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@ntnsndr
This appears to be a followup, also cited in SSB:
https://nathanschneider.info/open-work/decentralization-an-incomplete-ideology/

Early question: how do you defined "ideology"? What do you mean by that word? In your article-in-progress, you also stated "political ideology".

I love the IDEA of these devices, but I'm not in love with the fact that these companies are using them as a means to mine data. That's why I'm a supporter of Mycroft. They're working on a personal server you place inside of your home (or business) so that all of your data is kept on prem so you don't need to worry about a company farming your every word. Open source can make these kinds of devices truly useful without sacrificing the privacy of everyone who owns one.

https://www.droid-life.com/2018/10/22/monday-poll-are-you-interested-in-a-smart-display/

It's #OAWeek2018 - Here's the Concordia Library web pages to find out how you can take advantage of #OpenAccess resources & contribute to the #OA research ecosystem: https://library.concordia.ca/help/open-access/

in awe at the lack of size of this lad

"Foolish mortals" is a #GenderNeutralFormOfAddress

DIT IS BELANGRIJK! 🍍

'Open hardware and software to help communities measure and analyze pollution'

https://publiclab.org/

This is really cool.

Don't eat the rich. Humans contain a lot of toxins that are harmful to humans, and eating them doubles up on that. Also they contain (obviously enough) human vector diseases that you can catch in a way eating another species you wouldn't necessarily; Compost the rich and use them to grow other crops instead.

Make a to-do list if you're feeling overwhelmed. Sometimes it helps to break things down into smaller pieces.

@JPEG Ah, k. Would highly recommend considering a GPLv3+ license. That way, you can be sure that you’re the only one who can sell it on the App Store (& thus sustain your development) and we can make sure that if we support it, it will never be bought by Google, etc., or evolve to include unique features that constitute lock-in if it becomes too popular.

@pettter @JPEG The reason it’s so is because the App Store license clashes with the (A)GPL so you cannot sell apps that you only have a right to under (A)GPL on the App Store; you must also have the copyright and thus the right to place it there under a different license. See https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/6109/is-it-possible-to-have-gpl-software-in-the-mac-app-store#59495

I decided to pick up the sequel to Ancillary Justice (#SFFBookClub from April, IIRC), and... wow. I like it even better than volume 1. It's a pretty big change in pace and focus, but lots of delicious worldbuilding, a distinct "E.M.Forster in space" thread that's executed well enough to actually work, and some highly topical politics.

This all came out last week, and I'm still digesting, but it feels like a powerful and timely reminder that when a country turns on a minority individual real people are hurt. Real lives are turned upside-down when some shitty politician decides they can solve their problems by picking on a minority that has too few powerful friends.

...and in the grand scheme of things, it was still great good fortune that all my grandparents were in Turkey facing this instead of Zyklon B.

Anyone here contributing to @Blender ?

I want to spend some time on it and I don't know where to start... #blender #dev

I'm earning some money and now it's time to spend it doing what I love to :D

rip https://status.github.com/messages

Canadian asylum policy currently dictates that the U.S. is a safe country whose citizens don't fall under the rubric of refugee admissions. If these gender policy changes go through, contact your MP and tell them that your country's foreign policy in this area is no longer up-to-date and that it should be changed accordingly.

#OH #IRC

> failed logins, in order: angela, pamela, sandra, rita, monica, erica, rita, tina, sandra, mary, jessica

> i want to know what ssh scanner has a mambo number 5 option

lol github has been down for almost 3 hours now

I've never used #ArchLinux, but I've benefited from their wiki times beyond count.

Thanks ArchLinux users! You folks have great #documentation!