Day: July 5, 2020

This caught my attention on Hacker’s News because my mother used to drive me at school in one of them. My father bought it from a farmer who used it to go to the far end of his fields. When he bought it, it was only going in reverse. Needless to say, we had the only model in town…
>>>
“The Isetta is an Italian-designed microcar built under license in a number of different countries, including Argentina,[1] Spain,[2] Belgium,[3] France,[4] Brazil,[5] Germany,[6] and the United Kingdom”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isetta

This is part of the cost of a general lockdown. Sometimes, a school might be the only place where a child is safe.

>>>
“For many children, it’s been boring, frustrating and sometimes depressing. However, for others, it’s been deadly, because the coronavirus lockdown has seen them fall prey to a wave of increased domestic abuse.”

www.sott.net/article/437536-1500-surge-in-child-abuse-probably-under-counted-The-brutal-hidden-cost-of-lockdown-that-should-alarm-the-world

Ha! encore un petite loi passée en douce… Pour moi, le pire, c’est que la plupart des téléphone portable sont basés sur Linux (Android) ou bien Darwin/BSD (Ios) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)). Ils ont utilisé le logiciel libre de façon à pouvoir imposer leur propre propriété intellectuelle.

>>> “En quoi consiste l’initiative ? Entre autres, la loi fédérale sur le droit d’auteur ( LFDA ) et le code pénal fédéral envisage des amendes millionnaires et des années de prison pour ceux qui reproduisent ou retransmettent du contenu, modifient des logiciels ou réparent du matériel sans autorisation.”

fr.sott.net/article/35872-Mexique-Reparer-vos-propres-appareils-pourrait-vous-mettre-en-prison

Again with territorial disputes. I am surprised to learn that about birds singing.

>>>
“Birds sing to mark their territories and attract prospective mates. Traditionally, white-throated sparrows in western and central Canada sing a song distinguished by its three-note ending.”
gizmodo.com/a-viral-new-bird-song-in-canada-is-causing-sparrows-t-1844245103