IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, July 16, 2022

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<h5><a href="https://blog.arduino.cc/2022/07/13/a-pda-style-mini-pocket-computer/">A PDA-style mini pocket computer</a></h5>

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.arduino.cc | A PDA-style mini pocket computer | Arduino Blog

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<p>PDAs — especially early models — were much more limited than smartphones. Their features were more akin to what we call “dumbphones” today, except without any kind of WiFi or cellular connectivity. They usually only had a handful of “apps,” such as a calendar, watch/timer, calculator, and notes. Later PDAs would include some connectivity options and the ability to send emails, but this mini PC

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is more like the first generation of PDAs like the Psion Organizer from the ’80s.</p>

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<h5><a href="https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/07/15/lynx-for-a-matthew-garrett-free-web-browsing-experience-bonus-which-news-sites-are-worth-reading-not-the-bill-gates-ones/">Lynx: For a Matthew Garrett-free Web browsing experience. Bonus: Which news sites are worth reading? (Not the Bill Gates ones.)</a></h5>

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-baronhk.wordpress.com | Lynx: For a Matthew Garrett-free Web browsing experience. Bonus: Which news sites are worth reading? (Not the Bill Gates ones.) – BaronHK's Rants

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<p>The modern Web is crap, because it’s unusable if you value your sanity. Mr. Garrett claims he’s a Open Source developer, but at the same time uses platforms that don’t even allow you to read his blog without proprietary software (JavaScript programs are usually proprietary software), images (bandwidth hog), and other nasties.</p>

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<p>This highlights one important difference between Open Source and Free Software people.</p>

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<h5><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crowpi-l-raspberry-pi-laptop-stem-kit">CrowPi L Raspberry Pi Laptop Review: A Lean Mean STEM Learning Machine</a></h5>

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.tomshardware.com | CrowPi L Raspberry Pi Laptop Review: A Lean Mean STEM Learning Machine | Tom's Hardware

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<p>The CrowPi L is a Raspberry Pi-powered laptop built to educate, engage and entertain young minds and usher them into the world of programming and electronics. It incorporates fun activities and interactive lessons to teach kids how to code. The kit includes lots of tutorials to try and a wide range of projects that would appeal to a variety of different interests. From lessons on how to design and program

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games, to hands-on projects that explain electronic concepts and how circuitry works, there’s a lot for kids to learn and enjoy.</p>

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<h5><a href="https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/07/16/microsoft-cuts-off-free-and-open-source-software-from-using-the-windows-store-for-donations/">Microsoft cuts off Free and Open Source Software from using the Windows Store for donations.</a></h5>

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-baronhk.wordpress.com | Microsoft cuts off Free and Open Source Software from using the Windows Store for donations. – BaronHK's Rants

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<p>Microsoft has made a change to the Windows Store rules prohibiting the sale of Free and Open Source Software unless the program’s author has the policy of billing everyone who receives a copy of the software outside the store.</p>

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<p>The Windows Store already makes it impossible to comply with Copyleft Free Software licenses, such as the GPL.</p>

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<p>The GPL and many copyleft licenses require that the user is guaranteed to be able to run as many copies as they care to for whatever reason they want to use the program, and to make more copies to share, and to have access to the source code to modify, run, and share with others on the same, or perhaps at their option, later terms of the same license.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.steve.fi | So we come to Lisp

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<p>Recently I've been working with simple/trivial scripting languages, and I guess I finally reached a point where I thought "Lisp? Why not". One of the reasons for recent experimentation was thinking about the kind of minimalism that makes implementing a language less work - being able to actually use the language to write itself.</p>

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<h5><a href="https://blog.arduino.cc/2022/07/14/this-device-detects-different-household-sounds-through-tinyml/">This device detects different household sounds through tinyML</a></h5>

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.arduino.cc | This device detects different household sounds through tinyML | Arduino Blog

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<p>For people who suffer from hearing loss or other auditory issues, maintaining situational awareness can be vital for keeping safe and autonomous. This problem is what inspired the team of Lucia Camacho Tiemblo, Spiros Kotsikos, and Maria Alifieri to create a small device that can alert users to certain household sounds on their phone.</p>

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<h5><a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/07/san-francisco-police-want-real-time-access-to-private-surveillance-cameras.html">San Francisco Police Want Real-Time Access to Private Surveillance Cameras</a></h5>

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-San Francisco Police Want Real-Time Access to Private Surveillance Cameras - Schneier on Security

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<p>If approved, the draft ordinance would also allow SFPD to collect historical video footage to help conduct criminal investigations and those related to officer misconduct. The draft law currently stands as the following, which indicates the cops can broadly ask for and/or get access to live real-time video streams: [...]</p>

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<h5><a href="https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/former-cia-engineer-convicted-of-espionage-in-vault-7-case.html">Former CIA engineer convicted of espionage in Vault 7 case</a></h5>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-iTWire - Former CIA engineer convicted of espionage in Vault 7 case

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<p>A former CIA engineer has been convicted of espionage for leaking documents to WikiLeaks that exposed the agency as engaging in mass surveillance.</p>

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> Hello Roy,

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> My father wanted to let you know his website is on hold right now

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> because he's hospitalized. Hopefully he'll be out soon.

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That's the sort of news I've long worried I'd hear. Last year it was your mom for several months.

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Hopefully things will get better soon. Let me know how it goes.