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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 22:12:32 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Yesterday, I spent an extra hour in the #hairport, arriving at my #SoCal hometown just before midnight.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 21:55:22 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- GeniusMusing
- Raspberry Pi and other SBC "Maker" board enthusiasts
@geniusmusing The review sounds very good. I think I should add Orange Pi 5 to my "try this" list. I bought an #Orange_Pi 0, but it tends to overheat, so its utility is limited.

!raspi

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 22:15:09 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I should see if there is still a sewing machine repair shop in my town. I'd like to buy an old singer electric from before the parts were made of plastic.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 21:18:16 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://nu.federati.net/url/290001 [www bleepingcomputer com]

New exploit demonstrated. Ultrasound used to command Alexa type voice assistants without owner knowledge.
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1. Inaudible ultrasound attack can stealthily control your phone, smart speaker
  
  from @BleepinComputer
  
  American university researchers have developed a novel attack which they named "Near-Ultrasound Inaudible Trojan" (NUIT) that can launch silent attacks against devices powered by voice assistants, like smartphones, smart speakers, and other IoTs.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 20:54:44 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

If your #github script just broke, here's the reaso and how to fix it. https://www.howtogeek.com/881429/did-your-code-project-just-break-it-might-be-githubs-fault/ [www howtogeek com]
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1. Did Your Code Project Just Break? It Might Be GitHub’s Fault
  
  GitHub hosts code repositories for countless different projects, from personal websites to popular apps like VLC Media Player. If you have a script, application, or other project that relies on GitHub, it may have just been broken.
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 18:07:46 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
>Format-shifting of items purchased is legitimate.

For media (video/audio), for personal use, as long as DRM is not present, in the US.

Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.

When it comes to sharing, we know how that ended.

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26M_Records,_Inc._v._Napster,_Inc.

MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd.

As is the custom, follow the money.
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1. Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
  
  Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417 (1984), also known as the “Betamax case”, is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which ruled that the making of individual copies of complete television shows for purposes of time shifting does not constitute copyright infringement, but is fair use. The Court also ruled that the manufacturers of home video recording devices, such as Betamax or other VCRs (referred to as VTRs in the case), cannot be liable for contributory infringement. The case was a boon to the home video market, as it created a legal safe haven for the technology.The broader legal consequence of the Supreme Court's decision was its establishment of a general test for determining whether a device with copying or recording capabilities ran afoul of copyright law. This test has created some interpretative challenges to courts in applying the case to more recent file sharing technologies available for use on home computers and over the Internet. Background In the 1970s, Sony developed the Betamax video tape recording format. Universal Studios and the Walt Disney...
2. A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.
  
  A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th. Cir., 2001) was a landmark intellectual property case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the a district court ruling that the defendant, peer-to-peer file sharing service Napster, could be held liable for contributory infringement and vicarious infringement of copyright. This was the first major case to address the application of copyright laws to peer-to-peer file sharing.While A&M Records served as the lead plaintiff, Napster was sued by 18 different record companies, all of which were members of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Additionally, songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were included on the Circuit Court appeal, representing the interests of "all others similarly situated." Background Napster was started in 1999 by 18 year-old Shawn Fanning. Napster provided a platform for users to download compressed digital music files, specifically MP3s, from other users' music libraries. Unlike many peer-to-peer services, however, Napster included a central server that indexed connected...
3. MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.
  
  MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 545 U.S. 913 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled unanimously that the defendants, peer-to-peer file sharing companies Grokster and Streamcast (maker of Morpheus), could be held liable for inducing copyright infringement by users of their file sharing software. The plaintiffs were a consortium of 28 entertainment companies, led by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. Background Entertainment industry lawsuits against new technologies that enable the copying of copyrighted content date back to the 1980s, when the movie industry sought court injunctions against the sale and use of VCRs. In Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a technology manufacturer cannot be held liable for its users' copyright infringement if widespread unauthorized copying is unlikely, and if the technology enables significant non-infringing uses as well.The advent of file sharing via the Internet in the late 1990s, and its enabling of easy and more widespread copying of copyrighted materials, inspired new arguments from the entertainment...
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 17:46:33 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Ji Fu
@fu https://mstdn.social/@maxkennerly/110081989107256650

If you scan a physical book, you've infringed copyright? This needs to be challenged. Format-shifting of items purchased is legitimate.
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1. Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly@mstdn.social)
  
  from Max Kennerly
  
  Attached: 1 image The central holding of the #InternetArchive court opinion is, if you own a physical book and scan it, you infringed the author's copyright by creating an unauthorized copy—even if you never use both at the same time. (This also implies that printing an ebook = infringement.) That's quite bad. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.537900/gov.uscourts.nysd.537900.188.0.pdf http://blog.archive.org/2023/03/25/the-fight-continues/
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 15:19:17 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Stopped at #Burger_King because the available food options are very limited. One thing one can never accuse #BK of, and that's having high quality food. Though the guy today is doing his best--he's the only person working--and he's consistently messing up special orders, it isn't any worse than the usual experience.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 15:00:39 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#GS4 loves his red t-shirt! There were two red and one orange in that pack. #GS5 also has red.

Both are smiling in the photo. #GS3 gof his blue t-shirt, but declined to be in the thank you picture.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 13:43:12 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- Ji Fu
I didn't read much about the case, but seeing that IA followed the same practices that publishers required libraries to follow, this is *bad* news.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 11:16:13 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65075276 [www bbc co uk]

#tornadoes strike #Mississippi, leaving at least 19 people dead.
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1. Tornadoes kill 19 and bring devastation to Mississippi
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews
  
  Hail the size of golf balls and strong wind brought destruction to rural areas on Friday night.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 10:58:16 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65073812 [www bbc co uk]

#RIP: Gordon Moore, founder of #Intel, originator of "Moore's Law".
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1. Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of Moore's Law, dies aged 94
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews
  
  Mr Moore famously predicted that computer processing power would double every two years.
Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 04:06:03 UTC Ji Fu
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Make a donation to the internet archive.org the future of humanity may depend on it.
Note - Judge Decides Against Internet Archive https://file770.com/judge-decides… https://file770.com/judge-decides%E2%80%A6
Judge Decides Against Internet Archive
file770.com/judge-decides-agai…

technews@aspiechattr.me
URL: aspiechattr.me/@TechNews/11008…
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1. Judge Decides Against Internet Archive
  
  from @File_770
  
  Publishers Weekly has tweeted breaking news about a decision in the publishers’ suit against the Internet Archive: A copy of the decision can be downloaded from CourtListener: gov.uscourts.nysd.537…
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 24-Mar-2023 22:50:44 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deutsche-bank-shares-whipsaw-after-cds-blow-out-2023-03-24/ [www reuters com]

Deutsche Bank securities plunge as fears about banks' health spread.
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1. Deutsche Bank shares plunge, default insurance at highest since 2018
  
  from Amanda Cooper
  
  Deutsche Bank shares tumbled on Friday after the cost of insuring the bank's debt against the risk of default shot to more than four-year highs, highlighting concerns among investors about the stability of Europe's banks.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 24-Mar-2023 22:24:25 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
To be clear, I did contact them first ... years ago, when I was working in Starkville, #MS, because I wanted to buy team jerseys for #GD1, #GD2, and #A1. They didn't have jerseys in A1's size, so I bought him a onesie.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 24-Mar-2023 21:49:29 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
And today, the first fundraising message from the MSU Bulldog Club (the athletics program's mascot is a bulldog). I jumped right on the unsubscribe button.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 24-Mar-2023 21:47:05 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- clacke: seeking 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
@clacke If you did say something harsh, I never saw it. As usual for you, you were a model of appropriate speech toward others.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 24-Mar-2023 21:45:38 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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At check-out, I got a brand new clerk (2nd day on the job). When he asked about my stay, I mentioned the locking issue and he said "Oh, my God, that's really scary!" and apologized profusely.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 24-Mar-2023 21:36:02 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#California involuntary sterilizations and reparations

https://nu.federati.net/url/289986 [www theguardian com]

> At the turn of the 20th century, the eugenics movements captivated much of white America, fueled by a zealous faith that the burgeoning field of genetics could socially engineer away America’s “ills”, including poverty, crime and “feeblemindedness”. Thirty-two states had sterilization laws, but California’s program was unrivaled. It contributed to a third of total national sterilizations, and set an example for Nazi Germany’s sterilization laws.

https://nu.federati.net/url/289987 [www sfgate com]

> "California was the second state to pass eugenics laws in 1909," two years after Indiana made it legal to sterilize the "feeble-minded," according to University of Virginia bioethicist Paul Lombardo.

> Lombardo is an expert on eugenics, a school of thought popular around the turn of the 20th century. Eugenicists thought they could improve the human species through selective breeding, which meant preventing habitual criminals, inmates of insane asylums and sexual deviants from having kids.

https://victims.ca.gov/fiscp/ [victims ca gov]

> Many people who lived in state-run hospitals, homes and institutions through 1979 were sterilized, leaving them unable to have biological children. Additionally, many people who were in custody of a state prison or other correctional facility after 1979 were forcibly or involuntarily sterilized.

> The Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program financially compensates survivors of state-sponsored sterilization. The California Victim Compensation Board (CalVCB) administers the program.
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1. Belly of the Beast: California's dark history of forced sterilizations
  
  from Shilpa Jindia in Washington
  
  Documentary tells story of state-sanctioned process in prisons as activists fight for a reparations bill
2. State's little-known history of shameful science / California's role in Nazis' goal of 'purification'
  
  from Tom Abate
  
  On Tuesday, a state Senate committee is scheduled to hear a historical truth that might...
3. California Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program - CA Victim Compensation Board
  
  from CalVCBWebmaster
  
  Many people who lived in state-run hospitals, homes and institutions through 1979 were sterilized, leaving them unable to have biological children.

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