Others have said this, but the Internet Archive's appeals-court loss to Big Publishing is a disaster for everyone but the cartel of companies and a tiny number of A list authors.
The publishers will tolerate libraries only as long as they can control everything about how books can be loaned. If public libraries were being invented today, the cartel would make their core functions illegal.
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The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
The Internet Archive has lost its appeal to lend out digitized books. A federal appeals court sided with the four publishers, which accused the nonprofit of copyright infringement.Emma Roth (The Verge)
The Marshall Star for September 4, 2024 - NASA
Smith, a Media Fusion employee and the Marshall Star editor, supports the Marshall Office of Communications.Lee Mohon (NASA)
NASA Earth Scientists Take Flight, Set Sail to Verify PACE Satellite Data - NASA
From sea to sky to orbit, a range of vantage points allow NASA Earth scientists to collect different types of data to better understand our changing planet.Erica McNamee (NASA)
"IMPACT! Asteroid 2024 DW1 in Philippines."
youtube.com/watch?v=lgmdYJVpyQ…
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
NGC 247 and Friends
Image Credit & Copyright: Acquisition - Eric Benson, Processing - Dietmar Hager
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APOD: 2024 September 5 - NGC 247 and Friends
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit’s Science of Opportunity on Space Station - NASA
Science ideas are everywhere. Some of the greatest discoveries have come from tinkering and toying with new concepts and ideas. NASA astronaut Don Pettit isAndrea Lloyd (NASA)
Although he had died years before, his ethos of intellectual rigor was still palpable a Caltech when I was there and his former office was a hangout as the Delbrück lounge.
The Humble Summer Narrative Celebration Bundle will have you sink some hours in gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/the-…
The Humble Summer Narrative Celebration Bundle will have you sink some hours in
Ready for more games? After a pretty good Humble Choice for August 2024, there's a new Humble Summer Narrative Celebration Bundle also now live.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Cats play fetch more often than previously believed, though still less than dogs
About 4 in 10 cats and nearly 8 in 10 dogs like to play fetch, especially males.
arstechnica.com/science/2024/0…
EU privacy regulations hindering AI innovation? 🤖
🤔 Meta and Spotify are criticizing EU privacy regulations for hindering open source AI through lack of clarity, holding back the development of powerful AI models. The two companies are advocating for a simplified regulatory structure to allow for open-source AI development.
Are these two pushing for simplified legislation, or are these legitimate concerns for the future of open source AI in Europe?
techcrunch.com/2024/08/23/meta…
Meta and Spotify CEOs criticize AI regulation in the EU | TechCrunch
Meta and Spotify are once again teaming up -- this time, on the matter of open source (or to be precise, open-weight) AI which the companies claim areSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
if the AI being developed is incompatible with privacy laws, it's not worth developing.
Informed consent should be required for any data used in the training of AI models, but especially for personal data it is indispensable.
Gateway’s Propulsion System Testing Throttles Up - NASA
The powerhouse of Gateway, NASA's orbiting outpost around the Moon and a critical piece of infrastructure for Artemis, is in the midst of several electricNASA
NASA TechRise Student Challenge - NASA
Are you ready for this year’s NASA TechRise Student challenge? From researching Earth’s environment to designing experiments for space exploration, schoolsSarah Douglas (NASA)
Leveraging Teacher Leaders to Share the Joy of NASA Heliophysics - NASA Science
Many teachers are exceptionally skilled at bridging students’ interests with real-world science. Now for the third year, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has brought together such a group of highly-motivated secondary and higher ed…science.nasa.gov
No Man's Sky adds fishing, a fishing skiff, a new expedition, deep-sea diving and loads more gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/no-m…
#NoMansSky #SteamDeck #Linux #PCGaming
No Man's Sky adds fishing, a fishing skiff, a new expedition, deep-sea diving and loads more
Can someone tell Hello Games it's all good now, everyone is over the poor launch? Actually don't, I want to see just how far they will keep pushing No Man's Sky. The latest update is a goodie too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Ember is a huge online tabletop RPG from the creators of Foundry Virtual Tabletop gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/embe…
Ember is a huge online tabletop RPG from the creators of Foundry Virtual Tabletop
Foundry Virtual Tabletop is a popular (and Linux-supported) modern online role-playing system and now the creators are working on a massive new game called Ember.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
“I am of the firm belief that we are hitting a watershed where economics and morality are coming to a head, like, ‘Look: intellectual property law is based off some ideas that came out of 1400s Venice. They’re not applicable and they’re being abused and people are dying every day because of it, and it’s not OK”
Great portrait of the Four Thieves Vinegar collective at @404mediaco
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‘Right to Repair for Your Body’: The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine
Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has made DIY medicine cheaper and more accessible to the masses.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
The Vice Presidents That America Forgot
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> #Microsoft confirms that #Windows 11 Recall #AI is not optional — a glitch made it appear so in the Windows 11 24H2 KB5041865 update
tomshardware.com/software/wind…
But don't worry, the company that is unable to correctly implement a toggle switch assures us that they definitely implemented this new immensely complex piece of technology nobody asked for directly in the operating system in a way that is secure and under no circumstances puts anyone in danger in ways security researchers said it will.
Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional — a glitch made it appear so in the Windows 11 24H2 KB5041865 update
Windows senior product manager Brandon LeBlanc says, "This will be fixed in an upcoming update."Christopher Harper (Tom's Hardware)
NASA’s Webb Reveals Distorted Galaxy Forming Cosmic Question Mark - NASA Science
It’s 7 billion years ago, and the universe’s heyday of star formation is beginning to slow. What might our Milky Way galaxy have looked like at that time? Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found clues in the form of a cosmic qu…science.nasa.gov
Retroid Pocket 5 and Retroid Pocket Mini will have Linux support gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/retr…
#Retroid #RetroGaming #Linux #HandheldGaming
Retroid Pocket 5 and Retroid Pocket Mini will have Linux support
While it has yet to have a proper full announcement, the Retroid Pocket 5 sounds like a nice device for those of you who love retro gaming and for the first time it will have proper Linux support too. Along with the Retroid Pocket Mini too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Space Station AMS-02 Instrument Works on the Mystery of Dark Matter - NASA
Visible matter in the form of stars and planets adds up to about five percent of the total known mass of the Universe. The rest is either dark matter,NASA
Lagniappe for September 2024 - NASA
Explore the Lagniappe for September 2024 issue, highlighting NASA Stennis Silver Snoopy awards, center visits, and more!LaToya Dean (NASA)
Acer enter the handheld PC gaming race with the Nitro Blaze 7 gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/acer…
#Acer #NitroBlaze7 #HandheldGaming
Acer enter the handheld PC gaming race with the Nitro Blaze 7
Here we go again. Another vendor has decided to make their own PC gaming handheld and this time it's Acer with the Nitro Blaze 7.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Key Moments Lead to Fulfilling NASA Stennis Career for Joseph Ladner - NASA
Joseph Ladner’s experiences working at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, motivate him to “pay it forward” so more people can be a part of something great.NASA
Hello #SoftwareFreedom lovers!
On the last day of the #Nextcloud Conference, we're organising the Berliner #SoftwareFreedomDay 2024!
Come and join us for a few drinks (on us!) and a chat about the amazing things Free and Open Source have made possible.
Starting at 4PM Sept 20th at Motion.Lab in Berlin - until about 9PM. See you there!
Drivers of decadal trends in the ocean carbon sink in the past, present, and future in Earth system models
Abstract. The ocean and the land biosphere are the two major sinks of anthropogenic carbon at present.bg.copernicus.org
This manuscript now has been under review for 7 months. Will we make it to 12?????
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20…
A comprehensive evaluation of taxonomic classifiers in marine vertebrate eDNA studies
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a widely used tool for surveying marine vertebrate biodiversity.bioRxiv
Earl vs. the Mutants is chaotic survivor-like fun with vehicles gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/earl…
Earl vs. the Mutants is chaotic survivor-like fun with vehicles
There's a whole lot of Vampire Survivor-likes and bullet hell / bullet heaven mixtures around, but not many stick you directly in the driver's seat like Earl vs. the Mutants.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
This is fun
Your Name In Landsat
hackaday.com/2024/08/31/your-n…
Your Name In Landsat
We’re guessing most readers can cite things from their youth which gave them an interest in technology, and spurred on something which became a career or had a profound impact on their life. …Hackaday
We found a really big active endogenous virus
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20…
Latent infection of an active giant endogenous virus in a unicellular green alga
Latency is a common strategy in a wide range of viral lineages, but its prevalence in giant viruses remains unknown.bioRxiv
"Maps are to geography what notation is to music."
British writer, geographer, historian, journalist, cartographer, and inventor John Francon Williams died #OTD in 1911.
In 1881, Williams's seminal book The Geography of the Oceans was published. This book focuses on topics such as: General Geography of the Oceans, Physical Geography of the Oceans, the Geography of Particular Oceans. It was the first book to cover with such intensity the geography of the oceans.
#books #geography #oceanography
Research Plane Dons New Colors for NASA Hybrid Electric Flight Tests - NASA
Parked under the lights inside a hangar in Seattle, a hybrid electric research aircraft from electric motor manufacturer magniX showed off a new lookAnisha Engineer (NASA)
SteamFork is yet another Linux distribution aiming to be a SteamOS-like for handhelds gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/stea…
SteamFork is yet another Linux distribution aiming to be a SteamOS-like for handhelds
Attack of the clones! Well, sort of anyway. We have Bazzite, ChimeraOS, HoloISO and now SteamFork as well. There's so much choice to get Linux on your handhelds.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
APOD: 2024 September 4 – NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Quarter Moon and Sister Stars
Image Credit & Copyright: Alan Dyer, TWAN
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APOD: 2024 September 3 – Quarter Moon and Sister Stars
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Devour famous paintings in the classic Snake-ish game ART for Snakes gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/devo…
Devour famous paintings in the classic Snake-ish game ART for Snakes
Remember the classic game Snake? Well this is ART for Snakes, a "snake-ish" game about eating the most expensive paintings you can before the time runs out.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Cosmic Call is basically Nuclear Throne as a rogue-lite boomer shooter gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/cosm…
#Godot #FPS #IndieGames
Cosmic Call is basically Nuclear Throne as a rogue-lite boomer shooter
CosmicDev recently put up a demo for Cosmic Call, a very scribbly-styled retro boomer shooter that sees you fight through small arena levels as you keep powering up.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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