Paul Sutton

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Advocacy – The barriers to effective promotion

I have just tried to follow some links at the following site

https://www.softwarefreedomday.org/

If I click 2020 and follow the link to https://www.documentfreedom.org/ then I get a page that gives me the date for 2018 (so kinda out of date)

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The link for hardware freedom day goes to

https://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ so it seems some of the links just go back on themselves. Not really helpful.

On the tab for 2020 there is no direct link to software freedom day.

I am happy to promote all this, but unless people can find what they expect they will just stick to what they are using now and go away with a really negative idea of what this is about.

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Stickers like this and another one are great for advocacy, but useless if they link to outdated information.

I just find it very frustrating, and people will point out to us that they don't get this with Microsoft.

This is what we are up against. I feel that we just need to be far more effective, update information and ensure it is kept up to date.

References

#freedom, #softeware, #hardware, #documents, #promotion, #advocacy, #barriers,

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I found this on Twitter and decided to share here.

Septor Linux is a operating system that provides users with a perfect computing environment for surfing the Internet anonymously.

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#debian, #kde, #linux, #tor, #privacy, #anonymously, #Onion, #septorLinux

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STUDENT PROJECT FOR LIBRE VE TOOLBOX

This was posted to the Fediverse. I am sharing here as this seems a really good opportunity for students to learn and gain valuable experience within free software and software development. Please download flyer for information.

#freesoftware, #development, #student, #opportunity, #eu

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Wishing a happy new year to all readers and followers of this blog.

#2020, #newyear You can find me on Friendica at [email protected]

I am currently working through another short OpenLearn course. This time I am exploring the constellation of Orion.

Having previously studied other Space science courses, some of the concepts are easier to understand, such as the lifecycle of stars.

Despite understanding the maths behind huge numbers. Distances such as 1 light year are massive : (ly) $$9.5 \times 10^{12} km. $$

The subsequent distance to the Orion Nebula which is 1600 light years. Therefore $$1600 \times 9.5 \times 10^{12} km $$.

I think, that this should be expressed as $$1.6 \times 9.5 \times 10^{15} km $$

Understandably it is difficult to imagine the sort of distances involved.

If you intend to study this course. I would recommend other courses first. Courses such as 'The Sun' may be a good starting point.

I am about ½ way through the second week of the course. Currently looking at the life cycle of a star beyond the main sequence phase, so this includes Red Giants, Brown / White dwarf, Supernova and black holes, or at least how and under what conditions these are formed.

You do need an astronomy package, to help with the course. This comes in more useful, if you don't have clear skies to observe Orion. I have discussed how to use the kstars package to find Orion in post yesterday (30/12/2019).

What I can take from this course, is some inspiration to write some posts about other constellations of the night sky.

References :

It may be beneficial to have a look at these courses before embarking on this longer course:

The Galaxies stars and planets course has a section on the scale of the universe, which is helpful to help you understand very large numbers.

#astronony, #study, #openuniversity, #openlearn, #free, #shortcourse, #orion

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Following Friendica tags

How to follow tags on Friendica

On Friendica, posts are accompanied by tags at the bottom of the text. These help to give an idea on what topic or topics are being discussed by including keywords.

If you are interested in a particular topic, then you can follow the tags you are interested in.

Here is how:

Click on a tag and you get the following displayed, you can see the tag you clicked on has been inserted in to the box.

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Click follow and the tag will be added to the list on the left hand side. You will now see posts that contain those tags.

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following #newhere, will help you find new users, so you can respond to them and make them feel welcome.

#friendica, #tags, #follow, #howto, #help, #support, #fediverse

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Further to my post on the history of atomic sturcture

It was pointed out to me that “Compounds do not form by combination of atoms, but by formation of chemical bonds between atoms.”

To this end, I am posting the link below to explain the different types of chemical bonds.

It is also worth noting from the reply that

  • “Solder is an alloy from combination of metals such as tin and lead”.

For reference and before I am told that there is Lead (Pb) free solder. The link below gives information on the different types of solder.

Nevertheless and to get back on to the topic.

I would guess that also from this, an example of a mixture could be:

  • Gunpowder which is a mixture of 3 chemicals, well a compound and 2 elements.

#chemistry, #chemical, #bonds, #compounds, #alloy, #mixture,

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As I have an interest in Science as well as simple programming and electronics. I have found a resource which helps give a good explanation of current and past thinking on how the atom is structured.

The following link is a direct pdf download from another website. You may prefer to right click and 'Save As'.

I am currently working through 'The Evolving Universe' with Open Learn. This book proved quite helpful as an additional resource and reminder to complement this study.

Sometimes what is needed is another explanation that is slightly different to aid understanding.

The Evolving Universe courses goes in to the Atom on a sub atomic level. Looking at the early universe, how the main forces interacted with each other and looks the structure of particles such as the Proton. SO also looks at Leptons, Bosons and the strange world of Quarks. Quarks have different variants; up, down, charm, strange, as well as their anti-matter counterparts.

A really interesting if not rather complex look at this minute world of sub-atomic particles.

#atoms, #structure, #protons, #neutrons, #electrons, #history,

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Searching for objects with Kstars, is pretty simple.

I have just signed up to a short OpenLearn course on the Orion Constellation it makes sense to perhaps search fpr Orion in Kstars. This may make it easier to observe given the current weather isn't exactly friendly for astronomy.

Pointing (menu) —> Find Object

should bring up the following dialogue box.

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From here you can search for stars, constellations, planets and other objects.

#kstars, #object, #search

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Since Microsoft's acquisition of Github. Quite a few free software projects have moved off the Github platform.

There are alternatives such as Notabug or Debian Salsa that offer a better alternative.

I have now downloaded most of my projects off github in zip format. These can be stored locally or in the cloud until needed.

Some projects will be kept on github, for example media file hosting media for here, until I can find / setup an alternative. I will also keep my Scratch projects on there as they are linked to from the Scratch Ed website. It makes it easier for others.

Given that most of my projects are either complete or abandoned having not been touched for some time. This is an opportunity for a clear out.

My project to collect screenshots for Dis'root have already been moved to Debian Salsa.

#git,#github, #microsoft, #migration, #debian, #salsa, #notabug

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