The Communication Cube

[Phlyra]

Anarchy in the UK (but it’s ok when those in power are instigating it... ) : https://www.politicshome.com/news/a...ip-on-vote-to-overhaul-rules-for-mp-standards

 

[Null]

https://www.politicshome.com/news/a...ip-on-vote-to-overhaul-rules-for-mp-standards

 

[Null]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClkx-vx2ymSpiSvN_Ij2_8Q

 

[Phlyra]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClkx-vx2ymSpiSvN_Ij2_8Q

Do you have an Invidious link for that?

 

[Phlyra]

Is Big Tech the New Big Tobacco?

Tech giants can brush off antitrust and privacy fines like they’re nothing — is there a way to push back?

interestingengineering.com

 

[FBnil]

Viewing website HTML code is not illegal or “hacking,” prof. tells Missouri gov.

Professor demands that governor halt "baseless investigation" and apologize.

web.archive.org

Also bloated websites are bloated (check the number of downloaded elements in the following screenshot).

Spoiler

When websites accrete sufficient bytes, they become black holes.

See how Louis points out that the trent is that you subscribe to an as-a-service, rather that a good?
And exactly that is what "You shall own nothing, and you will be happy" is all about.

It'll Soon be Possible to Make Satellite Phone Calls With Your Regular Phone

Not all who wander are lost – but sometimes their cell phone reception is. That might change soon if a plan to project basic cell phone coverage to all parts of the globe comes to fruition. Lynk has already proven it can use a typical smartphone to bound a standard SMS text message off a …...

www.universetoday.com

You can also read that as: Soon, you will be able to be tracked worldwide, even on a small island in the middle of the ocean if you turn on your mobile phone....
So once that 5G GSM chip is implanted... you will be trackable at all times /tinfoilhat

You can no longer say that covid is a hoax.

Did you know that China has perfect freedom of speech? Only when you tell wrong information you get in trouble.

UK draft law criminalises "knowingly posting false information"

Trolls could face two years in prison for sending messages or posting content that causes psychological harm under legislation targeting online hate.Ministers will overhaul communication laws by creating new offences in the forthcoming Online Safety Bill, the flagship legislation to combat abuse...

truemedian.com

oh wait... I mean, UK.
People in the UK who post “false information” about vaccines online could face two years in prison under a new law.
The law would create a “knowingly false communication” offence.
The bill would also change the current stricter standard of “indecent” or “grossly offensive” content to the much broader definition of “harmful effect” when deciding if a post or a message is criminal.

 

[pyrat]

You can also read that as: Soon, you will be able to be tracked worldwide, even on a small island in the middle of the ocean if you turn on your mobile phone....

if you keep your phone charged
FTFY. Peasants! who do they think they are to decide when their phones are on or off !

The bill would also change the current stricter standard of “indecent” or “grossly offensive” content to the much broader definition of “harmful effect” when deciding if a post or a message is criminal.

Tbh, I always found "indecent" or "grossly offensively" absolutely undetermined, so I can't much sense why "harmful effect" is worse. All three mean the same: you talk all you want and we punish you as we please.

 

[λ the β-Redex Reducer]

Anarchy in the UK (but it’s ok when those in power are instigating it... ) :

Of course it is, why would they not be allowed to step down and get rid of their power?

Random rant: I hate the privacy and cookie pop-ups, except for the privacy pop-ups from Google, I like those because I like having a good laugh. I remember at the air port reading in a book about Google that the folks of Google once sat around discussing Google stuff and then when one idea came up some guy said something like "but we cannot do that, that would be evil!". I do not remember how it ended but it probably ended by everyone agreeing and Google being the best most ethical and privacy respecting corporation ever. If Google is evil, then why does it allow me to store all my sensitive data with them for free?

 

[Phlyra]

why does it allow me to store all my sensitive data with them for free

Because you’re the product!

And the trend of getting sheeple to pay $$ for the privilege of being the product is only really just starting to gain traction...

 

[Null]

Do you have an Invidious link for that?

Kuroyashaaa

yewtu.be

I switched back to posting YouTube links instead of Invidious ones because @levi started complaining at me and I fancied an easy life. I think I'll go back to posting Invidious links though because since when have I been one to listen to people.

 

[levi]

Well, in the time since youtube downloading has become painfully slow for me, so I've started using invidious copies myself now. Only trouble with them it they generally come down in 320p only, but at least they come down quick enough to let me stream them.

 

[Null]

so I've started using invidious copies myself now.

Haachama finally eats a spider [Hololive/Eng Sub]

original stream はじめての！ゲテモノCOOKING♪【ホロライブ/赤井はあと】 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JclEHyfveVE please follow her Haachama Ch. 赤井はあと https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1CfXB_kRs3C-zaeTG3oGyg #hololive #VtuberEN

yewtu.be

Feel free to ignore the video title btw.

 

[Null]

Activists (including the FSF) helped secure a new round of DMCA anticircumvention exemptions — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

Join the fight against software patents with the revamped campaign site — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

 

[Null]

Broken 1992 AMSTRAD Notepad COMPUTER NC100 - Trying to FIX

Here we have a Amstrad NC100 with no power. This was purchased faulty from eBay. Can it be fixed? If you would like to support these videos, please click here https://www.patreon.com/mymatevince If you have an interesting 'non returnable' item for a 'trying to fix' video then my PO box is: PO...

yewtu.be

 

[JDTAY]

Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival

Houston officials say they will ask tough questions in their investigation of a crowd surge at a music festival that killed eight people.

apnews.com

At least 8 people dead at a music festival in Houston. Fire? Nope. Gun? Nope. Stampede? Yep, we're in Texas, all right.

 

[Null]

Inside Commodore 1988

Inside Commodore by Dan Schein 1988.

yewtu.be

Jim Butterfield Commodore 64 Training Tape - FULL Length C64

Jim Butterfield was iconic in the Commodore world, writing all kinds of books and articles about microcomputers and he wrote software and was a television personality as well. This 1983 video, produced by PF Communications in Fresno, CA provides 14 lessons about the Commodore 64 from Games and...

yewtu.be

 

[Phlyra]

This should be interesting: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Pop-OS-New-Rust-Desktop

 

[levi]

I'm not sure it's a good time to create a new DE that's not based on either GTK or QT. That said if you're doing it in rust you'd either have to shim one of them to rust with all the ownership complexity that entails, or do everything yourself. I suppose a normalish windowing environment doesn't actually use a lot the existing toolkits, and you can always install GTK or QT to use applications that depend on those libraries on top.

 

[Null]

South African students are selling school Wi-Fi passwords for lunch money

A desperate need for cheap internet means there’s a buyer’s market at the school gates.

web.archive.org

 

[JDTAY]

The world's top Peony blogger hasn't blogged Peony in over two weeks. I want my fix.