the GPL does not require upstreaming. it would allow for anyone to redistribute Winamp with whatever modifications they like, provided they publish their source code under the GPL. the license Winamp is using is not even an open-source license since it explicitly forbids public redistribution. dumb move, they should have just used MIT or GPL and retained rights to the logo or something
and for a brief period other Western politicians were imitating the Israeli pronounciation, because they only interact with Israelis, not Palestinians
Employees are petitioning the tech company to stop matching contributions to groups with an active role in the occupation, including one that provides support to the Israeli military.
use Linux, it doesn't fund apartheid
plagiarism is a capitalist lie, sharing knowledge is good and beneficial
there's a big difference between "sharing knowledge" and presenting other people's work as your own
someone on r/trueanon said this but he really does look like a Nazi. amphetamines and being gay in an evil way does crazy shit to the body
whatever type of beetles are on my bean plants, those motherfuckers are eating good rn
buried AC transmission lines also suffer from capacitive losses to earth which would significantly reduce grid efficiency on the distances being covered in the US. we do have buried lines within cities but outside of them it doesn't really make sense
The rise of UAW President Shawn Fain has been met with alarm in powerful corridors
-- certified Drake lover
bluesky has done the impossible for a new social media site and attracted libs just as annoying and smarmy as on twitter
i'm not 100% of the time but i eat meat very occasionally, don't drink milk and only eat "nice" eggs (probably not much better than factory-farmed but i'm planning on getting chickens within a year). i don't think animal agriculture is fundamentally immoral but the industrialized system we currently have is abhorrent morally and environmentally. growing enough meat for westerners to eat it daily is unsustainable
my biggest guilty pleasure is those 4 hour long videos of a guy building things in Minecraft
his first response included the phrase "no wrongdoing was found" which is possibly the most incriminating thing you could say
none of the liberals who (rightfully) complained about Trump's violent rhetoric being reflected in real-world hate crimes seem fazed by Biden's support of war crimes against Palestinians
elon stansi have a deep hatred for cattle ranching and the people that do it. cattle grazing is incredibly destructive alone, not including the elimination of predator species like wolves that wrought havoc on Yellowstone. all so Americans can eat an unholy amount of beef
i'm so tired of these christian nationalist freaks being taken seriously, can we please just exile them to Patmos and have a normal society?
on the one hand technology shouldn't stop working because a company gave up on supporting it
on the other hand if you buy an Alexa toothbrush you deserve to be fleeced
as an aside in the latest Trillbillies episode Terrence said that we need degrowth communism and it got me wondering what that means to everyone. to hopefully stifle any silly debates i'll clarify that i'm talking about the West, not underdeveloped/overexploited nations in the Global South.
an end to oil drilling, gas extraction, and coal mining will obviously be necessary to stop climate change. how much modern technology can we replicate without relying on those things or other ecologically violent resource extraction? what does an agriculture system that doesn't rely on petrochem-derived fertilizers and herbicides look like? how do we repair the immense damage that's already been done?
i'd really appreciate some book recommendations on this topic as well as everyone's thoughts
invidious link: https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=ssob-7sGVWs
a technical exploration of an HP laptop's "quick boot" features, ends with an excellent rant about the state of the technology industry that created them
it discusses the Synanon cult that was born out of AA, how it related to MKULTRA and 60s psychiatric research, and how it birthed the modern troubled teen industry.
also i finally learned what the fuck Deleuze meant when he talked about rhizomes
for real though, modern linux distros will rarely require you to enter a command line, and if you do, a quick internet search can usually help you find out what you need to enter