Stefano Costa @steko@octodon.social

it's work-in-progress and kinda experimental because i don't know how well it would actually scale but

inspired by @codl's https://forget.codl.fr/, here is a PR to implement automatic post cleanup in #Mastodon

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/16529

#Mastodev

Senfcall.de is a FOSS-based video conferencing site which aims to provide a privacy-friendly alternative to proprietary services. You can follow them at:

➡️ @senfcall (in German and English)

Their website is at https://www.senfcall.de/en (English) and https://www.senfcall.de (German)

Calls are made within the web browser using the libre BigBlueButton system.

#SenfCall #BigBlueButton #FOSS #Privacy #VOIP #Deutsch #AufDeutsch #Libre #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #ConferenceCalls

One of my bugbears is user databases that assume or impose first-name, surname fields, based on assumptions about how people's names are structured. This W3C note on personal names around the world outlines some of the ways names are understood around the world, and has suggestions for designing UIs accordingly.

#internationalization #peopleNames #programming

https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-personal-names

the single largest polluter in the world is the us military, which, unlike coal plants in china, provides no useful service to anyone. what am i to conclude are the goals of an 'environmentalism' that concentrates on denying victims of colonialism electricity before denying its perpetrators weapons

here's a good capsule example of the whitewashing of ancient history. left, a computer-generated reconstruction of the roman emperor septimius severus; right, a fresco of him from during his reign. spot the difference

Hello Mastodon, we finally made it 🎉 We are a pan-european NGO with one specific goal: to make privacy a reality. noyb stands for "none of your business" and pursues strategic and effective enforcement by thoroughly analyzing privacy violations and litigating them. Want to know more about us? Then visit https://noyb.eu/en

New stable release: K-9 Mail 5.800 🎉

https://k9mail.app/2021/07/24/K-9-Mail-is-back

"Dare maggiore importanza alle emozioni che alla realtà. Il sentimentalismo è ampiamente considerato fuori dalla realtà, una debolezza. Molto spesso, chi esprime preoccupazione (o persino interesse) per le condizioni in cui vivono gli animali d'allevamento è tacciato di sentimentalismo.
Ma vale la pena fare un passo indietro e chiedersi: chi sono i sentimentali e chi i realisti?
Voler sapere come sono trattati gli animali d'allevamento vuol dire confrontarsi con i fatti che riguardano gli animali e noi stessi, o evitare di farlo?
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Huh, the keynote speaker at defcon is the secretary of the department of homeland security.

Hey, #Fediverse, do you use (say, at least once per week) any Mozilla products?

Context: some people are claiming "nobody uses Mozilla's products anymore". I'd like to see if that's actually true.

Lindisfarne Castle and Holy Island. The island is tidal, accessible only at low tide. Lindisfarne Castle, the highest point on the island, was built in the 16th-century.

More photos here for you -> https://www.iancylkowski.com/blog/2021/7/15/castles-circles-northumberland-summer 👍

#landscape #architecture #history #uk #travel #nature #photography #photo #photographie #england #britain

"Let's use pdf instead of HTML because the web is bloated"

dude, gemini is *right there*

I strongly urge people who are on mastodon.social to find another instance, because the instance clearly is not being moderated the way it should be. A lot of the fediverse has had enough.

A lot of instances and individuals are blocking it because of a persistent fascist problem, one that other instance admins have to clean up, because they aren't doing their jobs at mastodon.social until someone mentions that "hey y'all aren't moderating anything anymore over there, are you?"

The fascists have figured out mastodon.social is too big to block and poorly moderated, so they're taking advantage of the situation.

It's a matter of time before admins have enough of this. Many already have.

Copyright dispute is causing the Audacity/Musescore person to physically threaten the FOSS dev -- who is expat Chinese -- with deportation back to China plus notify Chinese authorities of anti-China repositories.

Asshole deleted their comment cause of course they realized they are an asshole.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210719115639if_/https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/5#issuecomment-882450335