libre rgggn @rgggn@floss.social

What are you chances of your contributions for #Signal being accepted:

* For the Android app apparently 0.44% (yes, less than 1 %) [1]
* For the server code (which hasn't been updated in 9 months 🤔) it's about 5% [2]

[1] https://merge-chance.info/target?repo=signalapp/Signal-Android
[2] https://merge-chance.info/target?repo=signalapp/Signal-Server

Signal not run as a free software project.

(Previously: https://chaos.social/@Bubu/105567100969699321)

"The enjoyment of one's tools is an essential ingredient of successful work." —Donald Knuth

New account managed by several persons.
It will post news concerning #Fedilab #UntrackMe #TubeLab #OpenMultiMaps

Why I use Free Software: https://elis.nu/blog/2021/01/why-i-use-free-software/

#foss #blog #blogpost #ethics #free #software #open

Signal is down. I can't stop laughing.

Hey Moxie! Tell us again why centralization is the best way to deploy internet messaging for the masses.

https://downdetector.com/status/signal/

#XMPP is down! 😮
Wait, no, that's impossible.

#Signal is down: https://status.signal.org/

#decentralize folks!

Does anyone here know of a good text-to-speech engine? I'm trying to render Swedish. I've played with espeech, Google's TTS and Amazon Polly. It turns out that GTTS with WaveNet voices is magically good, Polly is good enough, while espeech sounds like my Amiga did back in the late 80s/early 90s...

Is there any FOSS alternative out there that actually works?

Is #Fediverse a safe space for people?

The developer of #Fedilab closed his accounts on #Mastodon because he was harassed by people who resented him for not including a block of Gab'n co on his app..
https://framagit.org/tom79/fedilab/-/issues/498
Gab is now out of Fedi, this happened thanks to admins maintaining proper instance block, not because of apps.
Remember that harassment is a major offense, no matter who's harassed. It is destructive. If you feel some behaviors are problematic, block, report, do not harass!

@dansup
Why he left:
https://framagit.org/tom79/fedilab/-/issues/498
@mondstern

There's also another Goodreads alternative for the Fediverse in development, though it's not yet in beta. It's called Readlebee and you can follow its progress at @Readlebee

#GoodReads #Alternatives #Fediverse

The #PinePhone modem (yes, the modem) can now run Linux kernel 5.10 ( @postmarketOS )... we're sure many of you know where this is heading :)
Massive thanks to biktorgj, konradybcio and others.

Getting vaccinated?

Today in digital archaeology: I wanted a PDF calendar generator and found one from 2009 that seemed nice, but the website had long ago disappeared. Luckily the internet archive had crawled it, and since the code was GPL'ed, I was able to update it to build on a modern system and produce page-a-day agendas for my e-ink tablet. https://github.com/osresearch/DynamicTemplates