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    Why you should request open-source software for your IoT devices
    [07:33] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.cnx-software.com | Why Do UL and CE Certifications Matter For Anything That Connects to the Mains (110V/220V) ? - CNX Software [07:33] schestowitz__
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    If an open-source project is popular enough that means a device supported by a given project should benefit from long-term support, and not suddenly stop working as a company folds or decides its profitable anymore. I believe thats the case for PineTime smartwatch, especially since both the firmware and host device are open-source and supported by an active community. Its also possible to get long-term [07:33] schestowitz__ support for smartphones with projects such as PostmarketOS that supports over one hundred smartphones, at least partially, many of which are not updated by companies who sold them anymore.

    • [07:36] schestowitz__ https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-and-open-source-communities-rise-to-bidens-cybersecurity-challenge/ [07:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.zdnet.com | Linux and open-source communities rise to Biden's cybersecurity challenge | ZDNet [07:36] schestowitz__ # ZDNet :( [07:38] schestowitz__ https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/05/uk-schoolteacher-still-in-hiding-after-six-weeks-for-showing-caricature-of-muhammad-during-lesson-on-blasphemy [07:38] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.jihadwatch.org | UK: Schoolteacher still in hiding after six weeks for showing caricature of Muhammad during lesson on blasphemy ● May 18 [11:12] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes ● May 18 [14:35] *hook54321 has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [14:41] *hook54321 (sid149355@gateway/web/irccloud.com/x-zpmmmoowdbqeassr) has joined #techbytes [14:41] *hook54321 has quit (Excess Flood) [14:43] *hook54321 (sid149355@gateway/web/irccloud.com/x-idisomdyswjyuvsd) has joined #techbytes ● May 18 [19:59] schestowitz__ '" [19:59] schestowitz__ Education and Childcare reform: CSC counter-proposal and GCC opinion [19:59] schestowitz__ The Central Staff Committee (CSC) had submitted a last-chance counter-proposal to try to mitigate the effects of the reform on children in The Hague, Berlin and Vienna, as well as arguments in favour of this initiative. The President postponed the GCC meeting from the 29 April to the 4 May allegedly for his service to take the time to study the arguments [we] now bring as well as the new counter-proposal/fallback position and its [19:59] schestowitz__ financial implication. [19:59] schestowitz__ In the meeting, the President did not concretely address the substance of our latest proposals. Instead, we had the privilege, for the first time in the history of the General Consultative Committee (GCC), to be the spectators of a play in which the Chief of Staff, PD People, PD Corporate Policies and lower-ranking officials took turns to speak and read out their parts of a text prepared in advance. The performance lasted about [19:59] schestowitz__ three quarters of an hour. [19:59] schestowitz__ After that we could make some of our points but, given the circumstances, we could not expect the administration to make any statement that deviated from their pre-written script. [19:59] schestowitz__ The President closed the debate and invited us to submit our opinion in writing. [19:59] schestowitz__ You may also find a document, including both our counter-proposal and our opinion here. [19:59] schestowitz__ " ● May 18 [22:48] *GNUmoon has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)