People often think about the DMCA as the law that was created in the wake of Napster to address online sharing of music & movies without compensating copyright holders.

A less discussed part of the law is that it banned repairing electronics without permission from the manufacturer as long as they use DRM to prevent it which practically everyone from Apple to John Deere does.

Every 3 years we get to request exceptions. This time we got this exemption.

https://www.ifixit.com/News/102368/victory-is-sweet-we-can-now-fix-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines

I'm old enough to remember the outrage and hand-wringing from western politicians and media when the Taliban destroyed ancient cultural and religious sites in Afghanistan.

Now? You could hear a pin drop.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-dynamites-historic-lebanese-village-mhaibib-rubble

Reminder: Europe ends DST on October 27th, but North America ends it a week later, on November 3rd. If anyone you work with or anything you work on is on the far side of an ocean next week, double check your calendars.

https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/usa-end-dst-2024.html

https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/europe-dst-end-2024.html

So, the Washington Post reports that the oligarch owner of The L.A. Times pulled their Kamala Harris endorsement.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/24/la-times-editor-resigns-mariel-garza/

Next, CNBC reports that the oligarch owner of The Washington Post pulled their Kamala Harris endorsement.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/25/jeff-bezos-killed-washington-post-endorsement-of-kamala-harris-.html

Any bets we're going to see this complete a full circle?

NEW: Crypto critic @molly0xfff received emails from a purported lawyer and someone working for a “reputation management company” offering bribes in exchange for the takedown of a blog post about the arrest of an alleged crypto fraudster.

The purported lawyer used a blog post made on a website apparently populated with the use of a service that offers "SEO optimized human-like content” using AI, claiming White infringed copyright.

White declined.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/25/prominent-crypto-critic-says-someone-offered-bribes-to-take-down-a-blog-post/

Charlamagne tha God giving Anderson Cooper more truth than he can handle.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUUD493DT5Q

Journalism won't save you.

It is too weak, and no longer understands how to speak truth, to power or otherwise. It fails when confronted with fascism, which is supposedly its most important function.

Later, people will wonder why Gen-Z is not watching CNN enough, or subscribing to the New York Times any more, but they are going to TikTok and other platforms, where they can see this.

Ongoing discussion, but it looks like Bitwarden may be starting to make moves towards no longer being open source:

https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/issues/11611

Previous issues opened against the SDK have been met with replies that suggest they have no intention of reconsidering the licensing decision:

https://github.com/bitwarden/sdk/issues/898

The BC NDP's platform has a very relatable filename: bcndp_anactionplanforyou_final_final_final_final_web_0.pdf

https://www.bcndp.ca/sites/default/files/bcndp_anactionplanforyou_final_final_final_final_web_0.pdf
#bcpoli #cdnpoli

TIL you can link directly to text content in a web page without using an ID attribute

#WebDevelopment

https://alfy.blog/2024/10/19/linking-directly-to-web-page-content.html

#NewerLabour's desperate attempts to avoid apologising for slavery or paying reparations reminds me of The Hollow Men, by T.S. Eliot. Particularly this bit.

"Shape without form, shade without colour,
Paralysed force, gesture without motion;"

Hollow men, stuffed men.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6vy79p750o