Question Software Freedom Day‽
If software freedom is important, it must be attacked, lest it die from the unremitting bludgeoning of obscurity and triviality. While necessary, I don’t particularly mean trivial attacks on overblown...
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Audio/video player controls should facilitate changing playback rate
Listening or viewing non-fiction/non-art (eg lectures, presentations) at realtime speed is tiresome. I’ve long used rbpitch (but more control than I need or want) or VLC’s built-in playback speed menu...
View ArticleWhy DRM in HTML5 and what to do about it
Kẏra writes Don’t let the myths fool you: the W3C’s plan for DRM in HTML5 is a betrayal to all Web users. Agreed, but what to do about it? In the short term, the solution is to convince W3C that moving...
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The real Open Source _ proliferation problem
The Open Source Initiative, best known for keeping a list of licenses compliant with its Open Source Definition, has hired its first-ever full time paid staffer, Patrick Masson as General Manager....
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Please help OpenHatch pick the low hanging fruit of FLOSS
I recently wrote concerning open source project fragmentation: The low-hanging fruit is to help projects become easier for new contributors to get involved in, and friendly for staying involved in....
View ArticleTechnology and wealth Inequality Promotion
Sam Altman, Technology and wealth inequality: Without intervention, technology will probably lead to an untenable disparity—so we probably need some amount of intervention. Technology also increases...
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Gov[ernance]Lab impressions
First, two excerpts of my previous posts to explain my rationale for this one. 10 months ago: I wonder the extent to which reform of any institution, dominant or otherwise, away from capture and...
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Edit Oakland wiki events
Saturday, July 12, there’s a big open streets event in my obscure flats neighborhood where Oakland, Emeryville, and Berkeley meet. A small stretch of San Pablo Avenue will be closed to cars (sadly not...
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prioritize(projects, freedom_for_all_computer_users)
Last week the Free Software Foundation published its annual appeal, which includes the following: In another 30 years, we believe that we can achieve our goal. We believe that free software can be...
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Happy UTC+0 New Year
With apologies for the projection. Smattering of followups on mostly-recent posts, posted at 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. Does anyone celebrate UTC+0 New Year except by coincidence of being in UTC+0 time...
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