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vwbusguy

@vwbusguy@mastodon.online

Do you use your powers for good or for awesome?

Senior #DevOps Engineer at a major research institution (views/opinions my own) and a severe #Linux and #opensource enthusiast. Also into #retrocomputing, #fountainpens, #Volkswagen, #music, and #cooking. #fedi22

Hoosier currently living in California.

Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/vwbusguy
Firefish: https://easymode.im/@vwbusguy

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libreoffice, to random
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We've come a long way... Check out this screenshot of LibreOffice 3.4 from 2011, compared with how it looks today (with the shiny NotebookBar user interface)!

LibreOffice with NotebookBar

atomicpoet, (edited ) to fediversenews
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It's beautiful 😍

The directory of https://fediverse.info just got an update!

What is that?

An opt-in search engine for topics and people. If you're looking for a fresh new way to discover the Fediverse, this is the place.

Made by @dansup, an API is being developed so that different Fediverse server software such as Pixelfed, Mastodon, and Calckey can utilize it for social discovery and recommendations.

Check it out here:

https://fediverse.info/explore/people

@fediversenews

danderson, to random
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I'm enjoying how the NTP RFC is just wrong in places. Like, the formula for peer synchronization distance does not incorporate server offset or dispersion, or phi drift, or jitter. If you implemented NTP based on the spec, it would be completely wrong - unless you look at the non-normative reference implementation in the appendix, which includes all this and kinda does a better job of explaining the algorithm in the first place :/

tschak, to random

Eric Carr recorded a video connecting to the lobby on , and starting a game of 5 Card Stud. The lobby client takes care of getting the required data from the server, and mounting the correct game from a server. All via appkeys. .

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ultamentkiller, to random

"It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others." st. John Chrysostom
-Attributed to

randahl, to fediverse
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Today I noticed, Techdirt writer @mmasnick now has more followers on , than he had back at the hill of the dying bird.

And people keep sending me messages, saying Mastodon will never succeed.

Clearly, they don't know toot.

♥️🐘

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thepracticaldev, to random
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Are you ready to 👉 ?


https://dev.to/achristoph/go-series-pointer-14k5

Joseph_of_Earth, to random
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If you live in the US, please tell your congresspeople that the EARN IT bill should not be considered. It would allow state governments to set up client-side scanning of photos and messages, bypassing encryption.

Details of the bill: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/earn-it-bill-back-again-seeking-scan-our-messages-and-photos
Easy way of contacting your congresspeople: https://act.eff.org/action/the-earn-it-act-is-back-seeking-to-scan-us-all/

funnelfiasco, to opensource
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If you're looking for a talented early-career person based in Germany with experience for a , , or role, I have a great candidate for you.

funnelfiasco, to random
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Omg, stop sending email, you're just making it worse!

killyourfm, to linux
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I have a lot to say about , , and my old Linux For Everyone. So those thoughts might be scattered or confined to this thread, but here we go because things need to be said!

First: @sri was dead-on when he described LAS as a family reunion. Such a warmth and feeling of camaraderie to the event. I made new friends, new work connections, and forged some new pathways in my brain thanks to eye-opening talks.

Some of those talks inspired me to take action...

killyourfm,
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...what kind of action? First and foremost, reviving the Linux For Everyone show. It was (and hopefully still is) a good platform for generating discussion and raising awareness about important stuff.

One of those important things is sustainable software. I was blown away by some very sobering statistics about how the smallest in-app activities can impact the environment.

There are so many ripple effects... it's staggering. this topic needs more awareness, more action, more discussion.

killyourfm,
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@DonMcCollough KDE Eco is a wonderful initiative. I’m hoping that both personally and via Thunderbird I can amplify what they’re doing and encourage other orgs to follow.

shanselman, to random
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It’s very likely you’re an expert in something. It’s much less likely that you are the expert.

I try to remember that as I navigate my technology career as a Swiss Army knife that’s kind of a crappy pair of scissors and weird hidden toothpick.

sjvn, to linux
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Linux Kernel 6.3 is released with some major new features https://zdnet.com/article/linux-kernel-6-3-is-released-with-some-major-new-features/ by @sjvn

Not much major good news, but there's a lot of good minor news in this latest kernel release.

kevin, to random

In case you haven't heard, Red Hat is laying off people today, and I'm one of them. My 'career' as a Hatter lasted just over 15 months, much less time than I had planned or expected.

Many of you know me well, and know that I have extensive background in open source software, project management, open source business, and lots of related activities. If you're aware of any opportunities which may be of interest, feel free to send them my way via any channel you like.

Boosts much appreciated, of course, and thanks in advance!

kevin,

In fact I'll take this a step further with some math:

Let's assume the published number of terminated employees is 800. Let's also assume that they get paid US$225,000 per year (very high average estimate), and that Red Hat's overhead per employee is 40%.

That's US$315,000 per year per person, times 800 people that's US$252M per year. IBM (of which RH is a significant chunk) produces that much free cash flow in three weeks.

There is no way that terminating all of these people is going to free up so much cash to invest in strategic projects that it can be worth the harm caused to 800 people and their families, and the knowledge loss in the organization, and the attrition that will follow as the remaining people get even more burned out.

dntlookbehindu, to random

Dear nerds, I haven't encountered a capacitor with such a Japanese Beatle green before. What should I be considering when replacing it other than 10uF and 16v?

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patridge, to random
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Apple perma-badged my Settings app unless I agree to share my credit card for all family accounts.

Settings screenshot showing an item with a red “1” badge saying “Family Purchaee Sharing Update”.
Settings family sharing Apple ID Suggestions screenshot saying “Make your eligible payment methods available to your family members” with no option to dismiss.

ehashman, to random

Bummed to hear about the layoffs today. I worked with a lot of amazing people there. Let's get a going!

Ex-Hatters, reply or post on the hashtags and I'll boost your post. Hiring managers, reply with job openings or reach out to these fine folks directly!

Gabyberk, to random

Also, my heart goes out to any Red Hatter impacted by today's .

Layoffs absolutely suck. They suck for the people let go, they suck for the morale of the company remaining, they all around suck. 😔

jeninnovate, to random
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Folks, I have good friends who have been impacted by today's announcements. If your company is hiring, please comment below. Thanks.
https://wraltechwire.com/2023/04/24/red-hat-cutting-hundreds-of-jobs-ceo-says-in-letter-to-employees/

rysiek, (edited ) to fediverse
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Oh snap, is adding support!
https://meta.discourse.org/t/federation-support-for-discourse/90921/108

annyr, to random
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    eniatitova, to random
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    PSA for all the owners out there: when we tried to file a claim with our renters insurance for @shotsandcuts Rad Power bike, we were told it didn’t qualify for coverage because it had a throttle and was therefore, a vehicle that needed to be ensured separately.

    something we were not told when we bought the policy even though we explicitly inquired about “bikes” and we’re told that yes, they were covered.

    so if you have a bike, and you think it’s insured under a renters or home owners policy, maybe check just in case.

    pixelfed, to random
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    We messed up.

    We haven't been properly handling blocks, we didn't remove blocked accounts from your followers/following, update follower/following counts or remove all notifications from the blocked account.

    We fixed this, and shipped a migration to fix accounts you've previously blocked.

    We're sorry about any inconvenience this caused.

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