Notices by Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz), page 9

Ōtepoti Urban Organics is a gardening and growing resource for the Ōtākou/ Otago region of Aotearoa (NZ) and includes the Symbiosis Seed Exchange:
https://www.urbanorganics.org.nz/

#Organic #Aotearoa #NZ

#TIL about Zanata:
"a web-based translation platform for Translators to translate documentation and software online using a web browser."
https://translate.zanata.org

The service is run by Red Hat and software developers can set up their projects to be translated here, at no charge.

The platform itself runs on free code software:
https://github.com/zanata/zanata-platform

#Zanata #RedHat #FreeCode

... and in #GoodNews:

'Utility-scale renewables top coal for the first quarter of 2020'
https://ieefa.org/ieefa-u-s-utility-scale-renewables-top-coal-for-the-first-quarter-of-2020/

- #IEEFA #RenewableEnergy

Yet more evidence that capitalism is inherently ecocidal, not because of malice on the part of anyone working with in, but just because of the way it functions.

"Some utilities may be forced to burn coal from their stockpiles to make way for new shipments and satisfy the terms of their contracts with mining companies"
- #BenjaminStorrow
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-coal-survive-the-coronavirus/

#Coal #Capitalism #ClimateChange

@icedquinn cool, just checking :)

@icedquinn was this meant to link to the discussion about contact tracing apps? Or is it an entirely new discussion starter?

@wolf480pl somewhat, I acknowledged that here:
https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/103960515587721719

Are you using a fedi app that doesn't handle threading very well?

@ademalsasa
> I am quadbooting right now

You have 4 different partitions, each with their OS installed? Wow! I've never gone beyond tri-booting :)

@wolf480pl I agree and recently said so in this thread:
https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/103960459523872544

#TIL about opendesktop.org:
"a libre platform providing free cloud storage, online office editing, contacts & calender tools, personal chat and messaging, as well as project development and product publishing to anyone who values freedom and openness."

#OpenDesktop

@icedquinn not that novel, that's precisely what this entire discussion is about ;) Specifically, defining a standard so that a range of apps can be useful, rather than each country's health authorities having to endorse a particular brand.

@ademalsasa does your computer not support #VirtualBox?
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions

If not, what about using dual-boot?

@friend
> plenty people who will be personally responsible, will still let their decision-making be influenced by software.

Maybe, but they won't be able to say "I don't know why the decision was made, that's just what the AI spat out". Not if they want to keep their and job and avoid legal trouble.

@LeoSammallahti these statistics are for article *creation*, not all *edits*, which is where SWPRS are saying the disinfo is mainly inserted into the wiki. The devil is in the details ;)

@msh
> I'm not sure it would result in a more representative government.

The results of their study suggest you are wrong. The only way to find out for sure, as the researchers point out in the article, is to test the Define and Combine method in some real district-drawing processes and study the results.

@msh
> Defining legislative districts could be based on population

It is, but this isn't as simple as it seems, for reasons the article explains.

> districting commissions not made up of politicians at all

That's an option in theory, in #NZ the #ElectoralCommission does that job, independently from the government. The problem in US states, as the article mentions, is finding anyone trusted to be non-partisan to staff those commissions, and keeping them free from political interference.

@roptat that's great news. Keep up the good work! Thanks for the prank too, I got a laugh out of it when I realized ;)

@ademalsasa if you want to check out the current state, there's always Debian GNU/HURD:
https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/running/debian.html

#Debian #GNU #HURD

@techit if you just want to kick the tyres, @lightweight is idling in the 'Community Room' most of the time (see the link in the OP). If there is a group of you who want to do a test in a dedicated room, let me know.

@techit that's what I've heard pretty consistently.

@megriffin