Coffee & Aspirin @deejoe@mastodon.sdf.org
If I can't [fork|federate] it's not my [r]evolution.
This is an alt to @deejoe
Warren Lyford Delano, in memoriam mh(-) Show more
In the coop model, though, participants broker their own attention, instead of monetizing it?
"I've already told you my name, and it meant nothing to you. Or rather, it meant the wrong thing.
Names are tricky that way. The best way to know someone is to have a conversation with them."
--Enoch Root to Randy Waterhouse in Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon.
The point at which I begin to question anyone's rights of free association (which includes the right to pick whom *not* to associate with) is *very* close to the point at which that someone has sufficient heft to need being regulated (eg, de facto public utility w/ monopoly or monopsony power)
More Asterisk success today. Tested out sending an XMPP message with Caller ID information on incoming call. Works like a champ!
“birdsite” Show more
Open source's nature is to fade into the background and go unnoticed except by those whose work touches it directly. It is the plankton of computing. We all breathe, but few of us stop to think about where the oxygen is coming from.
-- "Producing Open Source Software" by Karl Fogel
~1 million Creative Commons images on 500px.com are dissapearing tomorrow!
If you have the resources please install the Archiveteam's Warrior program and select the 500px project! https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=ArchiveTeam_Warrior
irc is #500pieces on efnet
thank you (boosts very appreciated)
Software only becomes 'enterprise grade' if, when its behavior is described to an outsider flatly and precisely, the outsider assumes the description is some kind of elaborate joke.
"don't forget to like and subscribe" spiel but it's the four essential freedoms Show more
unix, ed, history Show more
#introductions Hello all! I am a professor at the University of Guanajuato, Mexico, conducting robotics research and teaching probability, statistics and other subjects at the undergraduate and graduate levels
I'm sensing a lot of negative emotions in the world right now. Time to do something positive.
For each like that this or one of the subsequent posts on this thread I will tell you about something I like. Only restriction is it has to be something you can enjoy as well so stuff like my family or friends are not something I'll post ( sorry, but you'll have to take my word that they're awesome )
A new mastodon instance for the (english speaking) #OpenStreetMap community! It's under construction, but might be a nice place for #OSM people!
A mirror of the OSM twitter account: @openstreetmap
@djsundog now turn it into an N810!
Just got my dad a wheel chair through Medicare. Original cost before insurance and secondary insurance: $14,770.
That's more than my car
Academic software self-promotion Show more
In some ways, it was honestly a lot like the current fediverse. In other ways, it was not at all like the current fediverse.
If you want to get a feel for what it was like, check this out: http://olduse.net/
It's an archive of Usenet, updating in real time, as if people were making these posts.
And that's *really* fucking cool.
😲🍺😢😲🍺😢😲🍺😢😲🍺😢
Des traces de glyphosate et d'autres pesticides retrouvées dans une majorité de #bières
3) One major challenge is how to get a good vacuum seal without using plastic in the lid or cap. Where plastics can't be avoided, they should be biodegradable and easy to separate. For example, if a plastic insert is used in a metal lid on a glass jar to create a vacuum seal, the insert should be easy to peel out. Use of metal films on plastic, and plastic coatings on cardboard should be discouraged in packaging.
NEED HELP ASAP!!!!!!
Asking for a friend.
Signal boosts appreciated
The good news is: I have a fiber-to-the-premises.
Today's bad news was: It was down for several hours. Squirrels, according to the contractors down the street who fixed it. (I had suggested something about trees getting into the lines, so they had a ready alternate excuse if they needed it.)
Longer-term bad news: We're working on a move to a place that isn't served by the fiber service.
Fosstodon.org is an instance focused on free and open-source software. Come join the conversation :)
My friend C's doctor just won his appeal with the insurance company to get her the bone marrow transplant.
I want to buy that doctor a beer, and I also want to burn down the system that makes him waste his time on arguing with insurance companies rather than treating patients.
