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House Oversight Committee rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's request for immunity in exchange for her testimony
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-oversight-committee-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-request-immunity-rcna221773?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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"AI doesn't go on strike. It doesn't ask for a pay raise...These things that you don't have to deal with as a CEO."
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in reply to Lili Saintcrow

AI, for those that pay for it, is currently priced at about one tenth to one quarter of what the AI companies need to make an operating profit, and that's not counting their insane and ongoing capex spending.
AI absolutely will ask for a pay raise, and soon, and it will be huge. That agent that's currently costing you half the wage of a junior developer is about to become a senior or principal, but will still make mistakes you wouldn't tolerate from an intern.
in reply to Lili Saintcrow

CEO is surprisingly unaware of how VC funding works.

They are going to ask for a pay rise, and they'll have you locked in.



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1)#Convicted #felon her demands must be met before she will testify What country is this? ‪#GhislaineMaxwell willing to testify to #Congress if #lawmakers offer her #immunit & provide her with the #questions in advance, her lawyer said. She also wants to delay #testifying until after the #SupremeCourt rules on her appeal. Likely she will get a #pardon. #lies #corruption #trump #maga #gop #republicans #coverup #politics #democracy #ruleoflaw #sextrafficking #JeffreyEpstein washingtonpost.com/national-se…

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If so, then hopefully before the midterms, to give voters something to think about.
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2) #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS will review #GhislaineMaxwell request to overturn 2021 #conviction for federal #sextrafficking at the September 29 conference where justices take up cases submitted over the summer break. Yet another example of the #shadowdocket Lack of #accountability and #transparency by the #maga #gop #republican Mitch McConnell court - #democracy #ruleoflaw #constitution #congress #politics #law #jeffreyepstein #criminal #crimes #girls #children h/t @altnps.bsky.social‬

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in reply to Ariadne Conill 🐰

many distributions do not include berkeley db 6.x because of its AGPL license, but berkeley db 5.x (the last one under sleepycat license) is no longer maintained
in reply to Ariadne Conill 🐰

*distributions* don't? what? what's wrong with the AGPL for distros?
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in reply to David Gerard

@davidgerard correct. distributions continue to ship berkeley db 5.x. AGPL is not acceptable for libraries in distros because it makes anything which links to libdb AGPL.
in reply to Ariadne Conill 🐰

@davidgerard there are some exceptions of course, but at least as far as mainstream distros go, we're all shipping db5.3 still
in reply to David Gerard

@davidgerard My understanding is that the old (Sleepycat) license doesn’t allow forking.
Some software (e.g. Postfix) can use the last really-Berkeley db (1.85) which is unencumbered but anything that needs later features is screwed.
in reply to David Gerard

@davidgerard I have not examined the issue myself in detail and am not qualified for legal analysis. I base my understanding on the assertions some years ago of others who I trust who have such a capacity. It had to do with the dual license conditions, IIRC.
What software other than BDB are you aware of using the Sleepycat license?
in reply to 🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦

i don't know of any such software, I just see the FSF and OSI both have it listed as free/open respectively, which I'm pretty sure they wouldn't do if it restricted forking.
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in reply to David Gerard

@davidgerard @grumpybozo the relevant part is "with or without modification" - so that explicitly supports forking.

Of course as usual that is likely to run into the usual myths and fantasies people have about the mixing and "changing" of licences.

in reply to Ariadne Conill 🐰

the lack of maintenance is a problem, because libdb is basically *everywhere* which means the right CVE in libdb could easily be the next Log4Shell
in reply to Ariadne Conill 🐰

the fact that libdb is *everywhere* is why distributions generally are stuck shipping db5.3 still instead of newer versions. doing otherwise would effectively make major system components effectively AGPL.
in reply to Ariadne Conill 🐰

anyway, the situation with berkeley db is unsustainable. we need to replace it, but a replacement needs to be API-compatible so that we can just drop it in.
in reply to Ariadne Conill 🐰

what should be done is a wrapper around some other performant database library, probably something like LMDB or similar. i'm not picky: the point is to provide the API layer. performance is not the largest concern for most apps using libdb.
in reply to Ariadne Conill 🐰

I used bdb and I remember the API being relatively simplistic… this might not be so tall a challenge.



An official update from Nintendo has many fans in a frenzy that a surprise Nintendo Direct could be happening very soon, after fans noticed a pattern.

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Was in der Mitteilung zum Zuschlag zur TI 2.0 an EY auch implizit drinsteht: VSDM 2 kommt später.

Das war mal Anfang 2026.

Also immer noch das gleiche Gefuhrwerke mit #ePA und Zugriff fast ein Jahr lang.

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This industry has been prioritizing "developer velocity" - whatever that means - over everything else for ages, and "everything else" has basically always included security, user protection and data safety; all an afterthought if they get a thought at all. Are sensible default security settings that aren't wide open read-all really that difficult, really? Are we just that lazy?

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The irony is that the basic GDPR training makes clear that this is an illegal approach.
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in reply to Andreas K

Some of the other things that get an afterthought from this crowd if they get a thought at all include "the law" and "the idea of informed consent".
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in reply to mhoye

Ah the funny thing is, making your developers sit through the yearly basic GDPR training seems to a corporate standard nowadays.

As the GDPR dies not really change the good thing is that you can fast skip through all the videos and just select the correct answers on the idiotic mini quizzes.

So in the sense of CYA they expect their developers to do data security and privacy first design. Just that it would not cost any money or time.

in reply to mhoye

it’s “just another” type of technical debt, none of which ever get prioritized.


They. simply. don't. get. it. Still.
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For the first time in three years (due to weather problems), my tomatoes are ripening well. Had some today for the first time. Delicious.

Please don't ask me what variety because then I'd have to go out and check.

in reply to RolloTreadway

ours are doing well. For the first time planted outside against a SW facing wall. Have done much better than previous years in the greenhouse. Starting to crop well and taste delicious.


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