If someone only agree because of a dark pattern or agressive/repetitive consent popups, then it’s not free and informed consent.

It’s pressuring visitors into accepting something they wouldn’t otherwise accept, and it might not be compliant.

Clearly there need to be more enforcement of GDPR.

Those companies doing business in the EU should have been looking for alternatives since at least 2016 when GPDR was adopted.

It doesn’t seem realistic to rely on targeted advertising if that require opt-in, informed consent. I suspect only a small fraction of visitors would agree.

I hope contextual advertising and similar less-invasive approaches becomes the norm again. Contextual advertising have been used for decades in Newspapers, on the TV and radio.

Just stop talking to them, they have no jurisdiction

If they try and claim there’s no jurisdiction, the other party might disagree. Especially if the contract has a provision that defines which jurisdiction/court is responsible for resolving disputes.

A guess is finding a proper and legal way to break a contract is preferable for companies. An arbitrary breach of contract might make a company look unreliable, could make it more difficult to sign any contract in the future.

IANAL so I have no idea if they’d risk penalties as well.

Recall the time when Windows came on a DVD, had no Microsoft account option on install, no ads in settings nor in the startup menu, no AI slop.

It was still shit, but it feels shittier now, and harder to setup and configure in a way that’s bearable.

Atomic distro sounds like an interesting way to avoid breakage due to admin/user mistakes, so it’s a good suggestion. But it doesn’t help much with bugs in new software releases.

So the best choice depends on what exactly caused instability in OP’s case.

Please have Police focus on better using the data it already has. Rather than just giving it the power to hoard more personal data and endangering public liberties.

Existing police records are riddled with errors:

• https://www.propublica.org/article/politic-il-insider-chicago-gang-database
• https://www.lesnumeriques.com/vie-du-net/alerte-cnil-trop-erreurs-dans-fichiers-police-n29925.html

Piling more data on top won’t fix these errors. Putting more effort in fixing errors would make the records more useful to police, and would probably avoid ruining the lives of innocents people.

Et interdiction de la cigarette électronique à la prochaine rentrée parlementaire ?

C’est pour le bien de nos chers parlementaires et ministres.

Somewhat obvious tips to get a more stable experience:

• Use a distribution that favour stability over being on the bleeding edge. Like Debian stable, or another distribution that maintain LTS releases,
• Install software from the distribution’s official package repositories. Avoid third party packages and repos as much as possible. If you really need a third party repo, verify it’s compatible with your specific distro and has reputation for being well maintained,
• When you do see a problem, take time to troubleshoot and if necessary make a bug report with necessary information for developers to identify the problem, so there’s a better chance to see it fixed.
• If you use Linux in a professional settings, there is paid support available out there, in some cases this get you priority for bug fixes.

Thanks for the information.

The app is distributed in a third party repo, not the main F-Droid repo, so before installating I’m trying to check if it’s open-source, had some independent review, and is safe to install.

The source is available but the license isn’t recognised as OSS according to the OSI website. https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay https://opensource.org/licenses

This may explain why it’s not in the main F-Droid repo. It’s better than closed source anyway.

Why the climate promises of AI sound a lot like carbon offsets

J’ai 2 abonnements directs à des journaux, et utilise une carte de bibliothèque (BNF ou locale) pour accéder au reste.

Si on fait tous cela, en piochant 2-3 médias parmis ceux qu’on trouve de bonne qualité, on va collectivement soutenir une variété de médias.

Pour la maison, l’eau du robinet et une carafe c’est très bien.

Pour les balades, l’eau du robinet et une gourde c’est très bien.

L’eau en robinet c’est approprié seulement pour les pays du tiers monde et les zones sinistrées sans eau potable.

Pour contrer le marketing, associez eau en bouteille = zone sinistrée.

Yes, and that’s how it should be if a politician of any party is convicted for serious offense, eg violence or hatred. Laws should apply equally to all.

Which means such law should be carefully crafted to prevent its abuse for partisan purpose, supressing the opposition, etc.

For instance making it a judicial process, not an arbitrary administrative/executive decision. Restricting this to specific well-defined offenses. Making it a time-limited ban, not a lifetime ban.

Nous allons enfin en finir avec l’impunité des délinquants

Marine Le Pen

Tout à fait d’accord, il ya eut du laisser-aller vu toutes les affaire politicos-judiciaires qui éclatent.

Content pour une fois de voir une mesure du programme de Le Pen appliquée.

Kim Jong-un et Sauron ont ils également apporté leur soutien ?

Do wear special solar googles to protect your eyes while watching the solar eclipse.

They cost 2-3 EUR, I bought one at my local optician. Some pharmacist sell them as well.

Alternatives like actual cash, proof-of-stake cryptocurrency, or even EMV.

Most alternatives aren’t completely anonymous payment methods, but Monero’s anonymity isn’t worth wasting so much resources.

Monero has a disproportionally large energy usage and footprint on the environment. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0152-7

Please consider less wasteful alternatives. Every bit help, it’s about keeping earth safe for human life.

On n’a pas vu ce taux depuis… à peine 6 mois.