George Mari @GeorgeMari@social.cleverlibre.org

BlackBerry director Matt Johnson on why the iPhone won and why most tech movies suck

‘It’s so weird to see, now, a culture trying to recapture whatever it was that the BlackBerry was trying to do at first.’

Not sure I've ever read a better short take on the fatal flaw of accountability-based school reform - "the most efficient tool ever devised to destroy a student’s interest in learning" - as this one by @DLabaree. He zeroes in on the difference between effectiveness and efficiency.

I’m currently hiring a Staff-level software developer for my team at BackerKit. I’d be delighted to talk about it with you or anyone you know who might be a fit.

I’m looking for someone who has:

- Deep experience in Ruby and Rails
- A history of pair programming - and is excited to use it every day to teach & learn
- Expertise in automated testing and test driven development

Here’s the full listing: https://jobs.lever.co/backerkit/04342de5-5a39-4e56-938c-54198b21f059?lever-source=careers-page

I spent a year digging into the SolarWinds hack - talking with SolarWinds/Mandiant/Microsoft and others -- to bring you this detailed story of how the hackers pulled off the boldest, most sophisticated supply-chain hack in history ... and how they got caught. https://www.wired.com/story/the-untold-story-of-solarwinds-the-boldest-supply-chain-hack-ever/

Mastodon fixes “confusing” sign-up process to attract users fleeing Twitter

Mastodon forms a plan to make decentralized social networks go mainstream.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/mastodon-fixes-confusing-sign-up-process-to-attract-users-fleeing-twitter/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Tomorrow night! Online and in-person! Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community event on May 3 @ 7pm EDT. I'll be speaking about mental health in the tech industry. Maybe I'll cry! #mentalhealth #mentalhealthintech #developers #indianapolis #mentalhealthmonth https://www.meetup.com/indy-net-consortium/events/292894478/

Join us Friday at 1 PM PST. The panel will include @eric, @ramsey, @joepferguson, @pollita, @e3betht, @funkatron, and Tom Rideout, and we will discuss Open Sourcing Mental Health.

Join us live on Youtube or Discord to ask the panel questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkdRul4L6tw

The Nextcloud Office template contest is still open!

Have you submitted a template? 🚀

It’s not too late, we are still accepting your brilliant ideas!

https://nextcloud.com/blog/get-your-work-featured-in-nextcloud/

#job Ad: #PhD in Pollination Ecology

Anyone fancy doing a PhD on the uses of wild bee pollination as a nature-based solution in fjordside horticultural production? If you like the idea of having fieldsites that look like the one pictured below then check this out: https://nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/30-phd-position-in-nature-based-solutions-with-foc @jobsecoevo

Say "no" to vertical videos! *)

Convert/rotate videos which are shot the wrong way.

#ffmpeg
@climagic

https://photography.tutsplus.com/de/tutorials/how-to-create-horizontal-video-from-vertical-video-in-just-1-step--cms-28102

ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -filter_complex '[0:v]scale=ih*16/9:-1,boxblur=luma_radius=min(h\,w)/20:luma_power=1:chroma_radius=min(cw\,ch)/20:chroma_power=1[bg];[bg][0:v]overlay=(W-w)/2:(H-h)/2,crop=h=iw*9/16' out.mp4

*)
#VVS
Vertical Video Syndrome is dangerous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dechvhb0Meo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2picMQC-9E

Hello! It’s only us!

Ever since YouTube switched to prioritizing shorts, our viewer count and revenue is dropping at a scary pace. Our ad revenue for April is 1/2 of what it was in April last year, and that means we’re soon going to be struggling if it continues.

We want to make sure our team has a living wage, but that’s hard when big companies are playing roulette with our content.

Can you help?

https://www.Patreon.com/Transportevolved

#introduction

Software Engineer. Insatiable learner across an eclectic collection of topics: #coding, #psychology, #history, #philosophy, #religion/#spirituality, #socialjustice, etc.

Introvert, but friendly. Long time dream of building a #searchengine to replace #google.

Live in #georgia, from upstate #newyork.

Currently working on #medical software using #python, #javascript, #typescript, #vue, #VTK, and #django.

Previous work includes #dotnet, #csharp, #php, #ruby.

F1 wants to ban tire heaters—here’s why that’s a good idea

Spectacular sportscars at Spa put F1's Azerbaijan snoozefest to shame.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/05/f1-wants-to-ban-tire-heaters-heres-why-thats-a-good-idea/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

My number one #Mastodon tip for people is to boost more!

Discovery sucks on Mastodon, which is partially by design, but it also means it’s hard to find new and interesting people here. If you see something cool, reach for that boost button as well!

me monday morning vs me monday noon

If you're in #Tallahassee Saturday night, swing by the Blue Tavern and catch a couple sets of Firefly Rebellion! #livemusic