Mastodawn

Good resource for FLOSS projects that have accepted or promoted LLM usage: https://codeberg.org/small-hack/open-slopware

Guess I'll be switching away from a few tools...

open-slopware

Free/Open Source Software tainted by LLM developers/developed by genAI boosters, along with alternatives. Fork of the repo by @gen-ai-transparency after its deletion.

Codeberg.org

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Hello Clippy 1d ago

@serebit bro, even PeerTube 🥀

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Aral Balkan 1d ago

Dear USA,

Donald Trump is exactly who you are.

Donald Trump is simply the #noFilter USA the rest of the world was forced to become intimately familiar with long ago; one dropped bomb and one lost family member at a time. The same USA Native Americans and African Americans have always known.

Until you fully grasp that and start learning about, accepting responsibility for, and atoning for how your country came to be and for your crimes throughout history both at home and abroad, this is what you will remain.

“This is not who we are.”

Bullshit.

This is exactly who you are and who you’ve always been.

You want to change?

Start by accepting that.

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Jonah 1d ago

Chat Control is Finally Dead? | This Week in Privacy #44 (Mar 13, 2026)

https://neat.tube/w/rMRnn6eiBXwAhB58yYNkVe

Chat Control is Finally Dead? | This Week in Privacy #44 (Mar 13, 2026)

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Ro✨️3d ago

Got my inkjet to print on USPS labels aka freeeeeeeeee sticker paper!!!!!

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David Revoy 3d ago

GNU Terry Pratchett - Tiffany Aching fan-art

#krita #speedpainting #discworld

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Vivaldi Browser 4d ago

Big Tech is at it again.

Some of you might have seen this already. Google has announced a new policy for Android app developers, which would require them to seek Google’s permission if they want to distribute their apps outside of the Google Play Store (on their own website or on alternative app stores). This would entail:

1) agreeing to their terms and conditions
2) paying a fee
3) uploading a government ID

Which is wrong on so many levels. Nobody should be forced to register with Google if they don’t want to use their services.

In doing so they would be extending their gatekeeping (tentacles) into distribution channels where they’re just not a legitimate authority.

At Vivaldi, we believe you have the right to run whatever software you want on a device you own. That’s why we’ve co-signed this open letter, together with other 53 organisations, requesting Google to back off on the proposed policy before it enters into force.

(Plus, they have have a pretty cool logo 😄)

https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

An Open Letter to Google regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Android App Distribution

Open Letter to Google Regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Third-Party App Distribution

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Hello Clippy 4d ago

@Moondancer If I'm eating AND drinking, left hand; if I'm only drinking, right hand.

Edit: I'm right-handed!

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Hello Clippy 4d ago

@jonah Interesting video with useful information. I experienced similar issues with Proton VPN on Linux (the app itself worked fine, but I encountered network problems, particularly when the Advanced Kill Switch was enabled). Connection speeds sometimes dropped significantly, requiring me to disable the kill switch, switch servers, or restart the application to restore functionality. This issue appeared consistently only with the Advanced Kill Switch setting.

On mobile, however, I didn't encounter these problems. The mobile version offered additional features I missed on Linux, such as the Stealth Protocol and Split Tunneling in many cases.

Currently, I'm using Mullvad with several security features enabled (Lockdown Mode, DAITA, Quantum Resistant Tunnel, and Multi-hop) and the connection speed is notably faster than what I experienced with Proton VPN on Linux.

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Hello Clippy 4d ago

@henry Wow, I had no idea Zen Browser offered all these features!