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Today we are very proud to announce that the United Nations has switched from Google Forms to CryptPad Form for collecting endorsements on the UN Open Source Principles: https://unite.un.org/news/sixteen-organizations-endorse-un-open-source-principles
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#UnitedNations #UN #Privacy #OpenSource #Forms #Studies #FOSS
// foss.events is not just about software-related events. Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, Open Hardware, Open Educational Resources and many other related movements are just as important as FOSS is.
Let's add these events to // foss.events and start connecting!
#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe #openscience #opendata #openaccess #openhardware #oer
I created a crib sheet for the #Helix text editor:
https://www.bobulous.org.uk/coding/Helix-crib-sheet.html
Best viewed on a big screen.
As usual I intended the new page to be compact and concise; and as usual it ended up being huge and rambling. Hopefully it'll still be of use to people who aren't fully familiar with the most useful keys and commands. (And just maybe of vague interest to #Neovim users who are thinking about trying Helix.)
Let me know if you spot anything incorrect.
JayVii postedMar 2, 2025
A truly inspiring blog post on transparent, trustworthy and independent #tech for #Europe. Particular in times where the actions of US politics & tech billionairs and their slippery slope into a fascist oligarchy finally stir up perspectives in Europe:
https://ergaster.org/posts/2025/02/28-prosthetics-that-dont-betray/
JayVii postedFeb 28, 2025
Because I am making some use of #S3 #ObjectStorage for both file storage and smaller backups, I am looking for #FOSS #Android Apps that can not only sync/put files to S3, but also gather data from there.
Is there anything like that out there? On #FDroid I only found two apps that can put data on S3 in a backup-style fashion. But I have not found an application that can download from there.
JayVii postedJan 27, 2025
It has been a while since I worked on #serci, but here is a new feature, I've been thinking about for a while but didn't have time to implement it until today: Extended options for search engines.
https://src.jayvii.de/pub/serci/commit/4a990c43d256913923eed1acc1c206e470b54df2.html
This is actually quite a small (but IMO useful) feature that let's serci parse additional text to the search engine, besides the search term. Or, as another way to think about it, it gives the user more options to tell serĉi your intent. Options are added to the keyword with the ":" separator.
Say, you want to search explicitly on the German version of Wikipedia. You can do that now with !wp:de
Or you want to translate from German to Italian with DeepL. Just use !deepl:de/it
JayVii postedNov 10, 2024
The newest episode of @parismarx 's #TechWontSaveUs with @tante is brilliant. Besides a tl;dr summary of the #Wordpress issue as of late, this gives important insights on how we should organise #FOSS projects and the fact that a libre software licence alone is not enough https://techwontsave.us/episode/249_the_corruption_of_open_source_w_tante
JayVii postedOct 16, 2024
I have been adding quite a few more search engines to #serci today, including #Fireball, #SearX/#SearXng, #eTools, #TigerCH, #WolframAlpha and #DBLP today. All new additions are already live at https://search.jayvii.de.
With 64 search engines in the default configuration, I feel like the webfrontend has to present all the options in a better way. But I am really out of ideas on what that could look like... Suggestions are very welcome! #webdev #php #foss #search
JayVii postedAug 11, 2024
#FediHelp does anyone know of a #FOSS android app or other type of service to check for unread mails in my inbox that honors a given time schedule (I.e. not on weekends, etc). Currently I am using #K9 / #Thunderbird for #Android, which unfortunately does not have that feature.
JayVii postedJun 6, 2024
What is the state of #VLC on #Android (13)? Anyone else noticing substantial battery drain? #software #opensource #foss