drak: » I love the syntax of #Python, but crave the simplicity and power of #Lisp.« https://www.draketo.de/software/wisp !GNU #Guile #Scheme !fs
drak's status on Monday, 01-Mar-2021 19:08:19 EST
» I love the syntax of #Python, but crave the simplicity and power of #Lisp.« https://www.draketo.de/software/wisp !GNU #Guile #Scheme !fs
drak: Awesome Gamedev: https://notabug.org/Calinou/awesome-gamedev #foss resources for creating #games !fs
drak's status on Monday, 24-Aug-2020 08:21:43 EDT
Awesome Gamedev: https://notabug.org/Calinou/awesome-gamedev #foss resources for creating #games !fs
drak: What makes developers happy? Contributing !fs https://www.techrepublic.com/article/what-makes-developers-happy-contributing-to-open-source/
drak's status on Tuesday, 26-May-2020 03:43:08 EDT
What makes developers happy? Contributing !fs https://www.techrepublic.com/article/what-makes-developers-happy-contributing-to-open-source/
drak: Automatic coordinated rebase with changeset #evolution and #Mercurial: https://blog.disy.net/hg-evolution/ #hg #scm #vcs !fs
drak's status on Monday, 02-Mar-2020 03:10:40 EST
Automatic coordinated rebase with changeset #evolution and #Mercurial: https://blog.disy.net/hg-evolution/ #hg #scm #vcs !fs
drak: Terminal Phase: building a #space #shooter that runs in your #terminal: https://dustycloud.org/blog/terminal-phase-prototype/ !fs
drak's status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2019 17:47:13 EST
Terminal Phase: building a #space #shooter that runs in your #terminal: https://dustycloud.org/blog/terminal-phase-prototype/ !fs
mmn: I don't see me getting mad. However, I'm afraid you haven't actually answered me, just ranted. You still haven't mentioned a single !xmpp client by name, unfortunately. Also, you said you thought we should make a "federated discord". But then you complain about features of federation as if they were downsides (client versatility, adaptability for various disabilities https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/3521679
mmn's status on Friday, 17-May-2019 00:23:38 EDT
I don't see me getting mad. However, I'm afraid you haven't actually answered me, just ranted. You still haven't mentioned a single !xmpp client by name, unfortunately. Also, you said you thought we should make a "federated discord". But then you complain about features of federation as if they were downsides (client versatility, adaptability for various disabilities …
mmn: @aral Aye, but the risks of being 100% unable to run !FS on the platform (i.e. Apple) must surely be a worse strategic approach? Of course I mean repurposing used hardware and not purchasing new Google-financing dung.
mmn's status on Sunday, 17-Feb-2019 14:12:48 EST
@aral Aye, but the risks of being 100% unable to run !FS on the platform (i.e. Apple) must surely be a worse strategic approach? Of course I mean repurposing used hardware and not purchasing new Google-financing dung.
mmn: Yeah, you're right. Just like how it's perfectly fine to say "I care about the environment" and then eat meat every day. Puh-lease. Everyone can stop eating meat as well as use !fs. If not, we should all get together and make sure that organisations and civilians don't depend on proprietary technology because they "have three kids" as an excuse. Having people excuse t https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/3066786
mmn's status on Thursday, 24-Jan-2019 15:01:19 EST
Yeah, you're right. Just like how it's perfectly fine to say "I care about the environment" and then eat meat every day. Puh-lease. Everyone can stop eating meat as well as use !fs. If not, we should all get together and make sure that organisations and civilians don't depend on proprietary technology because they "have three kids" as an excuse. Having people excuse t…
mmn: Yeah, GNU/FSF have never put any resources in to GNU social apart from maintaining the general !fs politics worldwide. Originally Evan had startup grants, I just put in my free time (which I barely have any left nowadays) and @diogo got the gsoc stuff. While I enjoy the !ostatus solution much more than ActivityPub maybr we should see what has been generated "outside" https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/3053890
mmn's status on Monday, 21-Jan-2019 01:49:09 EST
Yeah, GNU/FSF have never put any resources in to GNU social apart from maintaining the general !fs politics worldwide. Originally Evan had startup grants, I just put in my free time (which I barely have any left nowadays) and @diogo got the gsoc stuff. While I enjoy the !ostatus solution much more than ActivityPub maybr we should see what has been generated "outside" …
mmn: Whenever we can take resources from Google without giving anything back - or maybr even developing anti-Google-stuff - I think we should take those resources. The fact that they get some PR out of it (as @aral constantly complains about) is less important as I think they could get that anyway without contributing to !fs Though I agree they shouldn't get any speaker ti https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/3053870
mmn's status on Monday, 21-Jan-2019 01:39:48 EST
Whenever we can take resources from Google without giving anything back - or maybr even developing anti-Google-stuff - I think we should take those resources. The fact that they get some PR out of it (as @aral constantly complains about) is less important as I think they could get that anyway without contributing to !fs Though I agree they shouldn't get any speaker ti…
mmn: @aral The whole point is that if the software is libre, the power is among the commons to use it for good (or bad). The underlying requirement for an open, democratic society is transparency, so in that sense libre software is a requirement. But also - considering it _is_ free/libre - there is nothing contradicting per say in the use of !fs for surveillance, military projects etc.
mmn's status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2018 09:25:55 EST
@aral The whole point is that if the software is libre, the power is among the commons to use it for good (or bad). The underlying requirement for an open, democratic society is transparency, so in that sense libre software is a requirement. But also - considering it _is_ free/libre - there is nothing contradicting per say in the use of !fs for surveillance, military projects etc.
mmn: !fs https://cmcenroe.me/image/gpl.jpg
mmn's status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2018 19:31:23 EST
!fs https://cmcenroe.me/image/gpl.jpg
mmn: Let's Encrypt and the !fs communtiy has made it insanely easy to encrypt stuff. And here I've been putting together random scribbles of shellscripting to glue stuff together - and Debian's "letsencrypt" package does just about everything I need.
mmn's status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2018 08:06:18 EST
Let's Encrypt and the !fs communtiy has made it insanely easy to encrypt stuff. And here I've been putting together random scribbles of shellscripting to glue stuff together - and Debian's "letsencrypt" package does just about everything I need.
mmn: The most interesting thing about decentralised !fs games is how you decide whether to trust the remote party not to cheat. If anyone has a paper on how to play games containing secrets without a trusted third party, please contact me. I'm guessing a blockchain is the solution, publishing the hash value of each action for each move and then when the game is over, some https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/1625576
mmn's status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2018 14:13:09 EST
The most interesting thing about decentralised !fs games is how you decide whether to trust the remote party not to cheat. If anyone has a paper on how to play games containing secrets without a trusted third party, please contact me. I'm guessing a blockchain is the solution, publishing the hash value of each action for each move and then when the game is over, some …
mmn: (probably not) coming soon to a terminal near you: !fs #wordfight - as opposed to the proprietary #wordfeud - https://social.umeahackerspace.se/attachment/267453
mmn's status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2018 14:03:09 EST
(probably not) coming soon to a terminal near you: !fs #wordfight - as opposed to the proprietary #wordfeud - https://social.umeahackerspace.se/attachment/267453
mmn: @masoud There's no need to free one's entire device in order to install the flexible repository of !fs that is #F-Droid ;) Most people I know have already installed F-Droid since it's simply much easier. No hassle with account registration etc. and they get all the software they need through there. (and if it's not there, they can easily receive it from a friend with https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/1588562
mmn's status on Monday, 25-Dec-2017 16:09:21 EST
@masoud There's no need to free one's entire device in order to install the flexible repository of !fs that is #F-Droid ;) Most people I know have already installed F-Droid since it's simply much easier. No hassle with account registration etc. and they get all the software they need through there. (and if it's not there, they can easily receive it from a friend with …
mmn: Ralink [...] easier to work with !fs than Mediatek*
mmn's status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2017 03:54:30 EST
Ralink [...] easier to work with !fs than Mediatek*
mmn: @bob wr703n are neat-o but only have one antenna. I've been looking for cheap !fs compatible hardware with two wireless interfaces. Not much luck so far (but I'm guessing there's some repeater out there that fits the bill)
mmn's status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 07:13:32 EST
@bob wr703n are neat-o but only have one antenna. I've been looking for cheap !fs compatible hardware with two wireless interfaces. Not much luck so far (but I'm guessing there's some repeater out there that fits the bill)
mmn: @bobjonkman @clacke Evan had advertisements on identi.ca from some ad service called Briar I remember. Not sure if they're still around, but the focused on only promoted !fs or something, I believe.
mmn's status on Monday, 04-Dec-2017 01:24:28 EST
@bobjonkman @clacke Evan had advertisements on identi.ca from some ad service called Briar I remember. Not sure if they're still around, but the focused on only promoted !fs or something, I believe.
mmn: @grmpyoldman Maybe we should pressure the drug lords to give some of the drug money to !fs developers so they get better and more secure tools.
mmn's status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2017 08:34:34 EST
@grmpyoldman Maybe we should pressure the drug lords to give some of the drug money to !fs developers so they get better and more secure tools.
mmn: RT @aw Since gnusocial.no is now part of peers.community, here's a video of their talk in the last #GNU Hackers Meeting https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2017/2017-08--maldonadoventura--peers--ghm.webm !fs
mmn's status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2017 04:17:43 EST
RT @aw Since gnusocial.no is now part of peers.community, here's a video of their talk in the last #GNU Hackers Meeting https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2017/2017-08--maldonadoventura--peers--ghm.webm !fs
aw: Since gnusocial.no is now part of peers.community, here's a video of their talk in the last #GNU Hackers Meeting https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2017/2017-08--maldonadoventura--peers--ghm.webm !fs
aw's status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2017 01:45:03 EST
Since gnusocial.no is now part of peers.community, here's a video of their talk in the last #GNU Hackers Meeting https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2017/2017-08--maldonadoventura--peers--ghm.webm !fs
mmn: Also you're empowered to sort it any way you want as it's !fs.
mmn's status on Saturday, 30-Sep-2017 05:40:27 EDT
Also you're empowered to sort it any way you want as it's !fs.
mmn: @dwmatiz I have #Win10 at work. It does _not_ "just work". I have already spent almost an hour trying to configure stuff so it works, but the laptop still stops outputting audio when the screen goes blank, goes to sleep when the lid is closed (despite power configuration which I've quadruplechecked!) etc. etc. These are problems I have never had with GNU/Linux. There https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/1351854
mmn's status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2017 04:57:04 EDT
@dwmatiz I have #Win10 at work. It does _not_ "just work". I have already spent almost an hour trying to configure stuff so it works, but the laptop still stops outputting audio when the screen goes blank, goes to sleep when the lid is closed (despite power configuration which I've quadruplechecked!) etc. etc. These are problems I have never had with GNU/Linux. There …
mmn's status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2017 04:53:47 EDT
@bes Liberate ALL the software!
mmn: I'll go ahead and tag this thread with #SFD2017 !fs :)
mmn's status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2017 04:53:08 EDT
I'll go ahead and tag this thread with #SFD2017 !fs :)
mmn: But of course I don't. I just keep using and developing !fs (+ free culture etc.), avoiding the meat industry, actively supporting equal rights movements and try my best to create/support commons.
mmn's status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2017 04:04:31 EDT
But of course I don't. I just keep using and developing !fs (+ free culture etc.), avoiding the meat industry, actively supporting equal rights movements and try my best to create/support commons.
mmn: ^- On that topic, I still can't understand why vegetarians, equal rights activists, general leftists etc. keep insisting on using proprietary software. As in explicitly being aware of but refusing to migrate or put effort into the benefit of !fs. It sometimes makes me so confused/annoyed that I just want to go out and buy meat, harass people based on gender and start https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/1351817
mmn's status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2017 04:02:30 EDT
^- On that topic, I still can't understand why vegetarians, equal rights activists, general leftists etc. keep insisting on using proprietary software. As in explicitly being aware of but refusing to migrate or put effort into the benefit of !fs. It sometimes makes me so confused/annoyed that I just want to go out and buy meat, harass people based on gender and start …
mmn: @oxenfree @cybermeow @elizafox @cyberpotato @cajun @thatbrickster @lain @heluecht Hi, I'm @mmn, maintainer of GNUsocial. I reacted when it was written that "many people on gnusocial are angry" and wish to say that !GNUsocial has only love and appreciation for #Mastodon and #ActivityPub. I believe cooperation is important for libre software and the federated social web https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/1339856
mmn's status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 04:50:08 EDT
@oxenfree @cybermeow @elizafox @cyberpotato @cajun @thatbrickster @lain @heluecht Hi, I'm @mmn, maintainer of GNUsocial. I reacted when it was written that "many people on gnusocial are angry" and wish to say that !GNUsocial has only love and appreciation for #Mastodon and #ActivityPub. I believe cooperation is important for libre software and the federated social web…
bobjonkmanformer: !TIL that Software Freedom Day has an Official Song: https://archive.org/details/20170809SFD2017MIX !SFD !fs
bobjonkmanformer's status on Wednesday, 09-Aug-2017 16:27:17 EDT
!TIL that Software Freedom Day has an Official Song: https://archive.org/details/20170809SFD2017MIX !SFD !fs
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
mmn: Ever heard of #Thunderbird? Or the GNOME groupware client Evolution? .) All !fs, all wonderful. https://www.mozilla.org/sv-SE/thunderbird/
mmn's status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2017 02:48:57 EDT
Ever heard of #Thunderbird? Or the GNOME groupware client Evolution? .) All !fs, all wonderful. https://www.mozilla.org/sv-SE/thunderbird/
bobjonkmanformer: The #Photobucket crisis is an opportunity to promote Free Software: @bob@social.freedombone.net https://blog.freedombone.net/photo-hosting/ !fs
bobjonkmanformer's status on Friday, 07-Jul-2017 00:31:14 EDT
The #Photobucket crisis is an opportunity to promote Free Software: @bob@social.freedombone.net https://blog.freedombone.net/photo-hosting/ !fs
mmn: If only there was a place online you could meet bearded fat people who love !fs without giving yourself up to Facebook or Google.
mmn's status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2017 05:36:39 EDT
If only there was a place online you could meet bearded fat people who love !fs without giving yourself up to Facebook or Google.
mmn: @grmpyoldman Unfortunately being !fs doesn't in its own right mean being anti-capitalist. .(
mmn's status on Friday, 23-Jun-2017 04:11:32 EDT
@grmpyoldman Unfortunately being !fs doesn't in its own right mean being anti-capitalist. .(
bobjonkmanformer: Looking for a Free Software collaborative date scheduler. First choice so far: #Framadate https://framadate.org/ Any others? !FS
bobjonkmanformer's status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2017 19:33:16 EDT
Looking for a Free Software collaborative date scheduler. First choice so far: #Framadate https://framadate.org/ Any others? !FS
mmn: @makitadoge @Gargron Good dog, you have been trained well in the art of !fs fanaticism! *proud*
mmn's status on Tuesday, 30-May-2017 02:40:27 EDT
@makitadoge @Gargron Good dog, you have been trained well in the art of !fs fanaticism! *proud*
bobjonkmanformer: @BryanLunduke writes: "one of the best ways to 'sneak' free software into an organization" http://status.hackerposse.com/url/15091 !fs !windows
bobjonkmanformer's status on Wednesday, 17-May-2017 12:49:07 EDT
@BryanLunduke writes: "one of the best ways to 'sneak' free software into an organization" http://www.networkworld.com/article/3197264/open-source-tools/the-ultimate-linux-trojan-horse-windows-subsystem-for-linux.html !fs !windows
bobjonkmanformer: WinXP is popular for embedded systems. It's likely the manufacturer of your hospital's X-Ray machine hasn't been updating the OS, but doctors still need to access the images across the network. So, it's susceptible to the #WannaCry ransomware. And the X-Ray machine is proprietary hardware, so there's no chance of upgrading to !FreeSoftware OS.
bobjonkmanformer's status on Sunday, 14-May-2017 18:27:48 EDT
WinXP is popular for embedded systems. It's likely the manufacturer of your hospital's X-Ray machine hasn't been updating the OS, but doctors still need to access the images across the network. So, it's susceptible to the #WannaCry ransomware. And the X-Ray machine is proprietary hardware, so there's no chance of upgrading to !FreeSoftware OS.
mmn: @thebestsophist @pettter I'd be perfectly happy to shut down all the machines - maybe especially so in mission critical environments - that run insecure proprietary software in order to build it all up from scratch using !fs. Given how neither of these systems we talk about have more than a couple of decades history - rebuilding them can be done within all of our lifetimes.
mmn's status on Sunday, 14-May-2017 16:57:31 EDT
@thebestsophist @pettter I'd be perfectly happy to shut down all the machines - maybe especially so in mission critical environments - that run insecure proprietary software in order to build it all up from scratch using !fs. Given how neither of these systems we talk about have more than a couple of decades history - rebuilding them can be done within all of our lifetimes.
mmn: I think you're right in that some soul is lost. Anything which grows too much will fail as a community. However, as this is all !fs the important thing to remember is that these are mere tools to create our own, new and balanced communities. I for one have seen many Twitter users come and go in floods to the !fediverse, some staying to create instances of #GNUsocial I https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/1062864
mmn's status on Monday, 24-Apr-2017 01:33:23 EDT
I think you're right in that some soul is lost. Anything which grows too much will fail as a community. However, as this is all !fs the important thing to remember is that these are mere tools to create our own, new and balanced communities. I for one have seen many Twitter users come and go in floods to the !fediverse, some staying to create instances of #GNUsocial I…
mmn: @leauxra As @bkurdali suggests there are lots of Free software (as in freedom, not caged by some company but developed by anyone - a community). A good thing about !fs is that it's generally gratis - but if you and others donate and new features get implemented then the whole world can access these features. Not just the ones who afford the new version. And the best t https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/1055365
mmn's status on Saturday, 22-Apr-2017 02:40:56 EDT
@leauxra As @bkurdali suggests there are lots of Free software (as in freedom, not caged by some company but developed by anyone - a community). A good thing about !fs is that it's generally gratis - but if you and others donate and new features get implemented then the whole world can access these features. Not just the ones who afford the new version. And the best t…
mmn: @jz And before the GNU people there were tons of just !fs developers who got the ball rolling - with Evan Prodromou leading the project, Brion Vibber supplying awesome !OStatus code and various people helping out with standardisation and various other improvements.
mmn's status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 11:51:44 EDT
@<a href="https://mamot.fr/users/jz" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Jérémie Zimmermann
bobjonkmanformer: @webmink I’m not sure if actual staff from @FSF or the Conservancy are in the !Fediverse, but many people have joined the !FS !FreeSoftware, !OpenHardware, !FreeCulture and similar groups. Sadly, I don’t think Mastodon supports groups yet, so you may need to join an actual GNUsocial or PostActiv instance. http://sn.jonkman.ca/group/fs http://sn.jonkman.ca/group/openhardware http://s.russwurm.org/group/freeculture
bobjonkmanformer's status on Wednesday, 12-Apr-2017 23:36:55 EDT
@webmink I’m not sure if actual staff from @FSF or the Conservancy are in the !Fediverse, but many people have joined the !FS !FreeSoftware, !OpenHardware, !FreeCulture and similar groups. Sadly, I don’t think Mastodon supports groups yet, so you may need to join an actual GNUsocial or PostActiv instance. http://sn.jonkman.ca/group/fs http://sn.jonkman.ca/group/openhardware http://s.russwurm.org/group/freeculture
aw: I guess for those who are curious they will try to know more about how Mastadon came into being and then find out about !GNUSocial and then eventually -- GNU itself. !fs
aw's status on Wednesday, 12-Apr-2017 08:12:20 EDT
I guess for those who are curious they will try to know more about how Mastadon came into being and then find out about !GNUSocial and then eventually -- GNU itself. !fs
bobjonkmanformer: Wish we had more of that "Open" and "Free" stuff here! !WRAwesome is a great tech hub, but I'm not sure how much !FS is actually produced here
bobjonkmanformer's status on Thursday, 06-Apr-2017 01:32:34 EDT
Wish we had more of that "Open" and "Free" stuff here! !WRAwesome is a great tech hub, but I'm not sure how much !FS is actually produced here
bobjonkmanformer: Sadly, tying medical equipment to non-free software is all too common. You're right, it's a huge privacy violation, and the End-User-Licence-Agreement allowing them to insert ads in your readouts just makes it worse. Do they make you sign up for an Outlook or Facebook account to keep up-to-date? I hope not. We need more !OpenHardware that runs !FreeSoftware.
bobjonkmanformer's status on Tuesday, 04-Apr-2017 18:42:48 EDT
Sadly, tying medical equipment to non-free software is all too common. You're right, it's a huge privacy violation, and the End-User-Licence-Agreement allowing them to insert ads in your readouts just makes it worse. Do they make you sign up for an Outlook or Facebook account to keep up-to-date? I hope not. We need more !OpenHardware that runs !FreeSoftware.
aw: Trying out Keepassxc a community fork of #keepassx https://keepassxc.org/project !security !fs
aw's status on Saturday, 01-Apr-2017 10:02:58 EDT
Trying out Keepassxc a community fork of #keepassx https://keepassxc.org/project !security !fs
mmn: @strypey I'm afraid your argument that "IRC is fragmented" doesn't really hold. First of all, IRC clients tend to be friendly for multi-server and multi-channel use. No weird stuff. Slack however is extremely fragmented. Despite being a single company running a single service, they don't even have Single Sign On (remember, IRC has no sign on at all, problem solved). So https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/950361
mmn's status on Thursday, 30-Mar-2017 04:05:09 EDT
@strypey I'm afraid your argument that "IRC is fragmented" doesn't really hold. First of all, IRC clients tend to be friendly for multi-server and multi-channel use. No weird stuff. Slack however is extremely fragmented. Despite being a single company running a single service, they don't even have Single Sign On (remember, IRC has no sign on at all, problem solved). So…