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10021Guide for GPlus refugees to choose a new social network in the Fediverse
https://erack.org/blog/archives/85-Guide-for-GPlus-refugees-to-choose-a-new-social-network-in-the-Fediverse.html
<a href="https://homehack.nl/guide-for-gplus-refugees-to-choose-a-new-social-network-in-the-fediverse/">Guide for GPlus refugees to choose a new social network in the Fediverse</a>.<br />
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The Pathedral and the Kazoonospam@example.com (erAck)
Internet, 2019-02-09T13:10:00Zhttps://erack.org/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=850https://erack.org/blog/rss.php?version=1.0&type=comments&cid=85FediverseGPlusInternetsocial networksProject Gutenberg: Court Order to Block Access in Germany
https://erack.org/blog/archives/84-Project-Gutenberg-Court-Order-to-Block-Access-in-Germany.html
<p> Die <em>Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation</em> (PGLAF) sperrt jetzt den Zugang zu allen Büchern des <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/">Project Gutenberg</a> für IPs die Deutschland zugeordnet sind, aufgrund eines <a href="https://cand.pglaf.org/germany/index.html">Gerichtsurteils das in Deutschland ergangen ist</a>, weil Werke von Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann und Alfred Döblin in USA zwar bereits gemeinfrei sind, aber noch dem deutschen Urheberrechtsschutz (Tod + 70 Jahre) unterliegen.
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<p> Es lohnt sich, die Q&A im <a href="https://cand.pglaf.org/germany/index.html">PGLAF statement</a> zu lesen. Money quote:
<blockquote> PGLAF's legal advisors disagree that any foreign Court or entity has jurisdiction over its actions regarding copyright. The Court in Germany has promoted a theory that it has jurisdition, mainly because the www.gutenberg.org site has some content in the German language. The view of PGLAF is that it is up to the rights owner in Germany to identify people there who are infringing on its copyrights, and pursue remediation there. <p> Q: So the court thinks that the presence of content in German means that courts in Germany have jurisdiction, regardless of the fact that PGLAF is entirely in the US? <br /> A: Yes, that was the original basis of the claim for jurisdiction, which the Court accepted in their judgement. Since then, there some more recent decisions in the European Court of Justice, and other German courts, that support this theory based on a Web site being accessible from a country. </blockquote>
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<p> Wenn ich irgendwelche Abos beim <em>S. Fischer Verlag, GmbH</em> oder anderen der <em>Verlagsgruppe Georg Holtzbrinck GmbH</em> (Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC) hätte, würde ich die jetzt kündigen, und zwar mit Angabe genau diesen Grundes. Wer derartigen kulturellen Kahlschlag auslöst verdient es nicht anders. Auf jeden Fall werde ich in Zukunft vermeiden Bücher von angehörigen Verlagen zu kaufen. Obwohl das schwierig werden könnte, denn es sind eine ganze Reihe von Verlagen unter Holtzbrinck: Macmillan Publishers mit den deutschen Publikumsverlagen S. Fischer Verlag, Rowohlt Verlag, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Droemer Knaur, Argon Verlag, [Quelle <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verlagsgruppe_Georg_von_Holtzbrinck">Wikipedia</a>]. Leider sind die <em>Dieter von Holtzbrinck Medien</em> (DvH Medien), denen der <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitverlag">Zeitverlag</a> gehört, der <em>Georg Holtzbrinck GmbH</em> eng verbunden.
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<p> Gerüchtehalber gibt es wohl einige Unstimmigkeiten bei der Geo-Zuordnung von IPs bei verschiedenen deutschen Internet-Providern und ob IPv4 oder IPv6.
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The Pathedral and the Kazoonospam@example.com (erAck)
Internet, Kunst * Kultur / Kommerz, Middlefinger, 2018-03-04T13:52:21Zhttps://erack.org/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=840https://erack.org/blog/rss.php?version=1.0&type=comments&cid=84HoltzbrinckInternetKunst * Kultur / KommerzMiddlefingerPGLAFProject GutenbergHappy New Year 2018
https://erack.org/blog/archives/83-Happy-New-Year-2018.html
Today is Sweetmorn, the 1st day of Chaos in the YOLD 3184<br />
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The Pathedral and the Kazoonospam@example.com (erAck)
General, 2018-01-01T12:38:27Zhttps://erack.org/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=830https://erack.org/blog/rss.php?version=1.0&type=comments&cid=83GeneralGermany is still an underdeveloped digital country on 4G mobile networks
https://erack.org/blog/archives/82-Germany-is-still-an-underdeveloped-digital-country-on-4G-mobile-networks.html
<p> 15GB per month for €25, while in the neighbor country Denmark you get Unlimited GB for the same price..
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<li> <a href="http://research.rewheel.fi/prices/country/">DFMonitor: Data caps and prices - country view</a>
<li> <a href="http://research.rewheel.fi/DE/">Country brief: Germany (DE) - Digital Fuel Monitor</a>
<li> <a href="http://research.rewheel.fi/DK/">Country brief: Denmark (DK) - Digital Fuel Monitor</a>
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One tariff with €199.95 for Unlimited GB in Germany btw... statistics of Nov-2017 with data of 2016.
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The Pathedral and the Kazoonospam@example.com (erAck)
General, Internet, 2017-12-28T22:39:27Zhttps://erack.org/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=820https://erack.org/blog/rss.php?version=1.0&type=comments&cid=824GGeneralGermanyInternetmobiletariffsUpgrading Digikam from 4.x to 5.x and wrong AlbumRoots
https://erack.org/blog/archives/81-Upgrading-Digikam-from-4.x-to-5.x-and-wrong-AlbumRoots.html
<p> (Not so) recently I upgraded a Debian system from Jessie to Stretch. Along with that came an upgrade of the Digikam photo management application from version 4.x to 5.3. After starting that the first time the albums were empty. WTF? Putting the modified digikam4.db aside, creating a fresh one and restoring the old one and comparing those revealed that they differed in how the AlbumRoots path was stored. Digikam 4.x stored it as <em>volumeid:?path=%2Fhome%2F...</em> (with URL encoded %2F as / slashes) where Digikam 5 stores a literal / slash. Changing that to what Digikam 5 expects did the trick and the albums were there again. So when upgrading, before you start Digikam 5 for the first time, do the following (assuming the database is /home/you/Pictures/digikam4.db) </p>
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<li> backup your original digikam4.db file
<li> install the <em>sqlitebrowser</em> package if not installed yet
<li> on a terminal command line invoke: <code>sqlitebrowser ~/Pictures/digikam4.db &</code>
<li> go to the <em>Browse Data</em> tab
<li> Table: <em>AlbumRoots</em>
<li> select (click into) the <em>identifier</em> field
<li> in the right edit field change its content from <em>volumeid:?path=%2Fhome%2Fyou%2FPictures</em> to <br /> <strong>volumeid:?path=/home/you/Pictures</strong>
<li> Write changes and exit
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<p> Start digikam. All good (hopefully ;-) </p>
<p> <strong>Update 2017-11-27T14:50+01:00</strong><br />
Forgot to mention that when starting Digikam 5 the first time a dialog appears offering to migrate from version 4, it advises to not do so but has migration preselected, do <strong>not</strong> migrate there or it will mess things up. You may lose some existing personal preferences, but the migration for me at least simply did not work. <br />
Related seems to be <a href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364258">KDE bug 364258</a> though claimed to be fixed. </p>
The Pathedral and the Kazoonospam@example.com (erAck)
Free Software, 2017-11-26T22:02:37Zhttps://erack.org/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=810https://erack.org/blog/rss.php?version=1.0&type=comments&cid=81AlbumRootsDebianDigikamFree SoftwarejessieSQLitestretchInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
https://erack.org/blog/archives/80-International-Day-for-the-Elimination-of-Violence-against-Women.html
<p> Today is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_for_the_Elimination_of_Violence_against_Women">International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women</a>. </p>
<p> At the Rome Conference venue was a seat in the front row of the audience reserved for women who have been victims of violence and were killed. </p>
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We want to reserve this seat for them,
so in day to day living they will not be ignored.
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The Pathedral and the Kazoonospam@example.com (erAck)2017-11-25T16:20:08Zhttps://erack.org/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=800https://erack.org/blog/rss.php?version=1.0&type=comments&cid=80Elimination of Violence against WomenTooting at mastodon.technology
https://erack.org/blog/archives/79-Tooting-at-mastodon.technology.html
Not been much active there, but mammut.space is down since days (weeks?) without any sign of life. So I revived my <a href="https://mastodon.technology/@erAck">@erAck@mastodon.technology</a> account (https://mastodon.technology/@erAck).<br />
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<strong>Update 2018-07-14:</strong> For the records, time ago I decided to focus on my <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@erAck">@erAck@social.tchncs.de</a> account (https://social.tchncs.de/@erAck).<br />
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The Pathedral and the Kazoonospam@example.com (erAck)
Internet, 2017-09-20T19:26:12Zhttps://erack.org/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=790https://erack.org/blog/rss.php?version=1.0&type=comments&cid=79InternetMastodonmicro bloggingtootingtootsHacker Space Rømø
https://erack.org/blog/archives/78-Hacker-Space-Rm.html
Of the series of precious places to hack on <span title="The Free Office Suite, try it, love it, share it. Fantastic Project. Fun People." class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">LibreOffice</span>.<br />
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The Pathedral and the Kazoonospam@example.com (erAck)
Hacker's Delight, LibreOffice, 2017-07-06T20:47:14Zhttps://erack.org/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=780https://erack.org/blog/rss.php?version=1.0&type=comments&cid=78hacker spacesHacker's DelightLibreOfficeRømø