[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I’m just pointing out some specifics of the prerequisites,

Yes, that's fair.

which the article did a pretty bad job of highlighting imo, and how this is not the miraculous solution it’s somewhat touted to be.

It would also be fair to acknowledge that hackaday is not touting miracles, but simply knows their audience. One would have to be very new to hardware hacks like this to be unaware that preconditions almost always exist. Older firmware is one of the most common preconditions.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 5 hours ago

On the other hand, a person who would root a game console or TV is also likely to be the sort of person who would opt out of smart TV updates.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Are you talking about selecting multiple unconnected sections of text, so that they are highlighted at the same time? I think that's a Firefox feature.

Or are you talking about selecting something and then something else, so that only the last thing is highlighted, and finding both selections listed as separate items in KDE's clipboard manager?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

In general, if something is possible to exploit, some companies will exploit it.

Figuring out which ones do can be difficult-to-impossible, since that information is not usually available to the public, or in many cases even to most employees. Unless a whistleblower steps forward, the best we can do is guess, and take whatever precautions we feel are worthwhile.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Inclusive umbrella term. It means the software has to be both free and open source.

You are mistaken, but I won't argue about it.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And FOSS is an umbrella term encompassing both Free software and Open-Source software.

I'm glad to see people taking interest in the meanings behind these terms. We all benefit from understanding them better.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I was replying to this exchange:

Could mean FOSS but they keep the trademark.

Sure, but that’s unlikely, given the wording. “Owner of the software” is fairly clear

The article's text said, "Winamp will remain the owner of the software". That does not, in fact, preclude giving it a FOSS license, nor does retaining a related trademark. GP was correct. They can make it FOSS and keep the trademark and copyright. I don't see any reason to think it unlikely.

The creator doesn’t “surrender” their copyright, but someone can fork it and then have ownership of their version

Forking someone's copyrighted work does not change ownership of the rights in any jurisdiction that I know of. If you meant "ownership" in a difference sense, like maybe control over a derivative project's direction, then I think choosing a different word would have made your meaning more clear.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

doesn’t look like FOSS, just open source.

Open-source software is FOSS by definition. Did you mean source-available?

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

The open-source licenses that I've used don't require surrendering copyright.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Somebody please fire those legislators.

And prosecute them for reckless endangerment and spreading infectious disease.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

There have already been reports of people being banned and finding their posts restored in response to their attempts to delete them.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The right way to do this is to self-host your analytics.

I don't know which tools are popular for this nowadays, but something like Matomo On-Premise might be worth a look. I expect you can find more with a web search. Keywords: open-source self-hosted web analytics.

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