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Tuesday. Second day without work while I am on family leave and it still feels weird. I hopped up onto the scaffolding to replace some batteries in our outdoor lighting and unravel some knotted wiring on the outer brick wall of the house, rather than have to find a ladder of my own. The chimney is well out and the roofer came to patch up with new tiles at the weekend, so the scaffolding has been taken down now. It went down to a couple degrees above freezing overnight so those rungs were bloody cold to the touch! but it was still worth doing for the stability. I have no fear of heights, but having a guaranteed safe way up and down is always a bit dicey with something I can actually carry.
Our lounge carpet was hiding hundreds of tiles, many of which seem to have been sanded into place somehow and have probably been there since the house was built post Second World War. I spent a couple of backbreaking hours over the weekend chipping away at the edges of the pesky things to try and remove as many as possible without breaking them. Almost impossible to do under the carpet grippers, but we've filled 5 black rubbish sacks full and still have another couple of rows to move when the plasterer is done with his stuff.
Mother-in-law and I dismantled a sofa, because the local council will take it away if its outside and you pay them thirty quid. Getting it out the door, even in 2 halves, was a bit of a job. I have a smashing welt on my wrist because I tried to move it out of the front door too close to the ladder of said scaffolding.
Plastering is almost done: electrician is back tomorrow to re-fit our lounge plugs and light switches. Plumber is putting the radiator back on Friday, and the painter is in at the tail end of the week. New carpets are being fitted in a week and the first of our new sofas arrives next Friday. OH and we also had to install a new toilet seat, thanks builders!
An old lady sitting close to me was using a caving headlamp to read her book during an overnight flight, lighting up half of the plane with what it felt like the power of a mini nuclear reactor. A flight attendant came and gently said “excuse me”, prompting the old lady to lift her head and point the light directly at the flight attendant’s face. He yelped “oh God, please turn it off!”.
Kinda hilarious, except that she tried to use it again almost every 30 minutes, during an 8 hours flight
Since the Romanian government started attacking students by not giving scholarships during the summer anymore and potentially making it harder to get scholarships (not confirmed yet for students, but they did make it harder for highschool), I'm no longer in a good financial state (not that the scholarship was ideal anyway)
I have a server to pay monthly (12 euro) and I won't have the money by October 6th. If you want to help you can do so here:
Last week we posted some howlers from ChatGPT as it failed to generate anatomically correct diagrams of pregnancy. Some of you believed the position of lungs and intestines relative to the uterus were yet another screw-up by the tech. We regret to inform you that's *quite* correct.
It’s very likely that RFK Jr. will announce that vaccines are the cause of autism. As someone in the medical field I cannot stress this enough: VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM. They also don’t “trigger” autism and they don’t “make it worse”. The vaccine regimen for kids is perfectly safe, and should not be changed.
Source: literally HUNDREDS of peer reviewed studies (including 10 meta analyses of >650,000 children) showing NO link to autism, vs. ZERO studies showing a link.
#MorningAll & #TZAG G’day Squirrel Fans, hope I find you bright eyed & bushy tailed!
Ello, Ello, is this thing working?
*taps keyboard experimentally*
OK, so I think it's Tuesday, unless Donnie T thinks that Tuesdays cause autism and has banned it!
So the key question is, did the world get more insane while I slept or is it just me finally loosing the last of my marbles?
I wonder what the manufacturers of Tylenol™ did to upset the orange oaf??
The BBC, much to the consternation of its top brass no doubt, have been forced to question POTATUS's statements on pain killers & indeed all vaccines. I bet it took their best spin doctors hours to come up with language that could not be seen as offensive by the man who, after last weeks visit, holds the fate of the UK economy in his tiny greasy hands!
It seems that the US health service has gone to war with the ND community! Why let silly things like facts & decades proven science get in the way of a good rant!
Grrrrrrrr!
Anyways, rant over, have a fabulous day & if you’re in the UK enjoy the sunshine!
Cashew later Peeps, have a fabulously nutty day #Today ! 😊🫶🖖
Not sure if this would make sense, or if other 3rd-party clients would do this.
"Quote with link" = non-native quote. Copy is not finalised.
The right way is probably use native quote if supported else fallback to non-native, instead of showing both at the same time. But would users still want to use non-native quote if native quote is not allowed? 🤔
Fix s/accounts/statuses.
I also suspect that DEFAULT_STATUSES_LIMIT applies here too, so instead of default 40, should be 20. I didn't test/check this so I'll update this PR if it's wro...
Prompt to turn them into quotes only show if: - Native quote post is supported - They "look like" post links (same logic as non-native QP link unfurling) - Still respecting the quote policy of the post (same logic as enabling/disabling the Quote menu) - There's no media attachment(s) or poll
In his 'Enter the Matrix' talk¹, @mcnesium suggested donating to the Matrix Foundation to address the issue of one company controlling 90% of the ecosystem and spec.
Here's how the foundation spends its money:²
• Administrative overhead • Operating the matrix.org server • Director’s salary • Hosting Matrix Conf
No funds for software development or spec writing.
Hosting the conference (12.5% of budget) is obviously a good investment.
Is there any place where financial reports of The Matrix.org Foundation are published? Like, summary of income through donations, who is currently employed by The Matrix.org Foundation and how are ...
Do watch @mcnesium’s talk though. I agree with the entire premise. I’m just not convinced that the venture capital funded Element-New Vector-Riot Incorporated is a reliable partner in solving the problem outlined at the beginning of the talk.
Bulshytt is a term used to describe words, phrases, or even entire paragraphs which are misleading or empty in meaning. These terms are often listed as features of products extramuros. The term is often confused with one of a more vulgar nature.
Whenever I read "Trust & Safety" my first reaction is "You have to TRUST us" and "We ensure our SAFETY through restrictions on your device". Sadly, I have rarely been wrong with that.
Regarding the more general accusation on #Matrix being just another VC-backed one-company-product, I'd like to refer to another recent post from the foundation, and only quote from its final paragraph:
> … triggered some defensive reaction with other European players in the market. It is a shame that small European players feel the need to fight one another rather than collaborate via open source software against the bigger non-European and proprietary players.
I would not underestimate the value of having a go-to home server free of charge for people new to #matrix. In the end, it is the members of the foundation to decide whether they agree with the use of the budget they contribute. Are you also a member?
Trust & Safety does include moderation of Matrix.org, but it also includes research and development of FOSS tools, techniques, and spec changes, and collaboration with contributors and server operators from across the ecosystem, even beyond Matrix.
As conveners for the ecosystem, we're able to leverage the fact that we operate a flagship instance to advance the experience of the open federation for everybody.
I chased a man 20 years my junior down the exit hall at work, at a full sprint, while shouting in anger because I wanted to be the first one out of the building that day and took offense when he darted past. I don't know what possessed me. Neither of us has ever spoken of it.
There's a cool-sounding app for runners. Free to try, great reviews, everything. I grabbed it. You all know where this is going... I'm stuck on the screen where I have to select my birthday because the UI isn't accessible. It won't even work with screen recognition. Did Apple's magical accessibility label in the App Store help? Nope, it just said the developer hadn't indicated support. If the labels are self-reporting, what good are they? Anyway, I'm back to hating being blind for today.
This moment when you have Youtube Premium and start watching something without beeing signed in. *Instantly get greeted with 2 adds*. What more can I say? Is not cool. Can't understand how people life without it these days.
@JustinMac84 I watch shows in their entirety. I read tutorials and recipes. I'm not big into music, but if it's not on Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify or bandcamp, I don't tend to bother.
@JustinMac84 I'll send the occasional youtube link for other people's edification but, to be honest, the site could vanish and I'd probably not notice for half a year
@cachondo And miss out on entertainment, documentarys, tech informations/education and co. Sorry, can't do that. And I get why people put their stuff on YT and not anywhere else, it's simply the money.
well yeah. Same, but also that is possible in a country that isn't sanctioned. When @Kianoosh said impossible, this time it most likely literally means impossible, not just unaffordable. Gotta love it.
When I complain about Windows, I literally never thought about running Linux in my life.
As I stare at my shelf full of Linux laptops.
Or look back at my decades of working and playing with Linux systems.
Or the Linux stickers on my desk.
Or ...
Sometimes people just need to use Windows. Or Mac. Or Ubuntu. Or something else you don't like.
Stop being elitist snobs about it when someone complains about the tool they're using. I PROMISE you every single person on this corner of the Fediverse has heard "you should use Linux" a thousand times. They have their reasons to use something else. And they're allowed to complain about it.
This sort of shit is why I hate the FOSS community.
Edit: I felt like registering uselinuxinstead.com/ as a catchall for reasons people may choose not to use a Linux system for their personal use cases. It's as a GitHub Pages so feel free to put issues or PRs if you want to suggest content. L
If I feel more generous later, after making a list of things, I'll also include some links on each section pointing to resources of "okay this was my reason, but maybe if I understood how to do ________ I could give Linux a try."
But the primary point is to have a parked list to hand to folks insisting that you should use Linux for everything and everybody simply because you're frustrated about one specific frustrating thing on MS or Apple or Android or Chromebook or whatever else.
Which of the following was the most significant technological revolution that will have the greatest lasting impact on the way people live and do business?
the internet (64%, 25 votes)
phones with internet (smart phones) (33%, 13 votes)
Electricity, actually. Without electricity we wouldn't have been a civilization we are. but from what you proposed, Internet so far, maybe LLMs also but in the nearest future.
Going by Wikipedia's history and my approximate age, it was either the Spectrum 2 (86) or the Spectrum 2A (88). It definitely had the integrated tape deck.
I can barely remember it but I'm pretty sure it booted into a command line, and all I knew how to do was load a tape. Games came on tapes, and when you loaded them the screen would flash random colours and you'd get harsh static sound until the tape was fully wound, then the game would start.
Magazines would publish programs in Sinclair BASIC that users would type in manually then execute. If you wanted to, you could write them to a tape.
I was very much a child so don't remember any detail, but I remember us copying Pong from a magazine, modifying it to do... something, I can't remember what, and being absolutely amazed we could change the thing appearing on the TV as a result.
"A conversation with Daniel Stenberg, creator and maintainer of #curl, one of the most widely used networking tools on the internet. We talk about Daniel’s journey through decades of protocol work, the story of curl, what keeps him going, and how he balances open source with real life."
On July 16, the European Commission proposed a €2tn seven-year budget – the largest in the EU’s history – to boost autonomy, competitiveness, and resilience. The spending plan ...
not sure if you know about this but some people just do it for free!!! You don't even have to pay them a subscription. Unlike the EU budgeting software, probably…
The usual suspects, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle etc. have a huge lobby sitting in Brussels to make sure that the companies will get a big piece of the cake. Open Source sadly has no lobby. I wish there was. Also the term 'sovereignty' is somewhat a buzzword and they don't in any way understand that this cannot be accomplished with any US tech company which provide cloud services.
This is what you get when you have people in power, esp. v.d.Leyen, who don't understand what's at stake.
The problem is probably that the OSS folks don't have hordes of lobbyists and "consultants" yelling at every politician in Brussels, throwing money around and making them panic that they may miss the AI hype train.
Background The EU is allocating a €2 trillion investment "to boost autonomy, competitiveness, and resilience" by "address[ing] cybersecurity, innovation, and other...
in order to make them turn to open source, the license must prohibit commercial use; then will start realizing the true value of open source
There's nothing wrong in having a license that prohibit commercial use; it's a fair behavior; besides, a concept (absolute freedom) must never be above foss people and their generous efforts
heya @fireborn, is there any docs on how to get elementaryOS to not be jank? things like, uh, how do we access battery level, wifi quick settings, and all that, from the keyboard? ctrl+alt+tab doesn't seem to do it, that just ends up with a lot of "panel. window. window. panel. panel. window"l
Tagging @danirabbit in this one. You can access setting by opening the settings app, press the super key and type settings. As for the other stuff, I don't recall what is corrently fined in stable and what isn't. Unfortunately the only machine I have right now is a mac so I can't check for you.
@danirabbit yeah, settings works, still has that notably linuxy......jankness to it, but uh.... it's better than ubuntu. there doesn't appear to be a keyboard shotcut to throw us into quick settings.... which is also unfortunate
Its source repo was archived 6/2024, and the app taken off PlayStore. Last release was 2/2022, but the server software most likely moved on – which might have broken compatibility. If that is the case, we'd need to remove the app from #IzzyOnDroid as well, to avoid disappointments for those installing it full of hope.
Can we please for a minute talk about how nice of a UI control check mark menu items are, and how much of a shame it is that most modern apps don't use them? This might be an unpopular opinion, but in my own apps I love them for quick settings you want to be accessible with a quick hotkey, just as one example.
How does that work with Chat Control then? Aren't they one of the backers of CC (which I understood to be open access to all messaging regardless of encryption)?
This has got to be one of the best. In Wales, UK, there is a legal requirement for road signs to be in both English and Welsh. So, in this case, the official of the Highways department emailed the English wording to the translator and, after receiving a reply, proceeded to have the sign made and installed.
Unfortunately, a few weeks later, Welsh-speaking drivers began to call up to point out that the Welsh reads..... "I am currently out of the office. Please submit any work to the translation team."
She has been at the forefront of building the @matrix , nurturing the growth of a vibrant open ecosystem, while also driving the success of Element—a sustainable open-source company with a strong focus on gov tech.
At the Fest, she’ll join a roundtable on the open web, open protocols, and the future of decentralized governance and interoperability.
Whether you want to hear how an organization deployed Matrix at scale or learn what the engineers are doing to improve the protocol, the Matrix Conference has a track for you.
For example, there's a WG for documenting moderation issues; reducing spam, easier handling of trolls, griefers and grifters.
If you're keen to get involved in keeping the Matrix protocol network fully decentralised, surveillance-free, and non-corporate, this could be a good way.
Yeah, I've updated my @Arch Linux to @GNOME 49. There are some nifty #a11y related tweaks such as better labelling for gnome shell menus, refreshed settings UI, I like how presentation of various lists e.g. List of wireless networks is presented with screen reader including signal strength.
Been on a #matrix bridge for slack for about a week now and it is working so well that I have removed Slack off my phone. @robin & @andybalaam I find this to be some amazing stuff with Matrix.
I must admit the iPhone Air looks pretty cool. Now that Google is locking down #Android, I might as well get one of those and do #Conversations_im for iOS instead.
Tried iOS with iPhone 14, fled within 6 month back to Android and Pixel 8 pro. With Google going iOS Style I looked into GrapheneOS to learn the only decent devices supported are Pixels but only until last year. Is open source really dead end on smart phones?😭
Why maybe that’s what we need to solve the unsolvable issue of XMPP notifications not reaching any iOS client running in the background. The remaining piece of the XMPP puzzle.
Well, yes. But tried @Monal these days and they did a pretty well job. Works really nicely combined with #Prosody, #Conversations_im and #Dino. But I think you already joined forces, which is a good thing.
In the Linux world there are several tools and technologies to encrypt data on a hard drive, most falling into one of two categories: block device encryption (like LUKS) or stacked filesystem encryption (like EncFs or gocryptfs).
This was very funny and I do think it makes some good points, although I am not looking forward to the smug linux weenie contingent reading it literally and linking to it incessantly, while being ignorant of the artful suspension of disbelief and the deliberate omission of massive swathes of extremely useful functionality and security that it's leaving out rakhim.exotext.com/benjamin-bu…
Tuta is the secure email service, built in Germany. Use encrypted emails on all devices with our open source email client, mobile apps & desktop clients.
OK, having read your report, it’s quite reassuring—my email is safe!
But that’s not really what my question was about.
In the reported case, the authorities didn’t ask for access to the emails. They ask for the accounts to be suspended, which isn’t a case that’s mentioned in your report.
So I’ll ask again: if authorities asked Tuta to suspend some users’ account, what would Tuta do?
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