Roy Schestowitz

• #Techrights Bulletin for Wednesday, February 17, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 08:59:21

• #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 08:59:30

• Joey Sneddon promoting #microsoft attack on #gnu #linux again. #WSL is an ATTACK on us.          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 08:59:44

• Economic PTAB Analysis Demonstrates Post-Grant Challenges Save Litigation Costs Regardless of Stay https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/2/16/economic-ptab-analysis-demonstrates-post-grant-challenges-save-litigation-costs-regardless-of-stay #ptab #uspto #fakepatents          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:00:15

• Far too many bogus #softwarepatents for trolls to prey on while pretending it's about "innovation" https://dallasinnovates.com/dallas-invents-144-patents-granted-for-week-of-feb-2/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:01:55

• Squashing some more #SoftwarePatents though #ptab https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/2/16/ip-bridge-reexamination-request-granted #fakepatents #swpats #uspto          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:02:09

• "a Microsoft repository showing up in the Raspberry Pi Linux" https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/617 #raspi nuked itself http://techrights.org/2021/02/13/raspberry-pi-making-things-worse/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:02:28

• "district court invalidated Amarin’s patent covering a drug treatment for hypertriglyceridemia — finding the claims obvious over a combination of prior art references that had been previously considered by the USPTO."          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:03:19

• #Patents for pharmaceutical #monopolies even on allegedly obvious things https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/02/takeda-pharmaceutical-co-v-torrent-pharmaceuticals-ltd-fed-cir-2021.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:03:28

• #IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/irc-log-170221/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/18/irc-log-170221/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:04:05

• Peter Hutterer: A pre-supplied "custom" keyboard layout for #X11 https://who-t.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-pre-supplied-custom-keyboard-layout.html #kernel #linux #ibm #redhat          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:04:40

• Audiocasts/Shows: #FLOSSWeekly , The Linux Link Tech Show, Coder Radio • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147812 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:10:55

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147814 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:11:11

• 7 Ways to Customize Cinnamon Desktop in Linux [Beginner’s Guide] • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147813 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:11:25

• #Oracle Releases #Linux -Based Unbreakable Enterprise #Kernel 5 Update 5 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147801#comment-28316          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:14:51

• #GNOME 3.38.4 Released with More GNOME Shell, Mutter, and #Wayland Improvements • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147809 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:15:02

• #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147810 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:15:12

• A Post-Mortem in 5 Acts: How #Microsoft Privatized Open Source And Killed #JavaScript in the Process • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147811 •●• #deletegithub #coup          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:33:55

• Open-source H.265/HEVC Hantro G2 decoder driver added to NXP i.MX 8M in Linux • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147815 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:34:12

• ● NEWS ● #Kivikakk ☞ DTB parser implementing notes https://kivikakk.ee/2021/02/13/dtb-parser-implementing-notes/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:36:09

• ● NEWS ● #OmarPolo ☞ #WebPKG https://www.omarpolo.com/pages/webpkg.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:36:20

• ● NEWS ● #DanLangille #BSD #UNIX ☞ Preventing a given package from being installed https://dan.langille.org/2021/02/16/preventing-a-given-package-from-being-installed/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:50:15

• ● NEWS ● #DataSwamp #BSD ☞ Full list of services offered by a default #OpenBSD installation https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-02-16-openbsd-base-services.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:50:28

• ● NEWS ● #Netflix #DRM #openwashing ☞ Open Sourcing the Netflix Domain Graph Service Framework: #GraphQL for Spring Boot https://netflixtechblog.com/open-sourcing-the-netflix-domain-graph-service-framework-graphql-for-spring-boot-92b9dcecda18          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:52:44

• ● NEWS ● #InfoQ #DRM #openwashing ☞ Netflix Open Sources Their Domain Graph Service Framework: #GraphQL for Spring Boot https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/02/netflix-graphql-spring-boot/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:52:56

• ● NEWS ● #IdionDrottning #Programming ☞ mg — Muine-style Grep https://idiomdrottning.org/mg          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:53:39

• ● NEWS ● #CarcosaGit #Programming ☞ CL-Gemini-Client https://git.carcosa.net/jmcbray/cl-gemini-client          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:53:57

• " #Gemini is built on a foundation that one network request for a resource simply returns the entire resource or an error." https://lwn.net/Articles/845446/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:54:47

• ● NEWS ● #TobyKurien ☞ My war on doomscrolling https://tobykurien.com/war-on-doomscrolling/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:55:21

• ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Science ☞ Scientists decode the #genome of million-year-old mammoths https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/02/17/scientists-decode-the-genome-of-million-year-old-mammoths          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:56:03

• #Pine64 is a good alternative to #raspi now that the sellout RasPi Foundation is in bed with #microsoft https://www.makeuseof.com/quartz64-e-ink-sbc/ https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/02/16/pine64-unveils-quartz64-sbc-powered-by-rockchip-rk3566-soc/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:58:02

• ● NEWS ● #ForeignPolicy #Health ☞ What if Countries That Excel at Vaccinations Still Don’t Achieve Herd #Immunity ? https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/17/what-if-countries-that-excel-at-vaccinating-their-citizens-still-dont-reach-herd-immunity/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 09:58:29

• Even #Microsoft boosters such as #MicrosoftEmil now admit Windows is in trouble, even on laptops https://www.geekwire.com/2021/chromebooks-outsold-macs-worldwide-2020-cutting-windows-market-share/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:00:18

• ● NEWS ● #PCWorld #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Chromebooks continued to outsell Macs in 2020 https://www.pcworld.com/article/3608269/chromebooks-continued-to-outsell-macs-in-2020.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:00:33

• ● NEWS ● #C4ISRNET #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Unhappy with response, senators ask for a leader to head up cyber breach cleanup https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2021/02/09/unhappy-with-response-senators-ask-for-a-leader-to-head-up-cyber-breach-cleanup/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:02:10

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #ProprietarySoftware #microsoft #grifting #disasterCapitalism ☞ Microsoft Vaccine Scheduling Software Deal Ended By Iowa https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-18/microsoft-vaccine-scheduling-software-deal-ended-by-iowa          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:02:29

• #Microsoft #Windows TCO https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2021/02/09/unhappy-with-response-senators-ask-for-a-leader-to-head-up-cyber-breach-cleanup people who put Windows in critical systems should be hald account and get prosecuted, not merely fired          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:03:54

• ● NEWS ● #ClimateNewsNetwork #Nature #wildlife ☞ #Refugees and wildlife face risk from border walls https://climatenewsnetwork.net/refugees-and-wildlife-face-risk-from-border-walls/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:04:56

• ● NEWS ● #MichaelGeist #Canada ☞ The #Copyright Bill That Does Nothing: Senate Bill Proposes Copyright Reform to Support Media Organizations https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2021/02/the-copyright-bill-that-does-nothing-senate-bill-proposes-copyright-reform-to-support-media-organizations/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:05:30

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ ACE Targets Popular 'Watched' Streaming App Add-Ons in US Court https://torrentfreak.com/ace-targets-popular-watched-streaming-app-add-on-in-us-court-210217/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:06:20

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #censorship ☞ #Reddit Takedowns and Subreddit Bans Skyrocketed in 2020 https://torrentfreak.com/reddit-piracy-takedowns-and-subreddit-bans-skyrocketed-in-2020-210217/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:06:33

• #Microsoft killed #RaspberryPi and the #RasPi blog is now controlled by Micosoft https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/coding-on-raspberry-pi-remotely-with-visual-studio-code/ second time in a week. Avoid RasPi! http://techrights.org/2021/02/13/raspberry-pi-making-things-worse/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:08:08

• missed Microsoft in the list https://youtu.be/BW3Kmw6-huI          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:29:47

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #goldendanwnald ☞ Opinion | The Truth on Trial at Trump’s Second #Impeachment https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/17/truth-trial-trumps-second-impeachment          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:08:12

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Energy ☞ 'He Is Lying. People Are Dying': Calls for #Texas Governor to Resign as He Blames Power Outages on Wind and Solar https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/he-lying-people-are-dying-calls-texas-governor-resign-he-blames-power-outages-wind          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:08:33

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ 'Keep Pushing!' Says AOC After Biden Tells Nation 'I Will Not' Cancel $50,000 in #StudentLoan #Debt https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/keep-pushing-says-aoc-after-biden-tells-nation-i-will-not-cancel-50000-student-loan          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:09:10

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Censorship ☞ #ContentModeration Case Study: Google 'Removes' German Residences From Street View By Request (2010) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210217/15054846264/content-moderation-case-study-google-removes-german-residences-street-view-request-2010.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:10:37

• "every time i boot one of my systems and see [ 335.675473] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: Device doesn't have valid ME Interface" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-170221.html#tFeb%2017%2008:10:29          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:34:33

• #Microsoft is Not a Friend and We Need to Educate Those Who Fell for (or Moreover Spread) the ’New Microsoft’ Lie/Fallacy • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/new-microsoft-fallacy/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/18/new-microsoft-fallacy/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:38:37

• old: Richard Stallman Receives Prestigious 2001 Takeda Award https://www.gnu.org/press/2001-12-03-Takeda.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:41:22

• "After a few years I did add overview pages, such as /texts for example, for those who do wanna explore the full thing. RSS and atom (and now gmisub) I've supported since day one." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/page-vs-capsule          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:44:16

• "good riddance"-Many people right about now https://boingboing.net/2021/02/17/rush-limbaugh-dead-at-70.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:44:42

• "This article is about giving a short description of EVERY service available as part of an #OpenBSD default installation (=no package installed)." gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/openbsd-base-services.gmi #bsd #unix          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:45:42

• If I was the director of the #CIA or the #NSA (91 / N) https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=da&u=https://www.version2.dk/blog/hvis-jeg-var-direktoer-cia-eller-nsa-91n-1092112          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:57:48

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posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:58:27

• #COBOL #IBM #mainframe #history #programming https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/02/14/2050210          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:58:41

• old: #china #censorship has a broad reach (even if you're not in China) https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53676789          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:59:32

• #biology denial should also be a "thing" https://quillette.com/2021/02/17/accommodating-trans-athletes-without-rejecting-the-reality-of-human-biology/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:01:38

• The "IMPULSE" for #surveillance https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/themes/themes/science-and-technology/18725-european-alliance-to-facilitate-online-identification-in-public-services.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:02:30

• #khashoggi #ksa #mbs #terrorist #impunity https://www.tribstar.com/news/khashoggi-doc-too-explosive-for-streaming-debuts-on-demand/article_bfc3f78e-5c20-11eb-a251-4b859d362823.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:03:08

• #rushlimbaugh https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rush-limbaugh-dead-trump-ruined-america-1129222/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:04:46

• #RaspberryPi Reaffirms Its Commitment to #Microsoft (as Trojan Horse Inside Classrooms) and Abandons the Free Software Community • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/raspberry-pi-breaks-up-with-free-software-community/ •●• #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/18/raspberry-pi-breaks-up-with-free-software-community/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:12:07

• "Welcome to GemPKG, the gemini interface for the OpenBSD ports collection." https://framapiaf.org/@clematis/105719874439417717 #bsd #unix people rapidly embracing #gemini and #geminispace          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:25:33

• "a company will rather remove the word “ethical“ from how they describe themselves on their site than stop enabling Facebook and Google to track and profile you" https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/105747433709064037          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:26:18

• "Australian government decides that Big Tech needs to share profits with news media (the idea is problematic, but let's ignore that for a moment)." https://mastodon.social/@rysiek/105749856897527902          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:26:54

• "TL;DW: The #raspi foundation didn't make the change available to further auditing. Community got upset, mods started deleting comments on their forum about it" https://mastodon.social/@cypnk/105745206386720797 #techrights broke the story http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/raspberry-pi-breaks-up-with-free-software-community/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:28:24

• #Gemini Does Not Replace the #WorldWideWeb ( #WWW / #Web ) But Works Alongside the Web as Most Sites Don’t Strictly Need Web-Like Features • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/www-and-gemini/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/18/www-and-gemini/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:45:23

• Fake awards, fake endorsements, fake badges by publication which takes money from #patent #litigation firms to become their #propaganda and #thinktank / pressure group, then issue fake stuff to add to sites (and help them seem more legit) https://www.managingip.com/article/b1qlshx8p6q4kl/rising-stars-awards-europe-2020-winners-announced          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:09:46

• #NVIDIA continues tweaking their work for #hardware accelerated #Xwayland support http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147802#comment-28317          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:11:34

• Today in #Techrights • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147816 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:12:52

• "You can buy Blasphemous from Humble Store and Steam for a key, sadly the Linux build is still not available on GOG." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/blasphemous-strife-a-ruin-free-upgrade-out-now-with-a-boss-rush-mode          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:15:55

• #Gamestop summary: what happened, and who REALLY won https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/02/gamestop-summary-what-happened-and-who-really-won/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:19:07

• The person behind #fossforce is now doing puff pieces for #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware prison over at #datacenterknowledge (paid assignment for Microsoft?) This is not PRO-FOSS Force. #deletegithub          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:20:51

• #UnifySquare another set of paid-for #microsoft shills disguised as "analysts". With a "chief marketing officer"... because that's what they mean by analysts... just #marketing lies          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:23:32

• Every so retro, Mr. Nathan Wolf https://cubiclenate.com/2021/02/17/64jpx-joypad-expander-for-the-commodore-64/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:25:09

• Chromebooks (Based on Gentoo GNU/Linux) on the Rise • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147817 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:26:08

• #Devuan adds third init option in sixth birthday release http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147690#comment-28318 #gnu #linux #nosystemd          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:31:10

• Sneaky #techradar ... reusing old articles to just say "2021" in the headline instead of "2020"... to pretend that this list is newer than it actually is. https://www.techradar.com/in/news/best-lightweight-linux-distro          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:34:18

• " #Wasteland3 is playable on Windows, Mac OSX and #GNU #Linux computers" https://www.wepc.com/benchmark/system-requirements/wasteland-3/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:35:11

• #LinuxFoundation and the US Military • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147818 •●• #Militarism #Imperialism #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:37:08

• HOWTO: Migrate from Ghost v3 to #Squarespace ⇨ https://bluesabre.org/2021/02/18/how-to-migrate-from-ghost-v3-to-squarespace/ •●• #bluesabre | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/18/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:39:37

• Games: #CrossCode , Blasphemous, and #Wasteland3 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147819 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:44:37

• Linux Essentials - The #Pacman Command - YouTube ⇨ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD7jJEh4ZaM •●• #Video #GNU #Linux #ArchLinux          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:46:53

• Ultra-Lightweight #GNU #Linux Distro #TinyCore Version 12.0 Released with #Kernel 5.10 and Other Improvements http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147786#comment-28319          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:49:49

• 5 must-have Linux #mediaplayers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147820 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:56:15

• 5 #FreeSW Lightweight Alternatives to #WordPress • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147821 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:56:47

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147822 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:57:10

• #BSDNow : "Did Linux kill Commercial Unix, three node #GlusterFS setup on #FreeBSD , #OpenBSD on the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano (1st Gen), NetBSD on EdgeRouter Lite, TLS Mastery first draft done" https://www.bsdnow.tv/390          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 13:58:08

• "The maker of the software, Cybergenetics, has insisted in lower court proceedings that the program’s source code is a trade secret." #ProprietarySoftware should be shunned. It's never trustworthy. https://stop.zona-m.net/geedraft/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:02:41

• USB/Thunderbolt Changes For Linux 5.12 Include More USB4 Work - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-512-More-USB4-Thunderbolt •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:03:23

• #Btrfs With Linux 5.12 Gets More Performance Improvements, Working Zoned Mode - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.12-Btrfs •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/18/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:04:15

• "Of all the system calls in the Unix tradition, few are as maligned as ioctl()." #linux #kernel https://lwn.net/Articles/844875/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:06:20

• linux-5.11-ck1, #MuQSS version 0.208 for linux-5.11 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147825 •●• #Kernel #ConKolivas #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:07:33

• BSD: #BSDNow , FreshPorts, and #OpenBSD • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147824 •●• #UNIX #BSD #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:07:42

• Calamares CI Extended • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147823 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:07:58

• "As has often been pointed out, the stable-kernel releases are meant to be stable; that means they should be even more averse to ABI breaks than mainline releases, if that is possible." #kernel #linux https://lwn.net/Articles/845120/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:08:35

• "The kernel's CFS bandwidth controller is an effective way of controlling just how much CPU time is available to each control group" #kernel #linux https://lwn.net/Articles/844976/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:09:49

• "Michał Górny noted that the #Python #cryptography library has started replacing some of its C code with Rust, which is now required to build the library" #rustlang is prisoner of #microsoft (prison/PRISM) #deletegithub https://lwn.net/Articles/845535/         ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:13:40

• #github is NOT #freesw or even "Open Source" but an attack on BOTH. #deletegithub to prevent corporate imperialism in #ProprietarySoftware with back doors and #censorship etc.          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:14:35

• #Kernel : CFS, 255+ Issue, io_uring, #Btrfs , USB/Thunderbolt, and Input in X11 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147826 •●• #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:15:09

• #rustlang is increasingly becoming more of a #microsoft trap (with even newsletters and meeting minutes being outsourced by #ProprietarySoftware spied on, censored etc. by Microsoft... now in the Board of the Foundation) http://techrights.org/2020/08/31/linux-should-reject-github/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:16:37

• #gnu #linux can go on for years without a reboot and still be perfectly secure https://linuxhandbook.com/livepatch-ubuntu-server/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:19:23

• Too late. Almost all #raspi devices have already been compromised by foremost #nsa partner #microsoft https://ostechnix.com/patch-raspberry-pi-linux-kernel-with-kernelcare-for-free/ http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:20:26

• #OpenRGB : Open Source RGB Lighting Control For Keyboards, Fans, Mice And Much More • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147827 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:24:49

• Linux 5.10.17 Backports #CPUFreq Patches From 5.11 - Benchmarks • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147828 •●• #Kernel #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:25:02

• "Diversity of thought leads to success" and that's the key... diversity in meaningful things rather than identity stuff interjected by corporations that bomb people and just crush dissent https://opensource.com/article/21/2/advice-non-technical          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:27:14

• The pro-Microsoft spin or the ludicrous idea that Microsoft is somehow looking to “help” Linux (or that it “loves” Linux) needs to be confronted - 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/new-microsoft-fallacy/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/18/new-microsoft-fallacy/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:28:57

• #Microsoft is nowadays speaking ‘on behalf’ of the #RaspberryPi Foundation, shilling proprietary software while lying about the nature of that software • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/raspberry-pi-breaks-up-with-free-software-community/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/18/raspberry-pi-breaks-up-with-free-software-community/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:29:40

• Duality or co-existence between the Web and #Gemini seems reasonable (it’s a symbiotic relationship) and more sites are nowadays migrating to #Geminispace • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/www-and-gemini/ •●• #Techrights #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/18/www-and-gemini/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:30:45

• Recover fees at whose expense? Lying lawyers who misled clients, urging them to waste money on aimless and pointless lawsuits? Or who else? Just those who actually create something? For sure, a parasitic element in the system. https://www.managingip.com/article/b1qlx5q869ffbh/in-house-reveal-how-they-recover-attorney-fees-in-patent-cases          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:32:51

• Bill Hicks was spot on regarding #marketing people and much of the same can be said about majority of lawyers.          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:33:33

• #watchtroll has been reduced to garbage about "royal" family. Whose members have sex with underage kids and refuse to be held accountable.          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:34:32

• Shilling #proprietarySoftware #Surveillance is not "humanitarian" https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2021/2/18/My-Animal-Crossing-family-kept-me-sane          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:35:51

• Guardian Project's Nathan Freitas to keynote #LibrePlanet 2021 https://www.fsf.org/news/guardian-projects-nathan-freitas-to-keynote-libreplanet-2021 well, it's just a webcast, do you can instead find old talks online          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:39:20

• "Dustin Watts developed FreeTouchDeck software to interface with Windows, macOS, #GNU #Linux computers and boards over Bluetooth LE using an ESP32 board connected to a touchscreen display." https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/02/18/esp32-touchdown-comes-with-3-5-inch-display-for-custom-control-interfaces/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:40:08

• #Microsoft #ProprietarySoftware Disasters and #HumanRights Abuses • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147829 •●• #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:47:09

• Open Hardware/Modding: #Pine64 #, Infiltrated Pi, and More • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147830 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:47:28

• #Security Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147831 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:54:03

• #Programming Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147832 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:54:12

• Links 18/2/2021: #Chromebooks on the Rise, Linux 5.11-ck1 is Out • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/chromebooks-on-the-rise/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/18/chromebooks-on-the-rise/ | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/18/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 14:56:44

• Just updated this #wiki page of #techrights after more than a decade, seeing it passed 100k views and is very relevant in light of what the thugs at #microsoft do to #raspi http://techrights.org/wiki/EDGI          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:16:46

• Most Codes of Conduct (CoCs) have nothing whatesover (in practice) to do with manners and being polite but corporate police(ing). They're about censorship by corporations (because, e.g., pointing out that bombing people and internment camps are not "polite" is impermissible).          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:19:16

• Apropos, don't let corporate power be master of your speech: Let’s Ban Bombings, Not Words (Corporations Taking Away People’s Freedom of Speech So They Can Bomb ’in Peace') • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/06/24/freedom-of-speech/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/06/24/freedom-of-speech/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:20:39

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Facebook’s Australian media ban is taking down official government pages https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/17/22288256/facebook-australia-news-ban-governmental-agency-accounts          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:23:06

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook to restrict news content in #Australia in response to proposed law https://thehill.com/policy/technology/539244-facebook-to-restrict-news-content-in-australia-in-response-to-new-law          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:23:22

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook Cuts Off News in Australia in Fight Over Payments https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-17/facebook-cuts-off-news-in-australia-in-fight-over-payments          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:23:59

• ● NEWS ● #ITWire #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Is today the day the #Facebook starts MySpacing itself? https://www.itwire.com/fuzzy-logic/is-today-the-day-the-facebook-starts-myspacing-itself.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:24:21

• ● NEWS ● #ITWire #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook blocks Australians from viewing, sharing news content https://www.itwire.com/technology-regulation/facebook-blocks-australians-from-viewing,-sharing-news-content.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:26:25

• ● NEWS ● #ITWire #Privacy #Surveillance #Murdoch ☞ News Corporation cuts global three-year deal with #Google https://www.itwire.com/technology-regulation/news-corporation-cuts-global-three-year-deal-with-google.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:26:40

• #ZDNet now has a new piece of FUD, of course trashing or trash-talking Go again (because people can write even malicious software using any programming language) while naming "Linux" because malicious actors can crack unpatched (out of date) software that has nothing whatsoever to do with #Linux #boycottZDNet http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ZDNet          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:30:40

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ 'Spy pixels in emails have become endemic' https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56071437          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:31:46

• ● NEWS ● #Variety #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ How Media Companies Can Capitalize on #Clubhouse App https://variety.com/vip/how-media-companies-can-capitalize-on-clubhouse-app-1234908869/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:32:01

• #ChromeOS Tops macOS as 2nd Most Popular OS http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147817#comment-28320 #gnu #linux #google          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:35:14

• #Google Online Security [sic] Blog: Mitigating Memory Safety Issues in Open Source Software ⇨ https://security.googleblog.com/2021/02/mitigating-memory-safety-issues-in-open.html •●• #security at #google ? Which gives your data (that it stole from you) to #nsa ?          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:37:02

• #KDEneon 20210218 is out today, second time this week I think https://neon.kde.org/ #kde #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:39:50

• #ibm wants to talk about APIs instead of #softwarefreedom https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/announcing-the-technical-preview-of-ibm-api-hub-on-ibm-developer/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:41:02

• How to pollute the planet and waste lots of money in the process. Ask Mr. "4 private jets" about #beef (no, he doesn't care about animal welfare, he's no vegan, he's just investing, for profit, in synthetic 'meat') https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-Launches-CMP          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:46:28

• Getting started with the #OpenShift Platform Developer learning path ⇨ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/getting-started-openshift-platform-developer-learning-path •●• #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:47:45

• Motherboards + Beer: Virtual Event Addressing #Coreboot / Open-Source Firmware Prospects - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=3mdeb-Firmware-Virtual-Event •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:48:48

• "As of January 2021 the Revamp is now a Fedora Objective! With the #Fedora Council approving the objective after community feedback, the Revamp becomes a medium-term goal of the Council" https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-community-outreach-revamp-update-4/ #ibm #redhat          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:49:37

• Ingvar Hagelund: #FreeSoftware : Get involved • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147833 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #freesw          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:52:00

• "This Part III of the tutorial for students series discusses what are fonts, how we use fonts, and to get them to design & illustrate with #Inkscape on computer." https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2021/02/fonts-use-inkscape.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:53:12

• Fake "U.S. #Patent 9,449,484, generally related to security hardware and real-time security monitoring software system" #fakepatents #swpats https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/2/17/richman-technology-settles-with-unified          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:55:18

• Real #history https://www.bcheights.com/2021/02/16/boston-teens-curate-exhibit-at-mfa/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 15:56:49

• IBMisation of #gnu #linux desktops/laptops. Reboot after installing a program in order to run it. #systemd #flatpak https://blog.kagesenshi.org/2021/02/custom-url-scheme-handler.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:01:54

• 2021 CoC "polite": enabling corporate infiltration and attacks on #freesw communities 2021 CoC "rude"/"toxic": obstructing corporate infiltration and attacks on #freesoftware communities          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:04:31

• "convene and enable technology and communities on issues like disinformation, privacy" should be read as #censorship and #surveillance respectively (because #mozilla spies on #firefox users) https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/02/18/why-im-joining-mozillas-board-of-directors/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:08:07

• #mozilla to #firefox users: why do you not use Firefox anymore? Users: stop spying on us and stop ruining Firefox. Mozilla: OK, we've heard you, let's hire from #microsoft (more spying) http://techrights.org/2020/06/22/mozilla-board/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:09:23

• Older: #Facebook and Other Surveillance Capitalists Won’t Save #Mozilla From Google Dependence • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2019/11/03/the-privacy-scam/ •●• #Techrights #WWW #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2019/11/03/the-privacy-scam/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:10:05

• To #mozilla 's credit, this time around they didn't add (more) #microsoft moles to the Board. Wambui Kinya has some solid background, even less than a year at #ibm          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:12:49

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147836 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:14:33

• #Mabox 21.02 Foltest is here • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147835 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:14:45

• IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147834 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #ibm #redhat          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:14:53

• #Security Leftovers and #ZDNet #GNU #Linux FUD • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147837 •●• #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:15:26

• "It's supported on #GNU #Linux and is 15% off until February 25." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/dungeon-crawler-ultimate-adom-caverns-of-chaos-is-out-in-early-access          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:16:39

• Once again, #patents on SHAPE just SHAME the #patent system as a whole https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/02/inherency-design-patent.html see http://techrights.org/2018/08/02/design-patents-legitimacy/ gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2018/08/02/design-patents-legitimacy/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:19:02

• The New Humanitarian | A push for justice in #CentralAfricanRepublic ⇨ https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2021/2/18/A-push-for-justice-in-central-african-republic •●• #thenewhumanitarian | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/18/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:19:46

• ● NEWS ● #France24 #ng #africa ☞ #Nigeria dispatches security chiefs after gunmen kidnap schoolboys, teachers https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210217-hundreds-of-schoolboys-kidnapped-by-gunmen-in-central-nigeria          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:20:37

• ● NEWS ● #taiwannews #taiwan #tw #china ☞ Taiwan’s envoy in US calls for ‘high alert’ over China’s coast guard law https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4129469          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:20:49

• ● NEWS ● #Salon #Energy ☞ Why America's power grids will keep failing us https://www.salon.com/2021/02/17/why-americas-power-grids-will-keep-failing-us/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:22:04

• #HowTo check the speed of your #ssh connection - Webleit.info ⇨ https://webleit.info/how-to-check-the-speed-of-your-ssh-connection/ •●• #webleit | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/18/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:22:55

• "An #Arduino Uno controls the system’s programmable LED and sound output, while IR sensors with 74LS151 multiplexers allow for interaction." https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/02/18/play-simon-and-the-piano-on-this-glowing-geodesic-dome/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:24:39

• ● NEWS ● #NBC #Energy ☞ Fact check: #Renewableenergy is not to blame for the #Texas energy crisis https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fact-check-renewable-energy-not-blame-texas-energy-crisis-n1258185          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:26:30

• ● NEWS ● #WSWS #Energy ☞ Behind #GM ’s shift to all-electric vehicles by 2035 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/02/16/gm1-f16.html #greenewashing          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:26:47

• ● NEWS ● #TheMaritimePost #Energy ☞ Video: This #WindPowered Gigantic Cargo Ship Will Carry 7,000 Cars Across the Atlantic https://themaritimepost.com/2021/02/06/video-this-wind-powered-gigantic-cargo-ship-of-future-will-carry-7000-cars-across-the-atlantic/ passing pollution machines, 'cleanly'          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:27:10

• With #copyrights on mere clothes we see an obvious misuse/abuse of #copyright #law in the hands of monopolists who hijacked and distorted it. Clothes are not text. Is it a "crime of fashion" or "crime of passion"? Neither makes sense.          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 16:36:38

• ● NEWS ● #Salon ☞ #Texas Republicans mocked #California for blackouts. Now their tweets are coming back to haunt them https://www.salon.com/2021/02/17/texas-republicans-mocked-california-for-blackouts-now-their-tweets-are-coming-back-to-haunt-them/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:21:00

• ● NEWS ● #Joinup #freesw ☞ Role of digital-ready in a future #EU interoperability policy? Participate in the public consultations! https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/better-legislation-smoother-implementation/news/role-digital-ready-future-eu-interoperability-policy          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:21:34

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg ☞ #Estonia to Stop Lobbying U.S. for Share of Potential Danske Fine https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-16/estonia-to-stop-lobbying-u-s-for-share-of-potential-danske-fine          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:22:17

• ● NEWS ● #EestiRahvusringhääling #Danske #dk #denmark ☞ Portal: Prime minister to scrap controversial US lawyer deal https://news.err.ee/1608112840/portal-prime-minister-to-scrap-controversial-us-lawyer-deal          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:22:32

• ● NEWS ● #CBS #security #proprietarySoftware☞ SolarWinds: How Russian spies [cracked] the Justice, State, Treasury, Energy and Commerce Departments https://www.cbsnews.com/news/solarwinds-hack-russia-cyberattack-60-minutes-2021-02-14/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:23:00

• ● NEWS ● #dawn #pk #pakistan ☞ 'Court decisions worsened relations with tech companies': Fawad urges judges not to hear cases about IT sector https://www.dawn.com/news/1607882/court-decisions-worsened-relations-with-tech-companies-fawad-urges-judges-not-to-hear-cases-about-it-sector          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:23:24

• ● NEWS ● #Quartz #Censorship ☞ #China ’s ban on the #BBC is worse than it sounds https://qz.com/1972313/concerns-over-media-freedom-as-hong-kong-follows-china-on-bbc-ban/ I also ban BBC. It's corrupted. And nowadays it shows. A lot.          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:25:28

• #looting #theft #grifting #bailout #corruption https://hugelolcdn.com/i/731323.jpg          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:26:26

• #police and guns https://hugelolcdn.com/i/731526.jpg          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:27:30

• ● NEWS ● #Forbes #Censorship ☞ Larry Flynt, The King Of Obscene Who Refused To Be Canceled https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisroberts/2021/02/11/larry-flynt-the-king-of-obscene-who-refused-to-be-canceled/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:32:43

• ● NEWS ● #Quartz #Censorship ☞ #China no longer needs #Hollywood movies https://qz.com/1973341/movies-like-detective-chinatown-3-means-china-doesnt-need-hollywood/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:32:59

• ● NEWS ● #Reason #Censorship ☞ #LarryFlynt Made the World Freer for Everybody by Pushing Boundaries https://reason.com/2021/02/16/larry-flynt-made-the-world-freer-for-everybody-by-pushing-boundaries/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:33:25

• ● NEWS ● #Reason #Censorship ☞ The Bachelor's #ChrisHarrison Was Canceled for Criticizing #CancelCulture https://reason.com/2021/02/16/chris-harrison-cancel-culture-bachelor-rachael-kirkconnell/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:33:48

• ● NEWS ● #MonitorUG #PressFreedom ☞ #UPDF soldiers beat up journalists covering Bobi Wine petition to #UNHRC https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/updf-soldiers-beat-up-journalists-covering-bobi-wine-petition-to-unhrc-3294654          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:34:28

• ● NEWS ● #NewYorkTimes ☞ #Police Unions Lose Bid to Keep Disciplinary Records a Secret https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/nyregion/nypd-discipline-records-ruling.html          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:41:55

• ● NEWS ● #NPR #greed ☞ What #McDonalds Shows About The #MinimumWage https://text.npr.org/967333964          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:42:19

• ● NEWS ● #WSWS ☞ “Our society is sick:” The #Lancet condemns American #capitalism https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/02/12/pers-f12.html while taking bribes from the biggest culprit: http://techrights.org/2011/01/10/lancet-gates-exxon-mobil/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:43:05

• ● NEWS ● #Reason ☞ Remember Bean Dad? Child Protective Services Was Called to Check on His Daughter https://reason.com/2021/02/16/bean-dad-child-services-john-roderick-can-opener/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:43:32

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | It's the Wind's Fault, Nobody Owes You Anything, Quit Crying, The Weak Will Parish (sic) and Other Words of Comfort From #Texas Officials https://www.commondreams.org/further/2021/02/17/its-winds-fault-nobody-owes-you-anything-quit-crying-weak-will-parish-sic-and          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:44:26

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Role of #Climate Crisis 'Can't Be Hand-Waved Away': Scientists Say Freezing #Texas Linked to Warming Arctic https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/role-climate-crisis-cant-be-hand-waved-away-scientists-say-freezing-texas-linked          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:45:08

• ● NEWS ● #Orac #covid19 ☞ Misuse of the VAERS database by antivaxxers continues, cardiac edition https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/02/17/misuse-of-the-vaers-database-by-antivaxxers-continues-cardiac-edition/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:45:41

• ● NEWS ● #TheRevelator #extinction ☞ The Staggering Decline of Oceanic #Sharks and Rays https://therevelator.org/decline-sharks-rays/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:46:09

• ● NEWS ● #PIA #swpats #surveillance ☞ #Spotify granted #patent to use mic to infer emotional state, age, gender, and accent https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/spotify-granted-patent-to-use-mic-to-infer-emotional-state-age-gender-and-accent/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:46:44

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The #Iran Deal: #Biden and Blinken, Wynken and Blynken https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/17/the-iran-deal-biden-and-blinken-wykan-and-blynkin/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:56:58

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The #ArabSpring Failed But the Rage Against Misery and Injustice Continues https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/17/the-arab-spring-failed-but-the-rage-against-misery-and-injustice-continues/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 17:57:07

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #ClinicalTrials ☞ Teacher Unions: We Want to Reopen Schools as Well, But We Need Vaccines & Resources to Do It Safely https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/17/school_reopenings_covid_19_pandemic          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:01:38

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Cuba ☞ To Normalize US-Cuban Relations, Restore Working Embassies https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/17/to-normalize-us-cuban-relations-restore-working-embassies/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:02:09

• ● NEWS ● #Shadowproof ☞ #Whistleblowing Farmer Alleges Perdue Terminated Contract After He Exposed ‘Sickly Chicks,’ Filthy Production https://shadowproof.com/2021/02/17/whistleblowing-farmer-perdue-sickly-chicks-filthy-production/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:02:59

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog #Environment ☞ Environmental Groups Fight Back Against Alberta’s 'Anti-Energy' Inquiry https://www.desmogblog.com/2021/02/17/environmental-groups-fight-back-against-alberta-anti-energy-inquiry          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:03:28

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog #Energy ☞ Analysis: The Natural Gas Industry Is Trying To Deny How Affordable #RenewableEnergy Is https://www.desmogblog.com/2021/02/17/natural-gas-industry-denying-affordable-renewable-energy          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:04:31

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #imperialism #militarism ☞ Diverse Coalition Calls on Congress to End #ForeverWars and 'Unaccountable, Interventionist' US Foreign Policy https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/diverse-coalition-calls-congress-end-forever-wars-and-unaccountable-interventionist          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:05:03

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'An Excellent Pick': Labor Advocates Applaud #Biden Nomination of Jennifer Abruzzo for #NLRB General Counsel https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/excellent-pick-labor-advocates-applaud-biden-nomination-jennifer-abruzzo-nlrb          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:07:02

• PR stunt as they will never be turned in. Also #hypocrisy because the US does the same, all the time, worldwide. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/02/u-s-indicts-north-korean-hackers-in-theft-of-200-million/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:08:07

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Lukashenko #Belarus ☞ Lukashenko’s opponent Viktor Babariko faces 15 years in prison as trial begins in Minsk https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/02/17/lukashenko-s-opponent-viktor-babariko-faces-15-years-in-prison-as-trial-begins-in-minsk          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:09:37

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #iStories ☞ Jaded business practices Investigative reporters link the son of Russia’s deputy attorney general to a #moneylaundering investigation in Australia https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/02/17/jaded-business-practices          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:10:49

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Why Politicians and Doctors Keep Ignoring the Medical Research on #VitaminD and #Covid19 https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/17/why-politicians-and-doctors-keep-ignoring-medical-research-vitamin-d-and-covid          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:11:36

• #HowTo Try #Gemini Without Installing Any New Software (and Without World Wide Web Gateways) • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/gemini-with-ssh/ •●• #Techrights #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/18/gemini-with-ssh/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:14:52

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ Opinion | We Must Give Power to the People Most Affected by #ClimateChange , While Also Disrupting the Capitalist System https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/17/we-must-give-power-people-most-affected-climate-change-while-also-disrupting          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:25:35

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #bezos #covid19 ☞ #NewYork AG Sues #Amazon Over 'Flagrant Disregard' for Worker Safety During Pandemic https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/new-york-ag-sues-amazon-over-flagrant-disregard-worker-safety-during-pandemic          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:26:06

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #bezos #greed ☞ “David vs. Goliath”: Warehouse Workers in #Alabama Fight Amazon for the Right to Unionize https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/17/bessemer_alabama_amazon_workers_union_drive          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:26:49

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ “Work Won’t Love You Back”: Sarah Jaffe on Toxic U.S. Work Culture & the Fight Against #Inequality https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/17/work_wont_love_you_back_jaffe          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:27:08

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ #ECHR calls on Russia to release Alexey #Navalny immediately https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/02/17/echr-calls-on-russia-to-release-alexey-navalny-immediately          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:27:37

• ● NEWS ● #EFF #Censorship ☞ EFF to First Circuit: Schools Should Not Be Policing Students’ Weekend Snapchat Posts https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/eff-first-circuit-schools-should-not-be-policing-students-weekend-snapchat-posts          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:28:15

• ● NEWS ● #FAIR ☞ ‘Washington Has Been Asking the Wrong Question on North Korea’ https://fair.org/home/washington-has-been-asking-the-wrong-question-on-north-korea/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:32:14

• ● NEWS ● #FAIR #PhyllisBennis ☞ ‘If Our Goal Is to Stop Killing Afghans, We’re Going About It All Wrong’ https://fair.org/home/if-our-goal-is-to-stop-killing-afghans-were-going-about-it-all-wrong/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:32:34

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #goldenDawnald ☞ The #Trump - #McConnell Death Match Is Good for Dems—and the Country https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-mcconnell-gop-feud/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:33:26

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica ☞ A Federal Appeals Court Has Ruled in Favor of Releasing #NYPD Discipline Records https://www.propublica.org/article/a-federal-appeals-court-has-ruled-in-favor-of-releasing-nypd-discipline-records          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:33:46

• #mozilla adding more sales and finance people instead of geeks https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/02/18/why-im-joining-mozillas-board-of-directors-2/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:40:01

• Mitchell Baker: I pay myself millions per year to see #firefox market share collapse while I add mates to #mozilla board https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/02/18/expanding-mozillas-boards/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:41:01

• #mozilla : we use #microsoft #proprietarySoftware for development https://armenzg.medium.com/making-pip-installations-faster-with-wheel-e41bed129993 Mitchell Baker also added #microsoft to the Board of Directors: http://techrights.org/2020/06/22/mozilla-board/ gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/06/22/mozilla-board/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:43:57

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147839 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:54:51

• "It's not exactly clear if the #GNU #Linux build will be available on day 1 of Early Access or a little later. Will keep you posted." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/open-world-turn-based-rpg-relic-space-gets-a-trailer-and-release-window          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:56:11

• Trying out Gemini space (or protocol) is a lot easier than most people realise; there’s not even a need to install anything • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/gemini-with-ssh/ gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/18/gemini-with-ssh/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 18:59:25

• More #monopolies ... even on slogans? https://www.managingip.com/article/b1qm8d2vr2h3dm/dont-give-up-eu-breaks-with-tradition-on-slogans          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 19:02:08

• Pursuing alternatives to #police forces https://www.nlg.org/nlg-adopts-resolution-supporting-police-abolition/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 19:02:52

• Written Description: How can policymakers overcome the hurdles to scaling up antibody manufacturing? ⇨ https://writtendescription.blogspot.com/2021/02/how-can-policymakers-overcome-hurdles.html •●• #writtendescription          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 19:03:42

• "build their legal skills , strengthen their long-term commitment to social justice, and provide much-needed legal support to under-served communities." https://www.nlg.org/announcing-the-2021-nlg-haywood-burns-fellows/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 19:05:33

• Games: Ultimate ADOM, Learning Factory, Relic Space • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147841 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #Games #Gaming          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 19:07:29

• Tiny module combines i.MX8M Mini and rich I/O • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147840 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 19:07:45

• Tiny module combines i.MX8M Mini and rich I/O http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147840          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 19:10:58

• " #Cockpit is the modern Linux admin interface. We release regularly. Here are the release notes from Cockpit version 238." https://cockpit-project.org//blog/cockpit-238.html #freew #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 19:12:25

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Charming https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charming/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 19:13:38

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ The Music We Made in Lockdown https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/music-lockdown-covid/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:06:01

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ #kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza says he’s under surveillance in #Moscow https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/02/17/kremlin-critic-vladimir-kara-murza-says-he-s-under-surveillance-in-moscow          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:06:57

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Haaland ☞ 'Right Person to Lead the Charge Against the Existential Threats of Our Time': Nearly 500 Groups Call for Haaland's Confirmation https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/right-person-lead-charge-against-existential-threats-our-time-nearly-500-groups-call          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:07:29

• #cat https://i.redd.it/2dr6l56nm1f61.jpg          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:09:14

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Environment ☞ As US Prepares to Reenter Paris Agreement, Campaigners Urge Biden to Contribute 'Fair Share' to Tackling #Climate Crisis https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/us-prepares-reenter-paris-agreement-campaigners-urge-biden-contribute-fair-share          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:12:26

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Biden 'Can and Must Go Big,' Say Progressives Urging President to #CancelStudentDebt https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/biden-can-and-must-go-big-say-progressives-urging-president-cancelstudentdebt          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:12:44

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ 40+ Rights Groups Urge #Biden to Halt Federal Use of 'Dangerous' #FacialRecognition Technology https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/40-rights-groups-urge-biden-halt-federal-use-dangerous-facial-recognition-technology          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:13:28

• Hands-On with Ubuntu Unity 20.10 on the Raspberry Pi 4 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147843 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:17:14

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ ‘I live in my own bubble’: Meeting on the app Clubhouse, one of Putin’s alleged daughters chats with the investigative reporter who exposed her ties to the Russian president https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/02/17/i-live-in-my-own-bubble          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:18:03

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ ‘The Russians were just passing by’: In Penza, 28 members of a Roma community are on trial for a mass brawl in a nearby town https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/02/17/the-russians-were-just-passing-by          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:18:29

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #GOPKKK ☞ Opinion | #GOP Senators Said Trump Was Culpable, but a "Private Citizen" Now. Fine—Indict Him Like One. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/17/gop-senators-said-trump-was-culpable-private-citizen-now-fine-indict-him-one          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:18:58

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ ‘What Does It Mean to Be Black and Alive Right Now?’ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/jenna-wortham-kimberly-drew-interview/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:19:38

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ In Some States, Child Care Workers Won’t Get the Covid Vaccine for Months https://www.thenation.com/article/society/childcare-workers-covid-vaccine/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:20:01

• "This year, the 29th annual PAFF is screening at least three Black Panther Party-related films: The documentary Truth to Power: Barbara Lee Speaks..." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/17/panther-gunfight-at-a-not-so-o-k-corral/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:21:05

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #BigOil Spent $10 million #Lobbying #California Officials in 2020 https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/17/big-oil-spent-10-million-lobbying-california-officials-in-2020/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:21:35

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #PrendaLaw #copyright ☞ Appeals Court Affirms $1.5 Million Restitution Judgment Against #PaulHansmeier https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210214/16234046246/appeals-court-affirms-15-million-restitution-judgment-against-paul-hansmeier.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:27:38

• "recent self-inflicted injuries such as the election of Donald J. Trump in the “United” States, the Brexit Referendum in the “United” Kingdom, and the “cooperation” among nations on climate change" https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/17/fecalnomics/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:28:56

• #Mozilla : Outsourcing to #Microsoft and Bringing in More People to the Board (Including ex-Microsoft) http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147838          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:29:24

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Privacy ☞ #Minneapolis , #Minnesota Becomes The Latest Major City To Pass A #FacialRecognition Ban https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210214/09541746242/minneapolis-minnesota-becomes-latest-major-city-to-pass-facial-recognition-ban.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:30:01

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Climate ☞ How a #Texas TV Reporter Gained Confidence to Cover #ClimateChange https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/climate-local-reporter-texas/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:30:32

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Demanding Gov. Abbott's Resignation, Sunrise Movement Says #Texas Crisis Shows Urgent Need for Green New Deal https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/demanding-gov-abbotts-resignation-sunrise-movement-says-texas-crisis-shows-urgent          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:31:18

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Rush Limbaugh—Prized Propagandist of America's Reactionary Right-Wing—Dead at 70 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/rush-limbaugh-prized-propagandist-americas-reactionary-right-wing-dead-70          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:31:47

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #GOPKKK ☞ Republicans Hide Behind Constitution https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/17/republicans-hide-behind-constitution/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:32:16

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #socialcontrolmedia #fb #facebook #fakeOversight ☞ Why We Filed A Comment With Facebook's Oversight Board https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210215/13153346248/why-we-filed-comment-with-facebooks-oversight-board.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:33:51

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posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:34:43

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ After Vowing 'No More Blank Checks for Trump's Favorite Dictator,' #Biden Seeks $200 Million Arms Sale to #Egypt https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/after-vowing-no-more-blank-checks-trumps-favorite-dictator-biden-seeks-200-million "Here's some missiles. Please stop abusing human rights, please?"          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:35:14

• #F2FS With Linux 5.12 Lets You Configure The Zstd/LZ4 Compression Ratio - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=F2FS-Linux-5.12-Compression •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/18/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:36:02

• Linux 5.12 Hooks In LED Support To The TTY Layer - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.12-TTY-LEDs •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/18/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:36:49

• Linux Foundation working with/for the US Army http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147818#comment-28323          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:39:25

• Arduino Blog - Going hands-on with STEM during the pandemic ⇨ https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/02/18/going-hands-on-with-stem-during-the-pandemic/ •●• #Arduino #Hardware #OpenHardware #Hacking | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/18/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:40:07

• mkws - Static Site Generation With The Shell https://www.thelinuxrain.org/articles/mkws-static-site-generation-with-the-shell          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:41:43

• "I'm an Australian independent game developer/Linux porter/freelance generalist based in the small island of Tasmania. I've been making games in some form or another for over thirty years now." https://godotengine.org/article/godot-showcase-cheeseness-hive-time          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:42:59

• "It was back in December that HP announced they would begin preloading Ubuntu 20.04 on select laptops." https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=hp-zbook-g7&num=1          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:44:26

• "For the #GNU #Linux version, for now you're going to need to play it in windowed mode due to a fullscreen bug with the Visionaire Studio game engine." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/mutropolis-is-a-sci-fi-adventure-where-you-revisit-earth-in-the-year-5000          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:47:12

• "An Arduino board reads the EEG directly and passes data along to the computer, which then highlights text green for “paid attention,” and red for “not paying attention.”" https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/02/18/this-program-can-tell-if-you-paid-attention-to-text/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:48:13

• "A lot of the team members have a background in Linux as users. That’s what we tend to typically hire and bring on." https://blog.system76.com/post/643477863512801280          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:49:53

• #zdnet paid by #linuxfoundation to post spam? SJVN now doing ads for LF as if there's a lack of actual news to cover. https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-foundation-offers-free-node-js-class/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:51:30

• This uses #arduino Uno but also some #microsoft trash https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/02/18/this-trash-can-sorts-recyclables-from-other-garbage/ #azure is a #failure with staff layoffs. Don't outsource to it. You will regret it.          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:53:26

• #LibrePlanet 2021: Empowering Users https://www.fsf.org/events/libreplanet-2021-empowering-users #freesw #gnu          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:55:05

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Making America's Rivers Blue Again: Connecting the Dots Between Regenerative Agriculture and Healthy Waterways https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/17/making-americas-rivers-blue-again-connecting-dots-between-regenerative-agriculture          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:55:50

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Health ☞ Opinion | #UniversalHealthcare for Less! #CBO Scores #MedicareForAll https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/17/universal-healthcare-less-cbo-scores-medicare-all          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:56:25

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #insurrection #coup ☞ Opinion | Failure to Prosecute Trump's Serial Assaults on the Republic Would Be Indefensible https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/17/failure-prosecute-trumps-serial-assaults-republic-would-be-indefensible          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:56:59

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posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:57:20

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ We Need a Racial Reckoning to Save Democracy https://www.thenation.com/article/society/racism-discrimination-education-democracy/          ☞

posted Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 23:57:42

• #LinuxDOTcom used to be a big hub with #gnu #linux news but after gutting it the #linuxfoundation just uses it as a spam hub and posts there can't even get more than 50 views. They killed the site.          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:00:44

• #microsoft #outlook breaking things, not just spying on everybody https://linuxrig.com/2021/02/18/calendars-are-tricky/ abandon #proprietarySoftware          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:02:11

• Latest #Arduino Projects • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147844 •●•          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:04:10

• Hands-On with Ubuntu Unity 20.10 on the Raspberry Pi 4 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147843 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:05:31

• #opensuse is still wired to #novell https://news.opensuse.org/2021/02/18/all-opensuse-services-in-provo-now-support/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:06:29

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Cotton-Romney Effort to Tie #MinimumWage Hike to Undocumented Workers Denounced as 'Transparently Cynical Ploy' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/cotton-romney-effort-tie-minimum-wage-hike-undocumented-workers-denounced          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:07:27

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Zuckerberg's Grand Illusion: Understanding The Oversight Board Experiment https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210215/18123646250/zuckerbergs-grand-illusion-understanding-oversight-board-experiment.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:08:04

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #CBP #FacialRecognition Program Has Gathered 50 Million Face Photos, Identified Fewer Than 300 Imposters https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210214/11525846243/cbp-facial-recognition-program-has-gathered-50-million-face-photos-identified-fewer-than-300-imposters.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:08:30

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Finance ☞ Congressional Budget Office Not Competent to Assess Economics of #MinimumWage https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/17/congressional-budget-office-not-competent-to-assess-economics-of-minimum-wage/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:09:05

• "The effort of the new administration, outlined Biden, will focus on repairing and restoring. Paint and scaffolding will be provided." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/17/the-return-of-america-bidens-maiden-foreign-policy-speech/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:09:38

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Opinion | #CBO Not Competent to Assess Economics of #MinimumWage in "Unreliable" New Report https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/17/cbo-not-competent-assess-economics-minimum-wage-unreliable-new-report          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:10:14

• "The Congressional Budget Office’s assessment of President Biden’s proposed increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour is both predictable and disappointing." https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/cbo-minimum-wage-unemployment/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:10:54

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | From Covid To Mass Power Outages, the #Texas Republican Party Has Created a Failed State https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/17/covid-mass-power-outages-texas-republican-party-has-created-failed-state          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:11:28

• Dude! Sweet!         ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:14:09

• "Of course it’s running Linux, there’s a couple of test points internally which bring out the serial console, but after finding those and logging in I discovered it’s running ADB on port 5555 quite happily available without authentication both via wifi and the USB port." https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2021/02/ee40vb-hack-and-brick.html          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:14:34

• Matthias Clasen: #GTK happenings • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147845 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #gnome          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:17:23

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Great, Now Do Mar-A-Lago!': Atlantic City's #Trump Plaza Razed to the Ground https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/17/great-now-do-mar-lago-atlantic-citys-trump-plaza-razed-ground          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:18:29

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Can the #NAACP Succeed Where Everyone Else Has Failed? https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/naacp-lawsuit-trump/ "threats we face from white domestic extremists today."          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:18:59

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Internet ☞ A 90 Year Old Shouldn't Have To Buy A $10,000 Ad Just To Get #ATandT To Upgrade His Shitty DSL Line https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210215/07142846247/90-year-old-shouldnt-have-to-buy-10000-ad-just-to-get-att-to-upgrade-his-shitty-dsl-line.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:19:22

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Whose Rights Matter in Pandemic America? https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/17/whose-rights-matter-in-pandemic-america/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:19:37

• APT 2.2 released • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147846 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:20:08

• #google #spyware as OS... with #linux in it https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/02/android-12-dp1.html          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:25:58

• "The Guile Potluck is a randomly annual event to give people a chance to show off their Guile projects and skills. Think of it as a game jam, but, not constrained to games." http://lcinexile.blogspot.com/2021/02/guile-potluck-2021.html          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:26:41

• Understanding #freesw #databases https://venturebeat.com/2021/02/18/understanding-open-source-databases/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:29:16

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147847 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:29:43

• "Zink’s in a tough spot right now in master. GL 4.6 is available, but there’s still plenty of things that won’t work, e.g., running anything at 60fps." https://www.supergoodcode.com/roadmapping/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:30:37

• #NetworkManager 1.30 Adds Support for WPA3 Enterprise 192-Bit Mode, New Ethtool Offload Features • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147848 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:39:46

• Links 19/2/2021: APT 2.2, Mabox 21.02, and Cockpit 238 • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/apt-2-2/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/18/apt-2-2/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:49:10

• Free Software: GNU and Booting Freedom • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147849 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:50:51

• #Programming and #FreeSoftware Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147850 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:51:00

• Linux #Kernel #Graphics and Linux 5.12 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147851 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:51:30

• GNU/Linux Preinstalled on the Desktop/Laptop • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147852 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:51:41

• Today’s 𝐓𝐮𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147853 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:52:17

• "Both the YYRC web site and Lynne's web site were among the first projects in my new content management system (CMS), hosted in a GNU/Linux environment." https://danielpocock.com/influential-women/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:55:18

• #GTK 4.2 Releasing Next Month With Likely Introducing A New #OpenGL Renderer http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147845#comment-28324 #freesw          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:58:33

• "This is a very hard thing to do, and Kurtzer knows this full well, even though he comes at it from a slightly oblique angle." #ibm #redhat #centos #gnu #linux http://www.nextplatform.com/2021/02/18/why-the-founder-of-centos-is-building-the-next-platform/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 00:59:47