leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

New music! Been working on this one since the beginning of the year!

Welcome to the World of Computing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNcufPTxUaQ

#synthwave #datawave #furrymusic #music #mastomusic

The note C5 is 40 octaves below light green

(523 Hz to 575 THz)

https://blog.neon.kde.org/2024/02/28/kde-neon-6-available-now/
Today KDE has made its biggest release ever, never before in the 25 year history of the project have we announced so many new products at the same time but it brings the newly refreshed base to keep our software foundation strong.
#Plasma6 @kde

The Kickstarter for Neon Roar is now live! Watch the trailer featuring music by me!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fenrispublishing/neon-roar

Hey everyone! I've been working on a soundtrack for a 16-bit inspired furry video game called Neon Roar and our Kickstarter is launching this coming week! Here's a pre-launch page if you want to be one of the first to check it out!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fenrispublishing/neon-roar

I do not know how many of you are following @ryanc 's case for legal recognition under UK law. Despite the fact that non-binary people should *technically* be recognized, the UK government has fought this every step of the way.

Ryan is fighting an amazing battle, almost entirely by themself, and if you have any possibility of contributing you could make an amazing difference in the world...

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/non-binary-recognition/

... spreading word of this case also helps, since the mainstream media has been astonishingly silent about it.

Folks in the #UK, my old colleague Dr. Adrian Bowyer is running a petition:

"New rules for manufacturers of medical device implants

We believe it should be made illegal for manufacturers of medical devices implanted into patients to regularly charge the patient for upgrades or maintenance."

It also calls for "IP" to be released if a manufacturer fails. I feel this subject is important enough to ask you to disseminate the link. Thank you.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/656376

@Daojoan "scared of AI" as in "scared of mold". Like mold, it's not going to become sentient and eat us all. But also like mold, it has a tendency to spoil previously good things, and my preferred amount of it in my (information) diet is zero with very few, carefully selected exceptions. Those exceptions, or the bries among the internet mold that is AI, are things like automatic transcription or translation.

I like this take
https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm#minimalism

#webdev

European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal

Surprising third-act twist as Russian case means more freedom for all The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that laws requiring crippled encryption and extensive data retention violate the European Convention on Human Rights – a decision that may derail European data surveillance legislation known as Cha…
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/02/15/echr_backdoor_encryption/

Eric Idle being the best surviving Python

My new avatar, K-Drone 2.0, is now available on Gumroad! This is a completely new model built from the ground up. You can get it here: cinnamonvector.gumroad.com/l/kdrone2