Ben Siraphob @siraben@mastodon.social
High schooler. Living in Thailand.
@linux The support for Windows 7 ended for me when I upgraded to a modern CPU and Microsoft forced me to update to Windows 10 to continue having updates, as my "cpu was unsupported".
That day I sent Windows to the trash and switched to GNU Linux.
Had a huddled conversation in the European Parliament with a colleague after the JURI vote trying to work out what #article13 would mean for federated/decentralized services like #mastodon and #ipfs . We’ll need to see the final text which may not be available until next week.
Holy shit, these keyboards designed by @technomancy https://atreus.technomancy.us/
... they're designed in Racket using racket's drawing library https://github.com/technomancy/atreus/blob/master/atreus.rkt
apparently a screenshot of something WIP http://p.hagelb.org/deck3.png
whoaaaa
Purism’s Security and Privacy Focused Librem 5 Smartphone Makes Major Strides in Manufacturing and Development. We're on schedule.
https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-smartphone-makes-major-strides-in-manufacturing-and-development/
GitLab "Ultimate" and "Gold" for self hosting now free for education and open source.
This is GitLab taking this massive opportunity after Microshaft swallowed GitHub and making the best of it.
The more people are moving over now, the better their own future will be in the long run.
GitLab also make migration easier, starting the #movingtogitlab campaign with a straight-forward video etc.
GitLab is open source itself, too.
--> https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/05/gitlab-ultimate-and-gold-free-for-education-and-open-source/
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#GitLab #OpenSource #GitLabUltimate
hey #forkoff people -- where's the new repository?
The worst is yet to come
#GitHub #Microsoft
日本人ではありませんが、日本語を学んでいます。 とても難しいです。Duolingoのウェブサイトが好きです。#duolingo
Those involved or know people who are involved in education: Tell them to bring free software into their schools.
At my school students Google Docs, Logger Pro, Google Chrome etc. and this creates a dependency, almost like an addiction, towards using non-free software. Instead, use Debian, LibreOffice, Firefox etc.
We should be teaching students to value their freedom. The #GNU project's philosophy isn't crazy; it's the way forward. Well, maybe real change has always needed a little crazy.
Yesterday on a whim I had a strong desire to upgrade to #debian unstable, so I edited my APT sources, then ran sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade
Fortunately, I had time to recover from my impulsiveness and called it off. Still on stable.
It's really about stability, I've lost so many hours trying to fix things across multiple computers over the years, and plus, what's new and shiny that I really need? I use #keepassxc #emacs #libreoffice #tor #thunderbird , everything else is extra.
After #forkoff , it would be interesting to see how many people actually forked this instance. Actions still speak louder than words, it seems.
Meanwhile, Jupiter is happy looking awesome
You know #facebook has a huge PR problem if they think advertising on billboards against data misuse is going to change our mind.
The beauty of Mastodon is not only that it is free and open but that it’s federated. You can fork it without losing access to the network or your social graph. There’s no reason a hundred forks couldn’t exist.
Also, when did forking become an insult? As far as I’m concerned, it’s the biggest compliment you can pay a project. And if you fork and stay federated, you’re actually helping to strengthen the fediverse!
What you can’t do is force people to build what you want out of entitlement.
You know what's kinda funny? I found out about #forkoff because it was on the trending bar. I really think it should be an optional feature, so people can have their own way.
when i first saw the #trending stuff, i liked it and i still like it... this #forkoff is a bit weird to me, but if people start making their own versions of #mastodon, it might be a good thing - others can implement fixes, features from other forks. if it's gonna be all connected in the fediverse, where people from other platforms and instances can communicate, does it really matter?
