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downey

@downey@floss.social

Software freedom and digital rights activist. 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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asahi95, to random

I have finally decided that I'll use #Matrix & #XMPP for those who are somewhat or is tech-literate (also with friends) and then use #WhatsApp & #LINE for family and tech-illiterate people 💬

downey,
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@asahi95 @thedaviddelta

N.B. that WhatsApp, LINE, Signal, and XMPP all have bridges, so you need to only run one account to communicate with them all.

https://matrix.org/bridges/

AstaMcCarthy, to random
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@downey "our website strickly follows well established webstandards, therefore we support any browser you like" should indeed be the proper atitude to webdevelopment.

downey,
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@AstaMcCarthy

downey, to webdev
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Dear devs,

It's NEVER ok to lock people out of a webapp because their User-Agent doesn't match your predefined list. 😡

Especially webapps they need to manage their healthcare.

(I am in fact using one of the browsers on this list, your code just isn't able to tell.)

:boost_love: Please boost for basic education.

downey,
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@kitsune

💯

I don't mind a disclaimer or reminder.

But this is an anti-pattern I've seen start to creep up on several web sites lately.

downey, to opensource
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Interesting.

:opensource: Initiative using a proprietary issue tracker software for its new website.

Gotta appease those sweet sweet corporate sponsors, I guess. Even when said sponsors are selling proprietary software.

https://github.com/OpenSourceOrg/dotOrg

downey, to internet
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💡 This weekend would be a perfect time to #GiveUpGitHub.

☣️ #GitHub is the #Twitter of software development, creators of the most enticing proprietary walled garden ever made for #FOSS developers.

https://GiveUpGitHub.org

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #EUOpenSource #FOSDEM

downey, to VintageOSes
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:fediverse: Now that there are so many people here, maybe there's a chance:

🖥️ In the 1990s, I used a II with a like the one shown here, but with an original black plastic case for both the monitor (white monochrome) and keyboard as sold new by the vendor (Evans & Sutherland).

🔎 Has anyone ever come across one of these with the black case? Surely some of these rare models were saved from the landfill.

:boost_love:

downey, to opensource
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:opensource: 👂🏽Do any geeks know of tools for (especially) and/or that can set separate equalization for each ear?

:covid19: Because of , I have in my left ear and I would like to boost higher frequencies to get it somewhat equal.

:boost_love: Thanks for any ideas. Please boost if you have audio-smart followers that might have ideas for me, and please wear a mask so this doesn't happen to you.

downey, to random
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Think of all the missed opportunities that never had a chance to be, because your employer didn't embrace remote work.

downey, to random
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All.

https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=QmrIDK03Hlg

downey,
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🇫🇷 Tous les êtres humains naissent libres et égaux en dignité et en droits. Ils sont doués de raison et de conscience et doivent agir les uns envers les autres dans un esprit de fraternité.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EKpa0uUOXo

downey,
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🇩🇪 Alle Menschen sind frei und gleich an Würde und Rechten geboren. Sie sind mit Vernunft und Gewissen begabt und sollen einander im Geist der Brüderlichkeit begegnen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V2xicIPytI

downey,
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🇪🇸 Todos los seres humanos nacen libres e iguales en dignidad y derechos y, dotados como están de razón y conciencia, deben comportarse fraternalmente los unos con los otros.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLQ4ehUafoE

downey,
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🇳🇱 Alle mensen worden vrij en gelijk in waardigheid en rechten geboren. Zij zijn begiftigd met verstand en geweten, en behoren zich jegens elkander in een geest van broederschap te gedragen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta5Ov3ckLHk

downey,
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All.

Music Video produced for song, including scenes of various people and scenery.

downey, to privacy
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Everyone deserves . The United Nations even codified it as a human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

However, governments, corporations, and other powerful entities routinely block us from exercising our right to privacy through , monitoring, and tracking.

Mark your calendars for PrivChat 6 on 2021-12-15 at 19:00 UTC:

https://www.torproject.org/privchat/

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