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What decision that you made originally seemed insignificant but then turned out to be life-changing? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
Argentina will use AI to ‘predict future crimes’ but experts worry for citizens’ rights in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

bro thinks he's gonna be John Reese with this..

Complexity in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

my thoughts exactly xD

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Finding an apartment is needlessly difficult (e.g. Poland) (skillissue.bearblog.dev)
 

not sure which community to post this to but... this is my personal account on one of the many EU countries that are experiencing a lovely housing crisis.

E-Mail is 50 years old this month, and it works pretty much the same, which is good, otherwise we'd all have to use one e-mail company in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's all fine and dandy until you gleefully enter your email on websites or services, only to get a "Sorry! We don't recognize that domain. Please use a Gmail, Hotmail/Outlook, Yahoo or iCloud address or fuck off!"

And the trend to whitelist only a small number of email services and block everything else is becoming the norm, all in the name of "fighting spam".

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PeerLibrary - Libre academic knowledge community (peerlibrary.org)
 

PeerLibrary is an open source project for researchers and academic knowledge-seekers to read and discuss scholarly literature.

Source code: https://github.com/peerlibrary/peerlibrary

License(s): CC0 (Public Domain)

Anti-features:

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CLP Calculus Textbooks - Free PDF and web-based calculus textbooks (personal.math.ubc.ca)
 

A collection of online calculus textbooks written for and by UBC students, includes differential integral, multivariable and vector calculus (or in standard terms, Calculus 1 to 4). Very useful even for non-UBC students.

The resource was originally posted in the Math Humor community by @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml . Ty for the post!

License(s): CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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FontForge - a FLOSS font/digital typeface editor (fontforge.org)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by uberstar@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
1 comments fedilink
 

From their GitHub repo page:

FontForge is a free (libre) font editor for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU+Linux. Use it to create, edit and convert fonts in OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed, Multiple Master, and many other formats.

FontForge also has a book about how to design typefaces through its software (hosted on GitHub Pages, no HTTPS connection).

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WikiToLearn - collaborative textbooks (www.wikitolearn.org)
 

A non-profit, open-source, wiki-style educational platform that incorporates student notes into the currently offered subjects of Computer Science, Math, Physics and Business.

License(s): CC BY-SA 3.0 and GNU FDL 1.2

Anti-features:

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Lingopolo: Understand spoken language (lingopolo.org)
 

A language-learning platform that includes themed, bite-sized and unlockable lessons, quizzes and a dictionary. Currently offers Bengali, Croatian, Dutch, French, Hawaiian, Japanese, Pandunia and Thai.

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Anti-features:

  • Google Analytics
  • Requires signing-up with an email address (Any throwaway email services will work thankfully).
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The c/open_e_resources manifesto (lemmy.ml)
 

Welcome to c/open_e_resources,

This community, which is not affiliated with UNESCO's OER btw, was created so that anyone may share educational resources that are open, libre and free by nature.

Quality education shouldn't need to be expensive, locked behind paywalls and proprietary licenses, so let's unlock those gates together.

The 5R principles below are used as our metric for the resources we search for:

  • Retain - make, own, and control a copy of the resource (e.g., download and keep your own copy)
  • Revise - edit, adapt, and modify your copy of the resource (e.g., translate into another language)
  • Remix - combine your original or revised copy of the resource with other existing material to create something new (e.g., make a mashup)
  • Reuse - use your original, revised, or remixed copy of the resource publicly (e.g., on a website, in a presentation, in a class)
  • Redistribute - share copies of your original, revised, or remixed copy of the resource with others (e.g., post a copy online or give one to a friend)

(excerpt taken from opencontent.org)

When finding a resource, make sure to list the license/nature of the resource and anti-features, similar to how F-Droid does it.

If there's any question or anything you'd like to see improved/changed, let me know. I'm also looking for mods (no criteria).