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in reply to It's FOSS

Because one should not encourage use of proprietary software and user subjugating operating systems. Just saying...

in reply to It's FOSS

Just like an ant, unpaid oss devs can carry 50x their own weight in workload.
Also like ants, they're attracted to sweets, so tip an oss dev so they can get themselves a pick me up.



I would never have seen this fellow if he hadn't moved. He's tiny and the color of the sand in this creekside sandbar.

#beetles #coleoptera #insects #InverteFest #Photography



Kennedy Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers 🙄

nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/poli…

Hey RFK Jr, you know what is preventable?

Measles.

in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Brain Worm Bob is not a serious person, let alone a scientist.

What an embarrassment for the Kennedy family!




Take full control of LLMs with Ollama commands.

itsfoss.com/ollama-commands/



Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy.

ESA/Hubble, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

#hubble



Arp 184 or NGC 1961.

ESA/Hubble, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

#hubble



There are currently over 8 billion people on Earth. Yes, that’s a lot BUT there are about 1.4 billion insects for every human. Combined, they weigh about 70x more than all of us.

And insects have been around for over 350 million years. That's longer than the dinosaurs. Modern humans only showed up between 200-300,000 years ago.

We need insects to survive. They don't need us. This is their world. #science #history

in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

We're doing our level best to wipe them all out, and having some success. That may be a little short sighted of us.


For me, this is the best image symbolizing what Gen AI actually is. A black box, burning the planet, understood best, paradoxically, through technological means.

What you see here is a thermal image of xAI's Datacenter in Memphis, where 33 methane power generators are burning without permission.

Photograph: Steve Jones/Flight by Southwings for Southern Environmental Law Center.

theguardian.com/technology/202…

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Scathing investigation by Propublica and The Oregonian reveals that Nike's infamous sweatshop practices are hardly a thing of the past. Focusing on a supplier in Cambodia, journalists documented working conditions and low pay that make your skin crawl. propublica.org/article/nike-wa…


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Writing about my last ten years in the science of tech policy, I am reminded how designers & advocates perpetually imagine ourselves at the start of something new.

It's a trap. I'm grateful for humanities training that draws me to history amidst deliberate amnesia.

@ntnsndr explains this amnesia here:

firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/…



@Friendica Support what license / terms of use is the friendica logo under?

@Fabio pointed me to the SVGs at git.friendi.ca/friendica/frien… and git.friendi.ca/friendica/frien… ; am I correct that they would be under CC0-1.0 as per git.friendi.ca/friendica/frien… ?

Are there additional term of use on the logo?

Looking at @Fabio 's laptop yesterday we may have agreed that there is an unacceptable lack of hexagons with nested Fs, and I wanted to fix this 😁

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

@Elena ``of Valhalla''

Sry no SVG.
JPG-PNG are available in all sizes up to 256px I believe.
I even ulpoaded this to git friendica I think, not sure witch versions, every once in a while I retouch something.
Terms of use are CC0 (actually NC) but in the case of friendica anything goes.

The colored circular image is a svg "permafluer", published creative commons by someone else in some CC svg catalogue site. The copy left is from a SVG creative commons site. The friendica base is from a friendica logo itself.
Gimme a day and I look up all the info with links if I can.

Versions of this have been used as canvas for forum profiles, see here to get an idea:
tupambae.org/directory

btw
The image I posted is the background image of this friendica server as you may find if you visite this comment or for example our TOS page:
tupambae.org/tos
😀



Canadians using Twitter/X are being bombarded by misleading right-wing posts designed to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish the reputation of Mark Carney.

The FT’s analysis finds a growing volume of that misinformation is coming not from Russia or China, but the United States.

ft.com/content/743c1dec-0c5c-4…

#tech #canada #cdnpoli #twitter #x #elonmusk #misinformation #cdnelxn #cdnelection



Linux vs. Windows: 10 things that set Linux apart.

itsfoss.com/linux-rules-window…

in reply to It's FOSS

Unfortunately, gaming is still primarily unaccessible with Linux, as well as some commercial engineering software. For everything else, Linux is 10/10
in reply to It's FOSS

I do like that Linux can do these out of the box, but none of them really make Linux "better" for it. You can accomplish most of these with PowerToys, oh-my-posh, etc. that let you customize Windows beyond the out-of-the-box experience. The article feels like it's comparing against Windows Vista tbh.

Now, the fact that Linux is FOSS where Windows is not and uniquely has its own Desktop options like Cosmic are definitely big pluses for me.


in reply to It's FOSS

Hold on, I have a meme for this on one of my desktops but can't remember which face of the cube it's on


I am currently considering these maps. Looking at these do you have any thoughts?

How Red or Blue is Your State?

Population by US State

Where Are Fortune 500 Companies Located?

By numbers the blue states are potentially quite powerful. However, many of them have a layer of corporate governance.

in reply to Muse

I was relieved to see PA is mainly blue. Not as Blue as say, NYS or RI...but no pink, but blue - tho there have been times I've been concerned. (Some parts of Central PA have been referred to as 'backward mountain southern-acting people'. I only know Southeastern PA, and thankfully much of this area is blue.
in reply to Muse

Now I am trying to recall why so many people in blue states voted for Bush in '88. I guess Michael Dukakis was not popular. i really don't remember that election...


1. Today I learned that my collaborator @jjinsing had his NSF postdoctoral position terminated in yesterday's round of cuts.

Jay is the lead author on a fascinating paper I was involved in, about how male mimicry by female hummingbirds provides the first example of a type of signaling system that we predicted from theoretical principles over a decade ago.

This is infuriating.

And I believe it's due to anti-trans bias.

Why do I say that?

A small fraction of the female birds of this species — and in fact, many other hummingbird species as well — adopt male plumage. It's a fascinating phenomenon and probably evolved because that females with male plumage are less likely to be chased away form food sources.

Photo: Michel Gutierrez, Macaulay Library.

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Balaji Srinivasan is speaking at CU Boulder right now. Argues that world history is running in reverse, laying the groundwork for an explosion in state creation.


"This is a Hubble Space Telescope photo of a small portion of the Rosette Nebula."

ESA/Hubble, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

#hubble #nebula



"The Way to Nirvāṇa" by Louis de La Vallée-Poussin (1917).

archive.org/details/la_vallee_…

#buddhism



fedi meta, fosstodon apologia

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Time for a dry subject: dehumidifiers

youtube.com/watch?v=j_QfX0SYCE…




A new @ThisWeekinLinux has dropped! (308) 😎🐧▶️
thisweekinlinux.com/308

@MichaelTunnell talks about COSMIC Alpha 7, OpenMandriva 6.0, CRUX 3.8, A Modern-Retro OS & more Linux news on Your Source for #Linux GNews!

#podcasts #technews #opensource #tech



"the crisis of our institutions’ contradictions has long been brewing. Merely defending the status quo will win us no new friends. Standing for what we *should be* will reveal the absurdity of what we are up against." americamagazine.org/faith/2025…
in reply to Jed Brown

Also, your article pointing to costs and empty promises reminded me of this excellent interview with Tressie McMillan Cottom, especially the part discussing "the education gospel".
hachyderm.io/@jedbrown/1136823…
in reply to Jed Brown

@jedbrown Thanks. I tend to think upper admin interests are downstream of the funding structures. They care about donors, etc, because that is a big part of their job when there is such limited public support.

I certainly am with you on the need for collective power.



"No amount of extortion in the world (or D.E.I. trainings, for that matter) will produce universities that better reflect our society without removing the barriers to entry." americamagazine.org/faith/2025…
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@lucybeahere I think I make quite clear that I regard their position as disingenuous. But I also would like to see more reasonable politically conservative voices in academia.


"The deepest problem with American higher education, which I see every day in my classrooms, is its cost." americamagazine.org/faith/2025…


"The problem of antisemitism is only made much worse when institutions fail to allow space for honest, necessary critiques of U.S.-Israeli policy toward Palestinians. As a person of Jewish descent, I have never experienced treatment like what I have seen Palestinian students endure." americamagazine.org/faith/2025…



Yes! I do want to know what happens when you reply to spam email!
hehehe!
youtu.be/davHBmGQFCQ?si=WMswjB…
@Christoph S


🇪🇺 Europe’s future AI rules are at stake!

30 MEPs demand a clear, strict #OpenSourceAI definition to stop Meta’s “open” Llama models from exploiting loopholes. Will the EU defend openness or let #BigTech rewrite the rules? 🕵🏼

#AI #EUTechPolicy #EUAIAct

euractiv.com/section/tech/news…



📚 “To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” - Victor Hugo

Today is World Book and Copyright Day. Publishing is one of the largest cultural industries in Europe, with 575 000 books published every year.

Books inspire, spark curiosity, and broaden horizons. Under Creative Europe, we want to help people access the richness and diversity of European literature.

Find out more: europa.eu/!MhQmBr

in reply to European Commission

This is the Cutest Bookstore on Wheels (7 photos)!: streetartutopia.com/2024/03/09…
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In southern Italy, in the region of Basilicata, a van-motorbike turned into a mobile library roams the streets of its remote villages spreading a love of reading. They call it the Bibliomoto.


in reply to It's FOSS

but aren't all the AI powered search engines doing the same?

Isn't this hype all about becoming better than humans to stop them from being paid a salary?

Itsfoss content could easily be generated by AI in the future, therefore, no employee needed. And this is just one example.



Game anywhere with Moonlight on Raspberry Pi.

itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-moonl…

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