Jure Repinc @[email protected]
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INFJ. Software engineer at Cosylab, working on space and astronomy projects. Living in Slovenia🇸🇮, Europe🇪🇺. GNU/Linux, free software, open source enthusiast, KDE contributor, pirate party member. Astronomy is my hobby. Lover of scotch whisky, tea and good food. Like to travel a lot and read books (especially about philosophy, psychology, science and economy). Can’t live without music (mostly classical, reggeaton, reggae, dancehall, rap, hiphop). I’m a hopeless romantic with a naughty mind.
Joined Apr 2017
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European Citizens' Initiative: Start Unconditional Basic Incomes (UBI) throughout the EU
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/014/public/#/screen/home
"Our aim is to establish the introduction of unconditional basic incomes throughout the EU which ensure every person’s material existence and opportunity to participate in society as part of its economic policy. This aim shall be reached while remaining within the competences conferred to the EU by the Treaties."
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Finished my first week working for #Cosylab where our department is working on #astronomy and #space projects for #ESA (European Space Agency) and #ESO (European Southern #Observatory). We're using my favourite tools like C++, Qt and #Linux. Can't get much closer to perfection, or as the Japanese would say, #ikigai 😀 In particular, I'll be working on the control software for 39-metre #ELT - Extremely Large #Telescope planned to be finished in 2025, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-10fipc27w
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"After everything that has been going on with the privacy crisis and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg going to Washington to speak with members of Congress, I felt that this video was timely. I think social media can be good but we must be careful with how we use it."
You Will Wish You Watched This Before You Started Using Social Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmEDAzqswh8
#socialmedia #facebook #twitter #instagram #addiction #attention #psychology #manipulation #privacy #depression #anxiety
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As #GoogleIsEvil, G👀gle does evil things. This time they want every website, to OPT OUT of their spyware by setting a specific HTTP header.
So some people are (thinking of) sending patches to all the webserver software maintainers and urging every FUCKING SITE on the internet to apply that HTTP header.
Are you fucking INSANE?
How about creating a new HTTP status/error code:
"666: Fuck off G👀gle"
and return that to every user using #Google Chrome
Adapting the internet to G👀gle's whims 🤦
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Come work with us. KDE e.V. is hiring 2 positions for environmental sustainability project! https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2021q2/006846.html
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Stellaris: Nemesis expansion and the free 3.0 'Dick' update are out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/04/stellaris-nemesis-expansion-and-the-free-30-dick-update-are-out-now #ParadoxInteractive #NewRelease #Strategy #Steam #Space #DLC #GOG #RTS
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Open Access paper on what may be coming in the field of gravitational wave physics and astronomy.
"[T]his Roadmap of future developments surveys the potential for growth in bandwidth and sensitivity of future gravitational-wave detectors, and discusses the science results anticipated to come from upcoming instruments."
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#Indian #Sitar #Music 🎶 Anoushka Shankar – Voice of The Moon
https://youtu.be/3yOs8g9sZTw
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Do you have a talk idea that you’d like to share at Akademy? The Call for Participation is open until May 2nd! If you need help getting started with your CfP submission, check out this article.
https://dot.kde.org/2021/04/13/akademy-2021-%E2%80%93-call-participation
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Dear Spotify: don’t manipulate our emotions for profit
Take a stand against Spotify
's recent speech-recognition patent that claims to detect “emotional state, gender, age, or accent” to recommend music.
Music services shouldn't be using covert surveillance in their products.
https://www.accessnow.org/spotify-tech-emotion-manipulation/
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Yesterday, the #SCOTUS sided with #Google in the long-running #GooglevOracle copyright case. #FOSS #copyright #TechTuesday
Read our amicus brief here:
https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2020/SFLC-Amicus_Google-Oracle_18-956.pdf
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KDE will maintain a stable Qt 5 branch with the necessary fixes until Qt 6 is adopted.
https://dot.kde.org/2021/04/06/announcing-kdes-qt-5-patch-collection
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Delete Chrome. Now.
Google is using its exceptionally powerful position to make *the browser itself* analyze your browsing behavior and serve that on a plate in the form of "cohorts" to anyone interested.
They are transforming Chrome into a "browsing-history-passport" - right now.
If you care about your intellectual freedom even a little bit, you must put Chrome out of your life as soon as possible. Support others doing the same.
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KDE e.V. is hiring 2 positions for environmental sustainability project https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2021q2/006846.html
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Found this, its from cantors paradise, a good story about Feynman and Dirac. Enjoyed the reading.
https://www.cantorsparadise.com/when-feynman-met-dirac-fe9cca0006df
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We've got 100+ original #Pinebook laptops running #manjarolinux with #kdecommunity KDE Plasma to donate to a worthy cause. We're looking for a suitable nonprofit.
Help us help others.
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Anyway on this #AutismAcceptanceMonth I’m here to remind you that autistic people are almost never bullied for being autistic, but rather for being “weird.” Autistic people express themselves differently, use different language, and experience things like gender and sexuality differently than neurotypical people. Keep this in mind next time you’re rolling your eyes at someone you find embarrassing online
#Georgian #Folk #Music 🎶 Trio Mandili – Svanuri
https://youtu.be/Qov6HoNZEJs
Just one of the cool projects our #space & astronomy team at #Cosylab is working on: helping #ESA modernise and consolidate flight operations and ground control systems. Still on the ground, but soon... Cosylab can into space :)
https://www.cosylab.com/2021/03/22/a-modern-infrastructure-for-the-european-ground-control/
#ControlSystems #GroundControl #SpaceFlight #FlightOperations #EGSCC
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Governments and public bodies: don't become victims of vendor lock-in! Public money is better used to support free software and open standards. Look at Dortmund in Germany, where free and open source software is now a standard: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/04/02/free-software-becomes-a-standard-in-dortmund-germany/
#Dancehall #Music 🎶 Super Cat – Ghetto Red Hot
https://youtu.be/KS6bVTYRh-w
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extremely correct venn diagram, techno dystopia
it's hilarious to me that apparently https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdj79/peoples-expensive-nfts-keep-vanishing-this-is-why is a thing that's happening
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INFJ. Software engineer at Cosylab, working on space and astronomy projects. Living in Slovenia🇸🇮, Europe🇪🇺. GNU/Linux, free software, open source enthusiast, KDE contributor, pirate party member. Astronomy is my hobby. Lover of scotch whisky, tea and good food. Like to travel a lot and read books (especially about philosophy, psychology, science and economy). Can’t live without music (mostly classical, reggeaton, reggae, dancehall, rap, hiphop). I’m a hopeless romantic with a naughty mind.
Joined Apr 2017
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