Signs at 103 Trongate in Glasgow protesting the potential closure of this important arts and creativity centre. If you're interested, there's still time to sign the petiton (here: https://www.change.org/p/save-trongate103-from-closure), and write to you local councillor about it.

#glasgow #architecture #creativity #glasgowtoday #trongate103

Remember being 15, fixing things nobody asked you to fix, staying up way too late debugging stuff for fun? We built the contest we wish had existed back then. 🤩

Any Free Software project. 6 months. No fixed topic. Up to €4096 + a trip to Brussels to meet their people.

Ages 14–18, anywhere in Europe. Solo or team. Totally beginner-ok.

📣 If you know a young hacker, tell them about it!

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🔗 More information on https://yh4f.org

#YH4F #FreeSoftware

There was an article about moving to Codeberg on the orange website yesterday, and out of interest to get an impression of what average programmers think of the idea of moving, I took at look at the comments. (Yeah, I know …)

I’m going to write here my thoughts on a general impression of the comment thread as a whole. (Rather than respond to individuals.)

My train journey home starts with another accessibility rant (sorry, I've got an hour on a train and I didn't bring a book). Time to talk about something few think of as an accessibility aid

Benches

Most people take for granted that they can stand for half an hour or an hour to wait for a train. But for a surprisingly high number of people. Standing for even a few minutes can be agony. These people might not look like they need accessibility aids. But not being able to sit can be a problem
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Apache RAT is a release audit tool. It improves accuracy and efficiency when checking releases. It is heuristic in nature: making guesses about possible problems.

Apache Creadur RAT 0.18 is now available for download: https://creadur.apache.org/rat/download_rat.cgi

THIS represents the absolute apogee of high concept silicon valley capitalism: it's been plunging towards a fiery crash ever since the late 1990s BUTT PRINTER

I mean, modern techbros should just give up and walk into the sea

https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/116315527377949627