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I've just donated. I use Thunderbird every day and have used it for years now. Mozilla, Firefox and Thunderbird are very important to me and my internet usage. For all the complaints (many just unwarranted in my opinion) I'm a happy user.

From : https://docs.titanos.tv/introduction

"Titan OS is the European, independent Linux-based smart TV operating system from Titan OS S.L, the technology, entertainment, and advertising company based in Barcelona."

Also :

"Titan OS operates on a Chromium browser, offering support for standard audio and video codecs, streaming protocols, and DRM options"

I don't watch TV, but have a non-smart Samsung hooked up to a laptop running Linux. I wonder how locked down or hackable this OS would be? Would an EU based system be better for privacy? I'd love to have a better option for when I update the "TV" I have in my living room.

Going to the link and just hitting the spacebar worked for me. Next slide, and so on. Firefox/Linux.

This appears to be a "pre-beta" site, so this will be why it is not polished yet. From the documentation page :

"note: These installation instructions will be changing, with the Beta release of Kalpa"

A bit rough around the edges - so probably unfair to publicise too prominently yet.

According to the Economist recently [1], Israel recently caught a couple of men who bet on the timing of the Iran attacks last year :

"Last summer one “ricosuave666” won more than $150,000 on Polymarket, a betting platform. Their true identity was not clear, but the source of the winnings was: ricosuave666 had bet, with suspicious accuracy, on the precise timing of Israel’s attacks on Iran."

So, these people can be found. Overall however, the magazine does not think that these markets should have a blanket ban.

[1] https://archive.is/W8Ga8 (Prediction markets are rife with insider betting)

There are alternatives to sudo other than the new Rust version here.

"doas" [1] comes from OpenBSD and is a smaller (LOC) tool, easier to audit and keep secure (supposedly). Also available for Linux.

Also "run0" [2], another alternative that comes from the Linux/Systemd camp, using "polkit" and is similar to "systemd-run".

[1] https://man.openbsd.org/doas.1

[2] https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/257/run0.ht...

Latham worked at the IBM UK Scientific Centre in Winchester, the computer artist working with the software engineers to create an "organic" type of art. This was not realtime or interactive, at least not at the start and for a few years, but might have got there eventually. IBM had just started producing their Unix workstation (the RS6000) that could have some 3D capability. They were overshadowed by the SGI's they also brought in at the time. I worked there very briefly in the 80's (Occam/transputers).

I think the possible age restriction on VPN use will be problematic in many ways. The direction of travel here is a worry even though I agree that children need some protections from social media use. The site ISP Preview [0] has an article about this as well :

'The UK Prime Minister, Kier Starmer, has today proposed last minute amendments to two Bills that will enable the Government to set a minimum age limit for social media (i.e. greater use of Age Verification), as well as options to age restrict or limit children’s use of Virtual Private Networks (VPN), where it “undermines safety protections and changing the age of digital consent".'

[0] https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/02/government-set...

On my Pixel 8a, a swipe right on the home screen shows the "google app", I don't like that so I disabled it (home settings).

I have visions of the book scanner in Vernor Vinge's SF novel "Rainbows End" (a book I love). A machine rips the books up into small pieces, photographs are taken and "AI" software then reads and assembles the pictures to digital files. Vinge didn't write an instruction manual for this process.

The History Blog has more :

https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75071

I look forward to the "musicologists" getting to grips with this carnyx and figuring out improvements to the reproductions they make.

Sounds like rubbish to me. What "political reasons" do you mean? Don't be shy.

Get what?

The page says this thing will be opt-in. As it also says, they can't ignore the effect AI is having in the world. I'm not much of a fan of a lot of this effect, but see some benefits in places.

Ha ha, yes. You should write that up as a pamplet somewhere.

Well, they won't say what they see yet and they won't know what it is until they actually excavate. So, let's hope it's worth the expectation they've built up. At least it also appears that "Time Team" are involved to document the dig. A great team and a great program for those interested in archaeology. It's on YouTube now.

Looks great. I like simple, useful tools.

Is it worth a) adding a link to your source repo (if it exists) b) add a license somewhere? c) add a README on how to self-host (even if simple).

I've been using apt regularly on Debian for a long time and never seen it crash or segfault. Very strange that you do. All software has bugs of course, but apt is so heavily used that I expect it gets attention. It just works for me.

I agree to an extent but they are usefully kept somewhat separate. The introduction to the great "Encyclopedia of Fantasy" put this well. Re: Fantasy :

"Its roots go much deeper into history, and its concerns are more archetypal" [1]

There can be a lot of cross-over of course. Right now, "fantasy" (perhaps of the "romantic" variety) seems to be a juggernaut and is taking over.

[1]https://sf-encyclopedia.com/fe/introduction

(edit: spelling)

Iain M Banks is science-fiction rather than fantasy, so I would not expect him in a "Fantasy Masterworks" series. The two genres have some over-lap but are distinct.

> "Security services" isn't a power center, they are a tool used by power centers.

No, they /are/ a power center. They have a lot of power: they advise governments, police and business, who listen to their advice and act on it very often. A lot of the work they do is (sadly) essential in the world as it exists today. Of course the "security services" want to open and read your mail and will advise accordingly.

I don't use "pi-hole", just an in-browser blocker (ublock origin) and am happy. But I would assume a "pi-hole" would be a useful addition to a household using a variety of potentially ad-infested devices e.g. a smart TV, various tablets etc.

Given that Police Scotland recently found that MS cannot give any guarantees about where sensitive information ends up if it is ever uploaded to their cloud, I would expect any government or military to be evaluating their use of their software (or at least how it is used).

See the Computer Weekly article [2], discussed on HN here [2].

[1] https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629871/Microsoft-refu...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45062344

Taking a less cynical view, it's just successful Austrian PR.

The Rhodes book is great on this. Fermi was such a good physicist and a great hands-on engineer. Before electronic calculators or computers: a slide-rule, graphing paper and a notebook. A lot of danger getting the maths wrong! Luckily, Fermi was very good at maths.

Xen is still around, including an open-source version. It's not as visible as it used to be but works e.g. XenServer (https://www.xenserver.com/editions). I'd look at this over VMWare anyday.

The Today program is a shadow of its former self I think, as is a lot of BBC News today.

I can imagine the smell that greets you walking round this amazing collection of books. I'd love to browse. I have a Kindle but it has had a flat battery for years now because I just love paper books too much.

That guest is Dominic Sandbrook, one half of the excellent "Rest is History" podcast.

You can't make an omellete without breaking a few eggs, after all. That was Lenin, supposedly.

edit: spelling of "one"

I had to think to recall the reason. I had a support ticket at Fastmail about this in 2024 - I wanted to host my own CardDAV server and have Fastmail use and sync to this. This was not possible - I was told that two-way sync with other services was a "calendar only feature". I might re-visit.

I've used Thunderbird ever since it was released as a standalone mail client and like it - although it has sometimes been a rocky experience in the past. I use it now with Fastmail as my mail provider.

One thing I might be interested in is the "contacts" side of mail. In an effort to move away from too much Google, I ditched Google Contacts and host my own CardDAV using "Radicale" [0]. This works, and I also access it via DAVx on Android.

But would a CardDAV server be something worthwhile via Thundermail? Or perhaps too small a service itself? Maybe part of their scheduling tool "Appointment"? I might prefer having this hosted elsewhere than in my house.

[0] https://radicale.org/v3.html