If you market it yourself why not self-publish, and keep it all?
”Authors Equity will pay between 60% and 70% of each book’s profit to its authors”
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/book-startup-pitches-authors-a-novel-deal-0-up-front-bigger-profits-37ccadf0
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”Germany is offering communications apps to soldiers and other federal employees on Chinese phone maker Huawei's app store — even though the telecoms giant has been deemed a security risk by the U.S. and European Union…
They are repeating the same mistakes over and over again and they are threatening allies by giving access to the Chinese"


Newsweek
New tech scare over NATO ally after Russian tapping fiasco
Germany's military offers communication apps for federal employees on Huawei's app store, even though the U.S. and European Union deem Huawei a sec...
”…existing app marketplaces you have downloaded to your device will stop working if you leave the EU for too long… and any apps you previously installed from an alternative app marketplace will no longer be able to update themselves.”


9to5Mac
iOS 17.4 alternative iPhone app stores will stop working if you travel outside the EU - 9to5Mac
iOS 17.4 in the European Union brings Apple’s first operating system release that complies with the regulatory framework of the...
”The mere act of observing the bead at one moment in time changes where it will be at a later moment when the laser shines the second time. If the rules of quantum mechanics hold, the bead may sometimes be found at B, but sometimes it won’t be.”


Scientific American
Schrödinger’s Pendulum Experiment Will Search for the Quantum Limit
Physicists seek the dividing line between the quantum world and the classical one
”Telling customers to invest 1% of their wealth in generic assets stored in Oracle databases isn't just a category mistake; it's downright reckless. All sorts of wild financial stuff appears on Oracle databases, including sports bets and zero day options.”

It's time to get rid of "crypto"
Call me a pedant, but I'm not a fan of the word "crypto". It may have been a serviceable category back in 2011 when there was only one type ...
”Europe could someday be competing against three autocracies: “Russia, China, and the United States.” When he said that, it was my turn to shake my head, not because I didn’t believe him, but because it was so hard to hear.”

The Atlantic
Why Is Trump Trying to Make Ukraine Lose?
The former president isn’t in office—but is still dictating U.S. policy.
”The company is working with a limited number of partners including social tools like Sprinklr, Sprout Social, Social News Desk, Hootsuite, tech news board Techmeme, and a few other developers.”


TechCrunch
Threads says it will make its API broadly available by June | TechCrunch
Meta-owned social network Threads said today that it will make its API broadly available to developers by June.
”Now the rules will apply to nearly all online platforms, marketplaces and “intermediaries” with users in the 27-nation bloc. Only the smallest businesses, with fewer than 50 employees and annual revenue of less than 10 million euros ($11 million), are exempt.”

AP News
The European Union expands digital crackdown on toxic content, dodgy goods to all online platforms
The European Union is expanding its strict digital rulebook to almost all online platforms in the bloc.
”Only around 10 percent of the Russian populace reported experiencing a feeling of moral guilt, which may have accompanied the initial shock, both two years ago and today That there is no direct empathy for Ukraine remains within a large proportion of the Russian population….
No matter which war we look at and which involves Russia's participation, Russia's position has always been that we are defending ourselves, even as everyone else thinks Russia is on the offensive…
that in order for something to change in Russia, it is not enough to replace only the Russian elite, but the entire Russian people must be replaced….
it is not Putin who imposes his will and desires on the Russian people, so to speak, but it is he who reflects the expectations and perceptions of a very large proportion of the Russian people…
no recognizable form of liberalism can be expected in Russia for at least the span of two generations, that is, around 40 years”


ERR
Former Estonian ambassador to Moscow: Russia now in war of national liberation against the West
The Kremlin's initial, stated goals in initiating the war on Ukraine have become obscured, or even completely forgotten, during the two years ...
You can cross-post to Mastodon, Bluesky and Nostr simultaneously.
If you add to the mix it can auto-post your Nostr posts to X.
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”A particular surge has been registered this month in an area stretching from Finland to Poland to the Black Sea region.”


Bloomberg.com
Russia Behind Spike in European GPS Jamming, Baltic General Says
Russia is likely behind an increase in instances of jamming satellite signals used by airlines, smartphones and weapons systems in eastern Europe, ...
Something for the EU to think about:
Wealth is the set of possible physical transformations. It cannot be quantified as a number.
If you solve the right problems you become wealthier in knowledge and resources.
Are we building or consuming?
The Deutsch Files II — Naval — Overcast
"YouTube recently started slowing down its entire site whenever ad blockers are used. A new wave of slowdowns is hitting users, with the only resolutions being disabling the ad blocker or upgrading to premium."


9to5Google
YouTube begins new wave of slowdowns for users with ad blockers enabled
YouTube recently started slowing down its entire site whenever ad blockers are used. A new wave of slowdowns is hitting...
"South Korea unveiled plans by leading firms such as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. to spend more than $470 billion establishing the world’s largest chipmaking cluster, joining a global race to safeguard domestic supply."


Bloomberg.com
South Korea Lays Out $470 Billion Plan to Build Chipmaking Hub
South Korea unveiled plans by leading firms such as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. to spend more than $470 billion establishing the worl...
”The fact that rebuilding Ukraine could end up costing $1 trillion – more than three times the assets’ value – might mollify those who are still reluctant to use them to fund the reconstruction effort.”
https://kyivindependent.com/opinion-seizing-russias-frozen-assets-is-the-right-move/
”Europe is more food dependent on Moscow now than we were before the war, with the bloc replacing energy dependency with fertiliser dependency”


Euractiv
EU increasingly food dependent on Russia, fertiliser company CEO warns | Euractiv
Europe is more food dependent on Moscow now than we were before the war, with the bloc replacing energy dependency with fertiliser dependency, the ...
”There are now about 200 companies in Ukraine making drones, and approximately 70 local firms have now signed contracts to supply drones to the state.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-producing-more-drones-than-state-can-purchase-minister-says-2024-01-09/
The parody called EU has dropped a few new episodes today


TechCrunch
EU checking if Microsoft's OpenAI investment falls under merger rules | TechCrunch
The European Union is checking whether Microsoft's investment in generative AI giant OpenAI is reviewable under the bloc's merger regulat...
”The Beijing institute developed the technique to crack an iPhone’s encrypted device log to identify the numbers and emails of senders who share AirDrop content”


Bloomberg.com
China Says It Cracked Apple AirDrop to Identify Message Sources
A Chinese state-backed institution has devised a way to identify users who send messages via Apple Inc.’s popular AirDrop feature, Beijing’s go...
