Jonathan Dowland @jmtd@kernel.social

Excellent report on the FreeBSD WireGuard driver scandal:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/buffer-overruns-license-violations-and-bad-code-freebsd-13s-close-call/

I am a bit bothered by the final outcome. Do I understand it correctly that Netgate and FreeBSD Core have put WireGuard support in FreeBSD on indefinite hold?

I hope I'm wrong, because that would be an incredibly petty way to retaliate against the WireGuard project for putting a spotlight on the problems with code review in FreeBSD.

We are calling for RMS to be removed from all leadership positions in the FOSS community, including the FSF and GNU, and for the FSF board to resign. Join us. https://rms-open-letter.github.io/

they say cats are anarchists but mine will not shut up about Mao

You know, it's interesting how communist and anarchist and socialist FOSS folks all think they're on higher moral ground than capitalists, and then you look at how they treat disabled people through the software they write, and you find that big capitalist corporations, particularly Apple, treat blind and other disabled people with more equality than *most* FOSS projects, and even corporate FOSS like RHEL and Ubuntu. I'm not saying Apple is perfect, walled gardens rarely are. But the number of accessibility customizations, and the thoughtful implimentation and stability of those features, show that they at least know how to keep most of the blind community on their side. FOSS rarely even tries. Remember, you can judge people by how they treat the most vulnerable among them. Just something to think about, y'all, when you feel superior and elite. So when you think communism works, or socialism works, or anarchism works, think of me.

#a11y #worldview #accessibility #foss

Jack Dorsey and Musk endorsing bitcoin tells you something.

No, it doesn’t say anything about bitcoin. It tells you that these people are somewhere on the showman - conman - fraudster continuum. That’s it. That’s what this tells you.

“What happens when people use the equations of scientific models without a proper understanding of their stories is nicely illustrated by the joke about the physics student who combines Einstein’s E = m ⋅ c² with Pythagoras’ a² + b² = c² to deduce E = m ⋅ (a² + b²).”

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