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Republican control in Ohio

mercredi 14 février 2018 à 01:00

Ohio's reform plan, supposedly meant to eliminate the Republican gerrymander, perpetuates Republican control but disguises it better.

Apple source code leak

mercredi 14 février 2018 à 01:00

How some secret Apple source code was released that may (we can hope) facilitate jailbreaking.

I do not encourage leaking proprietary source code because that would fail to make the source code free software. However, I do not criticize people for doing it. The wrong here was when Apple made that software nonfree — and, even worse, made it a jail.

Nonfree programs in general do injustice to their users. By making this software nonfree, Apple got power over users. Apple employs that power to commit further injustice against users, including censorship, DRM, and putting users in jail.

Face recognition for trains

mercredi 14 février 2018 à 01:00

China is now using face recognition camera eyeglasses to identify people that are not supposed to be allowed on trains.

China's ecological vision

mercredi 14 février 2018 à 01:00

China's President Xi announced a grand vision of an ecological society, and is leading mighty efforts to implement it.

Despite my condemnation for China's repression, I have to admire this. Contrast it with the bully that has seized power in the US, who does his best to increase both repression and environmental destruction.

Equifax documents

mercredi 14 février 2018 à 01:00

"Leaked Equifax documents provided to US Senate reveal that they dumped all our drivers' licenses, too."