January 19, 2021
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Parler, the right-wing social network is dead, but a zombie webpage remains
After Amazon Web Services (AWS) Amazon Web Services (AWS) shut down the right-wing social network Parler, Parler CEO John Matze claimed Parler will be back with “many competing for our business.” Well. No. That didn’t turn out to be the … Continue reading
January 19, 2021
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Ethical-source movement opens new open-source organization
Ethical-source licenses, such as the Hippocratic License, have not been widely adopted. True, the Contributor Covenant, the first and most popular open-source project code of conduct has had success — it was adopted by the Linux kernel developers, but actual code ethical-source licenses … Continue reading
January 14, 2021
by sjvn01
Comments Off on How Parler’s Data Was Harvested
Parler, the right-wing social network, is gone. Amazon Web Services (AWS) switched it off. And, Parler, as it was, isn’t coming back. Parler’s data, however, including death threats and geotagged deleted messages, had been scraped and it’s being published on numerous public websites. Here’s how it … Continue reading
January 12, 2021
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Why Parler’s revival on public cloud is complicated and unlikely
Now that Amazon Web Services has shut down Parler, will the social network rebuild elsewhere? Parler CEO John Matze says Parler will be back with “many competing for our business.” Don’t bet on it. There appears to be no major public cloud or hosting … Continue reading
September 11, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Where’s the Yelp for open-source tools?
We’d like an easy way to judge open-source programs. It can be done. But easily? That’s another matter. When it comes to open source, you can’t rely on star power. The “wisdom of the crowd” has inspired all sorts of … Continue reading
July 17, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Outlook Woes: I have no email and I must scream
I get it. Really, I do. Microsoft has to deal with tens of thousands of different hardware configurations and not every application or operating system update will work smoothly with every possible setup. But, seriously, Microsoft, two – count ’em … Continue reading