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Why choice of Linux distribution matters
Why have you not done a basic search to understand the objectives of the various distros and posiilities, before posing these questions?
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Why choice of Linux distribution matters
Why have you not done a basic search to understand the objectives of the various distros and posiilities, before posing these questions?
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OpenAI claims The New York Times tricked ChatGPT into copying its articles
So, OpenAI is admitting its models are open to manipulation by anyone and such manipulation can result in near verbatim regurgitation of copyright works, have I understood correctly?
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Ben & Jerry’s Becomes One of the First Major Companies to Call for Gaza Ceasefire
Irrespective of what anyone thinks of Ben & Jerry’s position, pro peace is not antisemitic, particularly when consistently applied to a range of entities and mirrored in actions, rather than just words.
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Israel Tied With Iran Among Top Jailers of Journalists in 2023, Report Finds
Israel is also killing journalists, as well as aid workers, its own hostage citizens waving white flags, along with thousands of non combative Palestinians, the majority being women and children.
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Google Allows Creditors to Brick Your Phone
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Being Australian this is likely one to report to the ACCC, as Aussies at least have basic consumer protection, though that get murky with overseas tech entities.
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Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment
HomeAssistant...this is the way!
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SR-72: US secret hypersonic jet to allegedly break sound barrier in 2025 | Believed to be a top-secret project of the US Air Force, the SR-72 is touted to reach over 4,000 mph (6,437 kph), making i...
A little late to allegedly break sound barrier in 2025: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_barrier
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"How to bypass and block infuriating cookie popups" 🙄🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
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Netanyahu hits out at Macron over call for halt to arms exports to Israel
Civilized countries should never be standing firmly with genocide, irrespective of who engages in it.
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Facebook admits that the Linux topic crackdown was 'in error' and has been fixed
If you can't clearly admit why it happened you are deliberately avoiding being held accountable, because if you can fix it you know the cause!
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US congress receives bill to review South Africa relations following ‘politically motivated’ ICJ case
Not being American have I got this right, there is a bipartisan bill aimed at punishing South Africa for raising what the the International Court of Justice then subsequently found it plausible Israel has committed acts of genocide against Gaza?
If the US wants to advocate for adherence to a rules based order then it has to be willing to abide by it, otherwise why would others?
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‘Our beautiful sister’: Friends pay tribute to Australian aid worker killed in Gaza
Israel forces have killed Israeli hostages under a white flag, killed large numbers of women and children, bombed hospitals and refugee camps, along with killing reporters and aid workers...while Israel always had the right to defend itself that is not justification for extrajudicial killings or genocide, both of which should provoke harsh international condemnation and responses.
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Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked
I am reminded about the catchphrase for GrayJay: Follow Creators, Not Platforms
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Biggest Privacy Erosion in 10 Years? On Google’s Policy Change Towards Fingerprinting
Yet another corporate self-serving move that should highlight the need for de-googling, but with a monopolist controlling information flow how many will notice, and if they do, how many will recognize there are counter options, even if made difficult by the dominant web player...I would like to say it is blatantly time to break up big tech, but realistically I can't see that happening, given regulatory capture of US politics, on both sides, as an outside observer.
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It is always morally acceptable to pirate things made by giant corporations
I would like to suggest an alternate perspective, that digital media be beholden to protocols not platforms.
In other words lets focus on the drivers of competition...most evidence suggests that piracy goes down in response to easily accessible and affordable market conditions.
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The days of custom Android ROMs are numbered, and Google is to blame
Sad opensource and consumers are shafted!
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Xi proposes Global Governance Initiative
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Or perhaps questioning the obvious flaws of the UN.
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Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data
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“While we disagree with the FTC’s allegations and characterization of the facts, we are pleased to resolve this matter and look forward to continuing to serve our millions of customers around the world.”...translation, we regret being caught but look forward to the opportunity of exploring alternate ways to exploiting consumers for profit.
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Mullvad's privacy-focused search engine Leta is now free for all users | Leta acts as a proxy for Google and Brave search results
Honestly, while I appreciate the Mullvad initiative, as a Mullvad VPN customer, their choices still primarily serve up thinly disguised advertising as the top search responses, compared to my own self hosted SearXNG results: https://github.com/searxng/searxng
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Taught my Mom how to use AI, we made these together!
A great way to spend time with your mom.