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  • #cat #video https://i.imgur.com/HvQE9es.mp4         ☞

posted Monday, March 01, 2021 at 23:49:26


  • #australia #police outsourced to #fascist nation that murders 1000+ per year in "police officer-involved shootings" https://www.itwire.com/enterprise-solutions/nsw-police-signs-deal-with-us-based-firm-to-modernise-technology.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 00:04:52


  • You Don’t Need To Ask • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148309 •●• #GNU #Linux doing OK, but #ubuntu lost its inertia and #canonical staff looks for excuses          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 00:16:49


  • Data collection, Inc. An #espionage tool incorporated as a for-profit (sometimes!) firm, propped up by military budget. #facebook #google #microsoft          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 00:24:24


  • I think many of the #techrights #gemini tools and software are now considered stable and reliable. Will be released soon as AGPLv3. Not sure yet whether to set up a WebUI/GUI for access or just plain git with open port.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 00:29:27


  • Sites are being converted to #gemini whether they like it or not. gemini://simplynews.metalune.xyz (via https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/005824.html ). I've just checked it out, the conversion is of decent quality. We coded our own, too.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 00:32:51


  • #IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 01, 2021 • 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/02/irc-log-010321/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/02/irc-log-010321/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:04:53


  • #SDL2 Lands Native #PipeWire Support https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=SDL2-Lands-PipeWire-Audio          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:05:33


  • "Linux on another planet, Chrome OS enjoys huge success, great Firefox improvements, a flawed but well-meaning idea for a laptop, free RHEL for FOSS projects, Xfce news, and KDE Korner." https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-114/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:05:57


  • Browser fingerprinting comes to mind https://www.otsukare.info/2021/02/15/capping-macos-user-agent          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:06:19


  • #Techrights Bulletin for Monday, March 01, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:07:21


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

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:07:42


  • #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148318 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:11:42


  • Compact Arm Linux gateway features #ThingsBoard IoT software • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148317 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:11:58


  • Best Screen Capture Tools for Linux in 2021 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148316 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:13:39


  • NVIDIA introduces lower cost Jetson TX2 NX SO-DIMM module • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148315 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:13:55


  • #Guake Terminal: A Customizable Linux Terminal for Power Users [Inspired by an #FPS Game] • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148314 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:14:24


  • today’s howots • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148313 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:14:59


  • #HowTo solve zipimport.ZipImportError: can’t decompress data; #zlib not available • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148312 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:16:38


  • Linux Kernel 5.12 RC-1 Released with Many ARM Board Support • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 #kernel #Linux #TuxMachines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148311          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:16:52


  • #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148310 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:17:14


  • ● NEWS ● #BenJojo ☞ Splitting the ping https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/ping-with-loss-latency-split          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:27:43


  • ● NEWS ● #Nee #Games ☞ How I cut #GTA Online loading times by 70% https://nee.lv/2021/02/28/How-I-cut-GTA-Online-loading-times-by-70/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:28:10


  • ● NEWS ● #Koehntopp #Databases ☞ #MySQL from Below https://blog.koehntopp.info/2021/02/25/mysql-from-below.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:28:42


  • ● NEWS ● #Perl #programming ☞ The Hijacking of #Perlcom https://www.perl.com/article/the-hijacking-of-perl-com/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:29:20


  • ● NEWS ● #HelsinkiTimes #Health ☞ Every tenth teenager in #Finland shows symptoms of problematic #socialcontrolmedia use https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/18774-every-tenth-teenager-in-finland-shows-symptoms-of-problematic-social-media-use.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:32:31


  • ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Health ☞ #Twitter to label posts with #vaccine #misinformation https://thehill.com/policy/technology/541055-twitter-to-label-posts-with-vaccine-misinformation they ban people who say the truth, too: http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:32:47


  • ● NEWS ● #VOANews #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #EU Commission to Propose Vaccine Passports for Travel in Europe https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/eu-commission-propose-vaccine-passports-travel-europe but the TESTS matter, not some paper          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:38:48


  • ● NEWS ● #JulienVoisin ☞ Spectre exploits in the "wild" https://dustri.org/b/spectre-exploits-in-the-wild.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:40:15


  • ● NEWS ● #BBC ☞ #Nigeria 's school abductions: Why children are being targeted https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56212645          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:48:21


  • ● NEWS ● #IndiaToday ☞ Exclusive: Night-time satellite images show Chinese buildup in Depsang https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/exclusive-night-time-satellite-images-show-chinese-buildup-in-depsang-1774474-2021-03-01          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:48:36


  • ● NEWS ● #DailyPost ☞ Bandits: Kidnapping school students is lesser evil – Sheikh Gumi https://dailypost.ng/2021/03/01/bandits-kidnapping-school-students-is-lesser-evil-sheikh-gumi/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:49:13


  • ● NEWS ● #NPR #Environment ☞ 'Run The #Oil Industry In Reverse': Fighting #ClimateChange By Farming Kelp https://text.npr.org/970670565          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:50:33


  • ● NEWS ● #VOANews #Energy ☞ US: #China Must Raise Its Ambitions on #CarbonNeutrality https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/voa-news-china/us-china-must-raise-its-ambitions-carbon-neutrality          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:51:11


  • ● NEWS ● #RollingStone #Politics ☞ #Trump Got Vaccinated Secretly, Because Otherwise He Might Have Helped the Country https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-got-covid-vaccine-january-1135185/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:55:54


  • ● NEWS ● #Salon #Politics ☞ Watch: #SachaBaronCohen roasts "co-star" Rudy #Giuliani during Golden Globes acceptance speech https://www.salon.com/2021/03/01/watch-sacha-baron-cohen-roasts-co-star-rudy-giuliani-during-golden-globes-acceptance-speech/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:56:13


  • ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg ☞ #YouTube Suspends #RudyGiuliani Again for #Election Fraud Claims https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-01/youtube-suspends-rudy-giuliani-again-for-election-fraud-claims          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:58:34


  • ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Politics ☞ #RudyGiuliani just lost his #YouTube privileges for two weeks https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/1/22308377/rudy-giuliani-youtube-suspension-strike-two-weeks          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 09:58:52


  • #Emmabuntüs #Debian Edition 3 1.04 Released with Debian GNU/Linux 10.8 “Buster” Updates • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148319 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMac          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:01:33


  • ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #Politics ☞ #YouTube Suspends #RudyGiuliani Again https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/youtube-suspends-rudy-giuliani-again          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:04:19


  • ● NEWS ● #TheHindu #Politics ☞ #France ’s former President #NicolasSarkozy convicted of #corruption , sentenced to jail https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/frances-nicolas-sarkozy-faces-jail-sentence-denies-corruption-pact/article33962976.ece now do the same with #battistelli http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Beno%C3%AEt_Battistelli          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:04:33


  • We're coming to a point where #socialcontrolmedia #monopolies get to decide that it's illegal or "violence" or "life-threatening" to point out some voting machines have back doors and some of the dozen or so vaccines make false claims (none properly tested for long-term effects yet)          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:06:35


  • ● NEWS ● #DailyPost #Nigeria ☞ BREAKING: Nigerian govt jams #RadioBiafra in #Lagos https://dailypost.ng/2021/03/01/breaking-nigerian-govt-jams-radio-biafra-in-lagos/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:06:54


  • ● NEWS ● #RTL #russia ☞ #UN experts urge international probe of #Navalny poisoning https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1681080.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:07:27


  • Overuse of labels such as "conspiracy theorist" will render such labels rather meaningless. Like partisan politics where each voter is either "Marxist" or "Nazi"... like brand dilution in #trademark sense/realm... or Godwin's Law          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:10:59


  • old: #China : Thirty years since the #TiananmenSquare massacre https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/10/leps-s10.html "100,000 people assembled"          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:13:24


  • old: "Short introduction about Gemini: it's a very recent protocol that is being simplistic and limited. Keys features are: pages are written in markdown like, mandatory TLS, no header, UTF-8 encoding only." https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2020-11-30-gemini-vger-server.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:14:16


  • old: Looting is a real problem. But oligarchs-owned media doesn't tell us that its owners are the REAL looters. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tax-cuts-rich-50-years-no-trickle-down/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:15:07


  • #Sarkozy in prison https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56237818 "avoided actual penalties though" and his enablers and mates like #battistelli need to join him in a cell http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Beno%C3%AEt_Battistelli          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:16:36


  • Notice how 'trolls' in media made the news about #linux all about "LINUS" https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/6-days-without-electricity-what-the-inventor-of-microsoft-windows-rival-linux-did/articleshow/81285740.cms see http://techrights.org/2020/05/25/no-technical-journalism/ and http://techrights.org/2021/01/06/linus-instead-of-linux/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:18:06


  • #corporateMedia is doomed because it's provoking and lying. Sure, most people don't care about "Linux 5.12" (not like "WINDOWS TEN!!!") and don't know what RC stands for or technically means. Not fun and exciting news, maybe boring, but that's the news. Stop making drama over a person! http://techrights.org/2020/05/25/no-technical-journalism/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:20:01


  • Personification of the news by corporate or mainstream media may be useful for the advertising industry; but it doesn’t contribute to public understanding of what’s really important and what constitutes news http://techrights.org/2021/01/06/linus-instead-of-linux/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:20:32


  • #newscientist on #wikipedia (which is gamed heavily by PR people and corporate stooges) https://www.newscientist.com/article/2269414-wikipedia-has-seen-a-spike-in-people-editing-pages-during-the-pandemic/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:22:10


  • I have long waited for something that replaces what we have, but #microsoft #proprietarySoftware #github is an immediate way to discredit an effort. #deletegithub to be taken seriously. https://bsd.network/@stsp/105813515779119321          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:24:15


  • Using #github to host #freesw is like having a vegetarian meetup in a meatplant http://techrights.org/2020/06/15/confessions-of-scott-guthrie/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:25:38


  • "gas companies are the new tobacco companies - as cynical, selfish and ruthless" https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/105816846726245264          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:26:43


  • "The protest followed the failure of an effort of the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization (OSCRO) to impeach tribal president Richard Wilson, whom they accused of corruption and abuse of opponents." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Occupation          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:30:49


  • "U.S. settlers were alarmed by the sight of the many Great Basin and Plains tribes performing the Ghost Dance, worried that it might be a prelude to armed attack." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:32:29


  • ● NEWS ● #RTL #PressFreedom #Information ☞ #Khashoggi fiancee demands punishment for Saudi prince https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1681056.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:40:51


  • ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #DRM ☞ #Roku to Buy Nielsen's Advanced Video #Advertising Business https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roku-to-buy-nielsens-advanced-video-advertising-business spying while denying people access to what they paid for          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:41:35


  • ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #Monopolies ☞ Ant’s Employees Expected a Windfall. They Got Unsellable Shares https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-02/ant-s-employees-expected-a-windfall-they-got-unsellable-shares          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:42:10


  • ● NEWS ● #ITWire #SoftwarePatents #swpats ☞ Tough year ahead for #Nokia , #Ericsson moving ahead: analyst https://www.itwire.com/telecoms-and-nbn/tough-year-ahead-for-nokia,-ericsson-moving-ahead-analyst.html increasingly patent extortion entities          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:43:19


  • How weird that in #mozilla #firefox options, the setting for default zoom is either 30% or 50% or 100% or higher (nothing below or in between). Just let me enter a number. The #ux cargo cult strikes again! User 'too dumb' to enter a number?          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:49:16


  • FOSS Patents: #Law profs to Federal Circuit: China's antisuit injunction case law is consistent and compatible with U.S. approach, Ericsson's anti-antisuit injunction against #Samsung should be overturned ⇨ http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/03/law-profs-to-federal-circuit-chinas.html •●• #fosspatents          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:50:54


  • Wow. #JUVEPatent become a #law firms' #marketing site, hardly even pretending to be about the news. Fake rankings that act like ads. "In JUVE Patent’s latest ranking video, France correspondents Christina Schulze and Konstanze Richter discuss the main forces driving the French patent market"          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:51:57


  • "Once the integration completes, the developers building on Avalanche will first time have access to develop smart contracts using Linux and uncountable mainstream software stack." https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/product-release/cartesi-ctsi-opens-linux-environment-gates-for-avalanche/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 10:58:26


  • #programming professionals: HOW would you do that? #ux 'professionals': WHY would you want to do that? Destroying software little by little so that it sucks up more resources, harms #privacy (for 'research'), and does far less, except for software masters and advertisers...         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:01:00


  • #Gaming in #Nitrux pt. 1: Get Started " Nitrux — #YourNextOS ⇨ https://nxos.org/tutorial/gaming-in-nitrux-pt-1-get-started/ •●• #nxos #freesw          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:04:36


  • #Portal2 gets more #DXVK #Vulkan improvements with another update | GamingOnLinux ⇨ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/portal-2-gets-more-dxvk-vulkan-improvements-with-another-update •●• #GamingOnLinux          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:05:13


  • Well, 'your' #RaspberryPi is being monitored by #microsoft now... so better do the same as here but with a different SBC https://opensource.com/article/21/3/raspberry-pi-grafana-cloud see http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/raspberry-pi-breaks-up-with-free-software-community/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:08:45


  • "the first multi-processor version of Unix, three years ahead of Sun Microsystems and HP." https://swarajyamag.com/technology/the-hard-core-of-hcl-fades-into-history          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:09:45


  • Refund of pre-installed Windows: Lenovo must pay 20,000 euros in damages • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148321 And later on #fsfe takes "sponsorship" money from #microsoft ... as for #lenovo ... they have 'history' http://techrights.org/2016/10/02/lenovo-forums-censorship/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:26:35


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148322 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:27:07


  • Games: GTA, SDL, Gaming in #Nitrux , and Portal 2 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148320 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #games          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:27:42


  • #ibm : let's not code, let's do code of conduct instead and gag people (like opinionated folks who point out IBM is #racist and corrupt). "In 2020 we had more than two times the number of CoC reports when compared to 2019." https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-code-of-conduct-report-2020/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:29:11


  • Racist #ibm ... very racist IBM. http://techrights.org/2020/09/29/ibm-keen-sense-of-public-relations/ Corrupt #linuxfoundation helps corrupt IBM to say the opposite of what's true. Follow the money. Money buys PERCEPTION.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:30:08


  • #ibm : we don't fight black people, honest!!http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/ibm-powered-purges/ #racist #racism #nypd #eugenics          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:31:06


  • #ibm : we bought a company where the state went to war with the whole country (government) to keep black people as nothing but #slaves BUT: now we at IBM work to ban... not slavery but the word "slave"         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:32:36


  • When Matthew Miller et at say "Keep it up, and keep being awesome Fedora, we <3 you!" I totally believe them. The problem is, the big decisions aren't made by Matthew Miller and co but by greedy, litigious IBM, the "master" that pays the salary. Look what they did to #centos          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:35:12


  • 3 features that debuted in #Python 3.0 you should use now | ⇨ https://opensource.com/article/21/3/python-new-features •●• #FreeSW #RedHat #IBM #Linux          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:37:49


  • "Mike: Moz is on board. Google seems to be on board." #google is the 'master' of #mozilla though because... I mean... just look where the salaries at Mozilla come from. #surveillanceCapitalism https://www.otsukare.info/2021/03/02/capping-user-agent-string          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:41:13


  • Hopefully enough people understand the degree to which use agents in a Web browser are leveraged for fingerprinting/tracking/surveillance/abuse          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:42:48


  • Learn Java with object orientation by building a classic Breakout game https://opensource.com/article/21/3/java-object-orientation #java #programming          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:43:51


  • "A quick note to say that we finalized a bugfix release 0.1.5 of #RcppSimdJson yesterday which got onto CRAN earlier today." http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2021/02/24#rcppsimdjson_0.1.5          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:45:43


  • Ouch. Outsourcing not only code but also documentation to #microsoft #proprietarySofwtare with #surveillance (no excuses for this) http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2021/03/01/ #deletegithub          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:47:07


  • #freesw developer on #github : it's just a tool, I know it's #proprietarySoftware Vegetarian activist: I need to eat hamburgers for energy... so I can promote the cause and end meat consumption #deletegithub         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:48:13


  • "It’s possible to connect to the ESP32 thermal camera board in access point or station mode to control it with “tCam console” desktop application compatible with [GNU] Linux..." https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/03/02/tcam-mini-esp32-ir-thermal-camera-board/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:50:15


  • #patents against #innovation : "In the absence of a framework to promote harmonious licensing, SEP owners could, if they wish, use the #patent enforcement system to ‘hold up’ or prevent their competitors from launching rival products" http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/03/02/a-welcome-statement-of-diverse-views-or-a-damning-indictment-of-a-hopelessly-fractured-system-on-the-eu-seps-expert-group-report-and-the-state-of-sep-licensing/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:54:52


  • Felipe Borges: Save the date: #GNOME #LATAM 2021, March 27th https://feborg.es/save-the-date-gnome-latam-2021-march-27th/ #freesw #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:56:00


  • #LibreOffice Documentation and Guides • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148323 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #freesw          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:59:15


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ #Biden “Illegally” Bombs Iranian-Backed Militias in Syria, Jeopardizing Nuclear Talks with Tehran https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/1/syrian_airstrikes_biden_administration          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 13:48:59


  • ● NEWS ● #ProjectCensored ☞ John K. Wilson and #AbbyMartin - The Project Censored Show https://www.projectcensored.org/john-k-wilson-and-abby-martin/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 13:49:26


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Khashoggi ☞ U.S. Says Saudi Terrorist MBS Approved Assassination of Khashoggi, But He Avoids Any Sanctions https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/1/jamal_khashoggi_assassination_saudi_arabia          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 13:50:00


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Taylor Swift, Evermore Theme Park Dispute Escalates As Swift's Team Countersues https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210226/10054546325/taylor-swift-evermore-theme-park-dispute-escalates-as-swifts-team-countersues.shtml          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 13:53:40


  • #Codeberg Code Hosting is now with Documentation • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148324 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #freesw          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 13:55:21


  • #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148325 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 13:55:34


  • #GodotEngine team grows with another developer now working on rendering | GamingOnLinux ⇨ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/godot-engine-team-grows-with-another-developer-now-working-on-rendering •●• #deletegithub          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 13:59:32


  • "The XR (VR/AR) space continues to evolve and one of the promising projects there is called StereoKit, an open source mixed reality library and a new release is out now adding in Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/open-source-mixed-reality-library-stereokit-adds-linux-support          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:00:15


  • The #GNU #LinuxAppSummit (LAS) returns in May, applications open for talks until March 15 | GamingOnLinux ⇨ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/the-linux-app-summit-las-returns-in-may-applications-open-for-talks-until-march-15          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:02:30


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Censorship ☞ #Utah Prematurely Tries To Dance On #Section230's Grave And Shows What Unconstitutional Garbage Will Follow If We Kill It https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210225/12073746318/utah-prematurely-tries-to-dance-section-230s-grave-shows-what-unconstitutional-garbage-will-follow-if-we-kill-it.shtml          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:04:50


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Finance ☞ Rep. Ro Khanna: Democrats Should Ignore the Senate Parliamentarian and Pass $15 #MinimumWage Hike https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/1/covid_relief_package_congress_ro_khanna          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:05:28


  • Padding and aligning data in #GNUpoke http://jemarch.net/pokology-20210302.html #gnu #freesw          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:07:08


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #police ☞ #Oregon Court: A Stop So Pretexual Cops Forgot About The Pretext Is A Rights Violation https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210213/12002346240/oregon-court-stop-so-pretexual-cops-forgot-about-pretext-is-rights-violation.shtml          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:10:08


  • Pocock on Removing Cognitive Bias Around Consent • 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/02/cognitive-bias/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/02/cognitive-bias/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:31:46


  • "Some people are spreading rumours that Bruce Lehrmann has fled overseas." https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2021/02/27/were-young-women-sexually-assaulted-when-bruce-lehrmann-the-alleged-parliament-house-rapist-was-an-official-at-the-anu-un-conference/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:36:14


  • #EQE again, but #IPKat actively censored reports about the real EQE scandal, which involved #EPO #corruption http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-chaotic-start-to-eeqes.html see http://techrights.org/2020/03/16/doyen-for-a-yen/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:39:28


  • Add these 4 tools to your Linux container toolbox | Enable Sysadmin ⇨ https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/new-linux-container-tools •●• #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:45:39


  • #gnu #linux distro #Bluestar 5.11.2 is out. A thousand downloads per day. https://sourceforge.net/projects/bluestarlinux/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:47:28


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | #COVID19 Has Exacerbated Extreme Levels of Inequality. It’s Time for a Billionaire #WealthTax https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/01/covid-19-has-exacerbated-extreme-levels-inequality-its-time-billionaire-wealth-tax #famousCriminal #billgates opposes https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/us/politics/bill-gates-elizabeth-warren-wealth-tax.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:49:06


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | The #Climate Crisis Fuels Violence Against Women https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/01/climate-crisis-fuels-violence-against-women          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:49:30


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Failure to Deliver Is Not an Option': Khanna, Omar, AOC, and 20 Other House Dems Push VP to Overrule Parliamentarian on $15 Wage https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/01/failure-deliver-not-option-khanna-omar-aoc-and-20-other-house-dems-push-vp-overrule          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:50:24


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'A Huge, Huge Deal': #Biden Issues Public Statement of Support for #Alabama Amazon Workers Fighting for Union https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/01/huge-huge-deal-biden-issues-public-statement-support-alabama-amazon-workers-fighting          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:50:39


  • ● NEWS ● #TheRevelator #Wildlife #Nature ☞ Sounds of Silence: #Extinction Is Erasing the Earth’s Music https://therevelator.org/earths-music-moore/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:51:16


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #myanmar ☞ #Coup Leaders, Aung San Suu Kyi Betrayed Democracy in #Burma https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/coup-leaders-aung-san-suu-kyi-betrayed-democracy-in-burma/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:51:57


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Coup Leaders, Aung San Suu Kyi Betrayed #Democracy in #Burma https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/01/coup-leaders-aung-san-suu-kyi-betrayed-democracy-burma          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:52:13


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #burma #myanmar ☞ Burmese Scholar: Military Junta Using Terror Against “Entire Population” to Keep Power After Coup https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/1/burma_anti_coup_protests_maung_zarni          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:52:47


  • ● NEWS ● #ClimateNewsNetwork #Climate ☞ Alpine plants face risk from growing climate heat https://climatenewsnetwork.net/alpine-plants-face-risk-from-growing-climate-heat/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:53:29


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ A Modest Proposal for Establishing a Strategic Toddler Reserve https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/133583/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:54:16


  • ● NEWS ● #EFF #GAFAM #Monopolies ☞ What the #ATandT Breakup Teaches Us About a #BigTech Breakup https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/what-att-breakup-teaches-us-about-big-tech-breakup          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:55:07


  • "This blog remains, as far as I am aware, blocked in Russia. (Am receiving messages it is not currently blocked, at least on several major ISPs, which is good news)." https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2021/03/mote-in-your-own-eye/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 14:55:48


  • ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews #cuba ☞ Sovereign 2: Could Cuba's Covid #Vaccine Break #BigPharma 's Grip on Production? https://www.mintpressnews.com/sovereign-2-cuba-covid-vaccine-break-big-pharmas-grip-on-production/275785/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:03:10


  • The #nhs pharmacies here have ads. Not good. #covid19 exploited for #advertising ... even dodgy and truly sleazy companies.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:04:00


  • ● NEWS ● #MichaelGeist ☞ The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 78: Jennifer Jenkins on What #Copyright Term Extension Could Mean for #Canada https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2021/03/law-bytes-podcast-episode-78/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:06:31


  • ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews ☞ British American Tobacco's Illegal Smokes Burn Through Mali's Quest for Self-Determination https://www.mintpressnews.com/british-american-tobaccos-illegal-smokes-mali/275780/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:11:33


  • ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews #trumpland #xenophobia ☞ After Years of Propaganda, American Views of #Russia and #China Hit Historic Lows https://www.mintpressnews.com/propaganda-american-public-opinion-russia-china-historic-low/275771/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:12:33


  • ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ US Court: Pirate Streaming Sites Operator Must Pay $16.8m in Damages https://torrentfreak.com/us-court-pirate-streaming-sites-operator-must-pay-16-8m-in-damages-210301/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:15:51


  • ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #copyrightExtremism #copyrightExtremists ☞ ‘US Government Should Protect the Public from Copyright Extremes' https://torrentfreak.com/us-government-should-protect-the-public-from-copyright-extremes-210301/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:16:21


  • ● NEWS ● #GreenPartyUK #uk ☞ #GreenParty urges Chancellor to make polluters pay in Spring Budget https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2021/03/01/green-party-urges-chancellor-to-make-polluters-pay-in-spring-budget/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:20:07


  • Help #fsf (and #gnu too, perhaps) expand to #geminispace now that the #www is so malicious. I've done my bit, others can contact sysadmin@gnu.org and explain how/why a move to Gemini would help #freesw          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:21:44


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Mumbai #India ☞ Pushing the Tempo at Mumbai's Farmer Sit-In https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/pushing-the-tempo-at-mumbais-farmer-sit-in/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:24:03


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #sharing #patents #monopolies ☞ To Prevent the Resurgence of the Pandemic, Can We Talk About Open-Source Research? https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/to-prevent-the-resurgence-of-the-pandemic-can-we-talk-about-open-source-research/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:24:38


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Finance ☞ The Villain Leshner https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/the-villain-leshner/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:54:04


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Financial Reserves and the Racial Wealth Gap https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/financial-reserves-and-the-racial-wealth-gap-2/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:54:41


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #militarism #imperialism ☞ Opinion | Living Up Close and Personal With Our #EndlessWars https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/01/living-close-and-personal-our-endless-wars          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:57:51


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 150 Former Aides, Surrogates Urge Sanders to Help Secure Citizenship Pathway for Undocumented Immigrants https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/01/150-former-aides-surrogates-urge-sanders-help-secure-citizenship-pathway          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 15:59:48


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Culpability and Recalibration: MBS and the Killing of Jamal #Khashoggi https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/culpability-and-recalibration-mbs-and-the-killing-of-jamal-khashoggi/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 16:04:18


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Perspectives on the Storming of the Capitol from a Military Spouse https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/perspectives-on-the-storming-of-the-capitol-from-a-military-spouse/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 16:05:49


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ To Help Fund Covid Recovery and Redress Inequality, Warren Unveils Wealth Tax on 'Ultra-Millionaires' and Billionaires https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/01/help-fund-covid-recovery-and-redress-inequality-warren-unveils-wealth-tax-ultra should also #arrestBillGates for fake 'charity' used for money laundering, bribery, and tax evasion https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/us/politics/bill-gates-elizabeth-warren-wealth-tax.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 16:09:21


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Tennessee ☞ The "Murder" of John Hunt Morgan: "You Have Just Killed the Best Man in the Confederacy!" https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/the-murder-of-john-hunt-morgan-you-have-just-killed-the-best-man-in-the-confederacy/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 16:10:22


  • Overusing the term "antivaxxers" when maybe half the population is sceptical of jabs developed in just a few months, barely tested (approval expedited due to emergency) https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/03/01/covid-19-vaccines-prion-disease-and-alzheimers-another-old-antivax-lie-is-new-again/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 16:12:18


  • ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ How your young people can create with tech for Coolest Projects 2021 https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/how-young-people-can-create-with-tech-coolest-projects-2021/ just remove #microsoft already. stop ignoring your clients' complaints http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/raspberry-pi-breaks-up-with-free-software-community/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 16:13:25


  • #patents #monopoly #classwar #accessToMedicine https://www.propublica.org/article/how-inequity-gets-built-into-americas-vaccination-system #twitter BANS people for taking about these issues!! http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 16:17:00


  • "Having helped a number of groups in the Balkans, I’ve visited Tirana quite a few times and walked past the home of former dictator Enver Hoxha" • 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/02/cognitive-bias/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/02/cognitive-bias/ | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/03/02/#latest          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 16:22:08


  • "The '154 patent generally relates to systems and methods for monetizing the reproduction of digital media content" = #swpats = #fakepatents https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/3/2/2000-for-media-chain-prior-art #uspto #ptab          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 16:23:09


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Governor Cuomo, Sexual Harassment, and Senator Gillibrand’s Silence https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/cuomo-harassment-feminism-gillibrand/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 16:53:44


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Biden’s Tough Stance on #China Will Lead to Global #Climate Doom https://www.thenation.com/article/world/biden-china-climate/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 16:54:13


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ #Moscow judges are getting meaner New investigative report by ‘Proekt’ shows how the capital’s courts are harsher than ever against arrested protesters https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/03/01/moscow-judges-are-getting-meaner          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 16:55:06


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ After a Decade of Misrule, the People of #Haiti Have Had Enough https://www.thenation.com/article/world/haiti-moise-corruption-protest/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:09:17


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Navalny ☞ #Moscow City Court publishes full text of appellate ruling upholding Navalny’s prison sentence https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/03/01/moscow-city-court-publishes-full-text-of-appellate-ruling-upholding-navalny-s-prison-sentence          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:10:42


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Whistle While You Work? https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/whistle-while-you-work/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:12:12


  • ● NEWS ● #TheGrayZone ☞ Coup-supporting academics spread lies to censor The #Grayzone reporting exposing Ecuador’s pseudo-left candidate Yaku Pérez https://thegrayzone.com/2021/03/01/academic-letter-censor-grayzone-ecuador-yaku-perez/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:12:55


  • ● NEWS ● #KrebsOnSecurity ☞ Is Your Browser Extension a #Botnet Backdoor? https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/03/is-your-browser-extension-a-botnet-backdoor/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:13:31


  • ’GatoKeeper’/ #IPKat ( #AstraZeneca ) Still Suppressing and Censoring the Public Views or Internal EPO Talks About #EPO #Corruption • 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/02/gatokeeper/ •●• #Techrights gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/02/gatokeeper/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:28:48


  • Sellout sites that USED to cover "LINUX" nowadays publish SPAM, for loose change... what's your target audience? #microsoft employees? GNU/Linux users? Can't do both. No wonder those sites are dying.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:35:55


  • Silly sites. Thinking you can promote #microsoft lies and still keep an audience of people who actually use #gnu #linux is a fantasy. Like thinking you can praise both #biden and #trump ... those people (the people who vote for either candidate) hate the others' guts.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:38:09


  • Lots of #ibm #redhat puff pieces from this site. Is IBM a paying client (sponsor of the reports about itself)? https://www.itprotoday.com/hybrid-cloud/red-hats-2021-open-source-survey-whos-using-software-and-why          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:40:29


  • What kind of 'news' paper is the Washington Post? A paper that cannot criticise its owner's company. #corruptMedia          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:41:51


  • The suppression of comments critical of the #EPO ‘s administration (especially #corruption scandals surrounding #AntónioCampinos and #BenoîtBattistelli ) is a real problem • 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/02/gatokeeper/ •●• #Techrights gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/02/gatokeeper/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:43:53


  • Highly malicious #patentTroll #Sisvel making the usual mess in #germany https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/sisvel-vs-haier-federal-court-raises-bar-for-implementers-in-sep-disputes/ #de ruined by parasitic entities          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:46:04


  • "Rain’s US Patent 9,805,349 covers a method for delivering apps via a computer network using a webstore and server authentication" = #swpats = #fakepatents https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/03/claim-construction-module.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:47:14


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ ‘Opponents of #MedicareForAll Are Deathly Afraid’ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/opponents-of-medicare-for-all-are-deathly-afraid/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:54:03


  • #LibreOffice 7.1 Finally Available to Install via #Ubuntu PPA http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148323#comment-28476          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:55:57


  • #KDE Plasma 5.21.2 Update Re-Enabled Key Repeat by Default, Improves System Settings • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148328 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 17:59:51


  • My First Week of #Librem5 Convergence • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148327 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:00:05


  • #KDE Plasma 5.21.2, Bugfix Release for March • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148326 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:00:34


  • The #corruptMedia now erupts into another "bill gates says" frenzy. The expert and guru uses this and that. Who cares? Who is he? When will he go back to college and actually graduate? When will he be arrested for decades of crimes? Anything to spam the media with fluff...          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:02:15


  • Updated #Portal2 Vulkan Rendering Code Yielding Great #Radeon Results • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148329 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:05:39


  • WTH?!?! https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/us/dr-seuss-books-cease-publication-trnd/index.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:07:19


  • "The #Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis. It is a summary of all the things that made us feel proud to be part of this journey. What do you think of it?" https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-in-the-wild-03          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:10:49


  • Why is the kind of crap that assures I'll never touch #ubuntu again https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-completes-azure-arc-kubernetes-validation-program #microsoft #surveillance #crime #canonical          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:12:38


  • #Canonical has been boosting #Microsoft for years and it closed bug #1 which basically means they don't wish to actually replace #Windows also see http://techrights.org/2021/02/15/cancel-canonical/         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:14:19


  • #canonical : #ubuntu is now #debian because we rebranded it. Also: Ubuntu isn't Windows but now a component of Windows, WSL. Which nobody uses... http://techrights.org/2020/05/06/wsl2-usage-numbers/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:15:54


  • #IBM Begins Adding #GCC Support For Z Arch14 - Likely IBM z16 - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=IBM-Z-Arch14-GCC •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:20:32


  • "Why would they do that? Now that #Qt Company is no longer putting out LTS releases for open source users, how could anyone base a big project like #KDE on a constantly moving target?" https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1241962-qt-6-1-beta-released-with-porting-more-modules-to-qt6          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:22:12


  • "I think they will eventually have to bite the bullet and fork Qt for their own sanity. That, or at least keep their own GPL-only patch set for whatever Qt release is chosen to base KDE releases on. Let Qt Company go off and support their proprietary embedded stuff on their own." https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1241962-qt-6-1-beta-released-with-porting-more-modules-to-qt6          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:22:33


  • "Yeah, the question isn't about when we get #KDE 6 but whether #Qt6 will die eventually if no serious maintainer/company forks it. I say, Intel, Google and Canonical should fund this." https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1241962-qt-6-1-beta-released-with-porting-more-modules-to-qt6          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:23:20


  • This is more of a #surveillance industry (spying on people's health, harvesting data and sellint it) than "fitness industry" https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-mcus-a-perfect-development-platform-for-the-fitness-industry          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:24:56


  • #StarLabs Adds Coreboot Open-Source Firmware Support to Their LabTop Mk IV Linux Laptop • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148331 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:25:54


  • #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148330 •●• #Google#Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:26:03


  • #Mozilla Open Policy & Advocacy Blog: India’s new intermediary liability and digital media regulations will harm the open #internet https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2021/03/02/indias-new-intermediary-liability-and-digital-media-regulations-will-harm-the-open-internet/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:26:55


  • #IBM : we speak for "Open Source" (also, we're #proprietarySoftware company and we outsource the source code to proprietary GitHub/Microsoft) https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/state-enterprise-open-source-2021-four-results-may-surprise-you          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:35:53


  • New #GarudaLinux “Hawk Eagle” Released With LibreWolf Browser https://fossbytes.com/new-garuda-linux-hawk-eagle-released-with-librewolf-browser/ #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:37:20


  • #microsoft delivering #malware again, but the media (actually a Microsoft propaganda site) does not mention Microsoft! https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-npm-packages-target-amazon-slack-with-new-dependency-attacks/ similar to: http://techrights.org/2019/07/14/blaming-canonical-for-github/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:38:35


  • Games: Hack Grid, Godot Engine, #StereoKit , #MirroredPawns • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148332 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:41:18


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148333 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:41:30


  • #Python Developers Survey 2020 Results | JetBrains: Developer Tools for Professionals and Teams ⇨ https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/python-developers-survey-2020/ •●• #jetbrains          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:42:15


  • This is the sort of #proprietarySoftware that #gnu #linux should sweep users AWAY from https://www.linuxuprising.com/2021/03/official-evernote-application-for-linux.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:43:51


  • #Mozilla is moving in a bad direction that serves Windows, not standards of the Web or software freedom https://ahal.ca/blog/2021/mozilla-build-windows-terminal/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:45:26


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ A #Disability Day of Mourning: Remembering the Murdered and the Vulnerable https://www.thenation.com/article/society/disability-day-mourning/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:50:55


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'The Time Is Now': Survey Finds Overwhelming International Support for Greater Environmental Protection Ahead of #UN #Climate Conference https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/01/time-now-survey-finds-overwhelming-international-support-greater-environmental          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:51:14


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ As White House Backs For the People Act, New Calls to Get Rid of Filibuster https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/01/white-house-backs-people-act-new-calls-get-rid-filibuster          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:51:40


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Biden Criticized for Lack of #Transparency After Refusing to Publicize Virtual Visitor Logs https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/01/biden-criticized-lack-transparency-after-refusing-publicize-virtual-visitor-logs worse than #obama in this regard http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_influence_in_the_United_States_government          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:52:38


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ #SteveCobble Waged a 50-Year Campaign for Justice and for Peace https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/steve-cobble-obituary/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:53:04


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Environment ☞ Opinion | The Most Effective Method of Minimizing the Impacts of #ClimateChange Is Ensuring That Everyone’s Basic Needs Are Met https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/01/most-effective-method-minimizing-impacts-climate-change-ensuring-everyones-basic          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:53:29


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ A Rapidly-Globalizing World Needs Strengthened Global Governance https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/a-rapidly-globalizing-world-needs-strengthened-global-governance/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:53:54


  • ● NEWS ● #Site36 #EU #police ☞ Predicting crime and profiling: #Europol and #Frontex turn to HEY HI hype https://digit.site36.net/2021/03/01/predicting-crime-and-profiling-europol-and-frontex-turn-to-artificial-intelligence/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:54:40


  • ● NEWS ● #FortranLang #Fortran #programming ☞ Fortran newsletter: March 2021 https://fortran-lang.org/newsletter/2021/03/01/Fortran-Newsletter-March-2021/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:55:02


  • #IBM / #RedHat Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148334 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:56:26


  • Security Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148335 •●• #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:56:35


  • #Mozilla Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148336 •●• #firefox #www #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:56:47


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Reporter Extraordinaire: The Pioneering Pathways of #JamesRidgeway https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/reporter-extraordinaire-the-pioneering-pathways-of-james-ridgeway/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 18:57:26


  • Links 2/3/2021: #KDE #Plasma 5.21.2, #Qt 6.1 Beta, Refund of Pre-installed #Windows • 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/02/refund-of-pre-installed-windows/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/02/refund-of-pre-installed-windows/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 19:13:06


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Capital Versus Biosphere: Humankind Is Testing the Limits of the Very Space in Which We Live https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/01/capital-versus-biosphere-humankind-testing-limits-very-space-which-we-live          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 19:13:57


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #burma ☞ #UN Leaders Demand #Myanmar Coup Regime 'Stop the Repression' as Military and Police Kill 18 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/01/un-leaders-demand-myanmar-coup-regime-stop-repression-military-and-police-kill-18          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 19:14:18


  • "AND . . . why are so many foreign Blacks impersonating African-Americans" https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/hollywoods-new-blackface/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 19:14:57


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Mumia Abu-Jamal, Now in His 40th Year as an Incarcerated Prisoner, Has #Covid19 https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/mumia-abu-jamal-now-in-his-40th-year-as-an-incarcerated-prisoner-has-covid-19/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 19:15:34


  • #CoreELEC 19.0 “Matrix” Linux Distro Released for Amlogic Hardware Based on #Kodi 19 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148337 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 19:17:18


  • Events: GNOME, LF, and #LinuxAppSummit (LAS) • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148338 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 19:17:29


  • #Programming Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148339 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 19:17:38


  • Today’s 𝐓𝐮𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148340 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 19:17:52


  • Steam Link Is Now Available on Linux to Stream Your Steam Games on Any Device • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148341 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:19:54


  • One billion dollars per #patent from just one company is clearly disproportional, but welcome to Texas https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/03/billion-albrights-courtroom.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:23:00


  • "The '467 patent generally relates to obtaining radio access network information and transmitting location information" https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/3/2/2500-for-prior-art-on-ip-edge-sub-decatur-licensing #swpats #patents          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:23:56


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Opinion | Opponents of a $15 #MinimumWage Are Dead Wrong https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/01/opponents-15-minimum-wage-are-dead-wrong          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:27:30


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Black Lives Still Don’t Matter in America https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/01/black-lives-still-dont-matter-in-america/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:27:51


  • #Ubuntu Blog: #GRUB2 Secure Boot Bypass 2021 https://ubuntu.com//blog/grub2-secure-boot-bypass-2021 #security          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:32:10


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ St. Petersburg #police officer under investigation for allegedly selling flight data on Navalny’s #FSB poisoners https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/03/01/st-petersburg-police-officer-under-investigation-for-allegedly-selling-flight-data-on-navalny-s-fsb-poisoners          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:34:23


  • "didn’t leave Palm Beach for Orlando until after 2 pm, ensuring that Trump would keep the passionate conservative activists of CPAC waiting." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-speech-cpac-gop/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:35:16


  • "About one-third of military service members are refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/military-covid-vaccine/ stop using terms like "antivaxxer" to defend barely tested stuff that about half the population is rejecting...          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:36:11


  • #WordPress 5.7 Release Candidate 2 https://wordpress.org/news/2021/03/wordpress-5-7-release-candidate-2/ #cms #freesw #gpl          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:37:10


  • "This time, we have Linux on Mars, Mint users not doing their updates, /e/ phones shipping to the US and Canada, and a browser extension that makes the web unusable, but is still interesting." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD85fjdYL4I          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:38:00


  • "We're happy to announce #KiwiTCMS version 10.0!" https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2021/03/02/kiwi-tcms-100/ #cms #freesw          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:38:50


  • PRESS: Hardware hacker and academic #NadyaPeek to keynote #LibrePlanet 2021 https://www.fsf.org/news/press-hardware-hacker-and-academic-nadya-peek-to-keynote-libreplanet-2021          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:41:42


  • "It appears the Simplified Chinese stats decrease when Linux increases, and vice versa..." https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1242083-steam-on-linux-in-february-still-residing-below-1          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:44:51


  • Lots of talk about #gnu #linux users in #linuxmint camp not updating package. When #microsoft corrupts #raspi to push Microsoft malware as part of the updates (without warning) who can blame them?          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:46:51


  • "We are pleased to announce that Red Hat Satellite 6.8.4 is generally available as of February 23, 2021." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-satellite-684-has-been-released #ibm #redhat          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:50:01


  • #MakeUseOf now promoting #wsl crap even though it is an attack on #gnu #linux and most people recognise this and thus avoid this. #wsl2 http://techrights.org/2020/05/06/wsl2-usage-numbers/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:51:13


  • #RedHat Delivers a More Secure Foundation for Modern Applications with First FIPS 140-2 Validation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210302005474/en/Red-Hat-Delivers-a-More-Secure-Foundation-for-Modern-Applications-with-First-FIPS-140-2-Validation-for-Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-8          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:51:49


  • #ibm #redhat eyes military https://www.oaoa.com/news/business/red-hat-adds-common-criteria-certification-for-red-hat-enterprise-linux-8/article_9b400fc4-281c-52c1-884f-d7587c7e2a81.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:52:24


  • "You can follow it on Steam and try the #GNU #Linux demo on itch.io." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/try-the-demo-of-dashing-dodgems-a-frantic-and-hilarious-bumper-cars-party-game          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 23:54:24



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