laptop

@InsertUser honestly, I think it would have happened by now.

@sovtechfund @kde We (as in Freedesktop) should probably also apply for funding at some point.

I was thinking about some cross Desktop accessibility work could fit the bill.

Or trying to get off gitlab/rework our CI infrastructure.

But.. I don't think anybody of us has any experience with applying for grants in general, so it's a bit scary.

@gonzo_askold @orpach.neocities.org sure, but nix has still included packages that not in themselves were done reproducible I'm pretty sure.

@davidgerard wow Adriana has just invented… misinformation 🙃

@beandev @sinchens_ @zdfheute

And even then, they are still higher quality than most chocolate in the UK.

Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development

@sovtechfund's investment will be used to strengthen the structural reliability and security of KDE's core infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and the frameworks underlying its communication services.

http://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde

https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/kde

#investment #sovereigntechfund #development #DigitalSovereignty

@urlyman a vendor at a cooperative mall was evicted because he refused to stop wearing his. He was creeping other vendors out by photographing them without consent and talking about how he was trying to cover the video recording light. I can only imagine how customers felt when he focused on them and touched his glasses.

He and a bunch of his (old, Republican-voting) buddies tried to bury the mall with one-star reviews, all complaining that the management were "against new technology and progress".

With Inflation on Rise, I Bonds Look Like a Good Place to Park Cash Again
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/inflation-is-spiking-is-it-time-to-buy-i-bonds-again?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Personal Finance @personal-finance-bloomberg

#KDE Receives Over €1M from Sovereign Tech Fund for Software Development https://9to5linux.com/kde-receives-over-e1m-from-sovereign-tech-fund-for-software-development

@kde #Linux #OpenSource

@annehargreaves @glynmoody @EUCommission @Edent

> "Hey, they contribute 8 trillion to the global economy, and its all gratis?"

> "Yes. Donated by voluntary slave labour until they burn out. Just throw them a bone that reads 'better world' and they get to work."

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Harvard-study-Open-source-has-an-economic-value-of-8-8-trillion-dollars-10322643.html

@diandralinnemann @fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk @neil they did, but they are very easy to disable.

https://www.404media.co/how-to-disable-meta-rayban-led-light/

Creeps are going to creep and frankly I hope Rayban sales suffer and the brand can be retired.

It's not like the owner of the brand cares, they own other glasses brands as well.

@ophiocephalic @piefedadmin it's the db0 group

@Photo55 comes to the same thing

Gilts Become ‘Half-Hour Trade’ on Politics, HSBC’s Kettner Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/gilts-become-half-hour-trade-on-politics-hsbc-s-kettner-says?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Middle East @middle-east-bloomberg

@70hz così come potrebbero esserlo anche le IA generative, considerando che il concetto di utilità è relativo. Possono estrarre dati, filtrare informazioni o aiutare lx utenti a pianificare attività. La mia preoccupazione è legata alla pervasività di questi modelli, per cui a un certo punto quando dovrai sostituire lo smartphone/il PC ma sei eticamente contrario alle IA non avrai più alternative accessibili (sì, esiste il sottobosco delle custom rom ecc., ma qui mi riferisco allx utenti medi).

Hey @lobbycontrol, gibt es eure super wichtige & großartige Parteispendendatenbank zufällig irgendwo als FollowTheMoney-File? Falls nein, habt ihr zufällig Lust das anzubieten? Helfe euch gerne beim Erstellen, sollte es daran scheitern…