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"Developers, like everyone else, often struggle with mental health issues. And like everyone else, these struggles are often left unspoken. In 2013, Ed Finkler decided to change that. Finker started the Open Sourcing Mental Illness campaign to bring the issue to light and prompt discussion."

[Laws affecting funding, requiring registration and prohibiting protest are among controls that are making it difficult for NGOs and other campaign groups ...]

[Laws affecting funding, requiring registration and prohibiting protest are among controls that are making it difficult for NGOs and other campaign groups ...]

"In 2014, cloud hosting provider DigitalOcean decided to encourage contribution to open source software projects, so they sponsored Hacktoberfest. More than 500 participants completed the challenge by making at least 50 commits to projects. This year, DigitalOcean wanted to focus on improving projects"

"In 2014, cloud hosting provider DigitalOcean decided to encourage contribution to open source software projects, so they sponsored Hacktoberfest. More than 500 participants completed the challenge by making at least 50 commits to projects. This year, DigitalOcean wanted to focus on improving projects"

"Here are some of the reasons why Microsoft will continue their cross licensing campaign. CIO | Mar 18, 2016 7:35 AM PT"

"Here are some of the reasons why Microsoft will continue their cross licensing campaign. CIO | Mar 18, 2016 7:35 AM PT"

"Opponents of a ballot initiative in Massachusetts that would legalize recreational marijuana are up with a ridiculous new campaign ad that touches on every anti-legalization talking point in 30 seconds."

" By Ernesto on November 5, 2016 C: 15 Opinion The Business Software Alliance, a trade group representing Adobe, Apple and Microsoft, is well known for its aggressive anti-piracy campaigns. The organization actively encourages people to snitch on software pirates, luring them with big cash rewards. Amusingly, however, the page where people can report unlicensed software is using 'unlicensed' jQuery code."

"The controversial and increasingly aggressive upgrade campaign frustrated many. Peter Bright (US) - Sep 21, 2016 9:42 pm UTC"

"Estamos siendo rastreados. Grandes empresas de telecomunicaciones están rastreando nuestros hábitos en línea a través de "cabezales de rastreo" (tracking headers) y no hay forma en la que los usuarios puedan desactivarlos. Hemos encontrado evidencia concluyente de que al menos 10 proveedores de servicio en todo el mundo están usando esta tecnología de rastreo, aún cuando esto pone sus usuarios a merced de la vigilancia gubernamental y ataques criminales."

"The lower chamber of the French Parliament just voted in favor of an international surveillance bill that would give the French secret service (DGSE) eavesdropping capabilities on par with the U.S. National Security Agency. The bill, officially called the projet de loi sur la surveillance des communications internationales, now moves to the Senate for deliberation."

"The lower chamber of the French Parliament just voted in favor of an international surveillance bill that would give the French secret service (DGSE) eavesdropping capabilities on par with the U.S. National Security Agency. The bill, officially called the projet de loi sur la surveillance des communications internationales, now moves to the Senate for deliberation."

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" A start-up has completed a crowdfunding campaign for a stamp-sized Linux server development kit that has integrated Wi-Fi and on-board flash storage for DIYers to build hardware for IoT applications. "

"Opponents of a ballot initiative in Massachusetts that would legalize recreational marijuana are up with a ridiculous new campaign ad that touches on every anti-legalization talking point in 30 seconds. Titled "Neighborhoods," the ad focuses on a mother and daughter driving past a comical number of marijuana dispensaries en route to their local toy store (which is obviously located next door to yet another marijuana shop). An ominous voiceover warns of thousands of similar dispensaries that sell such nefarious items as edibles that look like candy, which catches the eye of the young daughter from the ad."

"Hace sólo cuatro décadas que la ciudadanía del Estado Español puede elegir a sus gobernantes. Sin embargo, ahora vemos como una amenaza a nuestra soberanía, la soberanía del interés común de los pueblos, podría materializarse a través del TTIP. "