Looking back at 2024 in Nextcloud's annual wrap-up! β¨π
Join us as we share some interesting numbers about Nextcloud, reflect on everything we achieved together and discover articles, podcasts and videos that you loved the most this year!
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Nextcloud powering the digital workspace of tomorrow: 2024 in review - Nextcloud
In Nextcloud 2024 wrap-up, join us to celebrate what we accomplished together this year: growth, innovation, breakthroughs, awards and more.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
Make Obsidian work for you! 13 practical tips for seamless note organization. π
13 Useful Tips on Organizing Notes Better With Obsidian
Utilize Obsidian knowledge tool more effectively with these helpful tips and tweaks.Sreenath (It's FOSS)
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Oh, the history of history and Star Trek!
Star Trekβs Cold War
While America was fighting on the ground, the Federation was fighting in space.
By Tom Nichols
To be sure, some Star Trek episodes were just fantasy and fluff. (βSpockβs Brain,β in which the first officer has his brain stolen by a planet of gorgeous but apparently daft women, is often regarded as the worst episode, but there are several contenders.) Others commented on American social problems, such as racism, with thuddingly obvious symbolism: βLet That Be Your Last Battlefieldβ describes an endless war between two races on the same planet, one black on the right side of their body, one black on the left side, and β¦ well, you get the picture.
But to appreciate the Cold War setting of Star Trek, you need only to understand that the Earth-led United Federation of Planets (a free and democratic association committed to equality among all beings) was NATO...
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Oooh! Today's standards. I've gone through a couple generations of young people saying, "They didn't know better back then." Having lived through those times, they did indeed know better but chose to ignore it. We are going through this right now with the MAGA and Techbro lot. Twenty years in the future people may say they didn't know better. They most assuredly do.
Trek could be both enlightened and abyssmally sexist when it came to female characters. Some portrayals I found upsetting even as a kid without any understanding of women's rights. Did I still love Star Trek? Yes, I did. But I did wish it could have been better. JK Rowling has this same problem.
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@disputedhandle If you are a beginner, then one of these can be a good fit:
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9 Best Linux Distributions for Beginners [2023]
Itβs easy to get overwhelmed by the list of Linux distributions available. In this article, we list the best Linux distros for beginners.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
Astronomy Activation Ambassadors: A New Era - NASA Science
The NASA Science Activation Programβs Astronomy Activation Ambassadors (AAA) project aims to measurably enhance student Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) engagement via middle school, high school, and community college science β¦science.nasa.gov
Red and Green Aurora Move Through Earthβs Atmosphere - NASA
Peering through the window of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image on Oct. 7, 2024 of the SpaceX DragonNASA
Happy New Year FOSSersβmay your 2025 be as free and open as your favorite distro! π₯³ ποΈ
Assessment of PFO as Related to DCS in the Spaceflight Environment and During Ground Testing - NASA
In June 2024, the NASA Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) Standards Team hosted an independent assessment working group to review theSarah D. Childress (NASA)
Tesla replaced laid off US workers with foreign workers using H-1B visas that Musk want to increase
Elon Musk Wants Indentured Servitude Employees
H1B are primarily a vehicle for US corporations to get access to cheaper foreign labor with reduced labor protections. H1B workers always live under the threat of being deported if they lose their job, which forces them to be more compliant to their corporate masters while they're here. If we really cared about improving US workers' tech skills, we'd just spend money training and educating US citizens.
#ElonMusk #Tesla #H1B #VisaAbuse
Tesla replaced laid off US workers with foreign workers using H-1B visas that Musk want to increase
Tesla has replaced some of its US employees who were let go as part of a big wave of layoffs...Fred Lambert (Electrek)
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It's the new Liam Neeson film, where his daughter gets carjacked.
Taken 4: A Ride
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Rediscover Plan9 from Bell Labs.
Rediscovering Plan9 from Bell Labs
An OS that was developed by the likes of Rob Pike, Ken Thompson, Brian Kernighan, Bjarne Stroustrup and yet it did not achieve the success.Bill Dyer (It's FOSS)
APOD: 2024 December 31 β The Twisted Disk of NGC 4753
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Kdenlive is adding an interesting AI-powered tool in 2025!
news.itsfoss.com/kdenlive-ai-bβ¦
Kdenlive is Adding an AI Background Removal Tool
You can easily remove backgrounds with this new tool.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
I'm falling asleep, soooo...
HAPPY NEW YEAR! from Australia two hours early!
Grevillea fireworks
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"Wealth might make it possible to pay people and communities to accept harms; conversely, the less wealth that the recipients have, the more likely they are to accept the terms. But that doesn't mean the terms are fair. Worse, it means that existing inequalities are compounded."
β Deb Chachra: How Infrastructure Works, pp. 134-134
How Infrastructure Works - BookWyrm
bookwyrm.socialA new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around us
Infrastructure is a marvel, meeting our basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and productivity that would have been unimaginβ¦
Eight Clams Control This Polish Cityβs Water Supply
In the city of PoznaΕ, Poland, a group of eight clams controls the local water supply through a clever bio-monitoring system: Tkottke.org
Volkswagen leak exposed precise location data on thousands of vehicles across Europe for months | TechCrunch
The data was found exposed on an Amazon cloud server, and contained precise location data on thousands of vehicles.Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)
I arranged to have this on a karaoke machine for my birthday one year, so I could sing it with my friends!
@Christoph
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For me, TESCREAL is the word of year for 2024.
Coined by @timnitGebru and @xriskology in 2023 to describe multiple overlapping techno-philosophies that constantly try to redefine and rebrand to evade criticism. The word TESCREAL pins them down, bundles together, and invites further scrutiny.
Don't settle for less β embrace more with Bluesky and Mastodon!
itsfoss.com/bluesky-vs-mastodoβ¦
Bluesky vs. Mastodon: Which Twitter Alternative Should You Choose?
Mastodon is one of the most-loved open-source social media platforms. But, what's different with Bluesky? Let us find out here.Ankush Das (It's FOSS)
Yes, you can write for us (and get paid for your contribution)! Check out more details here:
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2024: Year in Review | Tor Project
As we reflect on the past year, let's review the progress we've made on some of our most important projects.blog.torproject.org
I see nothing there to address the elephant in the room -- the top problem from our top adversary:
Of course there needs to be a campaign against oppressive regimes but all Tor users worldwide are under DoS attack by Cloudflare. We have lost access to Β½ the web and no 2024 efforts counter the loss of availability.
Also in 2024: archive.org went down for a day or so, at which moment all Tor users also lost access to archived Cloudflare sites.
"The Milky Wayβs Unusual Twin in Pegasus."
International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Image Processing: J. Miller (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab) & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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I made a Raspberry Pi extend my Wi-Fi range.
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How I Turned my Raspberry Pi into a Wi-Fi extender
Here is how I re-purposed my Raspberry Pi to a Wi-Fi extender! A good way to spend your weekend with your Raspberry Pi.Abhishek Kumar (It's FOSS)
Sols 4402-4415: Rover Decks and Sequence Calls for the Holidays - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Dec. 20, 2024 Welcome to the 2024 holiday plan for Curiosity! This year weβre spanning 14 sols to last us through the Earth new year.science.nasa.gov
There are good things and bad things about the new generation of AI, but one of the most terrible is the ability to impersonate humans. Let's not do this.
Counterfeit people are more dangerous than counterfeit money. They are tools for disinformation and manipulation. They destroy trust.
Let's not allow them. futurism.com/the-byte/facebookβ¦
Facebook Planning to Flood Platform with AI-Powered Users
Meta says it envisions Facebook as being filled with AI generated characters that exist on the platform the same way as human users do.Frank Landymore (Futurism)
Just great.
Facebook Planning to Flood Platform with AI-Powered Users
"Meta says that it will be aiming to have Facebook filled with AI-generated characters to drive up engagement on its platform, as part of its broader rollout of AI products."
Facebook Planning to Flood Platform with AI-Powered Users
Meta says it envisions Facebook as being filled with AI generated characters that exist on the platform the same way as human users do.Frank Landymore (Futurism)
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Remembering President Carter - NASA
President Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn, and daughter Amy, along with Kennedy Space Center Director Lee Scherer, look at a scale model of the crawler thatNASA
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