Mek101 @Mek101@fosstodon.org
Italian STEM student and linux user.
Also, dweeb
Joined Mar 2021
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An open letter in support of Stallman: https://rms-support-letter.github.io/
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If I ever doubt the performance of a Raspberry Pi 4, please send me this Reddit post
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/mcrbor/finally_done_setting_up_my_rpi4_homer_server/
Is there anyone who's using or knows the RPL license?
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A must read about the cancelling of RMS: https://www.wetheweb.org/post/cancel-we-the-web
@theselfhostingblog May I ask for a suggestion? I have small home NAS server running Void Linux, and since my mother has had storage problems in her android phone (only 16GBs), I watend to create an automatic backup solution to move the old files on the server and free some local memory.
Do you know of application/backup utility that could be easly used in android for local backup?
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From an email newsletter from the ORG
"The UK’s privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has posted a vacancy for its top job that reads more like an opening for a corporate lobbyist than the data protection champion the UK needs.
The next leader of the ICO can make or break Britain’s commitment to strong data rights. We must act now to ensure a corporate imposter is not chosen."
The Open Rights Group is "calling for a truly independent Information Commissioner who will hold the Government, and Facebook, Google or Palantir – to account?"
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/wanted-corporate-lobbyist-to-take-over-the-ico/
"The UK’s privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has posted a vacancy for its top job that reads more like an opening for a corporate lobbyist than the data protection champion the UK needs.
The next leader of the ICO can make or break Britain’s commitment to strong data rights. We must act now to ensure a corporate imposter is not chosen."
The Open Rights Group is "calling for a truly independent Information Commissioner who will hold the Government, and Facebook, Google or Palantir – to account?"
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/wanted-corporate-lobbyist-to-take-over-the-ico/
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@kev
Yeah, it is troubling to think that movements like the FSF may die out due to its self implosion because no one picks up the baton due to internal frictions. Unlike opensource projects I think the FSF's ideology makes them a less atractive proposition for investment in tms of the big players
I have long thought that the corporations buying influence in important opensource projects may be doing so because they realise it may only be a matter of time before they can position themselves as custodians of those pojects. It has to remembered that most big corporations will have 5, 10, 15 and even 20 year plans for success.
Yeah, it is troubling to think that movements like the FSF may die out due to its self implosion because no one picks up the baton due to internal frictions. Unlike opensource projects I think the FSF's ideology makes them a less atractive proposition for investment in tms of the big players
I have long thought that the corporations buying influence in important opensource projects may be doing so because they realise it may only be a matter of time before they can position themselves as custodians of those pojects. It has to remembered that most big corporations will have 5, 10, 15 and even 20 year plans for success.
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Data retention: ignorance becomes a political method. Not only Macron wants to simply ignore the rulings of the EU Court of Justice. Berlin is following the same course.
This is not the Rule of Law !
article in German:
https://digitalcourage.de/blog/2021/vorratsdatenspeicherung-ignoranz-politische-methode /f
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What is your main editor
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There is currently a campaign that tries to raise money to improve #Anbox (an Android emulator) on #ubuntutouch.
#Volla has already donated a thousand Euros to kick things of and the campaign has raised 1500€ 💸 so far.
This is a good start, but they need at least 6000€ to hire a freelancer 💻️.
If you are a #FOSS or #Linux enthusiast, please consider donating and help to make #linuxonmobile happen.
Donate at:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/anbox-on-ut
Thank you ♥️
(boosts appreciated)
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"Police are warning students and universities not to access Sci-Hub, an "illegal website" that allows users to download scientific research papers normally locked behind expensive subscriptions."
Very bad indeed. That name again: Sci-Hub. Remember it so you can avoid it. Ahem.
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A draft with Rust in the Linux kernel!
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Big YouTube channel "ShortCircuit" have published a video on the #PinePhone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCKMxzz9cjs
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people be like "software made with love" like no all my software is made with my burning hate for computers
