ambitiousslab
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I used to be @ambitiousslab@feddit.uk. I also have the backup account @ambitiousslab@reddthat.com.
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- Comment on What Is 'Pathways' And Who Is 'Amelia?' The Controversial Memes About The Viral U.K. Anti-Immigration Goth Girl Explained 2 weeks ago:
Nice to see that even in the virtual world, anti-immigration protesters don’t know what the flag is supposed to look like.
- Comment on When hardware products reach end-of-life, companies should be forced to open-source the software 3 weeks ago:
Now, I’m not asking companies to open-source their entire codebase. That’s unrealistic when an app is tied to a larger platform. What I am asking for: publish a basic GitHub repo with the hardware specs and connection protocols. Let the community build their own apps on top of it.
I agree with this. I think the most important thing is not necessarily the original company releasing the code (although that would be nice), but it being easy (and legal!) for hackers to reverse engineer and/or build on top of the platform.
The irony is that, since most such products will have some GPL’d code in there somewhere, most products already basically have such a requirement, thanks to the section requiring complete corresponding source including installation instructions. Hopefully, the Vizio case will establish the precedent that users can take action against such companies.
- Comment on Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID 3 weeks ago:
I’m happy this has happened. I’m still pretty wary, though. Can there be a cross party debate and agreement on what the limits should be? I worry this will just get pushed through later on, like the encryption backdoor clause of the OSA.