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“Direct Action” oh, look, they have the same name as the far right terrorists in France. What a surprise.
“Direct Action” oh, look, they have the same name as the far right terrorists in France. What a surprise.
Not sure what the underlying software is/are, but I’m pretty sure this what they’re referring to: https://docs.forge.apps.education.fr/
The wood paneling/shielding and old-style canon are almost quaint enough to make me not see the prototype for WW1 that this is. Ominous.
“With respect to content that is already on the open web, the social contract of that content since the 90s has been that it is fair use. Anyone can copy it, recreate with it, reproduce with it. That has been freeware, if you like. That’s been the understanding,” said Suleyman.
Ugh. Social contract, free use, freeware - those all mean very different things. I don’t think the head of a department like that should be blabbing to the public if they’re going to mix up terms like that. Do they not have PR and legal departments that are versed in anything beyond Microsoft’s historical business methods (lie, steal, and fearmonger about open source)?
Not to mention that in some places, you cannot give up the IP rights over code you write.
Not to mention “fair use” is primarily for artistic endeavors.
Not to mention “freeware” is for programs, not written word blog posts or images.
etc…
The French political system, casually referred to as the “Republic of Friends,”
Where does the author get this? I’m French and have never heard of our system called as such - especially not by a French person.
An important part of that process that needs mentioning is that when the mothers are convinced by Nestle to feed their babies formula instead of their breast milk, their bodies will stop producing the milk before the baby is weaned from it.
So Nestle literally endangers babies’ lives just to sell more baby formula.
In case the “dim” comment isn’t a joke, as I recall it’s short for “dimension”, as in you are specifying each variable’s dimension in the computer’s memory. Source: some “intro to programming with vb6” book I read like 15 years ago at this point.
He couldn’t get back in 27, he’s at 2 consecutive terms right now. Unless they change the laws…