Washington Post headline: Sales of Essure birth control implant to be halted by Bayer; U.S. last to sell controversial device It is funny that this happens a week before http://bleedingedgedoc.com/ is released. Thanks to everyone who advocated for this. Links http://bleedingedgedoc.com/ Washington Post article Sales of Essure birth control implant to be halted by Bayer; U.S. last to sell controversial device Shared with: Public
Once again the forces for copyright have reduced the rights of normal people who have done nothing wrong. Any chance of a lost nickle is too much for the copyright advocates. And they get to demand these rights for life+70 years. That’s no good for the public domain, but that’s an easy to ignore consequence if they can be $20 richer in the 145th year of publication. As China has amply demonstrated if you want to remain relevant to manufacturing you need a very different view of intellectual property. But don’t worry, for trading away making cars, washing machines, and almost everything else we got Hollywood and stock photo houses. Those are the best people to optimize our economy for it would seem. I’m sure Hollywood is excited to retrain coal and factory workers to be the next Dwayne The Rock Johnson. ...
I wish I had known this earlier, but I finally set my default in my preferences to wanting Linux. It does’t seem to limit my ability to see Windows-only games in the store or discovery queues. See https://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/311702/100715 to learn how to set your preferences. Links https://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/311702/100715 Steam now lets developers know how many users want their game on Mac and Linux Shared with: Public +1’d by: John Sharpe
Wow, that’s too bad. Links Linux Journal Ceases Publication | Linux Journal Shared with: Public
Higher tax rates for the rich could actually make the world a better place. See the charts to prove it… Links Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart - The New York Times Shared with: Public Comments Theresa Sawyer - 2017-09-05T14:50:36Z Awesome graphs! Theresa Sawyer - 2017-09-05T14:50:36Z Awesome graphs!
To protect our government we should insist on a preference for open source solutions. It is cheaper initially and overall. There are fewer bugs. There is less motivation for nefarious deeds. Vendor lock-in goes away. All of this is true for businesses and home uses as well. Links To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software - The New York Times Shared with: Public
I usually don’t have much sympathy for Microsoft, but this is so classic I can’t help but laugh. Links That time a customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Simulator Shared with: Public
This is the future of computer security. I hope you’ve got flexibility and rhythm. Links Stack Overflow Unveils the Next Steps in Computer Security - Stack Overflow Blog /usr/sbin/amavisd-new - why is pcmd/regex not working for this command in csf.pignore? Shared with: Public, Anonymous Pro +1’d by: David Swift Comments Anonymous Pro - 2017-04-09T12:55:32Z What is this nonsense? I use amavisd-new and CSF LFD on Ubuntu, like the guy asking, so I answer what worked for me. And then you trigger-happy rate it with a minus? Now that’s motivational! NOT. This reminds me why wikipedia and stackexchange will never get any donations from me. ...
The solution to your Debian problems is to completely disable ipv6. This is not the awesome I was looking for. Links How to fix the slow apt-get update issue on Linux machines - TechRepublic Shared with: Public +1’d by: David Swift, Wing Wong Comments Wing Wong - 2017-01-17T22:50:53Z I’ve seen the same thing happen on things other than package installations. ipv6 slows down ALOT for various things. Wing Wong - 2017-01-17T22:50:53Z ...
@+Cloudflare: Thanks for keeping up the good fight. Links Cloudflare’s Transparency Report for Second Half 2016 and an Additional Disclosure for 2013 Shared with: Public, Cloudflare