aunque ya lo subí a twitter hace ya unos años, creo recordar que fue en plena época covid, me apetece volver a compartir la particular versión que hice cuando usaba reaper de un famoso tema de ese fontanero que tan bien nos lo hizo pasar siendo niños. no me quedó demasiado bien pero nunca lo pude corregir porque perdí el rpp original. Nintendo, si no te gusta, pues...

Fun* fact in this video: the 'disposable' vapes thrown away in Britain alone contain enough lithium batteries to make 1.2 Million e-bikes.
I've been independently powering things with vape batteries that I've rescued before seeing this video. Pull out the cell, add a cheap usb charging module and you have a fully rechargeable 3.7v power source. If you need higher voltage you can put them in series and you can even get multi-cell balancing modules for next to nothing if you want to have a few in parallel for more current.
I don't trust them for anything critical, but they're great for low-budget projects as the cells are completely free. My bike lights are all powered by them (one can run a flashing bike light for a couple of weeks' use), as well as various other things that had their batteries die, or that didn't come with rechargeable batteries.
I also only charge them somewhere flameproof, though I haven't had any issues so far.
#making #electronics #reuse
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No recuerdo quien me recomendó este artículo por el fedi en inglés, pero es interesante. Habla sobre el espectro de aliados, y como intervenir diviendo los grupos entre aliados activos, aliados pasivos, neutrales, adversarios pasivos y adversarios activos. La idea es ser lo más concreto posible en la división de los grupos e intentar intervenir sobre los 3 grupos del medio para acercarlos un paso hacia nosotros: de aliados pasivos a activos, de neutrales a aliados pasivos, etc. commonslibrary.org/spectrum-of…

Tencent ported my python 3 code to python 2. And violated my copyright by replacing my copyright notice with their own and changing the licence from GPL to BSD.

I filed a DMCA takedown request with GitHub over a month ago. They said it would be processed soon but have not replied to my questions asking how much longer it will take since.

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New Job Listing: @gnome is seeking an experienced nonprofit professional with a passion for technology and a proven track record in fundraising for its Executive Director position. Learn more on #OSJH opensourcejobhub.com/job/19044…
#OpenSource #jobs #career #GNOME #nonprofit #community

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We are seeking a qualified Executive Director to lead the GNOME Foundation! Applicants should have professional experience working with nonprofits, a passion for technology, and a proven track record in fundraising, program delivery, and community engagement.

Learn more and apply:
foundation.gnome.org/careers/

#GNOME #opensource #TechCareers

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TIL that despite the fact that sites like rust's crates.io require you to have a github account for authentication, creating a github account solely for the purposes of authentication is against the terms of service, and if you do that, your account may be suspended:

lobste.rs/s/z6ewrf/radicle_1_0…

please please please #getOffGithub but if you can't move your own projects off it yet at least stop assuming everyone else uses it

#id24 starts in a few hours; are you ready?

Join a global community of accessibility and design experts for 24 hours packed with live talks, advice and strategies.

We're proud to be a Gold supporter of the conference and have several of our team involved including @tink, @IanPouncey, @patrick_h_lauke and @JoeLamyman.

Explore the full line-up: inclusivedesign24.org/2024/sch…

#id24 #Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #AccessibilityConference

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In light of the recent €27 million cut in EU funding, which effects #FreeSoftware #OpenSource projects and organisations like

@fdroid @thunderbird
@matrix @davx5app @peertube
@postmarketOS @nixos_org @torproject @pixelfed @wireguard @libreoffice @xmpp @cryptpad

the need for long-term, sustainable support has become more evident than ever!

Raise your voice and take part in an ongoing consultation to safeguard EU funding for #softwarefreedom :

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Weil das Geld für Bus und Bahn chronisch knapp ist, soll das 49-Euro-Ticket ab 2025 zehn Euro teurer werden. Das Problem: Umfragen zeigen, dass dann etwa 20% der Fahrgäste ihr Abo kündigen wollen.

Es kann nicht sein, dass der Autoverkehr jährlich mit zig Milliarden gefördert wird, während für Bus und Bahn kaum Geld übrig ist. Das 49-Euro-Ticket darf nicht teurer werden! Seht ihr auch so? Dann unterzeichnet unsere Petition: vcd.org/macht-das-49euro-ticke…

#Deutschlandticket #49EuroTicket

Over the past weeks we have been looking at bike sharing systems around the world and checking how the cycling routes between them score.

The current top three of cities:

🥇1.7 ➡ Helsinki: anyways.eu/map/model/baec2096-…
🥈1.4 ➡ Antwerp with Velo: anyways.eu/map/model/e5ae22d8-…
🥉1.3 ➡ Sevilla with Sevici: anyways.eu/map/model/6a31ebfe-…

🔗 All cities (and other models): anyways.eu/models

🤔 We are looking at cities outside of Europe we hope to join the top three, any ideas are welcome!

I WILL NOT SIGN the "Stop Killing Videogames" petition and if you're a game developer with half a braincell left in you, you should not as well.

It is a poorly written attempt at a petition by someone who seems to have no idea that games exist outside of AAA/online-only ones.

And it's a shame because I am 100% behind video game preservation, but this petition is so poorly written, I will actually fight against it.

I explained why it's bad on B: bsky.app/profile/sosowski.bsky…

#indiedev #gamedev

@ebassi #Gtk troubles. Following toshiocp.github.io/Gtk4-tutori…. Window of sec 5, messes up all my xterms windows: flickering by frantic scrolling, repeated lines and chars. Closing the gtk4-window restores all to normal. On debian-sid w/ mate. After successless search for help, I found a link "contact" on gtk.org leading nowhere. No user-group, no email-list. I did find your Mastodon ID and installed it. Now I dare to ask: "Where does a stuck newby go with gtk4?"
in reply to Emmanuele Bassi

dpkg says, it's 4.14.4+ds-8. lshw says it's GM107 (GeForce 940MX). The driver is the official nVidia driver. I'm using a clean debian-sid. the only thing tainting the kernel ist nvidia. I made an update (kernel 6.10.9) and rebooted the system, and tested again before writing my previsous message. lanch from terminal. Couldn't find contact info for that tutorial, but code is only 55 lines; you probl. would consider it simple.
in reply to Emmanuele Bassi

Is it that the GPU is too old (as you seem to say) or that the driver is too old (as is said in that link)? as I said before, I had an update today so the driver shouldn't be old. nVidia still seems to support this GPU officially. is this "fake news" from nVidia? This also would mean, that not only Gtk is affected but also everything else, right? Shouldn't I have noticed the problem earlier? Sorry for the many questions.
in reply to Emmanuele Bassi

Thanks for the clarification. I tried: GSK_RENDERER=gl. This slows down things noticeable, but doesn't make the problem go away. GDK_DISABLE=gles-api doesn't slow down things. At first it seemed to work, but after a minute or two, the problem showed again. Couldn't try the third suggestions, as I don't know how to tell the driver that, and can't think of anything looking for in a search engine.
in reply to Emmanuele Bassi

sorry. I'm an old man. most of my windows are Xterm with Emacs. I'm a C-programmer (not GUI) and have never used any ID or other graphic environment for that. I have lots of windows open, while gnome will try to use all my screen for just one. Also, Gnome software tries to solve everything while Unix just one, being able to combine. For instance color management. The prime task is poorly solved, but there are tons of other bells and wistles.
in reply to ternaryd

I don’t understand why you feel the need to vent about stuff that happened nearly 15 years ago, about GTK3, an API breakage that took two years of work in the open to be complete; and about GTK2, a version that was EOL’d four years ago. The people “left behind” would have not contributed to the ecosystem anyway, as they clearly consider GTK a black box to consume instead of a project to contribute to.