keverets @keverets@librem.one

Sounds like things are still on track for the #Mycroft Mark2. The date hasn't slipped (so far), and Mimic3 sounds really interesting. This update includes a demo of Mycroft integrating with #HomeAssistant in a completely offline but still voice driven system. Honestly, this is the goal for me. A voice driven environment where not one component of it requires an actual Internet connection, just local network. No one needs to know my front door is unlocked but me.

https://mycroft.ai/blog/mycroft-manufacturing-and-product-update-4/

An extra example of the pattern of "ban women as soon as they look like they might seize the spotlight from men": baseball pitcher Jackie Mitchell, who at age seventeen struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession. She was quickly rewarded for this feat by being banned from baseball on the grounds that the game was "too strenuous" for women.

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/articles/aubrecht8.shtml

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A comprehensive break-down of the #GoogleMaps empire, and the competitors vying for their own fiefdoms

https://bedogged.substack.com/p/unbundling-google-maps

"Google disables tens of millions of Google accounts every year, as stated in a Dutch Tweakers article by Google Communications Manager in the Netherlands, without warning, giving the recipient a reason why, or providing a way to get it back."

https://nextcloud.com/blog/big-tech-accountability/

Hey, so this is super cool.

Google has been collecting call and messaging data about who you talk to or send text messages to for years. There's no opt-out, no notifcation in their TOS they're doing this, and you can't see the results of that collection in Google Takeout.

https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/privacyofdialerandsmsapps.pdf

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Lego Racers (1999)

"The European Parliament calls for removable and replaceable batteries"

https://repair.eu/news/the-european-parliament-calls-for-removable-and-replaceable-batteries/

#EU #RightToRepair

GMR Magazine - April 2004
https://archive.org/details/GMRMagazine/GMR_15_Apr_2004/page/n19/mode/2up

Sigh. Upgrade yer kernels.

https://dirtypipe.cm4all.com

If you are a developer who has posted on public mailing lists, watch out for spearphishing replies to your posts https://guardianproject.info/2022/02/23/spearphishing-for-developers/

This level of tracking of shoppers, even if it's to streamline checkout, is creepy. #privacy https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/technology/whole-foods-amazon-automation.html?smid=tw-share

PC Magazine - December 2001
https://books.google.com/books?id=MX5kFKbFM7EC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA146#v=twopage&q&f=false

I wonder what the internet would look like if the leading search engine prioritized indicators of stability and credibility rather than indicators of recency

RT @wc_helmets@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/wc_helmets/status/1460116205990252546

The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2022/01/the-revenge-of-the-hot-water-bottle.html

Wow, after 25 years of Unix experience, I learned that you can filter output in #less.

Press ampersand (&) and enter a regex to show only lines matching the regex.

Press ampersand (&) and then exclamation mark (!) to apply an inverse filter.

F-Droid is an alternative app store for Android phones which only carries privacy-friendly free open source software. You can follow at:

➡️ @fdroidorg

Their site is https://f-droid.org

Google has made it a bit difficult to install F-Droid on a Google Android device. However, once it's been installed F-Droid is very easy to use.

Here's a guide for how to install it:

https://switching.software/use/f-droid

#FDroid #Android #FreeSoftware #ILoveFS #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #OpenSource #Smartphones #Apps

The wonderful #XMPP-client #dino now supports audio/video calls between two or more people! Especially now many of us are stuck at home, we need a way to collaborate & socialize in a privacy-friendly way. Dino uses the XMPP-protocol for decentralized communication and with an intuitive user interface, helps you reach out to friends, family and co-workers, both for larger groups with a server in the middle as well as private groups directly peer-to-peer -> https://dino.im/blog/2022/02/dino-0.3-release/