Notices by C.Cameron (cameron@linuxrocks.online), page 3

@leszek
I want any phones with alternatives to iOS and Android, the freer the better.

@matt
I have a couple of Velocifire keyboards. They are on the less expensive side, but they have been really great. I did have to get them through Amazon though, which I try not to do.

@gbryant
Success! Thanks Gardiner. 🙂

@gbryant
Say, I tried to join the forum at heavyelement, and it said my info was flagged as spam. I'm not spam, I promise! It doesn't matter which email I use. Seems weird. Any idea what that might be about? Maybe it's a fluke and it doesn't like my IP or something, but if it's happening to other newbies too, that would be not so good...

Well, this seems like good news... I hope other cities follow suit.

"San Francisco supervisors voted to make the city the first in the United States to ban police and other government agencies from using facial recognition technology."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/14/san-francisco-facial-recognition-police-ban

@hund
Looks great! I love the sleek simple layout.

I like this little gadget for converting a twitter feed into a mastodon feed.

https://bots.tinysubversions.com/convert/

This format for the RSS link from twitter seems to work:
http://twitrss.me/twitter_user_to_rss/?user=username

@gbryant
I can't choose, so much was fun! Definitely enjoyed your and Bryan's cheerfulness, as well as some stuff about encryption from the EFF guys.

That sounds like an amazing conversation! Love those unexpected interactions!

@gbryant

Oh that's good! And yes, thanks! It was my second Linux Fest and I loved it so much.

@gbryant

Oh no, I didn't mean to! Next time I won't be so shy. Hope you had a good Linux fest anyway! :)

@gbryant

Oh hi! Welcome to Mastodon! I was at Linux Fest this weekend, and was probably one of the people who looked at you funny, but was too socially awkward to say hi. But hi anyway! Thanks for coming out for the conference. Really enjoyed seeing you there. :)

@kev
I agree in principle, but marketing makes all the difference. So if it promotes and makes free software easier to access, while supporting projects like the Librem5, I think it helps the cause overall.

@freedomboxfndn @mozilla @jaller94

I was there and enjoyed your Freedombox talk. I'm excited to try it out. LFNW was a great time, and glad you were there!

@architect

Well it will now! Ha!

@hund
That's fair. At least I'm not alone. :)

I just didn't like them killing every character I liked. That's not fun.

@parasurv
Yeah, I'm pretty much the same. I prefer my free time with a little less murder, I guess. :)

Notes on Linux Fest NW -
Our team, "Tork Xpressnap, SCA" tied for 4th place in the trivia tonight. So close to an actual prize! But not close enough. I'm sure we were the only table that had no Game of Thrones watchers at all, and so we didn't know that Khal Drogo spoke Dothraki. Where was Chris Were when we needed him?

Notes on Linux Fest NW -
So many introverts! When I think I might one of the most extroverted in a room, there's definitely trouble. Having a great time, but haven't made any new friends yet. :)