The Communication Cube

[Null]

Cinco de Mayo

 

[λ the β-Redex Reducer]

Keeping ideologies separated isn't always a good idea. Free software doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's there for a purpose and this purpose is often linked to real-life situations that are tied to other ideologies/struggles.

The problem is that abortion is controversial and promoting it might cause people to want to disassociate from GNU. Free software is better for people regardless of what they think about abortion. Both sides of the abortion controversy could still agree on the issue of free software. But only when there is a separation of ideologies, because clearly anti-abortion folks are not going to want to link or donate to a pro-abortion project and similar for pro-abortion people and an anti-abortion project, respectively.

Also, you are presenting a false dichotomy anyway. They could have used the example without taking a side.

Also, anti-abortion law are repressive: they're about taking away reproductive rights. Some people might argue that this is a good thing, but it's still repressive in itself)

I guess it depends on your definition of repressive. The article might have meant it in a neutral way. It is actually not good to scrutinise single words like I did because everyone uses slightly different definitions so it tends to lead to misunderstandings.

Their main point is good though, it is time to disown anything Facebook. Unjust laws are likely to come. Privacy may become a matter of life or death, just like it often has been in the past. I am way behind my privacy measures, too.

 

[Null]

Things have certainly changed since this video was made.

Who are Japan’s Virtual YouTubers? - Binary Skin

Starting in 2016, Virtual YouTubers have been rapidly growing in Japan, with new creators and audiences rising each day. Evolving as hybrids between humans and characters — we looked into the “vtuber” movement, this new generation of content creators, exploring its ecosystem, its technology and...

yewtu.be

 

[TeDaDeS]

Some unreleased Half-Life related (Ravenholm) footage:

There are probably lots of unfinished or cancelled games. Like Half-Life on Dreamcast for example, which did leak so we not only know but can play it if we want.

 

[λ the β-Redex Reducer]

"Rlvenholm", strange sounding name.

 

[Djoga'Ro]

"Rlvenholm", strange sounding name.

What's your keyboard layout?

 

[λ the β-Redex Reducer]

The lambda sounds like the "l", "Rlvenholm" is how you pronounce it, it is not a typo. Or is it "ar-lambda-venholm"? That makes more sense, actually.

 

[Null]

North Koreans Are Jailbreaking Phones to Access Forbidden Media

A new report suggests that a small but vibrant group of smartphone hackers may be challenging the world's most digitally restrictive regime.

www.wired.com

 

[netcat]

In china like 80% of people have vpn's on their phones. No clue why..

 

[Null]

No clue why..

It's in style nowadays, like wearing an onion on your belt used to be.

 

[JDTAY]

We’re supposed to get some strong thunderstorms here in six hours. This could be interesting.

 

[Null]

I learned a new word today.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/kakistocracy

Yep that sounds like the cuntservative government all right.

 

[TeDaDeS]

The lambda sounds like the "l", "Rlvenholm" is how you pronounce it, it is not a typo. Or is it "ar-lambda-venholm"? That makes more sense, actually.

It's a reference to half-life and is a placeholder for the 'a', but it's indeed 'incorrect'

 

[JDTAY]

There’s a tornado watch in effect here for four and a half more hours. I’ll let you know if anything turns up.

 

[Null]

There’s a tornado watch in effect here for four and a half more hours.

 

[Null]

From user to contributor and beyond | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This blog post was written by Licaon_Kter, one of F-Droid’s contributors. To help support the work of Licaon_Kter and other contributors, please consider don...

f-droid.org

 

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'Like family': Japan's virtual YouTubers make millions from fans | AFP

Virtual YouTubers, called VTubers, have transformed a niche Japanese subculture into a thriving industry where top accounts can rake in more than a million dollars a year. The videos are designed to make fans feel they are interacting directly with their favourite animated idols -- with viewers...

yewtu.be

Virtual YouTubers are raking in millions in Japan - Taipei Times

Mayu Iizuka sheds her soft-spoken personality and starts cackling, screaming and waving wildly in a makeshift studio in Tokyo as her avatar appears on a livestream before hundreds of fans. Virtual YouTubers such as Iizuka, who voices and animates a character called Yume Kotobuki, have...

www.taipeitimes.com

 

[JDTAY]

The water is going to be turned off at my apartment building for a few hours today while they fix a leak outside. It’s all right, I’ve got a few bottles saved for situations like this.

 

[JDTAY]

Ugggh, starting Sunday, the high here is supposed to be above 86 degrees for five straight days. Well, forecasts can change. Weather like that only gets more likely as we head toward summer though.

@Nintendo Send me cool thoughts from upside-down land.

 

[Null]

while they fix a leak outside.

You should lend them your plaster now you've got it off your back.