Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

#nakedsecurity i.e. #proprietarysoftware #sophos , helps #microsoft 'proxy' #whitesource attack, badmouth and exploit FOSS... to help sell its proprietary crap (and Microsoft's). Corrupt media helps the crooks andc criminals (that's where the $ is) https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/03/16/open-source-bugs-have-soared-in-the-past-year/

"WeSchool is now using 8x8’s #Jitsi open-source video conferencing solution to connect Italy’s teachers and students." https://www.galvnews.com/news_ap/business/article_4e293c46-f3d6-55e0-b258-7e1a3a307d95.html

"The aim to to have something that can be made simply in many places around the world – to be used only when not enough ‘proper’ medical ventilators are available." https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/engineer-in-wonderland/open-ventilator-project-3d-printed-emergency-ventilator-covid-19-2020-03/

Stand up for #freespeech in #freesw

People who insist on #softwareFreedom aren't bullies or rude

They know the pursuit for justice has perils and those serving injustice (often salaried for it!) try to silence them

So-called 'phones' take and remotely record your location every ~10 seconds. The companies that do that also want to record your heartbeats ever ~10 millisecond (so they know your mood in real time, too) https://www.iottechtrends.com/wearable-ecg-devices/

A practical and comprehensive guide to understanding, designing
and safely using lithium-ion batteries and arrays, from toys to towns
http://liionbook.com

Done with the #SDF bboards; time now for some #IRC fun. 👨‍💻 #freenode #irssi #oggcastplanet

#freenode staffers clean up the cruft soon: "During the Easter weekend (April 12th to April 15th 2020) we will purge unused nicks and accounts from services. Please see https://freenode.net/news/scheduled-maintenance-services-database-spring-cleaning "

The @ubuntu Security team is 100% remote and has always been. Some words from our CEO on Canonical's preparedness for our current events. Give it a read if you have a moment. tweeted by @ubuntu_sec

IRC bot development https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/irc-bot-development

Modeling ultrasound propagation in the moving brain: applications to shear shock waves and traumatic brain injury. (arXiv:2003.06446v1 [physics.med-ph]) http://arxiv.org/abs/2003.06446

This article suggests that self-isolation isn't a short term thing... it'll be the new norm for a long time, maybe 1.5 years or so. This will lead to permanent changes in habits. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615370/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing-18-months/

There are a lot of jobs that I'm just not sure how we're going to replace. Waitstaff is one. Retraining many things for delivery may be possible but I'm not sure.

I expect to see a lot of moves from large cities to more rural areas with larger living spaces.

David Rothschild, an economist with 53,000 followers, Tweeted: “Cool, back to the racism again. That will stop this virus!”

Actually, had President Trump enacted a total travel ban from China in late January 2020, this would have stopped the virus from coming to America. Now, individuals within the European Union, Hungary, Poland, Russia, and even Canada are closing their borders to protect their citizens from the spread of the China Virus. Is this racist? No, it’s prudent.

And, to once again borrow a phrase from Enoch Powell: “The supreme function of statesmanship is to guard against preventable evils.”

When President Trump correctly calls the coronavirus the China Virus, it is labeled “racism” by Democrats, the corporate media, and anti-white racial advocacy groups in America, because this geographic nomenclature isolates the origin of the problem: not just Wuhan, but China.

And in our current paradigm, where white people are blamed for all the problems in this world, this language is a direct violation of maintaining the status quo.

So, let’s all join in embracing the term “China Virus” and drop calling the coronavirus... the coronavirus.

https://vdare.com/posts/trump-is-right-to-rebrand-corona-as-the-china-virus

“The epidemic has had a huge impact on domestic violence,” said Wan. “According to our statistics, 90% of the causes of violence are related to the COVID-19 epidemic.”

https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1005253/domestic-violence-cases-surge-during-covid-19-epidemic?fbclid=IwAR0PKu7G_1739eGJs5b9BvdkhW5ojC2rPs87YnI_QLRpVGefEmMoOGNwCNs

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On the short term modulation of cosmic rays by high-speed streams at the Pierre Auger surface array detectors. (arXiv:2003.06432v1 [astro-ph.HE]) http://arxiv.org/abs/2003.06432

This week’s stargazing is about spotting a particularly close gathering of the moon and planets.

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