most popular and reliable free options for alternate DNS servers. Some, like Quad9 and Cloudflare, even have built-in security features.
What problematical concerns might there be regarding the following information? particularly with respect to the philosophies expressed via LibrePlanet [Quoted] https://www.komando.com/tech-tips/change-dns-for-faster-internet/378631 Komando.com Tech advice you can trust™ Watch Now Listen Now Get Newsletters Email Kim [photo] © Pichaya P | Dreamstime.com Tech tips Change this one setting to get faster internet speeds By Komando Staff, Komando.com https://www.komando.com/tech-tips/change-dns-for-faster-internet/378631 • April 3, 2021 Slow internet speeds are incredibly frustrating. https://www.komando.com/tech-tips/change-dns-for-faster-internet/378631 You pay a boatload of cash to your internet service provider and your connection is spotty and slow. Many things could be causing delays in your connection speed. We’ll go over each of these things at the end of the article, but we’re going to focus on your DNS or domain name system for now. What’s that, you ask? A DNS is essentially a map of the internet. Think of it as a road map, with all of the web addresses you frequently visit and millions more that you don’t. When you sign up for internet service, your provider assigns you to its DNS server. However, that isn’t always the best one to use. It could be bogged down with traffic, running inefficient software or any number of other problems. If your computer can’t look up IP addresses quickly, it seriously slows down browsing. Fortunately, there are other DNS servers out there you can use. Keep in mind that speed isn’t the only reason to choose a new DNS. Many DNS systems include filtering to block inappropriate websites or other sites you don’t want to see. Why your DNS server matters While having your ISP assign your DNS servers automatically is convenient, it opens up its own set of issues. Depending on your provider, its DNS systems can be slow and inefficient, gumming up internet speeds. Another issue is security. Using your ISP’s DNS servers allows it to track your activity like searches and the sites you visit, opening up all sorts of privacy issues. To address these concerns, many tech companies are opening up their own speedy and secure DNS systems to the public. Phone book for the internet A DNS or domain name system is often called the phone book for the internet. It’s actually a critical component of how the whole internet works, and it can dictate how fast and secure data is delivered to you. Here’s a simple way of putting it. A DNS server translates IP addresses of websites to domain names that are easier to read and remember. For example, Google.com is translated to the IP address 74.125.239.2 and vice-versa. The communication between your computer and a DNS system is critical to direct web traffic correctly. Best DNS servers you can try There are many free options for alternate DNS servers out there, but here are the most popular and reliable ones. Some, like Quad9 and Cloudflare, even have built-in security features. OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 Google 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1 Quad9 9.9.9.9 How to switch your DNS server on Windows 1. Pull up Network Connections by right-clicking on the Start menu and tapping Network Connections. [image] 2. Now click Change adapter options. [image] You’ll see your current network; right click and choose Properties. 3. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties. [image] 4. Select Use the following DNS server addresses and then Type the DNS server addresses into the Preferred and Alternate DNS server fields: [image] For this example, we’re using OpenDNS (but you can put other servers in these fields too): 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 5. Click OK. How to set up your DNS on a Mac: [image] 1. Open System Preferences, then select Network. Click on the Advanced button. [image] 2. Next, go to the DNS tab. 3. Click the plus (+) sign on this tab, then type your preferred DNS server address. [image] In this example, we’re using Quad9’s DNS server (but feel free to enter other DNS servers of your choice): 9.9.9.9 4. Press OK and you’re set! Note: You may need administrator rights to make these changes if you’re on a company-managed device or network. How to set up your DNS on an iPhone: Open the Settings app on your iPhone, then tap Wi-Fi. Tap blue letter i inside the blue circle next to your preferred Wi-Fi network to access its settings. Tap Configure DNS, then select Manual. Delete your existing DNS servers by tapping the minus sign then the Delete button. Tap the + Add Server button, then type 1.1.1.1. Tap + Add Server again, then type 1.0.0.1. Tap Save to lock in your settings. How to change your DNS on Android: Changing the DNS settings on an Android gadget is harder than on an iPh
Re: Is GitHub Copilot violates free software licenses?
On 2021-07-07 14:04:02 Jean Louis wrote: > * alimiracle [2021-07-07 21:35]: > > its doesn't give you the same code. > > That for sure. > > > its rearrangement codes and integrate them, and then gives you the > > result > > Yes, and that may be useful. > > > This thing make a lot of problems. > > Main problem is abuse of free software licenses. > > > - Makes programmers not creative > > I would not tell that too early. You know the libraries that exist in > every programming language? They are often used and re-used, for > example Python libraries, Node.js libraries, Haskell libraries, Go > libraries, there are so many. One could say that libraries make > programmers not creative as they are ready available. > > In fact, I like programming without using external libraries. But > often it is useless to like it that way, libraries are available and > trying to re-write something is reinventing the wheel, so I end up > using external libraries. > > Libraries are often so much bigger than programming snippets that the > free software license abusive AI tool we speak about will provide. > > Do libraries make programmers not creative? I don't think it is so > generally. But in relation to the library they definitely make > programmer not think about whatever library is providing. In that > context programmer will stop creating because library is already > there. > > With AI snippets is about similar. > > > Produces a generation of lazy programmers > > - Produces a generation of lazy programmers > > - Since the app collects codes and rearrange it .. > > This may be said also for libraries. It is not useful to go analysing > it like that. One could say that because GUI exists for specific > programing language, that such GUI makes programmers lazy. > > But programmers are lazy! > > https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?q=programmers+are+lazu > > https://www.sarcasm.com/programmers-are-lazy/ > > http://threevirtues.com/ > > According to Larry Wall(1), the original author of the Perl programming > language, there are three great virtues of a programmer; Laziness, > Impatience and Hubris > > Laziness: The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce > overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving > programs that other people will find useful and document what you > wrote so you don't have to answer so many questions about it. > > Impatience: The anger you feel when the computer is being > lazy. This makes you write programs that don't just react to your > needs, but actually anticipate them. Or at least pretend to. > > Hubris: The quality that makes you write (and maintain) programs > that other people won't want to say bad things about. > > > It means the app repeating other people's code mistakes. > > It can be, it is up to programmer to make it right. In the commercial programming environment, what you're calling laziness is a necessity of the drive by management to produce product as quickly as possible. (I spent thirty years in that environment.) Stealing code from one program for another, or gutting a program to create a different one is the normal way of life in that environment. Of course, those programs were all property of the company, so there was no issue of IP theft. The real drawback of using libraries is that one doesn't have time to look at how the services that a library provides work, how reliable and safe the library code is. In contrast, the snippets that this other service provides are likely small enough for the programmer to be able to analyze, and as a side-effect they further the programmer's knowledge of programming. Leslie -- ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
Re: Is GitHub Copilot violates free software licenses?
Leslie gets it On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 8:57 AM J Leslie Turriff <[1]jlturr...@mail.com> wrote: On 2021-07-07 14:04:02 Jean Louis wrote: > * alimiracle <[2]alimira...@riseup.net> [2021-07-07 21:35]: > > its doesn't give you the same code. > > That for sure. > > > its rearrangement codes and integrate them, and then gives you the > > result > > Yes, and that may be useful. > > > This thing make a lot of problems. > > Main problem is abuse of free software licenses. > > > - Makes programmers not creative > > I would not tell that too early. You know the libraries that exist in > every programming language? They are often used and re-used, for > example Python libraries, Node.js libraries, Haskell libraries, Go > libraries, there are so many. One could say that libraries make > programmers not creative as they are ready available. > > In fact, I like programming without using external libraries. But > often it is useless to like it that way, libraries are available and > trying to re-write something is reinventing the wheel, so I end up > using external libraries. > > Libraries are often so much bigger than programming snippets that the > free software license abusive AI tool we speak about will provide. > > Do libraries make programmers not creative? I don't think it is so > generally. But in relation to the library they definitely make > programmer not think about whatever library is providing. In that > context programmer will stop creating because library is already > there. > > With AI snippets is about similar. > > > Produces a generation of lazy programmers > > - Produces a generation of lazy programmers > > - Since the app collects codes and rearrange it .. > > This may be said also for libraries. It is not useful to go analysing > it like that. One could say that because GUI exists for specific > programing language, that such GUI makes programmers lazy. > > But programmers are lazy! > > [3]https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?q=programmers+are+lazu > > [4]https://www.sarcasm.com/programmers-are-lazy/ > > [5]http://threevirtues.com/ > > According to Larry Wall(1), the original author of the Perl programming > language, there are three great virtues of a programmer; Laziness, > Impatience and Hubris > > Laziness: The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce > overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving > programs that other people will find useful and document what you > wrote so you don't have to answer so many questions about it. > > Impatience: The anger you feel when the computer is being > lazy. This makes you write programs that don't just react to your > needs, but actually anticipate them. Or at least pretend to. > > Hubris: The quality that makes you write (and maintain) programs > that other people won't want to say bad things about. > > > It means the app repeating other people's code mistakes. > > It can be, it is up to programmer to make it right. In the commercial programming environment, what you're calling laziness is a necessity of the drive by management to produce product as quickly as possible. (I spent thirty years in that environment.) Stealing code from one program for another, or gutting a program to create a different one is the normal way of life in that environment. Of course, those programs were all property of the company, so there was no issue of IP theft. The real drawback of using libraries is that one doesn't have time to look at how the services that a library provides work, how reliable and safe the library code is. In contrast, the snippets that this other service provides are likely small enough for the programmer to be able to analyze, and as a side-effect they further the programmer's knowledge of programming. Leslie -- ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [6]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org [7]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discus s References 1. mailto:jlturr...@mail.com 2. mailto:alimira...@riseup.net 3. https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?q=programmers+are+lazu 4. https://www.sarcasm.com/programmers-are-lazy/ 5. http://threevirtues.com/ 6. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 7. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing
Re: Is GitHub Copilot violates free software licenses?
The copyright concerns seem minor until they're systematically exploited (if ever). Meanwhile, the product is basically "We've gotten really good at cranking our reams and reams of very low quality code to the point no computer user expects anything better and NOW, at last, we can automate part of this process and make it go faster!" Every tech worker should quit their job and go back to caring about writing good software that helps people, working at sane paces, and getting away from neglecting fundamentals including human need, solid systems software, simplicity and in-the-field composibility and deep extensibility, documentation, accessibility, ... etc. -t On 2021-07-09 08:58, Danny Spitzberg wrote: Leslie gets it On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 8:57 AM J Leslie Turriff <[1]jlturr...@mail.com> wrote: On 2021-07-07 14:04:02 Jean Louis wrote: > * alimiracle <[2]alimira...@riseup.net> [2021-07-07 21:35]: > > its doesn't give you the same code. > > That for sure. > > > its rearrangement codes and integrate them, and then gives you the > > result > > Yes, and that may be useful. > > > This thing make a lot of problems. > > Main problem is abuse of free software licenses. > > > - Makes programmers not creative > > I would not tell that too early. You know the libraries that exist in > every programming language? They are often used and re-used, for > example Python libraries, Node.js libraries, Haskell libraries, Go > libraries, there are so many. One could say that libraries make > programmers not creative as they are ready available. > > In fact, I like programming without using external libraries. But > often it is useless to like it that way, libraries are available and > trying to re-write something is reinventing the wheel, so I end up > using external libraries. > > Libraries are often so much bigger than programming snippets that the > free software license abusive AI tool we speak about will provide. > > Do libraries make programmers not creative? I don't think it is so > generally. But in relation to the library they definitely make > programmer not think about whatever library is providing. In that > context programmer will stop creating because library is already > there. > > With AI snippets is about similar. > > > Produces a generation of lazy programmers > > - Produces a generation of lazy programmers > > - Since the app collects codes and rearrange it .. > > This may be said also for libraries. It is not useful to go analysing > it like that. One could say that because GUI exists for specific > programing language, that such GUI makes programmers lazy. > > But programmers are lazy! > > [3]https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?q=programmers+are+lazu > > [4]https://www.sarcasm.com/programmers-are-lazy/ > > [5]http://threevirtues.com/ > > According to Larry Wall(1), the original author of the Perl programming > language, there are three great virtues of a programmer; Laziness, > Impatience and Hubris > > Laziness: The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce > overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving > programs that other people will find useful and document what you > wrote so you don't have to answer so many questions about it. > > Impatience: The anger you feel when the computer is being > lazy. This makes you write programs that don't just react to your > needs, but actually anticipate them. Or at least pretend to. > > Hubris: The quality that makes you write (and maintain) programs > that other people won't want to say bad things about. > > > It means the app repeating other people's code mistakes. > > It can be, it is up to programmer to make it right. In the commercial programming environment, what you're calling laziness is a necessity of the drive by management to produce product as quickly as possible. (I spent thirty years in that environment.) Stealing code from one program for another, or gutting a program to create a different one is the normal way of life in that environment. Of course, those programs were all property of the company, so there was no issue of IP theft. The real drawback of using libraries is that one doesn't have time to look at how the services that a library provides work, how reliable and safe the library code is. In contrast, the snippets that this other service provides are likely small enough for the programmer to be able to analyze, and
Re: Is GitHub Copilot violates free software licenses?
I agree that Danny Spitzberg makes a valuable clarification! I am not advocating ineffectual gestures and self harm. I'm advocating socially responsible engineering. Thank you, Danny. -t On 2021-07-09 11:04, Danny Spitzberg wrote: Instead of quitting solo/individualistically, which makes no material impact on any company, every tech worker should first consider talking with and organizing with their fellow workers at their current workplace. On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 11:00 AM Thomas Lord <[1]l...@basiscraft.com> wrote: The copyright concerns seem minor until they're systematically exploited (if ever). Meanwhile, the product is basically "We've gotten really good at cranking our reams and reams of very low quality code to the point no computer user expects anything better and NOW, at last, we can automate part of this process and make it go faster!" Every tech worker should quit their job and go back to caring about writing good software that helps people, working at sane paces, and getting away from neglecting fundamentals including human need, solid systems software, simplicity and in-the-field composibility and deep extensibility, documentation, accessibility, ... etc. -t On 2021-07-09 08:58, Danny Spitzberg wrote: > Leslie gets it > >On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 8:57 AM J Leslie Turriff > <[1][2]jlturr...@mail.com> >wrote: > > On 2021-07-07 14:04:02 Jean Louis wrote: > > * alimiracle <[2][3]alimira...@riseup.net> [2021-07-07 21:35]: > > > its doesn't give you the same code. > > > > That for sure. > > > > > its rearrangement codes and integrate them, and then gives you > the > > > result > > > > Yes, and that may be useful. > > > > > This thing make a lot of problems. > > > > Main problem is abuse of free software licenses. > > > > > - Makes programmers not creative > > > > I would not tell that too early. You know the libraries that > exist > in > > every programming language? They are often used and re-used, for > > example Python libraries, Node.js libraries, Haskell libraries, > Go > > libraries, there are so many. One could say that libraries make > > programmers not creative as they are ready available. > > > > In fact, I like programming without using external libraries. > But > > often it is useless to like it that way, libraries are available > and > > trying to re-write something is reinventing the wheel, so I end > up > > using external libraries. > > > > Libraries are often so much bigger than programming snippets > that > the > > free software license abusive AI tool we speak about will > provide. > > > > Do libraries make programmers not creative? I don't think it is > so > > generally. But in relation to the library they definitely make > > programmer not think about whatever library is providing. In > that > > context programmer will stop creating because library is already > > there. > > > > With AI snippets is about similar. > > > > > Produces a generation of lazy programmers > > > - Produces a generation of lazy programmers > > > - Since the app collects codes and rearrange it .. > > > > This may be said also for libraries. It is not useful to go > analysing > > it like that. One could say that because GUI exists for specific > > programing language, that such GUI makes programmers lazy. > > > > But programmers are lazy! > > > > [3][4]https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?q=programmers+are+lazu > > > > [4][5]https://www.sarcasm.com/programmers-are-lazy/ > > > > [5][6]http://threevirtues.com/ > > > > According to Larry Wall(1), the original author of the Perl > programming > > language, there are three great virtues of a programmer; > Laziness, > > Impatience and Hubris > > > > Laziness: The quality that makes you go to great effort to > reduce > > overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving > > programs that other people will find useful and document > what > you > > wrote so you don't have to answer so many questions about > it. > > > >
