der.hans
@ted Yeah, totally not a technical issue. They have the expertise to build from scratch, so they can definitely make it work with existing Free Software tools
Making it government policy would give it instant use. Getting companies and celebrities to sign on would attract people
The big multi-national networks would still be seen to have more opportunity
That's why I like federated, you can have local *and* multi-national
There are still issues, does the GDPR affect an instance in Honduras?
der.hans
@ted The EU is starting to slightly hold companies responsible. The EU is big and companies want access, so the EU has some leverage.
How do countries like Honduras, Ghana, Viet Nam and New Zealand pressure a multi-national company or keep it from being used by their citizens?
They are at a significant disadvantage until Wakanda is willing to provide assistance and leadership...
der.hans
@emelie extreme daylight savings? :)
Doc Edward Morbius â•
@craigmaloney Packaging systems, Debian's APT in particular, are hated by SW devs for much the same reason they're valued by sysadmins: they front-load integration, dependency resolution, upgrade dynamics, etc. More up-front work, far less hassle down the road, for far more people.
The can is kicked /up/ the stack.
der.hans
@wilbr were they tasty?
Boing Boing
Terminal-based task manager https://boingboing.net/2018/08/01/terminal-based-task-manager.html #Post #apps #text
David Revoy
New project on Pepper&Carrot website: "The documentation for contributors"
https://www.peppercarrot.com/static14/documentation
Highlight:
- Translate with Inkscape and a Web Browser only
- Git workflow
- CC-By best practise
... and an API!
der.hans
last #SeaGL #cfp office hour this year is Thursday at noon #Seattle time
proposals are due Sunday night
der.hans
Karen Sandler receives Free Software award for educating us about software in medical devices #LibrePlanet
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