"what we can't measure"
curl's ambition is to do internet transfers right and securely with the features “people” want. But how do we know if we do this successfully or not?
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The curl project is an independent Open Source project. Our ambition is to do internet transfers right and securely with the features "people" want.daniel.haxx.se
I kinda hated writing this but I needed to do it.
Maybe now, finally, I can stop writing it in little fragments here and there, and just let it go and do something else.
blog.glyph.im/2025/06/i-think-…
Deciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.blog.glyph.im
> they are making a practical argument that I cannot, despite my best efforts, find compelling evidence to refute categorically
If you believe that the ethical problems trump the purported practical benefits regardless of whether those benefits are real, then that is a kind of categorical refutation. Perhaps that's a way to have a definitive resolution rather than the inconclusive surrender at the end of the post.
> to wit, I want to have everything in the computer be orderly and make sense,
This! In the Lobsters discussion about Steve Klabnik's post, he said that a lot of non-programmers are already comfortable with treating computers as magic boxes. I tried to push back, but I don't think he got it, and I haven't yet tried again.
> my quirky[21] constraints
Don't hesitate to characterize these as principled, carefully considered ethical objections. Sure, that makes us feel like a tiny minority in the current, noisy tech discourse. Whether we are such a tiny minority is debatable. One anecdote: My sister is a graphic designer, and she objects to genAI because of the energy use, the stealing, and of course, the deliberate intent to take away work from artists.
> Sure, I even sincerely agree, intellectual property really has been a pretty bad idea from the beginning.
Perhaps, just as we've had to, possibly reluctantly, move beyond the simplicity of free-speech absolutism because of the weaponized hate and disinformation out there, we might also need to move beyond the simplicity of "information wants to be free" because of the massive power asymmetry, which precedes genAI (e.g. megacorps exploiting unpaid open-source maintainers).
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Automakers Race to Find Workaround to China’s Stranglehold on Rare-Earth Magnets
Major manufacturers, fearful they will have to shut down assembly lines, consider moving some parts production to China
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He took direct aim at the Republican budget bill and its backers, and the result was Big and Beautiful.Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)
talking about nazi on the nazi bar....
(friends don't let friends boost the nazi bar)
The SwiftUI team is hiring a senior engineer!
Come help us make UI code feel good, readable, and even… magical. <confetti toss> Also: come argue about names with very awesome people! jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/2…
This is SUCH a fun team to work on! Join us! (Role is in Cupertino)
Apply for a SwiftUI Frameworks Senior Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.jobs.apple.com
This is one example showing how @unifiedpush is important.
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Push notification data can sometimes include the unencrypted content of notifications. Requests include from the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Israel.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
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Speaking by phone with President Vladimir Putin, Pope Leo XIV urges Russia to take a step that favours peace, underlining the importance of dialogue.Vatican News
Award-winning, full-cast original audio dramas from the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Blake's 7, Class, Dark Shadows, The Avengers, Survivors, The Omega Factor, Star Cops, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray, Pathfinder Legends, The Prisoner, Adam Adaman…www.bigfinish.com
Learn how to install WordPress on Debian 13 using our step-by-step guide or have one of our Linux system admins install it for you.Jeff Wilson (RoseHosting)
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the final episode of the iconic television series The Waltons, which aired on June 4, 1981, bringing to a close a nine-season run that captured the hearts of millions.Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)
Hey Jamers! 
Did you miss Developer Update #13?
No stress! We’ve wrapped up all the key takeaways for you! 👇
Stay up to date with what’s happening behind the scenes.
📖 Read Dev Update #13 now: jami.net/de/dev-update-13/
#Jami #DevUpdate #PrivacyMatters #opensource #P2P #App
Welcome to this new Jami development update! Over the past few weeks, we've focused on stability, maintenance, and some key feature improvements across both the core and platform-specific components. Let’s dive into what’s new.jami (Jami)
You brought your questions to our team, and in the latest State of the Thunder, we're bringing the answers! This discussion covers a wide range of topics, from bringing the new monthly Release channel to Flatpak and Snap to accessibility to UI.
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Who says you can’t have #privacy and #security in an OS?
Meet PureOS — the #Linux OS that respects you.
No ads
No trackers
No #surveillance
No terms of service traps
PureOS supports Purism’s Librem 5 & Liberty Phone.
More Info: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-a…
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 17 updated and 1 added apps:
* Clerotri: a client for client for Upryzing and Revolt instances 🛡️
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo 
This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).IzzyOnDroid App Repo
Dneska jsme brutalne slapli do vyvoje Volebni Kalkulacky.
Kafe v Laznich
Jidlo v Mikyne
Kafe v Palaci
Zmrzlina u Ledy
Pivo ve Vokne
Mame velke plany k podzimnim volbam a potuneny repozitar k zapojeni vice lidi. Pripojte se k nam na talk.kalkulacka.one a muzete se vrhnout na nejake to React kodovani.
Radi zapojime i ne-kodovaci lidi na rozsirovani Kalkulacky, domlouvani zapojeni v mediich nebo projektove rizeni.
#liberec #it #neziskovka #react #volby
@segedacz Urcite, ja budu ve Vokne v nedeli tak od 5 do 7. Tak se klidne stav.
Ted se mi jinak blbe planuje hospoda, kdyz se szivame s prirustkem v rodine. Ale jsem otevren i kavarnam (hlavne Jedno) v tydnu kolem obeda.
Jinak aktualne pracujeme na:
github.com/kalkulacka-one/kalk…
kde zatim nic neni. A bezici kalkulacky ve spouste zemi tu:
github.com/kalkulacka-one/vole…
a tu:
kalkulacka.one/cs
Pro predstavu, co to obnasi.
The one voting advice application used by millions of voters in four countries - kalkulacka-one/kalkulackaGitHub
evil
Catholic bishops sue Washington state over law requiring clergy to report child abuse
The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the law, calling it "anti-Catholic." The bishops say it would force them to break their oaths.
What is World Day for Assistive Technology? World Day for Assistive Technology aims to raise awareness of the importance of assistive technology\nAwareness Days
Here's what I was looking for: the Mastodon UX around quote toots.
It looks like:
#Mastodon #QuoteToots #fedimeta
those knowingly spreading misinformation will be uncorrectable
Fediverse should be more robust; we will see
Want to know more about Thunderbird Pro, including Thundermail? Our latest Community Office Hours has you covered! We're discussing planned features, answering questions, and getting to know our new productivity suite before it hatches!
#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Productivity
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Want to get the inside scoop on Thunderbird Pro and Thundermail? We're talking with the Services team for more info on our upcoming products!Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)
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Announcing a new Thunderbird email service called Thundermail as part of the Thunderbird Pro suite of additional services.Ryan Sipes (The Thunderbird Blog)
At the beginning of May, we began a new Month of LibreOffice campaign, celebrating community contributions all across the project.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
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My daughter just sent me this picture from a DB train with the destination set to "Let's see where to"
And this somehow sums up the state of the german train system pretty well...
Perhaps only to be topped by "Let's see when" or "Let's see whether"...
Apple Shifts iPhone Production to India—But Purism Has Been Leading the Way for Over a Decade
Amid rising U.S.-China tensions, Apple is fast-tracking its move to shift iPhone production to India, aiming for a full transition by 2026.
Read Article: puri.sm/posts/apple-moves-ipho…
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
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Comme si le train n'était pas déjà assez chez, voilà une brillante idée pour décourager encore davantage son usage.
Le réseau ferré meurt de décennies de sous-investissement.
Mais c'est aux transports polluants comme les poids lourds et l'avion de payer la facture, pas à nous.
bfmtv.com/economie/une-taxe-su…
Dans le cadre de la conférence "Ambition France Transports" lancée en mai par François Bayrou, la piste d'une nouvelle taxe sur chaque billet de train a été proposée selon Les Echos. Une proposition qui est loin de faire l'unanimité.Frédéric Bianchi (BFM Business)
![he text above the image reads: Ever since I learned the word for a group of raccoons is a gaze, scenes from English literature take on whole new meanings. [laughing-emoji]
Within the image, there are four different scenes corresponding to different literary quotes. Number 1: "Your gaze is very direct, Miss Eyre" from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. In the picture, Jane Eyre is accompanied by a group of raccoons, one of whom has just said to Mr. Rochester, "We want food!" Number 2: "She returned his gaze" from Ian McEwan's Atonement shows a woman carrying a box full of raccoons back to her reluctant ex-boyfriend. Number 3: "His gaze was direct, holding my eyes" from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander shows a clustered group of racoons physically holding open a shocked woman's eyelids. And number 4: "That somber, thoughtful gaze of his did not leave her face. She did not find it embarrassing" from Agatha Christie's Towards Zero shows a woman on a sun-lounger with her face entirely covered by a swarm of raccoons.](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/674106 "he text above the image reads: Ever since I learned the word for a group of raccoons is a gaze, scenes from English literature take on whole new meanings. [laughing-emoji]
Within the image, there are four different scenes corresponding to different literary quotes. Number 1: \"Your gaze is very direct, Miss Eyre\" from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. In the picture, Jane Eyre is accompanied by a group of raccoons, one of whom has just said to Mr. Rochester, \"We want food!\" Number 2: \"She returned his gaze\" from Ian McEwan's Atonement shows a woman carrying a box full of raccoons back to her reluctant ex-boyfriend. Number 3: \"His gaze was direct, holding my eyes\" from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander shows a clustered group of racoons physically holding open a shocked woman's eyelids. And number 4: \"That somber, thoughtful gaze of his did not leave her face. She did not find it embarrassing\" from Agatha Christie's Towards Zero shows a woman on a sun-lounger with her face entirely covered by a swarm of raccoons.")
Submitted two(!) proposals for talks at the Matrix Conference[1]. If any are accepted I guess we'll find out whether I really am ready for the pre-talk stress (from which I have been taking a break for a year or so).
Schedule, talks and talk submissions for Matrix Conference 2025cfp.2025.matrix.org
#DeníkN popisuje a vizualizuje toky bitcoinů mezi mafiány a státem. #odemčeno #bitcoin #politika
🔓 denikn.cz/1749361/bitcoiny-sly…
Při převodu bitcoinů na stát, u kterého byl notář i náměstek ministra spravedlnosti Radomír Daňhel, poslal odsouzený obchodník s drogami Tomáš Jiřikovský podle zjištění Deníku N část kryptoměny v hodnotě 36,5 milionu korun bokem.Eliška Hradilková Bártová (Deník N)
"I have nothing to hide! I don't need to protect my digital identity"
Well, things are changing rapidly!
👉 AI is scraping your data
👉 AI is used by scammers to create better scams
👉 Data breaches are increasing
👉 We've entered a new era of government surveillance
Protect your digital identity with these four steps: tuta.com/blog/how-to-protect-d…
Today our digital identity contains a lot of private data that must be protected. In this guide, learn four best practices to protect yourself online.Tuta
After a blissful holiday, I dove into thrillers, a political comedy, and the enchanting "The Incandescent."Sean's Shelf
daniel:// stenberg://
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •someone asked me earlier this week: when getting funded for maintaining an open source project, how do you measure that you're doing a good job? How does the funder know they're getting value from it?
Tricky question. It made me realize we don't really know if we're doing good job in general. So I wrote up this blog post.
Santiago Piqueras
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •> It made me realize we don't really know if we're doing good job in general.
Curl: So widely use that Microsoft aliases curl to lie to their users github.com/PowerShell/PowerShe…
Also curl: So trusted that it runs on Mars daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/12/03…
Also curl: The easiest way to display a parrot in you terminal github.com/hugomd/parrot.live
I don't know, man :)
Why curl is used everywhere, even on Mars
daniel.haxx.sedaniel:// stenberg://
in reply to Santiago Piqueras • • •Sharlatan
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Bradley Schaefer
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •You could add a comscore solicitation in the CLI to ask "How likely are you to recommend Curl to a friend? (0-10):"
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I do think there's demonstrable value if looking at changes over time. Not lines of code or anything, but _what_ the changes represent. Bug fixes, features added, features removed, external contributors (representing a sort-of community health / good stewardship).
I recognize the difficulty, though, since it all seems indirect. Trust is a big factor, I reckon
Étienne Parmentier
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •daniel:// stenberg://
in reply to Étienne Parmentier • • •Jaanus Kase
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •great question. How DO you measure a project like (lib)curl? Your post does a great job outlining the ambiguity of that.
Perhaps one thing that is easier to measure is developer activity? You mention GitHub stars but there is also issues, forums, social media, probably many more developer facing things?