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fodmap··on Bidad (Outcry). A Film by Soheil Beiraghi [video]
The story of Sita, a Gen Z girl who takes to the streets for the right to sing in Iran.

Soheil Beiraghi, the film director, has uploaded it to his YT channel for free.

fodmap··on Debian Bookworm v12.15 Released
Yeah and also Trixie 13.6. Those are just point releases for oldstable and stable.
fodmap··on Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies
I do agree blocking Palantir is a good move but the Spanish government is doing it for the wrong reason. Spain is storing all sort of data on Chinese servers, including their Intelligence, and Judicial wiretaps.

https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-huawei-contract-judici...

fodmap··on Turn your Android phone into a ham radio transceiver
You can extend the reach using repeaters. This free app is handy for that https://hearham.com/repeaters
fodmap··on Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone
Most of the time they get a complaint, and they investigate.

https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/guides/fcc-enforcement-...

fodmap··on Colombian singer Shakira acquitted of tax fraud in Spain
This is a great victory because Spain's tax system contains structural mechanisms that turn 'Hacienda' into judge and jury, incentivising the aggressive pursuit of taxpayers.

https://spanishtaxpickpockets.com/

fodmap··on Slimbook Linux Laptops
Not a laptop but I also like their Kymera Retro line.

https://slimbook.com/en/shop/category/desktop-pc-kymera-12?s...

fodmap··on My IKEA clock and software design
Brent, why your 'beloved clock died'? Have you tried to fix it?
fodmap··on Trump administration releases new renderings of 'Arc de Trump' [pdf]
Yeah Albert Speer would approve it for sure.
fodmap··on A huge scam compound on Thailand-Cambodia border
Full article title is 'Inside a huge compound on Thailand-Cambodia border where 10,000 workers scammed people globally' but it's too long for HN.
fodmap··on Introduction to Computer Music (2009) [pdf]
Juan García Castillejo published 'La telegrafía rápida, el triteclado y la música eléctrica' (High-speed telegraphy, the three-keyboard system, and electric music) in 1944.

https://archive.org/details/latelegrafiarapida.eltritecladoy...

fodmap··on Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
'Until early in 1778, the American Revolution was a civil war within the British Empire, but it became an international war as France (in 1778) and Spain (in 1779) joined the colonies against Britain. The Netherlands, which was engaged in its own war with Britain, provided financial support for the Americans as well as official recognition of their independence. The French navy in particular played a key role in bringing about the British surrender at Yorktown, which effectively ended the war.'

https://www.britannica.com/question/Which-countries-fought-o...

fodmap··on Human Flatus Atlas
The University of Maryland, Baltimore, 'is charting unexplored territory in human biology. Using our cutting-edge Smart Underwear device - a comfortable non-invasive wearable that simply snaps onto any underwear material - we're building the first comprehensive database of real-world flatus patterns, transforming an embarrassing taboo into empowering health data.'
fodmap··on In world without BlackBerry, physical keyboards on phones are making a comeback
Have you tried Futo Keyboard? https://keyboard.futo.org/
fodmap··on GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple
Can you access their websites without the need to confirm 'who you are' with their app? In my case, not anymore.

My bank used to have other options but it has made mandatory the use of their app.

fodmap··on GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple
My bank used to have it as well but not anymore. I wonder for how long Triodos will be able to keep that option.
fodmap··on GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple
My bank offered that option but not anymore. The use of their app is mandatory now.

Edit to add this anecdote. My bank told me I need to use their app because SMS is not secure, but you need to activate their app using an SMS code!

fodmap··on GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple
> It's mind boggingly stupid that they lock down apps like this, when you can just open the thing in a website anyway. I can use my bank on some linux distro...

Not in Spain. I can access my bank's website but I can't do anything without their bank app. Even sometimes they require to confirm my identity using their app in order to access their website.

I have several linux phones but I can only do banking with their app downloaded from Aurora Store in my Vollaphone.

fodmap··on Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun
(Almost?) all these EU efforts to be independent from the USA are born with a fatal flaw. They require you need to be an Apple user or a Google user.
fodmap··on The rise of deepfake cyberbullying poses a growing problem for schools
Related, Algorithm Watch has an active campaign about this issue https://algorithmwatch.org/en/stop-nudifying-deepfakes/
fodmap··on 8-bit Boléro
That Commodore C64 accordion made me laugh.

Ah it's called The Commodordion https://linusakesson.net/commodordion/index.php

fodmap··on Fedora: Open-source repository for long-term digital preservation
Both. '...all parties settled on a co-existence agreement that stated that the Cornell-UVA project could use the name when clearly associated with open source software for digital object repository systems and that Red Hat could use the name when it was clearly associated with open source computer operating systems.'

https://fedorarepository.org/about/our-history/

fodmap··on Fedora: Open-source repository for long-term digital preservation
To avoid misunderstandings, this repository is about a project at Cornell University named the Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture (FEDORA), not a Red Hat one.
fodmap··on Jolla Phone Pre-Order
Exactly. It'd be great a genuine collective European effort to make a Linux phone.

Another crucial point is to push for open standards for those apps that only work on Android or iOS.

fodmap··on Jolla Phone Pre-Order
You didn't need to create a new account just to say something that is not true ;)

You'd say that most people don't know about Linux phones, but for those who know, Volla running Ubuntu is pretty well known, at least in Europe.

fodmap··on Jolla Phone Pre-Order
Don't confuse Jolla https://jolla.com/ with Volla https://volla.online/en/index.php

Both are European companys with a great privacy drive.

fodmap··on Germany to ban Huawei from future 6G network
On the other hand Spain is using Huawei servers for almost all of their sensitive data. I wonder how the UE, and NATO, will react to that, because they're using Huawei for Social Security data, wiretapping data (SITEL), or even Intelligence Services data.

https://therecord.media/spain-awards-contracts-huawei-intell...

fodmap··on Not Everybody Could Use These Black Telephone Boxes [video]
Related reading 'AA Call Boxes - A Guide' https://www.britishtelephones.com/kioskinfo/aacallboxinfo.ht...
fodmap··on Spanish Tax Pickpockets
Press release https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/international-lawye...

'The white paper reveals a classic bait-and-switch operation in which Spain lures foreign talent by offering official certificates guaranteeing favorable tax treatment, then retroactively denies the legitimacy of those same certificates to impose tax bills up to ten times higher than originally expected. The Spanish Tax Authority, which goes by the acronym AEAT and is commonly referred to as "Hacienda," entices American businesses to set up shop in the country through desirable tax credits and incentives, then unfairly taxes the workers of those companies in perpetuity, long after their tenure in Spain has concluded.'

fodmap··on EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework
I'm curious to know about how the EU will handle 'the Spanish position with Huawei'. A lot of sensitive data is on Huawei servers already, like Social Security data, wiretapping data (SITEL), Intelligence Services data, etc.
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