Leetaur @leetaur@librem.one
Catholic father of 10. Programmer by trade. I like reading, writing, running, geocaching, chess, spending time with my family.
Joined Apr 2019
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Twitter isn't down; their algorithm simply banned everyone at the same time.
Hopefully, if resources are applied correctly, we can protect the elderly and others at risk. But the estimate of ~0.20% seems to be consistent with the CDC estimate in the spring. Still dangerous, but could have been a lot worse.
Also, if half a billion people are already infected (over 10x the official case count), hopefully some locations will start to develop herd immunity, at least until a trusted vaccine is available.
https://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/BLT.20.265892.pdf
"..over half a billion people have been infected as of 12 September, 2020, far more than the
approximately 29 million documented laboratory-confirmed cases. Most locations probably have
an infection fatality rate less than 0.20% and with appropriate, precise non-pharmacological
measures that selectively try to protect high-risk vulnerable populations and settings, the infection
fatality rate may be brought even lower."
Thre is a new (October 14, yesterday) paper on the Infection Mortality Rate for Covid-19, published on the World Health Organization website.
https://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/BLT.20.265892.pdf
Read the whole thing of course. I am publishing the summary paragraph from page 10, in the next post (due to 500 character limit).
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Thanks for the 747 app votes so far! We're just getting started!
Help fund the apps you desire with "Fund Your App":
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https://puri.sm/jobs/ On-Site EE position and PureOS GTK App Dev position posted https://puri.sm/job/pureos-gtk-application-development/ come join!
A couple weeks ago RMS was also in an interview with RT.
http://techrights.org/2020/09/25/new-rms-interview-about-privacy/
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@purism While fixing #convergence related issues in #phosh, #phoc and the kernel for the #librem5 I wanted things to be more automatic. So #phosh can now enable a 'docked' mode on screen plug: windows become moveable automatically (and get their close button back), #squeekboard gets disabled and there's a quick setting that lets you toggle that too:
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Fund Your App to Vote for the Future
"...we are launching a Fund Your App page to allow people to vote on applications they desire with their wallet, so we can fund greater development directly advancing on a regular release schedule with an ever increasing number of applications."
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https://puri.sm/posts/us-antitrust-report-on-big-tech-and-purism-comparison/ is a look at the 449 page anticompetitive report from the US House of Representatives with comparison to Purism's approach and business model.
@curt Trump supposedly doesn't sleep much. Might be true of most presidents.
Richard Stallman: New Interview About Privacy
- from September 25, 2020
http://techrights.org/2020/09/25/new-rms-interview-about-privacy/
#privacy #freesoftware #stallman #rms #covid #covid19 #softwarefreedom
Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS) is Still Monitoring the Attacks on Software Freedom
http://techrights.org/2020/10/04/rms-monitoring-mode/
I'm happy #Stallman is still involved. He has been instrumental in defense, development, and distribution of #freesoftware.
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As of the year 2020, we can run:
- DOS on Linux
- Windows on Linux
- Linux on Windows
- and (now) Linux on DOS.
The future is now.
I've seen a lot from the @eff on #censorship lately, about #facebook and such.
One thing about alternatives, such as #mastodon and #peertube, is we are not forced to speak a certain way to stay "on the air". This suppresses #diversity, and freedom of thought.
Those in power wants to #program us. I recently remembered this montage about #fakenews from a few years ago, and the "need" for FB/etc to censor.
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There are serious problems with platforms’ moderation practices, but the problem isn’t liberals silencing conservatives. The problem is the powerful silencing the powerless. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/online-content-policy-modernization-act-unconstitutional-mess
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Introducing: Librem AweSIM
Unlimited cellular plan that works with the #librem5
- #privacy as a service
- A new phone number registered in Purism's name
- Unlimited talk / text / data
- No contracts, cancel anytime
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Learn more: https://puri.sm/products/librem-awesim/
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Software Development Progress July and August 2020
https://puri.sm/posts/software-development-progress-july-and-august-2020/
"Software development progress for the Librem 5. This time for July and August 2020"
Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work,’ Studies Suggest
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/climate/nuclear-fusion-reactor.html
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Catholic father of 10. Programmer by trade. I like reading, writing, running, geocaching, chess, spending time with my family.
Joined Apr 2019
