Waldir Pimenta
@waldyrious.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
luso-cape verdean, wikipedian, programmer, documentarian, chronic perfectionist (axe sharpener + bikeshedder), nerdivergent (←not a typo), recursively curious […]
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Wow, @wikipedia is having a moment in podcast land! After the recent appearance of Bill Beutler on the Changelog podcast, now it's @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social that appeared in @adamconover's Factually podcast: https://youtu.be/mQCRAj-N5ZY [1/4]
December 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Wow, @wikipedia is having a moment in podcast land! After the recent appearance of Bill Beutler on the Changelog podcast, now it's @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social that appeared in @adamconover's Factually podcast: https://youtu.be/mQCRAj-N5ZY [1/4]
RE: https://changelog.social/@changelog/115617654724886166
I really enjoyed this episode of the @changelog podcast with @williambeutler about Wikipedia.
In the first half they provide an overview of how Wikipedia works that's quite good for a general audience, but then they also go into some […]
I really enjoyed this episode of the @changelog podcast with @williambeutler about Wikipedia.
In the first half they provide an overview of how Wikipedia works that's quite good for a general audience, but then they also go into some […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
RE: https://changelog.social/@changelog/115617654724886166
I really enjoyed this episode of the @changelog podcast with @williambeutler about Wikipedia.
In the first half they provide an overview of how Wikipedia works that's quite good for a general audience, but then they also go into some […]
I really enjoyed this episode of the @changelog podcast with @williambeutler about Wikipedia.
In the first half they provide an overview of how Wikipedia works that's quite good for a general audience, but then they also go into some […]
Reposted by Waldir Pimenta
Good news! We open sourced the Pebble mobile app today -> github.com/coredevices/mobileapp Now all the software that powers your new Pebble is 100% open source. Read the full scoop on my blog ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-...
GitHub - coredevices/mobileapp
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github.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Good news! We open sourced the Pebble mobile app today -> github.com/coredevices/mobileapp Now all the software that powers your new Pebble is 100% open source. Read the full scoop on my blog ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-...
@hankgreen just dropped one of the most poignant and impressively insightful takes on the Wikipedia founder/co-founder "debate": https://youtu.be/9zi0ogvPfCA
It is indeed an irrelevant issue on its face value, but simultaneously core to understanding the value of Wikipedia and similar resources […]
It is indeed an irrelevant issue on its face value, but simultaneously core to understanding the value of Wikipedia and similar resources […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
@hankgreen just dropped one of the most poignant and impressively insightful takes on the Wikipedia founder/co-founder "debate": https://youtu.be/9zi0ogvPfCA
It is indeed an irrelevant issue on its face value, but simultaneously core to understanding the value of Wikipedia and similar resources […]
It is indeed an irrelevant issue on its face value, but simultaneously core to understanding the value of Wikipedia and similar resources […]
Reposted by Waldir Pimenta
Liberapay team accounts have gained a new feature. Each one now has a public page showing every payment received through it, and providing the same data in CSV and JSON formats.
For example, here is a link to the new public ledger of the Liberapay team […]
For example, here is a link to the new public ledger of the Liberapay team […]
Original post on mastodon.xyz
mastodon.xyz
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Liberapay team accounts have gained a new feature. Each one now has a public page showing every payment received through it, and providing the same data in CSV and JSON formats.
For example, here is a link to the new public ledger of the Liberapay team […]
For example, here is a link to the new public ledger of the Liberapay team […]
This is so cool! Apparently, in any base (decimal, octal, hex, etc.) dividing the number formed by concatenating all the digits in descending order (e.g. 987654321 for decimal) by the the number formed by concatenating all the digits in descending order (e.g 123456789 in decimal) results in […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so cool! Apparently, in any base (decimal, octal, hex, etc.) dividing the number formed by concatenating all the digits in descending order (e.g. 987654321 for decimal) by the the number formed by concatenating all the digits in descending order (e.g 123456789 in decimal) results in […]
Yet another brilliant, informative and entertaining video by @henry.reich — the surprisingly high number of things we keep getting wrong when depicting the moon: https://youtu.be/yY7ZUIbWTyc
October 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Yet another brilliant, informative and entertaining video by @henry.reich — the surprisingly high number of things we keep getting wrong when depicting the moon: https://youtu.be/yY7ZUIbWTyc
Reposted by Waldir Pimenta
"...suspender apenas novos registros é como desligar a torneira depois que a casa é inundada. O dano está feito, os centros da cidade já são pequenos parques de diversões. Não é mais suficiente para conter, devemos drenar, recuperando o direito à cidade para aqueles que vivem aqui..."
desALojamento
Alguns dados e mapas sobre o Alojamento Local em Lisboa e no Porto
www.desalojamento.pt
September 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"...suspender apenas novos registros é como desligar a torneira depois que a casa é inundada. O dano está feito, os centros da cidade já são pequenos parques de diversões. Não é mais suficiente para conter, devemos drenar, recuperando o direito à cidade para aqueles que vivem aqui..."
After 10 years of laborious efforts, the Libertinus Serif typeface is finally available in Google Fonts!!! https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Libertinus+Serif 🎉
This request was one of the earliest issues (#12) in the google/fonts repository: https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/12 — for […]
This request was one of the earliest issues (#12) in the google/fonts repository: https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/12 — for […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
After 10 years of laborious efforts, the Libertinus Serif typeface is finally available in Google Fonts!!! https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Libertinus+Serif 🎉
This request was one of the earliest issues (#12) in the google/fonts repository: https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/12 — for […]
This request was one of the earliest issues (#12) in the google/fonts repository: https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/12 — for […]
Seguradora Hiscox Portugal oferece licença sabática paga de 4 semanas (acumulável com 3 semanas de férias) aos trabalhadores com mais de 5 anos de casa → https://hrportugal.sapo.pt/esta-empresa-permite-aos-colaboradores-estar-7-semanas-seguidas-pagas-sem-trabalhar-e-e-em-portugal/
Esta empresa permite aos colaboradores estar 7 semanas seguidas (pagas) sem trabalhar. E é em Portugal
A Hiscox Portugal lançou o programa “Sabbatical”.
hrportugal.sapo.pt
August 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Seguradora Hiscox Portugal oferece licença sabática paga de 4 semanas (acumulável com 3 semanas de férias) aos trabalhadores com mais de 5 anos de casa → https://hrportugal.sapo.pt/esta-empresa-permite-aos-colaboradores-estar-7-semanas-seguidas-pagas-sem-trabalhar-e-e-em-portugal/
Andreas Kling's Keynote Presentation on the Ladybird Browser
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9YM7pDMLvr4
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9YM7pDMLvr4
August 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Andreas Kling's Keynote Presentation on the Ladybird Browser
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9YM7pDMLvr4
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9YM7pDMLvr4
A brief summary and update on the fight to #freejavascript from Oracle's trademark hoarding:
https://youtu.be/_tGwOv3scKw
https://youtu.be/_tGwOv3scKw
August 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
A brief summary and update on the fight to #freejavascript from Oracle's trademark hoarding:
https://youtu.be/_tGwOv3scKw
https://youtu.be/_tGwOv3scKw
@GiveDirectly deprioritizes its basic income programs in favor of lump sum transfers in response to study of it's 12-year #ubi experiment in Kenya: https://www.givedirectly.org/ubi-refugee-donation-options/
This is quite unexpected news to me. I will have to revisit my notes on UBI vs. basic […]
This is quite unexpected news to me. I will have to revisit my notes on UBI vs. basic […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
August 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
@GiveDirectly deprioritizes its basic income programs in favor of lump sum transfers in response to study of it's 12-year #ubi experiment in Kenya: https://www.givedirectly.org/ubi-refugee-donation-options/
This is quite unexpected news to me. I will have to revisit my notes on UBI vs. basic […]
This is quite unexpected news to me. I will have to revisit my notes on UBI vs. basic […]
"We need a European Sovereign Tech Fund" — write-up by @senficon → https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund/
> ...how one of the open source world’s most successful government programs, the German Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund), can be scaled up […]
> ...how one of the open source world’s most successful government programs, the German Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund), can be scaled up […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"We need a European Sovereign Tech Fund" — write-up by @senficon → https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund/
> ...how one of the open source world’s most successful government programs, the German Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund), can be scaled up […]
> ...how one of the open source world’s most successful government programs, the German Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund), can be scaled up […]
I got side-tracked while reflecting about the side-tracking I had just realized I had been doing for a while 🙃🤦♂️
July 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I got side-tracked while reflecting about the side-tracking I had just realized I had been doing for a while 🙃🤦♂️
"Replace Scrolling With Microjournaling" https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/advice/microjournaling/
Interestingly, I've been doing some version of this for several years now, though not so much focused on generic journaling — instead, whenever I'm taking a break, I try to remember to […]
Interestingly, I've been doing some version of this for several years now, though not so much focused on generic journaling — instead, whenever I'm taking a break, I try to remember to […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
June 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"Replace Scrolling With Microjournaling" https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/advice/microjournaling/
Interestingly, I've been doing some version of this for several years now, though not so much focused on generic journaling — instead, whenever I'm taking a break, I try to remember to […]
Interestingly, I've been doing some version of this for several years now, though not so much focused on generic journaling — instead, whenever I'm taking a break, I try to remember to […]
@tilvids I am unable to log into my account (waldyrious). When trying to authenticate with my credentials, I get the message "User email is not verified. Request new verification email"; upon clicking the link, I see the message "Success: An email with verification link will be sent to
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
May 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
@tilvids I am unable to log into my account (waldyrious). When trying to authenticate with my credentials, I get the message "User email is not verified. Request new verification email"; upon clicking the link, I see the message "Success: An email with verification link will be sent to
Open Source Ecology (OSE) has announced the OSE Fellowship: a four-year, $100k grant for young people aged 18-24 to learn and help develop the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) — a project that's developing a radical approach to re-build civilization from scratch using fully open source and […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
May 3, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Open Source Ecology (OSE) has announced the OSE Fellowship: a four-year, $100k grant for young people aged 18-24 to learn and help develop the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) — a project that's developing a radical approach to re-build civilization from scratch using fully open source and […]
No dia 11 de maio, será possível exercer o voto antecipado para a Eleição para a Assembleia da República 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aHWONTWR-g
A inscrição é de 5 a 8 de maio. Mais informações: https://www.votoantecipado.pt/
#legislativas2025 #portugal
A inscrição é de 5 a 8 de maio. Mais informações: https://www.votoantecipado.pt/
#legislativas2025 #portugal
Voto Antecipado
Voto Antecipado
www.votoantecipado.pt
April 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
No dia 11 de maio, será possível exercer o voto antecipado para a Eleição para a Assembleia da República 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aHWONTWR-g
A inscrição é de 5 a 8 de maio. Mais informações: https://www.votoantecipado.pt/
#legislativas2025 #portugal
A inscrição é de 5 a 8 de maio. Mais informações: https://www.votoantecipado.pt/
#legislativas2025 #portugal
Nintendo Switch 2 Won’t Support the Original ‘Labo VR’ Kit https://www.roadtovr.com/nintendo-switch-2-labo-vr-kit-not-supported/
Not that it matters much, since the console isn't exactly cheap, but I'm saddened to see these lower-cost entry-level VR experiences being abandoned, leaving the […]
Not that it matters much, since the console isn't exactly cheap, but I'm saddened to see these lower-cost entry-level VR experiences being abandoned, leaving the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
April 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Nintendo Switch 2 Won’t Support the Original ‘Labo VR’ Kit https://www.roadtovr.com/nintendo-switch-2-labo-vr-kit-not-supported/
Not that it matters much, since the console isn't exactly cheap, but I'm saddened to see these lower-cost entry-level VR experiences being abandoned, leaving the […]
Not that it matters much, since the console isn't exactly cheap, but I'm saddened to see these lower-cost entry-level VR experiences being abandoned, leaving the […]
April 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Reposted by Waldir Pimenta
The other very simple feature I wish mastodon had was a way to view one (1) most recent post from each person you follow in order with no repeats. People post at different rates and I often like to go through the people I follow and see what I missed. This feature would make newer users feel […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
March 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The other very simple feature I wish mastodon had was a way to view one (1) most recent post from each person you follow in order with no repeats. People post at different rates and I often like to go through the people I follow and see what I missed. This feature would make newer users feel […]
#suriname's new RVI program (Royalties for Everyone) aims to share part of the revenue from its natural resources (in this case, oil reserves) with all citizens. It's not a proper #basicincome yet, but it's a significant step along the way. The country joins Norway, Alaska, its neighbor Guyana […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
March 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
#suriname's new RVI program (Royalties for Everyone) aims to share part of the revenue from its natural resources (in this case, oil reserves) with all citizens. It's not a proper #basicincome yet, but it's a significant step along the way. The country joins Norway, Alaska, its neighbor Guyana […]
Reposted by Waldir Pimenta
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Freelance] Technical Writer with Cryptographic Expertise (or a cryptographer that loves to write) at Commons Caretakers <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GetFediHired" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noo#getfedihiredink="bsky">https://www.fossjobs.net/job/11516/technical-writer-with-cryptographic-expertise-or-a-cryptographer-that-loves-to-write-at-commons-caretakers/ #GetFediHired [#fossjobs
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The publisher Penguin got its name because the founder wanted a logo that was “dignified but flippant,” and his secretary suggested a penguin.
Random House got its name because the founders planned to publish books on random topics.
Since the two companies merged (becoming Penguin Random […]
Random House got its name because the founders planned to publish books on random topics.
Since the two companies merged (becoming Penguin Random […]
Original post on zirk.us
zirk.us
March 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The publisher Penguin got its name because the founder wanted a logo that was “dignified but flippant,” and his secretary suggested a penguin.
Random House got its name because the founders planned to publish books on random topics.
Since the two companies merged (becoming Penguin Random […]
Random House got its name because the founders planned to publish books on random topics.
Since the two companies merged (becoming Penguin Random […]
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