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| schestowitz | <li> | Apr 11 08:19 |
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| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://www.gentoo.org/news/2024/04/10/SPI-associated-project.html">Gentoo Linux becomes an SPI associated project</a></h5> | Apr 11 08:19 |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Apr 11 08:19 |
| schestowitz | <p>As of this March, Gentoo Linux has become an Associated Project of Software in the Public Interest, see also the formal invitation by the Board of Directors of SPI. Software in the Public Interest (SPI) is a non-profit corporation founded to act as a fiscal sponsor for organizations that develop open source software and hardware. It provides services such as accepting donations, holding funds a | Apr 11 08:19 |
| schestowitz | nd assets, … SPI qualifies for 501(c)(3) (U.S. non-profit organization) status. This means that all donations made to SPI and its supported projects are tax deductible for donors in the United States. Read on for more details… </p> | Apr 11 08:19 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Apr 11 08:19 |
| schestowitz | </li> | Apr 11 08:19 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.gentoo.org | Gentoo Linux becomes an SPI associated project – Gentoo Linux | Apr 11 08:19 | |
| schestowitz | <li> | Apr 11 09:23 |
| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/04/09/the-new-arduino-pro-4g-module-and-portenta-mid-carrier-expand-our-ecosystem-and-your-options/">The new Arduino Pro 4G Module and Portenta Mid Carrier expand our ecosystem, and your options!</a></h5> | Apr 11 09:23 |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Apr 11 09:23 |
| schestowitz | <p>Our team at Embedded World (April 9th-11th in Nuremberg) has announced not one, but two groundbreaking additions to the Arduino Pro range that are ready to elevate your prototyping and connectivity experiences. Say hello to the Arduino Portenta Mid Carrier and the Arduino Pro 4G Module! </p> | Apr 11 09:23 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Apr 11 09:23 |
| schestowitz | </li> | Apr 11 09:23 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.arduino.cc | The new Arduino Pro 4G Module and Portenta Mid Carrier expand our ecosystem, and your options! | Arduino Blog | Apr 11 09:23 | |
| schestowitz | > Thanks Roy, | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > Something that's changed culturally, at least in the US, which | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > Microsoft seems way ahead in exploiting, is vanity and need for | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > popularity among the new gen tech devs. | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | yes, i have said this for years! | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > Instead of coders just scratching an itch and putting up a project in | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > case a few dozen people find it useful, Github has set up a pageant, a | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > frenzy of egotistical self-promotion, with badges and "likes" and ways | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > to track activity and whatnot. The recent tech layoffs and it's | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > proximity to Linked-In is amplifying that desperation. | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | the media tells them that's the thing to do. | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > Microsoft wanna set themselves up as a Dickensian workhouse with Nancy | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > and Bill Sikes (Gates) ruling a gang of kids who will pick pockets and | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > write code for gruel. | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > When I interview young devs now, instead of giving me a a URL to their | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > domain, or even a written CV, they just give me their GitHub ID. I | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > say, "So you already work for Microsoft?". | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | That's a good line! | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | I will explain what this media frenzy served to distract from. | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > Anyway, what concerns me is the terrifying cybersecurity implications | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > of this. | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | > all best. | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | Check where the CSO of GitHub came from! Spoiler: 20 years inside NSA. | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | Tributes to Ross: | Apr 11 09:34 |
| schestowitz | http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/03/30/RIP_Ross_Anderson.shtml | Apr 11 09:34 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines — RIP Ross Anderson | Apr 11 09:35 | |
| schestowitz | <li> | Apr 11 10:44 |
| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/09/1087440/open-sourcing-generative-ai/">Open-sourcing generative AI</a></h5> | Apr 11 10:44 |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Apr 11 10:44 |
| schestowitz | <p>Is the open-source approach, which has democratized access to software, ensured transparency, and improved security for decades, now poised to have a similar impact on AI? We dissect the balance between collaboration and control, legal ramifications, ethical considerations, and innovation barriers as the AI industry seeks to democratize the development of large language models. </p> | Apr 11 10:44 |
| schestowitz | </blockquote> | Apr 11 10:44 |
| schestowitz | </li> | Apr 11 10:44 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.technologyreview.com | Open-sourcing generative AI | MIT Technology Review | Apr 11 10:44 | |
| schestowitz | "Scapegoating TikTok Is Not the Answer" | Apr 11 11:43 |
| schestowitz | x https://www.thenation.com/article/society/tiktok-ban-congress/ | Apr 11 11:43 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.thenation.com | Scapegoating TikTok Is Not the Answer | The Nation | Apr 11 11:43 | |
| schestowitz | "AI Is Poised to Replace the Entry-Level Grunt Work of a Wall Street Career" | Apr 11 11:51 |
| schestowitz | x https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/business/investment-banking-jobs-artificial-intelligence.html | Apr 11 11:51 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.nytimes.com | AI Is Poised to Replace the Entry-Level Grunt Work of a Wall Street Career - The New York Times | Apr 11 11:51 | |
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