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The Pokemon Go Spying Conspiracy Theory? Yeah. It's Verified.
Pokemon Go using your phone camera to build a CIA-backed 3D Map AI system.
It sounds like an insane movie plot. But it's real.
In 2016, this was "Lunduke's crazy conspiracy theory about Pokemon Go being used to spy on everyone, backed by the CIA". Now, in 2024, Niantic Labs (the makers of Pokemon Go), proudly brags about using Pokemon Go to spy on you... and using that covertly obtained information to build a massive, 3D artificial intelligence mapping system of private spaces.
"We receive about 1 million fresh scans each week, each containing hundreds of discrete images."
In other words: Lunduke was right.
The CIA, NSA, and Pokémon Go:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5756204/the-cia-nsa-and-pok-mon-go
Building a Large Geospatial Model to Achieve Spatial Intelligence:
https://nianticlabs.com/news/largegeospatialmodel
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DOJ: Google Must Sell Off Chrome
And that's only one impact of Google being officially ruled a monopoly.
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Mozilla's "Dreams" Do Not Include Firefox ... or Even Web Browsing
A survey about Mozilla's future doesn't mention Firefox... but it does have 8 gender options.
The "What Is Your Dream for Mozilla?" Survey: https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/101
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The futility of Ad-Blockers
Ads are filling the entirety of the Web -- websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, etc. -- at an increasing rate. Prices for those ad placements are plummeting. Consumers are desperate to use ad-blockers to make the web palatable. Google (and others) are desperate to break and block ad-blockers. All of which results in... more ads and lower pay for creators.
It's a fascinatingly annoying cycle. And there's only one viable way out of it.
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openSUSE says "No Lunduke allowed!"
Those in power with openSUSE make it clear they will not allow me anywhere near anything related to the openSUSE project. Ever. For any reason.
Well, that settles that, then! Guess I won't be contributing to openSUSE! 🤣
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Spurred by the recent post on "Post Open Source", I'd like to share a bit of life wisdom I acquired over the years: Whoever uses the word "fair" is trying to get something from you they don't deserve. It doesn't matter what exactly they are talking about, or in what way they use the word. It doesn't matter if you think they might have a point or not. The mere fact they used the word "fair" is all by itself the red flag and you have to assume ulterior motives, in particular getting you to give what you ought not to give.
Last week at The Lunduke Journal (Nov 3 - Nov 9, 2024)
Gimp 3.0! NOTEPAD.EXE AI! Mozilla Layoffs!
There was some interesting news this week in the world of computing.
But the only one I can think about is NOTEPAD.EXE getting Artificial Intelligence.
I mean. What the fart?!
The Shows
- Will Voting Machines Get Hacked? Almost Certainly.
- Mozilla Foundation Mass Layoffs, Axes Advocacy
- GIMP 3.0 RC Released!
- Notepad.exe Goes AI
- Four Months After The NixOS "Nazi Purge"
- Mozilla Hosts "Feminist, Decolonial, LGBTQIA+, Climate Justice using Al" Event
The Articles
Previous Few Months
- Oct 20 - Nov 2, 2024
- Oct 13 - Oct 19, 2024
- Oct 6 - Oct 12, 2024
- Sep 29 - Oct 5, 2024
- Sep 22 - Sep 28, 2024
- Sep 15 - Sep 21, 2024
- Sep 1 - Sep 14, 2024
- Aug 25 - Aug 31, 2024
- Aug 18 - Aug 24, 2024
- Aug 4 - Aug 17, 2024
- July 28 - Aug 3, 2024
- July 21 - July 27, 2024
- July 7 - July 20, 2024
- June 30 - July 6, 2024
- June 23 - June 29, 2024
- June 16 - June 22, 2024
- June 9 - June 15, 2024
- June 2 - June 8, 2024
Reminder: Check out Lunduke.com for all the handy URLS. Podcast RSS feeds, contact info, direct links to some of the big shows and articles and a bunch of other goodies. And be sure to subscribe to The Lunduke Journal to help support the work... and make sure you don't miss out on anything.
The Great Lunduke Journal November Fundraiser
Without The Lunduke Journal, many Tech stories would never be told. And you make that possible.
The November Fundraiser has ended -- and, thanks to all of you, was a resounding success. Couldn't do this work without the support of each and every one of you.
Last Month at The Lunduke Journal
To give you an idea of what you're making possible, here is a simple list of the shows and articles published by The Lunduke Journal during the last month (October) alone.
It's... a lot.
The Shows
- Godot Game Engine Enacts Mass "Cleansing" of Non-Woke Supporters
- Godot Responds to Mass Banning - No Apology, Blames Banned Users
- DOOM Now Runs on a Quantum Computer (Which Doesn't Even Exist)
- A Code of Conduct... That's GOOD?!
- The Redot (Godot Fork) Launch X Space -- with Q & A
- Yes. Mozilla is an Advertising Company Now.
- Framework Laptop LEGO Expansion Card?!
- Firefox & Thunderbird Collect User Data by Default (in Violation of European Law)
- GNOME Foundation Broke, Lays Off 33% of Staff
- No, You Don't Need Telemetry Data to Make Software
- Best Alternatives to Woke Software
- Top Level Domain .io Will Die in 5 Years
- Google May be Broken Up as a Result of Lost Lawsuit
- Facebook Developed Custom Portal to Help Biden Administration Censor Americans
- Internet Archive Got Hacked... and Did Nothing When Told About It
- Debian Linux Doesn't Want Straight White Men
- The Road to Skynet: Nuclear Powered, CAPTCHA Solving AI
- The Stallman Report - A Hit Piece on the Free Software Founder
- Winamp Source Code Repo Deleted
- Lunduke's Nerdy Q & A - Oct 17, 2024
- Sanctions Hit Linux Kernel, Russian Programmers Banned
- Why Were Russian Programmers Banned From Linux, But Not Huawei Employees?
- Long Term Linux Maintainer Banned After Protesting Removal of Russian Programmers
- Remembering When Obama Declared Linux Users "Extremists"
- Wikipedia's War on Israel, USA, & Truth
- No, Microsoft Did Not Fire Employees for Holding "Vigil for Palestinians"
- The Lunduke Journal Does NOT Endorse Kamala Harris
- Author of "Stallman Report" Hit Piece Collects and Publishes Child Porn?
- Open Source RISC OS Now Has WiFi and Modern Web Browser on Raspberry Pi
- 25% of Google Code is AI Generated
- Did The Internet Archive Hack Themselves?
- Like the Library of Alexandria, the Internet Archive Will Burn.
- Wayback Machine & Google Website Cache Go Offline Weeks Before 2024 Election
- Twitch Bans All of Israel, Un-Bans Anti-Jewish Terrorists
- Apple Removes Ability to Run Unsigned Apps in macOS 15.1
The Articles
- DOOM Now Runs on a Quantum Computer (Which Doesn’t Exist)
- Godot Game Engine Enacts Mass "Cleansing" of Non-Woke Supporters
- Godot Responds to Mass Banning -- No Apology, Blames Banned Users
- Funny Programming Pictures Part LVIII
- Funny Programming Pictures Part LIX
- Funny Programming Pictures Part LX
- Funny Programming Pictures Part LXI
- Funny Programming Pictures Part LXII
- Apple Removes Ability to Run Unsigned Apps in macOS 15.1
Crazy, right? Some of these news stories you won't find covered anywhere else. If it weren't for The Lunduke Journal... so many stories simply would never be told.
A huge thank you to each and every supporter of The Lunduke Journal -- both new subscribers... and those of you who have been with us since the beginning. Absolutely could not do it without you.
