Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
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We are proud that mobian developer kop316 has now gone for a real fork of the unmaintained mmsd and will be trying to get it into Debian. Also @purism will be using his code on the Librem5. It goes both ways! This will hopefully become the basis for The Next Generation of mmsd:
https://gitlab.com/kop316/mmsd
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G7 commits to end support for coal-fired power stations this year | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/2021/05/21/g7-commits-to-end-support-for-coal-fired-power-stations-this-year #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
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Could the 125 million members strong US credit union movement reprogram the economy through data coops?
Alex Pentland, one of the most cited computer scientists in the world believes they could.
My article:
"One of the world’s most cited computer scientists wants cooperatives to be the future of how data is owned"
On Mutual Interest, a free online media #coop owned by readers & writers.
Join Mutual Interest and become a member-owner here:
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Richest nations agree to end support for #coal #production overseas | Coal | The Guardian
#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGases #Emissions #Pollution
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Over an 18-month period, Landmark Technology sent identical demand letters to 1,176 small businesses around the U.S., demanding $65,000 for running basic e-commerce websites. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/05/washington-state-has-sued-patent-troll-violating-consumer-protection-laws
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Redditors Launch A 'Rescue Mission' For Embattled Sci-Hub, With The Ultimate Aim Of Building A Decentralized Version - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210519/06365746826/redditors-launch-rescue-mission-embattled-sci-hub-with-ultimate-aim-building-decentralized-version.shtml help needed...
Can’t They Both Die? https://rall.com/comic/cant-they-both-die
This Idea Could Come in Handy https://rall.com/comic/this-idea-could-come-in-handy
How natural gas propaganda made it into elementary classrooms in deep blue America https://grist.org/culture/how-natural-gas-propaganda-made-it-into-elementary-classrooms-in-deep-blue-america/
The grift of religions and corporations targeting young children is ever present in 'Merica.
The cost to clean up New Mexico’s oil and gas industry? billion. https://grist.org/energy/new-mexico-oil-gas-fossil-fuels-abandoned-wells-cleanup/
Doctors put a price tag on the annual health impacts of climate change. It’s 20 billion. https://grist.org/article/doctors-put-a-price-tag-on-the-annual-health-impacts-of-climate-change-its-820-billion/
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Trounces Police-Backed Primary Challenger https://theintercept.com/2021/05/18/larry-krasner-carlos-vega-philadelphia/
PRO Act Holdout Mark Kelly Served on Gig and Restaurant Company Boards https://theintercept.com/2021/05/19/pro-act-mark-kelly-landrys-tilman-fertitta/
Voice of America Is Accused of Ignoring Government Atrocities in Ethiopia https://theintercept.com/2021/05/21/voice-of-america-ethiopia-bias/
Looks like if you're pregnant, you should avoid large cities and smokers, or your child is more likely to have asthma.
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... Otherwise, we'd expect the same dynamic to play out at Google, IBM, etc. The technology landscape has a ton of convicted (or should be convicted) #monopolists, but if #capitalism was the sole reason for producing crap, then all capitalists would be producing crap. There's a culture element in there as well. In my own career, it seems that the degree of autonomy is the key. This implies, that in a world that valued quality, cooperatives should rule, but somehow Microsoft still has a monopoly.
#microsoftsucks is something I've seen proven over and over, since the company came into existence. It always amazes me to see some very strong software engineers aligned with Microsoft, but to never see any proof of that in their products. This shows something is inherently broken in that company, and it'll never be fixed. Of course the obvious flaw is the #capitalism approach to development, which values money over people (programmers and users), but something else must degrade the output. ...
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Jeeeez. You couldn't make this shit up 🤣
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@unlofl @lightweight the security community have been bitching recently about the 'attack surface' FOSS presents but that is minor compared to the attack surface MS has been for the last thirty years.
Moving the crap off the desktop into Azure has not made it any better... you might have removed the requirement to continually upgrade the local systems but when MS fucks up their routing tables half the planet goes offline.
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
