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Wijfi

@Wijfi@fosstodon.org

Astrophotographer and civic map developer

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skrishna, to space
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Next launch window is tomorrow at 10:11 pm ET, but again it's not clear whether we'll be able to recycle and try again that soon. We'll see if I'm back here tomorrow night live posting!!

Wijfi,
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@skrishna a bit disappointing but I'm extremely happy we've learned something from past experience about not launching just because there's so much excitement and momentum to do it.

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/07/974534021/remembering-allan-mcdonald-he-refused-to-approve-challenger-launch-exposed-cover

Wijfi, to random
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Stayed up too late playing writing shaders to use on layers in @maplibre

Psychedelic patterns drawn on a map of Mexico

alan, to maps
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Cool map showing the date of the most recent total eclipse for every point in Indiana. Made by the Holcomb Observatory & Planetarium at Butler University.

Great concept, and I'm wondering if anyone has seen a similar map for a larger area, ideally an interactive map for the entire world where you can see the year of the last eclipse wherever you are. The data is available, so surely someone has made such a map?

Wijfi,
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@akkana @alan also - would annular eclipses count? I guess if it were interactive you could toggle it but makes calculating them much more complicated. Definitely possible though. @fraser have any ideas?

stefan, to tv
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If you only ever watch one episode from the new season of , let that be episode 6. A true return to form.

Wijfi,
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@stefan
One of those cases where I reeeally want to think I can separate his work from the fact that he's a pretty far right-winger. Fraiser and Sideshow Bob are classics. They can have pat sajak and Rosanne but this one is really a shame.

jhilden, to random
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Weird, my colleague just got the ”New” Google maps look in an incognito session. I am not getting it, despite trying different browsers. So are they just randomly testing it per session?

https://9to5google.com/2023/08/31/google-maps-new-colors/

Wijfi,
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@janeadams
One more reason to use magic earth!
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Jaden2, to random

I seen Gaza all over social media. Ion gon lie I don't no to much bout this. But it cannot be right that Israel are just killing innocent Palestine kids? Why ain't the US calling for a cease fire? Just seems so cruel.
to save lives ❤️

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@Jaden2
Not trying to defend Israel but it is important to acknowledge that Hamas is (and has in the past) fired rockets from hospitals, schools, and un buildings. It's how they fight such an asymmetrical war against a much more powerful army because the strategy leaves Israel with no nice options in response. Hamas also killed 100s of Israeli children and is holding children hostage because Israel also hasn't given Hamas any nice options for resisting the blockade and occupation.

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    @marcelias

    Check out maps for old districts and proposals at

    https://georgia.redistrictingandyou.org

    ryanhoulihan, to random
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    No matter how the Fediverse turns on me, I will never stop saying that APPLE SUCKS https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/19/23924549/jon-stewart-apple-ai-china-cancel

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    @ryanhoulihan
    There are so many good alternatives! Won't pretend it doesn't take some learning but freedom isn't free! Check out @fairphone and @ubuntublog and basically every account on the fosstodon server!

    janeadams, to random
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    Does anyone know of a good sleep tracking app for Android that is 1) free and 2) doesn't collect all of your data and store it on the cloud? All I want is something that uses accelerometer data to monitor movement, gives a nice graph of that data every morning, and won't end up on a server farm somewhere, and that is a surprisingly difficult thing to find. Honestly just about ready to code it up myself and release an APK on GitHub lol

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    @janeadams
    Not sure specifically for this but I always go to @fdroidorg for floss/privacy aware Android apps

    benfry, to random
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    I have made the extremely difficult decision to resign from the Processing Foundation. I am absolutely heartbroken, and have not slept well for months.

    Casey and I started the Foundation with Dan as a way to make the Processing project more sustainable. For years it had been just Casey and me, supporting thousands and thousands of users.

    Back in 2017, I was diagnosed with cancer just weeks after my second child was born. I took a break from participating directly with the Board.

    Last fall, with urging from Casey, who was planning to leave, I tried to return to an active role with the Board.

    It was a strange experience; I was soon shocked to learn that the Foundation spent nearly $800,000 last year. $0 of that went to Processing 4.

    This year, the proposed Foundation budget is around $1.2 million. But for Processing, there is budget for just two people: one developer, one community lead.

    You know what that sounds like? The reason we started a Foundation in the first place. Two people is not enough for all of the Processing software projects that live at the processing.org domains, not just the original software, but also releases for Android, Python, Raspberry Pi, etc.

    There have been two million downloads of even just the 4.0 releases, and there remains consistently about 100,000 unique users a month.

    Two people is not enough to sustain the current community, but more importantly, not enough to move the project in new directions—more languages, platforms, devices; broadening the audience further.

    We're very much back in the same place as when we started in 2001: coding is still too obtuse and oblique, and the only way to fix that is to reduce barriers that will make coding accessible to more people.

    I have continued to work on the Processing software since resigning from the Foundation—since walking away only punishes our users—but it's really difficult. There's no future in this current structure.

    From the outset, the project was always a 50-50 split between internal (software development) and external (the community, the documentation, examples, etc). The Foundation has lost all sense of balance.

    It's a depressing outcome following the $10 million windfall of donations. It's just co-opting the work that I've done for 22 years: building the software and supporting the community; both in years past when it was an unknown project, or in more recent years when keeping things working wasn't always fun, but was still important for the community that relied on it.

    The situation is especially difficult for me because it has been created by the people who most benefited from all that work I did, and from people I trusted as friends.

    The Processing software and its community deserve better, and need a better home than the “Processing” Foundation.

    Wijfi,
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    @benfry

    I don't think it's an understatement to say Processing was THE reason I got into graphics programming 10ish years ago and changed my career and my life into what it is now. Thank you for all the work you've done and I hope you realize that your work was not in vain even if the foundation has become unrecognizable. You've changed a lot of lives and put a lot of good into the world with it!

    @janeadams

    Wijfi, to random
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    First post from my @fairphone from @murena running de-googled Android. Switched to @protonmail too! No more big tech! There are alternatives!

    GovTrack, to random
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    H.R. 4502 by Rep. Nancy Mace [R-SC1] passed the House yesterday (→Senate). To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of educational requirements or qualifications in evaluating candidates for certain cybersecurity positions in the competitive service, and for other purposes. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr4502 🏛️

    Wijfi,
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    @GovTrack
    What's the rationale for this? Seems like we want well educated cybersecurity people?

    Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    @Teri_Kanefield
    11/10 would flee slavery through the desert in that.

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    @Teri_Kanefield
    I kind of assumed he's given up on the legal front and is going all in on getting reelected and then pardoning himself/putting enough pressure on state officials to pardon where necessary.

    thelinuxcast, to random
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    I buy too many Steam games, and then I fail to play them.

    I just bought GTAIII, VC and SA bundle for $30. Seemed like a good deal, I liked those games, so I was like why not?

    And I do want to play them. But I'm so not a full time gamer, but buy games like I am a full time gamer. It's an odd habit I need to get out of.

    Also, unsubscribing from the Steam Wish list email, would probably be a good idea.

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    @thelinuxcast
    I spend so much more time browsing games (and movies) than actually playing them. At some point I accepted it and embraced it as free entertainment.

    georgetakei, to random

    The GOP thinks the answer to states where they are losing on issues like abortion and gerrymandering is to increase their attacks upon democracy. They did this in Wisconsin, trying to impeach Justice Janet Protasiewicz after she was duly elected. They did it in Ohio, trying to game the system with Issue 1. The voters are on to them, and they're getting really pissed off. It’s not a good look, and they will remember in 2024.

    Wijfi,
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    @georgetakei
    The GOP wants a government of The Party, by The Party, and for The Party. You know, like Stalin.

    BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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    This is what the bosses think of us.

    a speech by CEO, Tim Gurner.

    Wijfi,
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    @BlackAzizAnansi
    Jfc.
    @loshmi

    video/mp4

    qgis, to random
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    Mastodon will be our primary social media presence from now on

    For archived tweets, please see:
    https://qgis.github.io/QGIS-Twitter-Archive/

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    @qgis
    Love to see the FLOSS for GIS community thriving on here!

    anildash, to random
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    The received cultural mythology of 9/11 is so far from my actual lived experience of being an adult New Yorker on that day that it breaks my brain (and my heart) to even try to reconcile the two. For those who are younger, question nearly all of the political framing you hear about that day. All these years later, it’s clear Bin Laden got nearly all he wanted, thanks to the predictability of American reactionaries.

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    @anildash
    https://www.theonion.com/fbi-uncovers-al-qaeda-plot-to-just-sit-back-and-enjoy-c-1819576375

    Funny and sad. Sad and funny.

    w7voa, to twitter
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    The Elon Musk social media platform formerly known as sues over legislation that requires companies to explain how their content is moderated. https://www.forbes.com/sites/willskipworth/2023/09/08/elon-musks-x-sues-california-over-content-moderation-legislation/?sh=502231595053

    Wijfi,
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    @w7voa
    So just to make sure I got this right: the self-described "free speech absolutist" is cool with complying with censorship from authoritarian regimes all over the world and hasn't mentioned suing, eg. Modi's govnt in India, but he is willing to sue California over a transparency law that closely resembles what his buddies were asking Congress to do to old Twitter until they all of a sudden they dropped it when he took over. That more or less right?

    GottaLaff, (edited ) to Georgia
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    Go get 'em Fani. 1/...

    Via Hallerman:

    New: accuses House Judiciary Committee leaders of seeking to "obstruct criminal proceeding & to advance outrageous misrepresentations." Jordan recently demanded records of Willis’s communications w DOJ officials.

    Willis said Jordan's inquiry "makes clear that you lack a basic understanding of the law, its practice and the ethical obligations of attorneys generally and prosecutors specifically." https://www.ajc.com/politics/willis-blasts-congressmans-interference-in-fulton-trump-probe/IU5USCA3H5A3RJKTMT2WFCL3VU/

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    @GottaLaff
    He understands the law perfectly well but doesn't care. It's important to make that distinction.

    Nevertheless, good for her. She's a damn brave patriot.

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    @marcelias

    That's wonderful and encouraging.

    Check https://florida.redistrictingandyou.org for interactive district comparisons. We'll put up new plans as soon as they're available.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    👀 revealed his battle plan in a video for the Teneo Network, a little-known group he called “a tremendously important resource for the future of our country.”

    Teneo is building what Leo called “networks of conservatives that can roll back” liberal influence in Wall Street and Silicon Valley, among authors and academics, with pro athletes and Hollywood producers.

    A Federalist Society for everything.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/leonard-leo-teneo-videos-documents

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    @GottaLaff
    There's liberal influence in Wall Street and silicon valley? Huh. TIL.

    georgetakei, to random

    People said we were being alarmist when we said extremist Christian nationalists would use the abortion laws to target women trying to escape Texas to receive an abortion.

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    @georgetakei
    When the actual hell is the left going to do this to prevent people from circumventing state gun laws by buying guns out of state!?
    @metaphase

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    @textfiles
    Democracy dies behind paywalls.
    @troy_s

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