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• Post #4335753

  How do people manage to shoot themselves with rm? I’ve done so with disk partitioning, I’ve done that with #Git, but I can’t think of any such cases with rm 🤔 (Maybe it’s because I’m doing most of my file management with #Emacs + Dired…) #Linux #Unix

• Post #4277503

  Where would you rather live? A large and well-furnished flat…but it’s a rental. How you can use it is decided by the landlord. Any modifications you want to make need to be approved by the landlord. They can increase the rent or kick you out at any time they want. Maybe the rent is low (for now), maybe the landlord is nice, but the fact remains - legally speaking, you’re at their mercy. A flat you own. It might be small, it might not have all the same luxuries, it might cost more upfront [1]…b...

• Post #3991562

  Something I was thinking about when I attended the Trans Bill protests… The whole point of a protest is to get the attention of those in power, possibly by disrupting their “business as usual”. But protest in #Delhi, the center of power in #India, has been limited to the little cage of an area near Jantar Mantar. The cage is made up of police barricades and under heavy surveillance. During protests, it is surrounded by police, ostensibly to “protect” the protestors. But - and this should be ap...

• Post #3936742

  Extremely on-point post. https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116946253995217476 I preface each OSM talk/workshop I give with a little introduction/discussion about software freedom - what are the four freedoms, and why they are important for every user (especially nontechnical ones). But I recently changed it to have a slightly broader focus - the four freedoms, decentralization, and cooperative governance - with an overarching emphasis on, as Aral says, ownership and control. #contraLibre #FreeSof...

• Post #3738016

  Thanks to FOSS United I’ve been doing a lot of #OSM talks and workshops, but I’m unsure if it’s having the intended effect. Does spreading awareness about #OpenStreetMap really help if the clients aren’t as good as Google Maps? If people aren’t using it, will they really contribute? We need polished apps that provide everything people expect from Google Maps… Render the legal boundaries of India, so it’s actually legal to use and distribute them. (Try explaining that to the CoMaps community...

• Post #3322110

  I know many people who are aware of the importance of #FreedomRespecting software, data, and culture - and the related issues of digital sovereignty and privacy. Paradoxically, a lot of these people also participate in, or even maintain, communities hosted on #nonfree / #proprietary / #restricted or #centralized platforms like #Telegram, #Discord, #WhatsApp, #Signal, #Instagram, #Facebook, #Twitter, #LinkedIn, #Bluesky, #GitHub, and others. To state the obvious, each community which chooses a...

• Post #3322107

  Me and some friends want to wear anti-AI, anti-surveillance, and anti-Google badges to IndiaFOSS. Anyone got any design recommendations? Libre-licensed, of course 🙂 #antiAI #Privacy #Surveillance

• Post #1262359

  In about 25 minutes, i.e. at 23:00 hours (GMT+05:30), I’ll be mapping some buildings and public transport routes using JOSM. Feel free to watch, talk, ask for OSM help, or even map along yourself 🙂 https://meet.fsci.in/contramaps #OpenStreetMap #OSM #contraMaps

• Post #1035357

  Does anyone have any experience using a #DJIMini4Pro (or similar) to create aerial imagery? I’m interested in creating aerial imagery and contributing it to #OpenAerialMap for use by #OpenStreetMap contributors. How much flight time and disk space does it take to create imagery for (say) a 500m² area? And what kind of quality can I expect? Also, will I need any proprietary/restrictively-licensed software for it, or is #OpenDroneMap and other freedom-respecting (“open source”) software enough...

• Post #732811

  In a few minutes I’ll start mapping some stuff. Feel free to observe, chat, or map along. https://meet.fsci.in/contramaps #OpenStreetMap #OSM #contraMaps