‘End the Fed’ Evangelist Ron Paul Plugs Bitcoin IRA for Retirement
The notorious former U.S. congressman, Ron Paul, is now telling FOX Business viewers to invest in bitcoin through an individual retirement account called Coin IRA. The staunch libertarian and gold bug makes his appearance on a nationally televised commercial telling millions that he’s “excited to see what bitcoin opens up.” Also read: Internet Archive Adds Bitcoin Cash and Zcash for Donations Libertarian Ron...
Kodi Addon Dev Says “Show of Force” Will Be Met With Defiance
For many years, the members of the MPAA have flexed their muscles all around the globe, working to prevent people from engaging in online piracy. If the last 17 years ‘progress’ is anything to go by, it’s a war that will go on indefinitely. With Columbia, Disney, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, and Warner on board, the MPAA has historically relied on sheer power to intimidate opponents. That has...
Danes Deploy ‘Disruption Machine’ to Curb Online Piracy
Over the years copyright holders have tried a multitude of measures to curb copyright infringement, with varying levels of success. By now it’s well known that blocking or even shutting down a pirate site doesn’t help much. As long as there are alternatives, people will simply continue to download or stream elsewhere. Increasingly, major entertainment industry companies are calling for a broader and more coordinated...
LVFS makes Linux firmware updates easier
Traditionally, updating a BIOS or a network card’s firmware in Linux meant booting into Microsoft Windows or preparing a MS-DOS floppy disk and hoping everything would work correctly after the update. Periodically searching a vendor website for updates is a manual and error-prone task and not something we should ask users to do. A firmware update service makes it simpler for end users to implement hardware updates. A firmware...
Font licensing and use: What you need to know
Most of us have dozens of fonts installed on our computers, and countless others are available for download, but I suspect that most people, like me, use fonts unconsciously. I just open up LibreOffice or Scribus and use the defaults. Sometimes, however, we need a font for a specific purpose, and we need to decide which one is right for our project. read...
