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Summary: Dr. Richard Stallman, the Free Software Foundation’s founder, explains naming conventions for Linux/GNU (which most people just call “Linux”)
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Summary: Dr. Richard Stallman, the Free Software Foundation’s founder, explains how code was managed and contributed in the early days of GNU
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ODAY I was supposed to receive a callback from a BT supervisor over a problem that I had reported. The problem was a false promise from BT that they would send a letter. Why make a promise if they’re not going to do anything? That in itself is an enigma.
Well, for the second time in less than a year I needed to stay home during working hours in order to receive a callback about this issue (a case of BT support incompetence) and the supervisor seemingly ‘forgot’ to call.
I am writing about all these terrible experiences in order to warn people who consider becoming BT customers.
Summary: Dr. Richard Stallman, the Free Software Foundation’s founder, explains how GNU programs were developed and released in the early eighties
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Summary: Dr. Richard Stallman, the Free Software Foundation’s founder, explains how the GNU project started
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Y wife used to be using Facebook quite a lot. It’s a site that, in practice, probably violates people’s privacy more than all other sites combined, but only if one assumed loss of privacy to peers (as opposed to government spies and marketers, who also get data from Microsoft, Google, and countless other companies). Just over a year ago I suggested to my wife that she oughtn’t upload photos to Facebook (with some applications Facebook just uploads all taken pictures automatically) and that I can set up an album that would preserve some of her privacy (no tags, no face recognition, no covert tracking of viewers, etc.). Days ago I completed uploading the last photos of the year, covering as of late:
Yesterday, the number of direct hits on photos (meaning watching a photo zoomed in) exceeded 100,000, demonstrating, in my opinion, that one does not need Facebook to managed one’s photos. As Facebook is, to many people, primarily a photo album with comments (it’s useless as a medium for news and other purposes), why would anyone really need Facebook? Self-hosting requires some work and money, but there’s a price to one’s privacy too. When you’re merely the product in Facebook — not the customer — it is clear why Facebook gives ‘free’ hosting. Here is some guidance on how to set up a similar photos album.
T IS hard to regularly upload and share photos, so we’ve begun doing so periodically. New upload of about 50 photos has been completed. Among the photos this time around:
Towards the end of the month there will be lots more.
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