Apple to GNU/Linux Journal: Food and exercise tracking with LibreOffice Calc
Transitioning my health tracking from proprietary apps on Apple devices to Free Software on GNU+Linux has proven fairly easy. The result is a simple spreadsheet that is private, future-proof, easy to update and back-up.
#Apple#Computing#Health#Fitness#FreeSoftware#GNU + #Linux#LibreOffice
The usual amazing interview with Cory Doctorow:
"In this episode of Dot Social, recorded live at the Fediverse House at SXSW 2025, Doctorow unpacks the concept of “enshittification.” ... He talks about how to challenge platform monopolies and the importance of true federation."
Shop keeper Phyllis used her computer system to automate book keeping, taking the time to prepare from five hours to five minutes.
Having learned the system down to hardware level, Phyllis is now building an electronics kit. Her aim? Build a computer herself; Or as we called it an “electronic gadget”.
What Phyllis doesn’t say is she was a maths graduate from University and “#Cypher Clerk” in “Hut 5” at #BletchleyPark during the war.
The”Official Secrets Act” was in force in 1983 😂🤣☺️
#UK / WW2 / #computing / #bombe / #SigInt / #accounts / #hardware #kits / #Commodore / #PET / #RetroComputing
Richard Stallman ruined my computing. I want to thank him for it.
When I moved my computing to GNU+Linux in February I still didn’t have a clue about the change of thinking that was coming for me in the next six months. And, frankly, I’ve got Richard Stallman to thank for that. Once I began tapping into his many articles and speeches, my entire understanding of my personal computing shifted to the degree...
“Meet the COMPUTER ADDICTS”
Chris was living his #RetroComputer life back in 1983. It was foretold 😂🤣☺️
#BBC / #computing #work / #hardware / #VideoGames / #Commodore / #PET 1983 <https://youtube.com/watch?v=jbu0kmCeLSI
Slightly random but if you have any memories of Mirrorsoft - whether it's their games, Fleet Street Publisher or working there - do let me know. #computing #history #gaming #publishing
"The intent of proprietary computing is that everything users do should come under the dictates of the owners of the code...
You can agree to your own subjugation, that’s your choice. It may seem more convenient. It may seem comfortable. It may even seem pleasurable and safe. But in the end, you’re handing over your own fate."
#fsf#FreeSoftware#GNU + #Linux#Freedom#Democracy#Computing#Apple#Microsoft#Google#Amazon#Ethics#Libre
Gotta love good ol' 1-bit pixel dithering (ordered, Floyd-Steinberg, etc.) 💚
𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙙-80𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮
https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macpaint.html
#PixelArt#RetroComputing#VintageComputing #retro #apple #BlackAndWhite #computers #computing #1980s #macOS#Mac#tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #old #graphics #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #digital #DigitalArt #art #artist #arte #arts#GraphicDesign #MastoArt#FediArt #CreativeToots#ArtistsOnMastodon
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👋 #Cybersecurity Experts ⚠️ 👋
Please, if you have time, read this and tell this non-techie the alarm sirens in my head are all for nothing. I read only as far as this:"
“(f) A quantum computer of sufficient size and sophistication — also known as a cryptanalytically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) — will be capable of breaking much of the public-key cryptography used on digital systems across the United States and around the world. "
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