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Amazon AI Cancelling Webcomics

Posted by vmbrasseur on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @08:52PM
from the kleefeldoncomics.com dept.

http://www.kleefeldoncomics.com/2026/04/amazon-ai-cancelling-webcomics.html

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Christie's Will Auction the First Calculating Machine in History

Posted by vmbrasseur on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @11:38PM
from the artnews.com dept.

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christies-auction-first-calculating-machine-blaise-pascal-1234751200/

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Updating an old Ubuntu to a supported version

Posted by vmbrasseur on Thursday July 10, 2025 @07:15PM
from the anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com dept.

https://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2025/07/old-ubuntu-upgrade.html

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Just a QR Code

Posted by vmbrasseur on Friday May 23, 2025 @05:22PM
from the justaqrcode.com dept.

https://justaqrcode.com

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OSU Open Source Lab is funded

Posted by vmbrasseur on Friday May 09, 2025 @11:46AM
from the osuosl.org dept.

https://osuosl.org/blog/osl-future-update/

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Wikimedia CEO Is Leaving

Posted by vmbrasseur on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @02:08PM
from the axios.com dept.

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/06/wikimedia-ceo-maryana-iskander-leaving

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Science is political and always has been (2024)

Posted by vmbrasseur on Sunday February 02, 2025 @02:50PM
from the jrhawley.ca dept.

https://jrhawley.ca/2024/11/15/science-is-political-and-always-has-been

( Read More... | 8 comments | 11 points | on HN )

Space Station OS

Posted by vmbrasseur on Monday November 11, 2024 @12:27PM
from the spacestationos.com dept.

https://spacestationos.com/

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AI prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias

Posted by vmbrasseur on Thursday October 31, 2024 @03:23PM
from the geekwire.com dept.

https://www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-overwhelmingly-prefers-white-and-male-job-candidates-in-new-test-of-resume-screening-bias/

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Life Lessons from the First Half-Century of My Career

Posted by vmbrasseur on Thursday October 10, 2024 @01:26PM
from the cacm.acm.org dept.

https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/life-lessons-from-the-first-half-century-of-my-career/

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Memo to the CEO: Are you the source of workplace dysfunction? (2017)

Posted by vmbrasseur on Sunday June 30, 2024 @02:43PM
from the mckinsey.com dept.

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/leadership/memo-to-the-ceo-are-you-the-source-of-workplace-dysfunction

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Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

Posted by vmbrasseur on Sunday June 23, 2024 @02:12PM
from the rhodesmill.org dept.

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/

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The Architecture of Open Source Applications

Posted by vmbrasseur on Sunday June 02, 2024 @12:45PM
from the aosabook.org dept.

https://aosabook.org/en/

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Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund Now Supporting FFmpeg

Posted by vmbrasseur on Thursday May 16, 2024 @04:09PM
from the phoronix.com dept.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Germany-STF-For-FFmpeg

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MakerSpace.online

Posted by vmbrasseur on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @05:16PM
from the makerspace-online.com dept.

https://www.makerspace-online.com/about/

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A Directory of Self-Hosted Software

Posted by vmbrasseur on Thursday April 04, 2024 @12:34AM
from the selfh.st dept.

https://selfh.st/blog/introducing-selfhst-apps/

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State of Open Source Report

Posted by vmbrasseur on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:10PM
from the blog.opensource.org dept.

https://blog.opensource.org/announcing-the-2024-state-of-open-source-report/

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Open Source Contributions and the Risk of IP Exposure

Posted by vmbrasseur on Monday January 22, 2024 @10:54AM
from the anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com dept.

https://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2024/01/open-source-contributions-and-the-risk-of-ip-exposure.html

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The Value of Open Source Software

Posted by vmbrasseur on Thursday January 18, 2024 @05:29PM
from the papers.ssrn.com dept.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4693148

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The Open Source Community Is Still Maintaining Flash Player Support in 2024

Posted by vmbrasseur on Sunday January 14, 2024 @11:09AM
from the phoronix.com dept.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Adobe-Flash-Ruffle-2024

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Linux Gains an Open File Server for Tractors and Agriculture Machinery

Posted by vmbrasseur on Friday January 12, 2024 @11:24AM
from the phoronix.com dept.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Open-ISOBUS-File-Server

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Are We in an Airship Renaissance?

Posted by vmbrasseur on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @03:40PM
from the airandspace.si.edu dept.

https://airandspace.si.edu/air-and-space-quarterly/fall-2023/leviathans-air

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Happy 30th Birthday, Blender [video]

Posted by vmbrasseur on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @11:57AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fdTIV85l98

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Join the Python Developers Survey

Posted by vmbrasseur on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @11:07AM
from the pyfound.blogspot.com dept.

https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2023/11/join-python-developers-survey-2023.html

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Coalesce: An open source text-based podcast editor

Posted by vmbrasseur on Monday October 30, 2023 @06:20PM
from the coalesce.audio dept.

https://coalesce.audio

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The surprising scientific weirdness of glass

Posted by vmbrasseur on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @11:17AM
from the vox.com dept.

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23850787/what-is-glass-scientific-mystery

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Statement: FSFE and Software Freedom Conservancy Regarding Eben Moglen and SFLC

Posted by vmbrasseur on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @02:13PM
from the sfconservancy.org dept.

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/oct/11/joint-statement-fsfe/

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Positioning Free/Open Source Software

Posted by vmbrasseur on Thursday September 21, 2023 @11:10AM
from the emilyomier.com dept.

https://www.emilyomier.com/free-e-book

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Kenney's godotengine Starter Kit 3D Platformer ported to Godot's C#

Posted by vmbrasseur on Thursday September 21, 2023 @10:35AM
from the cloudisland.nz dept.

https://cloudisland.nz/@parisba/111102211871202261

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