matt wilkie

matt wilkie

@maphewyk.bsky.social

long time techie, perpetual newbie dev, career geo-spatial, attending curiosity

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matt wilkie
@maphewyk.bsky.social

wtf is #1p4floss? One percent 💰 for Free & Libre Open Source Software Normalize regularly giving to support the uncountable "dude in Nebraska holding up the internet" #XKCD2347 that make our computing life rich. Because software needs to be more expensive blog.glyph.im/2024/03/soft... #floss

blog.glyph.imSoftware Needs To Be More ExpensiveSoftware, like coffee, is too artificially cheap, and we need to make it more expensive. I have one suggestion for how to do that.
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matt wilkie
@maphewyk.bsky.social

And maybe start acting like children, feel the pain, fully, completely, and let it go, because there's new joy right around the corner waiting to come in when there's room.

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matt wilkie
@maphewyk.bsky.social

I crave ending but have none, no neat bow, no denouement. Except: take a breath, and another. Feel toes, weight of clothes. In 90 seconds or less feeling will pass, if we don't spur it for another spin. It's chemistry. Will it right a wrong? No, but it might drive around a future one, if we let it

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There is no way to say grow the hell up and stop acting like children without sounding like a crass, heartless, uncaring sociopath, but that's what I got

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Brandon - "Fietser"
@americanfietser.bsky.social

"But the handicapped need cars!" No, what they need are options in mobility. The tech exists to enable their freedom of independent mobility, but almost always what is lacking is the enabling infrastructure. Bike lanes and quality sidewalks serve everyone.

matt wilkie
@maphewyk.bsky.social

Anyone within reach of my little voice have experience or opinions on the Canadian Antimonopoly Project? antimonopoly.ca They seem to be active in CRTC hearings, parliamentary testimony, and with the competition bureau. Doing more than writing articles and complaining to social media anyway?

antimonopoly.caCanadian Anti-Monopoly ProjectThe Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project is a think tank dedicated to addressing the issues caused by monopoly power in Canada. CAMP produces research and advocates for policy to make Canada’s economy more ...

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Craig Baird-Canadian History Ehx
@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social

Who is Our Favourite Canadian: PRELIMINARY ROUND Many Canadians have left their mark on our history, but who is our favourite? Polls each day, follow along to learn about the people who have shaped Canada's history. (To vote, go into the thread and click like on the person you are voting for)

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Craig Baird-Canadian History Ehx
@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social

Who is Our Favourite Canadian: PRELIMINARY ROUND Many Canadians have left their mark on our history, but who is our favourite? Polls each day, follow along to learn about the people who have shaped Canada's history. (To vote, go into the thread and click like on the person you are voting for)

matt wilkie
@maphewyk.bsky.social

have you heard of #khipu ? Incan knotted cords that are a language or accounting system. Oh wait, maybe both?? "trained khipukamayuqs could recite their contents aloud: laws, ceremonies, and business accounts." - alba-project.org/khipu-reader/

alba-project.orgCracking the Khipu — A Proposed Reading | ALBA ProjectAn experimental syllabic reading of 619 Andean khipus. 46,512 candidates tested, ~97% coverage. Judicial proceedings, astronomical journals, cadastral surveys.
matt wilkie
@maphewyk.bsky.social

"Numbers and text coexist on the same cord, switched by a single structural marker: the figure-eight knot. When present: text mode. When absent: arithmetic mode. The same positional grammar, two interpretations, one binary flag." - github.com/Alba-Researc...

github.comGitHub - Alba-Research/KhipuReader: An open-source tool for reading Andean khipus using the ALBA syllabary (Sivan, 2026)An open-source tool for reading Andean khipus using the ALBA syllabary (Sivan, 2026) - Alba-Research/KhipuReader
matt wilkie
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"Hey matt, I'm Larry from ... Talent Desk. ... interested in this lucrative employment offer?" - hazard of having a public profile in places like github. "etransfer $500 to this address and we'll talk. It's a nuisance I know, but I've found it necessary to filter out the unserious."

matt wilkie
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Surprise, no depoits so far :- ] However, much more satisfying than the delete and block I used to do, and I'm curious what phish they might try next in response, in the next generation of bots

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Abilu Tangwa.
@abilutangwa.bsky.social

Fossil fuel demand is still growing — but solar and wind are growing faster. EVs are surging as oil prices spike. The transition is happening. The question is whether we accelerate it fast enough to avoid the worst. Speed matters. #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy

matt wilkie
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Tool discovery: GPXSee - open source GPS viewer supporting all common formats & most online maps. Drag'n'drop GPX to app window, see immediately if these are what looking for gpxsee.org. Still need a GIS/GPS editor to edit etc but when all want is to see what you've got, this is works #gis #gpx #gps