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Re:What Is the “Mffam” Policy? on Monday March 22, 2021 @01:30PM (#26543846)
I believe this exact system is followed by the government of Kerala, India. Private lotteries are banned. Lotteries seem to be a significant source of revenue for the state.
Re:What Is the “Mffam” Policy? on Monday March 22, 2021 @01:18PM (#26543714)
Wow they are hilarious! Never heard of them, thanks.

https://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2021/01/19/free-speech-in-...

On the latest Firefox Android with 'Ublock Origin' addon, ther's no pop-up. I have checked some additional blocking in the 'Ublock Origin' settings.
Re:The S in IoT is for Security on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:14AM (#26541990)
Ok. The top thread of this HN post about Zigbee not being that open:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21825822

It's sad to see no end to this kind of thinking. Here's some easy to read classic papers on sexism in tech:

[1] Why are There so Few Female Computer Scientists (Ellen Spertus, 1991)

https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7040

[2] How to Encourage Women in Linux (Val Henson, 2002)

https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/

[3] What Happens to Us Does Not Happen to Most of You (Kathryn S. McKinley, 2018)

https://www.sigarch.org/what-happens-to-us-does-not-happen-t...

[4] Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing (Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher, 2001)

https://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Clubhouse-Women-Computing-P...

Re:The S in IoT is for Security on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:23AM (#26541238)
Zigbee got problems with non-free licensing. Z-Wave seems open, is it completely open?
Re:The S in IoT is for Security on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:12AM (#26541028)
The open KNX Standard seems to be the answer to IoT's woes. But nobody seems to have heard of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KNX_(standard)

This classic talk - Learn how to control every room at a luxury hotel remotely (2015) [has eng subtitles]:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX-O4XuCW1Y