Open source is an excellent example of how something that does not directly increase GNP can fuel real prosperity[…] It is a stunning example of how both the market and the state can be bypassed by cooperative creativity. The barrier between user and provider is eroded; a direct agreement between society members is maintained… Marx would have been a Firefox user.
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Upstream, makers of great podcasts on alternative economies, need some new gear to make the podcast. Help them out if you can spare something: https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/upstream-needs-new-equipment-urgently
The pro-capitalism argument of ‘look at these things that it has achieved’ is based on the assumption that these things couldn’t have been achieved under any other system.
I used snap for the first time today, while setting up a demo nextcloud server. All dependencies in one bundle, it was incredibly simple. Has anyone else used it, is there a catch? (aside from the wasted disk space from not sharing dependencies) Pros/cons?
We did a radio show discussing the thoughts raised by our visit to The Glassroom and the idea of a data detox.
https://soundcloud.com/restart-project-1/restart-radio-5-december-2017
I’m quite tempted by fed.brid.gy (turning your indieweb site into a first class citizen of the fediverse, basically become your own instance), but I really like being part of the #socialcoop instance. I only really actively look at the local timeline (and passively I see a bunch of interesting stuff from elsewhere that gets boosted). Would be a shame to lose that.
Going to start doing the 8 Day Data Detox (https://datadetox.myshadow.org/detox), should be interesting to find out what data I’m inadvertently leaking online.
Can’t wait for PeerTube to become a thing. I get antsy everytime I watch something on YouTube.
When I’m being mechanically turked by ReCaptcha, who’s AI is benefitting? Is it in the public good or did a big corp buy them out?
Anyone use huginn?
“Huginn is a open source system for building agents that observe the world and act on your behalf.”