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Listened to Cup o' Go | ⏲️ ⚡️ That feeling when your timer returns the wrong time & new 🌩️ lightning round!
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Conferences & CFPs🇮🇱 GopherCon Israel, Sept 9 @ Tel AvivCFP open until Jul 15🇦🇺 GopherCon AU, NoCFP open until Sept 15🇮🇳 GopherCon India, Dec 1 @ Jaipur🇩🇪 Fyne Conf, Sept 20 @ BerlinCFP open until Aug 16🇸🇬 GopherCon Singapore, October TBDCFP open until Aug 19Go 1.23 draft release notes⏲️ Blog:...

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Listened to Open Source DevRel by Major League Hacking 
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Join us for an insightful discussion on the intricacies of Developer Relations in the open source world. Our panel of experts will delve into key differences between open and closed source platforms, the unique challenges and opportunities in open source DevRel, and the impact of AI tools on the community. Gain practical insights and hear success stories from industry leaders.

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Attached: 1 image 10 July - Second OpenUK Digital Meet-up! Join Dr Dawn Foster, James Humphries and host Jamie Tanna, in their talks on high-profile forks, their impacts and the challenges of launching a fork. Register https://www.meetup.com/openuk/events/301139203/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link #openuk #digitalmeetup #opensourcelondon

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Listened to Open Source Security Podcast: Episode 435 - polyfill.io - open source is too big to fix
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and talk about the latest polyfill.io mess. Apparently someone took over a very popular project and started to serve malware. First XZ, now this. What does it mean for open source? We don't have any answers, and it's hard to even talk about this problem because it's so big. The thing is though, even if we can't fix open source, it's here to stay. Show Notes

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Listened to Dependencies are dangerous (Go Time #321)
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Dependencies! We need them, but how do we use them effectively and safely? In this week’s episode Kris is joined by Ian and Johnny to discuss the polyfill.io supply chain attack, the history of dependency management and usage in Go, and the Go Proverb that “a little copying is better than a little dependency”. Of cours...

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Reposted Adrian Cochrane (@alcinnz@floss.social)
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If there's one thing I've learned as a browser-engine dev: Everything is political! The most mundane things (e.g. how we answer "what time is it?") has the weight of historical politics behind it. Software freedom is a political project, you can't "leave politics out of it"! It makes a lot more sense to ask "how is this political?" than "is this political?". Because it is!

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Reposted Aral Balkan (@aral@mastodon.ar.al)
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Technology is political. If your project or organisation has a “no politics” clause, you’re saying you’re happy to exclude people whose very existence is political in our societies. It’s only defensible if you’re coming from a place of privilege where the dominant politics are to your advantage so you can take them as given. There is no such thing as “no politics”; there is only “no politics other than the politics of the status quo that I benefit from, which I’ve internalised as normal.”