leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

We are at 95% of our first stretch goal!

With less than €3,000 to go, our fundraiser is about to cross the €50,000 mark, and we will be entering the final stretch of our campaign.

Will your donation push us over the line?

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/#adopt

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#fundraiser #donations #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

UK people - the government is running a "Copyright and Artificial Intelligence" open consultation, https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/copyright-and-artificial-intelligence until 2025-02-25

Option 3, their "preferred option" is to allow AI to slurp everything, but require an opt-out (we all know how well those work!)

Option 1 (require abiding copyright law) is "not preferred" because it is "likely to make the UK a less attractive location for AI development".

If stealing shit is the basis of your business model, *perhaps this is a problem*?

As yet there are no applications for our Senior Software Dev role (£64-£75k: https://bfijobsandopportunities.bfi.org.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=1222165UlM&WVID=384536015T)

#PHP devs, come and work with us at the #BFI! It's a really nice low pressure environment and you get to watch a lot of films for free

New email footer (in green, bold):

"Please consider the environment before using AI functionality to reply to this email."

#work #email #ai

This was boosted into my feed without alt text. I’ve added alt text.

It sounds like great advice if your health insurance denies a claim.

It took less than a minute to add the alt text. Please do this.

Someone has created a petition for the UK government to legally recognise non-binary as a gender

We're certain that the UK government will refuse to act on it, but it'd be nice if such a large number of people voted for it that they couldn't ignore it

Boosts welcome

#UKGovernment #UK #petition #NonBinary #queer #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQIA2S+ #TransRightsAreHumanRights #NonBinaryPeopleExist

UK petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible

Petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700005

Graph tracking signatures: https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/700005

#UK #petition #brexit #UKPol #UKPolitics

This is an experiment. Please boost.

http://mastoddosnt.ddns.net/

Here's the idea: This post is going first to my followers, then, if they boost it, to other people. This domain has been registered for only this experiment. I should see in my web server's logs when mastodon instances start crawling the site for info. Then maybe also some curious humans.

I just want to play with my monitoring a bit :)

Oh look Disney pulled an episode of a TV show because it was about trans issues.
OH LOOK some genius leaked the episode!
OH they TRIED taking it down!!!
OH LOOOOOOK a bigger genius got it up on internet archive :D

The Streissand Effect is in full swing

https://archive.org/details/na-the-gatekeeper

Guess what just launched? https://writingmonth.org

I'm proud to announce #WritingMonth, a challenge to meet your writing goals in the next 30 days. Pick your own goal that best challenges you and write your novel, short stories, poems, stage or screen play, blog posts, or any other writing project as part of a growing community of writers.

Note: I had to rush development a lot to make it by the November deadline, so there are a few things still missing or incomplete, but overall the site is ready to start up our challenge. I'll be continuing to fill in new and upgraded features as time allows over the coming days and weeks.

Boosts are very welcome!

Tapping the sign again:

Being autistic does not make anyone sexist, racist, eugenicist, an advocate for gendered violence, an apologist for child abuse, or any of the things that white dudes in open source technology are starting to be held accountable for.

Being an *asshole* makes someone an advocate for abuse.

Stop infantilizing grown-ass adults.

Criticism of a sexual harasser is not ableist. You know what's ableist? Your colleagues who refuse to prioritize accessibility in FLOSS.

🎂✨HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO @kde
@kde_espana 🥳🎊

To celebrate with ENTIRE COMMUNITY, and for the next 24h ONLY… We are offering 💥€100 discount 💥on our 💻 KDE SLIMBOOK V

https://slimbook.com/en/shop/category/laptops-special-editions-58

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

#NGI0 #NGI #FOSS

Mastodon, I need your help! Give me some fake facts about #raccoons for a dummy API I'm building

plz boost for reach 🦝

You don't want to limit yourself to a single device category & want to use your TUXEDO flexibly?
The TUXEDO InfinityFlex 14 offers you three different modes: Laptop-, Monitor-, Tablet mode.

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-InfinityFlex-14-Gen1

#tuxedo #convertible #Flexibility #linux #modes

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

https://books2read.com/reborn-jfrcoates

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!

Links to my ebooks on various platforms can be found here: https://books2read.com/rl/jfrcoates

My print books can be purchased through my website: https://www.jfrcoates.com/

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

#terrypratchett