Notices by Martin Owens :inkscape: (doctormo@floss.social), page 3

Do you use #CAD software and #Inkscape?

The video below shows a feature I've added which was requested from cad users, but the Inkscape designers don't really like it, so I want to know from you if you think this optional functionality is important to you, or if you have never seen it but it would get in the way for you. (it's not enabled by default)

Right to left selection boxes are a touch rectangle, left to right boxes are containment rectangles:

Do you remember a couple of weeks ago when I complained that a very large #python contribution to #inkscape was poorly formatted and I felt embarrassed about pushing back and asking them to run a linter over it?

Yeah I'm not fucking embarrassed now, I'm furious. 🤬

Update: Apparently they meant a small section of it was, not the whole MR. I'm annoyed, but I'll have to take them at their word.

#llm #oss #foss #mergerequest

@mike805 @jenzi @kaye

So the planet Magrathea then?

It also sounds a bit like Frogstar World B. Aliens discover we've all evolved into birds.

#h2g2 #hhgttg

@eshep

Why would you even advertise Linux at all?

Surely the brand you want to build is the one you have control over already.

Shared resources are an ideal, but cooperation also has it's costs I think. Though I favour it.

Do I want people to use #Linux? Yes.

But I'm also very aware of how much of a support network is needed if you are going to be using any particular software. Even companies with $$ to spend fail frequently by focusing on their software and not enough on their socialware.

#Windows problems: Like a friend who eats a terrible truck stop sandwich, the problem isn't my friend, it's the regulations that allow poisonous food to exist in the first place. For now: #sympathy.

https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/112640037474320201

"we are possessed by our societies ... I find it too unpleasant to deviate from what my culture tells me is normal ... vegans will tell you the harder part of their diet isn't the diet is dealing with other people's responses to it."
- Hank Green

This is insightful to us in the #openSource community. The struggle is usually not the software, it's dealing with other people's responses to our decision to deviate from their cultural norms.

https://youtu.be/P29gknBaUqc

#OSS #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware

@mekkaokereke

I usually agree with everything you write. But I'm going to say it:

Twitter isn't a public space.

Comparing two cities which are both public spaces, to one public space (mastodon) and one private space (twitter) is difficult.

Why people choose the private party is a serious point worth acting on. No problem with that argument.

The research suggests people left twitter too quickly anyway. A more protracted campaign of inviting folks over would have worked better.

@Moondancer @mekkaokereke

I agree entirely with the core of the argument.

The nuance I wish to add is about how communities can own what they occupy.

Being together in one space is the whole game in community; owning together is next level.

@BeAware @youronlyone

You may have articulated a key point about migrations.

They only work if people stay on the old platforms and use them to promote their authentic self on new platforms.

The boycott method doesn't work for these systems.

hehe #comic #cartoon #FreeFall

http://freefall.purrsia.com/default.htm

"Republicans for a King" is a hell of a reverse ferret when you think about it.

@georgetakei

From the mouth of babes, the tooth at last.

[snip]
"That puts the most crazy copyright owner as an equal participant in deciding whether or not generative AI can work the way the model makers want it to"

Er, boys, that's law. Let's rephrase that so you know what utter villains you are:

"That puts the most crazy grocer as an equal participant in deciding whether or not the business of apple pies can work the way the great apple thieves want it to."

Ask/pay first, you knobs.

@fell

Could use your skills on Inkscape (C++, graphics). Though, you're looking for paid work, and we're not there yet with funding models.

One day though I hope to be able to offer folks actual jobs 😅

Good luck with the search!

@mj

There's a WiFi logo you can put in the warning triangle instead of the electricity logo.

@mj

This is my own suggested design.

SVG available.

Attention #inkscape testers. While we wait for an actual alpha release, you can use the downloads which I've just fixed the links for here: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.4.x/

I recommend using the AppImage if you're on #linux and the dmg/7z files should be fairly straightforward for other operating systems.

Oh, and thanks, user #testing is still the main way Inkscape finds bugs before releases while we work on building our test suites. ❤️

@kaia @schappi

One could spend 25 years cultivating an online persona with an ironic nickname instead.

Just saying. 🧐😅

@mcc

My Samsung galaxy S5 has all of those. It's a 10yo phone, but solid and upgraded with lineageOS so is actually quite modern.

But yes android is getting worse over time.

@drewdevault

Regulation is not restriction, it is codification of expectation and standardisation by excluding abusive behaviors.