Colin Marquardt

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Colin Marquardt2d ago
J I3d ago

Die Vorfreude steigt. Am Sonntag beginnt die elfte Ausgabe vom Transcontinental Race #tcrno11

Die Punkte auf der Karte kann man live verfolgen https://followmychallenge.com/live/tcrno11/

Hier aus dem Fediverse sind @mkpaa und @bikolinux mit dabei. Viele andere Mitfahrer*innen posten leider nur bei Instagram :-(

#DotWatching

Transcontinental Race No11 // #TCRNo11 2025

Follow riders as they race across Europe, beginning in Santiago de Compostela, Spain and ending in Constanta, Romania

Colin Marquardt2d ago
Rainer "friendica" Sokoll2d ago
Wer auch immer sich das ausgedacht hat: Chapeau!
Colin Marquardt2d ago
koehntopp ~ :3d ago

Wenn 'KI' nicht 'lernen' kann, ohne alle Literatur der Welt zu stehlen, und das für alle OK ist...

...müssten wir dann im Interesse "der Wirtschaft" nicht auch SchülerInnen, Auszubildenden und StudentInnen erlauben, ihre Fachliteratur umsonst zu beziehen....?

Frage für ein "Land der Ingenieure".

Colin Marquardt3d ago
tomate 🍅4d ago
Idee für ne neue Serie - wie Höhle des Löwen aber umgekehrt. Ein Milliardär muss fünf für Mindestlohn arbeitenden Menschen erklären, warum er nicht enteignet wird.
Colin Marquardt3d ago
OpenStreetMap5d ago
OpenStreetMap.org now has a vector tiles layer. 😍
read more: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2025/07/22/vector-tiles-are-deployed-on-openstreetmap-org/
#OpenStreetMap #OSM #maps #gischat
Colin Marquardt3d ago
David Bisset4d ago

Why I 🧡 the web.

https://drawafish.com

Just draw the fish. Trust me. 🐟

Draw a Fish Dot Com

Draw and create your own fish. Share your fish creations, vote on others, and watch them swim.

DrawAFish.com
Colin Marquardt4d ago
Chris Radly 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱4d ago

Mein Vorschlag für das #Anwohnerparken: Ein Anwohner-Parkausweis kostet 58€ pro Monat und Auto, dieser muss bis zum 10. des Vormonats digital beantragt werden (App oder Website). Er kann nur bis zum 10. des Monats zum Ende des aktuellen Monats gekündigt werden, ansonsten verlängert er sich automatisch. Beim Beantragen wird das Kennzeichen registriert, mehr ist nicht erforderlich.

Die Kosten werden automatisch an die Inflationsrate gekoppelt und werden dadurch zu Beginn eines Jahres angepasst.

Colin Marquardt4d ago
cliffle4d ago

Obstacles I hit when trying to send a patch to a C++ project, as an experienced C++ dev who's been doing mostly Rust for a few years:

- Figuring out their custom build system (because Make, CMake, Ninja, et al are build system _kits,_ not build systems, and different in each project)

- Figuring out their implicit style rules (most don't use clang-format or equivalent and want you to do it by hand)

- Working out which C++ standard is being targeted (it's often not stated explicitly and sometimes varies across platforms)

- Discovering which subset of APIs available in that C++ standard are fine to use, and which will cause a violent immune reaction (this is rarely stated anywhere, but the "UNDER THIS ROOF WE DON'T USE {x}" reaction, where x is usually exceptions or errno or iostream or printf or initializer lists or templates or multiple inheritance or ... is strong)

This is before we even get to "working out the lifetimes of pointers." And let's not talk about adding a library dependency.

(Before anyone gets smug about C, don't make me write the C equivalent, it's just as bad.)

Colin Marquardt4d ago
Show threadYann TrividicJul 21

(Now, english.)

Here we go, it's mature enough that we can start sharing it: the new version of the website https://deborderbollore.fr is now live.

https://piaille.fr/@editionsburnaout/114890705291125666

Because in order to face concentration, we must embrace our multiplicity. In response to the monopolisation of the means of production, we must support openness and the widest possible dissemination of our texts and tools.

#opensource #openaccess #publishing #independentPublishing #freeSoftware

1/6 (en)

Déborder Bolloré

Dans le contexte de la campagne Désarmons Bolloré, et en emboîtant le pas au boycott appelé par les « libraires antifascistes », nous, éditeurices indépendant·es, coéditons collectivement le recueil *Déborder Bolloré* pour prendre part depuis notre secteur à la réflexion générale sur le démantèlement de l’empire Bolloré.

Déborder Bolloré
Colin Marquardt5d ago
Judy2k5d ago

I sometimes get asked why my terminal has reminders of tools installed on my system, so I wrote a short blog post about why and how I did this.

https://www.judy.co.uk/blog/using-fortune-to-reinforce-habits/

Using fortune to reinforce habits

A tutorial showing how I use <code>fortune</code> to remind me what tools I have installed on my computer.

Mark Smith
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Jon S. von Tetzchner5d ago

Results of my little survey. Why is Linux growing?

19% believe it is because of sunsetting of OS versions. Microsoft is forcing Windows 11 on people and a lot of people are not happy with that and some are just not able to run it. So with a choice of replacing the HW or the OS, plenty of people choose the OS.

20% believe it is because people are just discovering how good Linux truly is.

41% believe it is a combination.

21% think it is something else, with some mentioning SteamOS as a reason.

Whatever the reason, more and more people are seeing Linux as a great choice, which is only good news to me.

#Windows #Macos #Linux #Computer #Technology #Vivaldi

Show threadtux0r  5d ago
@jon In my opinion, however, the increasing market share of Linux has an unpleasant side effect: the other (often older and more mature) free systems such as Solaris/illumos, the BSDs and Haiku are falling even further behind. Free software must never be a monopoly!
Show threadJon S. von Tetzchner5d ago
@tux0r , I think we are very far away from that being a problem and the beauty of Linux is that there are plenty of distributions to choose from and you can modify things a lot as well.
Show threadtux0r  5d ago
@jon Probably, and (in the given context) I would not say that Linux does not have any advantages over Windows. I do wish, however, that people want to achieve more choice than just a choice between various flavours of the same soup (Linux) :-)
Show threaddanilasch5d ago
@jon What's your main operating system, and if it's Linux, which distribution is it?
Show threadJon S. von Tetzchner5d ago
@danilasch , I am actually on Windows myself, but I have been going through the motions of switching for some time. It is just a matter of time. I feel very much at home in a Linux environment, so it is just inertia that has kept me from switching fully. I do have multiple computers running Windows, MacOS and Linux and I was brought up on Sinclair, Atari, Amiga and UNIX systems.
Show threaddanilasch5d ago
@jon Please tell us which distribution you consider to be the main one in the future. Have you already chosen one, or are you still thinking about it?
Show threadThePfromtheO4d ago

@danilasch @jon

Yes, please!🙏

Show threadJon S. von Tetzchner4d ago
@danilasch , I have been playing a fair bit with Manjaro, but I am testing multiple distributions.
Show threadKetakater5d ago
@jon Indeed, for gaming, SteamOS is becoming an increasingly attractive alternative to Windows!
Show threadjhx5d ago
@jon
#Linux brings back the fun of computing imho!
Show threadCorb_The_Lesser5d ago

@jon

Part of it, I imagine, is lack of confidence in Microsoft, and the rest of corporate tech, for that matter.

Do we know the success/failure rate of moving from W10 to W11?

I wonder how many who don't plan to move to W11 know or have heard about someone whose upgrade failed?

Show threadMike Johnson5d ago

@jon Linux is consistently good and it's pretty hard to make user hostile changes. Microsoft is a dictatorship though, and can much more easily make missteps.

If you want to compete with open source, the product has to be *consistently* good, too.

Show threadjer5d ago
@jon
Nobody mentioned #chromeos ? I believe that is big in America.
Show threadJustin 🇻🇦5d ago
@jerrej @jon Pretty much just in education/other orgs. I don't think they're that popular for personal use?
Show threadjer5d ago
@jforseth210 @jon
So not even "popular" in education then? Just foisted upon them?
Show threadMiakoda5d ago
@jon My only regret in switching to Linux circa 2009 is I didn't do it in the 90s
Show threadMiakoda5d ago
@jon I must say, I love that I still got to watch Linux grow up from a frustrating mess of having to figure out wtf it means to put a wrapper on wifi drivers to the almost-always-ready-OTB delight it is today, and seeing it available pre-installed on new machines, to having it on my fucking phone ffs!
What a journey it's been and continues to be, eh
Show threadJustinas Dūdėnas5d ago
@jon @gimulnautti

People are more and more clearly realising how they are exploited by mass surveillance and manipulations. Linux is among the means of resistance, therefore it slowly growing.
Show threadhush4045d ago
@jon Visibility over all I think is what stands as an answer. This includes MS's more recent moves, stuff like the steam deck being so awesome, others sharing how accessible linux can be and how platform agnostic some things are getting (along side options for compatibility where native options don't yet exist).
Show threadSveinn í Felli5d ago

@jon Sunsetting of OS's can mean different things, but basically most people rarely use their desktop/workstation anymore and only for a few basic things:

- Collecting most important emails from their IMAP-server into a local POP-box
- Collecting photos from their other devices for archiving and backup
- Writing the occasional letter, printing Christmas-cards, keeping a copy of the tax-report, etc.

The rest is done on the phone or a tablet, so why bother buying a new computer?

Show threadFreya Anduin, author4d ago

@jon

and when will you provide the easy-to-find 'erase all browser-data' in Vivaldi? It keeps it all even despite being 'cleaned' by Norton, which works on all other browsers. just not vivaldi, so you must have some reason to make it impossible to delete history, download history etc. I don't trust you for an inch, before I can clean out my vivaldi browser manually and easily. (And if I can't YOU have a problem with GDPR as I am not in control of my data)

Show threadLarsNygard3d ago

@jon
I ran linux on my desktop from about 1999 to around 2021. Switched to windows to run fl-studio, and was hoping things would work seamless.

It's' been working OK, but all in all just not that great, so I'm switching back.

Windows deciding that Ryzen7-1700X is not fit to run Win11 is part of the the reason, but frankly, things are just simpler on linux. Put pure debian on my old laptop now, and it runs just fine. Well , actually it runs a bit smoother.

Seems like bluetooth works properly (windows driver was buggy). One of my usb ports was buggy under windows. Don't know why, but it works fine under linux.

Linux is just easier to work with. Switching back because it's better (for me at least).

And Vivaldi is working just fine. I can switch between virtual desktops. I can put a window as always on top. I can decide what kind of taskbar and menus I want, and I have a command line that's actually easy and fast to use.

It just works....