2026-10-21T07:13:01Z https://nostr.now Martin Owens :inkscape: :flag_nonbinary: https://nostr.now/npub1wg8ly5qwexf7prxzfpcw4jqkzy5gd5758az2cfj7kzme9wjhextsygq6l7 https://cdn.masto.host/floss/accounts/avatars/111/059/286/876/672/393/original/ff6f5dfc75c1f378.png https://cdn.masto.host/floss/accounts/avatars/111/059/286/876/672/393/original/ff6f5dfc75c1f378.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswckttqqkk788cpu4z5f057czp3zzjl88yw0ema7cdnj2qgu2qd7czypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewnc8aws In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqex88pkw57szs8rwcjztma8vu76vzraeqdmn6stkgjjy4e92hzycfdmapl'>nevent1q…mapl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not an idiot, it&#39;s just... a failure of the font industry to properly specify what a what with color really is.<br/><br/>There are four formats; each is uniquely different and the emoji might be in any of those four.<br/><br/>For Inkscape 1.5, Tav worked on making color emoji work in Inkscape properly. I believe we support two, or maybe three of the formats. Should be enough for the Noto Emoji I think. 2026-10-16T19:02:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdlzqxt066fmqdz5xcf4mgqk0slgzts5kscngrmmzazuty3u5qmwczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyeweqrga3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9sluc6ek5jdn3yz9wvhv2fcknr38qshqfq6wfma7rdcw3rerd0xcyqghpt'>nevent1q…ghpt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you not have a design team or volunteers who can help with that work? It&#39;s incredibly helpful to be able to lean on other people sometimes for this kind of work.<br/><br/>As for make it like inkscape... I mean we do put effort into our UI (and UX testing) but its not always the bees knees, a new idea might be just as useful to us as to you if you do it. 2026-10-10T20:02:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst2p7shxzt05avpcl7wj85jsmwvtwu7jx9ele3lgmq3h5ag2jjwaqzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyew3kkqhn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszf4q4w8adule94xr45f87099mcu9xnev52zgulse83wz4gfx4cgg25g8he'>nevent1q…g8he</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you&#39;d like swappsies 😅 2026-10-10T19:08:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9zuwkhwhnmpa2tl2l6s4ety93djsvdgs8rrz8dywzxexz5cce72szypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewnvjyun In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgrrgly9xsmr5x8hqjvmuq3z7dzd5mjq5tglg0e9kj2rmt8cvnhjcvmfw8c'>nevent1q…fw8c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>On hard drive failure you simple remove the hard disk and put in a replacement and it does that restore type thing by itself over torrent using the stored conf. For advanced, maybe the conf and keys can be saved on a USB jjjuuusstt in case. That part is a bit sketchy of your house burns down for example. 2026-10-08T23:36:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgrrgly9xsmr5x8hqjvmuq3z7dzd5mjq5tglg0e9kj2rmt8cvnhjczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewqvjdsd Ok my backup torrent idea evolved.<br/><br/>Imagine a hard drive with two micro computers in it. One side serves a torrent service, updates on the a/b, no access to the keys at all. Ethernet port. It has two partitions a read only mydata and a read-write othersdata mounted.<br/><br/>The other side of the same device is a USB c connector which when plugged in acts just like a regular hard disk. It has private and public keys and saves data to the disk and mounts the same mydata as above.<br/><br/>1/2<br/><br/>The disks would n 2026-10-08T23:34:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyehc0plt5fklaw0zq83zec2s4x7yg3fe300cm34dukmarwdxc25czypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyew87jjne Random backup idea: taking the &#34;my backup is other people&#39;s computers&#34; to the set of all infinite sets degree... Did anyone ever come up with a scheme to store encrypted blocks of your hard drive in a torrent system with peers? You take their blocks, they host yours. You get your three backups of your important files and all you need is a USB flash drive with the torrent links and the private keys to access the blocks.<br/><br/>#backups 2026-10-08T22:13:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0dy0t9nqq2kdjrqswvj40zrqejc6ltc5ks2qxlxwh3uzsvaa7j6qzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewnzs3cg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyz37n4tuyj3j4j27wuesseq9qak7fl502zw9fq9tdfrhqrrrs0ycatynn9'>nevent1q…ynn9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s because Audacity went windows only as they can&#39;t be arsed actually developing software, just an experience for a market.<br/><br/>I can both respect Tentacrule&#39;s design capabilities and be critical of the myopic understanding of why developing for Linux is *technically useful* to your project. (not just Morally Important, which we already know a lot of people don&#39;t give a figgens about)<br/><br/>Turns out design myopia is also bad. 2026-10-08T15:34:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvvxyqfnx6hdesxmehcwu9z0t2w9yx4lgfgt4gwkp8lzv5xes7vhczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewnjwnuc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsprgm9l3wr3t0cum8w0eu0spmkyq8ztqdwr3np3dxn3rj989gwdzqsrwpxj'>nevent1q…wpxj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hurt people hurt people. Who&#39;s to say it&#39;s not the bullying that primed the money and privilege to escalate into this disasocialisation? 2026-10-08T13:12:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq6ev5zjuummgynnarm6kda2609c4f06ukjhx4zym6vjddp0hvrmczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyew7a6yay In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz66yvnxd65yst9r8q8fzrk3r82snsxry77pff40uvhw4mdt9a0xgzjfpm2'>nevent1q…fpm2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Massachusetts. 2026-10-07T19:42:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz86a4sxuej9hrzdlxc3g3t5xdwsnywr27xw2t2gsxjqmjlaexqnqzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewsxvuh3 &#34;people in [medieval Europe] could only imagine that cotton must be produced by plant-borne sheep&#34; - Wikipedia 2026-10-07T14:33:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsygakjpjzl257lxysn7jclc9gca7wvsaqmy4e74k83h6vzekf7txgzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewqsmqmc RE: <a href="https://mastodon.online/@billyjoebowers/117396887652099048">https://mastodon.online/@billyjoebowers/117396887652099048</a><br/><br/>Markets are great, but we have this idea that they are a natural phenomenon that appear like mushrooms fully formed whenever two men need to transact their cabbages and copper ore.<br/><br/>No.<br/>Markets are artificial.<br/>Markets are maintained<br/>Markets have owners<br/>Market owners have immense power<br/><br/>The governmental flight from ownership begun in the 1980s is nothing more than a flight from responsibility, from maintenance, from work, from having to make decisions. And it shows in this: Markets.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note12a7jrfs2qaht33sl0r34202zjtx7h53gndsgl0qstwxeyp25xxus6hz33x" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note12a7…z33x</a></span><br/> </div> Great that the majority of ads on TV now are for scams. <br/>AI, betting markets, phone gambling games. <br/><br/>Guys, I think Capitalism might not be working. </blockquote> 2026-10-07T12:20:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswyezdhl5e4t97hry50a5rupt9af2zer0cz9y9g59t43uf5fztq6gzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewzxp0ru Fixing a friend&#39;s HP Envy 360x, and what is with these glass screens; the laptop is twice the weight of my System76 Lemur and the HP&#39;s screen has this dirty great crack like it&#39;s one of those phone screens just big.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know anyone that uses a laptop touch screen (if that&#39;s what it is) without the ability to remove or fold away the keyboard first. I guess it could be an artist input? Unknown. 2026-10-07T12:15:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrufuz7tml6yrs24x8l9vz8ar8h0vkwpxgqzagkfjddnm72j9fpnqzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyew6ut4u8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsddfkr9r0he469ssc2uu53xjeu9yhf64hpauuzkxdnghm3ksc7j2qunxf3c'>nevent1q…xf3c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What is with this cat being kept in a bag all the time and what groundhog day curse makes it such a harbinger of coerced respect for incurious human laziness. 2026-10-07T11:08:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg5d3xnvkj2pcxpghmzph2tpz02udftcx7vgajtv50sple68t7cdqzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewx4lufm Finished rewatching Frieren, it&#39;s such a good anime. About memory, legacy, loss and friendship. A cosy sword and fantasy that I would say is up on my list of best shows.<br/><br/>Also Fern getting mad is ADORABLE. 2026-10-07T02:54:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs07586cyd6j37qvsymndr3855ga6mdlrjngaqk3rc88z8f0xkmwmqzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewpcmmxc RE: <a href="https://floss.social/@doctormo/117358965276953412">https://floss.social/@doctormo/117358965276953412</a><br/><br/>I did it!<br/><br/>I made 4 litres of cabbage pickles.<br/><br/>I would adjust the recipe to be about 1/2 vinegar for the strength of the source ingredient we had in the house.<br/><br/>Now to wait two weeks for it to be ready. I already have some friends who are excited to have a jar of their own after trying the first batch.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1t6qpaj0gth63qhunjghjtvw2wgxgyezkfzaj5mlzhhg5hurl5vzsfu0jha" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1t6q…0jha</a></span><br/> </div> I'm gearing up to make more pickled red cabbage. This last batch as met wit universal acclaim, even from some folks who ate pickles!<br/><br/>So I will share the recipe here:<br/><br/>Juice was 1/3 pickling salt brine, 1/3 regular vinegar, 1/3 water. A small amount of balsamic to taste.<br/><br/>Vegetables were: A whole head of red cabbage cut medium fine. 2 large jalapenos seeded and quartered. Garlic.<br/><br/>Spice was simple; 4 bay leaves. I didn't use coriander for this one.<br/><br/>1/2<br/><br/>#recipe #recipes #pickles </blockquote> 2026-10-07T02:52:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyn0uran9ugfgh8teefsl5w6r6edetkhyh36pqcjyqva468c2lfcszypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyew75s39j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdtun6g7g7qcvf3chz6xkqqxulgq23uvyr0u6e7n67p3myk6nnstql77vud'>nevent1q…7vud</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They thought they could escape government but only escaped democracy. 2026-10-06T12:01:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0fqlj83hjgnk8xk99adzzuqgvduqwl6xjtg5wgw3xy564hyk5y3gzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewsr7njw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0v7fgdqvyckufrv9zqepcyk0fmlgrxelxrsdqlz5n3t84sjzwdnssm7we3'>nevent1q…7we3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Welcome to Panda Express Flight 504&#34; 2026-10-06T01:40:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsylypumwwfuq0w4m3cln44fkddv8nvkaqes0xh56ukyc5hcu57vtczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewe9xcv7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszzg9n0qya2z58cq9e5fsxnwgsd670py8w7a6yfckgrqq2fg76gkqy5jf9e'>nevent1q…jf9e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>a sconce asconce...<br/><br/>(Note in US English this would be &#34;askance&#34;, but I&#39;m British so this pun is allowed under the pun and cod treaty of 1872) 2026-10-05T04:19:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrhn8f76qfef0knj64tshyddhtxf9csp08auutw5emtljvxeqvnlszypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewfhlg06 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf8wfhjn4vgjrphg4dpqut3ymc8yuwfmpux0aczff55qhpzztwt9qdfrctj'>nevent1q…rctj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you remember when she was really into fruit bats. Stella luna? Daw, we&#39;d be embarrassing her if we tagged her into this thread.<br/><br/>Good job we didn&#39;t! 2026-10-04T22:48:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw8yrtvtpc556rld8gfd8shhecltm7dhe2flkud8uzacl2gs6zkeczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewelfq3t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgg7t7sm7rdhq99l4sdx82v4wdtvr0jlghnsqw9way7r2k39jpr5cx2l0nm'>nevent1q…l0nm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, you have a Californian lemon culture for kiwifruit. That&#39;s awesome!<br/><br/>Jams and confectionery or compost? 2026-10-04T21:34:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9r06mmfv3evs3u349hqadvjhzaencg60dul5n8g9fk46fyvjtvwqzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewnspky9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxqjsyum3gqruuhe8vul6fspvcalgvee5jv4hsct6keqpp7qzcw2cr4fkjk'>nevent1q…fkjk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There was the pomegranate, skinned and eaten so effectively as to call into question if her parents are feeding her at all 😅 2026-10-04T21:32:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqpa9dv5fmq3g73jeua6g547wltew4cmzqnrpmnhkea4nmkwr54agzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyeweu9rw4 I bought myself two kiwi fruit; I&#39;m out today doing some work. I get a message from daughter &#34;can I eat one of the kiwis?&#34;<br/><br/>An hour later.<br/><br/>&#34;Can I eat the other one?&#34;<br/><br/>*sigh* yes my child, you may eat my kiwis. I shall get some more. 😆 I can&#39;t deny my kid fresh fruit. 2026-10-04T19:34:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8hapudn4lp5elew904njg970p43w6kcpzez2cx3r8h8a7sy2taugzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyeww750n5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspzqgdlyu0j93jxldda0d3a27x5cfumgfmxq3dlpaq8uvfjrfa2ps56jtxq'>nevent1q…jtxq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Librsvg is what most use. Mclassen has been making a Gsk svg renderer for Gnome Shaper. <br/><br/>And technically inkscape had two. One in CPP and one in python. Completely independent.<br/><br/>Surprised to hear anyone working on the svgwg, I thought svg2 was being ground down into a thin paste and shoved through the CSS spec. Or composted in the case of mesh gradients. 😜 2026-10-04T05:18:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9938k5hsxcfp6v4jzun5sku2aw60x9cnldzlz75xp8aeu3ftlgrczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewnfrfqz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswxkggct7k0zftkntmxwgv4qf23vy4t0m4mfq7kvzyqv6xh57nqncgzdgwa'>nevent1q…dgwa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>By now, you should&#39;ve somehow realised what you&#39;re not to do. 2026-10-04T04:47:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs84m5v9fctksy9pektcm6j8q8vf2uujt8rgqwwlzfxrpy8lalecvczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewagv2km In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0846yeeeuu9luz4tj38zx9m5kras7m8z7vra5gx7v5w3p9apfk7sejkm6j'>nevent1q…km6j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is a new tv show based on the game. Available at all good high sea stores!<br/><br/>[@Luna_vio](<a href="https://furries.club/@Luna_vio">https://furries.club/@Luna_vio</a> ) 2026-10-04T02:27:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2qrprx7p423hag4n9k36tas2lj98t5jv2wk2zvqhkdw8vs043lfczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewkghy6d Generational TV exchange time.<br/><br/>I&#39;m trading 1990&#39;s #RedDwarf episodes for [@Luna_vio](<a href="https://furries.club/@Luna_vio">https://furries.club/@Luna_vio</a> )&#39;s TV pick #AmongUs cartoon from 2026.<br/><br/>Both SciFi space comedies with polymorphic creatures hunting the crew. Both quite witty and silly. 2026-10-04T01:42:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszfua2ufax2nmg696ls4yjgq0d7xd37pjmznu30dgpgvlppspwxvczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyew3nv8hp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdta2h3dwey7a7u5g0z427l93vcchml9vyrf8j2jkfc2hx26m089qrezmxg'>nevent1q…zmxg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ask not for whom the cookie crumbles, it crumbles for thee. 2026-10-03T16:04:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrrqgeq02wxt8x0qz755kpk42wcu8vsyep8qz85ujnn3x7twe2fuszypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewfk4xcy Miss Fortune Cookie<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/floss/media_attachments/files/117/377/700/472/568/092/original/e1ded36399b1f918.png"> <br/> 2026-10-03T15:33:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst9fjvs74rsst3230hpyxh9amss8560z0nyexwcyf5jf2zt79qqhqzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewyjuv3u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrhmw28eylwkr5rn35fqy33kuhvh3rxktc3w3lkhjrfclwm48l9gt38cps'>nevent1q…8cps</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The manosphere is known for its corkscrew thinking. 😏 2026-10-03T15:20:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyw4cy9lyfvkmrp0kt3l25zgxfz5kfzzd72lxp502u8teg8w59jxczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewn76skh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswskfssklfq5ze54ff5xtuafx7yn3hmnxqhxflsu9v7fms73r5w6sqn00af'>nevent1q…00af</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is not that a camping burner that was left in the Rick Moranis machine? 2026-10-03T07:33:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstavup37l8mfcdfp6fzlylq0yvu5j957lffkdpkjxrw4qsrjjrlvczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewvld9d9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg3kl6g4hkg8g96qk9xyd958dftg0lanxy4dmant8v34ur7ls66mgm9ms55'>nevent1q…ms55</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I thought it was just me!<br/><br/>I have occasioned a box when it&#39;s on super discount back to something reasonable. But the reputation of cereal as a whole is mud.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wsmq6fjfp9mws5zzdclj4qu0hy2t0y2xwdrhq2l9utyg3qjp0hhsma3z93" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Poloniousmonk</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wsm…3z93</span>)</a></span> 2026-10-01T22:50:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs22vv4m2gdlgeysfcuddcsjnstht88f4yzpesnnzycfragha3g9sszypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewqaeguq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dk83rdukjqpqay9lrg6g33esq2uce7j7tq79r4k832763w5u6wcz9dqrd'>nevent1q…dqrd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Shuld we be asking Tavolo to host something like this?<br/><br/>Cake and bakeoff?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1j89ky9dp23kvmc9v0d6d70m2jq9sly0d83u3xx99g74ra4ndauds67d2cm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jon of the Dead</span> (<span class="italic">npub1j89…d2cm</span>)</a></span> 2026-10-01T15:20:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9aqq7e859magst7feyte9k898yryzv3ty3we2dl3tm52t7pl6xpgzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyew04u4ta I&#39;m gearing up to make more pickled red cabbage. This last batch as met wit universal acclaim, even from some folks who ate pickles!<br/><br/>So I will share the recipe here:<br/><br/>Juice was 1/3 pickling salt brine, 1/3 regular vinegar, 1/3 water. A small amount of balsamic to taste.<br/><br/>Vegetables were: A whole head of red cabbage cut medium fine. 2 large jalapenos seeded and quartered. Garlic.<br/><br/>Spice was simple; 4 bay leaves. I didn&#39;t use coriander for this one.<br/><br/>1/2<br/><br/>#recipe #recipes #pickles 2026-09-30T08:08:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz6gnmxg5r6yazz2vke7gvx23p0f5t2qq2elsgm8p8ezmk4g2lesszypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewjx9pd5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdky34t4crp96npxu3qm3fpesfhz5sr5zelsnv5w2jdkayajvg7yc93ujtz'>nevent1q…ujtz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is an over-reaction, and verges on purity politics.<br/><br/>Block the devs, if you want, but going after their users. Bleh. We don&#39;t do that. I don&#39;t block adobe illustrator users, or affinity design users, even if I have grave misgivings about those products and their companies. 2026-09-27T00:35:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst00v5weym3s24aney42avugcetjld3942yu3pmgpwjwf0e3xxnpczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewdx5j2x Nate from KDE has a comment on his blog post which I&#39;m going to suffice here: <br/><br/>&#34;KDE software is literally given away for free; it’s a gift. And the social contract for receiving a gift is that you show appreciation for it and for the person who gave it to you.&#34;<br/><br/>This is why I advocate for #PayForFreeSoftware, yes you give money for your software, but in exchange tour relationship with developers changes and you are a contributor who should be respected as one.<br/><br/>Denial of economics makes us vuln 2026-09-23T23:36:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy2rv59hsnge7czmun9ca9p4c3d5e6nzhd47662aeh7uxmjn324kqzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewymlscn RE: <a href="https://cosocial.ca/@robpike/117260142225119158">https://cosocial.ca/@robpike/117260142225119158</a><br/><br/>This is called auto-domestication. And we as a species have done it before. Most dramatically with fire, we are evolved to eat cooked food now and can&#39;t easily go back<br/><br/>Many inventions end up domesticating us to some degree. And there are pros and cons for introducing them widely and forgetting the old ways<br/><br/>But AI is different. This is the first auto-domestication on a tool *you don&#39;t and CAN NOT own*. This creates a mortal dependence on proprietary control and we should reject it<br/><br/>[@Cheeseness](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Cheeseness">https://mastodon.social/@Cheeseness</a> )<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1vtv2kw0dzvssdke8n5cm0ugmmjsvrsu3e7sfejg6nrl80sz3zc0sqm0epw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1vtv…0epw</a></span><br/> </div> RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz/117259349418891202">https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz/117259349418891202</a><br/><br/>In the early 1970s, most folks could do some mental arithmetic. They had to. The arrival of pocket calculators quickly reduced most people's ability to do "math" in their heads.<br/><br/>Ditto with Google Maps: people can't navigate without it. A recent study of Polish radiologists using LLMs to assist showed a measurable drop in the doctor's own ability to diagnose without them<br/><br/>LLMs will have that effect on programmers' ability to code.<br/><br/>More broadly: for people to be able to think for themselves. </blockquote> 2026-09-13T01:18:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstuw2puesucparcnv8gpm7f3du9z825wz6lg8utctjesus8q33caczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyew0pyxnx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxh7w7s2exr056mrsmkkuu84jkfcg8nd8wcausa8k2ulvntr2fcqg22r0ks'>nevent1q…r0ks</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think networking might be the only zeroth level action available. Trying to interface with any public calls seems to produce some sort of compatibility error exception. 😅 <br/><br/>Who are Boston Tech Poetics to a vector graphics tool maker? I&#39;d have thought they&#39;d do words rather than graphics, but maybe it&#39;s more? 2026-08-11T22:08:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0dxs87wdg83346v7uqczy655jsuftsds6xcweelymdvyyyvcxnrczypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewxcwqtj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrl9dexm95ykvt3lh47n2ndwkp66yudp8auzg4gd8lqaah3r0cwnqugw0zp'>nevent1q…w0zp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ugh, before we&#39;ve refactored them into eSVG. I&#39;m just so busy! 😅 <br/><br/>OK so note that some past contributor accidentally put guides in Y axis up instead of down, it&#39;s using the wrong coordinate system.<br/><br/>Previous versions of Inkscape only used integer RGB32 notation for colors. I fixed this in 1.3 to allow for any css color format. So at least that won&#39;t be bloody weird.<br/><br/>You&#39;re invited to eSVG discussions if you do this, be warned 😝 2026-08-08T15:10:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgad7x33equ2mzr3zzmy07g5sa5hze5ppfy2msyzj5kvd7wlryxuqzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyew266yku In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97z75sr7cdy0r40fxmejs80yfgrddjraq0p2rgh907q3vqzny8jge73f0s'>nevent1q…3f0s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are alternatives. From villages where everyone is into each other&#39;s business but freely sharing produce, to borg collectives that just move resources around as non-entities and so don&#39;t care if they are sacrificed for the whole.<br/><br/>Our problem is that our breeding group is way-way lower than our social group aspirations. Family of 12, tribe of 120, society of 9 billions... oops. 2026-07-19T21:55:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxzekl7uj5gxpgutdmercgzc9d0m5fspf4ety5ktlekr5nzdpyxeqzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyew0u5jne In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8363tr98k60lf8q2qwr8z6mjjwz9v52t5djt34kf0t34gkwa2zpsc9ph54'>nevent1q…ph54</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Footnotes:<br/><br/>¹ This is also why it&#39;s bad as you can be an absolute evil bastard and money will wash all your sins.<br/>² Don&#39;t let anyone tell you a market is maximally efficient, it&#39;s an ABSTRACTION, of course it&#39;s lossy.<br/>³ This is where labour subjugation helps to lower wages. We&#39;ll park that over here with the other fire.<br/>⁴ Sarcasm obviously. But the thing it&#39;s trying to achieve is pretty much the same.<br/>⁵ Viz. Not developed in the open, collaboratively. 2026-07-19T20:30:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy4j8kt3uyeu7vql6nexk6x5s5yjx5rrgtxyjtctcq7gy9y9s08lqzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyew72cql0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqhlzelptsmjg6uht3eyxswlmcrv3rq0ge3hfnlpflecccny9cn6c30m8sg'>nevent1q…m8sg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>5/7<br/><br/>In FOSS we build trust based on common contribution AND do I know you? Have I seen you at a conference? etc. The ability for me to work with Gtk developers improved when I met them in person... mostly. And it&#39;s because this is transacting labour in a high trust community.<br/><br/>AND THEN we invited the entire world in and with no trust system. Not security trust; economic trust; Labour trust. And it poisons every GPL project to not trust our users. Well except google&#39;s GPL code... 2026-07-19T20:30:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqhlzelptsmjg6uht3eyxswlmcrv3rq0ge3hfnlpflecccny9cn6czypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyeww857gy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw44p49f92vfctvdww2700y593x9le3hdklh9ahfhrkms95t28jvstg4svf'>nevent1q…4svf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>4/7<br/><br/>Worker owned coops, networks of contractors and that guy that comes to fix your pipe when it bursts all have to deal with trust on a job by job basis. Each job has a high overhead of negotiation. Do I know you enough? can you afford me? can we build trust with reputation websites? Hey aren&#39;t you my sister can&#39;t I get discount? and etc.<br/><br/>It&#39;s good for flexibility, but it&#39;s really really inefficient in low trust societies too.<br/><br/>In free software we obviously dodge this significantly... 2026-07-19T20:29:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr086mwwg5pck4d8lgrk2jpycal8ul2s85ggedytw68xyl6ugs98szypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewpymher RE: <a href="https://mas.to/@adalbertsen/116948281620327263">https://mas.to/@adalbertsen/116948281620327263</a><br/><br/>Blog 1/7<br/><br/>I have a theory called &#34;the corporate political universe&#34; also called &#34;communism on the inside&#34;<br/><br/>It works like this: Money is cool because it anonymises trust¹ into something else. It&#39;s bad because it&#39;s inefficient² compared to just, yah know; doing things for people you already trust. This is why your kid talking the trash out doesn&#39;t come with a tap to pay transaction and 10% tip and your neighbour helping borrowing you some sheers doesn&#39;t end up with a payment scheme negotiation...<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1q739ac8r7xyutrp3nl6zsgwtxhmenlzrvl65xz5tvhn0prptlv7ssn465v" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1q73…465v</a></span><br/> </div> i was thinking about the concept of a job, and experiences with having a job, and people tend to think that they are paid to work, to finish tasks, and create value, but if you work fast, you get scolded and be paid the same, and if you work slow, you get scolded and be paid the same... which basically suggests that a job isn't paying the completion of tasks, but how well you submit to authority, and sacrifice your finite time and energy from your day for that authority 🤔 </blockquote> 2026-07-19T20:28:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvreeap3sssx2hyua08m64rgzf5xwvaal8x4fx3eydyfs3q67rvnszypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewsprcx8 &#34;Hello my name is Tovalds and I&#39;d like to stick this fork into the Bitkeeper electrical socket again&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/15/linus-torvalds-tells-ai-haters-to-fork-off/5271894">https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/15/linus-torvalds-tells-ai-haters-to-fork-off/5271894</a><br/><br/>What is it with privileged white men who feel their position in society as a coddled person makes the concerns of every other living being a nuance to be fought until we all just accept the bright end-of-history where there is nothing wrong because there is no politics.<br/><br/>There are problems. Your hand waving isn&#39;t actually magic and doesn&#39;t make them disappear. 2026-07-16T04:21:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8fd9wplalte8spxgrm3udg55eu30l3ud3ddy3qstr4vhe0ymv97czypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyew6e409d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq49kjdf307kvhzy5kl55zqum2cht2am7k7k9ly8fff9sl79dxfqqgxglfx'>nevent1q…glfx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is that on the gnome side? 2026-07-06T21:28:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9slz9gew6svxhcjqu4mcc99s9qrxefa420lhl5fpgptvn6xum2xgzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewt69f88 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq40s7xd3vpau0jjchz2e4n7qwg9pqj7rjnth4xdg7eycqtxckc8szrw5mh'>nevent1q…w5mh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Money.<br/><br/>Flatpak folk need to get serious about inviting contributions from users with money. It&#39;s just so silly not to get users to pay for their free software. 2026-07-06T20:58:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfsnp6t65xctq8euqmeuktww9gm4pttqygasg4ge6ays4n2dqrp0czypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewumnss5 My nephew changed the root password in his #fedora because... the app store wouldn&#39;t work and the vlc/fedora install instructions from their website uses the command `su -` to get root access. To which he then sought instructions to set the root password<br/><br/>We want users to solve #linux problems. Yes. But this is just a string of UX problems, starting with the very poor performance of every single linux app store (fedora, pop os, ubuntu) causing users to work around the damage and bad project docs 2026-07-06T20:42:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdstlemse3jnuzqzz56mkhs58jc33p86gpkk5apyhfwu5yuj34esszypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewxecr0r I&#39;m going to sleep. If anyone is wondering why the #inkscape website is down, it&#39;s because it&#39;s being crushed by AI bots again, so I&#39;ve taken it offline.<br/><br/>I tried to put in more ip-blocks, and then tried to install Anubis. But I&#39;m not a sysadmin and so this is just taking time to do. Can&#39;t do much of it tonight (this morning) so I&#39;m afraid it&#39;s staying offline. 2026-06-28T05:01:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0newc73fjqa68p9vkuaukjcthvl4mzak663g29ptxfjjkuxk6dpgzypeqlujspmye8cyvcfy8p6kgzcgj3pkn6sl5ftpxt6ct0y462lyewym8guf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrutwg4f6h894ef0v040plpnqh7lhvwm3paz0al2rwhg9gvej85jqs5fjc9'>nevent1q…fjc9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Donate&#34; -&gt; &#34;Pay for Krita&#34;<br/><br/>It&#39;s not enough to put a few coppers in the tin as if charity is how we get industrial scale production of software. Krita is a serious business, with people to pay for doing work and users who conversely deserve to be listened to.<br/><br/>We really need to get this idea of donating out of our heads.<br/><br/>Pay for your Free Software!<br/><br/>#PayForFreeSoftware 2026-06-28T00:42:24Z