Youtube-dl is taken down due to DMCA takedown notice by RIAA

The video downloading utility youtube-dl, like other large open-source projects, accepts contributions from all around the globe. It is used practically wherever there’s an Internet connection. It’s especially shocking, therefore, when what looks like a domestic legal spat–involving a take-down demand written by lawyers representing the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), a U.S. industry group, to Github, a U.S.[…]

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Elements of style in writing at the time of computing

The basis of the elements of style in writing is fundamental for writing adequately both in print and on the new opportunities offered by the Internet. Blogs, portals, social networks are all based on a form of writing, multimedia writing enriched by various forms of other content, but still writing. The writing of the stories is based on the tropes:[…]

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10 Super Useful Websites to boost your productivity

Make yourself a coffee and make yourself comfortable: here is the sequence of 10 super useful websites that you can not live without anymore. From the network archives to the software available for free, from the audio and video resources to the grammar checker, the font recognizer starting from simple images, the temporary email and the service to send large[…]

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