Notices by Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz), page 50

#Anbox allows a full #Android/Linux OS to run inside a sandboxed container on a GNU/Linux system, so that Android apps can be run on the desktop (or potentially touchscreen GNU/Linux) without the extra weight of full emulation:
https://github.com/anbox/anbox

@billstclair
> I do my best to pay for entertainment, so that it’s creators can afford to make more.

Good for you. It's definitely better for creators if everyone who can afford to do that does so. But I expect you of all people to understand why it has to be a choice, and that nothing is gained by denying people who can't or won't pay access to cultural works that cost nothing to replicate. Roads need to be paid for, but we don't try to charge people every time they drive somewhere.

@billstclair
> Except it wasn’t broadcast free-to-air, at least not in the US. You pay for it by watching advertisements.

Companies paid for it by buying advertising. I got it for free. I wasn't breaking the law if I went to the toilet or make a cuppa during the ad breaks, or taped the show and fast forwarded them, and I was never in danger of being sued for violating their copyright if I did so.

@billstclair
> when you said "property" you meant "real estate".

Yes. I think that's pretty clear from the opening quote (from #Proudhon). I can't think of a way that "owning" one's own body could be theft ;) BTW Proudhon also said "property is freedom", when applied to personal belongings, a right of occupation in a home, use of a workplace etc. In case you're interested, #JamesCorbett podcasted Proudhon's book 'What is Property':
https://www.corbettreport.com/the-well-read-anarchist-002-an-introduction-to-pierre-joseph-proudhon

@Skypilot @kungtotte

#ShowerThoughts using a VPN in China is morally equivalent to using a #BitTorrent client back home, to watch TV shows under ARR copyright. In both cases I'm technically breaking the law of the land, but as an act of civil disobedience against laws I ses as unjust and oppressive. Why should I accept being denied access to the full public internet, or to audio-visual entertainment that used to be broadcast free-to-air, and costs nobody anything if I download a copy instead?

Just discovered there's a web client for #Mumble:
https://github.com/Johni0702/mumble-web

Major data privacy and decentralization improvements in the 4.0 releases of #Synapse and #Riot:
https://matrix.org/blog/2019/09/27/privacy-improvements-in-synapse-1-4-and-riot-1-4

#Matrix

@Gotterdammerung https://xkcd.com/417/ ;)

@patricksudlow I agree that large-scale boycotts are good. My approach is to only buy things when I need to, and pick the most local/ethical supplier available when I do. To clarify though, I don't think anbody is blaming cows, rather those financially incentivizing cow *farming*.

#Legion is the Monty Python's Flying Circus of superhero TV series.

@chebra mechanical methane generation might make sense on Mars. Here on Earth, most likely it's better to let plants sequester CO2, and use biodigesters to turn it into methane when there's bits of them left over from other processes (food harvesting, milling lumber etc). For the same reason using a solar dryer (clothesline) is more effective than turning solar into electricity then into heat and motion in a tumble dryer machine.