Linux and open source demolish capitalist myth that profit drives innovation. Some of the world's most vital software being built by volunteers as opposed to corporations proves that humans create interesting things for the sake of curiosity and joy. When profit becomes the primary motive, you get ads, not Apache; microtransactions, not MySQL. Real innovation thrives when we're free to build, not just bill.
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Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal have significantly revised their forecasts downward for the US economy since January. The consensus went from 2-3% growth to flat or a shrinking economy.
A guaranteed recession based on one guy’s vibes and misunderstanding of trade deficits.
Serbia’s president issues threats to silence student protests
The Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic, during a rally in Belgrade on April 12, 2025. OLIVER BUNIC / AFP Facing an unprecedented anti-corruption protest movement that has lasted over five months, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has stepped up his…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Fossil fuel companies ‘poisoned the well’ of public debate with climate disinformation. Here’s how Australia can break free
The US has obstructed climate action for decades – largely due to damaging actions by the powerful fossil fuel industry. But Australia has a chance now to lead.The Conversation
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
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Kosovo-Albania relations continue to be a “one-way street”
April 21, 2025 10:07 am Share to: POINT with Veton Surroin: Conversation with Oliver Jens Schmitt Snored: I have the honor and pleasure to speak with Dr.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Fast-Track Your Piano Progress - Practising the Piano
Discover how to build strong technical foundations to accelerate your progress, achieve ease and comfort in your playing and avoid injury!Informance (Practising the Piano)
Not Bonk What I Call Wave: Remixes Vol 2
Another compilation of remixes of music which is or is not #BonkWaveBonk Knob Records
All applicants qualify for first wind power auction in Kosovo*
Three potential bidders met the legal, technical and financial criteria for the upcoming wind energy auction in Kosovo*, for a quota of 100 MW.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Here is some blackened death metal from Trondheim, Norway for today's #BlackMetalMonday to enjoy. Death Unchained, the debut album by Nexorum, released in 2020.
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#Music #Metal #BlackenedDeathMetal #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #Nexorum
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Colorful Eagle Nebula glows in stunning new image from Hubble Telescope
"As enormous as this dusty pillar is, it's just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula."Samantha Mathewson (Space)
The Windham-Campbell Prizes’ 2025 $1.4 Million Writers
Irish, Trinidadian-Scottish, Irish, and US writers are among the 2025 laureates of the annual Windham-Campbell Prizes, worth $175,000 each.
The post The Windham-Campbell Prizes’ 2025 $1.4 Million Writers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
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#BookPrize #Drama #Fiction #Inclusivity #Ireland
@indieauthors
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FTC sues Uber over claims the company makes subscriptions hard to cancel
The FTC announced that it's suing Uber over how it handles billing and subscriptions for Uber One.Ian Carlos Campbell (Engadget)
Former Fox News host Steve Hilton is running for California governor (Blake Jones/Politico)
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Former Fox News host Steve Hilton is running for California governor
By Blake Jones / Politico. View the full context on memeorandum.memeorandum
Trekulator: A Reproduction of the 1977 Star Trek Themed Calculator
A recent project over on Hackaday.io from [Michael Gardi] is Trekulator – Where No Maker Has Gone Before. This is a fun build and [Michael] has done a very good …read more
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Trekulator: A Reproduction Of The 1977 Star Trek Themed Calculator
A recent project over on Hackaday.io from [Michael Gardi] is Trekulator – Where No Maker Has Gone Before. This is a fun build and [Michael] has done a very good job of emulating the original …Hackaday
My direct sale back-end printer can't produce a chapbook as small as #savagedBySystemd. It's a few pages too short.
I solve problems. By creating worse problems.
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My backend is Bookvault.
I use IngramSpark for non-Amazon sites, and KDP for Amazon.
Congrats and good luck!
If only Bookvault would print in the EU ... still waiting for that. *sigh*
And thanks!!! ❤
@viennawriter we're all waiting for BV to print in the EU.
It's a VAT issue, I'm sure.
If I do enough EU business to get an IOSS number, I'll have other options.
I'm still far away from IOSS number and options. One step at a time ... :) Good luck that'll be soon for you!
Btw, I'm suspecting not necessarily the VAT as reason for BV to not yet print in the EU but the [find appropriate swearword] European bookmarket, book price binding and all the rest that's not really compatible with the rest of the world.
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in reply to Yogthos • • •I've got news for you: linuxfoundation.org/about/memb….
There's a lot of volunteers in FOSS, but they are not all. Probably not the majority neither.
I'd argue that the real myth is the "lone developer working in their spare time, for free". It happens, but not always. And even less in Linux. Most Linux devs are big-IT employees.
> Real innovation thrives when we're free to build, not just bill.
That's true tho. Freedom is what drives innovation.
Members of the Linux Foundation
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in reply to Yogthos • • •Everytime this topic comes up, I like to refer to this Youtube presentation by RSA Animate. Beyond caring for someone's needs and security, profit is actually a very poor motivator of innovation when you are talking about work that requires creative problem solving. Self-direction, learning new skills and doing things that are important are far more effective at driving innovation.
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in reply to Yogthos • • •A minor tweak I might propose for 202X is that you end up with services instead of software.
On the flip-side when you get free *services* they feel like a bit of a trap. They always turn into ads or worse.
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