Lubomir Rintel @lkundrak@octodon.social

another reckless engraving test... anyone got a fiber laser?

Supporting the mental health of open source maintainers and contributors has always been a major priority for me. I've put a lot of thought and effort into a healthy approach to FOSS software development. Please reach out if you're struggling.

ed is the standard editor

report back: Slack is just IRC with GIFs and a feature where they make you pay to read your backscroll

"Red Hat urges U.S. Supreme Court to support unrestricted use of software interfaces" #Oracle #Google #API #RedHat #SCOTUS https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-urges-us-supreme-court-support-unrestricted-use-software-interfaces

Babka Yaga

i think i got the link here, but it's worth repeating. i found this article a sobering reminder and a decent read.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/01/how-to-avoid-swallowing-war-propaganda

#Windows7 will stop receiving updates next Tuesday, 14th of January. We want to help Windows users upgrade to something better. You can help too: Help upgrade to KDE's Plasma desktop. #Upgrade2Plasma

https://dot.kde.org/2020/01/08/plasma-safe-haven-windows-7-refugees
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#Windows7 users #Upgrade2Plasma - The Movie:

https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/230457b7-ebd2-4058-a23b-24d08201a9e3
https://youtu.be/TJzfaqRLfpY

After experiencing sending simple git patches by email to GNU Guix, whenever I think of contributing to a project on GitHub or GitLab I feel like it's a major downgrade. No, I certainly don't need an account to contribute. I don't want to clone the repo to my account and then send a pull request. I want to send a simple patch. It's just email.

Programmers should plan for lower pay https://www.jefftk.com/p/programmers-should-plan-for-lower-pay

" Programmers are paid surprisingly well given how much work it is to become one... we don't really understand why programmers are paid this well, and especially why this has persisted."