Notices by Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net), page 32
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Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 23-Mar-2024 17:26:14 EDT 
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
.oO outro dia me contaram de um corretor de imóveis tão desesperado pra fechar uma venda que ligou mais de 30 vezes por dia, por uns dias, pro advogado do dono. o jurista pediu pra sair: "não dá, é um inferno, parece até corretor automático!" -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 05:29:38 EDT
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
the church of emacs is a religion of freedom. it doesn't require celibacy, conversion of spouses, or even using emacs. IIUC it's enough to adore emacs :-) and to pursue a life of moral purity, avoiding possession by nonfree programs.
FWIW, more seriously, I've considered starting a local chapter of the church of emacs precisely to reinforce my philosophical/religious freedom when struggling against impositions of nonfree software by the government. it shouldn't be necessary in .br, because our constitution doesn't distinguish between philosophical and religious beliefs, but it might help elsewhere, and even locally. it may be advantageous to name a long-established church, even a humorous one, over making up your own, depending on how seriously the legal system takes religious freedom -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 01:05:59 EDT
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
abusive githubby -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Friday, 01-Mar-2024 18:15:45 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
look ma, I'm going to speak at LibrePlanet this year!
https://libreplanet.org/2024/speakers/#6621
Software enshittification or freedom? It's not a hard choice!
When: Sunday 14:00 - 14:45 EDT (18:00 UTC)
Room: Jupiter -- in-person
See you there? -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 08:30:03 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
fraid I don't know, I only came up with that possibility when asked to briefly look into what it would take to implement it in GCC, where I didn't think it would fit. I figured GDB had the full-program context it would take, unlike GCC, that sees one translation unit at a time, and that was the extent of my involvement. if anything came out of it, I probably wasn't told, but if I was, I forgot. FWIW, I haven't ever interacted with a language server, this was all an exercise of imagination many years ago. -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jan-2024 02:03:34 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
thank you very much, I've got email from him -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 21:56:54 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
thanks, but for some reason the site won't show me the post you linked to. I can't even see who posted it.
if you can reach the person, ¿could I possibly ask you a favor?: let the person know that I'm reachable by email to oliva@gnu.org, or as lxo on Jami. thanks in advance, -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 09:28:09 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
it s not just a comfort, it's not a "you" problem. being able to save and make sure it's saved before suspending, hibernating or hitting the reset button, before battery runs out, before unplugging removable storage, or before going offline are quite valuable. that doesn't preclude autosave, but having autosave doesn't preclude explicit save either -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 09:07:11 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
itsfalse ;-) -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 09:05:43 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
copyleft is a lemonade made from copyright's lemons
that copyright protects artists or works is a myth sustained by the abusive business models that it enables, that exploit both artists and the public at large.
now, you appear to take copyright, a form of power of others, for granted, rather than demanding it to prove itself useful to justify its existence. -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 08:55:21 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
the reduce/increase figures are lacking a baseline for the comparison, ISTM
I find the reduced emissions most questionable. I am told engines are designed for peak efficiency at higher speeds than 20mph
also, if 20mph made little difference to travel times, why would people bother to make and fly airplanes, choppers and the like?
I mean, I believe the figures make sense under a number of other unstated assumptions, from comparison baseline to urban traffic patterns, but without them, the claims come across as blatantly false propaganda, which is IMHO a disservice to the likely good goals behind them -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 08:48:15 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
the metaphor has me utterly confused. I don't see a parallel at all.
one of the issues has to do with bodily autonomy, and some people are inclined to override one's freedom to control one's own body so as to protect one from... what, placing oneself at risk of harm or violence perpetrated by others?
the other issue has to do with computing autonomy, constantly threatened by those who wish to impose their wishes onto you, which curtails your freedom, while some tolerate, accept and even welcome others to have power over them.
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Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 08:39:16 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
some kind of world simulation that turns a person's proposed stances and policies into dominant ones, so that they can experience them as an average (median) person -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 08:31:00 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
o contador de tempo desde um instante de referência quase universal vai estourar, como que passando de 99 a 00.
especificamente, o número de segundos desde 1970-01-01 vai ocupar todos os 31 bits comumente alocados para armazenar dados desse tipo. numa representação comum de 32 bits, somar um ao maior número representável resulta o menor número representável. então, programas e sistemas que não tenham sido modificados ou preparados para adotar uma representação com mais bits verão o relógio virar de 2147483647 (0x7fffffff = 2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC) a -2147483648 (0x8000000 = 1901-12-13 08:45:52 UTC). o instante 0, nessa representação bastante comum, foi 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC. -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 06:44:33 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
some more:
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/12/21/the-anatomy-of-zionist-genocide
https://gnusocial.net/url/21545630 -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 06:25:06 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
funny. we have published an article entitled "The Fifth Freedom" https://www.fsfla.org/circular/2007-02#1 but it's not about changing the FSD
there's a quality I enjoy about the freedoms as they're traditionally numbered: each bit has a meaning. given freedom n, where 0<=n<=3:
* (n&1)!=0: the freedom involves the possibility of modification, and thus requires source code; the others don't
* (n&2)!=0: the freedom involve community, collective freedom, help others, rather than just individual autonomy -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 00:34:55 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
.oO Happy GNU Year! ¡Feliz año GNUevo! Feliz ano GNUovo!
https://www.fsfla.org/blogs/lxo/2023-12-31-happy-gnu-year -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 02:04:47 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
Here are some apropos links I've read today:
https://gnusocial.net/url/21504183
https://gnusocial.net/url/21504184
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/29/opinion/israel-hamas-war.html
https://gnusocial.net/url/21504185
https://www.newarab.com/opinion/gaza-those-who-exploit-holocaust-betray-its-lessons
https://gnusocial.net/url/21504186
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/12/masha-gessen-on-israel-gaza-and-holocaust-analogies.html
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/in-the-shadow-of-the-holocaust
https://gnusocial.net/url/21504187
https://time.com/6336249/oct-7-gaza-holocaust-essay/ -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 02:04:13 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
I identify in your response the singling-out of the Nazi holocaust as an out-of-history episode that some scholars have been calling out, because this framing is dangerous and exploitable, and it is being exploited. if we were to believe that the holocaust was a unique episode in history, rather than something that happened before and will happen again (Battlestar Galactica vibes) if we don't learn to identify it before it happens again and stop it, we'd be assuming and taking the "never again" for granted. we wouldn't have learned from history, and it could then repeat itself, or at least rhyme, which would be bad enough.
I also identify a scent of a threat of censorship, that even Jewish who happen to be antizionist have been facing all around the world, for speaking up against the genocide of Palestinians in retribution for an attack on Israel carried out by Gaza's oppressive government. that censorship is well underway, even here in Brazil, where a Jewish scholar is being censored for antisemitism for calling out Israel's warcrimes. that's paving the way for jailing more Julian Assanges, and that serves war criminals rather than press freedom and informed public opinions.
pointing out similarities between ongoing events and past historical ones, understanding power, interests, alliances and oppression are reasons why we study history. I'm not at all downplaying the past Shoah, but ISTM you are downplaying the present Nakba. are you at legal risk? -
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 01:31:33 EST
Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
I'm baffled by the statement that the Israeli government that's bombed and murdered tens of thousands of Palestinians after telling them to go to places where they'd be safe, and kept millions of them under siege without food, water, power, and health supplies, doesn't have the power to keep on doing so until those who haven't been exploded to pieces starve to death, get sick from improper water, or die of untreated health conditions.
I'm shocked that you appear to be more worried about the harm one terrorizing government can bring onto the other's people, than about the much larger-scale destruction going in the opposite direction. even setting aside the history of oppression, in a fight between someone armed with a slingshot and someone armed with a machine gun (I'm trying to scale the forces proportionally), whose bystanders' lives do you most worry about, those who could be hit by a stray rock or by a stray bullet?
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