My response to @fedora’s proposal to implement opt-out data collection in Fedora, which was marked as hidden and “flagged as inappropriate: the community feels it is offensive, abusive, to be hateful conduct or a violation of our community guidelines.”
Given everything that happened to #RedHat under #IBM’s control, it makes me very uneasy that #Microsoft owns #GitHub… I pessimistically predict this will be the next big blow to #OpenSource that we’ll have to recover from.
Do you use an #IndividualBasedModel / #IBM in your research?
I teach an online course on #ComputationalEcology for BSc students and I am looking for 1 or 2 #ECR folks as invited guests. Something about #ecoevo would be great, but there are no hard restrictions concerning topics. I aim at organising an online minisymposium on December 20th that will take place during class, that is between 8:30 and 10:00 am German time.
Please boost and/or contact me in case you are interested!
one of the coolest series about computers, video games, startups, IT, business, industry pioneers, evolution of Internet, reflecting the era, setting of the 20th century, with a combination of history
Sorting through the stuff from my closet, realizing I have this dress code covered, but I will never wear it again. (although the shirts, admittedly, are from the early 2000's). #ibm#dresscode#advertisement#fashion#clothing
67 years ago on October 15, 1956, The programming language FORTRAN, short for "Formula Translation," was introduced to the public.
It was the first general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language, originally developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications. FORTRAN gained popularity and became a vital tool in scientific and engineering applications
My dislike for Red Hat goes years back, when they screwed me over, as a paying customer.
The fact that they've also snubbed their nose at the open source community is just 1 in a long list of reasons why I do not use, or trust, Red Hat products and services.
Fedora is the upstream to Red Hat. You end using their free product (Fedora) as a glorified alpha/beta tester, so they can improve their Cent OS Stream branch, which then is used to improve, Red Hat.
Anyone know how to refurbish and upgrade an IBM Model M from 1998 with the rubber mouse nipple to have USB. I feel like this needs some TLC and it still works but nothing I have uses PS/2 anymore unfortunately and I would love to use this in the homelab when tinkering with SBC’s and my servers #IBM#keyboard#mechanicalkeyboard#opensource#repair#computer#retro#retropc
#TodayInHistory 1964 – #IBM announces the System/360. It was extremely successful, allowing customers to purchase a smaller system they could expand, if their needs grew, without reprogramming application software. It influenced computer design for years to come. Many consider it one of history's most successful computers.
CIQ , Oracle and SUSE Create Open Enterprise Linux Association for a Collaborative and Open Future https://www.suse.com/news/OpenELA-for-a-Collaborative-and-Open-Future/ It seems like history is repeating itself with this situation, reminiscent of the United Linux era from many years ago. #Linux#RHEL#Redhat#IBM#OpenSource You either die a hero or live enough to see yourself becoming the villain. That is what I think.
I'm continually amazed by the #Fedora community, but admittedly having trouble processing a certain mistrust for #RedHat right now in light of recent layoffs and comments from #IBM's CEO about replacing people with AI. I'm legit angry about the harm done to Fedora and the #opensource world by some clearly out of touch suits and grieved by the human cost of those decisions on people who most certainly did not deserve it.
I think it’s important to remember that if you’re using the excuse that your software project should not be held to account for being inaccessible because it is released under a free software license what you’re really saying is that disabled people are not welcome in the free software world.
This is my IBM 4979 terminal. It's part of the IBM Series/1 minicomputer ecosystem which launched in 1976 although my terminal was made 1979 or 1980. It features a 66 key IBM beamspring that was unfortunately suffering from the usual material degradation. The CRT was also non-functional with an apparent HV issue....
OC IBM 4979 restoration
This is my IBM 4979 terminal. It's part of the IBM Series/1 minicomputer ecosystem which launched in 1976 although my terminal was made 1979 or 1980. It features a 66 key IBM beamspring that was unfortunately suffering from the usual material degradation. The CRT was also non-functional with an apparent HV issue....