein lässt.


Sozialgericht Hamburg: Pauschale Bargeld-Limits bei Bezahlkarten sind rechtswidrig

50 Euro Bargeld für Geflüchtete und dann ist Schluss? Nein, sagt nun ein Gericht in einer Eilentscheidung. Wie viel Bargeld Betroffene für ihr Existenzminimum brauchen, hänge vom Einzelfall ab.
netzpolitik.org
#bezahlkarten

(Accessibility) #conferences charging participants ~€300/ticket for an online-only (!) conf that doesn't even offer live transcripts or ASL interpretation, but then not paying their speakers?

“We understand that some may not like this, but you can always just not speak at our event” 🤡🤡🤡

You say you support the community by creating this event but at the same time you exploit all speakers and their knowledge to make money? Be honest, you just wanted to jump on the #a11y hype train to profit.

#a11y #conferences

@podcast Jonathan, in episode 292 of Living Blindfully, you were providing instructions to Gary from Cape Town regarding how to unpin items on the task bar. You told him that, to get to his task bar, to move to the desktop, shift+tab once or twice and focus will move to the task bar. This is correct but I wanted to point out a slightly quicker way of immediately moving focus to the task bar by pressing the Windows key with the letter T.
@Living Blindfully

🦝 Laboratorio de Infraestructura Maliciosa 🦝
🗓️ Sábado 27 de Julio de 11:00 a 14:00
🏚️ Colonia Centro - Ciudad de México
Entrada Libre, Cupo limitado
#autocuidadodigital #cuidadocolectivo #infraestructura #linux #laboratorio #softwarelibre #mexico
cartel del lab de infra maliciosa con 3 mujeres con computadoras
#linux #softwarelibre #méxico #autocuidadodigital #cuidadocolectivo #laboratorio #infraestructura

I got bored and looked for #anagrams of #errno codes.

You might get EBADMSG if you're playing a BSD GAME.
I got EHOSTDOWN once, but hey, WHO DOESN'T.
To fix an EISCONN error takes you EONS IN C.
But with ENETDOWN, you WON'T NEED long to fix it.
If you get EACCES you should CEASE C coding entirely.
EINVAL, on the other hand, is only a VENIAL sin.
A social media site gave me ECONNREFUSED? Darn it, UNCENSOR FEED!
I got EADDRINUSE? I give up. ADIEU, NERDS.

#anagrams #errno

То чувство, когда настолько заебали бредовые идеи в интранете в стиле "Платное бронирование сырков и йогуртов в холодильниках", что решил обучить мистраль генерировать похожее.
Шутить ЫЫ всё ещё не умеет, но в целом написанные им "идеи" ничем не хуже написанных людьми. Только орфография по-лучше, да стиль покультурнее.
Неужели люди становятся тупее ыскусственного ынтеллекта?

The Uncyclopedia entry for Skeletor was such a ride.

Skeletor

Skeletor (born Simon Keldor, 1955-2005; 2008-present) was an American actor who enjoyed brief success in his eponymous role in the Masters of the Universe cartoon in the 1980s.
Uncyclopedia
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tech? no! man, see...
tech? no! man, see...
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wow, you can tell someone really put a lot of work into it and wrote it in one cohesive voice, and then a bunch of other people came across the article and added some bad jokes afterwards that don't fit at all

Beyond parody. To quote Penny Arcade, how do you make fun of a clown? Insult his big shoes, his red nose?

CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world last week, is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology, according to several people who say they received the gift card, as well as a source who also received one.


techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage

TechCrunch is part of the Yahoo family of brands

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📣 3rd-party apps are here! AltStore PAL 2.1 is now available with our first “Recommended Sources” 🎊

Update now to install apps you can’t find anywhere else!

(Unless Apple changes their rules again...)

AltStore 2.1 promo image featuring app icons for 4 new apps: UTM SE, qBitControl, PeopleDrop, iTorrent

free as in free puppy :neodog_angel_pleading:
RE: infosec.exchange/@jerry/112841…

Jerry Bell :bell: :llama: :verified_paw: :verified_dragon: :rebelverified:​

2024-07-24 13:56:10


@malanalysis
Free as in speech
Free as in beer
Free as in puppy

I think this should be the new taxonomy


god grant me the patience to accept the software I shouldn't rewrite, the strength to rewrite what I should and the wisdom to tell the difference

I want to write my #Python docstrings in #Markdown, but I can't seem to find a standardised workflow and format for doing so. I've come across a bunch of tools and scripts people have hacked together, and Stack Overflow answers telling me to write code to convert the Markdown to ReStructured Text so documentation tools can understand it.

Is this really so rare that I have to take on a boat load of complexity to make it work?

#python #markdown
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Matt Campbell
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I suppose having reStructuredText be the only format for doc comments is consistent with the Python dictum that there should be one and only one obvious way to do it. I, too, would prefer Markdown though. RST's way of indicating headings is particularly inconvenient.
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aaron
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@matt I just looked at this and... eww, gross.
@Matt Campbell
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Matt Campbell
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@cachondo @fireborn I wasn't going to say that because, as a partial still largely relying on my vision, I've been wrong before. I used to think that Python's significant whitespace would itself be a big problem for blind programmers.
@aaron @Sean Randall
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aaron
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I can't think of a single way this isn't awful for speech or braille. 2 lines to communicate what can be communicated in 1 in markdown and ridiculous amounts of symbols.
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Mikołaj Hołysz
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@matt @cachondo @fireborn IMO significant whitespace isn't that much of a problem, aligning things under parentheses would be. Thankfully, we have formatters that can do this for us nowadays.
@Matt Campbell @aaron @Sean Randall
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James Scholes
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Meh. When making technical or project decisions, the so-called "Zen of Python" is rarely on my list of considerations, particularly given the recent behaviour of its primary author. The fact that there are at least four competing styles of ReST-like docstrings undermines it on its own.
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Learn to host your own services now. Because in the future you might not be able to discover how.
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Veronica Explains
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Since folks have asked, I'll elaborate a bit.

I believe Google/Microsoft/OpenAI/et al will increasingly work to strip search results which provide alternatives to their own products, and that includes self-hosted media.

I've seen this when I've attempted to cover using RSS feeds instead of YouTube subscriptions- I have no reason to trust Google to surface Google alternatives in good faith.

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Veronica Explains
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There will come a point where you ask internet-oracle-of-choice "how do I self-host a Netflix alternative" and they will intentionally give you bad advice in order to discourage you.

That point is coming sooner rather than later, and we need to train *an entire generation* of internet users how to get out of this trap.

That's *our* work to do, RIGHT NOW.

I just got a Raspberry Pi 5 case that comes with a screwdriver. Problem is, the screwdriver is in the case, and you need a screwdriver to open the case to get the screwdriver out that you could use to get the screws out of the case. Very meta.
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Kara Goldfinch
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@jscholes Years ago I bought a jar of pickled cockles which took I think 3 people to open. Printed inside the lid was a number to call to order a free opening device.
@James Scholes
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Jayson Smith
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@KaraLG84 @jscholes I once heard about a boxed frozen tiramisu dessert. On the box was the instruction, "Do not turn upside down." That particular instruction was printed…on the bottom of the box…where you'd have to turn the box upside down to read it.
@James Scholes @Kara Goldfinch

Slack still hasn't fixed the reaction problem. In the Windows Slack app, the only way to know if someone reacted to your message is to find it and listen to it. At the end of the message, you'll hear "n reactions." Can you know if someone reacted without listening to everything you already wrote? No, not that I know of. Do you know what the reaction was? Nope. A thumbs up is the same as a thumbs down. All you get is "reaction."
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Alex Hall
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@cachondo @jscholes I haven't used any others so far. Slack overall does a good job in terms of accessibility, which I definitely appreciate. This reaction things is just... irksome.
@James Scholes @Sean Randall

Dark mode & accessibility myth

stephaniewalter.design/blog/da…

#darkmode #a11y #accessibility #webdesign #webdev #UIDesign


Dark mode & accessibility myth by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.

Dark mode isn't always better for accessibility, you need to let users chose. And if you build a dark theme, make it accessible!
Stéphanie Walter (Stéphanie Walter - Senior UX Designer, Mobile Expert, Conference Speaker, Blog writer and Teacher.)
#a11y #Accessibility #webdev #webdesign #uidesign #darkmode

This summer, #Kdenlive is all about the ASS. Yup you heard it right, .ass subtitle support is coming along with some nifty other features like multiple subtitle tracks. Stay tuned for more.

seri037.github.io/blog/posts/d…

#gsoc #gsoc24

@kde

Kdenlive timeline showing new multiple subtitle tracks

GSoC '24 Progress: Week 7 and 8

Multiple Subtitle Track I continued to refine the feature proposed in my previous blog. We can now add new layers directly on the timeline by simply dragging the existing …
seri037's blog
#kdenlive #gsoc #gsoc24 @KDE
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Vhodně zvolené tetování pomůže odůvodnit kožní defekt.

#ProTip

Z vytetované skleničky se lije exém.
#protip

Well played, Parisian tourist shop.
"Revolutionary playing cards": the King is missing his head.

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Pozitíva a sociálne istoty

#Karikatúra #DenníkSME #RosieNaiveArt

komentare.sme.sk/c/23361526/po…


Pozitíva a sociálne istoty (Rosie Naive Art)

Karikatúra denníka SME (Rosie Babicová).
Rosie Babicová (SME.sk)
#karikatura #rosienaiveart #denniksme

I've been learning Python the past few months, and oh wow. This is blissful compared to JS. I don't mind curly brace syntax and semicolons (I actually quite like that syntax), but Python does a lot of things that simply make more sense and don't make me want to tear my fur out. Also, it handles modules in a sensible way unlike node.js and there aren't 50 squillion frameworks all trying to tug me in different directions. I like Python.
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aaron
aaron
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or until you want to do anything with a GUI toolkit that works crossplatform.

Sharing my plans for #MastodonForHarris fundraiser: Incredibly, it is now conceivable that we will hit the current target of $125,000 soon, maybe even today. When we do, I will adjust the target. I hope I have been clear from the beginning; each target is a a benchmark, not an endpoint. 1/ secure.actblue.com/donate/mast…

I just gave to Kamala Harris!

Show your support with a contribution.
ActBlue
#mastodonforharris
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Heidi Li Feldman
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I am continuing my efforts to contact key people in digital, outreach, and elsewhere in the Harris campaign. Eventually, I will get through, I’m sure. I’d like to have a list ready of qualified volunteers who could assist the campaign in understanding Mastodon and the Fediverse, setting up and maintaining an instance, and so forth. If you are interested in being contacted should an opportunity arise, please provide your details here opnform.com/forms/mfh-tech-vol…. 2/ #MastodonForHarris

MFH tech volunteers

opnform.com
#mastodonforharris
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Open Source or Shut Down MastoMetrics?

Every day multiple people sign up for @mastometrics, but hosting is burning a hole in my pocket and I don't have much time to maintain it.

I'm open to cleaning up my code and making it self hostable as well as accepting code contributions. However, I still need donations to fund the free / flagship server.

So here's my pledge and call to you:

Ensure MastoMetrics stays online and help me reach €1500 donations: ko-fi.com/robertvh

Boosts = ❤️

(1/2)


Support Robert van Hoesel on Ko-fi! ❤️. ko-fi.com/robertvh

Support Robert van Hoesel On Ko-fi. Ko-fi lets you support the people and causes you love with small donations
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@MastoMetrics

TIL Bezirk Mitte in Berlin benutzt Umap um Sitzbänke im Bezirk anzuzeigen.

umap.openstreetmap.de/de/map/n…

edit: Link hinzugefügt: berlin.de/ba-mitte/politik-und…

#berlin #OpenStreetMap #Umap #fossgis

Übersichtskarte für Sitzbänke des Bezirk Berlin-Mitte auf Basis von OpenStreetMap

Neue Bänke in Mitte

uMap lets you create maps with OpenStreetMap layers in a minute and embed them in your site.
uMap
#openstreetmap #Berlin #umap #fossgis
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Pietervdvn :mapcomplete:
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Hey, don't use umap for this. You can use mapcomplete.org/benches instead - then you can add more information in a structured way and even add images, and the data will be available in many apps such as OsmQnd, Organic Maps and many more.

Benches

A map of benches
mapcomplete.org

A bunch of GNOME devs are currently in a community centre, sitting on couches, drinking beer, and listening to EDM while hacking. We are the embodiment of the old meme: bassi.io/~ebassi/GNOMEvKDE.md.…
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Emmanuele Bassi
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I didn’t write it, but I sunk enough time into looking for it that I decided to host it
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OK Mastodon #OpenSource folks, this is your time to shine

I need some examples of common open source myths. This will have a security slant to it when I put it all together, but I'm not only looking for security examples, I want all types

Here are a few I've cooked up, but I know there are ton more

- Most projects have more than one maintainer

- Most projects are part of a large foundation like Eclipse or Linux Foundation

- There are many options for libraries and you can swap them out if needed

- Open source is more secure than closed source

- Open source is less secure than closed source

- Most projects have funding driving the development

- If I use open source in my product, I have to open source the whole product

- If the source code is available, it’s open source

- There are a few thousand open source projects

I want them all, no matter how small, silly, or obvious you think they are, let me know

#opensource

Meta has launched the Llama 3.1 AI models, including the massive Llama 3.1 405B, with a 128K context length. These models are open-source and competitive with top AI models like GPT-4, available through various cloud platforms alternativeto.net/news/2024/7/…

Heads up for Linux @thunderbird users: We have seen an issue where the new tray icon isn't rendering on daily.

Long story short it kinda helps if you install TB-symbolic.svg in `mach install` !

Please adjust your packaging for daily to ensure TB-symbolic.svg is now accounted for in chrome/icons/default/ - we've got `mach install` fixed now xD

hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/re…

comm-central @ 913458f06417d1390f5774cb9825f5b1d3b1a00b

Bug 1909485 - Install TB-Symbolic.svg to fix the sys_tray crate. r=heather,babolivier
hg.mozilla.org
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