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   by commoner 3y ago

   That's correct. Nupur Sharma's comments on the Times Now news channel were incendiary enough that Times Now decided to delete the video of the debate she was featured in and also issue a statement: > Views expressed by BJP Spok
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   by commoner 3y ago

   Alt News is much more similar to Rappler, a Filipino news website and fact checker whose founder (Maria Ressa) was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize after she was arrested and convicted by the Filipino ruling government for "cyberlibe
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   by commoner 3y ago

   F-Droid maintainers vet every app before inclusion in the official repository: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Inclusion_Policy/ One of the reasons I trust F-Droid more than Apple's App Store and Google Play
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   by commoner 3y ago

   In the U.S., customer service agents sometimes give a rentention offer when you ask to close a credit card account, especially if it has an annual fee. They may waive or reduce the annual fee if you agree to keep the account open, or give a
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   by commoner 3y ago

   - Overture Maps announcement: https://overturemaps.org/april-overture-release/ - Release notes: https://overturemaps.org/download/overture-april-alpha-relea... - Dataset download: https:/&#x
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   Overture Maps Foundation pre-releases collaboratively-built map dataset(venturebeat.com)

   1 points by commoner 3y ago|1 comments
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   How to pass SafetyNet on Android after rooting or installing a custom ROM(xda-developers.com)

   1 points by commoner 3y ago|0 comments
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   by commoner 3y ago

   I've tried Waydroid on a phone running Ubuntu Touch. Games perform very well and most FOSS apps work great. SafetyNet causes issues for the proprietary apps that require it, but even in its current state, Waydroid already makes the lea
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   by commoner 4y ago

   Brutaldon is an alternative FOSS client for Mastodon that does not use JavaScript: - Brutaldon: https://brutaldon.org - Source: https://gitlab.com/brutaldon/brutaldon Because Mastodon has an open API, you d
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    by commoner 4y ago

    Here's the HN discussion for that article that puts it into context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33651693 The author is only speculating about Mastodon's search feature, and I see no actual evidence that
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    by commoner 4y ago

    Twitter is the only mainstream social network that is absolutely inundated with hardcore pornography. Also, Twitter has no shortage of child sexual abuse material: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/technology
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    by commoner 4y ago

    I'm very happy with the Pinecil. The $25 price is very reasonable for a reliable soldering iron that is open hardware[1] and runs on upgradable free and open source firmware.[2] [1] Schematics: https://wiki.pine64.org/w
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    by commoner 4y ago

    Waydroid lets you run Android apps on Linux, which helps close the gap between these software ecosystems. https://waydro.id Since Android apps are mostly built for ARM, this is currently more of a benefit for the PineTab2 than t
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    by commoner 4y ago

    I didn't say that Codeberg's superior privacy policy had anything to do with Copilot. My sentence was listing two separate examples of reasons why a FOSS project would pick Codeberg over GitHub. The differences between Codeberg&#x
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    by commoner 4y ago

    That's not true. Codeberg hosts public domain and CC0 projects. According to the Codeberg docs:[1] > For documentation, writing, and other non-code assets, a Creative Commons (CC) licence can be used, but note that only the followin
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    Cosmic DE: First Spring Update(blog.system76.com)

    2 points by commoner 4y ago|0 comments
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    by commoner 4y ago

    > I don't want to learn a different UI for contributing to FOSS than the one I use for my daily work. Codeberg is an instance of the FOSS forge platform Forgejo, which is a fork of Gitea. As FOSS projects, Forgejo and Gitea can be u
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    by commoner 4y ago

    Services don't need to handle every single use case to be viable alternatives. GitHub does host proprietary software, but it is most well known for being a place to collaborate on free and open source software. Codeberg addresses this
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    by commoner 4y ago

    This YouTube video shows the changes in the latest Ubuntu Touch release: https://youtube.com/watch?v=s39skT5KeUc A demo of Waydroid (Android container) on the latest Ubuntu Touch release: https://youtube.com&#x2F
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    by commoner 4y ago

    > Re the second bit: there aren't any accounts whose upvotes count for more, but if accounts upvote too many bad* comments and/or get involved in voting rings, we sometimes make their votes not count anymore. Thanks for confirm
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    by commoner 4y ago

    > fetish object A tool that I use productively every day is not something I would describe as a "fetish object". I've put years of use into mice, trackpads, and pointing sticks, and I've found pointing sticks to be th
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    by commoner 4y ago

    System76 is still collecting laptop design suggestions here: https://github.com/system76/laptop-suggestions The most popular suggestion (by number of upvotes) is to add a TrackPoint-style pointer: https://gi
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    by commoner 4y ago

    That was in reference to GP's point that > stealing from other AI turns out to often be easier If that holds true for Copilot, then it would make sense for a free and open source alternative to train on Copilot's outputs.
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    by commoner 4y ago

    Framework is doing a good job narrowing the gap between its level of support for Windows and Linux. The Framework Laptop now officially supports 2 distros, Fedora and Ubuntu. https://frame.work/linux
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    by commoner 4y ago

    I'd like to see that theory tested in court. Section D3 of the terms says: > If you upload Content that already comes with a license granting GitHub the permissions we need to run our Service, no additional license is required. htt
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    by commoner 4y ago

    I think there's a misunderstanding over what the word "relinquish" means. The terms make clear that uploading code to GitHub gives GitHub the right to "store, archive, parse, and display Your Content, and make incidental
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    by commoner 4y ago

    That doesn't make sense. For example, GPLv3 allows anyone to redistribute the software's source code if the license is intact: > You may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium,
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    by commoner 4y ago

    Also, section D3 of the GitHub Terms of Service says: > You retain ownership of and responsibility for Your Content. and section D4 says: > This license does not grant GitHub the right to sell Your Content. It also does not grant GitH
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    by commoner 4y ago

    I can see the GitHub Copilot controversy being resolved in this way. If Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI successfully use the fair use defense for Copilot's appropriation of proprietary and incompatibly licensed code, then a free and open
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    by commoner 4y ago

    Free software is important, but it's not a solution to authoritarian laws that restrict people from using any software (free or proprietary) under arbitrary criteria, enforced with heavy penalties. The only solution to bad legislation