Do you have 5.25" and 8" floppy disks that are spare, low-quality, degrading, or just generally in bad shape?
I'd like to take my floppy disk data recovery game to the next level. I have equipment, but there's no substitute for experience. Therefore I'm looking for loose collections of old floppy disks to practice on. I'm especially interested in working with disks where the binder affixing the media to the donut is starting to fail.
I'm in London; will pay shipping; can pick up disks around here as well. Boosts are appreciated!
Can I get a "Fuck Sam Altman" loud enough for people in the back to hear?
Significant progress has been made over the past few days on the Space feature, bringing it closer to reality ✨ Here's a small preview of the current development branch 👀
To help cover the project's annual expenses and free up more time to focus on these exciting new features, I've launched a fundraising campaign for 2026 🌡️🪙😸
I've also shared full details about the different goals and how you can help me achieve them in 2026 in a detailed post on the official blog: https://mov.im/community/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/help-movim-reach-its-goals-for-2026-LQext9 📄📢
And don't forget to spread the word! 2026 will be a truly exciting year for Movim for sure 🤩
I am a luddite and to me there is a lot of joy in technology. In technology that we deploy for all our wellbeing. Solar panels and vaccines, high-speed rail and wikipedia.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
begpost, money, not for me but someone incredibly close
The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.
If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.
https://keepandroidopen.org/ (thanks @marcprux) has the resources to guide you.
We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.
Thank you for your support!
MiniDebConf Campinas 2026 (Brazil): registration and Call for Proposals (CfP) are open!
MiniDebConf Campinas will take place between April 23rd and 25th 2026 in the Campinas State
University (Unicamp).
MiniDebConf will be preceded by a MiniDebCamp taking place between April 19th
and 22nd. See https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/aZNB32Qf6f1C6mPO@fw13.lan
and https://campinas.mini.debconf.org/ for more info. #debian #minidebconf #brasil #campinas #freesoftware #linux
DebConf 26 registrations and Call for Proposals are open! The conference will take place in Santa Fe, Argentina, on the second half of July 2026. Please do register and do submit talk proposals, we are eager to see you there! https://debconf26.debconf.org/news/2026-02-13-dc26-registration-cfp-open/ #02
Imagine a protocol like #LSP, but for adding real-time collaboration to existing text editors. It would allow #Neovim to edit a #Hedgedoc, or peer-to-peer pair programming between #VSCode and #Emacs!
We've come up with our own little protocol like that (for Teamtype), but we'd like to open up the discussion:
That's why we're inviting everyone interested to an initial online gathering on Feb 26, 19:00 UTC, to gauge interest for working on a protocol like this together!
Call me old-fashioned, but "I rented a robot that wrote some code" doesn't seem like participating in FOSS in good faith.
I consider myself a 0.5x developer because I think twice as long about the potential consequences of my actions.
Any of y'all want to help run software for a transit system?
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mbta/jobs/5226038/deputy-director-of-software-engineering