Doug Whitfield dw@datamost.com
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Every Sunday at 2pm US Central, you can find me at https://meet.jit.si/ccmusicawards
Stephen Sekula at 2021-12-28T16:10:57Z
Whew... that was a harrowing update to the latest gnu-social version ... #gnuverse
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JanKusanagi at 2021-09-22T12:33:10Z
» Stephen Michael Kellat:
“[...] the new redistricting madness that popped up. ”
Gerrymandering!! 😠
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Stephen Michael Kellat at 2021-09-21T20:25:07Z
I've not been paying the best attention here since the campaign for city council has been keeping me busy as has the new redistricting madness that popped up. I've testified twice to the Ohio Redistricting Commission, drawn my own proposed congressional redistricting map, and am likely going to be testifying again in October.
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Karl Fogel at 2021-07-28T17:24:18Z
Wow. As clear, well-researched, and nuanced an article about a FOSS project controversy as one will ever see. @jrssnet and @arstechnica have done a huge service here. (It's really about MuseScore, btw, despite the headline's mention of "Audacity").Doug Whitfield likes this.
Jason Self at 2021-08-03T15:01:10Z
Diversity is our strength. Let's all work together to make the world more diverse.Scorpio, Doug Whitfield likes this.
JanKusanagi at 2021-05-12T23:27:24Z
It's quite amazing how "Amazon" can refer to both a beautiful "thing" and a horrible, evil thing 😁
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Doug Whitfield at 2021-02-04T22:42:12Z
What are some out-of-the-box reasons with #ActiveMQ might not be dequeuing some messages?We've been exploring the box for 10.5 months.Doug Whitfield likes this.
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Stephen Sekula at 2021-01-22T13:11:30Z
“Fauci, unchained” When a medical and science expert no longer feels muzzled or pressured, we get closer to the truth as a nation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/21/fauci-unchained/Doug Whitfield, nukem likes this.
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JanKusanagi at 2020-11-16T21:22:10Z
Oh, they suck a little less now 😅
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Karl Fogel at 2020-11-09T20:58:00Z
The "Four Seasons Total Landscaping" story is my favorite thing so far -- a gift that just keeps on giving.It's so bizarre: Trump practically screams aloud "I'm a slipshod grifter who can't even find competent people to handle my logistics", yet somehow his fans don't hear it.Doug Whitfield, Stephen Sekula likes this.
The clown left the funnier, more ridiculous acts for the end! 😁
Stephen Sekula at 2020-09-20T13:01:28Z
“College newspaper reporters are the journalism heroes for the pandemic era” https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/09/19/coronavirus-college-newspapers/Doug Whitfield likes this.
From CentrlPotential on Twitter: You can measure the speed of light at home using just a microwave and a bar of chocolate! https://twitter.com/CentrlPotential/status/1307760753265512448/photo/1Doug Whitfield likes this.
EVAnaRkISTO@DM at 2020-06-25T15:20:57Z
» Doug Whitfield:
“[...] Password: kazoo (although I am not sure this actually works...I think maybe the first one in the room can set a password and then if you leave the password is gone. It seems weird). [...]”
I can't remember where I read it, but meeting rooms dissapear as soon as the last person leaves the meeting, and so do passwords (https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/faq#i-set-the-password-in-meeting-but-it-is-not-working-the-next-time)`so room name is avaliable for anyone to use it. That's why it's important to use a strong room name (https://jitsi.org/security/)
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Jason Self at 2020-05-18T13:16:27Z
If they love it so much where is the Windows 7 source code that was asked for? :)
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In a vault. M$ "loves" open source software, not free software, because that way they get free labour and continue to hold captive their users.
Karl Fogel at 2020-05-04T16:20:20Z
I hope you'll join me in supporting the National Emergency Library at the @InternetArchive (I just donated). Their expansion of access during the COVID-19 crisis is *exactly* the kind of experiment that needs doing right now.
https://archive.org/NEL
Some advocates of copyright restrictions are objecting to the National Emergency Library. They remind me a lot of those who objected to FDR's experimentation during the crisis of the Great Depression. I mean, if *now* is not the time for this experiment, when would be?
I wrote a piece about this for @QCO:
https://questioncopyright.org/support-the-national-emergency-library
TL;DR: When people are willing to give up *freedom of physical movement* and yet still think adjusting copyright restrictions -- even temporarily -- is out of bounds, then we have a collective failure of imagination.Doug Whitfield, Akari-chan likes this.
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EVAnaRkISTO@DM at 2020-04-09T19:32:29Z
» Doug Whitfield:
“found one I could approximate. Lots of fruit options I didn't have too. Finally, I just started excluding things from search results that I don't have. The one I ended up with called for rosemary, which I don't have...and also for sparkling wine. Whatever. :P”
Cheers! 🍹
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Stephen Michael Kellat at 2020-02-12T03:39:22Z
When pump.io and mastodon interoperate I might then follow people on mastodon. Not until. I've had 3 bad tries with mastodon and have found Twitter to be more peaceful.
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JanKusanagi at 2020-02-12T17:44:18Z
People should comment more, even if it's nonsense messages like I do 😆
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