Bird of the Day — Alder Flycatcher, Kansas 2025
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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)
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In Memoriam: John L. Young, Cryptome Co-Founder
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"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
In Memoriam: John L. Young, Cryptome Co-Founder
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 kn…Electronic Frontier Foundation
Stick that creepy ghoul in the back row & don’t let him anywhere next or near the Pope.
President Maduro Brings 2-Year-Old Maikelys Back to Venezuela (+El Salvador)
Immense relief has come to the Venezuelan people following the return of the two-year-old Maikelys Espinoza to Venezuela, who was brought home to her mother on a plane as part of the Plan Vuelta a la Patria (Return to the Homeland) program.Orinoco Tribune - News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond
PlayStation Executive Jade Raymond Leaves Studio She Founded
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/playstation-executive-jade-raymond-leaves-studio-she-founded?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Seattle judge rescinds order directing Trump administration to admit 12,000 refugees
https://apnews.com/article/trump-refugee-admissions-order-dbca1ba203af20276702abd49482e720?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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House GOP plan to raise child tax credit adds citizenship provisions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/15/child-tax-credit-immigrant-citizen/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Politics @politics-WashPost
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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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"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."
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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!! 😘
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#frontend #webdev #css #tutorial #programming #blog
Enter and exit animations using @starting-style and allow-discrete | Julie Buma
Exit and enter animations have historically been annoying to implement. Frameworks have made it easier, but what if you just want to use vanilla css? @starting-style is here to solve your problems!www.juliebuma.dev
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"
The Middle East Has Entered the AI Group Chat
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-middle-east-artificial-intelligence-investments/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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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
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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.Claire Duprey (Revolution Permanente)
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Beko, la visita del ministro Urso nelle Marche - LaPresse
Il ministro delle imprese e del made in Italy Adolfo Urso oggi nelle Marche, accompagnato dal presidente della Regione Marche Francesco Acquaroli, dopoRedazione (LaPresse)
Red Army soldiers distribute food to the inhabitants of Berlin. 1945
Source: USSR Pictures, on telegram
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Violin Concerto
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Report: Terrorists seem to be paying X to generate propaganda with Grok
Did Musk rip Treasury Department over terrorist payments while X paid terrorists?Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Buffett’s Berkshire Sat Out Market Drop, Trimmed Bank Stocks
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/buffett-s-berkshire-sat-out-market-drop-trimmed-bank-stocks?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Santander libera alerta de golpe da falsa central no app para empresas
https://canaltech.com.br/seguranca/santander-libera-alerta-de-golpe-da-falsa-central-no-app-para-empresas/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Starmer trip labelled an ‘embarassment’ as Albania rules out asylum seeker deal
Tories question point of PM’s visit to Albania as his counterpart rejects establishment of ‘return hubs’Aletha Adu (The Guardian)
Hospitals Could Make More Drugs In-House Under Trump Proposal
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/hospitals-could-make-more-drugs-in-house-under-trump-proposal?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Esther Rantzen urges MPs to back ‘strong, safe’ assisted dying bill in vote
Letters sent by broadcaster and MPs with medical backgrounds call for action to change lawPeter Walker (The Guardian)
Germany Expects €33.3 Billion Less in Taxes on Weak Economy
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/germany-expects-33-3-billion-less-in-taxes-due-to-weak-economy?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Em um dia, INSS recebe quase meio milhão de contestações por descontos não reconhecidos - Gazeta Brasil-
No primeiro dia de abertura para contestação de descontos indevidos em benefícios previdenciários, o Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS) recebeu maisGazeta Brasil
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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Source with more details: washingtonpost.com/climate-sol… (archive: archive.is/29uTN)
Original report from Airparif, the organization that monitors air quality in Paris: airparif.fr/bilan/2025/bilan-d…
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Woman had a 56-year criminal record for being lesbian — and she didn't even know it - LGBTQ Nation
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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
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#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Das Bild zeigt ein Paar abgebauter Kopfhörer auf einem Holztisch. Auf der linken Seite liegt ein einzelner Ohrhörer mit einem rosa Ohrstöpsel, dessen Innenteile sichtbar sind. Die Innenteile zeigen mehrere farbige Drähte, die aus dem Gehäuse herausragen. Auf der rechten Seite liegt der Kontrollkasten des Kopfhörers, der ebenfalls abgebaut ist. Der Kontrollkasten enthält eine Batterie mit der Aufschrift "120mAh 3.7V" und mehrere farbige Drähte, die an die Batterie angeschlossen sind. Die Kopfhörer-Kabel sind weiß und liegen auf dem Tisch. Der Holztisch hat eine warme, natürliche Farbe und eine glatte Oberfläche.
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Mom Accused Of Buying Son Ammo, Tactical Gear For Planned 'Act Of Violence'
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/san-antonio-mom-son-accused-violence-plot_n_68263244e4b02c37b4dfad9d?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Mom Accused Of Buying Son Ammo, Tactical Gear For Planned 'Act Of Violence'
The Texas mother and her 13-year-old son were taken into custody after a family member found live ammunition and a make-shift explosive device, police said.Nina Golgowski (HuffPost)
Got my print copy of the latest issue of Worlds of IF. It features a never-published-before, lost, recently discovered story of the Professor Jameson space adventures, the influential series published in Amazing Stories, starting in 1931: The Metal Menace.
#WorldsOfIF #worldsofifmagazine #AmazingStories #ProfessorJameson #NeilRJones #TheMetalMenace #scifi #sciencefiction #magazine #art #literature #science #StarshipSloane
Amazing Stories covers showcasing the space adventures of Professor Jameson and his cyborg friends, the Zoromes.
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Nakba survivor says Israeli ‘brutality’ worse than 77 years ago
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Nakba survivor says Israeli ‘brutality’ worse than 77 years ago
Israel’s ‘brutality’ has displaced 85-year-old Nakba survivor Mohammed once again, but he says this time it’s worse.Al Jazeera
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Yet another malicious management policy change.
EA pushes office return, largely phasing out remote roles
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#EA #Office #Labor #Remote #Gaming
EA pushes office return, largely phasing out remote roles
EA's new in-office working policy will see local employees return at least three days a week, and remote roles largely phased out.Tom Phillips (Eurogamer.net)
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in reply to Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸 • • •Maybe if you distribute it also on Steam – utilizing how easy it is for users to find, buy, install, organize, patch, upgrade, deinstall, backup and get support for apps there?
I for example once bought a photo editing software called "Pixeluvio" (Linux native) on Steam because if you use Steam anyway (for gaming) it's more convenient to use Steam than keeping track of applications downloadable anywhere else (outside the app store of your Linux distribution).
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in reply to Lucomo • • •@Lucomo Definitely would make sense at least for some kind of software, yeah. Expecting Ubuntu with Snap to follow suit with adding payment backends and SteamOS devices to stay relevant I'd expect Flathub, Steam and Snapcraft to become the places where you want to publish your commercial software in the near future.
I do hope Flathub / Flatpak becomes the primary source though. Both Steam and Snap are problematic in their own rights.
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in reply to Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸 • • •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 😀
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in reply to NotRoyal • • •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.
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in reply to Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸 • • •NotRoyal
in reply to Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸 • • •But I hope stuff like you poll here can get more thinkers and ideas out to improve things for OSS or similar 😊
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