Martin Owens 
@doctormo@floss.social
Inkscape Programmer and Software Freedom Contractor. Graphics, art, computers, politics, ideas, science. Pronouns: they/them Politics: A socialist... well, a federated pro-social consensualist... er, or something like that. Meme Immunity: Innate rebel, adaptive skeptic, and pro-humility Culture: British, Northern, Industrialist, Riverfolk, Pro-Sustainability, Pie. My avatar image is a cartoon cat in a bowler hat with a spanner and overalls working on a machine.
floss.social
Martin Owens
@doctormo@floss.social
Inkscape Programmer and Software Freedom Contractor. Graphics, art, computers, politics, ideas, science. Pronouns: they/them Politics: A socialist... well, a federated pro-social consensualist... er, or something like that. Meme Immunity: Innate rebel, adaptive skeptic, and pro-humility Culture: British, Northern, Industrialist, Riverfolk, Pro-Sustainability, Pie. My avatar image is a cartoon cat in a bowler hat with a spanner and overalls working on a machine.
floss.social
@doctormo@floss.social
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2d ago
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Blender/116482997785333001
Reputation is one of the most valuable things any social project has. It can inspire people to do great things together.
Money is, *waves hand*, helpful; but just a thing. It's not valuable in itself, only in what things it can be transacted to get people to do for you.
If you trade inspiration for transactional power, then you no longer need to lead people, just money.
And money just isn't as valuable as people.
#Blender #PayForFreeSoftware #FOSS #OSS #FreeSoftware #funding
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Márton Salomváry
@mrc@mastodon.berlin
Freelance software plumber. Cyclist, coffee addict, nature-lover, bread maker, masochist train traveler. He/him. English/Deutsch/magyar.
mastodon.berlin
Márton Salomváry
@mrc@mastodon.berlin
Freelance software plumber. Cyclist, coffee addict, nature-lover, bread maker, masochist train traveler. He/him. English/Deutsch/magyar.
mastodon.berlin
@mrc@mastodon.berlin
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Apr 20, 2026
The power of open source: I've been using the official Mastodon iOS app ever since I joined because I need no feature the alternatives offer.
But the most recent version completely broke the image viewer, with no fix in sight (there is now an issue at least https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/1546)
It took me about 2 hours and a few rounds with Copilot to check out the code, revert to a previous version, make it compile and install on my iPhone (should have taken 5 minutes but I'm no iOS dev).
#Mastodon #OSS
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Ben Tasker
@ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
I'm Ben and I'm rubbish at writing bio's. I'm a general geek, who's core skillsets boil down to trouble-shooting and reverse engineering. I mostly talk about #Tech, #Monitoring, #SoftwareDevelopment, #Privacy & #Security If you want to send messages encrypted with PGP, you can find my key in the links below. My Toots auto-delete after a month (https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/opinion/arguments-for-and-against-auto-deleting-mastodon-toots.html)
mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
Ben Tasker
@ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
I'm Ben and I'm rubbish at writing bio's. I'm a general geek, who's core skillsets boil down to trouble-shooting and reverse engineering. I mostly talk about #Tech, #Monitoring, #SoftwareDevelopment, #Privacy & #Security If you want to send messages encrypted with PGP, you can find my key in the links below. My Toots auto-delete after a month (https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/opinion/arguments-for-and-against-auto-deleting-mastodon-toots.html)
mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
@ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
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Feb 13, 2026
#AI has now "progressed" onto publishing personal attacks on #OSS maintainers as a result of them rejecting PRs
https://crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-website/blog/posts/2026-02-11-gatekeeping-in-open-source-the-scott-shambaugh-story.html
This technology is really making the world a better place....
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RenkeSiems
@RenkeSiems@openbiblio.social
Some kind of librarian (but I am not sure). #OpenScience Low frequencies first. Private views. Tweets german/english (more or less) tootfinder Threema: H9XKZFJU ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9824-5449
openbiblio.social
RenkeSiems
@RenkeSiems@openbiblio.social
Some kind of librarian (but I am not sure). #OpenScience Low frequencies first. Private views. Tweets german/english (more or less) tootfinder Threema: H9XKZFJU ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9824-5449
openbiblio.social
@RenkeSiems@openbiblio.social
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Feb 02, 2026
"Damit verändert sich auch, was ein Open-Source-Projekt überhaupt ist. Es wird nicht mehr als sozio-technisches Gefüge wahrgenommen, in dem Code, Dokumentation, Community und Finanzierung aufeinander bezogen sind, sondern als bloßer Datenlieferant für nachgelagerte Systeme. Das Projekt wird unsichtbar, während seine Produkte weiter zirkulieren."
#oss #slopification #llm
https://www.leitmedium.de/2026/01/09/das-drohende-ende-von-opensource-projekten-durch-llms-am-beispiel-von-tailwind/
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sb arms & legs
@sb@metroholografix.ca
civilisation is dying and i aint try'na deny it help your community I work in #audio, formerly #software & #electronics I do #opensource #dev #selfhosting I #design and #print #stickers, #posters, #tshirts #anarchist #antiFascist #antiOligarch #antiBillionaire #musician #jazz #punk #2slgbtqAlly #mutualAid #LongCovid #MECFS #wearAMask #union #IATSE680 #LANDBACK #FREEPALESTINE admin metroholografix.ca formerly sb@fed.sbcloud.cc #Wabanaki #SaintJohn #NewBrunswick #Canada #noAltNoBoost
metroholografix.ca
sb arms & legs
@sb@metroholografix.ca
civilisation is dying and i aint try'na deny it help your community I work in #audio, formerly #software & #electronics I do #opensource #dev #selfhosting I #design and #print #stickers, #posters, #tshirts #anarchist #antiFascist #antiOligarch #antiBillionaire #musician #jazz #punk #2slgbtqAlly #mutualAid #LongCovid #MECFS #wearAMask #union #IATSE680 #LANDBACK #FREEPALESTINE admin metroholografix.ca formerly sb@fed.sbcloud.cc #Wabanaki #SaintJohn #NewBrunswick #Canada #noAltNoBoost
metroholografix.ca
@sb@metroholografix.ca
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Jan 31, 2026
@dhry@mastodon.social
You're a fan of obsidian but hope there is no #OSS web workalike?
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AfterDawn
@afterdawn@mementomori.social
AfterDawnin virallinen suomenkielinen tili. Julkaisemme myös Puhelinvertailun uutisia tilillämme. #teknologia #uutiset #tekniikka
mementomori.social
Mitä tapahtuu Linuxille Linus Torvaldsin jälkeen?
Nyt siirtymälle on vihdoin luotu selkeä, yksityiskohtainen suunnitelma.
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/01/30/mita-tapahtuu-linuxille-linus-torvaldsin-jalkeen
#Linux #LinusTorvalds #oss #uutiset #avoinlahdekoodi #teknologia #tekniikka
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