Jason Self @jxself@social.bobcall.me
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A free software & free culture activist. I maintain the public APT repository for Linux-libre; the freedom-respecting version of the kernel named Linux.
Posts are CC-BY-SA either version 4.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Joined May 2018
Jason Self
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**New video:** Watch the FSF's new video *Escape to Freedom* and see how our protagonist Zara finds freedom in her digital life. #UserFreedom #EscapetoFreedom https://u.fsf.org/escape-to-freedom
I'm at the airport and it's so crowded.
This summer heat is sticky and unpleasant.
When it's already 81F/27.2C at 7am you know it's going to be a hot day.
Jason Self
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We are almost at the 19k mark (let's stick to prime numbers) for our spring fundraiser. If you are able to give, now's your chance to bring us to the next benchmark together! Our goal is 67k by July 8. Fight for total #UserFreedom Donate via: https://u.fsf.org/3m4
It's that time of the week: A new installment of the freely-licensed Agalder sci-fi series is available: https://jxself.org/git/?p=universe.git
HTML at https://jxself.org/agalder.html
Jason Self
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Birthday, graduation, or other celebration coming up? Give the techies in your life the gift of freedom. Gift an FSF membership! Learn more: https://u.fsf.org/38k #fsf #softwarefreedom #HappyHacking
Time to mess with science fiction franchises: Khan says "Kirk, I am your father."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-cadet_keyboard#/media/File:Space-cadet.jpg
Looking at this keyboard. The ABORT button was broken by the Supreme Court today.
Looking at the image of these circuit boards from the Bendix G20 I see "emitter follower." These are the new social media terms! What did you emit today?
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/g20-feature.jpg
Jason Self
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We love freedom 0, the freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose. Boost this post to share the message with others! And, if you are able, please participate in our biannual appeal for #UserFreedom via: https://u.fsf.org/3m4
I was wondering where one of the cats was. She was hiding under the pillows on my bed.
While Microsoft claims that the stuff coming out of Copilot is fair use but I see that, in the Copilot terms of service, they put the responsibility on you. Just in case.
"The code, functions, and other output returned to you by GitHub Copilot are called "Suggestions" ... you retain ... responsibility for ... Suggestions you include in Your Code."
I'm bored & need something to do.
This is my public safety announcement that we are closer to the Y2038 bug than the Y2K bug.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
The GNU C Library *still* isn't Y2038 compliant by default.
Jason Self
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Part of our core mission is to advance policies that promote the progress of free software. Copyright handling is critical to such progress, so we are taking this opportunity to delve into the issue, and alternatives. Read more at https://u.fsf.org/3fu
It's Sunday so you know what that means: A new installment of the freely-licensed Agalder sci-fi series is available: https://jxself.org/git/?p=universe.git
HTML at https://jxself.org/agalder.html
I've been experimenting with btrfs. Seems interesting.
systemd could be a street where people use sed. An anagram: my sed st
Any finite resource can be exhausted. Imagine a future where the IPv6 address space is exhausted. What does this future look like?
- Website
- https://jxself.org
- GPG
- F611 A908 FFA1 65C6 9958 4ED4 9D0D B31B 545A 3198
- Language
- English
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His/etc
A free software & free culture activist. I maintain the public APT repository for Linux-libre; the freedom-respecting version of the kernel named Linux.
Posts are CC-BY-SA either version 4.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Joined May 2018
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