Evan Prodromou, co-creator of ActivityPub, the protocol that powers the fediverse 🔋), joined us for the newest episode of The Fediverse Files.
Go to wordpress.com/fediverse for the full episode and more deets on this series.
Shoutout to @docpop & @evanprodromou—y’all are awesome 🤘
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Sharing over here as well. I'm joining the Bluesky board to help provide them guidance. I remain a supporter of all experiments in decentralized social media, and will write more on that later. I still have high hopes for Mastodon/ActivityPub as well...
techdirt.com/2024/08/06/why-im…
Why I’m Joining The Bluesky Board To Support A Vision Of A More Open, Decentralized Internet
I am excited to announce that I am joining the board of Bluesky, where I will be providing advice and guidance to the company to help it achieve its vision of a more open, more competitive, more de…Techdirt
We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2024 🎉
The grant will award $15,000 to 6 thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.
Deadline: October 7th
Apply Here: grants.draknek.org
Who is this for?
These grants are intended to support creators who are under-invested-in within today’s game industry. There are no geographical restrictions.
Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant
The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.grants.draknek.org
Google tried to derail Microsoft's EU antitrust settlement by offering a $500M alternative deal to CISPE.
Is this the level playing field for EU cloud providers we want, EU anti-trust decisions made in backroom deals between big tech firms?
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
Google’s $500M effort to wreck Microsoft EU cloud deal failed, report says
Google reportedly didn't want a Microsoft antitrust complaint dropped in the EU.Ars Technica
Extreme sports game Descenders Next announced for 2025 gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/extr…
Extreme sports game Descenders Next announced for 2025
Following on from the success of the downhill extreme sports game Descenders, developer RageSquid and publisher No More Robots have announced the much bigger Descenders Next is coming.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Grab a load of hit digital board games in this new Humble Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/grab…
Grab a load of hit digital board games in this new Humble Bundle
The Board Game Night Humble Bundle looks to be another good one, especially if you love games styled more like board games. So here's what's in it and what compatibility to expect for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
NonSteamLaunchers adds support for HoYo and Nexon launchers, easier EA App repairs gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/nons…
NonSteamLaunchers adds support for HoYo and Nexon launchers, easier EA App repairs
A few days ago the great NonSteamLaunchers project, to help you set up various third-party launchers on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, had a new release adding support for even more launchers.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Jackbox Megapicker fixed to stop megabreaking your Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/the-…
The Jackbox Megapicker fixed to stop megabreaking your Steam Deck
What Valve called the "jackbrick megabricker" (ouch), The Jackbox Megapicker should now stop breaking your Steam Deck after the latest update to the Native Linux version.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Pull off sick tricks and take down hordes of demons in Motordoom gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/pull…
Pull off sick tricks and take down hordes of demons in Motordoom
Motordoom is the latest entry in the survivor-like horde shooter genre popularised by Vampire Survivors, and this one has you do some freestyle-sports.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Inside Mr. H's tea room.
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🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
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NVIDIA Linux Driver Beta 560.31.02 Out Now gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/nvid…
NVIDIA Linux Driver Beta 560.31.02 Out Now
NVIDIA today released a fresh update to the current ongoing 560 Beta driver series with version 560.31.02 bringing some bug fixes.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Metagov Spotlight: Exit to Community Calculators
The E2C Calculator is an online tool that helps companies and BDFL governed communities decide if they’re ready to embark on a transition towards more community governance.Tara Merk (Metagov News)
A teacher, veteran & coach from the Midwest with decades of leadership experience in government.
Governor Tim Walz will be a fantastic VP. #HarrisWalz2024 #politics #Walz
I hear he also likes cats. 🐈
Philippine tarsier Carlito syrichta
The Philippine tarsier, Carlito syrichta, epitomises nocturnal secrecy, leading a mostly concealed life in the dense recesses of impenetrable bushes and forests. They boast large and mesmerising ey…Palm Oil Detectives
Anyone love their Amiga stuff? kickstarter.com/projects/demem…
My brother and his pals are doing a cool looking book.
Snack giant PepsiCo allegedly sourced “sustainable” palm oil from razed Indigenous land in Peru
PepsiCo’s supply chain is linked to environmental and human rights violations in Peru, involving Amazon deforestation and Indigenous land invasion. For three years, palm oil from deforested S…Palm Oil Detectives
Philippine tarsier Carlito syrichta
The Philippine tarsier, Carlito syrichta, epitomises nocturnal secrecy, leading a mostly concealed life in the dense recesses of impenetrable bushes and forests. They boast large and mesmerising ey…Palm Oil Detectives
Better ASUS ROG Ally X support on Linux is coming with a big kernel patch gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/bett…
#ASUS #Linux #ROGAllyX #ROGAlly
Better ASUS ROG Ally X support on Linux is coming with a big kernel patch
If you were hoping to see better ASUS ROG Ally X support on Linux, you're in for a treat here, as there's a big patch that's been sent in.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Pixel With Your Friends gets you and your pals to restore pixel-artworks for a museum gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/pixe…
Pixel With Your Friends gets you and your pals to restore pixel-artworks for a museum
A fun idea for a nice casual puzzle game: Pixel With Your Friends has released with Linux support where you restore artworks pixel by pixel for a museum.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Chocolate Doom 3.1.0 brings many new features for the classic source port gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/choc…
#DOOM #OpenSource #RetroGaming
Chocolate Doom 3.1.0 brings many new features for the classic source port
While other source ports are pretty popular like GZDoom, Chocolate Doom continues getting better to retain the best compatibility with the original DOS versions of Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen and Strife.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Manjaro Linux gets an Immutable version available for testing gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/manj…
Manjaro Linux gets an Immutable version available for testing
The Manjaro Linux team have announced the first round of testing for their new Manjaro Immutable version of the popular Linux distribution.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Public Work by Cosmos
Public Work is a visual search engine for public domain content. Explore 100,000+ copyright-free images from The MET, New York Public Library, and other sourcespublic.work
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 42: Upset the Applecart gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/buil…
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 42: Upset the Applecart
While the studio's destiny would later see it become consumed by Microsoft, in its earliest days Bungie instead stayed a Mac focused development house.Hamish (GamingOnLinux)
Psst... Nextcloud Hub 9 launch event is already announced 😉
On September 14, be among the first to discover the next generation of Nextcloud Hub.
Learn more and sign up for the online premiere:
Nextcloud Hub 9 launch event
Nextcloud Hub 9 will be launched on September 14th in an online event. Register now to participate in the live presentation!Nextcloud
Just found "Opeth Music Cartridge for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive" on bandcamp. Instant purchase. Too bad the actual cartridges are sold out. The arrangements are really good and use the FM sounds of the Genesis' sound chip to great effect.
Once again, evidence that #Ecosystems are complex, and perhaps we need to be acknowledge that - and be a bit more humble about implementing "solutions"
theguardian.com/environment/ar…
All-night streetlights make leaves inedible to insects, study finds
Scientists believe artificial light may be affecting natural ecology of plant life by creating extended photosynthesisHelena Horton (The Guardian)
In the Langdale valley.
📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Kodak Vision3 250D
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #TheLakes #LakeDistrict #Cumbria
@radiofreefedi just played a song by @jefftheworld that I really liked. I wouldn't have guessed that "chiptune music" was something I'd like, but I'm digging it. You can find his music at jefftheworld.com
jefftheworld
Official website of Toronto-based micromusic and chiptune musician jefftheworld.jefftheworld.com
Glad you enjoyed! You can also find more music, videos, etc, on my peertube channel (which you can follow right here on the fediverse):
A new report from European Commission's Open Source Observatory gives an in-depth analysis of #OpenSource policy across 15 EU and non-EU countries.
It shows that governments are adopting open source to enhance
🔴 digital sovereignty
🟡 data privacy
🟢 control over digital infrastructures
Read the report 👉 europa.eu/!DDyPBb
Progress and trends in the national open source policies and legal frameworks
The report describes shifts in open source policy trends that has taken place in the last 5 years.Monika SOWINSKA
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Ooh! These look cool!
Skip’s Mo/Go Robotic Pants Help Power You Up Mountains
"Is it possible to make a hike uphill easier on your body? Skip thinks so, and they have a solution. In a collaboration with clothing company Arc’teryx, Skip, a startup born out of Google’s innovation lab, has a pair of specialized pants that act like a powered exoskeleton. They’re called Mo/Go.
"With a motor at the knee, the Mo/Go (short for mountain goat) has an adjustable carbon-fiber cuffs keep them in place, and they augment the user’s quadricep and hamstring muscles to propel them forward and upward.
"The idea is not to have a robot walk for you, but to help power your joints and muscles, letting you go farther, for longer."
Skip’s Mo/Go Robotic Pants Help Power You Up Mountains
These powered pants by Skip help hikers go farther, more easily.Moss and Fog
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You may be right. After all, walkers are pretty inexpensive; they have reached economies of scale.
Still, they're made of relatively inexpensive aluminum, not carbon fiber.
Anyway, for me building my DIY idea, I've modified it from a couple flexible springs to something with four rigid sticks. Basically, the bottom sticks are walking sticks, while the top sticks go from the bottom sticks to points near the top of backpack straps or suspenders. As before, "pulling" pushes down with a good mechanical advantage.
Originally, I was thinking of attaching the bottom of the sticks to the toes of your shoes, but trying out the cadence ... it feels weird to move your left arm slightly before your left leg. By making the bottom sticks independent walking sticks, you can use your natural cadence. Also, it's more flexible because you don't need to wear anything specific on your feet.
The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Integration of phylogenetics, comparative genomics and palaeobiological approaches suggests that the last universal common ancestor lived about 4.2 billion years ago and was a complex prokaryote-grade anaerobic acetogen that was part of an ecosystem.Nature
i still don't understand the assumption of a single ancestor. my sense of prokaryotes is that we descend from several populations with different specialties all eveolving in an anastomising net of symbisis.
eventually things shake out to bacteria and archaea
@foaylward if by community we might mean half a dozen different kinds of creatures.
i'll have to review the methods again to see what they say about my idea.
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