fileneed @fileneed@toot.si

No matter how hard I look elsewhere, this is probably the most perfect PC to walk into starbucks and sit next to a macbook air user with

Breaking: The text of #Article13 and the #EU #Copyright Directive has just been finalised

https://juliareda.eu/2019/02/eu-copyright-final-text/

Please reshare widely and **take action**. This has the potential to endanger the #internet as we know it, making it more and more composed of only large platforms.

This has the possibility of killing #alternative #socialmedia projects and small #startups trying to compete with the big #corporations.

Well, that's that whole internet done then https://boingboing.net/2019/02/13/the-final-version-of-the-eus.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47198426
"Russia is considering whether to disconnect from the global internet briefly, as part of a test of its cyber-defences."

This series of articles makes me look like a cavewoman. Is this how others live? Sure, I've been glued to a computer since I was twelve, but I keep my contacts on a #SIM card. I don't find taking a photo of an image to transfer data from #iPhone to iPhone impressive. I don't build my identity around the tech I'm using. Not using technology, as long as I was still able to have money to live and meet up with people/go to events would be such a holiday. And so on. #Gizmodo

https://gizmodo.com/c/goodbye-big-five

Wikimedia Foundation News: **Problems remain with the EU’s copyright reform**

"It was almost exactly five years ago that a reform of EU copyright was included in the European Commission’s list of priorities. The setting of that priority was followed by several public consultations, countless public events, and many face-to-fa…"

https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/07/problems-remain-with-the-eus-copyright-reform/

#wikipedia #wikimedia #bot

All this keyswitch talk reminds me of Taylor's sledgehammer keyboard: https://taylorhokanson.com/category/projects/sledgehammer-keyboard/

#tehnoklistir na #FOSDEM 19 z @mntmn #reform in Dactyl manuform #ljudmila

Ne možemo ni potvrditi ni negirati naše postojanje. // We can neither confirm nor deny our existence.

I have a tablet #BQ aquarius M10 FHD qith #Ubuntu touch version - @UBports
But it is unused, because I have a problem with the connection between motherboard and screen. Can anybody help somehow? #help #hardware #fix

since i am already doing this anyway, i decided to formally start designing a line of non-branded space lego sets. each will be paired with at least one robot. emphasis will be on budget conscious, dense, sculptural designs + peaceful exploration. pics tagged w/ #legorobots

"The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet" by Christian Haschek https://blog.haschek.at/2018/the-curious-case-of-the-RasPi-in-our-network.html

This reads like a detective story.

My friend Hans Petter Jansson has been writing a wonderful images-to-text converter for terminals: https://hpjansson.org/blag/2019/01/07/the-worst-ansi-renderer-except-for-all-the-others/

How it Works: The Internet

Have you observed someone with shaky hands try to use a smartphone? Long press doesn't work, hard press works intermittently. Regular taps sometimes register as something else.

The company who thought more than one (real, tactile, discoverable) mouse button would be too complex and confusing, thought that N different ways to touch a surface was a good idea.