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Hi, I'm Mandy. I've been working on an idea I'm developing into a comic named Wander. It follows the story of a tiny magic robot recovering his lost memories and the mystery of his missing friend.
With your support, I can work towards its launch!

I’ve been balancing the creation of Wander with my full-time day job. Money made from my KoFi goes towards two things! First, a Cintiq upgrade, and getting a website for Wander!

http://ko-fi.com/mandyjacek

Free as in freedom[1] is a netcast by two people from the Software Freedom Conservancy[2]. I found out about it today and the content has been enjoyable and interesting so far. :)

1. http://faif.us
2. https://sfconservancy.org

#FreeSoftware #FreeCulture #Netcasts

"A lot of developers have been spoon fed everything, and have no framework for realizing that they don't need the pneumatic nail gun for every problem. A hammer is often better, but they've only ever been shown the nail gun."

- grayhatter on IRC

I don't care how long its been around. Solar panels are fascinating and magical. I charged my ereader and odroid go with a small inexpensive panel while I went for a nice walk. That's so cool.

no one can steal your data in the cloud

Someone asked me why aerc is has taken two years to write given that it's not that much code (~6,000 lines)

1. It's actually 3 years old
2. Good software takes a long time to make in your spare time
3. I have like 100 other projects to work on, too

It’s Time to Break Up Facebook

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/opinion/sunday/chris-hughes-facebook-zuckerberg.html

#DeleteFacebook

// Maybe this sort of rhetoric is needed to get tougher legislation in the US. GDPR type privacy/data laws. No need to break up FB, but rather we just need to cut their legs out from under them - their secretive extraction of user data which they sell for insane profit.

#fB #facebook #NYT

Hi my names chuck @ the linux lab. I wrote about only BSD's last year.

I have no idea why any of you listen to me

In case you missed it, you can follow people across the Fediverse even if you're using a different kind of site.

For example, here's a PixelFed account:

@earth

...here's a PeerTube account...

@documentaries

...here's a WriteFreely account...

@carbontwelve

...here's a Plume account...

@PlumeDev

...here's a Friendica account...

@hypolite

...and you can follow all of them from Mastodon.

Just click on the @ link to see their profile, and then click on Follow.

#Fediverse #Federation

First prototype for PINE64 "PinePhone" #Linux #smartphone sports thin bezels and modern design

https://tuxphones.com/pine64-pinephone-prototype-linux-smartphone-mockup-progress-design/

#Mindustry is a tower defense factory #game.

In Mindustry you launch to an alien location where hostile robots attempt to destroy you and your core. You must defend this core by building walls, turrets, and other such buildings.

The catch is that these things require ammo, or cooling fluid. So you must construct a factory which produces those resources in order to defend your base.

Website 🔗: https://mindustrygame.github.io/

#free #opensource #foss #fossmendations #Factorio

As a fairly new user of mastodon and a one week member of this community I just want to say thank you guys for being just great! I am enjoying fosstodon too much!
Cheers 🐘🍻

Setting up the FreedomBox Pioneer edition at home!

#FreedomBox

Maybe I just have the wrong definition of accessibility.

To me IRC is far more accessible than any of the proprietary services, because it's an open protocol. It allows me to pick the client that is most accessible _to me_.

And your needs may be different than mine.

Don't want users having to install their own client? Host a matrix/thelounge like service, which gives you the best of both worlds.

You can use your own client or this service then. How does it get any more accessible than that?

Even 5 years ago when I first started playing with #FreedomBox, I was amazed by its polish and seamless functionality. By creating a single account on the box, you immediately get access to a personal blog, wiki, chat account, feed reader, VPN, and much more.

It is not perfect I know, but it has a solid offering across a broad range of applications that I haven't seen anywhere else.

If you look for a polished and capable personal home server, I highly recommend FreedomBox.

I wish @freedomboxfndn a lot of luck and success. Keep up the great work, please!

cron is goddamn terrible. No logs, no monitoring, no alerts if tasks fail, no config file checking to make sure it's at least sane, no warnings if you have a mistake, no retrying, no nothing. It's 100% spray-and-pray. I hate it.

Are there any better, modern alternatives to it?