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  • Retrospectively, wasn't a lot of the space-exploration-based SciFi from the 50s 60s 70s serving the purpose of justifying massive government spendings in big rockets, mainly used to build ICBMs, to justify imperialist policies and the cold war?

    were we (the scifi afficionados) the useful idiots of this missile race?

  • Can someone demystify computer Ports for me? Please? Blocking, unblocking, opening, allowing, VPNs and their effect, what ports are and what they do, step by step, when you have to interact with them?
  • "porte" in French means a door.

    Imagine each port is a door, all neatly aligned... some of them can be opened and lead to something... (a service)

  • What phone brand do you like the best?
  • pine64 because freedom.

  • What linux phone is closest to ready for daily use
  • I use a PinePhone (non-pro) as a daily-driver for 4+ years now. Sure it runs well. Just depends by what you mean by "linux". If you use firefox and KDE you're gonna suffer and complain about battery life.

    If you're ready to work a bit to make it custom and very frugal (in my case: pmos + sxmo) and use mostly CLI and TUI applications, then you can get a lot from it. I use links -g for a majority of my browsing, tut for the fediverse, aerc, gomuks, etc. for communications. heck there is even a simplex CLI client.

    It's exciting, it's customized and i find it 10x more interesting than #$%!ndroid. and i make my backups through rsync. but it's for sure a bit of work...

  • Can I use my Nintendo Switch in 20 years from now?
  • would you remove the battery during those 20 years?

  • Do you all have any tips on activities to do yourself, instead of consuming content all the time?
  • going outside, musing around, gazing at the clouds and plants and all

  • Do you all have any tips on activities to do yourself, instead of consuming content all the time?
  • cooking! finding out about good ingredients and how to make them even better! fermenting too...

  • Any othet alternative to telegram that is more open sourced , privacy ,security focused is available in fdroid etc.
  • Simplex.chat is promising, with great privacy/anonymity concepts at its core:

    • no identifyer like a phone# or an email address needed
    • little to no metadata transiting by the server
    • identity management ("incognito" identities generated in one click when joining a group for instance, management of several identities), all database/client-side.
    • works with any server, through tor by default. different servers used to send/receive messages.
    • android/ios/linux-tui/linux-desktop/macos/windows versions available
    • in Haskell, so no node/electron shtf#ckery (just a different shtf#ckery... ;)) )
  • What soups are cool enough to eat on a first date? What are bad dates soups?
  • something you cooked from the bottom of your heart, inspired by that person, improvising with seasonal ingredients, with a touch of crazy zestiness (lime, ginger, chili)? something that would taste delicious and show how inventive and thoughtful you are!

  • Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding
  • You're right! I don't know either.

    The facts remain, though.

  • Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding
  • Bruce Schneier is also probably just a conspiracy theorist, when he writes in 2014:

    "By the way, the Register noted that Whisper Systems (along with Tor and several other privacy projects) received $450,000 from Radio Free Asia – which is pretty much an official State Department / CIA propaganda organ, isn’t it? How exactly does this work as a coherent national security strategy, when State is funding ‘privacy’ while NSA is funding eavesdropping? https://www.opentechfund.org/sites/default/files/attachments/otf2013annualreportfinal.pdf"

    https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/11/whatsapp_is_now.html

    oh and that linked annual report of the OTF, like the following ones, doesn't seem to be online anymore... :))

    what a joke

  • Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding
  • well before 2013 it wasnt "Signal" but some proprietary software. After 2016 it wasn't anymore "the initial phase"

    Funny how you don't seem to be wanting to see 2013-2016, but it's OK. facts speak for themselves :)

  • Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding
  • "Between 2013 and 2016, Open Whisper Systems received grants from the Shuttleworth Foundation,[49] the Knight Foundation,[50] and the Open Technology Fund.[51]"

    "Marlinspike launched Open Whisper Systems' website in January 2013.[2][1]"

    (from the page you linked)

    How is that not the OTF (100% funded by Radio Free Asia) since its inception? how is it not its initial conception phase?

  • Anyone successfully compiled simplex-CLI on alpine/pmos aarch64?

    I tried as in the doc, but ran into

    [__0] rejecting: aeson-2.2.0.0, aeson-2.1.2.1, aeson-2.1.2.0, aeson-2.1.1.0, aeson-2.1.0.0 (constraint from user target requires ==2.0.3.0)

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    NoisyLeaks! The Art of Exposing Secrets - 8-30 Oct. Berlin
    noisyleaks.space NoisyLeaks!

    NoisyLeaks! is a moment combining an exhibition alongside a series of events which will take place from October 8th to October 30th, 2022. NoisyLeaks! aims to collectively expose and celebrate the historical and cultural heritage of WikiLeaks and its influence on world-wide practices - a space and m...

    NoisyLeaks!

    EXPO/ FILMS/ [REDACTED]/ WORKSHOPS/ LAB/

    P145, Invalidenstr. 145 - 10115 Berlin

    NoisyLeaks! is a moment combining an exhibition alongside a series of events which will take place from October 8th to October 30th, 2022. NoisyLeaks! aims **to collectively expose and celebrate the historical and cultural heritage of WikiLeaks and its influence on world-wide practices **- a space and moment to share knowledge, practical skills and encourage freedom of information.

    !

    Featuring:

    !Mediengruppe Bitnik, AFK, Ai Weiwei, Chicks on Speed, Daniel Lismore, Daniel Richter, Davide Dormino, Hito Steyerl, Iodine Dynamics, Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Melissa E. Logan, RYBN, Sarah Lucas

    Schedule:

    https://noisyleaks.space/schedule

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    U.K. Judge OKs Extradition of Julian Assange to U.S.
    www.wsws.org UK court approves extradition of Julian Assange to US, decision with home secretary Patel

    According to the Extradition Act (2003) which governs the process, Assange now has four weeks (to May 18) to make representations to Patel before her decision is announced.

    UK court approves extradition of Julian Assange to US, decision with home secretary Patel

    A British judge has ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces a 175-year sentence. The final decision on Assange’s extradition will now be made by U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel. Amnesty International’s Simon Crowther spoke outside the courthouse prior to today’s ruling.

    Simon Crowther: “Julian Assange is being prosecuted for espionage for publishing sensitive material that was classified. And if he is extradited to the U.S. for this, all journalists around the world are going to have to look over their shoulder, because within their own jurisdiction, if they publish something that the U.S. considers to be classified, they will face the risk of being extradited.”

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    UK Supreme Court denies Assange permission to appeal his extradition
    dontextraditeassange.com UK Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in Assange extradition - Don't Extradite Assange

    UK Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in Assange extradition. The case now moves to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to authorize the extradition. Julian Assange’s solicitors Birnberg Peirce statement […]

    UK Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in Assange extradition - Don't Extradite Assange

    UK Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in Assange extradition. The case now moves to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to authorize the extradition.

    WikiLeaks editor and publisher Julian Assange is facing a 175 year sentence for publishing truthful information in the public interest.

    Julian Assange is being sought by the current US administration for publishing US government documents which exposed war crimes and human rights abuses. The politically motivated charges represent an unprecedented attack on press freedom and the public’s right to know – seeking to criminalise basic journalistic activity.

    If convicted Julian Assange faces a sentence of 175 years, likely to be spent in extreme isolation.

    The UN working group on arbitrary detention issued a statement saying that “the right of Mr. Assange to personal liberty should be restored”.

    Massimo Moratti of Amnesty International has publicly stated on their website that, “Were Julian Assange to be extradited or subjected to any other transfer to the USA, Britain would be in breach of its obligations under international law.

    Human Rights Watch published an article saying, “The only thing standing between an Assange prosecution and a major threat to global media freedom is Britain. It is urgent that it defend the principles at risk.”

    The NUJ has stated that the “US charges against Assange pose a huge threat, one that could criminalise the critical work of investigative journalists & their ability to protect their sources”.

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    The Right to Read - A Dystopian Short Story by Richard Stallman (1996)

    From The Road To Tycho, a collection of articles about the antecedents of the Lunarian Revolution, published in Luna City in 2096.

    For Dan Halbert, the road to Tycho began in college—when Lissa Lenz asked to borrow his computer. Hers had broken down, and unless she could borrow another, she would fail her midterm project. There was no one she dared ask, except Dan.

    This put Dan in a dilemma. He had to help her—but if he lent her his computer, she might read his books. Aside from the fact that you could go to prison for many years for letting someone else read your books, the very idea shocked him at first. Like everyone, he had been taught since elementary school that sharing books was nasty and wrong—something that only pirates would do.

    .../...

    http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html

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    JoeBidet Joe Bidet @lemmy.ml

    Random Joe, or should I say... GNU/Joe

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