@clacke While you're browsing their press releases, has there recently been a big outside investment in #ownCloud the company? That could be what spurred the changes and led to the exodus.
@windigo So I'll update before I touch the database. Has anyone tried to contact @fo0bar, the #botmeister of @x11r5? #TLS-enabled posting could be a simple patch.
Weird. I wonder what set @deavmi off like that. I see that he closed his account on #Pjuu, a site that he was promoting just a day or two ago. I hope he's okay.
@cmhobbs federation & permissions (we tell people to make every post public, so replies are visible to all conversation participants; otherwise, replies more restricted than lriginal post). No concept of direct message, so a post in a stream of hundreds (with suitably restricted recipients) is used as an often invisible substitute.
@clacke @mmn @discussthang @benfell I agree. Furthermore, since only the license allows you to view / listen / read / copy, a copyleft license both grants and protects end-users' limited freedom, while other licenses merely grant limited freedom, while allowing downstream entities to take back some of that already limited freedom.
This is a real-world consequence of living under governments that enforce copyrights. No license means no rights, and therefore, no freedoms.
@aqeel I'm feeling the effects of a sedentary life, with rushed meals at restaurants and fast-food restaurants (mostly thanks to my job). If I want to still be around when #GD1, #GD2, #Toddler_A grow up, I've got to make big changes.
@mcscx @hannes2peer "Renew feed subscription automatically if we get a bad PuSH" should reduce the need for extra scripting (like @jpope's old two-step that I still use here).
For those outside the USA, Toys 'R' Us (with backwards 'R') is a chain of toy stores. I am not sure whether they have stores in Europe and other places outside the USA.
@daw I think it is important to remember that it is very likely that Trump does not believe or intend to do most of what comes out of his mouth. Statements are being made purely for their effect on potential voters. (Which is another reason I am mystified as to why anyone wants #Trumplestiltskin elected. We have no idea what he really plans to do.)