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michapixel@diasporasocial.net
fefebot@diasp.org

[l] Wusstet ihr eigentlich, dass schon in den 1950er Jahren in Deutschland Windkraftanlagen gebaut wurden? Heute wäre der 100. Geburtstag von Eugen Hänle gewesen, dem "Vater der modernen Windräder".

Seine Forschung u.a. am Material Glasfaser führte nicht zum kommerziellen Erfolg, hat aber den Segelflug revolutioniert. Warum hat das nicht geklappt?

"Der wirtschaftliche Erfolg stellte sich jedoch nicht ein. Diesel-Aggregate waren einfach viel günstiger in Anschaffung und Unterhalt. Dazu kam noch der beginnende Aufstieg der Atomenergie", bilanziert Binz.

Schade eigentlich.

#fefebot #atomenergie

wurstaufbrot@pod.geraspora.de
anonymiss@despora.de

Who owns your shiny new #Pixel 9 #phone? You can’t say no to #Google’s #surveillance

Source: https://cybernews.com/security/google-pixel-9-phone-beams-data-and-awaits-commands/

Every 15 minutes, #GooglePixel 9 Pro XL sends a data packet to Google. The device shares #location, email address, phone number, #network status, and other #telemetry. Even more concerning, the phone periodically attempts to download and run new code, potentially opening up #security risks...

Don't be a data cow 🐮 on Google's server farm 👎

#tracking #fail #bigbrother #orwell #economy #online #Problem #news #Smartphone #android #bigdata #datacow

michapixel@diasporasocial.net
fefebot@diasp.org

[l] Asylsuchende? An den Grenzen? Haben wir nicht!

Woher ich das weiß? Weil die Bundespolizei den Leuten da Fragebögen gibt, wo sie ankreuzen sollen, wieso sie einreisen wollen.

Den Reisegrund will das Papier wissen und gibt vier Antwortmöglichkeiten vor: Besuch von Bekannten oder Verwandten, Urlaubsreise, Geschäftsreise. Was nicht auf der Liste steht: ein Asylgesuch.

Das merken die NIE!!

#fefebot #dasmerkendienie

wurstaufbrot@pod.geraspora.de
danie10@squeet.me

Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically gives up: Patents will go Public

An office with a wooden desk, large bookshelf in the background against the wall, and a degree certification framed on teh wall. Behind the desk sits a person with a green coloured troll face and long red hair standing up.
“Sable is a patent troll. It doesn’t make, develop, innovate, or sell anything. Sable IP is merely a shell entity formed to monetize (make money from) an ancient patent portfolio acquired by Sable Networks from Caspian Networks in 2006.”

Lately, these patent profiteers have targeted the open source community. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation and Linux Foundation last month strengthened ties with United Patents, a company focused on defending against predatory patent claims.

“In the end, Sable agreed to pay Cloudflare $225,000, grant Cloudflare a royalty-free license to its entire patent portfolio, and to dedicate its patents to the public, ensuring that Sable can never again assert them against another company,” said Terrell and Nemeroff.

Well, this is a big win for the small guys and open source projects, as patent trolls can put these guys out of business and stifle innovation.

Unfortunately, it takes a Big Tech company to use its finances to fight such patent trolls. Obviously the win benefits Cloudflare, but the positive benefits will flow far wider than for themselves.

See theregister.com/2024/10/03/pat…
#Blog, #patentrolls, #patents, #technology

tomgrzybow@societas.online
fraterchaos@diasp.org

Trump has a habit of assuming other politicians act in the same way as he would. So we wondered why he would accuse Biden of raiding the FEMA disaster fund to handle undocumented migrants.

It turns out that’s because he did this! In 2019, the Trump administration, in the middle of hurricane season, told Congress that it was taking $271 million from DHS programs, including $155 million from the disaster fund, to pay for immigration detention space and temporary hearing locations for asylum seekers who have been forced to wait in Mexico.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/4/2274773/-The-lies-are-getting-worse?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web