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We're hiring a Technical Administrator at @spritelyinst! This position is both technical and organizational... more or less you'd be helping the Executive Director (me) carry out the mission of the organization using FOSS tools. https://spritely.institute/news/come-work-with-us-hiring-a-technical-administrator.html
You don't have to be a programmer to take this position, but you do have to be comfortable with using and *learning* FOSS tooling (such as Emacs and Org-Mode, which are used heavily in the organization).
Non-traditionally CS paths to using FOSS tech are welcome; particularly excellent for someone who is early in their career as a free and open source enthusiast, or a humanities graduate student who uses technical tooling to organize their work, or someone who has established experience in the organizational end of FOSS ecosystems. If you feel that assisting in the organization of a FOSS nonprofit while using or learning particular FOSS tools is appealing, apply! https://spritely.institute/jobs/2024-09-12-technical-administrator.html
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Happy Wednesday #Mastodon!
I wanted to share one of my most popular #WaterfallWednesday images. This incredible location is sadly being threatened by development, but for now it remains a beautiful forest oasis on the coast of #Canada
#Nature #landscapephotography #waterfall #forests #RealPhotosofRealPlaces #photography #fujifilm
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Gorgeous framing.
Developers are evil. :(
@CStamp I'm just hoping the developers have designed a way for this spot to be preserved in a natural and still accessible way.
Others have blocked and remove access to certain landscape features like this in the past.
Tis’ in my hood! Beautiful shot and perspective!
Unfortunately, I think some of the development may already have started :(
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Something you don't see often. Currently we have 3 different language servers in #Elixir. Each one has its strengths and ideas.
But instead of waiting for one to win by accident, the creators of the three teamed up to build a new, fourth, server, taking the best of all worlds. This effort is also sponsored from the beginning.
https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2024/08/15/welcome-elixir-language-server-team/
Announcing the official Elixir Language Server team
Announcing the official Elixir Language Server team to work on the code intelligence infrastructure to be used across tools and editorsJosé Valim (The Elixir programming language)
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Too many oversized vehicles on our roads, endangering the lives of people outside of cars.
Petition to require vehicle safety testing for people outside vehicles and set requirements for vehicle size. Please sign. 👇
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4944
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Outreachy is getting squeezed financially from reduced funding related to diversity programs and reduced funding for open source orgs. Can you help us spread the word about how important the program is and help us connect to folks who might contribute funding?
https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2024-08-14/outreachy-needs-your-help/
Outreachy | Internships Supporting Diversity in Tech
An internship program that supports diversity in free and open source software. Learn more by visiting our website!www.outreachy.org
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Huh. I didn't expect "If you try out a streaming service for a month, the company is allowed to kill your wife" to be in my news feed today.
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/disney-restaurant-carle-place-physician-allergy-gcgv997y
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Every time someone actually tries universal basic income, it works astoundingly well. Every time.
We should do something with that information.
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https://www.greenparty.ca/en/media-release/2024-08-13/green-party-canada-demands-urgent-action-end-homelessness-amid-rising #cdnpoli
Green Party of Canada Demands Urgent Action to End Homelessness Amid Rising Humanitarian Crisis
OTTAWA — The Green Party of Canada is calling on the federal government to take immediate, decisive action to end homelessness in Canada, condemning the current situation as a humanitarian crisis in one of the world's wealthiest nations.Green Party of Canada
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In 2023, typical CEO pay at S&P 500 companies hit $17.7 million.
The average CEO-to-worker pay ratio was 268-to-1.
It would take more than five lifetimes for workers to earn what CEOs receive in just one year.
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
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🎯 Calling all Elixir developers to take on a bounty and get compensated for contributing to the commons!
Help us overcome key technical challenges and move closer to the Bonfire v1.0 release.
🔍 Discover more about our Bonfire cooperative bounty program: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/camp/
Check out the current bounties and start contributing:
🧁 Improve DB query performance: https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bounties/issues/1
🧁 Improve feed rendering performance: https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bounties/issues/2
#Elixir #bounties #Bonfire
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Improve DB query performance · Issue #1 · bonfire-networks/bounties
Overview Querying feed is quite slow, which is likely a combination of issues spanning database structure and querying best practices, debugging and improving how our boundaries system impacts how ...GitHub
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🌍 Fediverse community, we need your support!
We’re funding bounties with the resources we have, but we need YOU to help fuel open-source contributions.
💡 Each bounty now has a dedicated donation page via our Open Collective:
1️⃣ Optimize DB query performance: https://opencollective.com/bonfire-networks/projects/improve-db-query-performance
2️⃣ Boost feed rendering performance: https://opencollective.com/bonfire-networks/projects/feed-render-performance
Join us in creating a cooperative environment where every input and suggestion counts!
#Fediverse #bounties #Crowdfunding #OpenSource #Bonfire
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These Ontario farmers are losing the land they own to industry. But that's all anyone will tell them
Waterloo Region is threatening to expropriate 800 acres of farmland in response to the Ontario government’s call for development landFatima Syed (The Narwhal)
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The article quotes a flyer:
> "As you may be aware, there is currently a shortage of industrial lands in the Region of Waterloo," one of the flyers says.
But from #WaterlooRegion's own land use plans there was plenty of land available for residential development, industry, and commercial use so that the Region's well defined boundary between urban and rural, the #CountrysideLine, would protect agricultural lands from urban sprawl.
Somebody isn't telling the truth in that flyer.
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[Polite comments only, please.]
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We know you can’t get enough of us, so we are back again with #Fractal 8!
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/fractal-8-released/22567
Fractal 8 released
Because we know you can’t get enough of us, we are back again, and this time, as foretold, it’s to announce Fractal 8! There have been little changes since our release candidate, so let’s recap the main improvements since Fractal 7: Mentions are s…GNOME Discourse
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Humanity has burned through Earth’s annual budget for resources in just over seven months.
Known as Earth Overshoot Day, 1 August marks the date on which we’ve used up all the resources that the planet can regenerate in one year. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
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PySkyWiFi: completely free, unbelievably stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights | Robert Heaton
The plane reached 10,000ft. I took out my laptop, planning to peruse the internet and maybe do a little work if I got really desperate.Robert Heaton
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“Cost of Ontario Science Centre temporary location exceeds cost of roof repairs” — https://www.canadianarchitect.com/cost-of-ontario-science-centre-temporary-location-exceeds-cost-of-roof-repairs/
“…back-of-napkin math brings us to a one-time cost of $17-55 million dollars, plus $8 to $28 million in rent, depending on the size of the temporary space and the length of the lease—$25-$83 million in all. All for a temporary location that may be difficult to access, will not be open until 2026…”
“The cost to fix [highest-risk roof] areas? About $450,000.”
Cost of Ontario Science Centre temporary location exceeds cost of roof repairs
The time required to set up a temporary location will mean that there is no Science Centre location for two years; the RFP also reveals that a new Science Centre at Ontario Place would not be ready until 2030-2034.Elsa Lam (Canadian Architect)
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Matrix 1.11 is here with authenticated media! 🎉
The matrix.org homeserver will be rolling this out relatively quickly – watch the blog for news. In the meantime, developers are encouraged to update as soon as possible.
Read the release announcement for full details ➡️ https://matrix.org/blog/2024/06/20/matrix-v1.11-release/
Matrix v1.11 release
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communicationsTravis Ralston (matrix.org)
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📣 The new Chat Control proposal puts the security of everyone in the EU at risk in search of an non-existent magic tool.
It’s time to raise the alarm and make our voices heard https://element.io/blog/eus-chat-control-puts-security-and-privacy-at-risk/ 📣
EU’s Chat Control puts security and privacy at risk
Since it was first proposed, the EU’s Regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse (aka Chat Control) has gained the attention of security experts, academics, civil society, and the private sector for all the wrong reasons.Denise Almeida (Element Blog)
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Be scanned - or get banned! - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
In the latest in a string of alarming developments, the Belgian government has proposed a new supposed 'solution' to the Chat Control deadlock in the Council. Read why this new proposal undermines people's security across the European Union.European Digital Rights (EDRi)
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Montreal becomes largest North American city to eliminate mandatory minimum parking spots
Montreal becomes largest North American city to eliminate mandatory minimum parking spots
Montreal is the latest city to eliminate mandatory parking minimums, and the largest North American city to have done so.Lorraine Carpenter (Cult MTL)
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I don't understand how anyone could think that Poilievre is the best leader for the country. I mean, I'm not that happy with Trudeau or Singh, but at this point, government-by-coin-flip looks like a saner choice than Poilievre.
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Just a few days until the voting period closes in our Governing Board elections!
We're at or near 100% voter turnout in many categories, but Individual Member turnout is much lower. Check your inbox for an email from noreply@opavote.com and cast your ballot today 🗳 https://matrix.org/governing-board/elections/2024/
#Matrix #OpenSource #OpenStandards #OpenGovernance
Governing Board Elections 2024
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Oh that's a tall order. In Canada there are a few, not many.
The US has a few that I follow but I don't have them on a list, I am sorry.
For a wider coverage you might try using hashtags like CanPoli, USPoli, EU etc...
Qasim Rashid - consistently active on Mastodon
social.bund.de
Dies ist der Mastodon-Server des Bundesbeauftragten für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI).Mastodon hosted on social.bund.de
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Also potus@threads.net according to this site:
https://fedidb.org/popular-fediverse-accounts
FediDB, Fediverse Network Statistics
FediDB is a cutting-edge service providing detailed statistics and insights into the Fediverse network.fedidb.org
Since you're including accounts on threads I thought I'd mention that the web interface allows searches without being logged in (maybe app does, too, but I don't have the app)
I did a few quick searches and found these accounts. I'm sure someone with more time/energy could find more:
https://www.threads.net/@senjeffmerkley
https://www.threads.net/@amyklobuchar
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I'm still getting the hang of #wikidata, maybe someone who's more familiar with it can double-check my query, but this is what I was able to pull out.
As you'd probably guess, they also host their own instance.
Hope it helps.
Members of Congress on Mastodon - First Branch Forecast
Fourteen years ago, an organization I was involved with pushed to change congressional rules to allow members of Congress onto Twitter.Daniel Schuman (First Branch Forecast)
@KatCopseyGreens are two i can think of, off the top of my head, but i am sure there are more
From my circles I know @polamatysiak who is an elected official for Polish Sejm. There are a few others such as @adrianzandberg or @magdabiejat but their accounts aren't very active.
Haven't seen anyone Polish from other political parties than @razem but it might just be my social bubble.
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"Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."
The computer, however, will stop you from recording DRM'd content.
Find it fascinating that when faced with drawing safety and security boundaries, the primary beneficiary is not the owner of the device, or the person using it, but random corporations who control the intellectual property rights.
The system doesn't work for you.
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I find it equally fascinating that in order to get anywhere near an integrated computing experience in 2024 we apparently need constant recording and transformer models.
No structured file systems, no permission models, no shared stores, no capabilities - just firehose the display output and hope for the best.
We could certainly get a simpler & more capable solution to the problem Recall addresses with modern Computer Science by essentially reimplementing the entire OS to use CRDTs, but who's got the time for that?
The next best thing would be filesystems with efficient backups... Like BTRFS!
It's more that that list of things is artificial constructs imposed on the user to make the computer's life easier. It's bending the user's mental model to be more machine like.
Far better to bend the machine to think more like its user, so that the user can say "Hey, what was that article I was reading yesterday? The one about the whales?" And the machine has any hope of answering that question.
The right way to do it requires a lot of people to agree in a lot of things. Even worse, most of that people doesn't care about that kind of things. So, brute force.
Current AI is pure brute force. We don't know how to do something, we feed a program with billions of examples, in the hope that it gets the idea of what all of them have in common. So now we have a program that is doing something it doesn't have a clue of what it is about, programmed by literally a brainless programmer. And it hallucinates. Surprise!
Microsoft Information Protection will certainly require a massive overhaul for any of these devices to be permissible in sensitive networks with “Recall”. From what I can see, they’ve essentially limited the existing screenshot protection functionality to Microsoft apps like Word and Outlook where you can apply sensitivity tags.
Or we’re about to see a lot of vendors advertise 3rd party tools to mask/blank application windows system-wide with dummy DRM flags
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