Ajit Pai, the former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission joins Noah and Steve to discuss regulation at the federal level and how we best frame our laws to promote innovation and the freedom of the internet.
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00:58 Noah Helps Son's Friend
Buys bits at a time
Went Linux vs $200 Windows
Walked him through all the steps
Made a recovery script
03:20 Glenn From The Geek Lab
Switched away from Mail in a Box
Went to Mailcow
Your experience with blacklists?
04:48 Penguin From The Geek Lab
Bunny CDN?
Open Source going strong
Open source friendly options
Why you may need a CDN
06:27 Mobile Operating Systems
Many devices still need android drivers
Sailfish OS
Incremental improvements still being made
07:50 Inventree
Inventree (https://inventree.org/)
Divides purchasing and selling
Manage Suppliers
BOM Management
08:58 News Wire
GNU C Library 2.39 - Source Ware (https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2024-January/154363.html)
Helium OS Public Alpha - Helium OS (https://www.heliumos.org/blog/post/the-first-alpha-version-of-heliumos-10-is-publicly/)
OnlyOffice - Only Office (https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2024/01/onlyoffice-docs-8-0-released)
LibreOffice 24.2 - Document Foundation (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/24.2)
Scribus 1.6 - Scribus (https://www.scribus.net/scribus-1-6-0-released/)
Mesa 24.0 - Freedesktop.org (https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2024-February/226138.html)
Ubuntu 24.04 & Linux 6.8 - OMG Ubuntu (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/ubuntu-24-04-linux-kernel-6-8-likely)
KaOS Linux 2024.01 - 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-2024-01-released-with-a-pure-kde-plasma-6-based-environment)
Nitrux 3.3 - NXOS (https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-3-3-0/)
SUDO on Windows Server - Bleeping Computer (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-bringing-the-linux-sudo-command-to-windows-server/)
PKL Programing Language - Tech Radar (https://www.techradar.com/pro/apple-just-launched-a-new-open-source-programming-language)
Glibc Flaw - The Hacker News (https://thehackernews.com/2024/01/new-glibc-flaw-grants-attackers-root.html)
GNU C v2.39 - Source Ware (https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2024-January/154363.html)
AI2 Full Open Source LLM - Axios.com (https://www.axios.com/2024/02/01/allen-institute-for-ai-fully-open-source-large-language-model-olmo-7b)
Protect AI Integrates LLM Guard - csoonline.com (https://www.csoonline.com/article/1303232/protect-ai-adds-llm-support-with-open-source-acquisition.html)
Hugging Face AI Assistant Maker - Venture Beat (https://venturebeat.com/ai/hugging-face-launches-open-source-ai-assistant-maker-to-rival-openais-custom-gpts/)
Mistral CEO Confirms Leak - Venture Beat (https://venturebeat.com/ai/mistral-ceo-confirms-leak-of-new-open-source-ai-model-nearing-gpt-4-performance/)
10:50 Ajit Pai Interview
What was your big picture of the FCC when you were appointed?
Why advocate for less regulations and what were the results?
Where does the line fall between FCC and elected officials?
Does regulation stifle innovation?
What are you views on net neutrality?
Where is the line between giving authority to state and local government vs the FCC?
Internet/last mile providers and internet backbone
ICS in prisons
Is there any reason why internet couldn't facilitate low cost communications in prisons?
Can you see a time where the federal government puts in internet infrastructure?
AI and robo calls and texts
What can you speculate about the FCC and frameworks for licensing space stations engaged in in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM)
Where do you see the future of ham radio?
FCC.gov (https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/notes/2024/01/24/february-2024-open-meeting-agenda)
NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/technology/net-neutrality-repeal-vote.html)
Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/ajit-pai-blames-cher-and-hulk-actor-for-ginning-up-net-neutrality-support/)
FCC PDF (https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0809/DOC-322749A4.pdf)
Events coming up
Texas Linux Fest
Linux Fest North West
Scale
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