I finished reading the How To Destroy Surveillance Capitalism book and wrote a short review. Might be useful if you didn't get time to read: https://asd.learnlearn.in/htdsc/
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Book Review: How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism by Cory Doctorow
The book might look like it is about big tech, but it is actually about capitalism and monopoly. And the how-to part of it is about policy reforms which might be a put off for some.
I'm thankful that there is a group of people dedicated to free software even in 2020
https://asd.learnlearn.in/free-software-camp-opening/
https://asd.learnlearn.in/free-software-camp-opening/
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Free Software Camp Opening
Free Software Camp 2020 opened last week and it has been a pretty nice experience till now
https://asd.learnlearn.in/second-debian-contribution/ - towards the second half of this post, I try to look at why Javascript ecosystem is the way it is.
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Following Up on a Debian Bug
What happens when you make one contribution to Debian? You get that irresistible urge to follow up. Human beings are so predictable in doing things that are rewarding.
The Great Indian Kitchen - A Great Movie About the Not So Great Indian Kitchen
https://blog.learnlearn.in/2021/01/the-great-indian-kitchen-great-movie.html
https://blog.learnlearn.in/2021/01/the-great-indian-kitchen-great-movie.html
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The Great Indian Kitchen - A Great Movie About the Not So Great Indian Kitchen
100 minutes of silently violent, nauseating, sensitive, beautiful modern cinema
Don't Cook Your Meals
Why do we cook our own meals in 21st century?
https://blog.learnlearn.in/2021/01/dont-cook-your-meals.html
Why do we cook our own meals in 21st century?
https://blog.learnlearn.in/2021/01/dont-cook-your-meals.html
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Don't Cook Your Meals
Why do we cook our own meals in 21st century?
What do we, as a society, tell people who ask the harder questions?
https://mbbshacker.blogspot.com/2021/02/whose-responsibility-is-health.html
https://mbbshacker.blogspot.com/2021/02/whose-responsibility-is-health.html
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Whose Responsibility is Health?
To answer whose responsibility health is, we have to first define what health is.
I wrote about switching to a liberated computer here: https://asd.learnlearn.in/liberated-computer/
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Liberated Computer
I bought a Liberated Computer from Libre Tech Shop last week. I love it!
People who are stuck in unhappy relationships with organizations need to read this
https://blog.learnlearn.in/2021/03/organizations-like-people-have-values.html
https://blog.learnlearn.in/2021/03/organizations-like-people-have-values.html
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Organizations, Like People, Have Values
Organizations have values. And these are often not what is stated on their websites.
When leaders make mistakes, our minds can get really dizzy. In such situations, we need to think clearly and make up our mind.
https://asd.learnlearn.in/learn-from-rms/
https://asd.learnlearn.in/learn-from-rms/
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What to Learn from the Downfall of RMS
Where did RMS go wrong? What can we learn from it?
I'm possibly getting corrupted about free software.
https://asd.learnlearn.in/rethinking-free-software/
https://asd.learnlearn.in/rethinking-free-software/
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Rethinking Free Software
Once I freed my mind from the clutch of a particular imposing presence on how to think about free software, I have been questioning some of the choices I have made in the past. This is a list.