●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, April 04, 2023 ●● ● Apr 04 [01:34] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:41] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:47] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Apr 04 [02:07] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:11] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@nqkitbgnqjad4.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:28] schestowitz[TR] " [02:28] schestowitz[TR] Dear colleagues, [02:28] schestowitz[TR] The yearly environmental report of 2021, section 5.9 Employee commuting and teleworking, recites that [i]t is important that, while improving our approach in estimating category 7 emissions, we will continue to incentivise the use of public transport and bicycles for staff travelling to our premises. [02:28] schestowitz[TR] In our opinion, there is a good chance to achieve that now in Germany, with the introduction in May of the new Deutschlandticket. This ticket will cost 49 per month and be valid on local transport in the whole of Germany, thus in both Munich and Berlin. There is an offer for employers offering this ticket as a JobTicket: if the employer supports this ticket by at least 25%, the price is reduced by 5% so that the price [02:28] schestowitz[TR] of the Deutschlandticket for employees is at most 34.50." ● Apr 04 [03:55] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 04 [05:13] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:55] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 04 [06:44] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Apr 04 [08:07] schestowitz[TR] [08:07] schestowitz[TR]
[08:07] schestowitz[TR][08:07] schestowitz[TR]GNOMEs philosophy is sophisticated and there is a lot of room for forgetting important information, as design and user experience are, in my opinion, really difficult to understand, while being really easy to misunderstand as well.
[08:07] schestowitz[TR]For starters, I will explain the key focus of GNOME. Then, I will be explaining and elaborating on how GNOME approaches it. I will also share my opinion on that matter.
[08:07] schestowitz[TR]Disclaimer: I am not speaking on the behalf of GNOME.
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[08:24] schestowitz[TR][08:24] schestowitz[TR]Recently, I've been Plasma-ing a lot. This is because I got meself a Slimbook Titan laptop, and I've already shared some half a dozen articles on the topic. Predictably, they all revolve around the fine and elegant and slick Plasma desktop environment. I also have a little Slimbook Pro2 surprise, but that will have to wait a while longer. Still, in a nutshell, you may say, how about [08:24] schestowitz[TR] a little variety, Dedo? Well, not today, I'm afraid, me hearties. Today, we will do MOAR Plasma. I used the word Plasma way too much in this opening sequence. Let's.
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[09:43] schestowitz[TR][09:43] schestowitz[TR]So, for this year, we decided to take a different approach. We wanted to pro-actively determine what we wanted to work on, and then discuss how to do that, and go for it, instead of just reacting to bug reports, wish bugs and feature requests.
[09:43] schestowitz[TR]So, early 2022, as soon as the lifting of lock-downs allowed, two Krita developers, Halla and Wolthera, sat together in Deventer, to prepare this idea. Of course, even before the invasion of Ukraine and all the problems that caused, we couldnt get a full Krita Developers Sprint together. So, this was limited.
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[09:43] schestowitz[TR][09:43] schestowitz[TR]Last week we released the plugin to the Steampipe hub. If youve installed Steampipe, you can now get the plugin using steampipe plugin install mastodon. The next phases of this project will explore using the plugin and dashboards in Steampipe Cloud, and speeding up the dashboards by means of persistent Postgres tables and Steampipe Cloud snapshots. Meanwhile, heres a recap of what Ive lear [09:43] schestowitz[TR] ned thus far.
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[09:53] schestowitz[TR][09:53] schestowitz[TR]To make things worse, you have to not only log in to the T-Mobile account to see the alert. You have to navigate to Manage AutoPay to see the warning, so for millions of customers, T-Mobile will just start raising their bill $10 a month and theyll never notice, but T-Mobile can say It was posted that Earth was going to be blown up to make room for a hyperspace bypass. Its not our fau [09:53] schestowitz[TR] lt you didnt see that!
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[10:24] schestowitz[TR][10:24] schestowitz[TR]OpenSecrets analyzed the companys reported payments to federal lobbyists since 2019. What they found is that the social platform owner is ramping up its spending. It spent $5.3 million on lobbying in 2022, becoming the fourth-largest internet company in lobbying spend, surpassed only by Amazon, Alphabet (Google) and Meta (Facebook).
[10:24] schestowitz[TR]TikTok is facing increased scrutiny in Congress as many officials are expressing concerns about how much access China has to data. FBI Director Chris Wray has also expressed concerns for how the social media app could be used to sway American public opinion. Nearly two dozen state governors have enacted a ban on TikTok for government devices.
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[10:43] schestowitz[TR][10:43] schestowitz[TR]Since the eruption of mass anti-government protests in mid-September 2022, the Islamic Republic has waged a war on women journalists in Iran. The targeting of journalists is not new. However, security forces have deliberately gone after women journalists and jailed them at a rapidly increasing rate. While the international community has spoken out in support of the Women, Life, Freedom revolution, [10:43] schestowitz[TR] they have done little to protect the women journalists at the heart of this movement.
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