Wrote a new book review and summary.
Stolen Focus: Why you can't pay attention -- and How to think deeply again
https://njoseph.me/mediawiki/Books/Stolen_Focus
#Books #StolenFocus #AttentionCrisis #CruelOptimism #SurveillanceCapitalism #Hypervigilance #MentalHealth #Flow
The underlying assumptions of Big Tech projects are fundamentally different from those of Small Tech projects.
I am collecting my knowledge on this topic on this page.
https://njoseph.me/mediawiki/SmallTech
^ This is a wiki page and is unfinished by definition.
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We've been letting companies steal our personal data and sell it to the highest bidder and destroying democracy in the process all to save what? A coffee a month?
This is one of the worst deals in history.
Talked to a lady who works for the tax authority yesterday. Based on her job experience, her take on the welfare state is something like this:
"Of course there will always be freeloaders. So what?! This is about dignity. Everyone has a right to a good life and to be supported when they're struggling. If you want that, you've got to live with the freeloaders. Leave them be. That's the price you pay for a society where everyone is taken care of. It's not like they're doing any damage in the big picture - I've run those numbers more than once. You'll always get more out of it for society at large when you're incentivising good performance than when you're punishing people."
Found a list here:
List of Community-Hosted GitLab Instances
https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/List_of_Community-Hosted_GitLab_Instances
Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come! https://lwn.net/Articles/899530/ #LWN
Tibor Kaputa spends his days developing the Simple range of apps for Android-based OS and makes them available free of charge on F-Droid. I use a bunch of them and they're fantastic. Please consider trying out his apps and making a contribution to support his work:
You probably heard of #OsmAnd, the swiss knife map app that uses #OpenStreetMap data, but do you know that there's a web-based interface, too?
Check out https://osmand.net/map, and plan your trips with routing, and various map rendering options, while doing so in the comfort of your desktop browser.
It even includes weather forecasts, if you're trying to avoid getting wet for your weekend ride.
You don't even need to register for an #OsmAnd, or #OpenStreetMap account to use it.
The Internet in 1992:
Hi kids! Come and plug your Dad's PC into the DARPA network and visit military bases. Yes, public-key encryption is most certainly classed as an illegal munition, here's how to do it.
The Internet in 2032:
URLs are now banned because the HTTP protocol has been found to cause power stations to explode. Please try to keep your body temperature stable as you react to this news - our Cloud-based security AI will notify local law enforcement if it spots behavioural anomalies.
Vim 9 just dropped https://www.vim.org/vim90.php
GoToSocial is a new free open Fediverse platform which runs on cheap lightweight hardware and emphasises user safety and privacy. You can follow at:
➡️ @gotosocial
It supports both blocklists and allowlists, block/allowlist imports, non-federated instances etc
It's still in alpha testing, you can find out more info at https://docs.gotosocial.org
The project's souce is at https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial
#GoToSocial #Fediverse #ActivityPub #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SelfHosting
Mastering Nim: A complete guide to the programming language
https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/9259
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/9259
“GitHub Copilot and open source laundering”
“leveraging this platform for this move is a deep betrayal of the community’s trust” https://drewdevault.com/2022/06/23/Copilot-GPL-washing.html
@fsf find it hard to believe that you haven't included the best #FOSS video conferencing tool available, specifically designed for the education context: BigBlueButton - https://bigbluebutton.org
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