Big migration from Microsoft Office to #LibreOffice: The northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein is migrating 30,000 PCs. Learn more in this video from our recent conference: https://peertube.opencloud.lu/w/rUh7VLPkmkruarXHKeNGqG #foss #opensource #freesoftware
Raw milk producer optimistic after being shut down for bird flu detection
A second lot of milk was recalled after testing of retail products came back positive.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/raw-milk-producer-optimistic-after-being-shut-down-for-bird-flu-detection/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
💻The Code for Science Symposium (#FSKomp24) starts in Hannover!
🌟 Over the next 3 days, we’ll dive into the future of software competence in research.
🚀I’m particularly excited about the conversations on publishing research software- can’t wait to learn and connect with brilliant minds!
Let’s make research more open and reproducible with publishing our data and code! 🔓
Mornin’. Didn’t realise a formal #introduction was de rigueur on here - my bad. I’m the Bee Guy - the founder of the first and only native wild bee sanctuary on the planet - The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland. Not for profit social enterprise 24/7 365 advocating for our native wild bees. Not about honey bees - they’re fine. Only on here for the #bees & #planet. Heart on my sleeve, head in the stars, feet in a muddy puddle. Big plans. Need your support. Thoughtful brave disruption. Language matters.1/n
An Apple employee is suing the tech giant to limit access to employee personal devices.
According to the suit, Apple employees who use personal devices for work must allow Apple to install software that grants Apple access to search anything stored on the device or iCloud. The suit says Apple can monitor staff even when they're off duty.
If the employee wins, it could be another win against "bossware" surveillance.
@jamesthomson I guess I should have said only within the Apple walled garden. (I would be interested in versions for either desktop Linux or Android if they ever exist.)
@jamesthomson Shoot, I got excited about PCalc until I saw it was iOS only.
This is one of my favourite dialogs in all of Linux. What application? Who is asking for this information and why? Stop asking questions and give me your secrets.
It’s amazing how it is 2024 and - consistently - our front-line security interfaces still train people to do and accept the very wrongest things.
Hello World :)
I am pleased to present you a small project that I have been working on these last weeks:
MARL (Mastodon Archive Reader Lite) is a small web app that allows you to explore in detail the content of your Mastodon posts archive, including attached files (images, videos, sounds), and with different search options.
🙏 Boosts welcome! 🙏
(More info in the post below 👇)
A Cumulative Culture Theory of Developer Problem-Solving: new preprint
As Bluesky grows in popularity among real users, it likewise grows in popularity among those who operate fake accounts for myriad purposes. Here's an article about a network of fake Bluesky accounts with identical biographies.
https://conspirator0.substack.com/p/bogus-accounts-in-the-blue-skies
@link2xt Thanks, I appreciate the pointer! I hope for the sake of others that they have it documented somewhere *other* than the source code, but at least now *I* know.
It seems like #Signal accounts have to be recreated after some amount of activity; I know several people who had used Signal a year ago or so, but then recently my client said I'd need to invite them and they said that they seemed to need to setup their account again. Is this behavior actually documented and/or explained somewhere? I couldn't seem to find anything authoritative on a quick search. #lazyweb
Anyone have any experience dumping Audible? I've already gotten rid of my amazon prime, and I'm working at getting my job to do the same (I have some supportive co-workers so I think it will work, this is the best way to do the same at you job. Find your allies then work together but not in an obvious way to get your company to stop ordering there.)
Anyway I thought getting rid of audible today would be a nice way to feel like I'm a part of the big Amazon Black Friday strike. 1/
@b0rk Thanks! This has bitten me on many occasions.
why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/11/29/why-pipes-get-stuck-buffering/
#PSA: amazon workers in multiple countries, including the U.S., are striking for Black Friday to Cyber Monday.
DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE
#Unions #SupportWorkers #SupportUnions #amazon
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/25/amazon-protest-strike-black-friday
it's zine sale time!
from now until the end of the day on Friday, all my PDF zines are 50% off with the discount code WIZARDPDF
print zines are 30% off with the discount code WIZARDPRINT
Happy Thanksgiving from Brookings along the Oregon coast. Harris Beach area; sunset; St. George Reef Light (no longer active), and a sharp-shinned hawk. #birds #Oregon #PacificOcean #NaturePhotography
Theoretical physicist by training (PhD in quantum open systems/quantum information), University lecturer for a bit, and currently paying the bills as an engineer working in optical communication (implementation) and quantum communication (concepts), though still pursuing a little science on the side. I'm interested in physics and math, of course, but I enjoy learning about really any area of science, philosophy, and many other academic areas as well. My biggest other interest is hiking and generally being out in nature.