Roy Schestowitz

• ● NEWS ● #uniToronto ☞ The likely long-term result of good on-host (host-based) firewalls https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/HostFirewallsLimits    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:05:47

• ● NEWS ● #Salon #Games ☞ #Wordle was fun while it lasted https://www.salon.com/2022/02/01/wordle-was-fun-while-it-lasted/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:06:48

• ● NEWS ● #Klara #BSD #UNIX ☞ Modern inetd in #FreeBSD https://klarasystems.com/articles/modern-inetd-in-freebsd/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:07:21

• ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux #Debian ☞ Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-os-64-bit/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:11:08

• ● NEWS ● #Liliputing #Debian ☞ Raspberry Pi OS enters the 64-bit era (but 32-bit is still the default option) https://liliputing.com/2022/02/raspberry-pi-os-enters-the-64-bit-era-but-32-bit-is-still-the-default-option.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:11:21

• ● NEWS ● #WCCFTech # ☞ System76 reveals Kudu AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX high-performance laptop Running Ubuntu Linux https://wccftech.com/system76-reveals-kudu-amd-ryzen-9-5900hx-high-performance-laptop-running-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:16:42

• ● NEWS ● #NetworkWorld ☞ Turn tabs into spaces on [GNU] and vice versa https://www.networkworld.com/article/3648909/turn-tabs-into-spaces-on-linux-and-vice-versa.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:18:49

• ● NEWS ● #Neowin #Debian ☞ Raspberry Pi OS is now available as a 64-bit download https://www.neowin.net/news/raspberry-pi-os-is-now-available-as-a-64-bit-download/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:32:06

• ● NEWS ● #ITWire #LibreOffice #freesw #odf #opendocument ☞ LibreOffice 7.3 Community arrives https://itwire.com/open-source/libreoffice-7-3-community-arrives.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:32:45

• ● NEWS ● #MexicoNewsDaily #Education #mx #mexico ☞ Government to remove ‘neoliberal’ words and concepts from textbooks https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/government-to-remove-neoliberal-words-and-concepts-from-school-textbooks/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:34:23

• ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ It’s back: The Hello World podcast for the computing #education community https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/hello-world-podcast-season-3-computing-education/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:37:36

• ● NEWS ● #Hungary ☞ Viktor #Orban meets Vladimir #Putin , teachers go on strike and Pegasus used lawfully (?) https://insighthungary.444.hu/2022/02/03/viktor-orban-meets-vladimir-putin-teachers-go-on-strike-and-pegasus-used-lawfully    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:38:02

• ● NEWS ● #TheDissenter #Assange #wikileaks ☞ The Worst Thing Written When Assange Was Jailed? https://thedissenter.org/the-worst-thing-written-when-assange-was-jailed/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:38:38

• " #JavaScript tooling is broken, and creating more tooling that "does it better" is not going to fix what is essentially a systemic problem." https://toot.cat/@zkat/107736029813218621    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:40:32

• "Sounds like Spotify's CEO is working real hard to convince folks they weren't fools for adopting a $100m exotic feral pet that shits on the couch and digs holes in the walls" https://mastodon.social/@thomasfuchs/107735153069079273    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:41:36

• ● NEWS ● #PCWorld #Microsoft #ProprietarySoffware ☞ Report: Microsoft #HoloLens 3 is dead as its mixed-reality vision implodes https://www.pcworld.com/article/611416/report-microsoft-hololens-is-dead-as-its-mixed-reality-vision-implodes.html corrupt #biden used that as an excuse to bail out Microsoft, just like Trump had done    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:43:31

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Rotten’s Face ID with a Mask works so well, it might end password purgatory https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/2/22912677/apple-face-id-mask-update-ios-15-4-beta-hands-on-impressions    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:45:55

• ● NEWS ● #ComputerWorld #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Why Rotten’s improved 2FA protection matters to business https://www.computerworld.com/article/3648460/why-apples-improved-2fa-protection-matters-to-business.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:46:07

• ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ How Rotten’s privacy push cost Meta $10bn https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/02/03/how-apples-privacy-push-cost-meta-10bn    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:46:19

• ● NEWS ● #RTL #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook slump reignites debate over attracting younger audiences https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/1857502.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:46:44

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Meta's miss creates Big Tech divide: who's got the data https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/metas-miss-creates-big-tech-divide-whos-got-the-data/89324587 do not say "Big Tech". See http://techrights.org/2021/06/24/microsoft-attacking-linux-from-the-inside/ and http://techrights.org/2021/06/29/microsoft-behind-big-tech-narrative/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:47:55

• ● NEWS ● #BroadbandBreakfast #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ U.S. Losing Ground on Making Global Privacy Mark Without Federal Rules https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2022/02/u-s-losing-ground-on-making-global-privacy-mark-without-federal-rules/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:48:04

• ● NEWS ● #CopenhagenPost #sweden ☞ Man caught operating #drone in Swedish restricted area is #Russian https://cphpost.dk/?p=130898    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:55:52

• ● NEWS ● #NBC #OathKeepers ☞ Oath Keepers founder spent six hours on #Zoom with Jan. 6 panel https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/oath-keepers-founder-spent-six-hours-zoom-jan-6-panel-rcna14667    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:56:01

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Don’t Sleep on the January 6 Committee https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/january-6-committee-raskin/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:56:10

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews #Africa ☞ African Experts Argue Prospects for China's New $300 Billion Agreement https://www.voanews.com/a/african-experts-argue-prospects-for-china-s-new-300-billion-agreement/6423835.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 00:56:30

• Official #NHS Data: This Week We've Had Record #COVID19 Death Toll in 12 Months http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/02/04/covid-19-record/ #uk    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 01:01:20

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Energy ☞ Can #India become a global green datacenter hub? https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/data-center/can-india-become-a-global-green-datacenter-hub/89287513    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 01:02:06

• ● NEWS ● #CopenhagenPost #Energy ☞ #Emission omission: Transportation minister in hot water https://cphpost.dk/?p=130893    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 01:02:31

• ● NEWS ● #ITWire #Energy ☞ Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest takes #Facebook to court over scam [cryptocurrency] ads https://itwire.com/market/andrew-twiggy-forrest-takes-facebook-to-court-over-scam-crypto-ads.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 01:02:49

• ● NEWS ● #ABC #Finance ☞ #California man deposits $33K check in BofA account, never sees it again as branch closes https://abc7.com/bank-of-america-bofa-loses-check-deposit-lost-transfer-money/11532232/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 01:03:57

• ● NEWS ● #Newsweek ☞ #Ohio Bill Could Make It Easier to Sue #SocialControlMedia Companies Over #Censorship https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-bill-could-make-it-easier-sue-social-media-companies-over-censorship-1675968    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 01:06:21

• ● NEWS ● #NBC #Misinformation ☞ Spotify's Covid misinformation plan falls short https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/spotify-s-covid-misinformation-plan-falls-short-ncna1288240    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 01:10:22

• ● NEWS ● #NewYorkTimes #Misinformation ☞ #Spotify Backs Joe Rogan’s #Disinformation Machine https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/opinion/spotify-joe-rogan-disinformation.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 01:10:35

• ● NEWS ● #Salon #Misinformation ☞ #JoeRogan can't stop pushing #ivermectin as a COVID treatment. Experts are tired of debunking him https://www.salon.com/2022/02/02/joe-rogan-cant-stop-pushing-ivermectin-as-a-treatment-experts-are-tired-of-debunking-him/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 01:10:58

• ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Misinformation ☞ What #Spotify should learn from the #JoeRogan affair https://www.economist.com/leaders/what-spotify-should-learn-from-the-joe-rogan-affair/21807509    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 01:11:11

• ● NEWS ● #RTL #Misinformation ☞ #Germany blocks German-language Russian channel https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/1856891.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 01:12:48

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #Misinformation ☞ #Spotify boss says too early to know #JoeRogan row impact https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60239263    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 01:13:03

• #Techrights Bulletin for Thursday, February 03, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:20:57

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

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:21:21

• #GStreamer 1.20 Open-Source Multimedia Framework Is Out, This Is What’s New • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161081 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:21:54

• 10 Necessary Apps to Improve Your GNOME Desktop Experience [Part 4] • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161082 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:22:16

• ● NEWS ● #Axios #Censorship ☞ Olympic sponsors' silence on human rights feeds censorship fears https://www.axios.com/olympic-sponsors-china-human-rights-silence-4ad4a204-7e2a-4ddb-adf6-30517f9e1a07.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:23:33

• ● NEWS ● #TheHindu #Censorship ☞ Censorship and its impact on reading https://www.thehindu.com/books/censorship-and-its-impact-on-reading/article38369326.ece    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:23:41

• ● NEWS ● #TeenVogue #CivilRights ☞ Is #Slavery Still Legal in the U.S.? Yes, Under the 13th Amendment Exception https://www.teenvogue.com/story/slavery-legal-us-13th-amendment    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:24:27

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #CivilRights ☞ #Amazon workers at a second warehouse in NYC say they have filed a petition to unionize https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/2/22914807/amazon-workers-warehouse-nyc-petition-nlrb-union-organize    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:24:40

• ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #CivilRights ☞ A young Afghan woman on breaking free of the burqa https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2021/12/29/a-young-afghan-woman-on-breaking-free-of-the-burqa    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:24:57

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #CivilRights ☞ #FBI says #Pegasus #spyware was tested, not used in any investigation https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/592520-fbi-says-pegasus-spyware-was-tested-not-used-in-any-investigation    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:25:06

• Baby https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/reddit-different-color-things-3.jpg    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:26:52

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #DRM #DigitalRestrictions ☞ The best alternatives to #Spotify for listening to music https://www.theverge.com/22910685/music-listening-service-spotify-apple-youtube-amazon    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:27:38

• ● NEWS ● #SentinelOne #DRM #DigitalRestrictions ☞ Moving From Manual Reverse Engineering of UEFI Modules To Dynamic Emulation of UEFI Firmware https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/moving-from-manual-reverse-engineering-of-uefi-modules-to-dynamic-emulation-of-uefi-firmware/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:27:47

• ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #DRM #DigitalRestrictions ☞ #Amazon to Raise Price of Prime Membership, Citing #NFL Deal and Expanded Entertainment Offerings https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/amazon-q4-2021-earnings-1235086750/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:28:11

• ● NEWS ● #Vulture #DRM #DigitalRestrictions ☞ The Great #Netflix Panic of ‘22 https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/netflix-panic-of-22.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:29:02

• ● NEWS ● #TheWrap #DRM #DigitalRestrictions ☞ #Netflix Lost $50 Billion in Value Overnight https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-lost-50-billion-in-value-overnight/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:29:11

• ● NEWS ● #Variety #DRM #DigitalRestrictions ☞ Viewer Data Suggests Many #Netflix Hits Go From Sizzle to Fizzle Quickly https://variety.com/vip/viewer-data-suggests-many-netflix-hits-go-from-sizzle-to-fizzle-quickly-1235165681/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:29:21

• ● NEWS ● #RTL #Copyrights #Copyright ☞ CSV calls on governing parties to 'draw conclusions' from controversy https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1856683.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:29:50

• ● NEWS ● #CraigMurray #Assange #Wikileaks #uk #au ☞ How the Establishment Functions https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2022/02/how-the-establishment-functions/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:31:48

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 6 Children Reportedly Killed During US Raid in #Syria https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/6-children-reportedly-killed-during-us-raid-syria    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:32:07

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #lizWarren Warns 'Corporate Vultures' Are Circling #Medicare on Biden's Watch https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/warren-warns-corporate-vultures-are-circling-medicare-bidens-watch    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:32:29

• ● NEWS ● #KrebsOnSecurity ☞ How Phishers Are Slinking Their Links Into #Microsoft #LinkedIn https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/02/how-phishers-are-slinking-their-links-into-linkedin/ Microsoft is also #phishing ... for the #nsa    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:33:31

• ● NEWS ● #Hungary #EMMI ☞ The ministry is not allowed to ban the press from #hospitals https://telex.hu/english/2022/02/03/the-ministry-is-not-allowed-to-ban-thepress-from-hospitals    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:34:05

• ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ It’s Back: Senators Want #EARNIT Bill to Scan All Online Messages https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/its-back-senators-want-earn-it-bill-scan-all-online-messages    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:34:40

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #energy ☞ #Pipeline Politics Hits Multipolar Realities: #NordStream 2 and the #Ukraine Crisis https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/pipeline-politics-hits-multipolar-realities-nord-stream-2-and-the-ukraine-crisis/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:35:03

• ● NEWS ● #EFF #Surveillance ☞ #SanFrancisco Should Strengthen, Not Gut, Surveillance Technology Ordinance https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/san-francisco-should-strengthen-not-gut-surveillance-technology-ordinance    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:38:00

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Russia ☞ Opinion | The Russians Are Coming! But Are They Bringing the Chinese? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/03/russians-are-coming-are-they-bringing-chinese    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:38:26

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Sleepy Woke Joe, Coal Mine Manchin, the Holy Charter, and the Color and Gender of Faces in High Places https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/sleepy-woke-joe-coal-mine-manchin-the-holy-charter-and-the-color-and-gender-of-faces-in-high-places/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:39:28

• #Slackware 15.0 is Officially Emerged from Development Den • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161083 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:44:11

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Climate ☞ A Menacing Wind: a Glimpse of Climate Chaos https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/a-menacing-wind-a-glimpse-of-climate-chaos/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:44:41

• ● NEWS ● #FAIR ☞ The News Is Not That #Israel Has Apartheid, but That Amnesty Dares Say So https://fair.org/home/the-news-is-not-that-israel-has-apartheid-but-that-amnesty-dares-say-so/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:46:19

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica ☞ How the #Sugar Industry Makes Political Friends and Influences #Elections https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-sugar-industry-makes-political-friends-and-influences-elections    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:46:48

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #Virginia #Police Used Fake Forensic Documents To Secure Confessions From Criminal Suspects https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220116/14460348299/virginia-police-used-fake-forensic-documents-to-secure-confessions-criminal-suspects.shtml    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:47:20

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #patent #patents #monopolies #cartel ☞ Efforts to Limit Drug Prices Are Stalled - and Pharma Is Seizing an Opening https://truthout.org/articles/efforts-to-limit-drug-prices-are-stalled-and-pharma-is-seizing-an-opening/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:47:57

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Explainer: The Whole #Spotify / #JoeRogan Thing Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With #Section230 https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220203/01262648409/explainer-whole-spotify-joe-rogan-thing-has-absolutely-nothing-to-do-with-section-230.shtml    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:48:38

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ MPA, Amazon & Rotten Urge Court to Issue Rapid #IPTV Injunction https://torrentfreak.com/mpa-amazon-apple-urge-court-to-issue-rapid-pirate-iptv-injunction-220203/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:49:16

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #nl ☞ Dutch ISP is Not Required to Forward #filesharing Warnings, Court Rules https://torrentfreak.com/dutch-isp-is-not-required-to-forward-piracy-warnings-court-rules-220203/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:49:43

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ The Russian state must protect journalists from #RamzanKadyrov Meduza calls on federal law enforcement to respond to violent threats by Chechen officials https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/02/03/the-russian-state-must-protect-journalists-from-ramzan-kadyrov    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:51:33

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Internet ☞ New #FCC #Broadband 'Nutrition Label' Will More Clearly Inform You You're Being Ripped Off https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220201/07460448397/new-fcc-broadband-nutrition-label-will-more-clearly-inform-you-youre-being-ripped-off.shtml    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:52:09

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Win or Lose, Nomination Debates are Dangerous https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/win-or-lose-nomination-debates-are-dangerous/ and rigged, too    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:52:38

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Democrats Are So Fed Up With Kyrsten #Sinema They Are Funding a Primary Challenge https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-are-so-fed-up-with-kyrsten-sinema-they-are-funding-a-primary-challenge/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:53:09

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #russia ☞ #War in #Ukraine Could Be Humanitarian Catastrophe for Millions in the Region https://truthout.org/video/war-in-ukraine-could-be-humanitarian-catastrophe-for-millions-in-the-region/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:53:25

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ US #Militarism Is a Cause of Tension in Eastern Europe, Not a Solution https://truthout.org/articles/us-militarism-is-a-cause-of-tension-in-eastern-europe-not-a-solution/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:53:41

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #EARNIT ☞ Senator Wyden: EARN IT Will Make Children Less Safe https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220202/17411648407/senator-wyden-earn-it-will-make-children-less-safe.shtml    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:53:57

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ #Moscow to shut down #DeutscheWelle ’s operations in Russia in response Germany’s broadcast ban on RT Deutsch https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/02/03/moscow-to-shut-down-deutsche-welle-s-operations-in-russia-in-response-germany-s-broadcast-ban-on-rt-deutsch    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:54:37

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Can You Solve The Miserable Being Miserable Online By Regulating Tech? https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211231/17431248208/can-you-solve-miserable-being-miserable-online-regulating-tech.shtml    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:55:02

• Official NHS Data: This Week We’ve Had Record COVID-19 Death Toll in 12 Months http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/02/04/covid-19-record/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:55:57

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Ukraine ☞ Citizen resistance Ukrainian civilians sign up for combat training in case of Russian military escalation https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/02/03/citizen-resistance    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:56:13

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ Jan Egeland on #Afghanistan Facing Famine, a Massacre in DR Congo & Civilian Casualties in #Syria https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/3/afghanistan_famine_freezing_us_sanctions_crush    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:56:42

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Ukraine ☞ Russian Historian: We Need Both the U.S. & #Russia to Deescalate Crisis over Ukraine https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/3/russia_biden_troops_ukraine_border    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:57:06

• My collection of #bbc #misinformation in 2022 and #covid19 realities in the #uk http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:57:44

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #DeSantis ☞ How #Disney Got That 'Theme Park Exemption' In Ron DeSantis' Unconstitutional #SocialControlMedia Bill https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220203/00431548408/how-disney-got-that-theme-park-exemption-ron-desantis-unconstitutional-social-media-bill.shtml    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:58:15

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Ukraine ☞ “We Need Peace”: War in Ukraine Would Be Humanitarian Catastrophe for Millions in the Region https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/3/ukraine_humanitarian_crisis_russia_nato    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:58:44

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ Amnesty International Defends Report on Israeli Apartheid, Rejecting Criticism from U.S. & #Israel https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/3/amnesty_international_israel_palestine_apartheid    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 07:59:24

• #billbc #misinformation (or deliberate clickbait) reaches new heights http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/02/04/bbc-isnt-journalism-anymore-its-misleading-clickbait/ #bbc    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:06:54

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #BlackRock Report Makes Clear Transition to Decarbonized World Not If, But How https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/blackrock-report-makes-clear-transition-decarbonized-world-not-if-how    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:07:46

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Senselessly Unjust': Ex- #Chicago Cop Who Killed #LaquanMcDonald Released From Prison https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/senselessly-unjust-ex-chicago-cop-who-killed-laquan-mcdonald-released-prison    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:09:33

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #BigOil Board Members Refuse to Testify on #Climate Pledges https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/big-oil-board-members-refuse-testify-climate-pledges    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:10:04

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Opinion | $1.5 Trillion in Student Loan Debt Is Sabotaging the Nation's Future https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/03/15-trillion-student-loan-debt-sabotaging-nations-future    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:10:35

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | $778 Billion and Counting: Who's Paying for All This #Pentagon Waste? (Hint: It's You) https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/03/778-billion-and-counting-whos-paying-all-pentagon-waste-hint-its-you    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:12:06

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ Government Agencies are Tapping a #FacialRecognition Company to Prove You’re You: Here’s Why That Raises Concerns About Privacy, Accuracy and Fairness https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/government-agencies-are-tapping-a-facial-recognition-company-to-prove-youre-you-heres-why-that-raises-concerns-about-privacy-accuracy-and-fairness/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:13:03

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Restaurant Owners Got 30 Times More Federal #Covid19 Aid Than Workers: Report https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/restaurant-owners-got-30-times-more-federal-covid-aid-workers-report    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:13:42

• ● NEWS ● #CreativeCommons ☞ Episode 2: Open Culture VOICES - Jonathan Hernández https://creativecommons.org/2022/02/03/episode-2-open-culture-voices-jonathan-hernandez/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:14:04

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Trump Floated Blanket Pardon for Jan. 6 Attackers in Final Weeks of Presidency https://truthout.org/articles/trump-floated-blanket-pardon-for-jan-6-attackers-in-final-weeks-of-presidency/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:14:42

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ US’s Richest Families Set to Dodge $8.4 Trillion in Taxes Over Next Decades https://truthout.org/articles/uss-richest-families-set-to-dodge-8-4-trillion-in-taxes-over-next-decades/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-offshore-wealth-idUSBRE86L03U20120722    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:15:31

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #politics ☞ Hang-Ups https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/hang-ups/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:16:18

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ The 2 #Pandemics Ravaging America https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trumpism-pandemic-america/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:17:12

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #NYPD ☞ The #Police State Is Failing Officers Too https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nyc-police-gun-violence/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:17:58

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Pandemic ☞ America's Two #Pandemics https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/americas-two-pandemics/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:18:49

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The Anti-Woke Crowd and #Maus https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/the-anti-woke-crowd-and-maus/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:19:16

• ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ #SHOPSAFE Will Stomp Out Online Sales of Used and Homemade Goods https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/shop-safe-will-stomp-out-online-sales-used-and-homemade-goods    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:20:40

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #DeJoy ☞ 'DeJoy Has to Go Right Now': Fury Over Postal Service Failure to Electrify Truck Fleet https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/dejoy-has-go-right-now-fury-over-postal-service-failure-electrify-truck-fleet    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:21:22

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Opinion | In a Single Year, $1.78 Trillion Was Stolen From the Working Class https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/03/single-year-178-trillion-was-stolen-working-class    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:21:57

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ Climate Advocates Call on Senate to Confirm Key Fed Nominees https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/climate-advocates-call-senate-confirm-key-fed-nominees    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:22:32

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Palestine ☞ Instead of Freeing Palestinian Prisoners, New Scheme Aims at Punishing Their Families https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/instead-of-freeing-palestinian-prisoners-new-scheme-aims-at-punishing-their-families/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:23:24

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Critics Say #GOP Bill in #Alabama Would 'Decapitate Public Education' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/critics-say-gop-bill-alabama-would-decapitate-public-education    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:25:45

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #scotus ☞ There’s No More Activist Court Than the US Supreme Court https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/theres-no-more-activist-court-than-the-us-supreme-court/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:26:51

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Foreign-Influenced Corporate Spending Is Inherently Anti-Democratic https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/03/foreign-influenced-corporate-spending-inherently-anti-democratic    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:27:23

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Merkley ☞ Jamaal Bowman, Jeff Merkley Propose Bill to End College Legacy Admissions https://truthout.org/articles/jamaal-bowman-jeff-merkley-propose-bill-to-end-college-legacy-admissions/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:28:02

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ At Least 46 Congress Members Have Visited #Trump Properties Since He Left Office https://truthout.org/articles/at-least-46-congress-members-have-visited-trump-properties-since-he-left-office/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:29:27

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #TedCruz Tweets About #Cancún Travel Costs as Another Winter Storm Hits #Texas https://truthout.org/articles/ted-cruz-tweets-about-cancun-travel-costs-as-another-winter-storm-hits-texas/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:30:00

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Lawmaker Wants Teachers Punished for Lessons Contradicting Students' Religion https://truthout.org/articles/lawmaker-wants-teachers-punished-for-lessons-contradicting-students-religion/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:30:29

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #israel #palestine ☞ Progressives Join Push for Probe of Palestinian-American's Death in Israeli Custody https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/progressives-join-push-probe-palestinian-americans-death-israeli-custody    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:31:30

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #israel ☞ AP Reporter Presses State Dept on Amnesty's Israel Report https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/ap-reporter-presses-state-dept-amnestys-israel-report    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:31:43

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ What and Whom to Believe (or How to Cope with Disillusionment) https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/what-and-whom-to-believe-or-how-to-cope-with-disillusionment/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:32:32

• Fact: 24% of the British population did not receive #covid19 vaccines. If the media insists on pushing this to 0-5 year olds, then we should present the full figures.    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:36:10

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ A No-Nukes Strategy or a No-Win Reality https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/a-no-nukes-strategy-or-a-no-win-reality/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:37:05

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The Dangerous Trend of the “Parents Rights” Movement https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/the-dangerous-trend-of-the-parents-rights-movement/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:37:38

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Health ☞ Why Wishful Thinking on #Covid19 Remains As Dangerous as Ever https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-surrender-endemic/ "We’ve entered a new phase in the Covid-19 pandemic, which we can call bipartisan, unilateral surrender"    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:38:26

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #covid19 ☞ In This Latest #Covid19 Surge, Americans Are Struggling to Make Ends Meet Without Sick Leave https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-omicron-paid-sick-leave/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:39:40

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The Rage of Political Terrorism https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/the-rage-of-political-terrorism/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:40:41

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Manchin ☞ Opinion | Means Testing Will Ruin the Expanded Child Tax Credit https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/03/means-testing-will-ruin-expanded-child-tax-credit    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:41:20

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ In Search of Self-Destruction on an Oil Rig https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/tabitha-lasley-sea-state/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:41:48

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #uk #borisnaro ☞ It’s Boris’s Party and Apparently He Can Booze if He Wants To https://www.thenation.com/article/world/boris-johnson-garden-party/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:42:34

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Economics #Grazing ☞ The Flawed Economics of Public Lands Grazing: the Case of Monroe Mountain https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/the-flawed-economics-of-public-lands-grazing-the-case-of-monroe-mountain/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:43:12

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Getting Personal About #ClimateChange Made Me a Better Reporter https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/climate-change-la-times-sammy-roth/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:43:52

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #USPS ☞ Opinion | Now Is the Time to Electrify the US Postal Service Fleet https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/03/now-time-electrify-us-postal-service-fleet    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:44:30

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Borowski’s Inferno https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/03/borowskis-inferno/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:45:05

• Top 5 Uses of Raspberry Pi • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161084 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:46:31

• #Brave vs Vivaldi: Which Chromium-Based Browser is Better? • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161085 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:47:04

• #UbuntuMATE 22.04 Will Include #Flatpak by Default • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161086 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:47:16

• Excellent Utilities: #croc - securely transfer files and folders • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161087 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 08:47:28

• Oldest Active Linux Distro Slackware Finally Releases Version 15 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161078#comment-32726   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 09:06:16

• Version Control Tool, IRC Client Update in Tumbleweed • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161088 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 09:06:51

• 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 #IRC Proceedings: Thursday, February 03, 2022 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/irc-log-030222/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/04/irc-log-030222/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 09:07:39

• #India goes RISC-V with VEGA processors • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161089 #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 09:08:16

• #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161090 #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 09:22:02

• Linux Lite Gets Updated to Version 5.8 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160958#comment-32727   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 09:22:38

• #FreeSoftware Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161091 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 09:39:13

• #ProprietarySoftware Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161092 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 09:40:53

• Links 4/2/2022: #Slackware 15.0 and #GStreamer 1.20 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/gstreamer-1-20/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/04/gstreamer-1-20/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 09:41:04

• Preparing two long videos (about an hour combined) for #techrights ... it's abour #microsoft and #epo today    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 11:59:17

• #ILO Tribunal Once Again Rules That the #EuropeanPatentOffice (EPO) Violates Fundamental Rights • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/ilo-review-of-antisocial-nondemocracy/ ䷉ #Techrights #EPO #ILOAT | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/04/ilo-review-of-antisocial-nondemocracy/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 12:54:55

• Best Linux Distributions For Everyone in 2022 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161093 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 12:55:42

• "Reflect on how expensive patent litigation is in the USA. Why is that? Mostly because the big litigation law firms like it that way. And do these firms have any influence on how the UPC develops? You bet they do." http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2022/01/27/implementation-of-upc-so-what/#comment-39290    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 13:09:05

• #danielxthomas working for #battistelli and #ceipi ... now pretending #unitarypatent is viable or even legal. Conflict of interest all over this... http://techrights.org/2021/09/01/daniel-x-thomas-reply/ http://techrights.org/wiki/CEIPI    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 13:11:37

• #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161094 #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 13:11:58

• "If anyone can explain why the current UPC setup will not encourage this sort of patent trolling, I will be happy to hear from them." http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2022/01/27/implementation-of-upc-so-what/#comment-39247    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 13:14:02

• [Meme] #Geneva Convention or Geneva’s Suggestion? • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/epo-and-geneva-convention/ ䷉ #Techrights #EPO #ILO #ILOAT | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/04/epo-and-geneva-convention/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 13:32:07

• The United States Government Should Quit Bailing Out #Microsoft at Taxpayers’ Expense • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/the-united-states-government-should-quit-bailing-out-microsoft-at-taxpayers-expense/ ䷉ #Techrights #finance #dent #imperialism | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/04/the-united-states-government-should-quit-bailing-out-microsoft-at-taxpayers-expense/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 14:19:58

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161095 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 14:57:29

• Tyler "Passionate Gamer" McVicker doesn’t trust Valve with the #SteamDeck . Here’s why he should. - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=oXd2ZK5_lvE ䷉ #video #invidious #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 15:10:03

• "He also created Gamebuntu, which he describes as "an app that helps to set up a complete environment for gaming on Ubuntu without any other tweaks."" https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/04/rudra_sarsawat_ubuntu_projects/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 15:10:42

• "The latest update to the game brings an upgrade to Adventure Game Studio, bringing all the latest goodies with it including properly working Steam Achievements for Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/wadjet-eye-games-brings-over-resonance-to-linux    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 15:11:38

• "the only ones you will have trouble with are…the DLC, as they're for Fall Guys which doesn't currently work on #Linux due to the anti-cheat." #rootkits basically. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/check-out-the-fanatical-safe-in-our-world-charity-bundle/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 15:13:04

• "Still nothing compared to the overall Steam library but we do fully expect a lot more titles to appear. This is just the beginning and not being verified doesn't mean a game won't work." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/over-120-titles-are-now-steam-deck-verified/ #gnu #linux but #drm    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 15:13:59

• Like #microsoft #windows it seems like #facebook ebbs away, little by little https://www.maketecheasier.com/facebook-quarterly-earnings-report-losing-users/ see http://techrights.org/2022/01/26/microsoft-delighted-by-failure/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 15:20:01

• #Games: Steam Deck, Pioneer, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161096 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 15:20:13

• Reality 2.0 Episode 98: You Win Some, You Lose Some (Billions) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161097 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:33:11

• #ZorinOS 16 Education brings technology based education closer to everyone and everywhere http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161061#comment-32729   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:37:13

• 12-year-old revives Unity desktop, develops software repo client http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160914#comment-32730   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:37:59

• This is about #surveillance https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/04/india_digital_payments/ #india #in #modi    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:41:24

• #BobbyBorisov should really know better than to promote #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware in #linuxiac :/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:42:29

• #GStreamer version 1.20.0 (stable) released on 3 February 2022 https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gstreamer #gnu #freesw ... GStreamer-Editor also (page updated) https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/GStreamer-Editor    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:43:59

• Look, ma. No #x86 https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/02/04/amlogic-s905c2-quad-core-cortex-a55-processor-digital-tv-tuners-cas/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:45:42

• The #EPO management, namely #AntónioCampinos and his mates (it’s all about #nepotism rather than democracy), will need to deal with Benoît Battistelli‘s “reforms” having been ruled as breaching fundamental rights of staff (for the second time in a year!) • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/ilo-review-of-antisocial-nondemocracy/ ䷉ #Techrights #ILOAT | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/04/ilo-review-of-antisocial-nondemocracy/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:46:50

• It remains to be seen whether #EPO President (the ‘heir’ of Benoît Battistelli) #AntónioCampinos will obey a ruling from Geneva or just treat that as “advisory”, as usual, to protect Battistelli and the ‘coup plotters’ • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/epo-and-geneva-convention/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/04/epo-and-geneva-convention/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:47:52

• Contrary to a deliberately-misleading media narrative, #Microsoft isn’t succeeding (except at graft, or taking money from the public purse) but is exacerbating inequality by taking away from the poor • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/the-united-states-government-should-quit-bailing-out-microsoft-at-taxpayers-expense/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/04/the-united-states-government-should-quit-bailing-out-microsoft-at-taxpayers-expense/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:48:48

• "s a result of my FOSS maintenance and activism work, I have a significant IT footprint, to support the services and development environments needed to facilitate everything I do. Unfortunately, I am also my own system administrator, and I am quite terrible at this." https://ariadne.space/2022/02/04/how-i-wound-up-causing-a-major-outage-of-my-services-and-destroying-my-home-directory-by-accident/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:54:13

• This headline might be false; what's noteworthy is that it is #Facebook itself admitting the decline //www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/02/facebook-earnings-meta/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:57:17

• #adblocking http://imlefthanded.com/2022/adblocking-people-and-non-adblocking-people-experience-a-totally-different-web/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 16:58:49

• The Wait is Over! #Slackware 15.0 Stable Hit the Streets http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161078#comment-32731   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:00:20

• In Defence of the Boring Web ⚓ https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/posts/2022/boring/ ䷉ #bastian    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:01:58

• Out of beta and ready for data: 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS is here http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161025#comment-32733   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:03:58

• Manana is good enough for me... https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sarcasm-only-instagram-memes-10.jpg   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:04:42

• #Buzzwords BS in #elreg right now: "Cloud spending hit $50bn in Q4 2021 as business recovers". Read as: many things got reclassified as #clowncomputing to fake growth and project optimism about "the future" (of the buzzwords).    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:07:10

• #cisco still renowned for its bug doors https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/04/cisco_smb_routers_critical_vulnerabilities/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:08:01

• #Microsoft #Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/03/kp_snacks_ransomware_infection/ see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conti_(ransomware) and http://techrights.org/2021/05/02/ransomware-task-force/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:10:02

• #libreoffice adde support for the #WebP image format of #gulag (a competitor) https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=60eaa424c5e213f31227008e1ed66a646491a360    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:12:24

• #fedora today: " #Copr is going to be migrated from an assigned #DigiCert certificate (expires very soon) to the automated #LetsEncrypt certificate. We expect that some HTTPD service hiccups can occur, but shouldn't take more then a few minutes." http://techrights.org/2020/08/09/aws-fedoraproject/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:14:16

• It probably shrank before, but Facebook did not admit it and kept faking "growth" https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/03/facebook_q4_2021/ #socialcontrolmedia is unhealthy and should be shun IMHO. Not banned, shunned.    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:15:40

• Way for #Microsoft to distract from its #crimes while using terms like "Big Tech" https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/03/us_senate_open_app_markets_act/ http://techrights.org/2021/06/24/microsoft-attacking-linux-from-the-inside/ http://techrights.org/2021/06/29/microsoft-behind-big-tech-narrative/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:17:31

• #GNU #dbm Version 1.23 http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=10112    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:18:32

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161098 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:22:43

• "This release contains bug fixes to improve robustness. This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.11.5 and #Istio 1.11.6" https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.11.x/announcing-1.11.6/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:25:16

• #Microsoft Store is a burning platform; seems like waste of time... https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2022/02/okular-signature-support-now-works-on.html #kde #okular #DRM    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:27:08

• Oh noes; he said MASTER! https://yewtu.be/watch?v=AsMBkSiso_c    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:27:52

• "In this video, Jay provides a quick review of the Pico PC from XDO, which is the smallest Linux PC that's ever been reviewed on the channel. The Pico PC claims to be ultra quiet and fully compatible with Linux. Check out this review and find out if the Pico PC lives up to its claims." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=hfQJtjFLKuw    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:28:29

• "In this episode, Whitney is joined by Moscow-based journalist #RileyWaggaman to explore the oligarchs and bankers behind #Russia ’s Sputnik V #Covid19 #vaccine and their ties to the dystopian rollout of Digital ID and CBDCs in the country." https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/02/resources/show-notes/russias-sputnik-v-and-the-wef-with-riley-waggaman/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:29:26

• #Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161099 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:36:10

• #fbi playing up the race card, but it's not #racism when THE GOVERNMENT does it https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/03/fbi_china_threat_to_usa/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:37:20

• Made with #freesw on #kde with #kubuntu #gnu #linux https://www.davidrevoy.com/article891/book-4-is-coming-soon    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:39:30

• #clowncomputing = bubble propped up by #imperialism https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/02/alphabet_q4_2021/ see http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/the-united-states-government-should-quit-bailing-out-microsoft-at-taxpayers-expense/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:43:38

• Wean your child off of Windows 11 and get them on #ZorinOS 16... http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161061#comment-32734 #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:48:52

• "They check their ego at the door" unlike #ibm ? https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/2/it-leadership-5-signs-mentor-generational-intelligence IBM = HUGE ego: http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM#Racism    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:53:24

• "Curiously looked at powertop numbers and wondered why I can’t seem to break below the 50-60 wakeups-per-second barrier on modern Linux desktops: part 1 and part 2. Those observations may or may not be outdated by now." https://fortintam.com/blog/2017-retrospective/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:54:57

• #KDE Plasma Application Update - PCLinuxOS ⚓ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5120 ䷉ #pclinuxos "KDE Plasma Desktop application packages have been updated to 21.12.2. This is a service release update." #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:57:54

• #ibm "linux man" Irving Wladawsky-Berger: The Work of the Future Is Ours to Invent ⚓ https://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2022/02/the-work-of-the-future-is-ours-to-invent.html ䷉ #irvingwb |    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 17:58:40

• #Cyberpunk 2077 Running Great On the Steam Deck! - Boiling Steam ⚓ https://boilingsteam.com/cyberpunk-2077-running-great-on-the-steam-deck/ ䷉ #boilingsteam #games #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:00:02

• "A quick news post as there has been some leak from a Chinese developer (probably) showcasing the #SteamDeck ‘s side bar menu within SteamOS when running a game." https://boilingsteam.com/steam-deck-gpu-settings-fully-customizable/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:00:45

• Student data exposed on #AndhraPradesh Government Examination website! https://internetfreedom.in/ap-gov-students-data-leak/ #internetfreedom #internet #india    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:02:03

• CIC admonishes the MHA and seeks confirmation on affidavit of destruction of #surveillance data ⚓ https://internetfreedom.in/cic-admonishes-the-mha-and-seeks-confirmation-on-affidavit-of-destruction-of-surveillance-data/ ䷉ #internetfreedom    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:02:56

• How we hired an open source [sic] developer | ⚓ https://opensource.com/article/22/2/how-we-hired-open-source-developer ䷉ #rustlang boosts #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware and other #vendorLockin    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:04:40

• A 64-Bit #RaspberryPi OS At Last http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161025#comment-32736 #debian #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:08:12

• #Plasma makeover - Make it look like Gnome, whaaat • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161100 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #KDE    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:13:42

• #Puddletag Audio Tag Editor 2.1.0 Released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161101 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:14:00

• #Games : Cyberpunk 2077, Steam Deck, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161102 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:14:11

• #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161103 #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:14:41

• "Which Debian Linux OS would you recommend for permanent usage not interested in Tails or Quebes. I was after a linux OS that has great wallpapers like windows 10 does" << LOL. Choosing distros based on WALLPAPERS. ;-) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/768115/what-flavour-do-you-recommend-for-a-new-debian-linux-install/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:21:13

• “We still play music from that time but we never did that before. Playing something from 1970 today is like playing something from 1919 in 1970." https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/11/living-longer-with-these-social-media-not-good/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:23:37

• "That post is great because it synthesizes clearly why and how the efforts towards atomization, decentralization, (only) individual freedom that pervades much of current society cannot work, in the long run." https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/12/the-job-of-regulation-is-to-make-decentralization-work/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:24:53

• After #SoftwareFreedomConservancy took money from #Microsoft they write this about Microsoft's attack on #copyleft https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/feb/03/github-copilot-copyleft-gpl/ see http://techrights.org/2020/12/04/sfc-not-about-freedom/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:26:45

• "Purpose of this team is to take care of day to day business regarding #CentOS and #Fedora Infrastructure and Fedora release engineering work." https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/cpe-weekly-update-week-of-january-31st-february-4th/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:27:59

• "These are some answers to the Week 149 of the #Perl Weekly Challenge organized by Mohammad S. Anwar." http://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2022/02/perl-weekly-challenge-150-fibonacci-words-and-square-free-integers.html #programming    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:29:17

• Nibble Stew: Converting Godot game engine to Meson, how you can help ⚓ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2022/02/converting-godot-game-engine-to-meson.html ䷉ #nibblestew #deletegithub http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Delete_Github    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:30:12

• #Arduino Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161104 #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:31:26

• Focusing on #identitypolitics to distract from #ibm destroying #redhat https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2022/02/01/new-red-hat-cfo-carolyn-nash-ibm.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:35:01

• Only 6pm and already 20k page requests over gemini:// since midnight. This thing is alive and growing...    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:37:27

• "Green Party candidate ChrisPerriam , who received 119 votes, said he was ‘very pleased’ with the result, describing it as ‘good news for democracy’." I was one of those 119. ;-) #greenparty #uk #manchester https://www.manchesterworld.uk/news/ancoats-and-beswick-by-election-results-liberal-democrats-win-manchester-seat-from-labour-3554802    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:49:57

• Dear #FOSSlife , please stop promoting #microsoft #proprietarySoftware ... you're acting like fake FOSS or anti-Linux. #lpi    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:51:33

• #microsoft : #paywalls implemented in #proprietarySoftware are... "OPEN!" #deletegithub    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:52:25

• #IBM / #RedHat /Fedora • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161105 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:55:43

• STOP RECOMMENDING DISTROS, recommend DESKTOPS instead! - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=DJ_4hfuidG0 ䷉ #video #invidious #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 18:57:23

• #India goes RISC, hooray! http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161089#comment-32737 #vega #in #riscv   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:03:24

• #Zenwalk GNU Linux: Zenwalk 15.0 "Skywalker" milestone is ready • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161106 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:04:36

• Today #phoronix is running another #amd ad in 'review' clothing. Yes, he gets to keep big gifts... http://techrights.org/2022/02/03/phoronix-went-too-far/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:08:00

• #GStreamer 1.20.0 released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161081#comment-32738   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:10:31

• Sad to say this, but after Michael begged readers to pay he crossed over to the dark side, which shows that #phoronix was maybe all along greedy and unprincipled. I won't be linking to it again.    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:12:37

• #Copyright , What You Need To Know | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2022/02/04/copyright-what-you-need-to-know/ ䷉ #hackaday #monopoly    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:18:44

• Ian W MORRISON (Linuxium) keeps shilling #hardware whose vendors FORCES you to PAY and then also RECEIVE #microsoft #windows ... WHY? Is this a PAID-FOR review? https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/02/04/beelink-gti11-modding-pcie-gen-4-0-m-2-slot-tweaking-power-limits-and-egpu/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:20:52

• "I’d like to again thank Beelink for providing the GTi11 for review. [...] and $900 ($940 on Amazon) for the i7/32GB/500GB configuration." Fake 'gifts' (bribes) for fake reviews? https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/02/04/beelink-gti11-modding-pcie-gen-4-0-m-2-slot-tweaking-power-limits-and-egpu/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:21:40

• #www = spamfarm of #webspam for short. Too many of the 'reviews' you find on it are fake. They're paid-for ads, wrapped up as "reviews"... #misinformation #disinformation    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:22:56

• ICYMI: #phoronix is no longer a review site. It rides that former reputation for #marketing http://techrights.org/2022/02/03/phoronix-went-too-far/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:24:52

• In tech, "smart" means spy and "social" means the opposite of that work.    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:26:15

• Penny Arcade - Comic - Reclaimer https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2021/12/15/halo-5    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:27:00

• Steven Vaughan-Nichols now shilling #microsoft and #gulag over at #zdnet ... some "journalism"...    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:28:00

• #zdnet is a sponsored mouthpiece of #microsoft #ibm and front groups of theirs, e.g. #linuxfoundation ... it's about #marketing but they use their very, very former reputation as a news site http://techrights.org/wiki/ZDNet    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:29:02

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161107 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:29:47

• Audiocasts/Shows: Hackaday Podcast, GNU/Linux Stuff • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161108 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:38:15

• #openSUSE #Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2022/05 https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2022/02/opensuse-tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2022-05/ #suse #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:44:20

• #ReproducibleBuilds (diffoscope): #diffoscope 203 released https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-203-released/ http://techrights.org/2021/04/29/with-sponsors-like-these/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:47:18

• #Microsoft Windows TCO https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/02/04/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog see http://techrights.org/2021/10/29/microsoft-national-security-threat/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:49:28

• #EARNIT Act — an attack on #freeexpression and #privacy — is back - Access Now ⚓ https://www.accessnow.org/earn-it-act/ ䷉ #accessnow | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/02/04/#latest    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:50:50

• "Senators have reintroduced the EARN IT Act, requiring social media companies (among others) to administer a massive surveillance operation on their users..." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/02/the-earn-it-act-is-back.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:51:46

• The #fsf directory seems to be offline at the moment. #gnu #freesw    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:52:18

• Stop normalizing #masssurveillance in #LatinAmerica - Access Now ⚓ https://www.accessnow.org/stop-normalizing-mass-surveillance-in-latin-america/ ䷉ #latam #accessnow | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/02/04/#latest    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:53:30

• "The re module provides functionality relating to Perl's regular expressions. It is either a module in the sense of potentially exporting stuff into your name space or a pragma in the sense of modifying the behavior of #Perl within a lexical scope, or both, depending on how you use it." http://blogs.perl.org/users/tom_wyant/2022/02/my-favorite-modules-re.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:54:23

• #Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161109 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:55:01

• #Facebook fined 0.000006% of profits after #Giphy staff quit - #ElReg ⚓ https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/04/facebook_fined_cma/ ䷉ #theregister | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/02/04/#latest    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:57:15

• #gulag is rebranding #espionage on the #www https://stop.zona-m.net/2022/01/from-floc-to-google-topics-no-thanks/ #surveillance    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 19:58:30

• The so-called 'Linux' Foundation has let the NSA's back doors partners, which hand over all data to the NSA solely for imperialism's purposes, "take over" the 'security' in the so-called 'supply chain' http://techrights.org/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:01:35

• Empire: let's pay #microsoft money at taxpayers' expense and help it scoop up #githlab #npm and the rest of the "supply chain" (we can better tailor back doors that way; also, NSA executives have since then appointed GitHub managers) http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/the-united-states-government-should-quit-bailing-out-microsoft-at-taxpayers-expense/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:02:55

• of course #microsoft #github is all about #imperialism ... check the policy http://techrights.org/2019/07/28/linux-foundation-microsoft-outsourcing/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:03:25

• #ibm is all about the tolerance... as long as you don't pay attention and cannot see (they hide it) how they ethnically-cleanse #redhat and #fedora http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:04:33

• #mozilla #firefox and #drm (EME) https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/how-to-watch-winter-games-multiple-videos-firefox/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:06:14

• "Unfortunately, I am obsessed with TikTok." Brought to you by #mozilla and you would struggle to see the relevance to #firefox or anything Mozilla. They want your data. They want to "Pocket" your brain. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/everdeen-mason-nytimes-director-of-games-internet-interview/ http://techrights.org/wiki/Mozilla    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:07:28

• #Marketing at #Mozilla has taken a rather bizarre turn. The company is nowadays run by marketing people. They have NO CLUE what users of #thunderbird want (it's not even listed in their site!) and what #firefox IS FOR http://techrights.org/2019/11/03/the-privacy-scam/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:16:10

• #mozulla is now run by the sorts of people who assign a "cap" (head value) to each user of #firefox and look for ways to "monetise" them better. This is a recipe for utter disaster. http://techrights.org/wiki/Mozilla    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:17:10

• #facebook collapsed from $323 to $241 in one day. Over time shareholders will realise that insider-trading (against the middle class whose savings are 'sold'... as interest rates are 10 times lower than inflation) and #fraud drove the perceived value (fiction, bubble). #GAFAM prices is an elaborate scam. #fb #nyse ... #microsoft also http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/the-united-states-government-should-quit-bailing-out-microsoft-at-taxpayers-expense/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:22:36

• Privacy Shield: EU citizens might get right to challenge US access to their data https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/03/privacy_shield_progress/ #corruption at #epo has helped #microsoft break #eu law: http://techrights.org/2021/03/22/epoleaks-report-march-2021-finale/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:24:44

• He would have used #geminiprotocol ;-) https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/11/our-urgent-need-for-simplicity-summarized/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:29:20

• "Digital activists have been advocating for decades now that all software should be Free As In Freedom, or that everybody should run their own server for every online communication, to avoid being spied and controlled by governments or multinationals." https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/12/analog-or-digital-prepping-makes-no-sense/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:31:03

• EU project Gaia-X hands out ID tech contracts - #ElReg ⚓ https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/04/gaia_x_ssi/ ䷉ good intentions, poorly implemented. Who advises them?    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:37:50

• #x86 waning https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/03/arm_staff_get_pay_rise/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:38:41

• #intel 'copes' with the rise of #gnu #linux by PISSING off the ACTUAL GNU/Linux people. 'Gifts' for Micro Larabel cannot compensate for actual facts, like inside leaks. http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:40:06

• Technofacists selling technoutopia on the dime of the taxpayers (no, #elonmusk isn't a businessman but a thief, a liar, and a fraud with blood on his hands... like his father) https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/01/tesla_stop_sign_feature/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:41:34

• No, more #clowncomputing (OUTSOURCING) is NOT the solution/remedy to clown computing https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/03/exasol_dbaas/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:48:00

• Today in https://directory.fsf.org/ they added two projects/updates that had outsourced to #microsoft #proprietarySoftware for development. A tad disturbing TBH. #deletegithub    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:50:10

• Amid a chip supply crunch, 28nm may end up underused - #ElReg ⚓ https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/04/semiconductor_supply_28nm/ ䷉ #hardware #capitalism    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:51:15

• #ukraine #microsoft #windows #russia https://nitter.eu/stautistic/status/1489276589657317381    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 20:55:56

• My Last Job https://assets.amuniversal.com/4aca73705d30013a93c2005056a9545d   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:07:58

• Ignoring Data https://assets.amuniversal.com/b137a2f05d31013a93c2005056a9545d   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:10:17

• Valuing Honesty https://assets.amuniversal.com/485048205d30013a93c2005056a9545d    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:11:18

• The Fifteen Dollar Linux Computer http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160760#comment-32740   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:16:54

• Very unimpressed to see a former #debian leader flogging mass #surveillance like this... https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/10886.html see http://techrights.org/2021/06/14/vaccine-spam-in-linux-news/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:18:49

• "Do you have a Facebook?" No, sorry, I'm not stupid. "Do you have a smartphone?" Same. And the list goes on...    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:19:54

• #facebook = Hollerith machine for governments in the 2st century    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:20:56

• #pfizer CEO Buorla: #Israel is the "world's lab" for #covid19 https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/pfizer-ceo-albert-bourla-calls-israel-worlds-lab-in-interview-to-nbc-660349 Israel: we're the highest in the world for COVID-19 cases per capita for nations with over 2.5 million citizens (and ~100 deaths per day). I guess Buorla needs to actually produce vaccines that curb the spread of the disease.    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:24:24

• Imagine electing as #debian project leader someone who carries around a #surveillance "app" :/ https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/10886.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:27:39

• History is on the side of #RMS , whereas the #LinuxFoundation is on the wrong side of history, given what #IBM already did with Nazi Germany and what IBM still does at present • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/ibm-and-rms-incompatible/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/28/ibm-and-rms-incompatible/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:28:28

• Wait until #Qualcomm realises all those #microsoft #windows devices (exclusivity) are duds that cannot sell, i.e. same as before https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/03/android_qualcomm_apple/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:29:50

• #ibm does not want you to know IBM #history http://techrights.org/2022/01/18/ibm-censorship/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:30:48

• #libinput 1.20rc1 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2022-February/042105.html #linux    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:31:43

• "There are a few significant moments in the history of the #WordPress project. January 2022 is one of them, with the release of WordPress 5.9! But that’s not all. Read on to learn more about the latest updates and achievements from the community." #cms https://wordpress.org/news/2022/02/the-month-in-wordpress-january-2022/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:43:24

• "Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from January 28 to February 04." https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/02/twig-29/ #gnome #gtk #gnu #linux #freesw    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:44:06

• [X86] Introduce more common modern tunings into `generic` https://reviews.llvm.org/D118534 #llvm    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 21:45:46

• Hybrid what? Hybrids #buzzwords with #patent #evergreening to ensure the #cartel (which uses "standards" as Trojan horse) gets paid far too much indefinitely? https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/04/cisco_wifi_6e_private_5g/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 22:02:37

• Like so-called 'Linux' Foundation raising money from #BACKDOORS companies as if that will tackle #security lapses https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/03/c_suite_security_survey/ http://techrights.org/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 22:04:55

• #WhiteSource is a bit of a #Microsoft proxy, so of course it won't blame Microsoft for actually shipping all this malware your way... https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/03/npm_malware_report/ see http://techrights.org/2013/05/10/foss-fud-over-risk/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 22:07:50

• Links 4/2/2022: #Zenwalk 15.0 and Libinput 1.20 RC1 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/libinput-1-20-rc1/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/04/libinput-1-20-rc1/   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 22:49:53

• Programming/Development Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161110 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 22:54:57

• #SFC on Microsoft’s #GPLViolations Machine/Engine, New GNU dbm Release, and "Free As In Freedom" • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161111 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 22:55:08

• Latest in #GNOME and #KDE • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161112 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 22:55:19

• Linux #Graphics : Libinput, AMD, and NVIDIA • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161113 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 22:55:39

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161114 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 22:55:50

• #ibm helped put tattoos on people as "identity management"; #redhat is finishing the work https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/impacts-new-reality-drive-need-enhanced-digital-identity-framework    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 22:58:55

• "294 are awaiting a reviewer 51 need a sponsor" So ask #ibm (they have money, no? Or do they fake it like #microsoft does?) https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fridays-fedora-facts-2022-05/   

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:00:21

• #ibm #fedora : work liberates. Libre: you work for free (gratis). IBM will privatise and monetise it. #slavery #redhat    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:01:17

• #fedora #copr ... outsourced as usual to #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware https://docs.pagure.org/copr.copr/release-notes/2022-02-03.html #deletegithub    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:02:15

• Dying Light 2 Stay Human is out and works well on Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/dying-light-2-stay-human-is-out-and-works-well-on-linux ䷉ #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/02/04/#latest    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:06:31

• #GoingLinux #418 · Keyboard Shortcuts https://goinglinux.com/shownotes.html#glp418 #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:08:29

• #UltimateEdition 7.5? http://ultimateedition.info/ultimate-edition-7-5/ #gnu #linux #compiling #freesw    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:11:20

• "Since May last year, the Cockpit integration tests contain “pixel tests”, as described here. Let’s have a look at what has happened since then." https://cockpit-project.org//blog/pixel-testing-update.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:13:07

• #3DPrinting Goes Near Infrared | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2022/02/03/3d-printing-goes-near-infrared/ ䷉ #hackaday    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:14:41

• #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware = lols https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/03/ms365_portal_down/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:16:09

• I hear from clients that use #microsoft #windows (on desktops) that they're unable to connect to #gnu #linux servers that we look after... after a botched Windows update. This keeps happening. Windows is a hopelessly broken platform. Dying one, too... http://techrights.org/2022/01/26/microsoft-delighted-by-failure/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:17:56

• "Each Audio Damage VST is a little different and has its own look, style, and workflow. They're all available in VST or AU format for macOS, Windows, and Ubuntu/Linux. The demo versions are fully functional for 20 minutes at a time and do not save presets." https://www.makeuseof.com/audio-damage-vst-plugins-guide/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:19:20

• #hardware prices going up... if you buy crap and don't buy wisely. https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/04/automakers_continue_to_see_chipsupply/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:21:16

• #cars should NOT rely on "chip supply" to be made, but today's #car industry sucks to badly. They sell crap. http://techrights.org/2022/01/02/no-control-over-cars/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:22:24

• "When EasyOS is built in woofQ, the default wallpaper is named 'default.jpg' or 'default.png'. At bootup, the script /root/.xinitrc, that starts the X desktop, runs /usr/sbin/background_reshape, that truncates the current wallpaper image, top and bottom, so that it will fit whatever is your widescreen proportions." https://bkhome.org/news/202202/wallpaper-buglet-fixed.html    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:23:33

• #microsoft #malware on #sparkylinux https://sparkylinux.org/teams-rainlendar2-lite/ waste of time and effort, curtails #freesw efforts IMHO    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:24:38

• Yet worse, afaik adding #microsoft #proprietarySoftware #malware to the #sparkylinux repos is in violation of #debian guidelines (Sparky is based on Debian). Let's not pollute main repos with malicious crap.    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:26:26

• Retrotechtacular: Understanding The Strength Of Structural Shapes | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2022/02/03/retrotechtacular-understanding-the-strength-of-structural-shapes/ ䷉ #hackaday | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/02/04/#latest    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:29:38

• Modular Synth Pairs Perfectly With The #Apple II | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2022/02/04/modular-synth-pairs-perfectly-with-the-apple-ii/ ䷉ #hackaday    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:30:39

• Conveyor Belt Printer Mod Is Nearly All Printed | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2022/02/03/conveyor-belt-printer-mod-is-nearly-all-printed/ ䷉ #hackaday | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/02/04/#latest    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:35:39

• "This time we’re looking at the #ETag (Entity Tag) header. I take some of the blame for this one as I first added a dissector of the header to Nikto’s headers plugin back in 2008, then other scanners added it." https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/vulnerabilities-that-arent-etag-headers/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:36:27

• "unless you happen to have a 1990s vintage computer laying around, getting these drives hooked up is decidedly non-trivial. Which is why #Adafruit have been researching how to interface the drives with modern microcontrollers" https://hackaday.com/2022/02/04/adafruit-hack-chat-helps-you-copy-that-floppy/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:38:23

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) garbage from #patent aggressor #sonos (better not to buy it at all) https://hackaday.com/2022/02/04/python-web-proxy-convinces-sonos-to-stream-youtube/    

posted Friday, February 04, 2022 at 23:40:15

• A pale shadow https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cool-discoveries-interesting-pics-13.jpg #caturday   

posted Saturday, February 05, 2022 at 00:10:14