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downey

@downey@floss.social

Software freedom and digital rights activist. Open Source Programs at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). FLOSS.social founder. Boards: https://floss.social/@librehealth, https://floss.social/@fdroidorg, @gnome, https://fosstodon.org/@osuosl.

Formerly: #OpenSource programs at #UnitedNations Foundation, #Community at OpenMRS.

Quality toots since 2017.

#FreeSoftware #HumanRights #DigitalAutonomy #SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #UN #fedi22

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downey, to opensource
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:opensource: :flag_un: Pleased to be able to announce my day job: The exciting new Open Source Ecosystem Enabler (OSEE), a collaboration between between the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Read more about the initiative:

https://www.undp.org/digital/osee

stux, to random
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Ohh! Just 830 โ€˜partnersโ€™?

Nty! :nkoHammer:

downey,
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@stux Wow. Who?

jens, to random
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Let's merge the code bases of sharkey and mastodon and call it megalodon.

downey,
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@vincent @jens Yes! @megalodon and its downstream @moshidon are awesome.

paul, to devops
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There are several 'Help Wanted' requests from the Mastodon if you are a

*Use /search for search (/search?query=something)
*Move account secrets to a dedicated table (and encrypt it?)
*Add a way for the user to select which languages they understand
*Allow admins to configure instance favicon and logo
*Allow searching for hashtags in admin UI
*Convert Redux state to Typescript .

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/labels/help%20welcome

downey,
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@paul @liaizon Hey cool, only took 6 years! ๐Ÿ˜†

downey, to tv
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Yes, you can still buy 4K TV's that are not "Smart" (surveillance). They're called "commercial displays" and as a bonus, they're more durable, too.

Prices start at $550 US for a 55-inch Samsung model.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/products/Flat-Panel-Displays/ci/16073/N/4205668456?sort=PRICE_LOW_TO_HIGH&filters=fct_display-size_4953%3A55in%7C65in

downey, to ai
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So is anybody planning a fork of Nextcloud without the AI enshittification yet?

So disappointing.

#Nextcloud #AI #enshittification

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