I have never been really fond of Lenovo notebooks, even if they are used by many notable Linux hackers. Now I have an actual yet feeble reason to avoid them, preferring Linux-friendly vendors (such as Laptopwithlinux.com, tuxedocomputers.com, slimbook.com, even dell.com or system76.com in the USA) since it happens that in my country Lenovo does not…
Category: Ethics
Ethics
Sudo’s maintainer needs resources to keep utility updated • The Register
Ethics
Headed toward an ecophagy?
Scientists Create Programmable, Autonomous Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Salt It disturbingly reminds me of The Day the Earth Stood Still, the 2008 sci-fi movie starring Keanu Reeves, where the robot GORT transforms into a swarm of winged insect-like self-replicating nano-machines, consuming everything on their path. What can go wrong?
Ethics, Mood, Privacy
No, non la voglio!
Poi non stupitevi se non guardo la TV, non possiedo una SmartTV e soprattutto non ne acquisterò mai una! Leggete qua sotto, se anche solo un’infima parte fosse vera sarebbe già sufficiente!
Yet another reason to avoid, Yet another reason to avoid Microsoft
YARTAM+3
Bing“real name” is “Microsoft Bing” as it is owned by Microsoft, so reading that Neocities Is Blocked by Bing makes me desire to avoid Bing, especially because Bing gave no reason for this blockage. It is not a real censorship but since most people tend to reach any website throught a search engine it essentially…
Ethics, Privacy
Give them even that data!
Gemini In Google Calendar Now Helps You Find the Best Meeting Time For All Attendees Fine, give an “uncontrollable” AI complete access to your calendar. Give them even that data! What could possibly go wrong?
Ethics, Flutter, Python
Flutter? A necessary evil
Flutter SDK is available only for Linux x64. MacOS has ARM and x64 packages, Windows has x64. This make developing on Raspberry a real chore, not to speak *BSD. This makes me distrust the language as it seems a little to much under the whims of the GAFAM that controls it.
Ethics, Legenda
Alla scuola del Distributismo – Tempi
Ethics
Which Free-Software friendly BIM?
Let’s speak about Building Information Modelling. I doubt I can get FreeCAD approved because it is not listed in the list of “certified by BuildingSmart software”. Which proprietary alternative among those is the most friendly toward free-as-in-freedom software? And what about the CMS part? That is also required, but BIM places some constraints on the…
Ethics
Time for your own DNS server
We knew this will came. Now we know we have to install our own DNS server on our own local networks. Italy Fines Cloudflare 14 Million Euros For Refusing To Filter Pirate Sites On Public 1.1.1.1 DNS (torrentfreak.com) 29 An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Italy’s communications regulator AGCOM imposed a record-breaking 14.2…