Google’s Permanent Deindexing of Pirate Sites Spreads Across Europe
Determined to reduce overall piracy, the UK government first asked and then threatened Google over pirate sites appearing in its search results. A deal announced in 2017 revealed that Google would adjust its algorithms (pdf) to make pirate sites less easy to find. While this ‘code of conduct’ didn’t feature whole site deindexing, the MPA and BPI celebrated the ‘landmark’ agreement. Interestingly, Google itself had very little to say....
How I wrote an open source video game for Open Jam in a weekend
How I wrote an open source video game for Open Jam in a weekend Jim Hall Sat, 12/17/2022 – 03:00 Every year, Itch.io hosts Open Jam, a game jam where developers build an open source video game over a weekend. This year’s Open Jam ran from October 28th to October 31st. Open Jam is a friendly competition with no prizes, which makes it a great opportunity to try new things, experiment with a new game idea, or learn a new...
Travel back in time with the mc file manager on Linux
Travel back in time with the mc file manager on Linux sethkenlon Sat, 12/17/2022 – 03:00 In the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, there was a popular file manager for DOS called Norton Commander. It was beloved by many computer users of the day, but it fell out of favor as graphical file managers became the default. Fortunately for fans of the original commander, and those who missed out on the original, an open source file...
