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wjt

@wjt@mastodon.me.uk

Computational dadfluencer, lapsed amateur musician, cat observer, somewhere in Greater London.

Formerly @wjt. He/him.

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popey , to random
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Back in London for day two of State of Open Con 2024. Yesterday, I was volunteering on the event crew all morning, so didn’t attend any talks, but spent a while as a “welcome bot” on the door, and room usher. That meant I had plenty of opportunities for quick chats with friends and familiar faces. In the afternoon I attended a few interesting talks, which I will probably talk about on an upcoming @linuxmatters soon.
Today, talks the morning then I am volunteering in the afternoon 🥰

wjt ,
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@popey cool, see you there today!

forteller , to random
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App idea for Linux: An app where I set a regular amount that I want to donate each week/month, and then it locally and privately logs how much time I spend using the different apps on my machine and distributes the money accordingly.

With different options to blacklist some apps, weigh some apps more than others, always give X amount to some apps regardless of use, also give to things that won't be tracked (like the DE), etc.

wjt ,
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@popey @forteller @EndlessOS @cassidy I spoke about it at FOSDEM on Saturday, actually, with app usage as one of the examples! https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3648-privacy-respecting-usage-metrics-for-free-software-projects/

The data does not persist locally, and on the server is totally anonymous so could not give you the data you'd need for this good idea.

We're also interested in keeping local app usage timers for parental controls and digital wellbeing. My pet bad idea is a Spotify Wrapped-style “You were in the top 5% of Nautilus users this month" toy...

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