Notices by mray (mray@social.tchncs.de)

@bkuhn I have come to appreciate all your efforts for many years now. The fact that I'm skeptical about a "kind of" endorsement of AI changes nothing about that. You rock. Keep rocking! – You're the reason I'm SERIOUSLY holding back and reiterating over and over about what my position is. Thank you for being a role model like that – and in terms of Free Software issues generally.

I appreciate you fully – even IF I come to the conclusion that the AI statements are pushing in a wrong direction.

For every loud mouth out there, there are twice as many quiet ones appreciating your work.

Kopf hoch! Du bist schwer in Ordnung! 😀 ✊

@jimniels Sounds like this isn't an app problem. More like the impact of using streaming services instead of a local FLAC collection.

@jimniels I'm on Linux and use https://fooyin.org/ – which is similar to https://www.foobar2000.org/ on windows.

It is a bit too nerdy for my taste but most players don't cater to browsing file structure.

🤨 No, you don't install #Linux on your "OLD" computer, you install it on your current one - as the "NEW" computer remains in the store and does not belong to you, as you were not forced to buy it, and you prefer to keep the money instead.

…rubs me the wrong way every time I read this during #endof10

Also: please do install Linux on NEW computers, too. Don't bias yourself into thinking Windows is somehow snappier by giving it the faster hardware 😉

@cwebber @django I'll let you know as soon as I'm home again :P

@django @cwebber I just checked – the variation is "PT Sans Narrow (Bold)"!

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/PT+Sans+Narrow

I'm working on having this kind of info more readily available - without me having to research…

@delta I appreciate that reminder. My impression is that most knowledgeable people see e-mail as a burden loaded technology in every possible way. When in fact it probably is orders of magnitude lighter than matrix or xmpp or … Signal. 😛

@annika If you want to brag, at least be honest and call yourself C:\Users\annika

😢

#GnuTaler released v1.0 🎉 – still considered a public beta, but hey! A step closer to have digital cash that is worth your money. 🤑

https://www.taler.net/en/news/2025-01.html

#freesoftware #privacy #money

@organicmaps congrats! What was that block about – and how can we make Microsoft block more projects?

Good bye Firefox. That's it for good. #Firefox has officially lost it now. I don't know if they ever manage to regain my trust, but no. No no no no no. No! ☝️

When I upload or input information through Firefox, I hereby DO NOT grant you a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help me with anything. YOU NUTS?!!?

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/

So the Social Web Foundation invites everybody to come over to Microsoft. 🙄 I see room for improvement.

"So, people interested in ActivityPub, standardization, and group dynamics in general are invited to review the documents and submit GitHub issues or comment on existing issues."

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2024/12/06/new-charter-for-the-w3c-socialcg/

#SocialWebFoundation #FOSS #FreeSoftware #GithubIsMicrosoft #Codeberg

Hey, you people explaining #Bluesky decentralization to each other. Maybe use this illustration: 😉

#ATProtocol #ActivityPub

Hey, you people explaining "Fediverse" to each other. Use this updated illustration:

#ActivityPub
#flohmarkt #loops #gancio #akkoma #mastodon #peertube #pixelfed #lemmy #forgefed #pleroma #hubzilla #funkwhale #owncast #writefreely #friendica #misskey #bookwyrm #gnusocial #mobilizon #castopod #wordpress #drupal #nextcloud #gotosocial #fediverse

@aral You are right. I was just so flabbergasted by the possibility and got taken away ... Mozillas behaviour makes me question anybody lately. :blobcatpats:

@aral I refuse to believe they are not on ActivityPub. This must be a mistake.

@annika during ALGS matches it always seems many good players are distracted XD

@annika I know the game but wonder who is #5 currently? and what kind of reaction caught your attention?

@annika Who Where What When? :P

Dear mozilla@mozilla.social,

I just found a bug in your browser! You certainly would NEVER introduce #ads with tracking ids right into the #Firefox UI itself - right? Right!?

Maybe check who has commit rights or something…