Matej Ľach ✅ @MatejLach@social.matej-lach.me

if student debt cancellation happened after i paid off my student loans, i would be happy, because im not a fucking shithead who demands that the entire world revolve around me and i can be happy for other people getting a fair deal

Google walkout organizers say they're being retaliated against for demanding ethical standards — Cory Doctorow

https://boingboing.net/2019/04/22/town-hall-apr-26.html

#Privacy #airlines

Muther fucker WAHT????

If you want to join matrix but do not want to go on matrix.org (and you should go there, it's overcrowded) you can find a list of alternative servers here : https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php

I like feneas.org (nice domain name), chat.weho.st (established non-profit service provider), tedomum.net (french established non-profit service provider)

And of course there is mental.af which has the best domain name of all (that's where I am)

Sickening: "#US threatens to veto #UN resolution on rape as weapon of war, officials say"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/22/us-un-resolution-rape-weapon-of-war-veto

#equality #womensrights #humanrights

The Kdenlive team released the 19.04 "Refactored Edition" version of the popular video editor today. Look forward to automatic audio-video splitting, configurable timeline layouts, different layout modes, and much more in their biggest release ever.

https://kdenlive.org/en/2019/04/kdenlive-19-04-released/

If anyone knows #Go and is looking for a project to help out with, Go-based #Signal protocol implementation library and a native #SailfishOS Signal client using it are in dire need of love:
https://github.com/RadicalApp/libsignal-protocol-go
https://github.com/aebruno/whisperfish

Yes, I also prefer truly decentralized protocols, but Signal is where it's at currently with a lot of people, and it's way better than other popular options... So, we need independent clients.

#InfoSec #FreeSoftware

We've reached a point where we'd like to start #hiring developers to work on the #WriteFreely roadmap 💻

This would be remote, contract-based work for now, with a chance to go full-time later in the year (assuming all continues going well). You'd be creating free / open source software.

I'll have more details soon, but especially if you're a #Go / #Golang developer and want to work on a growing #fediverse project, I'd love to hear from you!

#FOSS #job #jobs

@alcinnz Fair!

Now you have me idly wondering how much power a 5G cell tower draws, and whether it's dramatically more than previous generations...

I have the impression that any improvements in battery power density in the mobiles themselves, are are going towards processing power and nicer displays (and maybe the comms), not longer battery life.

....well played.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jD0mELZPD8

CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A MINUTE?

laptop wall mounts.

Setting up a C++ project environment with nix
https://blog.galowicz.de/2019/04/17/tutorial_nix_cpp_setup/

(submitted by mmphosis)

Microsoft Windows Tiles falls prey to a subdomain takeover, hilarity ensures.
https://www.ghacks.net/2019/04/17/microsoft-lost-control-over-the-windows-tiles-domain-and-someone-took-it/

Microsoft turned down facial-recognition sales on human rights concerns
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-ai/microsoft-turned-down-facial-recognition-sales-on-human-rights-concerns-idUSKCN1RS2FV

(submitted by dredmorbius)

"we noticed you're using an adblocker." very observant of you! i wonder what other information you'd be collecting if not for my adblocker. and no i won't turn it off.

this short video about making a rougelike in rust is really great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0-xjeEiYw4

The web browser Brave is marketed as a privacy-friendly ad-free alternative, but that's pretty disingenuous.

Brave exists not to protect privacy, but to make money from selling ads.

Brave is a commercial company funded by venture capital. Its business model is selling advertising and cryptocurrency investment.

One of Brave's owners is Peter Thiel's Founders Fund. Thiel is also the head of Palantir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies) and on the board of Facebook.

I do not recommend using Brave.

#Brave