This would be the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). It’s interesting that the US is among the nations that have never ratified the treaty.

Also, Denmark has a long 500+ year history of charging ships to transit in and out of the Baltic Sea, so this really isn’t a new concept (Sound Tolls).

All foreign ships passing through the strait, whether en route to or from Denmark or not, had to stop in Helsingør and pay a toll to the Danish Crown. If a ship refused to stop, cannons in both Helsingør and Helsingborg could open fire and sink it.

I just searched for some more info on this and was definitely surprised by the design. That’s pretty neat. 😆

They are standing firm on two very reasonable AI guardrails that the Pentagon wants removed.

Anthropic has drawn two red lines: no mass surveillance of Americans and no fully autonomous weapons.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/anthropics-safety-first-ai-collides-with-the-pentagon-as-claude-expands-into/

I honestly think it’s a bit of a stretch to call it piracy when the open-source code is hosted on Microsoft-owned Github, and Microsoft support has been caught using it themselves: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-support-cracks-windows-for-customer-after-activation-fails/

The link I shared contains steps to activate the 3-year extension for free, on a non-business computer. I don’t care if this extension is marketed towards business accounts. You can activate all 3 years on your personal computer for free.

You can activate 3 years of updates for free with Microsoft Activation Scripts: https://massgrave.dev/windows10_eol

You allow your TV to access the internet?

Extended security updates are available. This can be activated for free using Microsoft Activation Scripts.

Microsoft tech support has been repeatedly caught using these scripts to resolve support tickets for license issues. (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-support-cracks-windows-for-customer-after-activation-fails/) Also, the open source MAS code is hosted on Microsoft-owned Github, so they are appearantly not very concerned with people taking advantage of this exploit.

If you go this route, please also see the FAQ entry here. There is currently a glitch with commercial ESU keys (which this uses) and Windows Update will continue to claim that your device will no longer receive security updates. This is also effecting W10 LTSC systems. However, you can verify that the license key is active through Command Prompt and instructions are given in the FAQ.

This is the first time I’ve heard of Scuttlebutt. Thank you for the introduction.

For your multiple-device problem, I would suggest trying Syncthing. It allows you keep folders synced between devices over a local network. I use it for a very similar application to what you are describing:

Logsec is a journal/note-taking software that stores each entry as it’s own markdown file. I use it on my phone, laptop and desktop, and want to have all my notes synced between devices. I could put the folder of markdown files on a cloud server, but choose not to. Instead, I setup a link between each device’s Logsec folder through Syncthing.

Now I can add or update notes on my phone when out in public, and when I return home and reconnect to my WiFi it automatically updates the other devices on the network. Also, when editing the markdown files on my desktop, the updates are synced to my phone nearly instantaneously.

I expect this method would work very well with Scuttlebutt due to it’s similar offline nature.