Gerrit Niezen @gendor@merveilles.town
Maker of open-source software and hardware
Joined Jun 2019
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Good morning! I'm Gerrit. #intro #introductions
I'm into decentralized networks, open source hardware, modular design, distributed manufacturing, appropriate technology and solarpunk.
I spend most of my time liberating data from diabetes devices like insulin pumps and blood glucose meters, writing open-source software for tidepool.org.
I would like to spend more time growing food and building hardware to support that, and I hope to find inspiration here in the Merveilles.town community.
The New Generation of Self-Created Utopias https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/t-magazine/intentional-communities.html
Baking vegan banana bread. Excited to see how this turns out.
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I lightweight wanna do a huge blog post with screenshot comparisons to finally shut up all the "hurr durr you're copying macOS" people so they can see how obviously untrue that is
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When a ‘climate election’ goes wrong -
Danny Chivers on how to carry on the fight under a hostile government – and win.
https://newint.org/features/2020/01/14/when-climate-election-goes-wrong
The great paradox of our time: everything is both better and worse than ever before: https://thecorrespondent.com/104/the-great-paradox-of-our-time-everything-is-both-better-and-worse-than-ever-before/2426955960-94b74ae9
Started looking into solar panels again after listening to Saul Griffith on Ezra Klein's podcast: https://www.vox.com/podcasts/2019/12/16/21024323/ezra-klein-show-saul-griffith-solve-climate-change
If you want well-formatted, public domain e-books, https://standardebooks.org is the place to go.
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TIOBE Index January 2020: C awarded Programming Language of the Year 2019 at https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ - discuss at https://freepo.st/freepost.cgi/post/m725bpno6q #freepost
How do we decarbonize?
We don’t need a miracle. Everything we need to solve climate change is already here. https://medium.com/otherlab-news/how-do-we-decarbonize-7fc2fa84e887
One of my favourite features of Elementary OS is that you get a notification when a long-running terminal task is complete. ❤️
Hello from Elementary OS! 🎉 I've been using Ubuntu for years now, but wanted a fresh start for 2020. The whole installation process and initial experience almost has me in tears - so thoughtful and nicely done. 💯
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us pol / int'l agreession
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after reading the US/world news, unsolicited advice
Total cost of my Pinebook Pro, taking into account shipping and customs duties/tax: £234.97 ~ $310.
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Happy New Year everyone!
As you journey into 2020 and a new decade, a piece of advice: stop searching for the meaning of life, why you're here, or what purpose you may serve.
Instead, CREATE it. Carve it out, fight for it, shape it yourself. Start living your best life TODAY!
Our new PineBook Pro arrived yesterday! 🎉
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You don't need more unrecycleable closed source electronics.
Maker of open-source software and hardware
Joined Jun 2019
