I want to read the Adam Smith books "Wealth of Nations" at some point. I just finished listening to the BBC "In Our Time" podcast on "Wealth of Nations": http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b052ln55 (yes, I'm over a year behind in my !podcasting listening)
Yesterday at the @fsf's office I met a fine gentleman who was helping me prepare name tags / lanyards for the conference. He was modest enough that I feel like I only got information out of him by asking the right questions, and because I inquired about how close he and rms were (Richard had come into the office and asked him to do lunch/dinner some time).
That person was Alexandre Oliva, and tonight rms presented him with the annual award for the Advancement of Free Software. He was brought to tears, and expressed that he was glad to know that he made a difference. I wish I remembered his words directly---he stated that he wasn't sure if he _had_ made a difference. It was hard not to share emotion with him. Richard had to ask the audience to stop their standing ovation so that Alex could continue talking.
Yesterday I mentioned that one of the biggest things missing with online communities is small talk---those random encounters that might only last moments, but yield relationships that are otherwise unlikely. This is an excellent example; I may have otherwise never gotten to know him. I've gotten to know many others here well, and everyone has had interesting stories to tell, big or small, free software hacker or not.
Google's !XMPP federation has been broken for years. Most servers require encrypted connections, and Google's XMPP never supported that, so that broke third-party server communication.
adrint (adrint@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 24-Mar-2017 18:29:22 UTC
adrintPeople freaking out over the legalisation of selling their personal information by their ISP need to realise that they made their bed when they willingly and happily gave all of it to facebook, twitter, and others for the better part of a decade. They normalized this sort of data collection by participating in it, begging for more, and rewarding companies for doing it. They told the world that their personal information was up for grabs, and they're surprised when the state decided to join in? With their behaviour, it was only inevitable. You made your bed, now sleep in it.
I read The Hobbit to #OneSon when he was eight or nine; I really enjoyed it because the language and grammar and sentence structure was just such a delight to say out loud, something that you might miss if you're just reading it to yourself.