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Adobe operates an extortionate subscription model where you don't own the software you pay for. Today's open sauce post is a select of open source alternatives to software like Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere Pro. opensauce.simonxix.com/open-source-adobe-alternatives/Permalink On Internet Archive
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The @Copim_community Experimental Publishing Group and the @CovUni_CPC Post-Publishing strand are running a seminar series about experimental scholarly book publishing. Our first seminar will be Thursday 21st November discussing Manifold. More info at compendium.copim.ac.uk/practice_seminarsPermalink On Internet Archive
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Hobbits didn't have October: Tolkien "translated" all calendar terms into their English-language equivalents. This actually occurred on the 4th day of Blotmath in Shire-reckoning. @TeawithTolkien/1849259853631434809Permalink On Internet Archive
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The second episode of @TAKEONECinema's new podcast series, The Dinopod, will be dropping on 23rd October 2024. In this episode, @JimGR and I critique THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK and the film's approach to ecological questions.Permalink On Internet Archive
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What these robots do in footage that wasn't pre-prepared and pre-edited is walk forward slowly in a straight line so I'm sceptical that they will do whatever I can think of. @PopBase/1844594933518434642Permalink On Internet Archive
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Deeply embarrassing that so many of you are openly revealing that you use BBC Weather who get their weather data from MeteoGroup rather than the more reliable Met Office.Permalink On Internet Archive
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parkrun isn't a race, it's a run. That's why it's not called parkrace. When I get my results every week, I look at my time and compare it against previous times. There's no reason for me to look at any of the other data. @TessWhite4NE/1843224675918516266Permalink On Internet Archive
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Sure, the technology is contributing to environmental impacts that will destroy the ecosystem but it'll also help us automate people out of jobs so who is to say if it's good or bad? @BLopenresearch/1843218206150058057Permalink On Internet Archive
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Start and finish. Absolutely smashed my PB at the Great Scottish Run 10k. Thanks to generous donations, I raised £240 for Mind, the mental health charity.Permalink On Internet Archive
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New post in my newsletter reflecting on a recent server migration and how I'm managing the deployment of my open source web services and applications. opensauce.simonxix.com/on-server-migration/Permalink On Internet Archive
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Now that reviews for JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX are coming out, it's worth remembering that JOKER was always garbage. @SimonXIX/1188114373744746496Permalink On Internet Archive
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If you missed our showcase on Open Book Futures project work, you can now see a recording of me discussing some of our Experimental Publishing Group pilot work. @Copim_community/1841055376457748484Permalink On Internet Archive
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I knew I wouldn't like it and I went to see it anyway. MEGALOPOLIS irritated and bored me in roughly equal measures. letterboxd.com/simonxix/film/megalopolis-2024/Permalink On Internet Archive
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If you're going to see JURASSIC PARK at a Cineworld today, you might want to make sure you're got the first episode of @TAKEONECinema's The Dinopod downloaded to listen to afterwards. @SimonXIX/1838861212127293846Permalink On Internet Archive
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Now do the superior The Lord of the Rings Theatrical Versions. @aboynamedposh/1839115047060021270Permalink On Internet Archive
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Alongside the release of the first episode of The Dinopod, our new podcast series analysing Jurassic Park films, I've written a new newsletter post about what we can learn about IT infrastructure from Jurassic Park. opensauce.simonxix.com/it-failures-of-jurassic-park/ @SimonXIX/1838861212127293846Permalink On Internet Archive
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This was a great chat between James Louis Smith, Julien McHardy, and myself about writing in Markdown, publishing with Markdown, and encouraging academics to break out of their self-imposed Microsoft Word prison. @Copim_community/1838610507428745293Permalink On Internet Archive
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I work for a post-92 UK university in a niche research centre and I had to take an e-learning module on why we shouldn't accept bribes. No-one even wants to bribe me and I still had to do more formal training than Government ministers and journalists. @pickwick/1838186996243538110Permalink On Internet Archive
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The first episode of TAKE ONE Presents... The Dinopod is out now! @JimGR and I do a deep dive into 1993's JURASSIC PARK, the herald of the modern blockbuster. Subscribe wherever you get podcasts. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/takeonepresentsPermalink On Internet Archive
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As documented extensively in TAKE ONE Presents The Xenopod, our podcast series on the Alien franchise, James Cameron is a dickhead who has never given a shit about workers' rights. @DiscussingFilm/1838581688017846328Permalink On Internet Archive
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First episode out tomorrow! Search for 'TAKE ONE Presents' in your podcast app and subscribe for an auto-download when it's released! @SimonXIX/1833849527243014644Permalink On Internet Archive
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I waited a long time to finally see THE SUBSTANCE and was very excited for it. I think I hated it? Overlong, thematically incoherent, and mean-spirited in a way that really grated on me. Two excellent lead actors who the film consistently fails to make the best use of.Permalink On Internet Archive
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This is a terrific article about a fascinating area in computational publishing. @JEPub/1837222805433438215Permalink On Internet Archive
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I spent the afternoon wrestling with a tech issue by Googling the exact phrase in the error log. No results. I eventually found the answer in a conversation in a Google Groups group which used the exact phrase I'd been Googling. Which I guess isn't indexed by Google? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Permalink On Internet Archive
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Enshittification has hit the humble @nationalrailenq app which used to be a functional little app that showed train times and saved your frequently checked stations. Now the "app" is just a shortcut to their website which looks worse, doesn't do as much, and is harder to use.Permalink On Internet Archive
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The SNP need to post a copy of this to every person in Scotland because nothing is guaranteed to make them feel less British. @guardiang2/1836254461146337424Permalink On Internet Archive
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Authors should also make sure to include the translator in any reference to cited work. @punctum_books/1836447223166673259Permalink On Internet Archive
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Even if this were in any way true, I actually think you should have to accept some personal sacrifices in order to be Prime Minister. That's the price of power. @quendergeer/1835782443552362733Permalink On Internet Archive
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The Sinn Féin voice ban is something that my partner and I reference probably far more than most couples. That and Gillian Duffy, that bigoted woman. @Roisin_Agnew/1835265197868454088Permalink On Internet Archive
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I took my partner to a table tennis bar on our first date and we went on a boat on our second date so this does not, by definition, apply to all left-wing men. @Independent/1833853388678672860Permalink On Internet Archive
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I'm excited to be producing a new podcast series coming soon from @TAKEONECinema. We'll be discussing the Jurassic Park (/World) franchise in-depth like in this preview clip discussing the first film's colonialism expressed through costuming.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Boosting this. You better believe this paeon to open source software also contains some very specific gripes about niche library software and corporate library software suppliers. @SimonXIX/1833151273404686646Permalink On Internet Archive
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A longer post in my open source newsletter this week discussing the various reasons for using open source software as part of digital liberation: security, customisability, and community. opensauce.simonxix.com/why-open-source/Permalink On Internet Archive
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With a fair wind and if I get the public transport right, I live within 15 minutes walk or public transport of all these things. It's great. @SRDorman/1832746730523132381Permalink On Internet Archive
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A lovely afternoon standing alongside friends and neighbours in Glasgow against the handful of fash that turned up. We had a counter-protest full of joy and chanting and sharing while the fash just seemed to stand around looking miserable. They didn't even do any chants. @SUTRScotland/1832438310662484223Permalink On Internet Archive
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I spent so much of my time in leftist circles discussing class with people who believed that it was impossible to change class from the class you were born into. Wasted hours of my one wild and precious life. @keewa/1831964510380552479Permalink On Internet Archive
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If you haven't been reading my newsletter about open source software and digital liberation, it's a good time to start. I'm publishing a big new piece next week about the role of open source in individual digital liberation and anti-capitalist struggle. opensauce.simonxix.comPermalink On Internet Archive
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Very excited to be seeing @ComedyBangBang live later today. I missed the last UK tour and was prepared to travel to Manchester this time round but they're coming right to Glasgow! Between this and How Did This Get Made earlier this year, a good year for seeing live podcasts.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Finally got my hands on my copy of @ultrabrilliant's Perfect Organism: An Alien: Isolation Companion. Looking forward to reading this book on one of my favourite games.Permalink On Internet Archive
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