UN Kenyan Mission Praises Local Blockchain-Based Initiative for Helping to Reduce Poverty
The United Nations (UN) mission in Kenya recently praised a local blockchain-based community inclusion currency (CIC) initiative for its part in helping to reduce poverty in one of the country’s poor informal settlements. The mission’s sentiments follow a tour of the Mukuru informal settlement by its resident coordinator, Stephen Jackson. In a tweet, the mission commended the Sarafu blockchain anchored e-voucher system for helping...
Triller Sues Scam Streaming Site AccessTVPro For Jake Paul Fight Piracy
Over the past few months Triller has filed a series of lawsuits against people who allegedly copied, streamed, or otherwise distributed the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren PPV fight. The company has amassed a broad range of targets. In addition to suing several YouTubers who allegedly uploaded the fight to their personal channels (1,2,3), Triller has also sued a person who simply claimed he watched the fight without paying for it. The...
YouTube Asks Court to Dismiss Mexican Movie Tycoon’s ‘Untimely’ Piracy Lawsuit
Earlier this year, Spanish-born movie tycoon Carlos Vasallo sued YouTube over various piracy related claims. The actor and producer own the rights to the world’s largest collection of Mexican and Latin American movies, many of which are illegally shared on YouTube. ‘Unfair Content-ID Requirements’ While copyright allegations against Google and YouTube aren’t new, the case carried an interesting allegation. According to Vasallo,...
Use Python to parse configuration files
Sometimes, a program needs enough parameters that putting them all as command-line arguments or environment variables is not pleasant nor feasible. In those cases, you will want to use a configuration file. read more Powered by...
How to program in C on FreeDOS
When I first started using DOS, I enjoyed writing games and other interesting programs using BASIC, which DOS included. Much later, I learned the C programming language. I immediately loved working in C! It was a straightforward programming language that gave me a ton of flexibility for writing useful programs. In fact, much of the FreeDOS core utilities are written in C and Assembly. read more Powered by...
