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schestowitz[TR]>> I mean, faith pretty much by definition involves made-up beliefs,Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]>> whether or not they have a root of truth, or an ethical/moralMar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]>> underpinning.Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> I think it would be more accurate to say that faith involves received Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> wisdom which is unfalsifiable. Following Karl Popper, it would be Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> outside the scope of science to say whether the beliefs in question are Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> made up, wise, true or moral.Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]>> As much as I trust the scientific method better than religious beliefsMar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> My reading on the subject suggests that science and religion being in Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> opposition is an article of faith among secular humanists, but the Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> evidence doesn't point to that conclusion. Galileo Galilei, for example, Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> was devoutly religious despite a previously supportive pope turning Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> against his work. Gregor Mendel was literally a monk.Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Further to this, 'hard' scientists have adopted beliefs which are Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> anything but evidence-based. I note that pure reason is anti-empirical, Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> and that religious people also claim to have reason, so it does not make Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> any sense to bracket science and reason together as the antithesis of Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> religion. Take for example Descartes' belief that the human mind/soul Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> and body are separate entities that interact via the pineal gland. Or Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> the speculations of modern physicists which turn out to have no Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> supporting evidence (after a lot of time, money and energy have been Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> expended).Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Andy has focussed on US law in his article, but in the United Kingdom I Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> believe there is case to be made that the use of Free Software involves Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> a 'protected belief', with anti-discrimination measures in employment law.Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> In the Maya Forstater case, a woman's research contract was not renewed Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> because she had stated on Twitter that a human male cannot become a Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> female (or give birth) as a consequence of social transition of their Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> gender identity. An employment tribunal ruled against her, but she won Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> on appeal, and subsequently won a discrimination claim:Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> https://www.lewissilkin.com/en/insights/maya-forstater-wins-gender-critical-belief-claimMar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Although I am not a barrister and this email does not constitute legal Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> advice, I believe it reasonable to suggest that a belief in personal use Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> of Free Software as a categorical imperative, one not subject to Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> compromise, could be a protected belief under the UK's Equality Act Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> 2010. This law can be very relevant to workplace or employment Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> discrimination claims in the UK.Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> My reasoning is that Forstater's belief does not fall within a specific Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> religious tradition, and is derived from the science of biology, just as Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> the Church of Emacs is founded in computer science. Therefore the Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> discrimination she experienced was not directly analogous to religious Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> discrimination, like the case of a Jewish politician being pressured to Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> eat a bacon sandwich to demonstrate their solidarity with the working Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> class:Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Miliband_bacon_sandwich_photographMar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Of course, religious traditions do advocate that spontaneous transitions Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> occur via divine intervention. For example, Zeus taking the form of a Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> swan, or an ant when fathering Myrmidon, the original Ant-Man. Therefore Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> for Forstater to believe that biology is real, and gender identity is a Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> social construct, is less 'religious' than the quasi-Cartesian belief Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> that people have a gendered soul which exists independently from the Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> body. Yet Forstater's belief based on the science of biology was held to Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> be protected by UK law.Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Neither was it necessary to 'prove' the validity of Forstater's belief Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> one way or the other for the belief to be protected by law; only to Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> observe that she sincerely held the belief.Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> On a purely practical level, any potential employee who understood Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> software ethics well enough to understand that being forced to use Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Microsoft Windows is morally unacceptable would win points with me. Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Personally, I would not work for any company which seeks legal advice on Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> hiring and firing employees via Reddit, as that suggests general Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> cluelessness.Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:08
schestowitz[TR]> Cheers!Mar 06 05:08
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.lewissilkin.com | Lewis Silkin - Maya Forstater wins gender critical belief claimMar 06 05:09
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-en.wikipedia.org | Ed Miliband bacon sandwich photograph - WikipediaMar 06 05:09
schestowitz[TR]> Thank you so much gentlemen for your very thoughtful, generous, andMar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> informative comments. I've thought about them and incorporated as manyMar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> of your contributions as I can.Mar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> It's an interesting story - one very relevant to my own struggleMar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> against university IT madness and bullying. The latest versionMar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> remains here for now:Mar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]>  Mar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> Roy, unless there are any "You said what!?" objections in the next dayMar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> please do get it out on Techrights.Mar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> (note title update: is that okay Roy?)Mar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]> good wishes all,Mar 06 05:13
schestowitz[TR]My wife read it as well yesterday. No typos reported.Mar 06 05:14
schestowitz[TR]>    > I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on the following with regardMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]>    > to clarity and message. It concerns recent remarks on the InternetMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]>    > on "religious choice" and technology.Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> Would you please tell me the URL for those remarks?Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> I'd like to see them.Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> In the US, a common manner of deprecating any ethics-based criticismMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> of anything that people don't usually take an ethics-based stand on,Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> is to call it "religion".  The meaning of this insult is that theMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> disagreement is a mere sectarian dispute, not worth arguing aboutMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> because these beliefs are arbitrary matters of personal faith.Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> Is it the case that the remarks you refer to are an example of that?Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]>     The response that technology companies are all alike is no argument.Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]>     The moral individual is simply left with an obligation to choose theMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]>     least evil digital technologies. Today that choice seems very clearlyMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]>     to be independent, Free Open Source Software like Linux.Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> That is valid, as far as it goes -- though it feels like damning withMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> faint praise.  As far as ethics and software areconcerned, choosingMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> freedom-respecting free software, such as the GNU/Linux system, is notMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> merely quantitatlvely_less_  evil.  It_eliminates_  a certain aspectMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> of the evil.  It deserves stronger praise.Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> This ethical stance is the free software movement, and comes from theMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> GNU system.  "Open source" and Linux more or less avoid adding to thatMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> evil, but_not_  based on an ethical stance about those issues.Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> Wouldn't it be proper, then, to say "free software and the GNU/LinuxMar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> operating system" to put the emphasis on those who take the stance?Mar 06 05:17
schestowitz[TR]> Roy, unless there are any "You said what!?" objections in the next dayMar 06 05:18
schestowitz[TR]> please do get it out on Techrights.Mar 06 05:18
schestowitz[TR]I'll wait till RMS gets a reply. ;-)Mar 06 05:18
schestowitz[TR]> Thanks for sharing this write-up! Before I continue, the same user Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> actually posted an update Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> <https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHR/comments/11gztsz/updatega_employee_claims_she_cant_use_microsoft/> to say that after a number of meetings with HR, Legal & IT, they gave her a shot and accommodated the requests. This was not due to a force of hand, as the company has legal grounds to declare "undue hardship" and deny the request. If true, I see this as a win, not only for the employee personally, but for the open-source community aMar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]ll the same. As you mentioned, "Nobody ever got fired for choosing Microsoft". It's nice to see the same in the opposite direction for once.Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> I'm sure as no surprise to you, I totally agree with your stance on Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> Microsoft, like most Big Tech companies, being totally unethical; as Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> they have proved multiple times.Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> On the surface, as you say, it seems very much like a hijacking of Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> "bona-fide religious identity". Anyone that encompasses a good set of Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> morals and fully understands the situation with Big Tech companies of Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> course would condemn the companies all the same as someone who has Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> inherited their morals from a religious belief - though I don't see it Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> to be damaging to use religion as a specific reason for choosing not to Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> use their products and/or services.Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> It's hard to depict a whole company as anti-religious in this scenario Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> just to make a case under employment laws as "ethics" don't (rather Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> annoyingly) carry the same weight, though, for an example, if I stopped Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> working for a software/MSP company because the people who manage and/or Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> profit were/are racist or offensive/damaging toward a group of people, I Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> would argue against using their services at a new company for obvious Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> reasons. Maybe this person could've had previous connections or worked Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> at Microsoft. Whilst that's unlikely to have happened here and is likely Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> to be a fellow open-source activist making waves, I think that is Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> something to consider too.Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> In addition, as we know, Big Tech companies such as Microsoft have their Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> fingers in so many pies these days and have done a lot of dirty work to Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> keep themselves on the competitive ladder, increase profits, etc. It Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> wouldn't take too much strength of the imagination to consider one of Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> these companies has been greedy, slandered, stolen (AI training projects Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> & artwork situation as an example), etc. Apple's sweatshops in China and Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> the suffering it causes/has caused to human lives is enough to put me Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> off ever buying their products because of my personal morals and ethics, Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> despite not following a recognised religion.Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> In my opinion, paying or using their products/services is showing Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> support for the company which is taking all these actions. The list of Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> unethical actions by Big Tech in favour of profit will go on. The recent Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> sudden lay-offs of so many loyal staff members with little warning as a Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> prime example.Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> Forcing someone to use products and services that they do not agree with Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> is wrong, whether they are religious or not, of course. Though, I feel Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> there is an additional level of stress that could stem here from someone Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> who may genuinely feel that they are betraying their religion by using Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> them, rather than just the feeling that they have betrayed their Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> personal ethics. Knowing how much companies like Microsoft now dominate Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> the tech industry, it can make someone starting their career in tech Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> with these beliefs incredibly difficult compared to an individual that Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> doesn't mind or is not aware of the problems it is causing / has caused. Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> Anti-Microsoft could be considered career suicide nowadays.Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> It's a difficult one; there's no way of drawing a definitive line in the Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> sand when the tide keeps coming in and washing over it. Though I think Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> when we continue to push back with whatever means necessary to fight for Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> technological freedom, whether it be personal or religious ethical Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> beliefs, both are equally contributing in a positive way to the cause Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> and raising awareness - as we have seen from the Reddit post being Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> shared to Hacker News and the email chain it has sparked here. It Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> spreads the word and causes people to question their morals. I would Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> think the religious matter is just helping to carry the ethical Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> arguments, whether they are of a collective religious belief or derived Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> from widely recognised personal ethics.Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> All my very best,Mar 06 05:24
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Reddit - Dive into anythingMar 06 05:24
schestowitz[TR]> In other news, Daniel J. Burnstein gets 15 to 35 years of life Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> imprisonment for Bank Fraud across 15 US States - totaling close to over Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> 5 Million.Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> At arraignment Burnstein who fraudulently claimed to be part of the Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> Internet Engineering Task Force (the IETF), which hasn't existed for Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> over 61 years has time to reflect on how big black dong is going to Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> taste in his mouth, whilst finding Jesus in a federal penitentiary.Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> King Charles (KARL the Third) eyeball's 41 Trillion Enron Fraud Bill - Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> whilst shelling Russia exclaiming "One is Broke!" and the "Warburg Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> Banking Pedophile's wire has cost me my family fortune! I need a new Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> world order!"Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]> RegardsMar 06 08:51
schestowitz[TR]x https://droidgazette.com/he-wasnt-a-perfect-thing-bill-gates-reveals-one-flaw-apple-co-founder-steve-jobs-had/Mar 06 11:12
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-droidgazette.com | 'He wasn’t a perfect thing': Bill Gates reveals one flaw Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had - Droid GazzeteMar 06 11:12
schestowitz[TR] <li>Mar 06 11:24
schestowitz[TR]                                    <h5><a href="https://jcs.org/2023/03/04/crt">Taking a Better Photo of a CRT Screen with a Phone</a></h5>Mar 06 11:24
schestowitz[TR]                                    <blockquote>Mar 06 11:24
schestowitz[TR]                                        <p>As a frequent reader of the retrobattlestations and VintageApple subreddits, I see a lot of photos of CRT screens that show significant scanlines resulting in images like the one on the left.</p>Mar 06 11:24
schestowitz[TR]                                    </blockquote>Mar 06 11:24
schestowitz[TR]                                </li>Mar 06 11:24
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-jcs.org | Taking a Better Photo of a CRT Screen with a Phone - joshua steinMar 06 11:24
schestowitz[TR]  <li>Mar 06 11:54
schestowitz[TR]                                    <h5><a href="https://www.omglinux.com/pine64-pinetab-2-price-release-date/">PineTab 2 Linux Tablet Price & Potential Release Date</a></h5>Mar 06 11:54
schestowitz[TR]                                    <blockquote>Mar 06 11:54
schestowitz[TR]                                        <p>Been pining to hear more about the PineTab 2 Linux tablet? If so, you’re in luck as new details have been shared by makers Pine64 in their latest monthly update.</p>Mar 06 11:54
schestowitz[TR]                                    </blockquote>Mar 06 11:54
schestowitz[TR]                                </li>Mar 06 11:54
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.omglinux.com | PineTab 2 Linux Tablet Price & Potential Release Date - OMG! LinuxMar 06 11:54
schestowitz[TR]<li>Mar 06 12:11
schestowitz[TR]                                    <h5><a href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/03/using-r-in-an-high-performance-computing-environment/">Using R in an High Performance Computing environment</a></h5>Mar 06 12:11
schestowitz[TR]                                    <blockquote>Mar 06 12:11
schestowitz[TR]                                        <p>In an HPC environment, one allocates some resources (cores and memory) for running an R program. In a PC this step is hidden in most cases from the user but under the hood, the R program would assume that all resources in that machine are available and it would try to use them. As in HPC, this step should be done explicitly (through the use of batch text files or some web server such as OpeMar 06 12:11
schestowitz[TR]n OnDemand) you will need to consciously decide how much CPU and memory power your R program will use in an efficient manner. For instance, if you request 10 cores and 20 GB (RAM) but your application is not parallelized (serial code) and uses < 1GB, 9 cores will be idle during the simulation. Sometimes, it is fine to work with this type of setup if your application needs more memory than what is provided by a single core though. AlMar 06 12:11
schestowitz[TR]so, take into account that most HPC centers work in a project-based manner with some possible cost (monetary or with job priority for instance).</p>Mar 06 12:11
schestowitz[TR]                                    </blockquote>Mar 06 12:11
schestowitz[TR]                                </li>Mar 06 12:11
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Using R in an High Performance Computing environment | R-bloggersMar 06 12:11
schestowitz[TR]   <li>Mar 06 12:18
schestowitz[TR]                            <h5><a href="https://tedium.co/2023/03/04/self-hosted-saas-app-alternatives/">Self-Host All the Things?</a></h5>Mar 06 12:18
schestowitz[TR]                            <blockquote>Mar 06 12:18
schestowitz[TR]                                <p>Today in Tedium: Recently, I got a bit of a shocking message in the form of a bill. The bill came from a company named Zapier, which produces a tool for automating tasks of all kinds, such as uploading images to a website or adding lines of text to a spreadsheet. This tool was great for a long time, but then the company decided to raise the price out of nowhere. And not by a little, but by more thaMar 06 12:18
schestowitz[TR]n three times the cost of what I was paying. I immediately cut back the plan to the minimum needed in response to this unexpected price increase, which honestly kind of upset me a lot. This got me thinking: Why pay all this extra money to another software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that doesn’t necessarily have my best interests at heart? Is there a better way? So, with that in mind, I’ve been doing some research on tools thatMar 06 12:18
schestowitz[TR] I think could be replaced with open-source alternatives without too much trouble, as long as the tools make sense for my needs. But, as always, the rub is always there. Today’s Tedium considers open-source alternatives to a few common categories of software-as-a-service tools. — Ernie @ Tedium</p>Mar 06 12:18
schestowitz[TR]                            </blockquote>Mar 06 12:18
schestowitz[TR]                        </li>Mar 06 12:18
schestowitz[TR]                     Mar 06 12:18
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-tedium.co | Self-Hosted SaaS Alternatives: Replacing Paid Tools With FOSS ToolsMar 06 12:18
schestowitz[TR]  <li>Mar 06 12:43
schestowitz[TR]                                    <h5><a href="https://www.securityweek.com/epa-mandates-states-report-on-cyber-threats-to-water-systems/">EPA Mandates States Report on Cyber Threats to Water Systems</a> [iophk: Windows TCO]</h5>Mar 06 12:43
schestowitz[TR]                                    <blockquote>Mar 06 12:43
schestowitz[TR]                                        <p>The Biden administration on Friday said it would require states to report on cybersecurity threats in their audits of public water systems, a day after it released a broader plan to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks.</p>Mar 06 12:43
schestowitz[TR]                                        <p>The Environmental Protection Agency said public water systems are increasingly at risk from cyberattacks that amount to a threat to public health.</p>Mar 06 12:43
schestowitz[TR]                                    </blockquote>Mar 06 12:43
schestowitz[TR]                                </li>Mar 06 12:43
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-EPA Mandates States Report on Cyber Threats to Water Systems - SecurityWeekMar 06 12:43
schestowitz[TR]    <li>Mar 06 12:44
schestowitz[TR]                                    <h5><a href="https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/03/05/maritime-cybersecurity-a-potential-threat-to-indias-national-security/">Maritime Cybersecurity: A Potential Threat to India’s National Security</a></h5>Mar 06 12:44
schestowitz[TR]                                    <blockquote>Mar 06 12:44
schestowitz[TR]                                        <p>Pirates and opposing nations have been a menace to the maritime transportation business for thousands of years, but as the sector has developed and technology has been more thoroughly integrated for enhanced efficiency, so too has the magnitude of possible cyber threats. Now, even using something as simple as a USB flash drive, or even an unsecured Wi-Fi, the hacker can get access to the crMar 06 12:44
schestowitz[TR]itical systems of the vessel, thereby obstructing the entire port operations. For example, a suspected ransomware attack on the Management Information System (MIS) crippled the operations of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai, in 2017 and again in 2022.</p>Mar 06 12:44
schestowitz[TR]                                    </blockquote>Mar 06 12:44
schestowitz[TR]                                </li>Mar 06 12:44
schestowitz[TR]                                Mar 06 12:44
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-moderndiplomacy.eu | Maritime Cybersecurity: A Potential Threat to India's National Security - Modern DiplomacyMar 06 12:44
schestowitz[TR]          <li>Mar 06 12:46
schestowitz[TR]                                    <h5><a href="https://rubenerd.com/organising-dos-software-and-drivers-in-an-iso/">Organising DOS software and drivers in an ISO</a></h5>Mar 06 12:46
schestowitz[TR]                                    <blockquote>Mar 06 12:46
schestowitz[TR]                                        <p>But in another form of what I dub the Buffet Problem, you end up downloading a ton of stuff into various folders, and it quickly becomes unwieldy. As an example, I’ll buy a EGA graphics card for an old machine, and soon my current desktop is full of archives and folders of various drivers, utilities, and versions of those drivers and utilities to try. Being from different places and timesMar 06 12:46
schestowitz[TR], there’s no consistency to their naming, or archive type. Even if something works, I soon forget which it was, and the whole exercise repeats.</p>Mar 06 12:46
schestowitz[TR]                                    </blockquote>Mar 06 12:46
schestowitz[TR]                                </li>Mar 06 12:46
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Rubenerd: Organising DOS software and drivers in an ISOMar 06 12:46
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schestowitz[TR]> Hi Roy,Mar 06 14:41
schestowitz[TR]> Richard has responded and I've made some minor corrections to properlyMar 06 14:41
schestowitz[TR]> frame Free Software and GNU. I think it's good to go.Mar 06 14:41
schestowitz[TR]> cheers,Mar 06 14:41
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schestowitz[TR]>> It's the same when talking about religion.Mar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> *nod*Mar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> People who follow one religion often despise those who follow "opposed"Mar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> alternatives.  That's quite aparent when reading the comments to theMar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> reddit posts that Andy referenced.Mar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> Mar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> It's a dangerous tool to use in the court of public opinion, where otherMar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> creeds are likely to be dominant, but it may be useful to use in a courtMar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> of law, where contra-majority norms can sometimes be enforced.Mar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> Yeah, we're still working on them.  We have some translations underway,Mar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> and those have prompted some reviews to the originals.  Hopefully theyMar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> will settle soon, and then we can start a publishing schedule countdown.Mar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]My wife rianne has read that as well.Mar 06 17:49
schestowitz[TR]> Very good. Thank you Roy. I will spread the word.Mar 06 17:50
schestowitz[TR]> a.Mar 06 17:50
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