Posts by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #2216174 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2018-12-23T12:32:53Z
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Lots of #opensource projects end up in a virtuous circle of contributions from many corners. #linux, #k8s, #angularjs, #react-native, #npm, #ansible, #tensorflow, #drupal... Off the top of my head. Those are big projects, but so are #redis and #mongodb. At that level of adoption, if you're still funding all the engineering, it's strong evidence that there's a market of potential contributors you're just not addressing well - 2/3
(DIR) Post #2216175 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2018-12-23T12:32:54Z
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Running an open source project means investing in #community at least as hard as you invest in engineering. Anything less is proprietary development with an open door. - 3/3
(DIR) Post #2242701 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2018-12-24T09:38:25Z
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I am grateful to the Cloud, for meaning I almost never have to deal with this finicky hardware bullshit anymore. #homeserver #hardwarefail
(DIR) Post #2242733 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2018-12-24T09:23:12Z
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I think USB-A is an extremely good cable spec. It feels snug in the socket, is instantly recognizable, and it's always clear which way the cable should be oriented:"the other way up."
(DIR) Post #2242762 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2018-12-24T11:03:47Z
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@alcinnzThe open door is a great first step. But don't expect it to pay for your business!
(DIR) Post #2409708 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2018-12-29T16:23:21Z
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A great explanation from one of the developers, of why #wsl (the #linux layer on #windows) is so slow. https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/873#issuecomment-425272829
(DIR) Post #2478290 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2018-12-31T18:13:02Z
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Spending my new years par usual: performing a special show with amazing colleagues in a beautiful theater. So grateful to have my voice back. Thank goodness for modern medicine!
(DIR) Post #2794935 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2019-01-09T08:40:40Z
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@lainThis is a great example of why PaaS database offerings make a lot of sense. It's also a great example of why containerized databases make a lot of sense.Ping me if you want to talk about architectures that can help. My job at Microsoft is helping big organizations solve problems just like this with OSS implementations.
(DIR) Post #2796085 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2019-01-09T08:34:30Z
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I get so angry at mandatory morality filters in software. Why can't my android keyboard identify/remember the word "fuck"? Why won't the GIF keyboard let me find NSFW gifs? I understand including that sort of parental guard, but I should be able to disable it. I am old enough to make my own choices about profanity and pictures of nipples.#PutItBehindASwitch #whyDoINeedRootForThis #moralityPolice
(DIR) Post #2798571 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2019-01-09T10:54:42Z
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@ciabyTo me it's not weird, it's a choice. Somebody decided that inconsistencies like this are cheaper than engineering/maintaining a consistent environment. Whether they did this deliberately and visibly is another question - a shocking number of these trade-off decisions happen "by default." Still, it is a valid choice in some environments.@danyspin97 @kaniini @lain @clacke
(DIR) Post #2798585 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2019-01-09T11:09:49Z
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@ciabyHahaha well I'm a #Microsoft employee, not a fanboy!I help MS's biggest customers solve their cutting-edge tech problems, using open source. We do it 100% for free, but only if we can contribute our work upstream (or to other relevant places). That's a long way to answer: I'm a career open-sourcer. Of course I'm on the fediverse! :)AMA if you like.@danyspin97 @kaniini @lain @clacke
(DIR) Post #2851570 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2019-01-09T11:13:02Z
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@pacoI would laugh, but I know how hard an accurate progress measure is. I'm reminded every time my wife says "how long till you're done coding?"... And the inevitable "you said it would only be 10 minutes an hour ago!"
(DIR) Post #2922246 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2019-01-13T06:50:32Z
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That feeling when you follow someone for their great top post, and their post frequency drowns your entire feed with their self-important bullshit.Don't take my unfollow the wrong way. You're clever and entertaining and I like you... For like 3 posts a day. But your stream of consciousness is a fire hose.
(DIR) Post #2922668 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2019-01-13T07:19:15Z
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@clackeI would welcome a plug-in system for clients that allows an ecosystem of algorithms to grow. I'm ok with optional, user-selected filters.
(DIR) Post #9nkRnMnV3xuMqpr1pQ by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2019-10-08T21:41:51Z
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Chinese #censorship, #blizzard, and #freesoftware. It's easy to criticize, but how often do YOU prioritize values over convenience? https://ohthehugemanatee.org/blog/2019/10/08/chinese-censorship-and-free-software/#opensource
(DIR) Post #9zME1nPH0TAdEAXZmy by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2018-11-07T08:19:06Z
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"It doesn’t matter whether anyone is actually watching or listening as long as we can’t be sure that they aren’t. Once the apparatus of surveillance is considered a fait accompli, then some measure of cynicism, apathy, or nihilism may present itself as the only reasonable response."...[this] helps produce people who are more at ease with [surveillance] — people who no longer know what privacy is for, or what socio-moral milieu could give it value."https://reallifemag.com/personal-panopticons/#longread
(DIR) Post #9zjlByVeYJUbKrEnq4 by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2018-10-24T14:00:41Z
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I made the switch yesterday: dropped Dropbox in favor of Nextcloud, which works on grown-up filesystems. It's running in my home, safe and sound.
(DIR) Post #AWi8FKjd53NOSraT9k by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2023-06-15T08:23:39Z
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Hey @nextcloud , can you point to a blog post or similar to explain your "AI that respects privacy" claim in technical detail? HOW does NC AI respect privacy more than other services' AI capabilities? The only AI features I can find in my #nextcloud use the OpenAI app, which works the same as every other implementation lately: it sends my prompts to an external service.
(DIR) Post #AWiRtOQKgQbScLNPsm by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2023-06-15T12:49:45Z
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@nextcloud thanks, I didn't catch from that post that there are separate apps for each capability, adding up to almost openai equivalence. Would help to have some doco or content that walks an administrator through that. ie a list of the capabilities with links to the apps which enable each one, maybe with comparisons to the OAI equivalents. Or a single app which packages the others behind an OAI API-compatible local endpoint.
(DIR) Post #AXHnoHDpVUURCTiETI by ohthehugemanatee@fosstodon.org
2023-07-02T14:09:16Z
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@EU_Commission trick question: countries customize one side of their coins, but you're likely to encounter coins from all EU countries wherever you go. So even though each country customizes their own, in the end the mix is the same wherever you go.