"Keeping VLC free and without ads is a no-brainer. I know people focus a lot on that part but, for me, it’s just the way it should be and it’s not difficult for me to keep it like that... Sure, more money would be fun, but most of the people I know who have more money are annoying." -- Jean-Baptiste Kempf

EDIT to add: You can donate at https://www.videolan.org/ in the upper-right hand corner.

https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/kempf-interview-vlc-videolan

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/g6cqr/iama_vlc_media_player_developer_ama/

https://usesthis.com/interviews/jean-baptiste.kempf/

#OpenSource #NonExtractiveSystems

Mountain Hare.

Taken a few winters ago during a photography workshop I was running here in the Scottish Highlands.

It was difficult conditions for photography as it would be bright sunshine one minute, then gloomy the next, and we had several very heavy blizzards which made focusing on the hare tricky.

But the hare was clearly well insulated, with fresh snow settling on it and not melting.

#MountainHare #hare #wildlifephotography #workshop #guiding #scotland #highlands #winter #snow

I saw a quote, as I do every year, from @neilhimself and then remembered he had expanded on it. These are good thoughts in hard times to take forward into the new year.

#NewYearsEve

‼️Deadlines for ERC Starting Grants and Synergy Grants calls are extended.
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23ERCStG
: from 24 Oct to 7 Nov 2023
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23ERCSyG
: from 8 to 15 Nov 2023
The reason for the changes are disruptions caused by the fallout of Hamas’ terrorist attacks across Israel.
https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/extension-deadlines-erc-grant-applications

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ERC_Research/status/1714558796465397949#m

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