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black3dynamite

https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-alternative-term-to-avoid-slavery-references/

Also changing the term blacklist and whitelist. I’m wondering if Pi-Hole is considering renaming blacklist and whitelist too?

scottalanmiller

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-alternative-term-to-avoid-slavery-references/

Also changing the term blacklist and whitelist. I’m wondering if Pi-Hole is considering renaming blacklist and whitelist too?

Allow and Deny lists now?

black3dynamite

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-alternative-term-to-avoid-slavery-references/

Also changing the term blacklist and whitelist. I’m wondering if Pi-Hole is considering renaming blacklist and whitelist too?

Allow and Deny lists now?

In the main navigation, it says Whitelist and Blacklist and also within those menu too.

scottalanmiller

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-alternative-term-to-avoid-slavery-references/

Also changing the term blacklist and whitelist. I’m wondering if Pi-Hole is considering renaming blacklist and whitelist too?

Allow and Deny lists now?

In the main navigation, it says Whitelist and Blacklist and also within those menu too.

I mean to what they might be changed. Allow/Deny is classic UNIX terminology.

nadnerB

O365 fail
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/microsoft-hit-by-office-365-login-issues-in-a-nz-549256

Microsoft has confirmed login issues with Office 365 for users in Australia and New Zealand, with thousands reporting problems.

black3dynamite

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-alternative-term-to-avoid-slavery-references/

Also changing the term blacklist and whitelist. I’m wondering if Pi-Hole is considering renaming blacklist and whitelist too?

Allow and Deny lists now?

In the main navigation, it says Whitelist and Blacklist and also within those menu too.

I mean to what they might be changed. Allow/Deny is classic UNIX terminology.

Gotcha

scottalanmiller

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/cox-slows-internet-speeds-in-entire-neighborhoods-to-punish-any-heavy-users/

This means the US now ranks near the bottom of the third world in Internet speeds and protections. You can get better speeds, for cheaper, in remote third world locations pretty easily.

dbeato

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/cox-slows-internet-speeds-in-entire-neighborhoods-to-punish-any-heavy-users/

This means the US now ranks near the bottom of the third world in Internet speeds and protections. You can get better speeds, for cheaper, in remote third world locations pretty easily.

Nope, that is not even remotely true. Not even in the Dominican Republic, they do this in the Dominican republic and there is still dial up and DSL which does not get even close to this. Price is also a big issue as well.

coliver

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/cox-slows-internet-speeds-in-entire-neighborhoods-to-punish-any-heavy-users/

This means the US now ranks near the bottom of the third world in Internet speeds and protections. You can get better speeds, for cheaper, in remote third world locations pretty easily.

Nope, that is not even remotely true. Not even in the Dominican Republic, they do this in the Dominican republic and there is still dial up and DSL which does not get even close to this. Price is also a big issue as well.

You're kind of ignoring that a lot of areas in the US only have access to dial-up and satellite. The costs is exuberant as well.

dbeato

@coliver oh I know that, but still you cannot compare to a third world country just because of that... It is what it is, if you are not close to a city internet most often than not is precarious and yes the ISP providers on those locations take advantage of that and take huge profits...

mlnews

Apple claims 'half a trillion dollars' App Store economy

Apple has said that its App Store ecosystem "facilitated half a trillion dollars" of trade in 2019.
The firm said more than 85% of that figure occurred via transactions from which it did not take a commission. The announcement comes at a time Apple and other US tech giants are facing increased anti-competition scrutiny. A leading developer has also called on the iPhone-maker to lower the fees it charges, ahead of its annual developers' conference next week. An Apple representative told the BBC that it was proud of the commerce that it had enabled and welcomed scrutiny of its App Store.

mlnews

Would you pay to Zoom Keanu Reeves or Star Trek's Riker?

Actors Keanu Reeves and Jonathan Frakes are among the celebrities offering fans the opportunity to chat one-to-one via Zoom during lockdown.
Reeves is auctioning a 15-minute Zoom call for a children's cancer charity. The highest bid at time of writing is $9,800 (£7,800). Meanwhile, on the celebrity message platform Cameo, £166 will buy a 10-minute Zoom call with Star Trek actor Jonathan Frakes or skateboarder Tony Hawk. Cameo said there had been "a tonne of interest" in its Zoom service, Cameo Live, despite just 31 celebrities - only four of whom are women - signing up since launch, on Sunday. The start-up, which launched in 2017, also offers short recorded personal messages from a range of celebrities including reality TV personalities and sports stars, who charge various fees. "Cameo Live is very similar to a backstage pass at a concert or a meet-and-greet at an autographic signing," spokesman Brandon Kazimer told BBC News. "This is just the newest iteration of fan-talent access."

Grey

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Would you pay to Zoom Keanu Reeves or Star Trek's Riker?

Actors Keanu Reeves and Jonathan Frakes are among the celebrities offering fans the opportunity to chat one-to-one via Zoom during lockdown.
Reeves is auctioning a 15-minute Zoom call for a children's cancer charity. The highest bid at time of writing is $9,800 (£7,800). Meanwhile, on the celebrity message platform Cameo, £166 will buy a 10-minute Zoom call with Star Trek actor Jonathan Frakes or skateboarder Tony Hawk. Cameo said there had been "a tonne of interest" in its Zoom service, Cameo Live, despite just 31 celebrities - only four of whom are women - signing up since launch, on Sunday. The start-up, which launched in 2017, also offers short recorded personal messages from a range of celebrities including reality TV personalities and sports stars, who charge various fees. "Cameo Live is very similar to a backstage pass at a concert or a meet-and-greet at an autographic signing," spokesman Brandon Kazimer told BBC News. "This is just the newest iteration of fan-talent access."

I could see businesses doing this as a morale boost, and I think it's awesome that these people are using comparatively little resources along with their celebrity in order to further good causes. I couldn't ever afford it unless we drop to a Zoom with Carrot Top where he's paying me.

scottalanmiller

@Grey said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Would you pay to Zoom Keanu Reeves or Star Trek's Riker?

Actors Keanu Reeves and Jonathan Frakes are among the celebrities offering fans the opportunity to chat one-to-one via Zoom during lockdown.
Reeves is auctioning a 15-minute Zoom call for a children's cancer charity. The highest bid at time of writing is $9,800 (£7,800). Meanwhile, on the celebrity message platform Cameo, £166 will buy a 10-minute Zoom call with Star Trek actor Jonathan Frakes or skateboarder Tony Hawk. Cameo said there had been "a tonne of interest" in its Zoom service, Cameo Live, despite just 31 celebrities - only four of whom are women - signing up since launch, on Sunday. The start-up, which launched in 2017, also offers short recorded personal messages from a range of celebrities including reality TV personalities and sports stars, who charge various fees. "Cameo Live is very similar to a backstage pass at a concert or a meet-and-greet at an autographic signing," spokesman Brandon Kazimer told BBC News. "This is just the newest iteration of fan-talent access."

I could see businesses doing this as a morale boost, and I think it's awesome that these people are using comparatively little resources along with their celebrity in order to further good causes. I couldn't ever afford it unless we drop to a Zoom with Carrot Top where he's paying me.

He'd have to pay you.