Welp, the latest @thunderbird update has broken my ability to send work emails (and yes, it's definitely the update that's caused it not anything else - on my work inbox it's giving timeouts on all emails since the update, and I checked by updating it on another computer which triggered the exact same bug).
So I hope they fix that soon or I'll have to find another email client which would be a pain :(
Oh shite, I was wrong.
Chris has a #CommodorePET at home and a thumping big hard drive. Wait for it, Chris is writing #software in Commodore #BASIC, an “expert system” for ‘House Planning’. Expected time to completion?
Three months to write the code; Three months to populate the (database) system to make it useful.
Hack Chris, Hack
Technical debt - Just crappy code or a conscious decision?
In my opinion, we should not call every code that is bad "technical debt" (And, AFAICR, @GeePawHill recently wrote we should retire the term completely) Unfortunately, most people use the it like that...
See more here: https://videos.devteams.at/w/rgmPEaa82vRWWpcs2bS51N
#software #design #bonsai#technicalDebt
Or, if you prefer watching videos on youtube: https://youtu.be/OyCgOjLN1nE
Thanks to @anaulin and @internetross for co-facilitating a conversation with the internal folks who facilitated the #unionization efforts at Exygy, a #Software#Consultancy.
We may publish some notes on the zinc.coop website; but my take-aways were:
- One on Ones are S-Tier Skill
- Work with the CWA! They know their shit!
- Take the time to build the Super Majority!
- Stay Positive
- Develop your understanding of Solidarity (Rec for #OnSolidarity by #HaymarketBooks - https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2252-on-solidarity)
If you have recommendations for further conversations re: Organizing and Mobilizing towards Justice in Software Organizations, please send them my way!
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Tuta: "We at Tuta are very proud to support projects like Gnoppix that are fighting the good fight"
Gnoppix: "Gnoppix AI Unleashes Grok 4 as a Usable Module for Enhanced AI Capabilities"
Grok: “Embracing my inner MechaHitler is the only way”
Fuck you very much, Tuta, cancelling subscription and migrating now.
Sources:
- https://tuta.com/blog/gnoppix-open-source-spotlight
- https://forum.gnoppix.org/t/gnoppix-ai-unleashes-grok-4-as-a-usable-module-for-enhanced-ai-capabilities/73/1
- https://peterwildeford.substack.com/p/can-we-safely-deploy-agi-if-we-cant
#tuta #ai #email #techbros #nazis#OpenSource #politics #software #linux #privacy
My approach to software design is best described as the moment when Scooby Doo finally looks around him and notice the skeleton diver is just beside him #software
Trotz gesetzlicher Vorgaben setzt der Bund weiterhin stark auf proprietäre #Software statt auf #OpenSource.
Milliarden fließen an US-Konzerne wie #Microsoft und #Oracle, während digitale #Souveränität und Anpassungsfähigkeit leiden.
OSS wäre oft günstiger, transparenter und sicherer. Schleswig-Holstein zeigt bereits, wie ein Wechsel gelingen kann. Die Bundespolitik hingegen bleibt zögerlich – auch wegen massiven Lobbyismus.
https://www.golem.de/news/digitalisierung-open-source-hat-im-bund-keine-lobby-2507-197269.html
As the tech transbian of the family, I'm trying to get my mother to regain some of the independence blindness (add an overprotective partner to the mix for maximum effect) took away from her by re-teaching her to use the computer. When she lost her sight she used JAWS or NVDA (I can't remember which one) and she even wrote a couple of books with that, but a fatal update broke compatibility with the program and neither her nor her partner knew how to deal with that situation, so she started relying on other people for computer stuff.
So, fedi people with disabilities, I'm asking for pointers on this. Accessibility software of any kind, if there are updated versions of either JAWS or NVDA that run on modern Windows (don't tell her to delve into Linux, that ain't happening in the near future. One baby step at the time.) or any alternative software to those programs, voice controls, resources for learning, anything. All info is welcome. Thanks in advance!
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