I got an email yesterday telling me times have never been better to refinance my home. They swore that they could get me a number that was more than double my current rate.
“In the last week of October 1998, a confidential Microsoft memorandum on Redmond’s strategy against Linux and Open Source software was leaked to me by a source who shall remain nameless. I annotated this memorandum with explanation and commentary over Halloween Weekend and released it to the national press. Microsoft was...
Linux can win as long as services / protocols are commodities.
OSS projects have been able to gain a foothold in many server applications because of the wide utility of highly commoditized, simple protocols. By extending these protocols and developing new protocols, we can deny OSS projects entry into the market.
Those two are things we as a community need to focus on. This Fediverse we’re in is one fine solution though :)
Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook’s parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
Meta’s practices also collected protected data like race, religion, and sexual orientation. Meta disputed that it needed explicit consent, arguing that agreeing to terms of service was enough, but courts rejected this.
Oh please let this be the beginning of a global backlash against corporate EULA’s and the start of a path towards a few well understood EULA’s, similar to how we have a few well understood FOSS licenses.
Many countries all around the world possess weapons that could obliterate an entire other country, or their own country if detonated by mistake, and possibly destroy the whole planet.
that falls under the duty of the page I’m visiting to keep their stuff secure - and while I’m very unhappy about some recent practices¹ I’d more for documenting and battling it out in court, if necessary.
You seem to be ok letting others take responsibility for the security of your online accounts, and want to turn security shortcomings into legal justice. If that works for you then that’s fine, but it’s not good security.
I know. When I made that choice I got rid of some songs I really liked. That’s the price I’m paying for keeping my mind more free of words I am forbidden from using.
Jesus: “I made this checklist of what we call ‘sins’, and you seem to be violating a lot of them!”
Human: “your checklist sucks.”
Jesus: “well that’s fine, that’s fine… you can keep on violating them and I’ll forgive you as long as you swear that I am the best. Then I’m going to need you to give me 10% of your income, as a gift… and I also want you to tell everybody else about this sweet deal I’ve made with you.”
I don’t really see the point of this. It’s just adding complexity for the sake of it. As far as I can tell when you change gear it just changes some software parameters, there are no physical gears. Yet there’s a clutch and the ability to stall?
I went to college with this guy 10 years ago and I considered him a friend up until this year. Something changed in him, and he constantly needs to put me down and I don’t know how to handle it....
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Thursday released a written order detailing why he determined Donald Trump’s Wednesday sworn testimony denying that he attacked a court clerk “rings hollow and untrue” after he fined the former president $10,000 for his second violation of a partial gag order meant to...
You could be focusing on “it’s amazing how easy it is for me to make food!” But you’re not. Your emotions are leading you somewhere, instead of your rational mind. Next time you recognize that you feel like that, pause, and pay attention to what exactly it is that you are feeling, without judgement. Use your rational mind to observe your emotional state. Just observe it, don’t control it or try to change it. Hopefully you’ll discover something, maybe even the answer you’re looking for.
I agree with you about game pass. Adobe is different though. With Game Pass you rent a whole library of software, and if you really just want to play one game you can outright buy it. With Adobe you are renting maybe a few apps, and if you only want one (like I do) you cannot pay outright for it.
Game Pass even gives you a discount if you pay for the title outright.
This sounds so slippery slope hypothetical, but this is exactly what Adobe did with Photoshop, Lightroom, and more, which shows that this is actually happening right now.
This is without a doubt the best Christian meme. It so succinctly summarizes how nonsensical the idea of salvation by the holy trinity is, and how the biblical god plays the role of the abuser in an abusive relationship.
Housing market affordability is so bad that Zillow says it will take you 13.5 years to break even on a purchase from July onward (finance.yahoo.com)
25 years since The Halloween Documents, the Microsoft vs. Linux and Open Source memos (www.catb.org)
“In the last week of October 1998, a confidential Microsoft memorandum on Redmond’s strategy against Linux and Open Source software was leaked to me by a source who shall remain nameless. I annotated this memorandum with explanation and commentary over Halloween Weekend and released it to the national press. Microsoft was...
Man arrested for pointing gun at 6-year-old boy's head over Halloween goody bag (abcnews.go.com)
Meta faces permanent ban on targeted ads across Europe (stackdiary.com)
Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook’s parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
Toyota has built an EV with a fake transmission, and we’ve driven it (arstechnica.com)
It sounds bizarre but I want to try it.
meow_irl (sopuli.xyz)
what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?
Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.
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NO! (startrek.website)
Linux user (infosec.pub)
Dies for your sins (feddit.de)
Because people can't seem to visualize it (lemmy.world)
Toyota to offer manual gearbox in next-generation electric cars (www.autocar.co.uk)
I don’t really see the point of this. It’s just adding complexity for the sake of it. As far as I can tell when you change gear it just changes some software parameters, there are no physical gears. Yet there’s a clutch and the ability to stall?
How should I handle an ex friend who feels like he needs to bully me to raise his own self esteem? (We're adults)
I went to college with this guy 10 years ago and I considered him a friend up until this year. Something changed in him, and he constantly needs to put me down and I don’t know how to handle it....
Trump melts down on Truth Social after judge says his denial "rings hollow and untrue" (www.salon.com)
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Thursday released a written order detailing why he determined Donald Trump’s Wednesday sworn testimony denying that he attacked a court clerk “rings hollow and untrue” after he fined the former president $10,000 for his second violation of a partial gag order meant to...
Why does eating a frozen ready meal alone feel depressing even tho it's objectively good that I can have nice warm food easily
very kirk van houten coded...
fuck Adobe and fuck their licensing
I’m so absolutely sick of it.
Goodbye Chrome. It was great while it lasted. (lemmy.ca)
I’m fucking done with Chrome. Fuck this.
Mormon church fined over scheme to hide $32 billion investment fund behind shell companies (www.nbcnews.com)
He will save us from... (lemmings.world)
Ukranian soldiers cross a minefield to save a ~$16K drone. (streamable.com)
Cross post from sopuli.xyz/post/4910207
‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)