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> We believe there is an urgent need for a new social media platform built, governed and hosted in Europe. With human verification, free speech and data privacy at its core.

* subject to law
** the law doesn't permit real free speech or privacy
*** shut up slave

@chrislw @preya Cryptpad only because you can upload multiple files at once. The only downside is that it isn't federated, unlike Nextcloud.

I'm going forward on porting Refractored Depths to SDL and I am already single-handedly replacing every SFML API call with its SDL equivalent. Hopefully, I can get this done and port it to Windows as well as having a more reliable build for Linux. Though obviously, I can't test anything until all SFML calls are replaced so I can't test things in increments.

I really feel like me using an outdated version of SFML really hurt the potential that Refractored Depths could have made. I guess I could take the blame for being ignorant and insisting on some relatively obscure multimedia library that is dynamically linked by default and breaks compatibility without warning.

However, at least using SDL means that I can also port it to more obscure platforms. I'm strongly considering porting the game to SerenityOS because that OS looks like it has a lot of potential and there aren't that many games being made for it. I could probably get a cult following there.

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@sun @coolboymew @joemcl DNS already gives them all the control they'd need. Set up a network that only relays social.eu and only hand subdomains of that out to approved parties. That they aren't simply doing that tells me that the fuss is more about supplementing the budget with corporate fines than in actually doing something that would burden the EU with a public expectation to shut down the next CIA coup in Hungary or the like.

@LukeAlmighty The left used to talk about the Bilderberg Group, which is like the WEF but much more secretive, but I never hear them talk about it much anymore.

So about that Refractored Depths Windows port.....

It's still on my mind. I'm considering just porting the game from SFML to SDL because SDL is just simpler and would probably make it easier to port to Windows. Even the Linux version was causing problems for some as the version of SFML it uses was an outdated version that is incompatible with the most recent SFML version, but is still in the Debian repositories for some reason.

Yes, this will be a major undertaking, but I'm out of options other than to abandon the idea and just have the thing remain a Linux exclusive that is even hard to run on most Linux distros that aren't based on Debian.

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Dear FOSS Community 👋,

I’m researching Open Source funds and support programs that directly pay FOSS maintainers or contributors (not just offering mentorship), similar to the Fellowship program by @sovtechfund

I’m especially looking for programs that:
- are aimed at FOSS maintainers or contributors (not only students),
- focus on paid support and
- offer funding for at least 3 months.

If you know of any funds, organizations, or initiatives like this, please comment (or boost). Thanks :)

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make your own infra then retards

the eu government CANNOT comprehend that your should run your own shit if you want control of it

RE: https://social.lansky.name/users/hn100/statuses/115933191182054079
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Politicians are actors, politics is a game played by oligarchs.
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hate speech bill passed lower house with slightly changed lines but overall the same
rip free speech
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The UK just gets worse and worse...

Starmer wants to make pubs liable for any discriminatory speech anyone in the pub says, on the basis that it might "harm" staff.

So the pub owner now has to kick out anyone saying anything even remotely political or the staff might snitch and shake him down for a few thousand pounds.

https://archive.is/ylsqG
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‘U-Turn’ Starmer Ditches Horrible Policies – Failing PM Abandons Mandatory Digital ID, Ending Jury Trial for Minor Offenses, Under-16 Social Media Ban and Attack on Pubs

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/u-turn-starmer-ditches-horrible-policies-failing-pm/
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