• 8 Posts
  • 9 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: June 7th, 2023

help-circle





  • This is dangerous, but it’s tolerated, even encouraged, here. Contrast with Scotland, and the recent arrest of Nicola Sturgeon, Former First Minister, Scotland:

    Her (Nicola Sturgeon) arrest also means the case is now active for the purposes of the Contempt of Court Act 1981.

    It means everyone has to be careful about what they say to avoid potentially prejudicing any future trial.

    This applies to politicians and members of the public on social media as well as broadcasters and newspapers and the rules around what can and cannot be said about this - or any other - case are interpreted much more strictly in Scotland than in some other parts of the world.

    Scotland is not the United States, for example, where pundits merrily speculate about the guilt or innocence of a suspect long before the case goes anywhere near a jury.

    Convictions for contempt of court can be punishable by up to two years in prison and/or an unlimited fine.

    If the US would pivot and provide safeguards such as this, freedom of speech is still protected, but the wild, inflammatory remarks like Lake, Trump and others make would be squashed.




  • On Windows:

    • Bitwarden, password manager (FOSS, but paid account or contribution(s) made - support development!)
    • Advanced Renamer, just what it says (FOSS, but paid account or contribution(s) made - support development!)
    • FreeFileSync, terrific file sync app (FOSS, but paid account or contribution(s) made - support development!)
    • VLC, media player
    • WizTree, folder comparison (FOSS, but paid account or contribution(s) made - support development!)
    • Notepad ++, use it everyday (FOSS, but paid account or contribution(s) made - support development!)
    • Everything, ditch Windows Search!
    • Plex, Emby, Jellyfin for media streaming (Jellyfin is FOSS, Plex can be free, Emby??? - have Plex and Emby Lifetime accounts)
    • caddy server, easy to set up and use

    Android:

    • FairEmail - best email client around (FOSS, but paid account or contribution(s) made - support development!)
    • nzb360 - monitor all your arr apps (FOSS, but paid account or contribution(s) made - support development!)
    • Tautulli - Plex stats on steroids (Android, plus also on Windows)
    • Nova, great launcher (FOSS, but paid account or contribution(s) made - support development!)
    • Standard Notes FOSS, but paid account or contribution(s) made - support development!)
    • Authy
    • Boost, soon to be gone thanks to reddit CEO
    • Sports Alert (FOSS, but paid account or contribution(s) made - support development!)

    Probably missed some, but the above are essential to my everyday use.