Notices by bignose (bignose@fosstodon.org)

I'd suggest the reason has something to do with this, @thomasfuchs

https://theblower.au/@bignose/117018363070688244

Thank you to @godotengine for responding to people deluging the project with #AISlop from #LLMs. Their clear statement of #NoAI policy:

“No autonomous AI agent use or vibe coding. […]
No use of AI to generate substantial pieces of code. […]
No AI-generated text in human-to-human communication. […]
All PRs must be reviewed and approved by a human before merging. […]”

https://godotengine.org/article/contribution-policy-2026/

May more #FreeSoftware projects do the same.

#ArtificialStupidity #HumanLabour

@badnetmask
> Podman […] only works in Fedora/RHEL variants

This doesn't match my experience; I've never used #Podman on Red Hat or variants, only on #Debian and MS Windows. So, it definitely does work (for me) on those OSen.

Sorry it didn't work out for you. But please know that people do get it working (and AFAIK I didn't do anything special) on non-RedHat.

@homelab

I want to ride it where I like

@cwebber

I'd phrase that as “Apple could not comprehend #FreeSoftware enough to use Freedom 1”.

Everything about #Emacs, *and this must include the build system*, is open for examination. Guaranteed by the license.

If Apple can't determine whether it's malware, and they pop up a big announcement of that? They announce their incompetence.

@rossquantum

Yeah, I know this is just some quirk in MacOS scanning of installed programs. It's still funny. @rossquantum

@argv_minus_one
> macOS scanning happens on an Apple server. App publishers must submit their apps to that server for scanning.

Oh, so I was closer than I thought: Apple hates #FreeSoftware so much that they won't even acknowledge they *already have* everything they need to scan #Emacs for anything they want

and they petulantly refuse to do it unless the developer kisses the ring and submits to non-free conditions. And then complains *to the end user* that Apple failed.

@rossquantum

I know that as adopting a "role" for specific actions

and each user account can be assigned zero-to-many "role"s by some authorisation administrator.

@kfogel

If it's working for you, there's no need to change. You're using #Emacs whether it's in the text terminal or in a GUI.

With that said: You're not getting GUI font handling, Emacs access to the range of fonts and sizes, window management and keyboard commands, built-in document and image rendering, pixel-scale sizing of things, etc.

That's what you're missing; whether you want them is up to you. I would advise spending some time making a good config that shows off the GUI, try it on.

@ntnsndr

None of that justifies having him in any official position of influence today @jxself

Thanks @sethmlarson for committing to make #FreeSoftware #Python volunteer maintainers lives easier.

I'm sadly shocked, though, that PEP 761 lauds dependence on #platform providers out of our control (Google, GitHub, etc.) as some improvement? Have we not learned that we need #community control of our identity, not #corporation platforms?

#ProtocolsNotPlatforms is a necessary part of divesting centralised power over our #SoftwareFreedom. Vesting yet more control in Microsoft is not the way.

We desperately need the @mozilla that had a clear mission:

* Make the very best reference implementation web browser that respects privacy and freedom of all web users.

* Vigorously and fearlessly champion the #OpenWeb against all forces that threaten it. This entails not having those forces as sponsors.

The rot is deep. I hope it can be cut out and we get a better entity that can maintain #Firefox and stand firm for open, secure, privacy-respecting web technologies.

And there it is: @mozilla loses its Advocacy division, and the #OpenWeb loses what was once a champion.

“We’re revisiting how we pursue that work, not stopping it” says the Mozilla Foundation. Oh yeah, laying off workers is “revisiting” how to do the work, all right.

#MozillaCorp is nakedly a profit-seeking #SurveillanceCapitalism promotional body today.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/5/24289124/mozilla-foundation-layoffs-advocacy-global-programs

I identify as a gamer, because I'm really into board games

and I do it only in part because it tends to annoy video-game "gamers"

@drewdevault

@JetForMe

https://wikis.world/@anticomposite/112130743283159422

@JetForMe

The #FreeSoftware fork of #Redis is already up: https://codeberg.org/redict/redict

#Redict #Copyleft #NeverSignCLA

@clacke

The #FreeSoftware fork of #Redis is already up: https://codeberg.org/redict/redict

#Redict #Copyleft #NeverSignCLA

You run a #FreeSoftware project? This is your occasional reminder to move away from #Discord and #Slack and other #Platforms.

As convenient as they seem, every "platform" is a #WalledGarden. They can and will pull the rug from under you any time it's in their interest, without regard for yours.

Migrate your community to systems under community control. Before it becomes a crisis.

https://en.osm.town/@amapanda/111771768413699746

#ProtocolsNotPlatforms #DataSovereignty #SelfHosted

Thanks @evan.

Crucially, for the purpose of "the instance for this account already closed down, I want my posts to be preserved" is to figure out how a post can continue to have identity as the same post, even when the original instance is no longer responding.

Yep, I'm aware of that @devnull

@evan knows I love him, but he opened this up when he asserted what #Mastodon implements and doesn't. I'm asking for more detail of that assertion.