Schalk Neethling (he/him)

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Frontend Engineer, passionate about the open web, accessibility, and Ethical Source. As a kind-hearted individual, I strongly believe in the power of kindness and advocate passionately for mental health, promoting awareness, understanding, and mindfulness in our daily lives. Having experienced the challenges of ADHD, depression, and generalized anxiety disorder, I empathize with the difficulties of navigating an unsupportive environment.

Another one from the #podcast archives. This one is an origin story of sorts with Elena Lape from Holopin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni_J3hWGiGM&list=PL9OPkQ9s2vCnuo-_z3Aarl3yUX1keYAXa&index=7

Hackathons, Developer Communities, and Holopin with Elena Lape

YouTube
After a Decade of Waiting, GIMP 3.0.0 is Finally Here!

At last, GIMP 3.0 has arrived.

It's FOSS News

Let‘s Encrypt describing their ACME profiles in detail:

‚classic‘: 90 days, all as before
‚tlsserver‘: 90 days, smaller certs, cut lean for its server role and modern clients
‚shortlived‘: ~6 days, otherwise like ‚tlsserver‘

If you have no idea what the mentioned TLS extensions are about, do *not* configure a profile. But if you do, use classic.

If you have a rough idea and serve modern clients, tlsserver cuts some bytes and the auth process is tighter.

https://letsencrypt.org/docs/profiles/

Profiles

A profile is a collection of characteristics that describe both the validation process required to get a certificate, and the final contents of that certificate. For the vast majority of Let’s Encrypt subscribers, you should never have to worry about this: we automatically select the best profile for you, and ensure that it complies with all of the requirements and best practices that govern the Web PKI. But some people might be interested in proactively selecting a specific profile, so this page exists to provide the information necessary to make that choice.

It's Monday, which is a good day to remember that the data broker industry must be destroyed: https://gizmodo.com/data-broker-brags-about-having-highly-detailed-personal-information-on-nearly-all-internet-users-2000575762
Data Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Users

The advertising industry is immensely powerful, and disturbingly opaque.

Gizmodo

Seems freshly pained.

#Art #StreetArt #Paris

How ProPublica Uses AI Responsibly in Its Investigations

When our reporters prompted a large language model to help identify “woke” themes in a database of grants, AI helped them tell a vital accountability story about science funding and Ted Cruz.
https://www.propublica.org/article/using-ai-responsibly-for-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #AI #Tech #Journalism #Media #Research #Data #Technology

How ProPublica Uses AI Responsibly in Its Investigations

When our reporters prompted a large language model to help identify “woke” themes in a database of grants, AI helped them tell a vital accountability story about science funding and Ted Cruz.

ProPublica

Part of my job as a community manager is growing the population of people who are invested in OpenSSL. One way to do that is to open the front door as wide as possible.

https://openssl-foundation.org/get-involved/

Get Involved

There are many ways to be a part of the OpenSSL Mission: OpenSSL is an open source project, so we welcome contributions. Issues labeled are a great place to start. Read the OpenSSL Guide for a technical overview of the OpenSSL library. Before you make your first Pull Request (PR), be sure to read How to contribute to OpenSSL. Follow the OpenSSL Community Discussions. You can subscribe to Discussions on GitHub.

OpenSSL Foundation
There are a lot of VPN options out there. Here's how you can find the one that fits your needs: https://ssd.eff.org/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you.
Choosing the VPN That's Right for You

VPN stands for “Virtual Private Network.” When you connect to a VPN, all data that you send (such as the requests to servers when browsing the web) appears to originate from the VPN itself, rather than your internet service provider (ISP). This masks your IP address, which can be an...

Dear Elon Musk, protesting is not a crime. Organizing online to protest isn't a crime either, even if you don't like the protesters' goals. We oppose any efforts to mislabel peaceful protesting as illegal—protests are foundational to our democracy.

This month in Servo…

🔍🌡️ <details>, <meter>, <progress>
📐🕳️ full layout support for <slot>
🕸️🪟 new delegate and rendering API
🌐⌨️ pre-edit text for IME
📂📄 directory listings

https://servo.org/blog/2025/03/10/this-month-in-servo/

This month in Servo: new elements, IME support, delegate API, and more! - Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.

A huge month for both Servo the browser and Servo the engine.

Servo