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Mainak ✔️Mar 16, 2020

Dear Mastozens,

I have a bad news for anyone who follows the @ubuntunews, @moznews & @flatpakappsnews bots.

I can't afford to host these bots anymore. These bots will stop working on 1st april. Enjoy the last few days.

Thank you for following these bots.

Mainak ✔️Sep 25, 2019

Jason Evangelho 🐧🎒Sep 25, 2019

As a part of the launch of Destination Linux Network, we want to give back! Suggest your favorite #charity and we'll pick various ones to sponsor as a community throughout the year.

Please use the forum (not replies here) so we can track your answers!

https://discourse.destinationlinux.network/t/destination-linux-network-gives-back/42

Destination Linux Network Gives Back

As a part of the launch of Destination Linux Network, we want to give back! Suggest your favorite charity here and we will be picking ones to sponsor as a community. If your charity doesn’t get picked initially, do not fear as we will be changing up the charities throughout the year. While there are many great causes to support in the world today; we’re looking for charities that offer ways for the community to donate in a multitude of capacities. Charities that provide a range of options for v...

Mainak ✔️Sep 25, 2019

Mozilla News & Updates Sep 25, 2019

Guess what day it is?

It’s update your passwords day!

Here’s 5 tips for creating stronger, hacker-proof passwords.

https://t.co/FA7C1rTmhV tweeted by @Firefox

How to create strong passwords – The Firefox Frontier

Your password is your first line of defense against hackers and unauthorized access to your accounts. Here’s how to create strong passwords and boost your online security.

The Firefox Frontier

Mainak ✔️Aug 4, 2019

Sorry mastozens! I forgot to pay the server bills, took care of it today. The bots should work now I guess. @moznews @ubuntunews @flatpakappsnews

Mainak ✔️Aug 2, 2019

Jason Evangelho 🐧🎒Aug 1, 2019

Total time to install Pop OS, a modern #Linux desktop operating system, to a normal SSD. Including user input and setting up user account.

Under 4 minutes. Including your graphics driver and hardware drivers. All working out of the box

And a full office suite preinstalled...

Mainak ✔️Jul 18, 2019

The Tor Project Jul 17, 2019

Location data is protected by US federal law, but AT&T has sold it anyway. Without consent. Now @eff is suing. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43j99g/eff-hits-atandt-with-class-action-lawsuit-for-selling-customers-location-to-bounty-hunters

EFF Hits AT&T With Class Action Lawsuit for Selling Customers’ Location to Bounty Hunters

The lawsuit, which comes after multiple Motherboard investigations into phone location data selling, is seeking an injunction against AT&T which would try to enforce the deletion of any sold data.

Mainak ✔️Jun 23, 2019

Dee

Jun 23, 2019

Walking into a local store and an employee runs up to me with a clipboard asking me to sign my consent for the store to process my private data and also says that if I continue to hang out in the store I'm giving my consent implicitly, and I just try to ignore them but they keep shoving the clipboard in my face as I'm looking around the store

Mainak ✔️Jan 5, 2019

Chris (moving to jade.moe)Jan 5, 2019

From time to time I take a look at who's talking about GNOME here to see if there are people I can help, issues that either need reporting or that I can point them to, etc. When I do this, sometimes I come across people talking crap about GNOME. It truly sucks to come across these posts.

People are not their code, but they put effort into their work. To have people come along and dismiss that work as "a flaming pile of 💩" is demoralizing, as it trivializes their effort and makes them feel unappreciated. It's fine to not like a piece of software. Different people have different needs, which is why there's multiple pieces of software for any one task. That does not make the software that does not fit your needs terrible.

The thing that bothers me the most about these posts is that they aren't constructive at all. There's no specific issue that anyone can work on, no real reasoning to dwell on. They just want to trash the work you and others have done. It makes me angry and frustrated.

Mainak ✔️Oct 24, 2018

Mike Conley (:mconley)Oct 24, 2018

In just a little over an hour, I'll be livehacking on Firefox. Come and join me!

https://www.reddit.com/r/WatchPeopleCode/comments/9r0vzs/live_weekly_1pm_et_on_wednesdays_watch_a_mozilla/

r/WatchPeopleCode - Live Weekly @ 1PM ET on Wednesdays: Watch a Mozilla engineer hack on Firefox. (JS, C++)

1 vote and 1 comment so far on Reddit

Mainak ✔️Oct 19, 2018

crows call me breadlady Oct 17, 2018

> why organize? don't you, as a software dev, get paid enough?

1. no, i don't
2. without my knowledge or consent, things i've made have killed people, and my only options were to shrug or quit
3. work should not give you PTSD
4. worker rights and communal welfare is about more than pay. it's about power dynamics, accountability, representation, and taking the craft back from the profiteers who readily dispose of us

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