https://spectra.video/w/7hsRkrevhuTyV1q1qxkPjM

"Centralised systems were designed with the best of intentions, but were turned against us anyway. And peer-to-peer systems will be exactly the same.

How do we make the next generation of protocols more difficult to weaponise?”

Here’s a clean recording of my #FOSDEM talk “Willow - Protocols for an uncertain future”. This talk was a real labour of love, hope you enjoy it!!!

@azonenberg @jenesuispersonne Might still be interesting for #FOSDEM too

@azonenberg
Why not proposing your talk to #Fosdem ?
It's also in Belgium (end of January, 1h talk max)

@mhd @rl_dane @dougmerritt @AmenZwa @synlogic4242

Kudos for the "Kool DE" reference. From the way the millennial types respond to me _remembering_ this stuff, you'd think I was 158. It was only 3 decades ago. I own *clothing* older than KDE.

Tell me, seen any of my #FOSDEM talks? I think you'd like them.

Fascinating that @amd advises #FOSS leaders who come to complex & nuanced initial conclusions that they took 4 yrs of study to become morally & ethically sure about that they “should have stayed quiet”.

I never stay quiet once I believe an important issue in FOSS demands nuanced exploration.

It's why I co-keynoted #FOSDEM about *using* proprietary software
https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/full_software_freedom/

Leaders who keep their true opinions about relevant policy matters are nasty & sneaky politicians. I won't be one.

Le programme du #FOSDEM de 2001 n'est pas très explicite.

Alt...

KDE: features, architecture and development framework. David Faure will talk about KDE Mozilla Axel Hecht will talk about mozilla The Hurd - Markus Brinkman Markus will talk about The Hurd. Smoothwall Richard will talk about Smoothwall and its growth. Writing Free Software in Java Johan will talk about Blackdown.

Dear Fedi friends,

I had the honor of being interviewed for @hyde's series #OverUnder.

🔗​: https://lazybea.rs/ovr-069/

Mentioned in the interview: #FOSDEM
@yunohost
@gotosocial
@veronica
#Jellyfin
@timbl
#LEGO
& pizza!

Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity ​ ❤️​

#OverUnder 069 with @elena

She shares her thoughts about #FOSDEM, #Jellyfin, #Yunohost, #LEGO, and, being Italian, I have to ask her about #Pizzas.

She also replied to @daj 's question.

She recommended two #books I will definitely read.

#bloggers #bookstodon #book #blog #fediverse #toys #streaming #movies #music #bloggers #mastodon

https://lazybea.rs/ovr-069

🆕 blog! “The cost of running OpenBenches.org”

After my recent presentation at FOSDEM, someone asked a pretty reasonable question. What does it cost to run OpenBenches?

It is, thankfully, surprisingly cheap! In part, that's because it is a relatively simple tech stack - PHP, MySQL, a couple of API calls to external services. It was designed to be as low cost while …

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/the-cost-of-running-openbenches-org/
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#fosdem #foss #money #OpenBenches

ho tiens, le premier reportage (à ma connaissance) depuis bien longtemps sur le #FOSDEM par la rtbf ... un short d'1m30
mais il termine par donner un rdv l'année prochaine !
https://www.rtbf.be/article/les-logiciels-open-source-se-developpent-de-plus-en-plus-de-quoi-s-agit-il-et-comment-ca-marche-11710585

(4/5)…It's easy to forget that the enemy to software freedom is *not* proprietary systems' *users*, rather those who *sell* such systems *for profit*. #LLM-backed gen-#AI proprietary systems are simply the latest tech fad (like, say, Web 2.0 & AJAX).
@karen & I keynoted 2x at #FOSDEM & 1x at LCA about the importance of — as social workers say — “meeting people where they are”:
https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/interviews/bradley-m-kuhn-karen-sandler/
https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/full_software_freedom/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n55WClalwHo
https://archive.fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/open_source_won/

Cc: @silverwizard @josh