leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

#Akademy2025 is happening in Berlin, Germany, and online from Saturday the 6th to Thursday the 11th of September.

Mark your calendars!

More details: https://akademy.kde.org/2025/

#KDE #FOSS #techevent #fossevent #linux

@akademy@lemmy.kde.social

If you want to know why researchers from the #globalsouth are under-represented in scientific conferences, try going through the visa application process as one of them.

#conference #knowledgeexchange @academicchatter

In 2019, Iceland became one of the first countries to approve a four-day workweek. Here's how things have been going for them.

2021: "Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success""

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57724779

2024: "Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/25/business/iceland-shorter-working-week-economy/index.html

2025: "The effects of the shorter workweek in Iceland have extended far beyond the office."

https://www.wecb.fm/in-2019-iceland-approved-the-4-day-workweek-nearly-6-years-later-all-predictions-by-generation-z-have-come-true/

#news #labor #WorkersRights #FourDayWorkWeek #work #iceland

fert

#furry #art

The problem isn’t that the fediverse isn’t viable. The problem isn’t that it’s “too complicated.” The problem is that the giants of Silicon Valley have spent 20 years convincing us that anything outside their control isn’t worth our time.

I have been saying this for at least a decade and I shall scream it into the void for at least a decade to come but:

the over-simplification of technical jargon, interfaces, and capabilities of end-user software and hardware have been a disaster for tech literacy of the 'general population' and have aided the creation of walled gardens more than the lack of open alternatives.

(quote from https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied/)

@frameworkcomputer We challenge AMD—and NVIDIA, Micron, Samsung, SK Hynix, and everyone else in this space—to not give up on socketed memory. The future should be upgradeable!

Today is the 8th anniversary of @Liberapay's launch. Coincidentally, I have an announcement to make.

I'm looking for someone to open a new chapter in the project's history by becoming its second maintainer. That doesn't mean it's a programming job, although help in that area is always welcome. You can find a bit more information in https://github.com/liberapay/salon/issues/661 and ask any questions you have there or in private.

Please boost 🙂

Added a new RSS feed you can use to grab our news.

The newest is just for the hottest articles over 30 days if the other feeds are too much for you.

All the feeds are here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/rss/

Dear People attending #FOSDEM

The maintainer of #XZ is still in need of true support after they were abused by someone who tried to viciously introduce a backdoor to potentially millions of servers and computers.

They opened a Liberapay account here: https://liberapay.com/Larhzu.
They only receive 5€ a week for now…

You know XZ is crucial for lots of critical systems. Please tip them generously.and boost this message!

(Discovery borrowed from @Sylvhem)

Lydia Pintscher, Vice President of KDE e.V., receives the European Open Source Award for Advocacy and Awareness 🏆!

Congrats @nightrose !

@europeanOSacademy

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#OSAAwards #FOSDEM

Bookshop, the anti-amazon that gives $$ to local bookstores with every sale, now has ebooks. That’s a big deal: https://bookshop.org/info/ebooks