I must correct Shalitha Suranga because while he correctly titled his article Why Modern Alternative Languages Never Replace C/C++ Hundreds of C/C++ alternatives will come, but C/C++ will be with us forever! He wrote all the reason why C will remain forever as a “portable assembler”. C++ is a complex language. A hugely complex language.…
Category: Software
Ethics, Privacy, Proprietary software
Yet another
For my personal serie “yet another reason to avoid x”, today we have Roomba: Intimate Photos By Roomba Vacuums Leaked Online Your robot vacuums are watching you and the resulting imagery of your most private moments can, horrifically, get leaked online… iRobot … confirmed that gig workers shared intimate photos… to social media. Source: Slashdot.org
Software, Software Libero
Open Color
Open Color, a color scheme for UI design. Found on ZeusNews as an alternative to the (very) proprietary Pantone.
Software, Software Libero
Uniform eXchange Format (uxf)
Uniform eXchange Format (uxf) is a plain text human readable optionally typed storage format that supports custom types. It may serve as a convenient alternative to csv, ini, json, sqlite, toml, xml, or yaml. https://github.com/mark-summerfield/uxf Looks smart and interesting! Expecially this part: Implmenting a UXF pretty printer whould be doable by a CS major as…
Ethics, Privacy, Proprietary software, Software, Software Libero
Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome Enhanced Spellcheck Feature Exposes Passwords
Yet anoter reason to avoid Chrome and Edge: Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome Enhanced Spellcheck Feature Exposes Passwords Next question is: are Brave and Chromium affected?
Android, Android, Ethics, Operative systems, Smartphones
How to DeGoogle any Android phone WITHOUT root! : degoogle
Just a link. I know it is a wide and hard issue, but this can be a start: How to DeGoogle any Android phone WITHOUT root!
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Proprietary software, Software, Software Libero
Usare PosteID senza App!
Finalmente è possibile usare l’autenticazione SPID di Poste Italiane senza usare la loro applicazione proprietaria, grazie a simone36050 che ha creato PosteID seed extractor!
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