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Question for #Linux and #Economics peeps:

Do you think, assuming Flathub enables commercial apps in the future, it would be possible to make a living by developing commercial Open-Source desktop applications full-time?
(Assuming those apps can also work on systems like the #SteamDeck)

  • Yes (25%, 15 votes)
  • Yes, but only if you're lucky (48%, 29 votes)
  • Yes, but only without morals (dark patterns etc.) (11%, 7 votes)
  • No (15%, 9 votes)
60 voters. Poll end: 5 mesi fa

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in reply to Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸

FOSS = Free & Open Source Software.
How would you make money on FREE software, without going down the horrid ad revenue patch companies today use?
Now, do I believe that source available Software could rise within a licensed/patented monetary model. Yes I do think there is a better chance there.
Interested in feedback on these thoughts 😀
in reply to NotRoyal

@RoyalNotRoyals Oups. 😅
Yes, I indeed thought of OSS, without the F. Regarding ads, I'm definitely very much against it and would strongly avoid it. The lower limit here would be non-intrusive contextual ads (since they work without tracking), but only so much that a project is financially viable and not more. Given our current economical system it might not be possible to always avoid something like that. However any kind of tracking or abuse (selling) of telemetry data is an absolute no-go.
in reply to Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸

@RoyalNotRoyals I'm not that much into economics though, so if there's a way to avoid any kind of ads while making a living I'd 100% take it.
in reply to Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸

me neither. But I really want open source software to become the standard, and have been thinking of how it could succeed a good bit this year. As even just OSS has the problem of being very easy to copy as the source code is out in the open for anyone to take and sell as repackaged as their own closed source rebranded software...
But I hope stuff like you poll here can get more thinkers and ideas out to improve things for OSS or similar 😊
in reply to Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸

Yeah no worries 😊 I like that idea of the limit being no-tracking, even if some ads are needed to make it go around financially for the developers. I'd even like it if developers could even make a good earning on releasing their passion projects to everyone else. Many OSS programs are so well made.
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Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸
@Ariantoser You got it the wrong way around, by now for userspace apps *not* using Flatpak or Snap means using some alternative. 😉


In Memoriam: John L. Young, Cryptome Co-Founder
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/memo…

"John L. Young, who died March 28 at age 89 in New York City, was among the first people to see the need for an online library of official secrets, a place where the public could find out things that governments and corporations didn’t want them to know. He made real the idea – revolutionary in its time – that the internet could make more information available to



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Stick that creepy ghoul in the back row & don’t let him anywhere next or near the Pope.
in reply to Carole (Ducky)

Also, why does it look like it was created with The Print Shop in 1985?


President Maduro Brings 2-Year-Old Maikelys Back to Venezuela (+El Salvador) orinocotribune.com/president-m…





Land Rover lancia il Defender Sport Mini: compatto e accessibile
@motori
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Land Rover lancia il Defender Sport Mini, un SUV compatto con design robusto e opzioni ibride. Un'opzione accessibile per il 2027
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#motori #auto

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"When ChatGPT was released at the end of 2022, it caused a panic at all levels of education because it made cheating incredibly easy. Students who were asked to write a history paper or literary analysis could have the tool do it in mere seconds. Some schools banned it while others deployed A.I. detection services, despite concerns about their accuracy.

But, oh, how the tables have turned. Now students are complaining on sites like Rate My Professors about their instructors’ overreliance on A.I. and scrutinizing course materials for words ChatGPT tends to overuse, like “crucial” and “delve.” In addition to calling out hypocrisy, they make a financial argument: They are paying, often quite a lot, to be taught by humans, not an algorithm that they, too, could consult for free.

For their part, professors said they used A.I. chatbots as a tool to provide a better education. Instructors interviewed by The New York Times said chatbots saved time, helped them with overwhelming workloads and served as automated teaching assistants.

Their numbers are growing. In a national survey of more than 1,800 higher-education instructors last year, 18 percent described themselves as frequent users of generative A.I. tools; in a repeat survey this year, that percentage nearly doubled, according to Tyton Partners, the consulting group that conducted the research. The A.I. industry wants to help, and to profit: The start-ups OpenAI and Anthropic recently created enterprise versions of their chatbots designed for universities."

nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technol…

#AI #GenerativeAI #LLMs #Chatbots #Universities #HigherEd #Teaching

in reply to Miguel Afonso Caetano

sounds like we are going to have to bring back dialogs, stoa, and open forums like the ancient Greek Philosophers.



Just published my first "proper" blog post. It's about enter and exit animations using @starting-style and allow-discrete. I'm new to this whole blogging thing so please check it out and give me some feedback!! 😘

juliebuma.dev/blog/enter-exit-…

#frontend #webdev #css #tutorial #programming #blog



Festa della Repubblica: le celebrazioni della Prefettura si terranno ad Altopascio
Appuntamento lunedì 2 giugno, alle 9,30, in piazza Vittorio Emanuele. D'Ambrosio: "Inno a legalità e democrazia"

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Revolut°Permanente🚩 Bombardements à Gaza : Israël fait plus d'une centaine de morts à la veille de l'anniversaire de la Nakba 🚩RP #Gaza #Palestine #Nakba #Israël #BenyaminNetanyahou

Bombardements à Gaza : Israël ...





So, alle Inhalte von #Bluesky #Threads, #X aka #Twitter entfernt und auf #Fediverse hier verwiesen.

Fühlt sich richtig gut an.



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Beko, la visita del ministro Urso nelle Marche
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Red Army soldiers distribute food to the inhabitants of Berlin. 1945


Source: USSR Pictures, on telegram

#USSR #SovietUnion #RedArmy #history



Khachaturian
Violin Concerto

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#music #classicalmusic @classicalmusic





Revolut°Permanente🚩 Bombardements à Gaza : Israël fait plus d'une centaine de morts à la veille de l'anniversaire de la Nakba: 77 ans après la Nakba, l'armée israélienne poursuit ses bombardements sur la bande de Gaza, faisant une centaine de morts. Alors que Netanyahou se retrouve plus isolé que jamais, l'intensification des frappes visent à mettre la pression sur les négociations en cours dans la… revolutionpermanente.fr/Bombar… 🚩RP #Gaza #Palestine #Nakba #Israël #BenyaminNetanyahou



Air pollution in Paris before and after they added bike lanes and put restrictions on cars.

I will never understand people needing to drive cars in large cities like Paris.



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⛔️🇺🇸U.S. now at risk of national security breach: Rep. Himes slams Russian asset Gabbard’s firings of top American Intelligence Experts (MSNBC News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #MI6 #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState


Nakba survivor says Israeli ‘brutality’ worse than 77 years ago

aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed…

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Yet another malicious management policy change.

EA pushes office return, largely phasing out remote roles

eurogamer.net/ea-pushes-office…

#EA #Office #Labor #Remote #Gaming



Gelo a Istanbul. Trump: "Tutto fermo se non vedo Putin"
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Nuova locandina e nuovo trailer per Lupin the IIIRD: La dinastia immortale, il capitolo conclusivo della saga di Takeshi Koike nonché primo lungometraggio per il cinema e in animazione tradizionale dedicato interamente a Lupin III dai tempi di Dead or Alive (1995).

youtube.com/watch?v=75FM2FMKXe…

Mi hanno dovuto raccogliere con un cucchiaio dopo averlo visto.

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in reply to bubu

@booboo Modo contorto per dire che mi sono scaldato così tanto dall'emozione da sciogliermi! Ahahah Sì, mi è piaciuto veramente molto (e sono un grande fan anche delle opere precedenti di Koike)
@bubu


Kurzer Reminder: Das #Klimaziel ist nicht irgendein lass-mal-schauen-ob-wir-das-schaffen-Ziel. Es ist rechtlich bindend und verpflichtet die Bundesregierung zum Handeln!

zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/deu…



#gameoftrees #got

I've released the -portable version of #gameoftrees, 0.112

This is merely tracking got-0.112 and has no -portable changes in it at all.

Usual details, etc., can be found here:

gameoftrees.org/portable.html

@teajaygrey -- if you'd like me to mirror the -portable releases somewhere for you to access, let me know.

in reply to Thomas Adam

Thanks! I can access the -portable releases A OK personally.

The snag is MacPorts' use of GitHub requiring a mirror that GitHub Actions can access when it runs its Continuous Integration checks.

If you can manage something, that would be awesome!

Though I also documented my thoughts here:

trac.macports.org/ticket/72492

AFAIK, MacPorts does has some mirroring infrastructure taking the form of hostnames in the *.distfiles.macports.org subdomains, e.g.

ywg.ca.distfiles.macports.org/…
bos.us.distfiles.macports.org
ykf.ca.distfiles.macports.org/…
etc.

However, I know next to nothing about how those operate?

My best guess is it's semi-automated and populated once a Portfile has been updated?

Basically, from my limited understanding, since MacPorts kind of combines the functionality of /usr/ports and pkg (for lack of a better description) it defaults to seeing if it can find a pre-compiled build of a given MacPort when an install is requested.

So, if it fails to fetch an archive $(portname){$version}.darwin_($version).($architecture).tbz2 from the packages mirrors (e.g. packages.macports.org/) then it will begin to search for the tarball via the *.distfiles.macports.org mirrors and build from source.

I wish I were more of a MacPorts' expert; but I get the impression maybe others might know if there's a way to use the *distfiles.macports.org mirrors for got -portable tarballs? Hopefully at least!

It's a strange "community" for lack of a better description (and I'm pretty strange as a given even if I weren't attempting to be helpful).

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in reply to ティージェーグレェ

Heh, maybe it was lost in translation, but the offer a mirror wasn't for you personally, it was to see whether you'll need it for the MacPort. 😀
in reply to Thomas Adam

Ah, yeah, the MacPort will definitely need something. Admittedly, I have attempted (so far, unsuccessfully) to see if there's interest from MacPorts contributors to move away from GitHub.

If you can provide a mirror that would be awesome!

Though, I am still wondering if MacPorts' own distfiles mirrors can maybe be leveraged somehow? I don't anticipate anyone has replied to the Trac issue I opened with such pontifications yet.

in reply to Thomas Adam

As an addendum to snac.bsd.cafe/teajaygrey/p/174… (which maybe you didn't see because now I see it doesn't seem as if you were CCed? Maybe my fault! Whoops!)

It looks as if my hopes that the *distfiles.macports.org mirroring infrastructure might be able to be utilized somehow were for naught based on this response:

lists.macports.org/pipermail/m…

Anyway, there's no rush! I appreciate any efforts you may be able to make to help facilitate things downstream (and you already do a lot and thank you for that too!).

Part of me is even wondering if I might be able to use something like my neocities.org account for mirroring the tarballs, but I liked your suggestion in the Pull Request about signing things too. So do whatever feels right, this doesn't need to be a "right now" kind of stopgap break/fix fire drill. After all, in UTC it's already Friday and you know what seasoned ops sorts say about code pushes on Fridays! ;)


Ah, yeah, the MacPort will definitely need something. Admittedly, I have attempted (so far, unsuccessfully) to see if there's interest from MacPorts contributors to move away from GitHub.

If you can provide a mirror that would be awesome!

Though, I am still wondering if MacPorts' own distfiles mirrors can maybe be leveraged somehow? I don't anticipate anyone has replied to the Trac issue I opened with such pontifications yet.


in reply to Thomas Adam

For the time being, another MacPorts' contributor had the clever idea to utilize FreeBSD's mirror:

github.com/macports/macports-p…

in reply to ティージェーグレェ

Why are we going round in circles on this?

I said I'd provide you a mirror.

Here it is:

xteddy.org/mirror/got-portable…

When I release a -portable version, it will appear there.

This process is automated, currently checks once a day, which means even if I'm not the one doing a -portable release, that will always be kept up to date. Although since I am doing -portable releases, this mirror will update as soon as I upload to got-www.

The "problem" in using FreeBSD-ports is you're at the mercy of when the maintainer is going to update that port, which could be a while, depending when they're able to update it, etc.

HTH!

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in reply to ティージェーグレェ

Would you mind letting me know when you’ve made this change to MacPorts, so I can keep an eye on the traffic hitting my server?
in reply to Thomas Adam

I'll definitely keep you in the loop!

I tried making changes locally; but since aeiouaeiouaeiouaeiouaeiouaeiou's 0.112 PR (github.com/macports/macports-p…) was merged, now MacPorts' mirrors have the 0.112 tarball from FreeBSD's mirrors and even when I change the Portfile locally to reflect your mirror, it seems to want to grab the tarball from the pre-populated MacPorts mirrors (I tried to see if there was some way to get MacPorts to ignore that, but if such a thing is possible, it doesn't seem well documented in the port manpage).

I'm guessing it will function OK, but it looks as if I won't be able to actually test it until 0.113 is released and the corresponding tarballs (which will not have yet been cached by MacPorts and their mirrors as it will not yet be updated [presumably! Unless someone submits a Pull Requests and merges it without me noticing, which seems, less likely?]) are available on you mirror.

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Pezeshkian Rebukes Trump, Vows Iran Will “Not Bow to Any Power” english.almanar.com.lb/2408001


Hoy en el nuevo podcast de Iñaki Urdangarin, el cernícalo en Armados y emplumados open.spotify.com/episode/7evbG… @Inaki_Urdan Un artista del audio


Ultimamente mi sono fatto un po' di regali a tema retrogame per il mio compleanno ho passato un pomeriggio a cambiare batterie tampone all'interno di vecchi giochi e gli ho ridato vita: è sempre bello.

Ora ho messo in vendita un po' di cose su Vinted, se siete interessatə scrivetemi pure oppure date un'occhiata al mio profilo: vinted.it/member/122759489

in reply to Ugo

Ho in vendita:

- Pokémon Zaffiro PAL ITA con batteria cambiata e orologio settato
- Ducktales per Game Boy che ho scoperto essere una riproduzione (ma dentro ha un chip fighissimo con un buco trasparente, roba mai vista)
- Joystick PS4 20th Anniversary, un pezzo da collezione (lo vendo perché nel frattempo ne avevo trovato un altro e mi è arrivato con i grilletti rovinati e non mi va di sostituirlo).

Nel caso ovviamente avrete sconto Livello Segreto ;)

in reply to Ugo

Ma dove lo trovate un altro che vi mette i dettagli della batteria carica col tester o che vi mette immagini che possono garantirvi che gli eventi legati all'orologio sono di nuovo funzionanti?



Huit preuves par l'image
🔸 Des photos prises par des membres de la communauté universitaire font partie des œuvres finalistes aux concours La preuve par l'image et Science Exposed
nouvelles.ulaval.ca/2025/05/14…
#science #image #ULaval #information #médias #concours #photo #photography #photographie
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Quite right!

Ministers to block #ThamesWater paying bosses bonuses out of emergency loan | Thames Water | The Guardian
theguardian.com/business/2025/…

in reply to Totts

The privatisation of the water services has been the biggest rip off of taxpayers I think that I have ever seen. Privatisation doesn't bring efficiency, it puts money that ought to have gone into service provision into the pockets of the directors and shareholders. Profits are achieved by holding down workers' pay and cutting necessary investment. It's past time for the water "industry" to be taken back into public ownership. Ditto rail, health and other public goods!

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🚰 Ajuda'ns a fer possible la Nova Aixeta!
🏗️ Noves funcionalitats, més millores i nou disseny!

💧 74 persones ja hi han contribuït!
🌱 Som al 37% de l'objectiu!

❤️ Fes la teva aportació solidària i de suport!
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TL;DR: As AI reshapes the digital landscape, many are questioning the longstanding belief that copyright is inherently beneficial, highlighting complex implications for creators and consumers alike. techdirt.com/2025/05/15/ai-is-… #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum



Reading the NY Times (day after day), you would think America's judges really have it in for Trump for some reason. It's a mystery. "On issue after issue, the White House has been stopped by judges ..." "Mr. Trump has expressed particular outrage."

You would have no reason to suspect that Trump has engaged in a spree of lawlessness, overwhelming the legal system with rapid maneuvers that flout the laws, defy norms, and disregard Congress.

in reply to James Gleick

Further up, the same article does make that subtle point:
"They appeared skeptical that single district judges should have the power to freeze executive actions throughout the nation.
But they also seemed troubled by the legality — and consequences — of the executive order underlying the case"
nytimes.com/2025/05/15/us/poli…


I do not know what Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is smoking, but it will not age well for him. He will walk this back after he hears from X and Meta.

Obviously, as a Missourian, I do not need his help because I do not use corporate controlled social media.

"Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey today announced the filing of a first-in-the-nation rule under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act that targets corporate censorship and secures freedom of expression for social media users. The rule requires Big Tech platforms to allow Missouri users to choose their own content moderators rather than being forced to rely on the biased algorithms of monopolistic tech giants."

techdirt.com/2025/05/15/missou…

#Mastodon



Mein Fazit:

"Dass der Verfassungsschutz das Gutachten nicht selbst veröffentlicht hat, bleibt unverständlich. Es verrät weder Geheimnisse noch lässt es mehr über die Arbeitsweise der Behörde erkennen, als dass man dort fleißig mitliest, hört und sieht, was bei der AfD veröffentlicht wird."

nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1191261.…



'Lost' gecko species thought to be extinct rediscovered in South Africa after more than 30 years.

Since it was identified in 1991, mystery surrounded this elusive little lizard for more than three decades. #ClimateChange

euronews.com/green/2025/05/15/…



I wrote about this crazy idea that the Missouri AG has that based on his extremely wrong reading of the SCOTUS ruling in Moody he can force every social media company to let users choose what moderator they get...

RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l4edf…




Yale Climate Connections: Summer-like slug of heat pushes across much of North America
Temperatures hit 100°F in northern Minnesota, 112°F in Texas, and 115°F in Mexico.

"...One of the most eye-popping late-spring heat waves on record made its way from the Pacific Coast into the center of North America this week. Numerous towns and cities have notched their hottest days and/or warmest nights ever experienced this early in the season, and some have soared to readings unheard of anytime before June...."

yaleclimateconnections.org/202…

#heatwave #climate #climateemergency



Just a reminder: I'm feeling the summer vibes now that it's May, so I'm offering 20% off at checkout when you use code FESTIVE as a nod to the art festival season.

Today's virtual art booth feature is called "Glacier Cold Currents"! 🎪

You can get here: chrisboese.photo/warehouse-ope…

Icy ocean currents swirl around the base of where an Alaska glacier meets the sea

#art #photography #alaska #glacier #mastoart #mastodonart #timboese #boesegalleries #artfestival #artmarket



Gruno - Neófito (LP 2025) Álbum Completo / Full Álbum youtu.be/dCgr5DRYX_s?si=Vcs39a… a través de @YouTube



How to Install Odoo 18 on AlmaLinux 10 lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


»Tech Moves: Typeface hires CMO; Microsoft adds CVP; WellSaid names new CEO; Expedia’s new CISO« geekwire.com/2025/tech-moves-t… #Pirates #Tech #Startup #News

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the dems will need more than anti-trump rhetoric to get their momentum back

so what’ll it take? @chrisvanhollen has some thoughts

@gzeromedia

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Intelligenza artificiale scopre dove si trovano le proteine nelle cellule umane
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Dal sito #notiziescientifiche
@scienza
Un modello predittivo potenziato dall’intelligenza artificiale potrebbe cambiare il modo in cui identifichiamo dove si trovano le proteine nelle cellule umane. Lo rivela uno studio pubblicato su Nature Methods,[1] aprendo [leggi tutto]

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