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@rin Don't you have botijos in Malaysia? Or botas?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botijo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bota_bag

(No good examples of their correct use in those pages, sadly.)

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We in India are stupid, we form castes and fight for temple rights. I'm stunned that Thailand & Cambodia are fighting for a Shiva temple.

If religion no longer serves humanity, why stick with it?

#Religion #Hinduism #Thailand #Cambodia

@prettygood That's not even a word. Fried would be ‘frito’. Interestingly, we may say that with the meaning of being sick of something or being pissed off by something. Or you may say that if you haven't slept in a while and your batteries are drained, but it's not common, at least where I live.

@alcinnz Whoever is framing that as a matter of ideological purity is missing the point (either intentionally or otherwise). Software freedom is a practical issue: do we want software by and for BigTech, or by and for the People, given how important software has become in our daily lives?

Seeing it from this angle, one could say software freedom is part of the same movement that opposes capitalism by growing your own food, or consuming locally or more responsibly. The winning point of the GPL is that it discourages corporations from using people's work and, thus, from taking over their efforts. If you grow your own food, but then sell it to BigAggro, what have you achieved?

So, when someone criticises someone else's ideas about software as being “hollier than thou”, I think they are (again, intentionally or otherwise) sellouts or useful idiots for capitalism. We need to be radical about it.

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I’m looking for anyone in my circles who:

• is a front-end web developer
• has some design sense
• understands the allure of buying a Linux computer
• is open to paid work

A Linux computer company reached out asking if I was available for paid work on their website and while I would love to, I’m just not able to find the time right now. But they’re a great company and I would love to connect them with someone!

#Linux #OpenSource #WebDesign #WebDev

I find it amusing that all the responses to that post come from yes men (and/or women), and not a single one asks: “Why?” or “How do you define critical thinking? If I disagreed with something you said, would you consider me a critical thinker or just wrong?”

Kim Possible :kimoji_fire:  
Remember when we we were taught not to believe everything we hear? Make critical thinking great again.

@WoodshopHandman First time I remember this happening was with Wikileaks, but that was only a matter of press freedom and basic human rights. It still allowed us to pay for big tiddy anime girls.

@p @japananon @thendrix

@veer66 No, I meant Rust was astroturfed in order to rewrite stuff previously written in C or C++, but licensed under the GPL. Rewriting things like GNU Coreutils using the MIT licence would allow BigTech to get their hands on a fundamental building block of free operating systems. Same with rewriting parts of the Linux kernel in Rust and badmouthing those who oppose that move.

There have even been attempts to put an end to the development of a Rust GCC frontend.

I don't have a strong opinion on C++, but at least anyone can use it to write whatever they want, and compile their code however they see fit.

Every day I become more and more convinced that Rust programmers are, at best, BigTech's useful idiots.

@hywan I wouldn't say it's good news to rewrite a fundamental part of every Linux system only to be able to relicense it in a way that is palatable to BigTech. With that approach, we all lose.

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I find it interesting that raping tends to be more extreme and frequent in a country that haven't legalize sex works.

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Hi Fedi, Software and Electronic engineer looking for work here :blobwave: :boost_ok:

I'm looking for work in Berlin, or Germany, or remote. I'm especially experienced in programming language/compiler front end design, and working with DSLs, as well as all the usual backend and database skills in high level languages. I can also do basic frontend work. I'm also especially passionate about electronic engineering, with a degree in the subject and a lot of hobby work, especially around low-EMI board layout and design for manufacture.

If this sounds like an opening you know of, or even if it doesn't quite fit but you think you have an interesting opening, feel free to message me!

#fedihire #getfedihired
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Se me ha ocurrido algo que igual os interesa.
Yo hacía intercambio de semillas por correo postal con gente de toda España. Así fue como fui construyendo mi huerto.
Creo que es un proyecto de apoyo mutuo y gestión colaborativa muy chuli.
Así que vengo aquí con la idea de montarlo con vosotres de nuevo.
Por favor, impulsad!
Editado: el grupo ha salido! lo podéis encontrar en #SemillasLibres y comenzad a hacer intercambios
#agricultura #permacultura #huerta #huertourbano

@noyoushutthefuckupdad It's not a rip-off, it's an adaptation (in Spain the title was even translated as The Magnificent Seven of Space).

And, while I unironically respect your opinion, all cinephiles that I know, even the most pedantic among us, love it. Maybe it's a movie you have to watch as a child to fully enjoy it, I don't know.

Also, it was a John Sayles' screenplay. Great writer and an even better director later in his career.

@coolboymew @SPCmovienight

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When someone says “retro-computing is tiny, why bother?” it helps to remember that the “small world” now contains multiple thriving hardware and software ecosystems that didn’t exist even five years ago.

And even then... where does it originate the imperious need to be misery guts telling others they shouldn't have fun, even if it's one single guy minding his business and toying around with transistors?

That mindset that only sees value in economies of scale, only accepting the capitalist mode of production is completely wrong.

People make things because making things makes them happy. People make things because they must, or for no reason whatsoever at all.

Perhaps the misunderstanding stems from the fact that the guys who can't understand that form of happiness for the sake of creation alone are the men who can only enjoy watching the world burn.

@javierfpanadero Si un nazi hace cosas de nazis (el énfasis lo pongo en ‘hacer’), claro que debe ir a la cárcel. ¿En qué sentido contradice eso lo que he dicho? Yo estoy hablando de ideas, y creía que tú también (por lo de convencer).

Pero, ya que estamos hablando, ¿cómo concilias tu idea de que no se puede convencer a un nazi de que no lo sea (como si la ideología fuera parte inseparable de la propia identidad) con la función rehabilitadora y reeducadora de la cárcel?

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