Mastodawn

50 years between the Gutenberg invention and the viability of a continuing information revolution. Sound familiar @gutenberg_org ?
https://norden.social/@wackJackle/116200267162290355

Weltzeitgeist (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 video Great video. Watch it! (This is Prof. Ada Palmer @[email protected])

norden.social

andrew_meir Mar 6

JA Westenberg Mar 6

Nobody on LinkedIn has ever had a bad day. Every setback is a "growth opportunity." Every firing is a "new chapter." Every complete professional disaster is framed as "excited to announce." These people would describe the Titanic as "a bold pivot to submarine operations."

andrew_meir Feb 3

Lorenzo Ancora

Feb 2

Notepad++'s update servers have been compromised by Chinese hackers and all users had been exposed to malware. The developer estimated the overall compromise period spanned from June through December 2, 2025.
Users should update to version 8.9.1 (or superior) immediately.

Source: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-update/

#security #vulnerability #windows #text #editor #notepad #foss #freesoftware #software

andrew_meir Jan 5

Post-American internet
https://youtu.be/BVRAr1iQyQQ

Post-American internet by Cory Doctorow

YouTube

andrew_meir Dec 2

Jaroslav "Řezza" Řezník Dec 1

There can be only one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbNA

Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds

YouTube

andrew_meir Oct 6

Signal Oct 3

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/germany-chat-control.pdf

andrew_meir Aug 20, 2025

udo m. rader ☕ 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🐧Aug 20, 2025

One of the many exceptional women in IT I've never heard of, and I'm probably not alone in this.

A fascinating story of not giving up and persisting in a very male dominated space.

Stephanie Shirley, born in Germany and sent to Great Britain as part of a Kindertransport, passed away some days ago, at the age of 91. She was a renowed IT entrepreneur and first President of the British Computer Society.

#StephanieShirley #VeraBuchthal #WomenInIT #WomenInTech

https://www.heise.de/en/news/An-impossible-life-has-come-to-an-end-On-the-death-of-Dame-Stephanie-Shirley-10519340.html

An impossible life has come to an end: On the death of Dame Stephanie Shirley

As an IT entrepreneur and President of the British Computer Society, "Steve" Shirley left his mark on early computer history. Shirley died at the age of 91.

heise online

andrew_meir Aug 2, 2025

“Three-fourths of American scientists who responded to a recent poll by the journal Nature said they are considering leaving the country. They don’t lack for suitors.“

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/07/science-empire-america-decline/683711/