Kristian / z428 @z428@social.tchncs.de

My boss basically pays me to teach myself machine learning. Talk about how to make a employee happy. 😊

Open source's nature is to fade into the background and go unnoticed except by those whose work touches it directly. It is the plankton of computing. We all breathe, but few of us stop to think about where the oxygen is coming from.

-- "Producing Open Source Software" by Karl Fogel

Sources: https://www.google.com/searchbyimage?safe=off&image_url=https://78.media.tumblr.com/f8ccb9977e814d9709f2026c689d1be4/tumblr_ok2yy59tii1su5t1xo1_1280.jpg
http://totophotopot.tumblr.com/post/157480131189/by-nikonfm3a-in-osaka-japan
https://www.instagram.com/totophotopot/

Reclaiming RSS

“Before Twitter, before algorithmic timelines filtered our reality for us, before surveillance capitalism, there was RSS: Really Simple Syndication … As we move away from the centralised web to the peer web, it’s time to rediscover, re-embrace, and reclaim RSS.”

https://ar.al/2018/06/29/reclaiming-rss/

#ethicaltechnology

‘Everyone is breaking the law right now’: GDPR compliance is falling short
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17416786
#hackernews #tech

Packard Bell Navigator 3.9, Windows 98SE

Sources: https://www.google.com/searchbyimage?safe=off&image_url=https://78.media.tumblr.com/56470383090fbd8376663fec4fb763b8/tumblr_nrf1qelK8a1qgrbzdo2_r3_1280.jpg
http://igorpjorrt.tumblr.com/post/123994865513/igor-pjörrt
http://igorpjorrt.tumblr.com/post/123994865513

When Neil Gaiman, one of the most beloved authors in the world, speaks out against a copyright proposal, you KNOW it must be bad.

We need to stop #Article13 from wrecking the Internet. https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1012277517108031488

Edward Hopper’s Iconic Painting Nighthawks Explained in a 7-Minute Video Introduction
http://bit.ly/2hOEY5a https://t.co/fwnERCxTGp

We have servers run by MIT, CCC, Pixiv, Dwango, La Quadrature and various pirate parties. We need more stuff like that. Imagine a Wikimedia server. Or Canonical.

Other random pix from wandering around #photo

Ray Bradbury Reveals the True Meaning of Fahrenheit 451: It’s Not About Censorship, But People "Being Turned Into Morons by TV” http://bit.ly/2vIH80l https://t.co/7wPslDPwRV

Are you a programmer that struggles with imposter-syndrome?
- In a field this broad, everyone is an imposter in some way
- Own it and keep learning. Nobody knows everything.
- Help others learn. It's a great way to solidify what you already know.
- Chin up 🙂