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strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz

Free human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! All my posts here are CC BY-SA 4.0 (or later).
#Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #Juggling

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eric, to random
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My toxic trait is thinking that software developers need certification and standards of quality set by a governing body if they want to call themselves engineers the way people who build bridges do. https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/9/24152633/fda-recall-tandem-diabetes-care-insulin-pump-mobile-app

ohno, to random
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Hiya fedi, I need your knowledge! The family wants to digitise a big collection of old photographs, negatives and photo slides. I know there’s services we can send the material to that do this for a living, but grandpa is afraid to hand them off for fear of them getting damaged, lost etc. So I need to figure out how to do this “in house” as best I can.

I’ve figured out there’s specific photo scanners, instead of a flat bed scanner, that should be able to handle the negatives and the slides.

But what I don’t know is about good software to scan and archive them properly, what things to watch out for when doing this and what kind of software exists that could help restore and enhance the digital copies.

It doesn’t matter if this is a slow going process, there’s no deadline here.

If you have any recommendations for hardware equipment, software or documentation and protocols to read I’d be very grateful. I would prefer to do this using open source software but if there’s proprietary software that makes a meaningful difference I’m happy to consider it.

(I know how to search the web myself, so I’m looking for advice from folks with practical experience, not just a Google search hit or whatever an LLM misgenerated.)

Boost would be appreciated since unfortunately I’m short on folks with this type of knowledge in my own social circles.

EngageMedia, to random
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SAVE THE DATE: EngageMedia is set to host DRAPAC24 in Taipei!

Join us on August 18-19 for the Digital Rights in the Asia-Pacific Assembly, which aims to foster resilience & solidarity within the digital rights community. Learn more:

https://engagemedia.org/2024/drapac24-taipei/

kim_harding, to random
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Student Reporters Offer a Lesson on World Press Freedom Day
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/campus-protests-student-journalism-press-freedoms
The escalating authoritarianism we’re witnessing in the crackdown on college campuses is, in part, a by-product of a media system that fails to hold powerful interests accountable for the lies they tell.
#WorldPressFreedomDay

18+ CarolynStirling, to random
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Its 2024 and we have a caucus of National MPs shaking in their boots and terrified of Julie Ann Genter and I hazard a guess terrified of Chloe Swarbrick. It doesn’t say much for their ability to survive much longer in Politics. It’s a sad day indeed for the National Party and the Coalition of Chaos.

18+ phil_stevens,
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@CarolynStirling There are some deeper issues that are not being examined, I think. Context is everything and what gets lost in the "mad women" narrative is that those who campaign for evidence-based justice (social, environmental, climate) are repeatedly traumatised by the indifference of those who enjoy systemic privilege. Trauma survivors don't always behave with circumspection and stuffy deference, and that gets the keepers of the status quo harrumphing and demanding fealty.

cloventt, to random

Aurora is doing some amazing mahi here in Ōtautahi, great article on her today in The Press.

https://www.thepress.co.nz/climate-change/350254971/teenage-bolshie-activist-not-backing-down

researchbuzz, to Futurology
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"ACM... has announced the publication of the first issue of the ACM Journal on Responsible Computing (JRC). The new journal publishes high-quality original research at the intersection of computing, ethics, information, law, policy, responsible innovation, and social responsibility from a wide range of convergent, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary perspectives."

https://www.acm.org/media-center/2024/april/inaugural-jrc

nealcurtis, to comics
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At a comics and disability workshop yesterday, Charles Hatfield introduced us to ‘shapereaders’ when I asked him about how we might possibly imagine comics for the blind. Shapereaders are a new type of haptic language that are highly suggestive of comics and I’m fascinated by how they might be used. On their page, check out the novel Arctic Circle under the ‘Photos’ tab. https://shapereader.org/

stux, to random
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If buying games isn't owning them.. then pirating games isn't stealing them
:black_bloc_blob: :confused_dog:

https://github.com/hydralauncher/hydra

chriscoyier, to random
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Forbidden Links

Malcolm Coles: 10+ years ago I created an annual list of websites that FORBADE you from linking to them, DEMANDED you write to ask for permission or LIMITED links to only their home page. Royal Mail even promised to post me a paper licence. Now a decade has passed, let’s see who’s still doing it … And yes I’ve linked to your websites to prove this.

https://chriscoyier.net/2024/04/29/forbidden-links/

Codeberg, to random
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Introducing some of the new features now available on Codeberg (the thread will be extended over the next days):

You can now set your pronouns in your user settings, and they will display on your profile.

If you link to code in an issue, these will now show up as a preview, see https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/3525 for example.

Codeberg,
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One of the oldest feature requests of Codeberg is finally addressed: You can allow any user on the instance to edit the wiki, not only collaborators. See https://forgejo.org/docs/v7.0/user/wiki/#activation-and-permissions for details.

pixelfed, to fediverse
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Loops is a new platform for sharing short videos, and it's open source + federated using

We're really excited to share this sneak peek that showcases the new onboarding flow and discovery features (Connect Mastodon) and look forward to the upcoming beta release!

Are you ready for ?

Loops app demo

jeffowski, to random
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nedhamson1, to random
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Sanders hits back at Netanyahu: ‘It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable’ | Bernie Sanders | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/27/bernie-sanders-benjamin-netanyahu-israel-gaza-war “No Mr Netanyahu, it is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that, in a little over six months, your extremist government has killed over 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 78,000, 70% of whom are women and children,” Sanders said.

matrix, (edited ) to Matrix
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Introducing the nominees for our first ever Governing Board elections 🎉 We are grateful to everyone who has raised their hands, and are positively overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and vision expressed by our nominees: https://matrix.org/governing-board/elections/2024/

Get to know the candidates, and get ready: voting begins on May 18th.

randahl, to random
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This is awesome: 🙌🏻

The Baltic countries are raising the middle finger to Putin and switching their railway from the old Russian width to European width, and building an enormous railway all the way from Helsinki in Finland to Warsaw in Poland, where it connects to the existing European railway system.

249 kph means 3½ hour rides between European capitals — using clean electrical energy thereby helping our climate too.

B1M has a video about the Rail Baltica:

https://youtu.be/spQ4v0Y2FfM?si=PmTaLt_JQY_2gewt

coopartisans, to random
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Have you joined the Coop yet?

We’re looking for artisans and supporters who want to take back control from Big Tech marketplaces and join us today as early members of the co-op. Learn more at https://artisans.coop/membership

jon, to random
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All non competes in the U.S. are now banned https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes

euronews, to random
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Solar balconies are booming in Germany. Here’s what you need to know about the popular home tech
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/04/21/solar-balconies-are-booming-in-germany-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-popular-home-?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Green @green

babadookspinoza, to random
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The ruling class is going to do everything they can to increase their control over what people can see on the Internet. The support for Palestine took them by surprise and they are in panic mode over the possibilities that exist online for the sharing of information and experiences across borders, the extension of solidarity between oppressed peoples everywhere.

eff, to random
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"I have a hard time believing that YouTube would be unable to keep business afloat without the revenue generated by behavioral-tracking advertisements,” EFF’s Daly Barnett told @theregister. “It’s a lazy and deliberately malicious move on their part."
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/16/youtube_ad_blocking/

cwbussard,
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@karlauerbach @eff @theregister
@pluralistic

It's not in the advertiser's interest either. If someone wants to block ads, but is stopped from doing so by Google's fuckery, there's a darned near 0% chance that they'll click the ad or buy the advertiser's product. It's more likely that they'll be annoyed and mentally associate that annoyance with the advertiser's brand. Showing ads to this cohort is a net negative for advertisers. The only party who benefits is Google, collecting money for showing ads that have no hope of leading to a sale, and annoying some users enough to drive them to pay them to make the ads stop.

aproposnix,
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@eff @theregister can someone with coding skills, please help develop a peertube client for AndroidTV (esp. something similar to SmartTube)? Please.

We need federated alternatives to YouTube.

lydiaschoch, to hiring
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I recently discovered Chronically Capable, a job board for people with disabilities or chronic illnesses: https://www.wearecapable.org

It’s mostly U.S. based for now, but there are ads for other countries, too. I want every one of us jobseekers to find the perfect position this year. 😊

Boosts are warmly welcomed to this post as are suggestions for other hashtags to include if I’m missing good ones.





TheConversationUS, (edited ) to Israel
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Will and now escalate into full-scale warfare, or will they return to the "shadow war" they've been fighting for decades?

An expert on U.S. national security and counterterrorism who served on the National Intelligence Council says there's reason to believe Iran will be wary of making additional public attacks
https://theconversation.com/shadow-war-no-more-hostilities-between-israel-and-iran-have-strayed-into-direct-warfare-is-there-any-going-back-227877

TheConversationUS, to mentalhealth
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Research has shown that flexibility, security and autonomy in the workplace are strong determinants of health.

And new research shows that employees who don’t have control over their work schedule take a serious hit.

Why employers should care, besides just being good employers:
When workers aren’t feeling well mentally, they’re less productive and more likely to miss work. Their creativity, collaboration and ability to meet job demands also suffer.
https://theconversation.com/not-having-job-flexibility-or-security-can-leave-workers-feeling-depressed-anxious-and-hopeless-222364

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