Switzerland passes law requiring #OpenSource software in the public sector. "All public bodies must disclose the source code of software developed by or for them, unless precluded by third-party rights or security concerns" Well done @maemst, great work!
joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection…
Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector: A legal milestone
Switzerland has enacted the "Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfilment of Governmental Tasks" (EMBAG), establishing a mandatory requirement for open source software within public sector bodies.Axel Thévenet
🚨 New pre-print – dark times for privacy. Not only announced Google yesterday to continue allowing cross-site cookies. We find that Android's central privacy options are ineffective and arguably misleading for consumers.
For 10+ years, Google has allowed #Android users to limit data sharing for online ads. We find that this setting does... NOTHING much. The same goes for Californians, when they exert their LEGAL right to limit sale or sharing of their data. #GPC
Link: arxiv.org/abs/2407.14938
From Ad Identifiers to Global Privacy Control: The Status Quo and Future of Opting Out of Ad Tracking on Android
Apps and their integrated third party libraries often collect a variety of data from people to show them personalized ads. This practice is often privacy-invasive.arXiv.org
social.polotek.net/@polotek/11…
Marco Rogers (@polotek@social.polotek.net)
@mwl@io.mwl.io people love to say "we" when they mean "somebody who is not me".social.polotek.net
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.
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)
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)
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.
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.
reshared this
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)
reshared this
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.
reshared this
Looking for contact in Colombia
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.
"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…RTP
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
(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.
🗓️ 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
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.
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?
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
Seirdy likes this.
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
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?
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.
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.
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.)
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…
@kde
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
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)
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 donationsKo-fi
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
Neue Bänke in Mitte
uMap lets you create maps with OpenStreetMap layers in a minute and embed them in your site.uMap
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
Marco Rogers
in reply to Marco Rogers • • •I think I also need to ask "who is they?" More often. It's always "we" against "they" without a lot of explanation.
social.polotek.net/@polotek/11…
Marco Rogers
2024-07-24 15:04:44
Marco Rogers
in reply to Marco Rogers • • •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.