Our man in Italy seems to think it might be a good idea if Pope Francis were to ask the Vice President a few pointed questions when he plays tourist at the Vatican on Easter.
Posts published by “Marco Fioretti”
Marco Fioretti is an aspiring polymath and idealist without illusions based in Rome, Italy. Marco met Linux, Free as in Freedom Software, and the Web pre-1.0 back in the '90s while working as an ASIC/FPGA designer in Italy, Sweden, and Silicon Valley. This led to tech writing, including but not limited to hundreds of Free/Open Source tutorials. Over time, this odd combination of experiences has made Marco think way too much about the intersection of tech, ethics, and common sense, turning him into an independent scholar of “Human/digital studies” who yearns for a world with less, but much better, much more open and much more sensible tech than we have today.
What good is having software freedom if the hardware makers are holding you hostage? Marco Fioretti explains… with solutions.
"OK, that was clickbait, a distro like that would be great," our man in Italy answered when we asked about the headline. "Point is, it may be irrelevant, unless…"
Our man in Italy gazes into his crystal ball and sees that the internet without the US would be like… well, it would be exactly like the internet without the US.
If you think that only folks in the US have cause to have issues with Elon Musk, our man in Italy is here to straighten you out.
Maybe, just maybe, the problem isn't with AI, but with how we're designing it, and perhaps more importantly, how we're using it.
Our European correspondent takes a gander at Eurostack's "European alternative for digital sovereignty" and finds it surprisingly filled with ideas and solutions that seem to come straight out of the United States.
To get Nixon, "Deep Throat" advised Woodward and Bernstein to "follow the money." To "get" this article, written by the latest addition to the FOSS Force team, we suggest that you follow the links. You'll be glad you did.
Europe Is Going for a Brain Drain Done Right!
Commentary, Employment and Politics
Trump has created an opportunity for EU nations to attract the best and the brightest from the US. Our man in Europe gives that notion a thumbs up, while offering some advice for Americans who might be thinking the time might be right to get out of
DOGEDodge.