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Info by Richard Stallman Contributions — Published on Apr 12, 2021 10:24 AM Ever since my teenage years, I felt as if there were a filmy curtain separating me from other people my age. I understood the words of their conversations, but I could not grasp why they said what they did. Much later I realized that I didnt understand the subtle cues that other people were responding to. Later in life, I discovered that some people had negative reactions to my behavi...

On Non-Judicical Punishment of Individuals Non-Judicial Punishment is a key part of democracy and free-market capitalism, and highly problematical, at the same time. In judicial punishment, a judge or jury decide upon guilt or innocence, and the scope of the punishment, working within a tremendous body of rules and processes meant (always with less than complete success) to justly and fairly mete out punishment. Today’s topic is the less formal method known as “shunning”, and sometimes la...

iTWire Saturday, 03 April 2021 08:24 More resignations at FSF over Stallman returning to board Featured The management team of the Free Software Foundation has resigned, following the stepping down of executive director, John Sullivan, on 29 March. A statement from Sullivan, deputy director John Hsieh, and chief technology officer Ruben Rodriguez on 30 March said: "As members of FSF management, we have decided to resign, with specific end dates to be determined. We belie...

5 Reasons to Ditch Gmail for ProtonMail Image: ProtonMail You may assume that you have to rely on Google, Apple or Microsoft for fast and free email, but that’s not true. If you want to break away from the big tech giants, there are other options. One of those is ProtonMail. Advertisement Many Gizmodo staffers rely on Gmail, but some of us also use ProtonMail, and we think it’s worth highlighting this lesser-known service. ProtonMail may lack the polish of its rivals, but it does have some...

Illustration by Zoran Svilar In 2020, billionaires made out like bandits. Jeff Bezos’s personal holdings surged from $113 to $184 billion. Elon Musk briefly eclipsed Bezos, with a net worth rise from $27 billion to over $185 billion. For the bourgeoisie presiding over “Big Tech” corporations, life is grand. Yet, while the expanded dominance of these corporations in their domestic markets is the subject of numerous critical analyses, their global reach is a fact seldom discussed, especial...

Performance, where it matters most, is what Intels 6 Series SSD is all about. Lets see what Intels 670p 2TB SSD is cooking up.

Kotlin 1.4.32 Help Kotlin Foundation The Kotlin Foundation was created by JetBrains and Google with the mission to protect, promote and advance the development of the Kotlin programming language. The Foundation secures Kotlins development and distribution as Free Software, meaning that it is able to be freely copied, modified and redistributed, including modifications to the official versions. Scope Holding the trademarks associated with the project Appointing the Lead Language Designer Control...

Read more about Nouveau Global Ventures reports consolidated net loss of Rs 0.34 crore in the December 2020 quarter on Business Standard. Reported sales nil

The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) has launched audio books for all students, with a special emphasis on visually challenged children, an official said. KITE has also released audio books and sign language adapted classes of revision portions highlighting on the focus areas for classes 10 and 12 for the annual examination, as part of its First Bell Digital Classes aired through the KITE VICTERS educational channel. K. Anvar Sadath, CEO, KITE said all revision class...

Samsungs mega-powerful 980 Pro M.2 SSD series gets a capacity upgrade to 2TB. Join us as we examine what it has to offer.