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touchingshootingstars · 2 years

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I have no idea how the heck it became Week 10. I’m getting marks back for my first few assessments and man, I could be doing better. My writing subjects are going fairly well, but the same cannot be said for my business subjects. I’m just so preoccupied with my YouTube channel and babysitting and Heartstopper and well,,, anything but study. Which is unfortunate, because I do like studying.

I’m currently sitting in the library with a coffee analysing a book for one of my writing assessments. Hopefully this one is a high distinction guys! Any advice for getting my head in the game is highly appreciated.

Listening: SUPERMODEL by Måneskin

Reading: Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton (depicted above)

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entheory · 2 years

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Today's accomplishments:

- went to driving class at 7:30 am

- took some nice pictures for Instagram w my best friend

- washed my hair

- took a nap

- went to a friend's apartment to play badminton

- post which I took a shower

- locked all doors

I'm kind of confused about things rn but I'm just going to wait for it to sort itself. I'm so glad to have my best friend ajshdjrjuebfh

Tomorrow we're going to hang out with some friends, and I'll be taking the bus for the first time in a year! I'm really looking forward to it.

Love, Sam

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myhoneststudyblr · 3 years

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so i got my dog a new toy the other day and it’s called shaggy monkey and he is currently *obsessed* with it!!! the only problem is that he keeps leaving it places and forgetting where he has left it so i usually have to walk around my entire house with him trying to find it! he’s like a forgetful old man who is also mostly blind 😂

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lifeofthegrind · 3 years

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spring quarter has sprung! just some pictures of what my workspace tends to look like in the first couple days of classes (by far my most organized and motivated time but i still did that whole monthly spread instead of paying attention in one of my lectures :P)

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sunnyrinusstudies · 3 years

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Going FOSS: An Intro to Open-Source software for studyblr (and also some privacy related bits)

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Intro & attempt at TLDR

Hey everyone! Today I’d like to tell y’all something about Open Source Software, and also Why this should matter to you! This’ll probably be the first post of a series I intend to do, because I believe the Studyblr community, even the non-nerd folks, could really benefit from switching some things out in their digital environment. Since this is a long post, I attempted to summarise it below, please do read on if you have the spoons tho!

TLDR?

FOSS stands for “Free and Open Source Software” the “free” part doesn’t necessarily mean it’s free as in free pizza, but mostly means free as in freedom.

There’s a humongous amount of variants on this concept, but the core of FOSS specifically is the four freedoms:

1. To run the program however you want and for whatever you want

2. To study how the program works and to change it in whatever way you want

3. To be able to share it with whomever you feel like

4. To be able to share your modified version with whomever you want

There’s a whole host of software licenses built around these concepts, you can check those out at the Open Source Initiative website, or at Choose A License. Both have a good summary of what they all stand for.

Open Source software is used for a lot of products, nearly every single webserver is an Apache Linux server, Google chrome is built on top of their open source chromium (google is still the devil, but y’know, it’s an example), and even deep deep down, Apple computers run on top of a Linux Kernel. Many more can be listed, but I won’t do that otherwise this isn’t a TLDR anymore.

Now, Why is this important for you? The Open Source Initiative summed it up real nicely already, but heres a short paraphrase:

Control & Security. If software is open source then you can check if it really works the way it does, and to make sure it’s not spying on you. Even if you don’t have the skills for it, someone else who does will be able to check. Also if you don’t like how something works in a program, then you’ll be able to change it or find someone else’s changed version that you like more.

Training. People who want to learn programming can use the code to see what makes programs tick, as well as use it as a guide for their own projects.

Stability. Because everything’s out in the open, that means someone else can take up maintaining a project or make a successor of it, in case the original developers suddenly quit working on it. This is especially important when it’s software that’s absolutely critical for certain tasks.

Community. It’s not just one program. It’s a lot of people working together to make, test, use, and promote a project they really love. Lots of projects end up with a dedicated fanbase that helps support the developers in continuing to work on the software.

I’d like to add one more tho: Privacy, which ties in a lot with the security part. Nowadays with protests going on and everything being online due to the pandemic, folks have been and will be confronted much more with the impact of privacy, and lack thereof. Open Source software means that if any company or group tries to spy on you, then you and anyone who feels like checking, will be able to know and take action on it. Here’s the EFF page on privacy and why it should matter to you

If that got your attention then read on past the readmore button! Or, if nothing else maybe check out the Free and Open Source Software portal on Wikipedia? Or maybe the resources page of the Open Source Initiative?

Terminology: Let’s get that out of the way first

Open Source: The source code that a program is made up of is freely accessible, anyone can look at it and check whether it works well enough or to make sure it doesn’t spy on you.

FOSS: Free and Open Source Software. This doesn’t mean that you don’t need to pay for it, it’s free as in freedom and free speech, not free pizza.

There are four freedoms associated with FOSS:

The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).

The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others (freedom 2).

The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3).

By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

FLOSS: Free and Libre Open Source Software. This time it is “free” as in free pizza. The “libre” is french for “free” as in freedom.

GRATIS: Sometimes people use this word to mean “free” as in free pizza. Usually alongside “FOSS”

Licenses : A license is something that tells others what they can or cannot do with your code. Licenses also apply to art and literature, those are copyright licenses. There are many different software licenses and I’m not going to be able to list them all.

The biggest players however are:

Apache License 2.0

The 3-Clause BSD License

GNU General Public License (also known as GPL)

MIT License

Mozilla Public License 2.0

There’s even more and you can find a list of them Here on the Open Source Initiative site There’s so many licenses that there’s even a Choose A License site, where you can pick a license depending on what you want it to achieve

Who and/or what even uses open source software?

You don’t need to be some nerd to benefit from Open Source software, in fact, you’re using open source software right now! The biggest example is the whole entire internet. Websites are stored on servers, and nearly every single webserver is a Linux server. The second biggest browser Firefox is open source, and even google chrome is built on top of “chromium” an open source base. If you dont use an iPhone, then you’re probably on an Android phone. Guess what? Android is part of the Android Open Source Project, which is then built upon a GNU/Linux base. All Open Source. Chromebooks? Built on top of a Linux kernel (like a non-patented engine you could put into any motor vehicle you’d like). Heck, even Apple computers are, at their core, built on top of a Linux kernel.

Neat apps you may wanna check out!

I’ve made a little list of apps that might be especially useful for studyblr folks, but depending on how well this post does I’ll probably make some more posts for specific apps.

TiddlyWiki, has a bajillion different ways to organise your thoughts, and also a lot of variant builds out there. Check out their table of contents if you feel lost! There’s versions available for most big browsers, as well as windows, linux, mac, android, and iOS.

AnyType, is an app that looks and almost exactly like notion, but is much more decentralised. They’re currently still in development but if you want to support them, sign up for early access and give them some feedback so they know what works and doesn’t! They’re still in closed alpha, but are intending to give beta access to about 100 folks at a time throughout 2021, so please sign up if this looks interesting to you!

Trilium Notes, is slightly more like a “notebook”, however you can arrange your notes in nearly infinitely deep folders. You can use things like Relation Maps & Link Maps to visualise your notes and how they go together. There’s even more they do and I just cant list it all, so go check out their stuff for a more comprehensive overview! Works on windows, linux, and (unsupported) mac

LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE are two office suites that function just as well as micro$oft office, often Even Better in my experience. I’ve used LibreOffice for years now and honestly? never going back. OnlyOffice is technically free (as in pizza), but it’s a slight hassle to get everything set up, cause you need to set it up on a server. They have a paid and hosted version available with educational discounts, but honestly i’d go with LibreOffice.

OnePile, is an app I haven’t used myself since it only runs on Apple stuff. But I’ve heard a lot of good things about it so that’s why it’s in here. It looks like it works similar to most general “note taking notebook” apps. Looks really pretty too honestly.

EtherPad, is similar to ONLYOFFICE, however this one’s a lot more focused on specifically text documents. Works with real-time collaboration which is really neat.

Anything that FramaSoft has going on. They’re a non-profit organisation, dedicated to promoting digital freedom. A lot of open source cloud related things are not really useful to people who don’t have the time and/or money to set up a whole-ass server. That’s where FramaSoft comes in, they do it for you. Just about everything they offer (here’s a full overview) are free (as in free pizza). They also have a separate site to help you get started!

It’s not free to run it all on their side, so if you find yourself interested in using their services please try to support them any way you monetarily can! (they even have a “minetest” server (not minecraft, deeeefinitely not minecraft))

Joplin!! Which is also what I used to write this post so I wouldn’t have to use The Tumble’s post writing thing. It’s good for taking notes, has a bunch of neat plug-ins, and can also sync with a variety of cloud services!

Nextcloud For if you want to go just that little bit further on the open source and the privacy. Nextcloud has honestly way too many features for me to list, but the important parts are that it’s a nigh perfect replacement for office365, and probably even GSuite. The one caveat is that you either gotta host it yourself, or get someone else to host it for you. Framasoft (mentioned above), has a nextcloud instance. It works on just about every single platform, and can integrate with an absurd amount of services. Here’s a list of providers that work with nextcloud, and what different apps they have installed on their server.

I personally use Disroot, because they’re a local (as in, my country) non-profit that offer about 2gb of free storage, and then for about 15 cents per GB per month you can get more storage if you want. They also have an email service which is hella neat. Their one main rule is Do Not Use For Business Purposes, because they’re here to help the individual folks, not companies.

Neat Links you may also want to look at!

Here are some sources, and also resources that I used for this post. There’s also some stuff here that I think folks may be interested in in general.

General Wikipedia Article on Open Source Software

The Free and Open Source Software portal on Wikipedia

Resources page of the Open Source Initiative

Free Software Foundation definition of “free software”

itsfoss page on what FOSS means

itsfoss page on the history of FOSS

Open Source Software Foundation list of projects and apps they really like

Open Source Initiative on “the open source way”, and how it goes beyond software

Check out literally anything the Electronic Frontier Foundation has going on maybe?

TED talk on privacy and why it’s important

The Surveillance Self Defense project by the EFF

This EFF page on privacy for students

ExpressVPN article on privacy (not necessarily endorsing this company, just a good article)

What’s next?

I’ll probably make some more posts on specific kinds of software that I think folks may like. Or maybe a general overview on the more privacy forcused reasons and solutions for doing all of this.

Future post ideas, none of these are set in stone:

Open source Note taking apps

Replacements for just about Every Single google service I can think of

My personal setup

Open source / privacy conscious social media that studyblr folks may be into

Chatting, Calling, Videocalling: Discord and whatsapp alternatives etc

??? More studyblr apps that could do with a FOSS alternative??

How to support open source when you’re not a big fudgin nerd

How to be better at digital privacy and security, while still maintaining that studyblr aesthetic

Apps, software, other stuff, for specific areas of study maybe?

Feel free to suggest other ideas! Or leave feedback! This is my first big resource post so I wanna know if/how I can do better when I make another one!

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rylie-studies · 4 years

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september 02, 2020.

Hey y’all! Here are some journal excerpts from the past few weeks. Also, I recently went on a spiritual fast intended to last for over a month where I relinquished habits that I usually do like listening to music, watching movies, talking to friends, being on social media, reading fiction books, and just doing anything on my phone. I actually turned off my phone, stored it away for two weeks, and didn’t use it at all until just yesterday. And yes, that meant I didn’t talk to Italian boy for two weeks, oop. The things that I did do were spend time with my family, eat limited amounts of food & stayed hydrated, read the Bible, journal almost everyday, & read books about spirituality. Before embarking on it, I felt so lost and drained and I just felt this calling to take a break―to pause―and there were so many signs pointing me to that path. I initially asked God one question before the journey started and after that, I let Him take me to wherever I could find that answer and, wow, let me tell y’all, the results were astonishing.

I didn’t end up doing it for the whole time bcs I’d already found my answer fairly quickly and I also got a bit sick in the middle of it. Long story short, I was taken to the right path and found myself in the Buddha’s teachings, have gotten through so much of the Bible (I’ve never thoroughly read it before and it’s so fascinating omg I love learning how things came to be), have read so many books about being in the present, Buddhism, spirituality, meditation, and so on, got to spend more time with my family & learned not to depend on my phone (when we went to the beach or out in nature, I had nothing to take pictures so I cherished everything), I wrote consistently in my journal and, most of all, I learned the value of living in the present & the beauty of solitude. After it ended, I found that my head was clearer and so many fresh ideas about things I wanted to do with my life poured out of my mind. It was definitely difficult, but amidst it all, I learned to have faith, to trust in the process, and to have self-discipline. I also had lots of time to self-reflect! Overall, I had a really incredible experience and wanted to share it with all you beautiful beings. I hope to do it again in the future with a different question!

I hope all of y’all are adjusting well to September and looking forward to autumn! Remember to take some time to pause and live in the moment! 🤍✨

🎧: ilysb - lany

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darcyolsson · 3 years

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HAHAH im loving the us content bc im from the united states and i’m going on a road trip next month! the destination is only two states away and it will take 18 hours (likely more) to get there and the entire geography will change from woods to prairie to mountains 😛 the good ol’ us of a is massiveeeee

mountains... prairies.... 2 things the netherlands also doesn't have. the concept of a road trip is so Wild to me no one here ever does that i think but like... why don't we u could visit like 5 countries in a week if u wanted to

#enjoy your road trip!!#answered asks #lattestudies

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sprachgefuehle · 3 years

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57, 67, 96 !

67. What's the worse thing a person can be?

Full of righteousness and way too self assured und uncritical.

96. Is your perception of yourself similar or the same to how others perceive you?

I have no idea but the answer is probably no because can they ever be the same? Also when we are talking about gender, the answer is definitely a no from me.

I have answered 57 here!

Ask me one of 100 questions to ask your friends at 4:02 am

#thanks for asking!#lattestudies #ask #ask game

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castudies · 3 years

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In celebration of getting to a new k of followers, here are (only a portion of the) blogs that I love quite a bit and think y’all would like (assuming u guys like what content I choose to reblog/like/post!). Check them out when u can!!!

@justanotherstudyblrinthecrowd @vaguely-surreal @studyambitiouss @sabrutus @cruelests @tendergazing @morallyambiguous @snapesfortelodin @lattestudies @rothko @therepublicofletters @uiucstudying @coffeegurl @essayisms @studentofthecosmos @a-study-in-letters @nulkvoid

I keep a running list under “updates” on my blog so if u ever wanna mass queue! Also if u happen to be one of these ^ amazing blogs do not feel obligated to engage w me/this post. This is purely admiration and I hope you’re doing well and taking care <3 <3 <3

#cassie talks #justanotherstudyblrinthecrowd #vaguely-surreal #studyambitiouss #sabrutus #cruelests #tendergazing #morallyambiguious #snapesfortelodin #lattestudies #rothko #therepublicofletters #uiucstudying #coffeegurl #essayisms #studentofthecosmos #a-study-in-letters #nulkvoid

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lezbianz · 3 years

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i literally cannot believe i had to read that hannibal post with mine own two eyes-

@loathsome <- blame him i was forced to reblog it

#ask #lattestudies

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touchingshootingstars · 2 years

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Hello! In this video I review books from my childhood (and Heartstopper, too!). This won’t be the last video in this series; I have a lot of books on my bookshelf. 😊

I read a lot of books by British authors set in British places, so there’s clearly a theme. I specifically discuss:

Harry Potter by J.K Rowling (sorry)

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis

The Famous Five by Enid Blyton

The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton

Heartstopper Volumes 1-4 by Alice Oseman

Thank-you so much to anyone who watches!

#mine #harry potter #jk rowling #The Chronicles of Narnia #cs lewis #The Famous Five #enid blyton #Heartstopper #alice oseman #british girls #youtube #hanniscup #heypeachblossom #lifeofthegrind #lattestudies #heycora

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chiquitareilly · 3 years

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Tag game!

Thanks @lattestudies for tagging me!

Currently playing: nothing really- last game I played was Pirates of the Caribbean online (yes, really) but that was over the summer.

Currently working on: Trying to not fall asleep because I ran 12 miles this morning and I need to not nap so I can fix my sleep schedule after my meet

Currently craving: coffee (specifically a mocha from my favorite coffee shop)

Currently reading: ..... Les Mis, Creative Community Organizing, the Picture of Dorian Gray, the Queen’s Gambit, Good Omens, The Book of Joy, A Promised Land, Seeds of Power, and In Praise of Difficult Women. Yes, I have lost my mind. Message me if you want authors names.

Currently watching: The Great British Baking Show!

Last song I listened to: Quédate Conmigo by Abel Ibáñez G. (highly recommend)

Last movie I watched: The Bone Collector - picked by my coaches to watch on the way to my track meet this weekend.

I don’t know who to tag so... do this if you want??

#tag game #tagged #lattestudies #i have too many books to read

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horrorlesbians · 3 years

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k so i’ve been seeing ur hannibal posts for fucking EVER and i think im finally gonna watch it 😌 u literally bombarded me with so many posts i just HAVE to know what the hype is <3 thank u

i’ve got another one folks! if you somehow haven’t had it spoiled yet i’d blacklist hannibal to avoid spoilers 😘 you’re welcome

#written in blood #my one and only influence- getting people to watch hannibal #nbc should pay me even tho it's been off the air for like 6 years #lattestudies

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myhoneststudyblr · 3 years

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do you like using post it notes? i love them and i have so many different types (i may have a problem lol) and i’ve found them so useful for online classes if i even need to jot something down quick or need to make so prompt notes during discussions! my only problem is that i’m not that great at writing straight on them - they will always start straight for the first half but the the last part of line always goes up at an angle...

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lifeofthegrind · 3 years

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omg thank u so much for this post because i had never actually read your about page!! you seem so cool :) what's your favorite class this semester? what's your go-to coffee shop order and your ideal vacation? and what's something you like about yourself??

thank you! i assure you i am not cool haha. wow lots of questions let’s go!

my favorite class right now is probably my class on second-wave feminis! the readings and discussions are always really fun, and it’s kind of hitting a sweet spot of my interests in gender theory and american politics in the 60s and 70s.

i actually don’t drink coffee that much anymore bc i’m on stimulant medication for adhd! but when i do i usually get a caramel latte :)

my ideal vacation.....it would be really amazing to spend some time traveling through italy and greece. there’s a lot of really amazing historical sites i want to see and cities to explore, plus i just love beaches. though also i do have this crazy pipe dream of one day taking a few months with some friends and road tripping through all 48 contiguous states of america

something i enjoy about myself is probably how funny i am! I make jokes like breathing and even when people around me groan, i pretty much always make myself laugh at least lol

honesty hour! ask/tell/send me anything!

#answered #lattestudies

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study-van · 3 years

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7, 9, 11 ! <3

7. three words from your native language that you like the most?

They are just nice to say: lakin, anka, mutabık

9. which of your neighbouring countries would you like to visit most/know best?

I visited Georgia, Iran and Greece from our neighboring countries, they were all wonderful trips tbh. I’d also want to visit Armenia or Bulgaria tbh (especially Armenia tbh, I had an Armenian classmate in terminal and he really made me want to visit it)

11. favourite native writer/poet?

A very classic answer but Sait Faik Abasıyanık, I grew up reading his stories and it was also so enjoyable to explore his stories more in hs.

hi, I’m not from the US ask game

#asks #ask game #lattestudies #thank youu

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