Masoud Abkenar @masoud@aleph.land
Human, Scientist, FLOSS activist, Software Developer
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@hollyjahangiri but theft and copyright infringement *are* different beasts. And this difference *is* important to how we deal with it in law, and in practice.
When somebody samples a 2s of a music track, and then uses it somewhere in the background of their DJ set to create a whole new song, how exactly did they "steal" anything from anyone?
Is the original author worse off because of the 2s sample?
Does the 2s sample influence the market for the original work?
A timely reminder.
Reclaiming RSS
“Before Twitter, before algorithmic timelines filtered our reality for us, before surveillance capitalism, there was RSS: Really Simple Syndication … As we move away from the centralised web to the peer web, it’s time to rediscover, re-embrace, and reclaim RSS.”
Time between addition of a new UI string to Mastodon's web client and a Mastodon release (including those strings) is like 5 minutes! And that is exactly the time-window to translate the UI into other languages 😁
This week, I was literally on call! I set up notification emails in Weblate to be informed about any addition to the UI strings ASAP, and to translate it whenever it is and wherever I am 😅
Yet still, I missed some strings for the 2.4.2 release 😆
Does anybody know any #FreeSoftware to run #webinar?
#OpenSource
Triggered by this thread from @Gargron, @garrett etc. yesterday:
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/100188559470345100
The FSF has a "Respects Your Freedom" *hardware* certification program, here: https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom
Is there a similar thing for software? A logo, a badge, something?
Yes, there are nice logos for #GNU and #GPLv3 that I can use if my software is part of the GNU project or licensed under #GPL. But what about a generic Free Software logo that can be used for all software under any FSF-approved license?
Triggered by this thread from @Gargron, @garrett etc. yesterday:
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/100188559470345100
The FSF has a "Respects Your Freedom" *hardware* certification program, here: https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom
Is there a similar thing for software? A logo, a badge, something?
Yes, there are nice logos for #GNU and #GPLv3 that I can use if my software is part of the GNU project or licensed under #GPL. But what about a generic Free Software logo that can be used for all software under any FSF-approved license?
Admins. Please forget about changing your SSH port. It's just annoying to have non-standard SSH ports, and it does not really help protect your system.
This is so-called "security by obscurity", which should be abandoned.
Better keep the standard port and configure SSH key login only / disable password authentication.
This is the serious sh*t you should do. Not change your SSH port and log into your root account via a weak user password and another weak su password.
Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel. - Eleanor Brownn
My First Album. #pixelfed
Even when working along on a project, it's a good idea to integrate frequently, instead of having long-lived branches. Merge early, merge often.
Has anybody checked #unixstickers today? They have a sale: 13 #freesoftware stickers for 1 Euro, plus free shipping worldwide! 😀
https://www.unixstickers.com/
(via @itsfoss2@twitter.com via @saeedgnu@twitter.com)
#Arch #Git #Vim #Python #Vim #Git #Python #Bash #Linux #Tux #Debian #Javascript #GoLang.
I wrote a blog post about moral considerations in designing technology. I give two specific examples from Mastodon: the recent removal of hashtag trends and the lack of notification counts in the web interface.
I do not necessarily agree with such feature-removals, but I'm very glad that "moral bug-report" is a thing with Mastodon developers 😀
Oh I forgot to mention that the blog post is in #Persian!
https://masoud.abkenar.net/blog/fa/?p=313
#indie #Mastodon
I really didn't want to join all the #Github and #Microsoft noise, but I can't help myself... "millions of people today depend on GitHub to help them learn, grown, and build amazing things."... Exactly this is the problem, with or without Microsoft. Can Microsoft fix it? https://natfriedman.github.io/hello/
A few nights ago I had a dream: I was live-streaming an open-air pop concert over the Internet, and when I looked carefully, I noticed that the video player is running #PeerTube 😆
I don't know if PeerTube already supports live-streaming, or my dream was related to a future version 😁
Ah I love these new notification selection symbols 😆
Where is the #Mastodon account that toots periodic reminders about relaxing your neck, cleaning your glasses, take a break etc.? I'm pretty sure I saw it recently, but I cannot find it anymore.
That's pretty much how web 2.0 pushed out the earlier federated groupware systems.
Ways to work against this are:
* Make it easy to block bad instances
* Discourage very large instances with thousands of users, which will be the most attractive for colonization.
* Promote general awareness of the kinds of tactics which have been used in the past against federated systems
* Encourage users to value community above convenience. Colonizers will try to dazzle users with convenience and shiny/trendy features.
* Create a lot of noise if there is any company trying to subvert open protocols with their own extensions.
* Make it easy for users to switch instances, aka "nomadic identity" so that they can "vote with their feet" if an instance starts adopting bad policies. The difficulty of moving from one instance to another is definitely something which colonizers will try to exploit.
