Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org
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Joined Mar 2020
According to the BBC news Donald Trumpis launching his own social nedia platform tRUTH Social
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58990330
I just wondered if this was an independent platform or perhaps just an instance on fedi?
Early days yet but asking here as I am more likely to find people + clue when it comes to the actual technology behind this.
I am sure Donald Trump would be at least aware of Decentralised social media and tech back ends such as Activity pub
@pomstan@срёт.онлайн @freemo
Or we can all work together,k surely iit is possible to just interact regardless of fedi platform.
@admin@masto.nogafam.es @valleyforge IIRC a second whistle-blower is ready to give evidence .l I think you are right,a rebrand usually doesn't look good
@users A warmj welcome to all our new users.
@freemo What would happen if we all used the hashtag #TheYearOfTheFediverse and shared the join Mastodon logo ?
@freemo Good point but the window of opportunity is there.
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@zleap They probably have a plan to handle this relatively smoothly like some sort of redirect or something.
@valleyforge Not sure but I was thinking this just provides an opportunity to spread the word.
here on the fedi we can have some sort of say on what happens, which is what
https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/
is for.
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The Conservancy's argument is that free software users *also* have standing to enforce the GPL, because a failure to comply with the GPL harms them. They call this "Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement."
https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/principles.html
And because the Conservancy's goal is to create a bigger commons, they have pre-committed to refusing cash settlements - they will settle for full GPL compliance, and nothing less.
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Vizio's free ride is over. The nonprofit Software Freedom Conservancy has filed suit against Vizio to force it to comply with the GPL - and this legal challenge has the potential to change the game for GPL enforcement in a profound way.
https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html
You see, the Conservancy isn't suing on behalf of the copyright holders whose code Vizio is illegally using - it's suing on behalf of the *users* of free software who are injured by Vizio's attack on the commons.
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If Facebook does change it's name won't that mean that the millions of people on that platform will have to change links etc on websites and other places (brochures, marketing materials etc) to point to the new profile.
Given the amount of money people spend doing this, they are perhaps going to be very very angry about it
This presents us as a fediverse a massive opportunity to promote fedi as an alternative and perhaps a small window to get people on here instead.
After all you own instance is your own, no one else is going to decide to just the name to suit them
Power to the users
@hn50 So once the online harms bill comes in to force and if this names facebook they change their name to try and perhaps circumvent the law.
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I tend to keep a lot of reminders about system/network maintance I need to do. Things that are every few weeks or months like updating the system or renewing certs.
Sometimes I find that there is a bit of a mental hurdle to do a task when it comes in. Even though its not much it can feel daunting when you dont remember the exact steps and need to pull up a how-to again or remember where you stored your notes, if you even have any.
So what im doing now is when i create a reminder I actually copy and paste the step-by step instructions from the documentation into the comments itself. So when the reminder comes in I literally just copy and paste them into a terminal, hit enter, and im done.
I also add the links to the documentation and my personal notes in the reminder itself. That way if something doesnt go as planed I dont need to start digging around for the complete instructions, its all right there for me.
This has cut down my procrastination significantly. Instead of waiting a day or two and maybe forgetting to do the task at all I now have it over and done with after like 5 minutes max from seeing the alert.
There are lots of accents here inthe UK, so in England for example, (to name a few) there is Newcatle, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, London, Cornwall and Devon all have their own unique accents.
I think people are used to being TOLD what to do, the capacity in some cases to use initiative and go out and find and embrace learning has diminished.
@aral so with the meta verse I will probably have to put up with the usual device zombies using a head set and being oblivious to the world as opposed to them just glued to a phone screen and getting in the way while walking down the street.
It seems to be more about what grabs the headlines and causes the rright responses, reporting the news is a side project for the media.
From what i understood from the Trial the cops actions were not even in line with procedure. too.
That cop wasn't a rookie he had a lot of experience as a cop so would know procedure too.
As I said the call handlers will guide you through this, even children have done this and saved the life of people.
A good reason to give as many people as possible first aid training.
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Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
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