Ondřej Pokorný @ondra@unextro.net

„Třeba hlavní hygienička Jarmila Rážová je úplně vyřízená,“ ... "V dlouhodobé apatii je ... i Ladislav Dušek. Čeká, až vše skončí a zvažuje, že v oblasti zdravotnictví skončí úplně."

Dušek od první tiskovky opakuje, jak si tím všichni budou muset projít, že je to příroda, Rážová jen přikyvuje a po 20 tisících mrtvých jsou chudáčci smutní? Neměli by skončit jen na ministerstvu zdravotnictví, ale hlavně před tribunálem. A Vladimír Černý s nima.

https://cnn.iprima.cz/apatie-a-hysterie-na-ministerstvu-zdravotnictvi-lide-se-boji-breci-a-babis-rve-18403

#BostonDynamics now offers #web-based teleoperation solution allowing complete control of Spot robots via keyboard and mouse or joystick controllers. Also allows others to watch the operation by simply sharing a link etc.
Recently there's been some talk that the web should be just for document sharing. Try the above with any other platform. We'd likely end up with yet another Windows app. That's why it makes sense to bring new web APIs such as #WebHID etc.

https://youtu.be/WvTdNwyADZc?t=447 (~7:30)

Chrome device sales ~doubled year-over-year in 2020, while PCs grew 11 %.
And according to audio from a leaked meeting, even Microsoft knows Chrome devices are “faster and cheaper, they are easier to deploy and manage.”

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/30/22256873/chromebook-best-year-ever-double-yearly-sales

#ChromeDevice #ChromeOS #Chromebook

#Firefox keeps digging its own grave...

https://www.fastcompany.com/90597411/mozilla-firefox-no-ssb-pwa-support

#PWA

Britská varianta je v ČR "přinejmenším od počátku prosince".*

Řeknete si, jak tu dobře ten monitoring funguje. Jenže sekvenování začalo před 2+ týdny jen proto, že se vědci z https://www.iniciativa-snih.cz ve vlastním čase sešli s Blbišem a vysvětlili mu, proč je důležité sekvenovat. Ten začal tradičně volat na všechny strany a sekvenování začalo. Hasit plamínky, až když jim o nich přijde někdo z veřejnosti říct. Nic jiného neumí.
https://www.irozhlas.cz/zivotni-styl/zdravi/koronavirus-v-cesku-promorovani-mutace-ockovani-zdenek-hel_2101221645_onz#highcharts-68ytwwb-0:~:text=Po%20sch%C5%AFzce%20s%20premi%C3%A9rem%20Andrejem%20Babi%C5%A1em,do%20pohybu%20a%20spustilo%20se%20sekvenov%C3%A1n%C3%AD

* http://www.szu.cz/uploads/documents/CeM/ARO_ARI/2020_2021/zpravy_2020_2021/Zprava_NRL_03tyden_2021.pdf

Also, you are making it harder for any new platform to emerge, because “it doesn’t have the apps I need”.
#Privacy is important but (even more) so is #freedom. Until we learn that, we’ll just keep kicking the can down the road to another app claiming to be the silver bullet. Or cheer anytime someone introduces a client simulating 15 different “apps”, shipping you jailbroken iPhones just to use one of them.

https://xmpp.org/2021/01/instant-messaging-its-not-about-the-app/ from @xmpp

Does it lock you in? Is it built on top of open protocols or APIs? Is it decentralized? Federated or distributed? Does it work without a mobile device and/or phone number? Can anybody implement their own client for any OS or the #web or are you stuck with the ones the app is available for? Failing that, you are surrendering your freedoms to somebody else making the choices for you. And they can change these decisions anytime in the future.

After ~40 years of development, we are in a place where people need 5+ “apps” just to chat with most of their contacts. Imagine having to use a separate app for each email server, for example. People are brainwashed to think in terms of "There's an app for that." But an app is usually the last thing you should think about when making your technological choices…

Národní koordinátor očkování Blahuta rezignoval: "Neřeknu vám o tom nic, jsem ale strašně rád, že je to za mnou. Z venku neodhadnete, jak to bude fungovat. Volali mi a chtěli pomoc, ale je to marné, je to marné, je to marné. Ještě, že opravdu zdravotní obtíže mám, takže to je opravdu vše, co k tomu můžu říct."

https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/koronavirus-ockovani-zdenek-blahuta-rezignace-narodni-koordinator_2101251612_zuj

#IPFS (Protocol Labs) & #Igalia are working on bringing distributed web to browsers, allowing peer-to-peer content (sites/apps) delivery.

https://blog.ipfs.io/2021-01-15-ipfs-and-igalia-collaborate-on-dweb-in-browsers

#dweb

Whether they deserve to be blocked or not, public officials communicating over platforms solely controlled by (foreign) private for-profit companies always seemed completely dystopian to me... However, there are already pioneers on the #fediverse:

• @mikulas_peksa
• @marketkag
• @marcel_kolaja (now Vice-President of the #EuropeanParliament)
• @echo_pbreyer

https://european-pirateparty.eu/mep

There's also #PirateParty member of #Czech parliament @keddie and hopefully others will join in the near future...

Oh great. Our 3+ years old #LG #TV just got recalled for power board replacement. 🙄