https://youtu.be/LHKqEUG3Mak

ASEAN is new to me, good progress!

Funny how we're still dealing with #NDAs in the #firmware space while NDA-free fabbing and open #EDA tools are becoming more and more available and advanced.

I am picturing the day when you could
- fab your own chip in a tiny 3D-printer like thing
- same with the PCB for it and soldering
- 3D-printing a case or whatever

The "Community Computer" from the bottom up looks very realistic to me.

So this happens:
https://asean-bac.org/news-and-press-releases/asean-s-emerging-semiconductor-giant-the-philippines-rising-role-in-the-global-supply-chain

Open Source Tools to build next generation chip designers, Harish Pillay #FOSSASIA Summit 2026

YouTube

"Between 2017 and 2019 UK #universities spent £87 million on #gagging #orders, entailing 4000 #settlements. It’s an easy way out for universities, with minimal inconvenience … for them, at least." (Peter Fleming - Dark #Academia: How Universities Die)

#NDAs

NDA's nationwide growth: Strong presence in SC, ST and key states - Social News XYZ

New Delhi, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has steadily expanded its political footprint over the years. The alliance has expanded both in terms of geography and representation. It goes without saying that... - Social News XYZ

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Trump Administration Wants Employees to Sign NDAs

Lawyers representing federal workers said the move is intended to chill speech and could be challenged on First Amendment grounds.

The New York Times
Trump Administration Wants Employees to Sign NDAs

Lawyers representing federal workers said the move is intended to chill speech and could be challenged on First Amendment grounds.

The New York Times
Trump Administration Wants Employees to Sign NDAs

Lawyers representing federal workers said the move is intended to chill speech and could be challenged on First Amendment grounds.

The New York Times

There are #legal limitations to the use of #NDAs in #government. Under a #federal #law that protects #whistleblowers, these agreements cannot limit a civil servant’s ability to expose #waste, #fraud & #abuse. [ruh-roh]

#Trump #idiocracy #criminality #law #FreeSpeech

…The #Trump admin has used #NDAs in recent efforts to keep a close hold on certain #information.

The #Pentagon imposed NDAs & random #polygraph testing as part of a broader effort to root out #leaks & those deemed insufficiently #loyal. The Department of #VeteransAffairs also required officials working on #layoffs last year to sign agreements, keeping much of its workforce in the dark about #MassFirings, later canceled.
#idiocracy #criminality #law #FreeSpeech

Such a dumb redundancy, if they work on classified info, they already have the equivalent of this in place. #Trump is just too ignorant to know, so he wants to use what he knows from business & his multiple sexual assaults.

Trump admin proposes #NDAs for ALL #FederalWorkers

The rule, aimed at cracking down on #leaks to #media organizations, would expand the redundant NDAs instituted at the #Pentagon & other agencies.

#idiocracy #criminality #law #FreeSpeech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/26/trump-administration-proposes-expansive-ndas-all-federal-workers/

Trump administration proposes NDAs for all federal workers

The rule, aimed at cracking down on leaks to media organizations, would expand nondisclosure agreements instituted at the Pentagon and other agencies.

The Washington Post