Today Melissa Lewis over on BlueSky pointed out that the font used in the infamous "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy campaign was actually designed by Just van Rossum, whose brother, Guido, created the Python programming language (bsky.app/profile/melissa.news/post/3ln7hx5rhcj2v)
She also pointed out that the font had been cloned and released illegally for free under the name "XBAND Rough". Naturally, it would be hilarious if the anti-piracy campaign actually turned out to have used this pirated font, so I went sleuthing and quickly found a PDF from the campaign site with the font embedded (web.archive.org/web/20051223202935/http://www.piracyisacrime.com:80/press/pdfs/150605_8PP_brochure.pdf).
So I chucked it into FontForge and yep, turns out the campaign used a pirated font the entire time!
Time for another community poll!
In this one, I ask all of you how important Open Source / Free Software is to you, and how much of your daily system is made of open source software.
I ditched Google Forms for Cryptpad, hopefully this works well enough! Poll will close next Wednesday, the 30th. Don't hesitate to share it widely so we have a solid amount of answers :)
https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/BvT5W22dNNspD405dLGF+TbJhAJD-FtRFLswi-uizWQ/
I had an epiphany last night about something in the nginx config and after sorting that, all the optional XEP listed also pass!
Now to convince wife and kids to use it for our group chat... they really don't want to install any more apps, because I'm "being difficult" because they already use whatsapp 😑
The main reason I'm impressed with it over matrix, is reliable notifications. It just works. So far, anyway.
Thank you to the people that replied to my post last week suggesting I try xmpp after the matrix server we used shut down. I had written it off as an old platform for nerds, but it's... actually really good ❤️
#prosody #xmpp #chat #nginx #matrix
Please Note: Creating an #APAAR ID is voluntary, and no educational institute can force you to do so.
If you wish to #optout of #APAAR ID registration, you can use the letter template prepared by the @sflcin and submit it to your educational institution.
Read more about the #APAAR and find the opt out template here: http://sflc.in/apaar-id-one-nation-one-student-id-what-about-privacy/
“This little Ruru arrived 168 days ago with a broken leg... his leg had to heal with a cast and then he needed to regrow his tail feathers...He is not a tame owl and was very indignant at being weighed for the last time"
#owlsintowels
Original post 12 Aug 2020
by South Island Wildlife Hospital https://wildlifehospital.co.nz
located in Christchurch, NZ
Source: https://fb.com/1370855406445074
RT: https://mastodon.world/users/paninid/statuses/114366098170858909
Which one of you Fedi weirdos* was at the Edinburgh trans rights demo holding the sign saying:
private String gender
notpublic const bool gender
* affectionate
My wife lives with a severely debilitating disease (GNE Myopathy) and we imported a AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis) which helps her walk a bit from Europe; UPS India didn't bother to mention the item properly to the customs and is now demanding > 50% import duty and the person on the phone was extremely rude.
Does your messaging app ask you which features you want? Or what to include in the privacy policy?
At #Prav, members have equal voting rights, giving you a voice in decision-making. Sounds too good to be true?
If you're around, join us in Noida where @disaster2life will be shedding light on how Prav is your own project.
Event details👉 fossunited.org/dashboard/cfp/a…
Thanks to @fossunited for organizing the event.
It was only a matter of time - a contracted, approved grant to the Internet Archive was cut with no warning.