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It really really pleases me to see so many of you here following along.
Just a reminder if all you want is the news without my (itโ€™s just one person @Sirsquid) extra spicy takes thereโ€™s RSS: gamingonlinux.com/article_rss.โ€ฆ


I joined the Linux Downtime podcast crew this week where we talked about modding my GameCube, writing tech books and managing home security. Listen now, or later, Iโ€™m not your boss! latenightlinux.com/linux-downtโ€ฆ



I post about what I am reading, and share plenty of quotes and comments on the books, over on my Bookwyrm profile. If you're also there, I'm at bookwyrm.social/user/fionnain
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@luka In fact, I'm not sure that following @fionnain does actually follow my Bookwyrm account. Seems I have to approve a follow, and I have no idea how/where to do this (no option on Bookwyrm as far as I can see). I guess this involves linking the accounts somehow, but I have no idea how...

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

As somebody that has been using forums for as long as I can remember, I can honestly say that the #GamingonLinux forum is one of the most welcoming I have ever had the honor of participating inโ€ฆ Granted, Iโ€™m not there very often, but whenever I am, I am always impressed at how friendly and helpful most members are. I donโ€™t always agree with Gaming on Linuxโ€™s choices or opinions, but I rate their forums as some of the best, especially within the #Linux Community.


Looks like the WSJ is going all in on moving to Mastodon, with this little tutorial available without a paywall.
wsj.com/story/how-to-use-mastoโ€ฆ


This Christmas song makes me laugh hard. It is soooo Spinal Tap
@Christoph S You might like it too @Cass M

youtu.be/lrVg1toMzuo



I've seen this one before. I still love this season's greetings card!
cat xmas

And for the dog lovers, these doofuses!




A front page article on the Washington Post telling people how to get started with Mastodon?

Thatโ€™s a big deal.

washingtonpost.com/technology/โ€ฆ







"The dark edges between the thalli are called the prothallus, and are where the fungal partner is present without the algal partner" โ€” Dr. Mike Simms, Lichenologist, personal correspondence.

The searching fungi draws borders on stone.

Pen and ink drawing of 'Fuscidea cyathoides', growing on quartzite, Inishowen peninsula, Ireland, as part of an art-research residency with Artlink Fort Dunree, throughout 2022

#art #mosstodon #lichen

in reply to Fionnรกin

A lichen that is coloniser and collaborator, teaching me something about porous edges and permeable places. Apparently, after growing for thousands of years, they create spaces where they (co)exist.

There is a lot to unpick here, and a lot to learn.

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Fionnรกin
@mycorrhiza the lichen keep tricking me too, creating shapes that seem familiar when I look at them for too long. I am pretty sure they are doing this to offer some perspective on how we all live on this small rock-in-space, but I haven't been able to understand yet. Hopefully some day.


Servius' list of the Pignora Imperii shoud be corrected, according to Falconet: I am convinced that instead of acus matris Deum, one should read caus, the same word as cautes.

From Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pignora_โ€ฆ

The first item on the list: "The needle of the Mother of the Gods (Acus Matris Deum), kept in the Temple of Cybele on the Palatine Hill."

No not a needle, but a stone, indeed, a meteorite.



Dominance Rituals
What Elon Musk is doing with Twitter and journalism is a dominance ritual much like the ones the 45th POTUS was pulling. The best response is to leave Twitter and ignore the Mediocre Bond Villain #MBV.
#MBV
in reply to Muse

Agree....the media was complicate with Trump all the time he was president. They should have held him to account or blackballed him but they were too concerned about their audiences/advertisers/$$$$
in reply to Muse

I fear we no longer have real journalism anymore, just word processors to the big bucks. No one ever asks the right questions ...If I can think of them then these so called journalists are just ass kissers


I think I finished Redox OS - Tony Hawk Pro Skater for PlayStation on mednafen at full speed with sound: i.imgur.com/an3rEXY.png
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Baby man musk is still blocking links to profiles here while he wants to be thanked for bringing people "free speech".

That is such little man energy... little tiny man.



Art Trend of 2022: How AI Art Emerged and Polarized the Art World

Artificial intelligence has been around for years, but AI-generated artwork has really taken off in 2022. With its growing presence and its rise in implementation, AI has proven to be a powerful yet controversial tool in the art world. Its use leads many to ask several questions: Is it art? Is it cheating? And who does the credit go to?

in reply to Muse

haveibeentrained.com/ also has a link to opting out of AI training for Stable Diffusion V3
(it's early days and the search tool needs some refinement but someone's making a start, so that's good)


Dark chocolate might have health perks, but should you worry about lead in your bar?
in reply to Muse

@Jay Bryant
Pretty sure all dark chocolate only comes in single serving packages regardless of the size of the package.


๐Ÿฆ @stickydoteu@twitter.com

Did you find the set of videos by the university of Twente? If you want to know more about #OpenScience, you may find something you need there! From things as simple as โ€œwhat is open scienceโ€ to โ€œdata managementโ€ etc..

openscience-twente.com/binge-wโ€ฆ

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Thank you. Thought it good to warn you about this. There is still plenty of interesting information available.


Humble's Middle Earth Bundle is back again for a limited time: humblebundle.com/games/holidayโ€ฆ (partner) #Gaming #PCGaming


The Best Book Covers of 2022. Always a marvelous display of design objects. I love book covers. kottke.org/22/12/the-best-bookโ€ฆ
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The Status Game makes me think of my old copy of Strunk & White
in reply to kottke.org

wow, The Status Game cover is incredible. The Snow one actually caused me to misread the title (as "Cold Enough for a Snow Novel" heh)...


History Of DXVK: Vulkan Makes Linux Gaming Possible #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/HjGzN8G99h8


I'm so happy!

I applied as uopeople student with sheerID and storytel and I got accepted. I thought they will reject me but they did not ๐ŸŽ‰

Also, I'm happy to see the university I'm in is listed among other universities, it's like pointing and saying "oh I'm there" (I know it sounds dumb ๐Ÿ˜‚)

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I'm live on twitch! Come hang out with me while I play Button City: twitch.tv/averymd #magic


Just when I thought I could have a relaxing Friday night, John Carmack goes and leaves Meta with a scathing goodbye message after nearly 10 years working on virtual reality arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/12โ€ฆ



Oh my.

@Mediaite conservative writer Isaac Schorr misread the Twitter account @joinmastodon as "John Mastodon," and said that the open source social media software was named after this imaginary person. mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisyโ€ฆ

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๐ŸŽ‰ 20%-50% discount on all products from my (dropshipping) store: shop.esmailelbob.xyz๐ŸŽ‰
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The big LEGO Humble Bundle is back for a short time: humblebundle.com/games/lego-atโ€ฆ (partner) #Gaming #Deals
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

if I actually played or enjoyed any of the Lego games I have from previous bundles I might recommend this. Unfortunately I've yet to find one that holds appeal and every kid In my family I thought might enjoy them... Has not



Steam Deck now shipping across Asia, plus a new Steam Deck Stable Client update gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/steaโ€ฆ #SteamDeck #Gaming #Linux
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

Waving at Steam, hello, I would like one in Australia too one day, hopefully before it is an antique ๐Ÿ˜‰

We're not even allowed to reserve one yet ๐Ÿ˜ž

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Good Moeworning. Happy #Caturday!

Whenever I try to cook anything, Sammy likes to ride my shoulder. I'll enjoy it now because at some point, she's going to be too big.



Now imagine if Mastodon didnโ€™t exist and this was happening.โ€ฆ

Arenโ€™t we lucky that some guy in Germany decided to spend his own time, money, and effort to build it?

Hopefully weโ€™ll get lucky againโ€ฆ

Or, you know, maybe we can finally consider supporting tech thatโ€™s in the common good from the common purse. And fund organisations and long-term development, not just ad-hoc academic โ€œprojectsโ€ that get abandoned the moment the money is gone.

ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-ofโ€ฆ

#funding #tech #eu #commons

in reply to Danielle

Unless Iโ€™m mistaken, not until it was up and running. Please correct me if Iโ€™m wrong @Gargron. Did you receive any EU funding for Mastodon at the start and is there an ongoing/permanent funding stream from them thatโ€™s not based on implementing certain features/specific deliverables?

(Because there should be.)

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in reply to Aral Balkan

I didn't receive any EU funding until 2022 through @NGIZero. No, there is no ongoing stream, it was based on a specific timeframe and a specific set of milestones. I started working on Mastodon in 2016 without any external funding.
in reply to Eugen Rochko

Thank you. So many voices have a place to be heard due to your thoughtfulness, hard work from years ago and ongoing.

#grateful

in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron @violetathena @NGIZero

I encourage you to get more funding because you need to face growth, exponential growth. And all on AWS will not make it on the long run.

in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron @violetathena @NGIZero Thanks, Eugen.

Thatโ€™s exactly the issue Iโ€™ve raised twice at the European Parliament now. That we need funding for organisations not features and we need it at the start, not after itโ€™s impossible to ignore that something works and is being used (because not everyone can or should have to undertake the burden of getting to that point by themselves. Some of us do, but if we require that as a rite of passage weโ€™re going to limit the potential for alternatives.)


in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

In #French, gol is sometime used as a shortened version of #gogol, which is a rather derivative way to say someone is #stupid. I know you're an #English-speaking channel, mainly geared towards an #English-speaking public, but stillโ€ฆ




Need a new game? Can easily recommend checking out Chained Echoes. DON'T SLEEP ON THIS.

youtu.be/ir0Rr_64S6A

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