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Freedom 0–3 (verbatim reference)






The four freedoms, GNU/FSF:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html




Richard Stallman:
https://www.stallman.org/








Named FOSS figures (freedom 3 list)






Linus Torvalds (Linux):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds




Dries Buytaert (Drupal):
https://dri.es




Guido van Rossum (Python):
https://gvanrossum.github.io




Ian Murdock (Debian):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Murdock




Brian Behlendorf (Apache):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Behlendorf




Miguel de Icaza (GNOME/Mono):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Icaza








Infrastructure block (post beer 1)






curl / Daniel Stenberg:
https://curl.se
and
https://daniel.haxx.se




xkcd 2347 (dependency comic):
https://xkcd.com/2347/




xz backdoor, CVE-2024-3094:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor




Andres Freund's original disclosure:
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4








Licensing block (beer 2–3)






GPL:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html




MIT License:
https://opensource.org/license/mit




FreeBSD:
https://www.freebsd.org




macOS/Darwin BSD lineage:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)




PlayStation using FreeBSD (Orbis OS):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbis_OS








Industry acquisitions (beer 4)






Microsoft acquires GitHub, 2018, $7.5B:
https://news.microsoft.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-to-acquire-github-for-7-5-billion/








FOSDEM field report (beer 4–5)






FOSDEM:
https://fosdem.org




Ladybird browser / Andreas Kling:
https://ladybird.org




Godot Engine:
https://godotengine.org




Home Assistant:
https://www.home-assistant.io




Redis → Valkey fork:
https://valkey.io




Terraform → OpenTofu fork:
https://opentofu.org








Homework block (beer 5)






Ollama:
https://ollama.com




Codeberg:
https://codeberg.org




LibreOffice:
https://www.libreoffice.org




Firefox:
https://www.mozilla.org/firefox




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In the seventeenth episode of the HPR Beer Garden, the guys look at a beer style (or label) that has recently appeared from across the pond: DDH IPA. Kevie tries out
Smug DDH IPA by Northern Monk
, Paul samples
Hazy Jaipur by the Thornbrige Brewery
and Dave enjoys
Pinball by Brewdog
.

















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The next 3 beer styles to be reviewed:









Amber Ale



Lager



Mild







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I tend to prefer Ebook and Audiobooks to physical books, and these are some of the apps I use, and some of the sources I go to to find Ebooks or Audiobooks. These can be inexpensive, or in the case of Public Domain, free.



Ebooks and Audiobooks



I no longer wish to devote space to accumulating and storing physical books. As a former college professor I had more of them than most people, and tended to fill the house with bookcases and shelves. That made a certain sense in the pre-Internet years since I would often want to go back to them to look up things. But now I have more information at my fingertips than I ever had in those days, and I find it more convenient to just look up anything I need to know. And with Ebooks I can take my library with me anywhere I go. This means if I am sitting in a waiting room for a Doctor’s appointment (and at my age that happens often enough) I can just pull out my phone and open up a book. I always have at least one. Right now on my phone I have apps for
Kindle
,
Google Play
,
Barnes & Noble Nook
,
Kobo

Cantook
(successor to Aldiko),
Bookshop.org
, and
Calibre
. As for devices other than my phone, I own a kindle, I once owned a Nook, and I will buy a Kobo reader when Trump is gone. Kobo is Canadian, and last time I looked Trump had put on a tariff that was twice what the device costs. And finally I have the Bookshop.org app and Calibre.



I started collecting Ebooks some years back, and at first the only option seemed to be buying them from large corporations. That has changed now, but I still have collections On Kindle, Google Play, Nook, and Kobo. I have all four because it seemed prudent to not put all my eggs in one basket. But now there are other options. One I like to use when possible is Bookshop.org. It is group of independent bookstores and I would rather support them than some giant corporation. And they seem to have all of the popular titles. Another similar site is
Books-a-Million
, which lets you order online and pick up at a local store if you need a physical book. Cantook and Calibre are both good for holding any miscellaneous Ebooks you have, and you can give them your Ebooks from the other sellers, though I have found that the native apps tend to work better. These days I rarely purchase books on Kindle, etc. But sometimes they have a special deals.



If you want to build your library, there are some good places to try. One is
BookBub
which will send you emails with deals on books. On any one e-mail you may not see anything you want, but I found that once or twice a month I did see books I wanted and at good prices. And Books-a-Million has 99 cent deals to check out. But if you want to get free books, you have several options. If you want a chance to read a popular Ebook but don’t need to own it, see what your local Library offers. Mine offers
Hoopla
which is good for Ebooks, Audiobooks, and streaming music. What you can find depends on what your library has in its collection, but my wife uses it almost daily for audiobooks. Then there are the works that have become part of the Public Domain. This varies somewhat by your country, but you might be surprised to learn how much is available. For Ebooks one of the biggest sites is
Project Gutenberg
. They follow US Copyright law for their collection, and they are a non-profit that can always use some support, so if you use them, give them a few Dollars or Euros. They tend to be the source for many or most other sites for Public Domain Ebooks They have over 75,000 free Ebooks. A newer site is
Faded Page
which is much smaller but focused on Canadian works.
Standard Ebooks
is a site that pulls from Project Gutenberg but does some additional formatting and is very easy to read online in your browser. For Audiobooks a good source is
Open Culture
, which advertises it has 1,000 free Audiobooks. We should also mention
LibriVox
, which also pulls from Project Gutenberg for its texts, but then turns them into Public Domain Audiobooks. They are always looking for volunteers who have a microphone and a computer to record Public Domain audiobooks. And last but not least the
Internet Archive
has tons of Ebooks and Audiobooks that are free.



Links







https://www.amazon.com/kindle/






https://play.google.com/store/books?hl=en_US&pli=1






https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/ebooks-nook/_/N-8qa






https://www.kobo.com/us/en?srsltid=AfmBOoquJmiNH_aVTUx22AIRlBH8CF4iir4H8qpTKjQ4dZ-fSMCDAaD7






https://market.cantook.com/






https://bookshop.org/ebooks






https://calibre-ebook.com/






https://www.booksamillion.com/






https://www.bookbub.com/






https://www.hoopladigital.com/






https://www.gutenberg.org/






https://www.fadedpage.com/






https://standardebooks.org/






https://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks






https://librivox.org/






https://archive.org/






https://www.palain.com/ebooks-and-audiobooks/








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MakeACopy



MakeACopy is an open-source document scanner app for Android that allows you to digitize paper documents with OCR functionality. The app is designed to be privacy-friendly, working completely offline without any cloud connection or tracking.







Features







Camera Scanning
: Capture documents using the device camera





Edge Detection
: Automatic document edge detection using OpenCV, enhanced with an ONNX model (DocAligner)





Perspective Correction
: Adjust and crop documents with manual or automatic perspective correction





Image Enhancement
: Apply filters (grayscale, contrast, sharpening)





OCR
: Offline text recognition with Tesseract





OCR Review
: Interactive review and correction of OCR results with word-level editing, dictionary-based suggestions, confidence highlighting, and re-OCR for individual words





PDF Export
: Save as searchable PDF with recognized text





JPEG Export
: Export scans as high-quality JPEG images (configurable quality, color/BW)





Multi-page Scanning
: Combine multiple pages into one document; reorder and manage pages before export





Last Scans
: Quickly access and reuse your most recent scans





Share & Save
: Export locally or share with other apps





Dark Mode
: Material 3 theme with day/night support





Privacy-Focused
: 100% offline functionality, no internet connection required

















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Overview:
Elroy sits down with Elsbeth to unpack her perspective on AI ethics — where the technology helps, where it risks harm, and what responsible use actually looks like in practice.





Topics covered (In no particular order, as the rabid squirrels of Elsbeth's AuDHD brain don't do "order"):






Elsbeth's path into AI evaluation and content moderation, and how that shaped her thinking on ethics in practice



What "ethical use" of AI means day-to-day, not just in the abstract



Respecting intellectual property — the case for protecting artists and creators as AI tools become more capable and widespread



Finding the balance: supporting AI's genuine benefits without letting them come at creators' expense



AI as an accessibility tool — its particular promise for neurodivergent people, and where it can lower barriers others don't face



Where the conversation is heading next, and what listeners should watch for







Closing thoughts:
Elsbeth's take is one of cautious optimism — a call to hold both truths at once: AI can do real good, and that good has to be built on respect for the people whose work made it possible.







Further Reading & Resources





On AI, Ethics, and Intellectual Property








AI and Intellectual Property in 2026: why transparency and court rulings will define the next phase of governance
— The AI Journal




https://aijourn.com/ai-and-intellectual-property-in-2026-why-transparency-and-court-rulings-will-define-the-next-phase-of-governance/






Global laws governing intellectual property rights for AI-generated works
— Discover Artificial Intelligence, Springer Nature Link




https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44163-026-01165-8






AI and IP laws 2026: Understanding Authorship and Ownership legalities
— AnalystIP




https://analystip.com/ai-and-ip-laws-2026-authorship-ownership-explained/






AI Art in 2026: The Ethics, Law, and What Artists Should Know
— UrduPure




https://www.urdupure.com/blog/ai-art-in-2026-the-ethics-law-and-what-artists-should-know








On AI and Neurodivergent Accessibility








Navigating Neurodivergence with AI Chatbots: Benefits, Tensions, and Implications for HCI
— CHI 2026 Conference Proceedings




https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3772318.3791334






Is AI making work more accessible for neurodiverse people?
— Everway




https://www.everway.com/en-gb/blog/is-ai-making-work-more-accessible-for-neurodiverse-people/






Autoethnographic Insights from Neurodivergent GAI "Power Users"
— NCBI/PMC




https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12645485/






A scoping review of inclusive and adaptive human–AI interaction design for neurodivergent users
— Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology




https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17483107.2025.2579822










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