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pixelcode, 7 days ago to random

Don't forget to install the #Snowflake browser addon made by @torproject to help other Internet users oppressed by totalitarian regimes circumvent censorship. No one will be able to trace their online activity back to you, thanks to #onion routing.

🔗 https://snowflake.torproject.org

#qt https://social.tchncs.de/@pixelcode/109809150781530564

TechDesk, 14 days ago to google

It’s a sad fact that a lot of online content lives and dies by Google’s algorithm. The only problem is, apart from a few vague pointers from Google every now and then, how exactly pages are ranked is actually sort of a mystery.

However, an explosive leak of thousands of pages of internal documents has now lifted the lid on how Search really works, and, as @theverge reports, it seems Google might not have been entirely truthful about it all along. Here’s more.

https://flip.it/-yTpfN

#Google #Search #SEO #Tech

kde, 23 days ago to kde

If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-now-says-your-pc-is-in-need-of-repair-if-youre-not-using-bing-with-edge

They are not wrong.

To mend your machine:

1. Ditch Windows
2. Install Plasma
3. Your computer is ready.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

@kde

A laptop running the laters version of Plasma, Plasma 6.

pyconza, 26 days ago to python

We're a South African #Python :python: conference organised by the community for the community. https://za.pycon.org/

#PyConZA2024 🐍 is happening in Cape Town and online on the 3rd & 4th of October (with tutorials scheduled on the 2nd, and sprints on the 5th & 6th).

Talk submissions are open! 📢 https://za.pycon.org/news/call-for-submissions/

So are ticket sales! 🎟 https://za.pycon.org/tickets/buy-tickets/ We explain the different ticket types here: https://za.pycon.org/tickets/ticket-prices/

We'd love to see you there, whether in person or virtually!

OutOnTheMoors, 1 month ago to random

Even taking into account the heavy spin from the author, this is eye-opening.
https://www.piratewires.com/p/interview-with-jack-dorsey-mike-solana

glynmoody, 1 month ago to fishing

Scaling up: the app that’s transforming lives in South African #fishing communities - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/07/scaling-up-the-app-thats-transforming-lives-in-south-african-fishing-communities "Abalobi provides a real-time marketplace for fishers to sell their catch, while also monitoring fish populations, and the tech could go global" tech doing what it should do by the sound of it...

libreoffice, 1 month ago to foss

Did you know that #LibreOffice has a tabbed user interface option? Make sure you're using the latest release, LibreOffice 24.2, to get the most from it! (And you can find it in the menu under View > User Interface...) #foss #opensource #freesoftware

tobykurien, 1 month ago to android

Bought a new Android phone and want to remove the bloat, spyware and tracking? Check out Universal Android Debloater Next Generation desktop app that makes this process easy with it's built-in debloat lists for various manufacturers. #android #privacy #bloatware

Github https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/wiki

https://tobykurien.com/images/microblog/post-1714463803-0.png

libreoffice, 1 month ago to foss

Did you know that #LibreOffice has a built-in QR and barcode generator? Now you do 😉 https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/01/qrcode.html #foss #opensource

omgubuntu, 1 month ago to ubuntu

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is now available to download https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/ubuntu-24-04-released #ubuntu #linux

rmaclean, 1 month ago to southafrica

Only 40 tickets left for DevConf Cape Town!

Would hate for anyone to miss out! www.devconf.co.za

#capetown #devconf #softwaredeveloper #southafrica

pixelfed, 1 month ago to random

✨ Loops by Pixelfed Beta Signup

Use the form to reserve your Loops username and provide your email so we can notify you when it's your turn to join!

https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/amvDNrvHlbwrIXPvhik5mNg4udpzJc3NGxZIOtURgb4/

Follow @loops for updates!

#loops

omgubuntu, 1 month ago to linux

The Flathub website just received a fab revamp ✨

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/flathub-website-new-look

#flathub #linux

dangillmor, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Notable that the UN has moved to Element (Matrix protocol) as the basis of its messaging.

I'd like to see tech journalists do some serious coverage of Matrix, which seems to be a genuine alternative to the centralized, rapacious tech giants that spy on their customers for a living.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-united-nations-ditches-big-tech-in-a-bid-for-security

renchap, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Nobody seems to have noticed it but the Mastodon project have been granted funding by @NGIZero in the Entrust fund.

This is amazing, but the best part is that this funding is targeted at implementing… Quote Posts 🎉

This effort started several months ago and we already did some preliminary work, but this will be a big feature for our next 4.4 version. This funding will cover the ActivityPub work, as well as backend, web frontend and official mobile app implementation.

dansup, 1 month ago to random

Now the @pixelfed app is open sourcies, you can run npm i and build the app on your own device 🤓

https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed-rn/blob/main/src/app/(auth)/(tabs)/index.tsx

This is the simplest the feed code will ever be, it's only gunna get uglier and more complex 😅

autisticwidower, 1 month ago to 8bit

Remembering the Sinclair ZX81

https://medium.com/@autisticwidower/remembering-the-sinclair-zx81-e0405507eac5

#zx81 #sinclair #zxspectrum #nostalgia #technology #80s #spectrum #z80

mikedev, 1 month ago to random

Here is what we've created:

Conversations: communicate directly with the people in the conversation, not have completely isolated conversations with your followers and their followers shouting at each other -- and neither audience seeing the responses of the others.

Permissions: If you haven't been given permission to speak, you aren't part of the conversation. If you have not been granted permission to view a photo or video, you won't see it.

Audience: Your choices go far beyond public and not public. Yes, we have groups. We also have circles. You can also just select a dozen people right now and have a conversation only with them.

Nomadic identity, amalgamated identities and single sign-on: Site and project/product boundaries don't exist. It's one big space and you are you - no matter what service or services you use.

Post limits, photo limits, poll limits: None.

Rich content: Use markdown, bbcode, or HTML. Any of them or all of them.

Rules: You make them.

Algorithms: You can install them if you want. You can remove them. You control them and can tweak them.

And much more.

We are the streams repository.

https://codeberg.org/streams/streams

AntennaPod, 2 months ago to random

We're runner-up in the "best podcast app" vote by @9to5google staff!
https://9to5google.com/2024/04/02/favorite-android-apps-replace-google-podcasts
We're super proud to be able to provide such (ad-free) experience as a bunch of podcast enthusiasts doing it in their spare time.
Download or contribute here 👉 https://antennapod.org

Linux, 2 months ago to linux

🇩🇪 Germany's Schleswig-Holstein moves 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice & Linux :linux: 📝

...They DITCH Microsoft's Office and Windows.

Public money? Public code! ►https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice

#Linux #adoption #governments #Germany #Deutschland #LibreOffice #software #freedom @tdforg

dansup, 2 months ago to Pixelfed

omg finally

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.pixelfed

#pixelfed #playStore

dangillmor, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

RSS is making something of a comeback (it never went away, though Google and Facebook did their best to kill it), in part because forward-looking publishers see the value.

The excellent @404mediaco news site explains "How We Built a Full Text RSS Feed" on the Ghost newsletter/blog software, and shared the process with all Ghost users. Kudos all around.

https://www.404media.co/email/4e6c0b81-03f6-4370-8fc8-98dab30bfd45/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter

vk6flab, 2 months ago to random

https://www.positive.news/

AntennaPod, 2 months ago to random

So, it's late March. Just over a week until #GooglePodcasts gets sunset! 🌇

If you are using Google Podcasts and haven't looked into alternatives yet: now is the time. If you want to give AntennaPod a try, here's a guide written by fellow fediverser @alecm:
https://alecmuffett.com/article/109414

mario, 2 months ago to fediversenews

Release banner for Hubzilla 9.0
Hubzilla 9.0 is here and delivers many improvements under the hood and at the UI level. Two of the most asked features have been implemented: repeats a.k.a. boosts and adjustable theme colors at the channel and site level. Hubmins can also customize other components via the bootstrap sass variables.

Under the hood we implemented a short term object cash which will improve performance when fetching objects. The internal use of ActivityStreams1 has been deprecated in favor of ActivityStreams2. Object integrity proofs (EddsaSignatures) according to fep-8b32 have been implemented. Interesting for developers: CI and the test environment have been vastly improved.

Other notable changes are: refactored browser to browser encryption using the modern sodium crypto library and support for custom emojis with configurable emoji sets.

For a complete list of changes in Hubzilla 9.0 please refer to the changelog.

A big THANK YOU! to all contributors and everybody who supports Hubzilla and its development.

Breaking changes

• The .htaccess file has been updated to fix an issue with recent Apache versions
• Require sodium PHP extension
• Require bcmath or gmp PHP extension
• Require intl PHP extension
• Versions < 9.0 will not be able to decrypt encrypted messages composed in version 9.0 in the UI
• Poke and Mood apps removed
• Removed smiley button addon
• Removed smiley_pack addon
• Removed emojione addon (use the emoji addon instead)
• Removed fediwordle addon (use the fediquest addon instead)
• Individual connection filters need manual intervention (e.g. replace http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/share with Announce when filtering repeats)

Update

1. Backup your data
2. Make sure that the sodium PHP extension is installed and enabled
3. Make sure that either the bcmath or gmp PHP extension is installed and enabled
4. Make sure that the intl PHP extension is installed and enabled
5. Execute util/udall

Install

Please refer to the install instructions.

#Hubzilla is a powerful platform for creating interconnected websites featuring a decentralized identity, communications, and permissions framework built using common webserver technology.

https://hubzilla.org

CC: @Fediverse News