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#tuxedocomputers bietet eine neue Universal #DockingStation für seine TUXEDO Books! #linux #tux #zubehör #laptops
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/News/One-for-all-Universal-Docking-Station-for-TUXEDO-Computers-Laptops.tuxedo#

Tickets for #CopyleftConf 2020 will be available soon! In the meantime, you can catch some of the talks you missed at our first event here, https://2020.copyleftconf.org/video

We are building an instance picker for pixelfed.org!

Instance admins will be able to sign up early next week. #pixelfed

Wondering what EFF is up to? Check (and bookmark!) our calendar for upcoming conferences, member meet-ups, and Electronic Frontier Alliance events! https://www.eff.org/event

New production report about the future episode of Pepper&Carrot where I detail my recent research on drawing, #krita and workflow in general. Link → https://www.davidrevoy.com/article748/production-report-episode-31

Apropos of nothing: regular reminder, especially for people in IT/Eng: you don't make it anywhere by working 80 hours a week and being available 24/7.

Your org will thank you for your dedication, expect it from everyone else on your team, and call it "normal" from then on, not reward you. Not in any real tangible way anyway. I've seen it a dozen times in my so many years in the industry.

Overworking like this leads to the org expecting your co-workers do the same, and masks understaffing issues that lead to not having proof you need to demand additional hires to shoulder the load. You're doing yourself no favor and harming everyone else.

If you can't get your workload done in a normal work week that is a management problem. Make it a management problem as much as you can.

You are entitled to, and absolutely should, unplug when you go home for the day. If your org discourages this, that is a problem.

Demand security of your own personal time. If your job requires on-call, demand a clear on-call procedure and clear escalation policy that outlines WHEN and WHY you can be contacted off-hours. Push back on its necessity if you can and finally enforce it if it's comfortable.

If your org uses Slack or similar, set your quiet hours. If you have a separate work device or software, shut it off off the clock.

I can't stress any of this enough.

PS: Unionize, damnit!

I've just released a simple #ActivityPub debugging tool. It's hosted on Glitch so you don't have to worry about spinning up servers or SSL certs etc. You clone your own copy of the project, set it up, and you can create ActivityPub accounts that can send any raw JSON payload you specify to its followers. I use it for testing new and novel ActivityPub objects, and to test compatibility with messages sent from remote servers without needing to create an account on them.

https://tinysubversions.com/notes/activitypub-tool/

https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/at-seagl-2019-free-software-was-in-fine-feather

nice write up on SeaGL 2019. With special mention of someone really cool: https://github.com/ecmonsen

Are you worried about your #privacy after #Google acquired #Fitbit? If you are looking for a privacy respecting alternative I can only recommend to have a look at #Gadgetbridge and chose one of the supported devices as your next wearable. https://gadgetbridge.org

RT @fsf
Because we all use mobile phones so frequently, Replicant is one of our most crucial High Priority Projects. Learn more about how you can contribute to this fully free Android distribution: https://u.fsf.org/2z7

[Internship] Open-Source Software Developer Internship at Collabora https://www.fossjobs.net/job/10170/open-source-software-developer-internship-at-collabora/ #jobs

At #SeaGL 2019, #freesoftware was in fine feather http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/131484 #freesw

Do you want to see free software grow and alternatives to proprietary software thrive? We're your people! New Supporters will get their donations tripled by a generous existing donor. Check it out! https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/

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We have just posted an update on how the release of #Glimpse 0.1.0 went! 🎉

This blog post also confirms that we have gone ahead with our plans to close our Patreon account and forge ahead with Open Collective instead.

https://glimpse-editor.org/posts/successful-first-binary-release/

Easy ways to contribute to KDE - #1203: Help migrate web pages to Mark Down: Easy ways to contribute to KDE - #1203: Help migrate web pages to Mark Down: https://rabbitictranslator.com/wordpress/index.php/2019/12/08/contributing-to-kde-porting-websites-to-markdown/