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
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We are happy to let you know that 49 fantastic free and open source projects will receive NGI0 Core grants.
It's a wide variety of projects covering all 10 layers of the technology stack, from open hardware to applications.
But what unites them is they all contribute to alternatives and improvements to core internet architecture.
Together they are working on an open, resilient and trustworthy internet for all.
Come over and meet the projects! https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241003-announcing-Core-call.html
@Plus_Ultra hehe, yeah, I've found myself introducing people to the concept of mechanical counter-pressure suits, and asking them to watch some clips from The Martian, about how living in a suit affects his skin in that, and then consider whether they really think CIG aren't going to do that as part of hygiene gameplay ;)
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Mastodon, I need your help! Give me some fake facts about #raccoons for a dummy API I'm building
plz boost for reach 🦝
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Can I tempt you to a story of transformation, injustice, war, and discovering your true identity? Join Rhys as he learns the world is not how he always understood, waking up in a new body with new struggles. #scifibooks #furryfiction
@balloonpup and... does Esset particularly disagree with this clearly very reasonable observation? ;)
@SomaFMrusty@defcon.social @BuxtonTheRed just for the sake of clarity - I'm not British, just live here :)
@SomaFMrusty@defcon.social @BuxtonTheRed I'd recommend not looking up why they're like that, you will not be able to spend any amount of time with US sockets for fear of imminent fire and whatnot ;)
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I'm looking at a $20-25k bill for surgery mid next year. I'm not asking for donations, but please consider sharing this post and purchasing a book from the links below! Every sale is that little bit closer to my goal, so please consider helping out!
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Six years ago I had the idea to make an open source oscilloscope, a scope I wish I had when I started playing around with electronics. Three years ago it was a working proof of concept that I documented online, hoping I'd find people who were interested in making it happen. I did, and I can't express how grateful I am for it! Through our shared efforts, I'm so proud to announce that ThunderScope is finally ready for your lab bench: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eevengers/thunderscope
@tryst around where you were irritated by the gauntlet on your suit?
@rateexportpilot @SomaFMrusty@defcon.social this includes me, someone who outright cannot drink coke's cola products (not a fan if the flavour, but they also make me itch pretty badly). Pepsi Max or bust for me, full fat pop is horrific and I just cannot with it.
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Quite some years ago, we brought the #OLPC AKA the 100$ laptop to Rwanda [1]. A surprising thing happened. The laptops were often without battery power in the morning. A thing that wasn’t anticipated. It had two reasons. One was the keyboard LED. It was used by the parents to have a light at home. The other was a bigger surprise. The parents used the mesh networking to discuss market prices for their produce. Fascinating. 1/3
@Plus_Ultra hehe, it's a good one, yeah :) it's been in every isc episode this season :D
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#Akademy2024 report: What happened during the Akademy of many changes.
We are wrapping up Akademy 2024 today, so no better moment to look back at all the new stuff the KDE Community came up with during the event. Discover the new KDE Linux, the overhauled looks coming to Plasma and KDE's apps, what the community as a whole will focus on next, and our renewed commitment to save the world.
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Yay, Denmark reached the threshold as third country. Next up: Belgium. Four countries and a bit more than 700k signatures to go. We have less than a month left!
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/038/public/#/screen/home/allcountries
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EU citizens, take action to help keep Free Software funded!
Jos' says "I want you to fill in this form! End of talk." ;) #akademy2024
@kdedude couldn't quite help notice what Dennis mentioned as well, we don't really have six months of personal tutoring per enthusiastic novice to teach them an llm won't write code for them if they don't already know what the code should do...
@SomaFMrusty@defcon.social that sounds like something a true hero would say! Hmm... ;) (but for real, you do do that guide thing good :) )
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
