Trump cuts funding to FOSS projects.
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I also like to measure in jetwing money ...
This is like half a jetwing.I like to estimate by cost per congressperson, which is ~$7.5M/year. So the whole of OTF is about 3 congresspeople (and their staff), that sounds fair.
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That 4 miles long military parade for his 79th birthday doesn't pay by itself, unfortunately
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I like to estimate by cost per congressperson, which is ~$7.5M/year. So the whole of OTF is about 3 congresspeople (and their staff), that sounds fair.
is that their taxpayer funded salary? because you can buy one much much cheaper.
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is that their taxpayer funded salary? because you can buy one much much cheaper.
No, current salary for all representatives outside of a handful of leadership positions is $174,000. This is the cumulative cost for everything else (staff, expenses, etc).
I personally think $174k is a bit low for salary, especially given the COL for the area and the importance of the role. I'd like to see that increase, while also increasing our expectations from our reps (i.e. jail time for bought politicians).
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I know it's only vaguely related, since they're not US-funded, but at some point I think it would be hilarious (in a particularly poignant way) if the Lemmy developers' funding got cut off by the process of the explicitly rabid governments they are fans of finally succeeding at destabilizing the friendly Western countries where they live to the point that NLNet wasn't funded anymore. As I understand it, NLNet is already facing some headwinds because the friendly liberal elements in EU politics are getting replaced by the same kind of "fuck everyone just give money to rich people and also anyone who disagrees with me dies" elements that Russia likes to give money and social-media-shilling campaigns to support.
Surely Russia and China will jump to the front and fund basic infrastructure work for the good of everyone, if that happened. They could count on it happening, instead of having to get jobs.
Surely.
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Relevant to !selfhosted because one of the projects getting funding cut is Let's Encrypt.
Every day just gets worse doesn't it.
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The problem is, European leaders are sacks of shit too. They don't care either.
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Same. I've been thinking about who to donate to this year, and it looks like they're making the cut. I'll probably also throw some money at my Lemmy instance and a handful of projects I use, including Tor, because apparently they got caught in the dragnet too.
Which other projects caught your attention? I was going to donate to Graphene, EFF and some TOR operators
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Which other projects caught your attention? I was going to donate to Graphene, EFF and some TOR operators
Far more than I can reasonably support:
- self hosted things I use - caddy, the document foundation, Jellyfin, Forgejo, etc
- Android apps - F-Droid, NewPipe, Signal, RethinkDNS, etc
- desktop apps - flatpak, For, Godot, etc
- infrastructure stuff - let's encrypt, openssh, Linux distros (mine doesn't accept donations unfortunately), etc
But the short list for now is:
- Let's Encrypt
- Signal
- F-Droid
And I'll probably run a Tor relay or something as well.
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What languages and patterns will be considered woke?
For sure memory safety and dependent types. C++ will probably be shoved down our throats.
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Have you donated to your favorite foss projects this week?
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The problem is, European leaders are sacks of shit too. They don't care either.
Although they could do more, I wouldn't say they don't care. For instance, Germany established the Sovereign Tech Agency.
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He has angered the penguins
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Same. I've been thinking about who to donate to this year, and it looks like they're making the cut. I'll probably also throw some money at my Lemmy instance and a handful of projects I use, including Tor, because apparently they got caught in the dragnet too.
Well donating is good it's not going to replace the government funding.
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Although they could do more, I wouldn't say they don't care. For instance, Germany established the Sovereign Tech Agency.
With the new leadership I am doubtful on how long that will last. One of the better things that came of Scholz's era
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Far more than I can reasonably support:
- self hosted things I use - caddy, the document foundation, Jellyfin, Forgejo, etc
- Android apps - F-Droid, NewPipe, Signal, RethinkDNS, etc
- desktop apps - flatpak, For, Godot, etc
- infrastructure stuff - let's encrypt, openssh, Linux distros (mine doesn't accept donations unfortunately), etc
But the short list for now is:
- Let's Encrypt
- Signal
- F-Droid
And I'll probably run a Tor relay or something as well.
Man, ReThink is such a lifesaver. It's so good people at Graphene recommend it. I might give Qubes some bucks too, they are awesome
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Far more than I can reasonably support:
- self hosted things I use - caddy, the document foundation, Jellyfin, Forgejo, etc
- Android apps - F-Droid, NewPipe, Signal, RethinkDNS, etc
- desktop apps - flatpak, For, Godot, etc
- infrastructure stuff - let's encrypt, openssh, Linux distros (mine doesn't accept donations unfortunately), etc
But the short list for now is:
- Let's Encrypt
- Signal
- F-Droid
And I'll probably run a Tor relay or something as well.
If only there was a decentralised tracker which would track project funding and give us metrics like which project is dangerously close to shutting down
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He has angered the penguins
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Have you even said thank you once
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With the new leadership I am doubtful on how long that will last. One of the better things that came of Scholz's era
On the one hand, I share your doubt, which is justified in the face of all the deceit and mismanagement that Merz in particular and the CDU and CSU in general engage in and their disdain for the public good. On the other hand, the fact that the Sovereign Tech Fund / Agency survived the German budget crisis gives me some hope that it will at least stay.
