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Good point. If I were facing the problems they have, I'd surely would change the distribution.

Unfortunately, that's not how modern crypto works. Many mathematical problems on which algorithm rests their security are not proven to be unsolvable, but instead they're believed …

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popcon shows 302 users as of now: https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=xsnow

No it won't.

I mean, it won't be neither the first nor the last slopdump, but it's the first that's backed by a threat of project takeover. “Maintainers of last resort”, my [back].

Will they hire the actual maintainers of the software in question, to have time dedicated to the project, or will they as usual, dump AI-generated patches unto maintainers, but thi…

Oh, this gave me an idea. OP should be able to get a hold of this „report” by subject access request. Law enforcement exception to GDPR doesn't apply to private companies.

10-20× more in private sector for senior leadership/advisory role sounds reasonable, but still, I wonder if some part of that compensation stems from the fact that the person is av…

It's deliberately written that way, by lawyers who are making sure they (Adafruit) won't accidentaly admit to something they didn't.

They cetainly get to argue before two sets of judges. Otherwise it's not justice. I wanted to make clear that press release is not a valid substitute for a court order. And it's OK…

In my world people are innocent until proven guilty before a court of law, twice. Yes, even business people. Executive branch shouldn't be able to just bankrupt a company and tell …

They'll put them on naughty list that will be enforced by financial institutions, i.e. it will be an infraction for credit card operators to process such a payment. Financial opera…

It's actually both: they handed one-time fine for past behaviour (about 200 M€, not final, can and most likely will be appealed and paid in like 10 years or so; cf. Apple tax break…

https://archive.is/5hYwT

Why not? They'll spin a new LLC for every title and leave it empty shell, without capital to be recovered by the users should they sue.

Mostly works, some stuff doesn't. The worst thing that doesn't work is alternative maps (e.g. OsmAnd).

It's npm that's affected, therefore it's not even considered when choosing language/ecosystem for writing distro tools. You'll find no sane distro writing package manager in javasc…

> it doesn’t pertain to you until you pay Respectfully, that's bollocks. The data, by itself, either does, or it does not. Exchange of unrelated money does not change anything in t…

Yes, of course. In European cities there are GDPR disclosures hanged on the lampposts on which CCTV cameras are mounted. The disclosure contains retention period and contact to dat…

No, that's the point. If the data pertains to you, it's yours. No "iff I pay for it".

Look, life is complicated and not a single issue, contrary to what admins of many of those fedi instances would like. Typical human has views on multiple subjects, but it takes onl…

They'll then defederate also from you. The argument goes, you're a nazi/facist/racist/*phobe, because you associate with (== did not defederate from) the designated nazi/facist/rac…

How is that when car drivers decide the rules are nonsensical it's bad, but when bicycle drivers decide the rules (that, please note, apply to everyone on the street, car or not), …

> Not clear whether soldiers are acting on their own or following policy. It mostly doesn't matter, unless they're punished. If they're not, then the policy is, what they did is ok…