mrchrisadams

mrchrisadams, 1 month ago to random

This is an industrial designed exercise bike from Lithuania that can store 2KWh of electricity generated by your own exercise.

The electricity can then be used for loads of stuff - it has a bunch of DC outputs, like USB-C (up to 60W) and USB-A, and AC outputs (can output up to 2KW - enough for an oven!)

It can also be fed from a solar panel, or the mains.

It’s about 3K EUR, so not much more than a high end Peloton , but obvs serving a very different market…

https://www.tukasev.com/en/

mrchrisadams, 5 months ago to random

Hello Fediverse, I wonder if you can help me.

I am looking for peer reviewed papers and reports which document pro–climate action by unions or other forms of employee organisation inside firms in the recent decades.

I had assumed they have been net force of climate delay more than progress - I’m trying to change my view.

👍?

mrchrisadams, 4 months ago to random

Interesting announcement at #FOSDEM. The folks working on matrix (open source multiple messaging app) just announced that they’ve been working with WhatsApp to implement cross platform messaging.

This is because it’s mandated by the European Digital Markets Act.

Deadline for this to happen is March 7th (i think), when we see what is actually possible. Can a kind soul share a link to a helpful summary where I can learn more?

mrchrisadams, 9 months ago to random

I know people really like cars in Germany, but fuuuucking hell:

"In the German state of Bavaria, dozens of people are in 'preventive detention' because they might otherwise engage in climate protests, specifically around the car industry exposition IAA in Munich. "

This post from @Sustainable2050 is pretty damn yikes. The responses in the thread are worth reading too:

https://mastodon.energy/@Sustainable2050/111039159882536261

mrchrisadams, 1 year ago to random

Hello folks. Twitter used to be a useful serendipity machine, and while I know Mastodon is clearly not twitter, maybe some of you know someone this might be of interest to. Boosts / retoots gratefully accepted:

If you're at Linux Foundation Energy Summit in Paris (as in #LFEnergySummit) later this week, and you're up for talking about reaching a fossil free internet by 2030, say hi 👍

Profile deets and sessions I''m attending below:

https://lfenergysummit2023.sched.com/chrisadams15

mrchrisadams, 5 months ago to random

Hi gang.

I'm looking for people to follow who write about people on the front line of climate and env justice struggles, to learn about what kind of operational support these ppl have access to, in the face of increasing surveillance and ever more draconian laws stopping protest.

I know there are groups who provide kind of support outside of climate protest, but there's historically been less overlap than you might think.

Recommendations gratefully accepted - I'll share a summary.

mrchrisadams, 7 months ago to random

This piece in Canary about one of the Islands in Hawaii becoming a clean energy leader by switching to a publicly owned grid is a fascinating read.

It offers such a direct comparison to the alternative investor owned alternative on the main Islands, where the state grants a single company a monopoly, in return for a something like a guaranteed 10% net profit margin each year to keep shareholders happy.

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/kauai-is-a-clean-energy-leader-its-secret-a-publicly-owned-grid

mrchrisadams, 1 month ago to random

This piece about how uncompetitive US and European EVs are compared to what’s being made in China is a real wake up call to anyone not familiar with the standard of cars “over there”.

It’s like the 1970s all over again where incumbents just thought they could get away with focusing on high price, high margin big cars, ignoring what customers wanted, and ended up losing market share to better made, more affordable Japanese cars.
https://mastodon.energy/@jgkoomey/112412602767549978

mrchrisadams, 5 months ago to random

Hello Internet, are there any case studies or reports, or even detailed blog posts outlining the running costs for running a peertube server?

Please note - I’m not asking you for your specific running costs if you self host, but if there is published documentation out there beyond the OSS project website, to help people propose running one inside their own organisation. Links to managed peertube services gratefully accepted too.

mrchrisadams, 7 months ago to random

This chart from the recent Carbon Brief analysis is wild.

Is shows the massive increase in solar built in China in 2023, which effectively means that next year, the worlds largest carbon emitter will peak next year and likely start reducing emissions every year going forward, as ever more clean generation displaces fossil energy.

Really worth a read:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-emissions-set-to-fall-in-2024-after-record-growth-in-clean-energy/

mrchrisadams, 6 months ago to random

I don't think I've seen this before - a Sustainability Roadmap
for an OSS project - @wagtail - along with categorised areas where the maintainers think they have scope for measurable improvements.

If you have seen similar thing for other OSS projects, would you mind sharing a link to one?

Please note: I'm not asking for opinions about whether you think this is a good idea or not - just comparable examples if they exist, because I think it's an interesting weak signal.

https://github.com/wagtail/rfcs/pull/90#pullrequestreview-1753210099

mrchrisadams, 10 months ago to random

Dunno if this will work with fediverse social media instead of twitter, but here goes:

I’m in Brussels for a week on holiday (staying around Saint Gilles) and my MacBook charger just died. So, I’m looking for a 60W USB-C charger to replace it. I’m not bothered about it being an Apple charger.

In Berlin there is almost nowhere open on a Sunday - is it the same for da Brux? All the Mediamarkt stores seem to be closed 😅

mrchrisadams, 5 months ago to random

Dear Internet,

I am looking for people to follow in the fediverse who are writing about how new potentially more pro-consumer laws like the European Digital Markets Act are making it easier to buy DRM free e-books, avoid being locked into a single company or service, and so on.

I have read Chokepoint Capitalism by @pluralistic, and I follow his writing semi- obsessively.

Are there any people you follow for this kind of analysis?

Specialist Newsletters/blog recommendations are totally 👍 too.

mrchrisadams, 6 months ago to random

I recently switched from paying for Spotify each month to subscribing to https://libro.fm, and buying e-books each month instead (they send a portion of your cash to a local bookshop). Can deffo recommend.

I don't know of any music streaming service with significant coverage, so in the meantime, I'm experimenting with streaming Arte's live concert recordings.

Link in Yurp (free, publicly funded)
https://www.arte.tv/en/arte-concert

Same stuff on Youtube (free, ad-funded):
https://www.youtube.com/@arteconcert

mrchrisadams, 6 months ago to random

Hi folks, I have a niche, but hopefully interesting legal question for the law nerds on Fedi. Both of my biological parents used 23AndMe to do their DNA analysis ancestry thing a few years back.

23andMe got hacked, and while I know they look at only a tiny bit of your DNA, I feel motivated to understand this issue better, because I’m a product of both sets of this DNA that was not stored safely, and I’m not impressed by 23andMe’s legal japery.

Qn in next post

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/23andme-changes-arbitration-terms-after-hack-impacting-millions/

mrchrisadams, 6 months ago to random

Holy balls. The @sovtechfund in Germany is not playing about.

I had no idea they had agreed to invest 278k EUR into supply chain audit tooling for Drupal.

https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/tech/drupal

For context, I think that figure in the same ballpark as the ENTIRE Django Software Foundation budget last year:

https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/same-django-software-foundation,262708549/

@carlton I figure'd you might have an inkling - does that sound plausible?

Also, do you know anyone who can apply for Django in the next round? So much stuff relies on it!

mrchrisadams, 4 months ago to random

“I would love to have the environmental impact numbers for Drupal, that the Wagtail has for Wagtail”

@mgifford speaking about accessibility and web sustainability at #FOSDEM. Figured the @wagtail group would appreciate this. More below, with a link to his talk

https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3317-web-accessibility-and-environmental-sustainability-and-with-popular-cms/

mrchrisadams, 4 months ago to random

Dear people going to #FOSDEM

I think the Hydrogen Protocol (@hydrogen) is a really interesting project for a more equitable Internet of Things , and I'm looking for other folks who are tinkering with it, or considering doing so in 2024.

I've pre-ordered the embedded SDK - more into in this toot:

https://mastodon.social/@hydrogen@hachyderm.io/111580609449188214

I know @andypiper is exploring it. Anyone else?

Disclosure: @kvnweb was a green feb fellow where I work. See his presentation on the project below:

https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/news/putting-the-internet-back-in-the-things/

mrchrisadams, 4 months ago to random

Hello #FOSDEM, this guy, Alberto Marti, announced 3bn euros for this open source European cloud project with an explicit focus on interoperability.That’s more than 2x the funding announced here back in December. Is there a link online for more info?

Did the other 2bn come from private sector investors?

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/ipcei-next-generation-cloud-infrastructure-and-services-boost-europes-digital-decade

mrchrisadams, 4 months ago to random

Dear #FOSDEM peeps (and anyone else reading, I guess).

I need to meet someone at 2:30 for a coffee around brux midi, and then I’d appreciate somewhere to computer away for a few hours til I catch a train around 7. I have a video call at 5pm.

Is there a fave cafe or workspace you like to use, that is sort of near the station? I have a villo sub, so can bike around. I figure others might find this helpful, so I’m looking for recommendations based on personal experience over a web search.

mrchrisadams, 4 months ago to random

Holy balls. Therewere nearly a thousand speakers at #FOSDEM

A photo showing 947 speakers

mrchrisadams, 2 months ago to random

AAWWWW YEAH GO FLYING BUM!

It looks like we’ll see the first new airships built in the UK in Doncaster inside the 2020’s, with the Airlander hybrid airships finally being built.

It’s not totally confirmed yet. but otherwise this looks quite promising for cleaner short range aviation options in future.

Pretty good piece from the reg:

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/27/airlander_10_hybrid_airship/

(“the flying bum” is the nickname of the new ship design, because well… just look at it 😂)

mrchrisadams, 6 months ago to random

Wow, IEA dropping this just before COP28 is quite a move.

https://youtu.be/UzQJ2norrEw?si=2KRwFw70s0oL9Q3f

This video is one minute long, but I’ll also link to the one hour long report launch video with the key findings in the next post. It feels as close as I think you’ll ever get to an energy thinktank doing a mike drop on debunking the usual fossil fuel talking points.

Especially when they were set up in the 70s to secure fossil fuel supply for rich westerners on economies.

dangillmor, 6 months ago to random

It's great that Facebook is making Messenger encrypted end to end.

Why am I suspicious that there will turn out to be fine print that undermines this in some key way(s)?

Experience with the tech industry requires suspicions.

I'll keep using Signal, thanks.

mrchrisadams, 4 months ago to random

I started buying @pluralistic 's audio books last year via libro.fm, partly because they're available DRM free, and you get to direct some of the monthly sub to supporting a local book store of your choice.

I had chose Otherland Berlin as my chosen store, and finally actually visited it in person, to see Cory read from "The Lost Cause", one of his new books.

Better late than never, right?

He also fielded questions from the audience about the book, and general themes in his recent writing. /1