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"Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit"
How is that even remotely legal.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…
Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit
Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on.Ars Technica
Get famous or die trying - grab Content Warning free for the next few hours gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/get-…
Get famous or die trying - grab Content Warning free for the next few hours
Content Warning is the latest release from Landfall Publishing (Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, Clustertruck), which seems like a mix of Lethal Company with a blend of being a YouTuber. It's also free to claim until 4PM UTC.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Linux share on Steam bounces back to nearly 2% for March 2024 gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/linu…
Linux share on Steam bounces back to nearly 2% for March 2024
Thanks to all of Valve's effort with Proton, Steam Deck and their funding of people working on various other bits of Linux code like GPU drivers - the Linux share on Steam as of March 2024 bounced back to a near multi-year high.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Flathub now prominently notes unverified Flatpak apps gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/flat…
Flathub now prominently notes unverified Flatpak apps
After all the issues with Canonical's Snap package scams lately, it seems the Flathub folks are continuing to ensure their platform is trustworthy.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Here's the most played Steam Deck games from March 2024 gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/here…
Here's the most played Steam Deck games from March 2024
Another month down and Valve have released the list of what was popular on Steam Deck for March 2024.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Heroic Games Launcher v2.14 has GOG and Amazon fixes, category customization improvements gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/hero…
Heroic Games Launcher v2.14 has GOG and Amazon fixes, category customization improvements
The Heroic Games Launcher version 2.14.0 has been released and with it some category customisation improvements, to make them easier to work with. Along with fixes for their GOG and Amazon integrations and plenty more.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Free Settlers II inspired strategy game Widelands version 1.2 is out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/free…
Free Settlers II inspired strategy game Widelands version 1.2 is out now
It's free, open source and full of features. Widelands, a game inspired by The Settlers II, has a big new release out now with version 1.2.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Enterprise Day's full program is now live! 🚀
Our big event brings Nextcloud industry leaders and specialists together; we can't wait to share all the enlightening talks we've planned for April 24th!
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Nextcloud Enterprise Day 2024 - April 24 in Munich
The Nextcloud Enterprise Day provides IT professionals like project managers and decision makers the opportunity to define their own strategy to get the most out of their Content Collaboration Platform.Nextcloud
This is an April Fools thing, right?
fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes…
If it is, for fuq's sake.
if it is not, then I'm all for it.
My Plasma 6 Feature Wishlist
As Plasma 6 progresses there's a bunch of things I'd like to see added into Plasma 6, whether that'll happen or not is still to be seen going into the future...YouTube
That's one way to do it!
@Andrew Pam Your mother would love this!
youtu.be/TkOH1m8ucr8?si=ej2YIE…
Silly Parrot Passionately Clinks Coffee Mug || ViralHog
"Our parrot Richard wanted to play by stirring the spoon in our coffee in the afternoon, in a very fun and crazy way."Occurred on March 30, 2024 / Zaragoza, ...YouTube
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GO WITH THE DONKEY!!!
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As long as the weather cooperates, I’ll be pulling my kids out of school next Monday to drive east into the path of totality during the solar eclipse.
Do you have #eclipse plans?
It is a super hot topic here in Ohio. Totality passes over my house!
There are LOTS of naysayers in the crowd, though. During a meeting yesterday, someone mentioned that the weather was going to be bad, so they are moving it south a few miles. I thought that was the greatest thing i've yet heard.
I am taking the day off, and tyring to get a pass to get to the top of the library of our local university.
There is no democracy without a commons.
This week I am grateful to be discussing #GovernableSpaces on the Frontiers of Commoning podcast with one of my heroes, David Bollier: bollier.org/blog/nathan-schnei…
David's books are a phenomenal intro to the power and craft of commoning.
Also get him to join the fediverse on a nice instance and send my greetings, please.
We're close to finished publishing the patterns in French at languedespatterns.commoning.wi… and there's work in the horizon for debating commoning in times of platform cooperativism and capitalism platform.commoning.wiki
Both may be part of an educational project in the next year with Remix the Commons.
@boris also suggested to look at what is to be protocol commoning.
A Neat Linux Kernel Feature You Will Never Use
It's easy to forget that the main use for Linux is in the business world as such a bunch of changes get made that don't really matter for the desktop user bu...YouTube
Here's a fun AI story: a security researcher noticed that large companies' AI-authored source-code repeatedly referenced a nonexistent library (an AI "hallucination"), so he created a (defanged) malicious library with that name and uploaded it, and thousands of developers automatically downloaded and incorporated it as they compiled the code:
theregister.com/2024/03/28/ai_…
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AI hallucinates software packages and devs download them – even if potentially poisoned with malware
Simply look out for libraries imagined by ML and make them real, with actual malicious code. No wait, don't do thatThomas Claburn (The Register)
BAM! Let's put this bill over the line!
It’s time to give Australian courts the power to break up big firms that behave badly
"The so-called Competition and Consumer Amendment (Divestiture Powers) Bill would enable courts to break up firms that misuse their substantial market power under section 46 of the Competition and Consumer Act."
It’s time to give Australian courts the power to break up big firms that behave badly
US courts have had the power to break up badly behaving corporations for more than a century. There’s a bill before the Australian Senate that would give our courts the same power.The Conversation
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#FreeOlaBini
Ola Bini se enfrenta a los esfuerzos de la fiscalía ecuatoriana para anular su absolución en el caso de ciberdelincuencia
Via @eff
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Ola Bini se enfrenta a los esfuerzos de la fiscalía ecuatoriana para anular su absolución en el caso de ciberdelincuencia
Ola Bini, desarrollador informático absuelto el año pasado de cargos de ciberdelincuencia en un veredicto unánime en Ecuador, volvió a los tribunales la semana pasada en Quito cuando la Fiscalía, utilizando las mismas pruebas que ayudaron a exculparl…Electronic Frontier Foundation
Crash Course Lecture: The Deadliest Infectious Disease of All Time
In this Crash Course video, author and “TB-hater” John Green takes a deep dive into tuberculosis. This is the storykottke.org
Nextcloud Hub 8: coming your way on April 24th!
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Nextcloud Hub 8 launch event
Nextcloud Hub 8 will be launched on April 24th in an online event. Register now to participate in the live prentation and be among the first to experience it!Nextcloud
Have you done any testing to ensure the apps you proclaimed so proudly in the past haven't been made abandonware by your inability to stabilize and standardize app interfaces? Your existing users are still sad that you broke PicoCMS, News, Social apps, and more, by your negligence in previous versions. Are you doing better this time?
Will we ever be able to use those abandonware apps again, or are they useless forever now?
DonesTech: La infraestructura feminista como creación de lo que nos sostiene
por Spideralex
#hackfeminismo #CuidadosDigitales
donestech.net/es/noticia/dones…
DonesTech: La infraestructura feminista como creación de lo que nos sostiene – Spideralex | dones i noves tecnologies | codi lela
La infraestructura feminista abarca un conjunto de tecnologías para informar, comunicar, documentar, conectar, relacionarnos, explorar identidades e inventar narrativas e imaginarios subversivos y radicales acerca de los otros mundos posibles y desea…donestech.net
Why is the default for digital communities a system where community members have no power, representation, or agency?
This “implicit feudalism” isn’t great for moderators either — they’re just vassals of the platform CEOs.
Read an excerpt of media theorist @ntnsndr's new book, Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life.
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-i…
🪤 The internet was supposed to be democratic. Why isn’t it?
Media theorist Nathan Schneider’s new book on the implicit feudalism of digital communitiesNathan (New_ Public)
People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One
Removing cars from urban areas means lower carbon emissions, less air pollution, and fewer road traffic accidents. So why are residents so resistant?Andrew Kersley (WIRED)
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Cutting Down on Ultra-Processed Foods Could Save Lives, Research Reveals
Recently, the CEO of breakfast giant Kelloggs Gary Pilnick promoted the benefits eating breakfast cereal for dinner as a way for people to cope with the increased cost of living and food: “Ce…Palm Oil Detectives
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Hey everyone!
I'm working on a video to see what the Linux community (or at least people who follow me) actually use.
So, I created a little form, hosted on my Nextcloud (hopefully it's up to the task...)
It's only up for 2 days, so don't hesitate to share it around, it will help me "touch grass" and see if my preconceived notions are confirmed, or invalidated!
nextcloud.thelinuxexp.com/inde…
Of course, it's all anonymous, no personal data, it's just for the purposes of creating the video.
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I am not a supplier
For the past few years, we have seen a lot of discussions around the concept of the Software Supply Chain. These discussions started around the time of LeftPad and escalated with multiple incidents in the past few years.Thomas Depierre
Chanted weather report! So funny!
@Katherine Bond @Joyce Donahue
youtu.be/dcOxbLmN7rA?si=DambWt…
UK New Entry 1966 (363) The Master Singers - Weather Forecast
Entered 'Melody Maker' chart @ no. 49, 12 November 1966Entered 'Disc & Music Echo' chart @ no. 48, 19 November 1966Entered 'Record Retailer' chart @ no. 50, ...YouTube
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A MOG Synthesiser!
Cat Scratch Synthesizer : Cardboard toy for musical cats.
Is your cat into retro syth pop? We thought so. What will the maniacs at SUCK UK think of next?www.suck.uk.com
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A Bitchin' 1980s Cardboard Synthesizer Cat Scratcher
SUCK UK created a bitchin' cardboard cat scratchpad that looks a lot like a Moog analog synthesizer from the 1980s.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
All this talk about #xzorcist over the weekend, I want to also point out that it's important to remember that the "software supply chain" largely does *not* exist in regards to open source, because most people have no real relationship other than parasitic consumption with the project.
@Di4na's great blog post on this topic explains it quite well: softwaremaxims.com/blog/not-a-…
I am not a supplier
For the past few years, we have seen a lot of discussions around the concept of the Software Supply Chain. These discussions started around the time of LeftPad and escalated with multiple incidents in the past few years.Thomas Depierre
Wow! This short about Spiderman and PTSD is terrific. Sony created this as a fundraiser for the Kevin Love Fund, which works to reduce the stigma around mental health issues.
@earendil@diaspora.glasswings.com may have already put up this link, but if not--here it is!
youtu.be/FcGPpwFdE1Y?si=ZR2YqQ…
THE SPIDER WITHIN: A SPIDER-VERSE STORY | Official Short Film (Full) | Sony Animation
We are proud to officially debut The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story, in partnership with the Kevin Love Fund. Because everyone is going through somethin...YouTube
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The REAL Truth About Wayland
Wayland is set to be an important graphical protocol going into the future of Linux but does that really make sense and is there perhaps more going on than w...YouTube
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My Mom built an analog ad blocker for her favorite tablet game and while I cannot stop laughing, I'm also hella proud of her. Go Mom! Stick it to the man!
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I'm really appreciating this idea on FOSS from my colleague @bwag—not just "free as in speech" or "free as in beer" but "free as in way." Increasingly, that is, FOSS acts like a freeway.
bowaggoner.com/blahg/2024/03-1…
It is infrastructure for business—free for all, but a means of profit for some. And that affects how we should build economies around it.
I agree with you.
But why emphasize "economies" in this way? Do we talk about books like this?
Practical benefits have to flow from the ethical ones or else we're in danger of playing a game where economy is on top of freedom. See China: in the 1990s there was thought that democracy would follow capitalism. But no. You can have capitalism with no Freedom.
This book cloudempires.org/ is pretty good about this issue (though doesn't discuss FOSS directly)
Cloud Empires: How Digital Platforms Are Overtaking the State and How We Can Regain Control
A major new book by Vili Lehdonvirta, Oxford Professor of Economic Sociology.cloudempires.org
I think it'd be worth exploring extending the paradigm to free as in byways - not maintained or built by the state, but in the public use. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byway_(r…
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •I supported through #Liberapay, but looks like you stopped accepting donations there ?
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •Hey Liam, I've recently launched the Communick Collective, a zero-commission crowdfunding platform: blog.communick.com/communick-c…
I'd like to invite you to join it now so that I can you to my list of contributions.
Communick Collective: a zero-commission crowdfunding platform to support content creators in the Fediverse · Communick
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