Seoul Takes Control Over $160 Million in Assets of Former Terraform Employees, Founder
Authorities in South Korea have reportedly seized assets worth billions of won belonging to former representatives of Terraform Labs. The measure should prevent suspects in the case with the failed blockchain firm from selling property that may have been obtained with criminal proceeds. South Korean Law Enforcement Moves to Seize Terraform-Linked Real Estate, Report Prosecutors in South Korea have so far established control over 210...
Music Labels Win Legal Battle Against Youtube-dl’s Hosting Provider
The major record labels don’t want the public to download music from YouTube, which is common practice for millions of people. To stop this, the music industry titans deployed a variety of legal tactics around the world. They obtained site-blocking orders, for example, and have taken on stream-ripping sites such as 2Conv and Yout.com directly in court. Youtube-dl Takedown Battle In late 2020, the open-source software youtube-dl was...
Open source community analysis with actionable insights
Open source community analysis with actionable insights cdolfi Wed, 04/05/2023 – 03:00 Organizations are increasingly adopting open source software development models and open source aspects of organizational culture. As a result, interest in how open source communities succeed is reaching an all-time high. Until recent years, measuring the success of open source communities was haphazard and anecdotal. Ask someone what makes...
How I learned the hard way to keep my website updated
How I learned the hard way to keep my website updated dboth Wed, 04/05/2023 – 03:00 A few days ago, I received an email from a reader of one of my books. Among other things, he said that he was having trouble getting to one of the websites I’d referenced in the book. I responded that I would check it out. Usually, something like this is due to a misprinted URL in the referring article or book, or it could be that I’d...
BASIC vs. FORTRAN 77: Comparing programming blasts from the past
BASIC vs. FORTRAN 77: Comparing programming blasts from the past Jim Hall Wed, 04/05/2023 – 03:00 If you grew up with computers in the 1970s and 1980s, as I did, you probably learned a common programming language for personal computers called BASIC, or the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. You could find BASIC implementations on every personal computer of the era, including the TRS-80, Apple II, and the IBM...
