BenoitJ @benoitj@linuxrocks.online

Would people be interested in supporting #FDroid development via Patreon?

#wire was sold to a US holding and updated their #privacy policy without informing their users. #deletewire

https://blog.privacytools.io/delisting-wire/

RT @Julie_C_Smith@birdsite.link
Holy cow. Huawei taking legal action against a European think tanker for criticism of China. https://twitter.com/thorstenbenner/status/1197466602846986240

https://twitter.com/Julie_C_Smith/status/1197533247426744322

Hells bells, Brad McQuaid the main man behind EverQuest is dead at 51!

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-11-20-everquest-developer-brad-mcquaid-dies

He built a world that changed my gaming life, showing me the possibilities of a 3d virtual world.

#everquest #mmo #game #bradmcquaid

Debian has donated towards helping @gnome fight off a patent troll 👍
https://t.co/txY22vDTil

Connaissez vous des alternatives libres à ClassDojo ? - Depuis 2 ans certains enseignants au primaire (Québec) à une des écoles où vont mes enfants utilisent ce service. Je sens l'effet réseau s'installer et d'autres enseignants et parents y goûter. J'aimerais pouvoir proposer une alternative libre.

"ClassDojo assure ... (la suite sur https://magicfab.ca/2019/09/connaissez-vous-des-alternatives-libres-a-classdojo/)
#Quebec #Microblog #Éducation #EduQC #classdojo #selfhosted #degoogle

Hi Fediverse

it seems to me that switching.social closed down it's services. All social media accounts are deleted and the site is currently offline.

Unfortunately, I have no clue what happened, I'm as surprised as you are. I already contacted the French, Italian and Turkish version of the site.

In case someone knows anything about what happened or has backups of one/multiple pages of the website, I would be very happy to get in touch with you.

#SwitchingSocial #offline

Anybody got some good tips on how to type fast with talkback on android? I'm an iPad user, so I usually use Braille Screen Input, but find both iOS and Android's keyboards to be cumbersome to use with a screen reader in general and I'm pretty proficient with my tech.

My personal journey from MIT to GPL

https://drewdevault.com/2019/06/13/My-journey-from-MIT-to-GPL.html

Found a bug in my software. Discovered it's a problem in one of my dependencies. Reported it.

They decided it was a bug in one of their dependencies. They reported it.

Less than a week after the initial report: Bug fixed, then bug fixed, then bug fixed.

I've never seen that before.

reminder that the laws of australia override the laws of math

"The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia"

-- Malcolm Turnbull (Prime Minister at the time)

I was going to announce it a bit later and more properly, but Mastodon received a $70k grant from Samsung NEXT through OpenCollective. I intend to make it available to those who contribute to the project, and have already notified some of the most regular contributors. The way OpenCollective works is that anyone can submit an expense and all transactions are listed transparently. It also holds the money.

As for myself, I intend to continue using Patreon for my own wage/costs.

Did you ever had (or still have) a personal website?

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbanny/we-should-replace-facebook-with-personal-websites

#DeleteFacebook

AWS gives open source the middle finger.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/aws-gives-open-source-the-middle-finger/