leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es
weirdo free/libre open source software person, member of the KDE community since forever, who loves squeaky, slinky and fuzzy things - they/them
Joined Sep 2018
@RedIzak aw buppy! Always hugs, yes :)
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This though 👀👀 hands up if you also like being pet like a puppydog or perhaps a kitty
@arielmt alright, I'm afraid this leaves me no choice but to squint at you while I sip my tea. ;)
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of the environmental impact of computing, i think its very important to mention that storing shit is still pretty free. what really demands Power and Space and Water is to constantly throw all that data into the perpetual surveillance machine. storing a trillion cat pictures is cheap and small. putting it all thru multiple extremely heavy analysis processes per day just so google has useless metadata about you, is extremely expensive and what Business is really all about today. thats where the big money is being poured into
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Please help us get to 10k, sign and share, we want to see if the gov are still using the same copy and paste reply 😂
Petition: Hold a referendum on re-joining the European Union https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/648807
@Saki heyyyy, merry possmass! :D
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I dream of a world in which everyone can engage in their weird niche hobbies with reckless abandon and post about them online, fully embracing their cringe and letting everyone else in to enjoy.
@Plus_Ultra this literally came up in the org voice chat earlier, thank you for the link :D
@Dairishgoat the critically overlooked Electric Dreams anthology series? ;)
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Remembrance has become a performative act here in the UK, a means by which people demonstrate their patriotism to each other and pay lip service to the dead, all while ignoring the human cost of conflict.
If poppy disease makes you feel sick, give a couple of quid to SSAFA instead. SSAFA is the Armed Forces charity. They've successfully managed to avoid being politicised and have stayed true to their mission.
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When somebody asks "does this software need to be accessible to people with disabilities?” the answer you're looking for is “any level of discrimination is unacceptable and illegal.”
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The #Tories are a real & present danger to #democracy as it now seems they are seeking to widen the definition of 'extremism' to include anyone who is 'undermining' Britain!
Such a catch-all phrase will likely give the police the ability to shut down pretty much any dissent:.
The leaked document states: 'Extremism is the promotion or advancement of any ideology which aims to overturn or undermine the UK’s system of parliamentary democracy, its institutions & values'!
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Software influences energy consumption. Knowing how to minimize it can improve battery life and is greener for the environment.
Learn how we are working on this at KDE in 'Measuring energy consumption of software' from #Akademy2023, now available online.
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As a few people have asked. Here's the link to the organ patreon.
Situation is that one third of our triumverate has sadly had to drop out. This has left us £300 odd a month short on rent.
We've mainly been trying to do it using our own cash. But this is a bit much.
It's all still starting out so we don't have much to offer in return yet bar our eternal gratitude.
Our plan is to do a Christmas/New year/both broadcast. So Of course, patrons will have access to this early, as well as any other stuff we do.
We'll be looking to include supporters in the newsletter. As well as offering other things/tiers.
If you are in the East Midlands area of the UK. Physical help is always appreciated. Mainly for lift and shift. but building work, electrical/wiring, soldering & various other things are always going on.
Please boost this as best you can.
The sooner we can get sorted, the sooner we can start making content and growing things <3
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@EMCOA1934
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/EMCOA/membership
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I slowly creep away from anything involving data-scraping, government backdoors, mass surveillance, etc, but not because I understand the issues in any depth.
It's because I read my Terry Pratchett.
“Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.”
― Terry Pratchett, Snuff
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Where is your profile picture from?
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NHS, impending puberty blocker ban
NHS England is planning to stop doctors prescribing puberty blockers to trans children and youth – a de facto national ban on PBs for under-18s, except for a handful of long-term research participants and those whose parents are willing and able to pursue private options (a “loophole” which I expect will then be closed off in due course)
A consultation on this policy proposal closes this weekend (29 October), so if you live in England, please take the opportunity to comment here:
I heard that it's #FursuitFriday :D Have this shot from last Sunday of Rattie and myself ready to head off and do some parcel deliveries and look for bear head helmets in #StarCitizen ;) photo by King Dimitrius, taken at the Cornerstone #CitizenCon2953 watch party - and what a party it was!
@gamingonlinux no timelines for the Linux stuff of course, as you point out, but... this is not the first time it's come up ;) they already do the headless client testing work on Linux (the cloud tester tool), so it's not as unreasonable or as much of a stretch as it might possibly seem, either... keeping a close eye on those bits:)
weirdo free/libre open source software person, member of the KDE community since forever, who loves squeaky, slinky and fuzzy things - they/them
Joined Sep 2018
