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3·14 days agoI can’t say until it happens, or maybe it’s already happened and I just don’t know it. -_-…
16·15 days agoStable release 1.3.1. / 9 March 2026
I guess it is still alive
The attack, which was claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) militant group, was branded a “cowardly” act of terrorism by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The BLA, the province’s most active militant separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement sent to AFP.
The group, which the United States has designated a terrorist organisation, said it had targeted military installations as well as police and civil administration officials in gun attacks and suicide bombings.
The BLA has intensified attacks on Pakistanis from other provinces working in the region in recent years, as well as foreign energy firms.
EU toward USA/IL : warns, condemns, warns, condemns, warns, condemns …
Nice
Lol
After the Algerian parliament voted unanimously Wednesday to criminalise French colonisation and to demand an official apology, the French foreign ministry said the move was "manifestly hostile, both to the desire to resume Franco-Algerian dialogue and to calm, constructive work on issues of historical memory”.
This is the third time since 2001 that the Algerian parliament has taken up such a proposal. The apology demanded in the law would be a prerequisite for any “reconciliation of historical memory”.
On the left, politicians argue that French must confront its colonial past.
“Algeria is today an independent country and its parliament is free,” said hard left France Unbowed MP Thomas Porte.
“There is a reality: France committed crimes against humanity. France tortured, France killed. France owes apologies.”
Communist Senator Yann Brossat believes France should have already apologised, “without waiting for pressure from Algeria”.
Algerian MPs also passed an amendment that would allow the withdrawal of Algerian nationality from a dual national who commits acts deemed to undermine Algeria’s interests and security while abroad.
Swiss reject compulsory civic duty, climate tax for super-rich: projections
Geneva (AFP) – Swiss voters looked set Sunday to reject a proposal to replace the current men-only military conscription with a compulsory civic duty for all and another on taxing the super-rich to fund the climate fight.
Early projections after polls closed at noon (1100 GMT) indicated that voters had overwhelmingly rejected the two initiatives, which had generated significant discussion in the wealthy Alpine nation.
The so-called Civic Duty initiative, which called for requiring every Swiss citizen, regardless of gender, to do national service in the army or in a civilian capacity, was projected by public broadcaster SSR to be snubbed by a whopping 84 percent of voters.
The ‘no’ vote on the second item on Sunday’s ballot, the “initiative for a future” calling for a new climate tax on big inheritances, was meanwhile projected to tick in at 79 percent, SSR said.
The projections were not surprising, with recent opinion polls suggesting the proposals had little chance of passing.
The Swiss government and parliament had also come out against both items, arguing that they would entail huge costs and could threaten the economy.
113·7 months agoQualcomm has quietly made some massive changes to Arduino’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, marking a clear departure from the platform’s founding principles.
According to Adafruit, the new policies introduce sweeping user-license provisions, broaden data collection (particularly around AI usage), and embed long-term account data retention, all while integrating user information into Qualcomm’s broader data ecosystem.
Section 7.1 grants Arduino a perpetual, irrevocable license over anything you upload. Your code, projects, forum posts, and comments all fall under this. This remains in effect even after you delete your account. Arduino retains rights to your content indefinitely.
The license is also royalty-free and sublicensable. Arduino can use your content however they want, distribute it, modify it, and even sublicense it to others.
The terms further state that users are not allowed to reverse engineer or attempt to understand how the platform works unless Arduino gives permission. Adafruit argues that this contradicts the values that made Arduino attractive to educators, researchers, and hobbyists.
The Privacy Policy states Arduino is wholly owned by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. User data, including from minors, flows to other Qualcomm Group companies.
6·7 months agoTotally
2·7 months agoYes, originally, but the words are also used in their extended meaning.
I think the term “Chinese diaspora” is more appropriate.
edit : What I mean is that this word (overseas) no longer necessarily reflects today’s reality; it should be obsolete, like many other words nowadays. Languages are alive.
A nice biographical film directed by Adam McKay
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney’s impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.