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  • In Korea (SK) about 1% of the population confirmed positive for COVID-19 in just one day.    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 00:03:35


  • WeMakeFedora: harassment decision, victory for volunteers and Fedora Foundations • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162552    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 00:41:20


  • "Complainant has failed to establish all the elements entitling it to relief and has brought the Complaint primarily to harass the domain-name holder." #redhat #ibm #slapp https://www.adrforum.com/DomainDecisions/1980642.htm    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 00:46:23


  • #HowTo mirror the Russian Wikipedia with Debian and Kiwix - The Lego Mirror ⚓ https://blog.legoktm.com/2022/03/15/how-to-mirror-the-russian-wikipedia-with-debian-and-kiwix.html    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 02:24:22


  • "This is basically a moderation task, with the goal of enforcing the LibrePlanet Safe Space Policy" https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/help-libreplanet-to-be-held-in-liberation-volunteer-today    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 02:25:31


  • Deviled Eggs https://xkcd.com/2593/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 02:25:55


  • Gammath™ SPOT 2.4 (beta) released on 14 March 2022 but needs to delete Microsoft GitHub. It's a big problem for GNU and FSF. They send traffic and control to their biggest enemy. https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gammath_SPOT    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 02:26:57


  • #Techrights Bulletin for Monday, March 14, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:01:30


  • #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 15, 2022 at 07:01:35


  • #HowTo Use SFTP Command to Transfer Files • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162553    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:02:14


  • Internet Tribunal Rules That IBM Has Harassed Free Software Volunteers (SLAPP) http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/ibm-harassing-people/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:31:15


  • 5 more! "There are 2234 capsules. We successfully connected recently to 1795 of them." gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:33:03


  • "No desease but two more years of hard lockdown. Why? Because as much as I'd love to have open freedom as soon as possible, I would never choose to have COVID-19 or reduced fitness for that. It's not only the six-week desease: it also results in permanent damage to the lungs" gemini://avalos.me/gemlog/2021-11-30-bronzies-five-questions-for-december-2021.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:34:30


  • "I finally implemented a database on Amphipod and its soooo fast now!!! No more stupid json files. þough, it seems like MongoDB's "sample" aggregator or whatever is super biased towards oldest documents?" gemini://seapunk.xyz/log/4d6011653e251b63f78f37f1ebee3533.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:36:39


  • "My main drive was filled to about 70 GB, and my backup was 89 GB." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-03-14-videos-are-big.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:38:45


  • "It’s common to hear computer jobs described as “cushy” — at least compared to “manual work”. But I’m back at my desk for the first time in a few months, and let me tell you: if you aren’t acclimated to it, working on a computer all day long is exhausting." gemini://degrowther.smol.pub/20220314_computer_work    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:40:22


  • "Both sides engage in a propaganda war. The majority of citizens in the West seem capable of spotting lies, exaggerations, censorship, and repression on the Russian side, but completely unable to detect the same on their own side." gemini://oberdada.pollux.casa/gemlog/2022-03-14_madness.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:41:09


  • "I have decided to write another GTK application in Rust, this time I am progressing extremely fast. Note that this post goes on for probably way to long, probably including too much unnecessary things. The tldr is: I was busy and very productive this week." gemini://blog.schmidhuberj.de/2022/03/14/gtk-in-one-week/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:41:54


  • I made a Gemini app! gemini://ivanodintsoff.smol.pub/i-made-a-gemini-app    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:42:47


  • "I shared the code for a sample application a few weeks ago with the promise that I'd be making a follow-up video on the topic. Well, here it is!" gemini://tilde.team/~tomasino/journal/20220308-how-to-build-a-gemini-application.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:46:56


  • "Offpunk looks very interesting. However I don't need a offline browser at the moment. It's nice that it's combining all aspects in one, and it's merging Gophersphere and Geminispace." gemini://szczezuja.space/tinylog.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:48:36


  • "I finally got around to tinker around with Arch on my Raspi 4 8GB. It seems that this will make a pretty capable small desktop replacement, especially if on SSD is attached. :) Well see if everything that i need for my daily driver will run." gemini://en.gmn.clttr.info/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:49:06


  • 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 #IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 14, 2022 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/irc-log-140322/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/15/irc-log-140322/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:50:27


  • "Here are a few things I do immediately on any new Linux server" https://danielmiessler.com/blog/things-immediately-new-linux-box/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:53:20


  • "If you're trying to protect an Nginx server from a ton of traffic" https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/rate-limiting-requests-ip-address-nginx    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:53:42


  • "A while back some Unix systems introduced a device called /dev/full. Reading from /dev/full returns zero bytes, just like /dev/zero" https://blog.plover.com/2022/03/13/#error-device    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:54:00


  • "Brad Alexander emailed asking how I dual-boot my FreeBSD workstation that doubles as a Linux Steam game machine" https://rubenerd.com/my-lazy-approach-to-freebsd-dual-booting/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:54:26


  • "Unix Philosophy was first put into writing by Doug McIlroy in the 1978 Bell System Technical Journal." https://klarasystems.com/articles/unix-philosophy-a-quick-look-at-the-ideas-that-made-unix/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:54:59


  • https://www.cambus.net/freebsd-on-the-cubieboard2/   

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:55:38


  • "I have previously been running NetBSD/evbarm and OpenBSD/armv7 on my CubieBoard2, and wrote about it here and here" https://www.cambus.net/freebsd-on-the-cubieboard2/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:55:46


  • "The impending price rises are result of a pincer movement of sorts, according to the semiconductor industry researchers." https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ddr3-supplies-rapidly-shrinking-as-consumers-hold-onto-older-hardware    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:56:52


  • "With the r4.8 release of moteus, a not-yet-announced feature was included — the ability to have an off-board primary encoder!" https://jpieper.com/2022/03/08/external-primary-encoders-for-moteus/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:57:08


  • "Today I needed to play back an MP3 or WAV file through a USB audio device on a Raspberry Pi, in a Python script. "Should be easy!" I thought!" https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/playing-sounds-python-on-raspberry-pi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:57:27


  • "We have a very special announcement for today's blog: The Arduino Uno Mini Limited Edition is now available at SparkFun Electronics" https://www.sparkfun.com/news/4366    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:57:59


  • "I was talking to a friend last summer about what resources might be helpful for folks learning to program" https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/03/08/tiny-programs/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:59:10


  • "The following is my experience with each of the above (as it relates to my blog—I get it, not all sites have the constraints and needs of a personal blog, so caveat noted)" https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022/inline-all-the-things/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 07:59:48


  • "Over the past few months, I’ve been hard at work trying to reduce the latency of workflows for one of the APIs that my team owns." https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2022/03/11/One-Weird-Trick/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:00:09


  • "The underlying courtroom confrontation kicked off way back in 2014, when Christian rapper Flame accused Katy Perry of infringing upon his “Joyful Noise” track, which first released in 2008." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2022/03/11/katy-perry-dark-horse-appeal-victory/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:01:33


  • "It seems that every time there is a large political event in the world, someone calls for someone else to be excluded from the Internet." https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/03/why-the-world-must-resist-calls-to-undermine-the-internet/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:02:11


  • "Julian Assange’s solicitors Birnberg Peirce statement on Supreme Court Decision..." https://dontextraditeassange.com/press-release/uk-supreme-court-refuses-permission-to-appeal-in-assange-extradition/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:02:39


  • "In our last blog, GPS vs GNSS, we covered the basics of how satellites function together to create usable geolocation devices." https://www.sparkfun.com/news/4278    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:04:54


  • "Let's say there's a network failure: half of the computers connected to the system can no longer communicate with each other" https://matt-rickard.com/blockchain-trade-offs/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:05:14


  • "At IOP Publishing, we have introduced two different but complementary approaches to bias reduction at all our self-owned open access journals." https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/anonymity-or-transparency-best-solution-bias-peer-review    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:06:22


  • "The U.S. chipmaker unveiled plans last September to invest as much as $95 billion in Europe over the next decade" https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/intel-to-announce-details-of-europe-investment-plans-on-tuesday/90213948 blah blah blah http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:13:13


  • Microsoft: we want to kill Windows but make a few pennies in the process https://www.thurrott.com/windows/264202/microsoft-is-experimenting-with-ads-in-the-windows-11-file-explorer    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:13:55


  • "For the unversed YouTube Vanced is a modded version of the original app that allows users to block all video ads on YouTube without a premium subscription." https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/enterprise-services-and-applications/youtube-vanced-to-shut-down-due-to-legal-reasons/90213924    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:15:24


  • We leaked your data, but we refuse to talk about it... https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/11/22972768/ubisoft-cyber-security-incident-hack    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:16:48


  • "Why FIDO2 and WebAuthN are so much better than SMS and app-based auth" https://danielmiessler.com/blog/not-all-mfa-is-equal-and-the-differences-matter-a-lot/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:20:37


  • "A month ago I tweeted about my annoyance with SSO or Single Sign On." https://goteleport.com/blog/why-sso-sucks/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:21:00


  • Surveillance "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/bob-iger-avatar-metaverse-investment-1235110823/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:23:36


  • "The service was set to impose mandatory logins for use from today [Tuesday] but does not appear to have done so as of this writing [1140 AEDT]" https://itwire.com/government-tech-news/technology-regulation/no-opt-out-for-users-as-iview-mandatory-logins-introduced-researcher.html    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:24:04


  • "The exact purpose for which Ukraine's defense ministry is using the technology is unclear, Ton-That said." https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/13/ukraine-has-started-using-clearview-ais-facial-recognition-during-war.html    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:24:46


  • "potentially vet people of interest at checkpoints, among other uses" https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-ukraine-has-started-using-clearview-ais-facial-recognition-during-war-2022-03-13/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:25:36


  • "He told the agency that his company has a database of more than 2 billion images from the Russian social media service VKontakte." https://www.thequint.com/explainers/clearview-ai-the-controversial-facial-recognition-tech-ukraine-is-using-against-russia    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:26:07


  • "Clearview AI's technology has been criticised by privacy watchdogs." https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60738204    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:26:42


  • "That is changing. These days, authorities are also investigating XVideos. Survivors of sexualized violence are going public." https://netzpolitik.org/2022/xvideos-the-porn-empire-next-door/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:27:17


  • "Match said up to 500,000 free Garbo searches would be made available, and thereafter a check would cost $2.50 plus a processing fee." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tinder-lets-users-run-background-checks-before-dates-1698746    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:27:52


  • "Complaints in five countries. An alliance of organizations, including noyb, Privacy International (PI), Hermes Center, and Homo Digitalis, filed a series of complaints against Clearview AI Inc. in May 2021." https://noyb.eu/en/eu-20-mio-fine-clearview-ai-italy    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:28:21


  • Confidentiality: ""Whistleblowing is dangerous business. Whistleblowers face grave consequences if they’re caught and, to make matters worse, the anonymity set – the set of potential whistleblowers for a given story – is often quite small." https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2022/03/11/coverdrop-securing-initial-contact-for-whistleblowers/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:29:46


  • "In cooperation between the worker’s union “UNI Global” and privacy NGO “noyb.eu”, Amazon warehouse workers from Germany, UK, Italy, Poland and Slovakia filed access requests under Article 15 GDPR today." https://noyb.eu/en/amazon-workers-demand-data-transparency    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:39:42


  • Trying to maintain US dominance amid economic collapse https://www.vice.com/en/article/akva8e/biden-signs-executive-order-bullish-on-crypto-digital-us-dollar    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:40:40


  • "The EU Parliament’s committee on economic and monetary affairs voted on Monday to move forward with a legislative framework for regulating digital assets." https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/14/22977132/bitcoin-european-union-parliament-ban-proof-of-work-cryptocurrencies    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:41:14


  • "Meta Platforms Inc. after the owner of Facebook and Instagram Thursday said it will allow calls for violence" https://siliconangle.com/2022/03/10/facebook-instagram-will-now-allow-language-calling-violence-russian-troops/ see http://techrights.org/2022/03/01/twitter-happier-during-wars/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:42:26


  • "There have been several calls for Russian Internet networks to be shut down in one way or another and announcements that Russia is going to make such cuts" https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephane_bortzmeyer/internet-network-shutdowns-in-russia/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:42:52


  • "There is much speculation about what has been happening to the Internet in Ukraine since the ongoing conflict began on 24 February." https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/the-ukrainian-internet/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:43:11


  • Social control media = platforms for hate, violence and terror. Just make sure you're on the "right" side, i.e. the one more financially beneficial to Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg. http://techrights.org/2022/03/01/twitter-happier-during-wars/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:44:34


  • Oligarchs' gerrymandering through thresholds? https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/electoral-threshold-plan-to-oust-german-small-party-meps/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:45:27


  • Crazy ol man pretends he solved COVID-19 although a million USians died and are still dying https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2022/03/biden-says-infrastructure-bill-will-transform-america-in-first-in-person-dnc-winter-meeting-in-2-years/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:46:22


  • Speaking of COVID deniers... http://techrights.org/2021/11/09/linux-foundation-greenwash/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:48:08


  • Social control media https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/qanon-ukraine-biolabs-russian-propaganda-efforts-boosted-us-far-right-rcna19392    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:48:25


  • Social control media far from harmless. We need to shun and boycott social control media for our own good... https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/first-war-tiktok-era-sees-tragedy-humor-deceit-1698779    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:49:04


  • Social control media in action https://www.protocol.com/policy/tiktok-newsguard-covid    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:49:29


  • "A new report from Harvard researchers finds that TikTok remains a rich source of misinformation and disinformation about Ukraine" https://www.fastcompany.com/90730873/tiktok-ukrainian-war-misinformation-harvard-research    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:49:57


  • "Misinformation ricochets around the internet during any world event or political conflict — that’s nothing new — but TikTok poses new challenges" https://digiday.com/media/misinformation-on-tiktok-is-a-whole-different-beast-how-publishers-are-tackling-the-ukraine-russia-war-disinformation-problem-on-tiktok/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:50:24


  • "Zoe Thomas: TikTok is home to millions of fun and silly videos. But since Russia invaded Ukraine, users' feeds have been flooded with videos about the war" https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/tech-news-briefing/tiktoks-new-moderation-challenge-ukraine-war-videos/4c2252bc-93ce-4085-95cf-7329618532c5    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:50:55


  • "In one video on Wednesday, RIA Novosti laced together recorded U.S. Senate testimony from Victoria Nuland, a State Department official, about biological-research labs in Ukraine with a voiceover falsely suggesting Ukraine has covered up bio-warfare projects" https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2022/03/09/tiktok-russia-ukraine-misinformation-ria-novosti-ban-putin/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:51:31


  • "The Indiana State Teachers Association said it found out less than a week before the legislative session ended early Wednesday about emails sent through a form on its website not reaching the accounts of lawmakers" https://www.securityweek.com/filter-blocked-70000-emails-indiana-lawmakers-bill    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:55:44


  • "Real-time network data show that the restrictions are coming into effect across multiple providers rendering the platform widely unusable, corroborating user reports." https://netblocks.org/reports/instagram-restricted-in-russia-as-online-space-continues-to-shrink-JBQXvVAo    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:56:05


  • "There are prisoners of conscience on Saudi death row, and others arrested as children or charged with non-violent crimes. We fear for every one of them following this brutal display of impunity." https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20220313-saudi-arabia-executes-record-81-people-in-one-day-for-terrorism-related-offences    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:57:12


  • "The present version of the AIA is a draft written by the European Commission published in 2021. Now the elected European Parliament is seeking commentary as it proposes a revised and hopefully improved version." https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-regulation-european-union/ see http://techrights.org/2022/01/11/buzzwords-from-brussels/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:57:51


  • “the gap between those who have and do not have access to computers and the Internet” https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/03/what-is-the-digital-divide/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 08:58:22


  • COVID-19 surging in Europe, even in spring. Apathy and false assumption of safety will bite us. http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/14/covid-cases-have-surged/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:03:23


  • "But, I’ve been saying this for a while, prices in most areas have not started to come down. In fact, the prices of many of these items are continuing to rise." https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/15/more-bad-news-on-inflation/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:04:07


  • "Arch and the Web make us feel old, the BBC makes us rather cross, a kernel vulnerability makes us laugh, Mozilla makes us wonder, and KDE makes us happy." https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-168/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:06:11


  • "“Blowback” can also be applied to U.S. propaganda, particularly the CIA’s “black propaganda” that was designed for an overseas audience" https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/14/the-united-states-of-america-victims-of-its-own-disinformation/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:08:38


  • "Two of the largest movie and TV streaming sharing sites have had their domain names suspended over the past few days." https://torrentfreak.com/major-streaming-piracy-sites-have-their-domain-names-suspended-220314/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:15:13


  • "YouTube Vanced is an extremely popular Android app that improves the standard YouTube experience with new features including ad-blocking and background play." https://torrentfreak.com/youtube-vanced-app-forced-to-shut-down-for-legal-reasons-220314/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:15:51


  • EFF Asks Federal Appellate Court to Re-hear Important Patent Transparency Case https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/eff-asks-federal-appellate-court-re-hear-important-patent-transparency-case    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:22:06


  • "The EU police agency is to receive lists of persons from foreign authorities and then have them alerted in the Schengen area for refusal of entry" https://digit.site36.net/2022/03/14/amendment-of-the-sis-ii-regulation-europol-could-soon-coordinate-proposals-for-alerts-from-third-countries/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:23:25


  • "Without any explanation, the British Supreme Court denied WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange “permission to appeal” a decision by the British High Court." https://thedissenter.org/uk-supreme-court-slams-door-on-assange-appeal/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:24:19


  • OnLogic announces Factor 201 Raspberry Pi CM4 industrial PC, Factor 202 controller coming soon • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162554    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:25:30


  • 6 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight Front-End Frameworks • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162555    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:25:44


  • This is not an economy. It's organised looting. https://truthout.org/articles/billionaires-have-gotten-1-7-trillion-richer-over-the-pandemic-report-finds/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:30:43


  • "It was only after Poitras teamed up with EFF to sue the government that she was able to see evidence of the government’s six-year campaign of spying on her" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/podcast-episode-watching-watchers oh, the old 'EFF' http://techrights.org/2021/11/05/not-the-frontier-anymore/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:33:07


  • #ibm #redhat just another corporate shill in service of Empire, resorting to collective punishment https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-response-war-ukraine see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_punishment    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:34:57


  • US: yes, it's our proxy war https://gizmodo.com/us-police-ship-body-armor-to-ukraine-amid-russian-war-1848638015    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:35:22


  • As if they punish the war machine in Russia, rather than ordinary citizens (many of whom are brainwashed, some strongly object to the invasion... if they know it is one) https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2022/03/11/music-industry-russia-exits/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:36:32


  • IRC being IRC, and people using pseudonyms http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-140322.html#tMar%2014%2014:51:59    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:37:34


  • This is where taxpayers' money goes... https://www.voanews.com/a/us-pays-2m-a-month-to-protect-pompeo-aide-due-to-iran-threat/6482364.html    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:38:02


  • CAs = MLM, fake security model https://securityboulevard.com/2022/03/russia-force-feeds-new-trusted-ca-yeah-right/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:38:36


  • Autocrats of the world https://thehill.com/policy/international/598207-saudi-arabia-invites-chinas-xi-to-visit-riyadh-report    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:39:28


  • TikTok Sounds used to spread COVID vaccine misinformation: think tank | Arab News ⚓ https://www.arabnews.com/node/1893961/media social control media NOT harmless    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:40:02


  • "Washington state lawmakers are set to dedicate $1.5 million to removing toxic fluorescent lights from schools and another $125,000 to studying environmental hazards and creating new standards to protect students from exposure to harmful substances." https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-state-budgets-1-6-million-for-study-and-removal-of-toxic-lights    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:41:25


  • "The shelling had just started in Kyiv when Alberta Premier Jason Kenney found his angle on the Russian invasion." https://www.desmog.com/2022/03/14/canadian-oil-gas-help-isolate-putin-russia/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:42:40


  • "Pretextual stops are law enforcement at its most shameless." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/14/lapd-police-commission-enrages-police-union-by-enacting-minor-changes-to-pretextual-stops/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:43:08


  • "I’ve been writing about quackery and the antivaccine movement for over two decades" https://respectfulinsolence.com/2022/03/14/mms-as-a-cure-for-covid-19/ WWW does its thing...    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:44:04


  • "Lee Camp‘s political comedy program, “Redacted Tonight,” had an eight-year run on RT America." https://www.projectcensored.org/russian-media-censorship-featuring-lee-camp-and-chris-garaffa/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:44:54


  • Old Joseph 'Stalin' Biden fails to heed the warning https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/14/china-hong-kong-battling-stealth-omicron-surges-us-lifts-restrictions this is happening also here with Borisnaro...    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:46:07


  • Everyone should quit paying Starbucks even a nickel https://truthout.org/articles/starbucks-union-files-complaint-saying-company-is-cutting-hours-to-union-bust/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:47:05


  • "Shenzhen just recently got put on a week-long lockdown." https://hackaday.com/2022/03/14/hackers-beware-shenzhen-is-closing/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:47:54


  • "Join us on Wednesday, March 16 at noon Pacific for the Open Source ASICs Hack Chat with Matt Venn!" https://hackaday.com/2022/03/14/open-source-asics-hack-chat-with-matt-venn/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:48:24


  • "When you’re a natural telecom monopoly in America you get away with a lot." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/14/big-isps-avoided-2020-law-banning-predatory-modem-rental-fees-by-simply-calling-them-something-else/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:49:25


  • "Some mental illnesses that have been eliminated include drapetomania, or the mental illness causing enslaved people to try to escape; and homosexuality, or the mental illness causing people to love people that somebody else might wish they wouldn’t." https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/14/is-psychiatry-a-mental-illness/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:51:27


  • Bad to be understocked on tech at the moment https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/14/supply-chain-problems-continue-as-inflation-jumps-in-february/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:52:27


  • "Private companies have a lot of people to answer to. When you ask them, they’ll claim its either shareholders or customers that they owe their ultimate duty to." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/14/corporate-information-wants-to-be-free/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:53:44


  • motorists panic-buy fuel https://telex.hu/english/2022/03/14/the-forint-sinks-to-400-per-euro-and-motorists-panic-buy-fuel-last-week-was-a-campaign-managers-nightmare-in-five-points MinceR    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:55:00


  • The man behind the curtain https://truthout.org/articles/chomsky-peace-talks-in-ukraine-will-get-nowhere-if-us-keeps-refusing-to-join/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:56:38


  • Oil cartel https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/14/there-should-be-consequences-it-ocasio-cortez-slams-big-oil-price-gouging    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 09:58:07


  • COVID-19 still a threat https://truthout.org/articles/pneumonia-almost-killed-me-as-covid-restrictions-ease-i-fear-for-my-life/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:05:45


  • "For years we’ve noted how the U.S. has consistently maintained a fairly pathetic speed definition of “broadband” at the behest of major monopolies" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/14/washington-state-bill-would-boost-definition-of-broadband-to-100-mbps/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:07:54


  • The latest openwashing salad from IBM Red Hat https://opensource.com/open-organization/22/3/open-history-human-progress    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:09:30


  • Dying to inform https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/14/brent_renaud_killed_russia_ukraine_press    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:11:52


  • "For a few years now, the Australian government has been seeking to outlaw online anonymity." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/14/australias-online-safety-commissioner-say-anti-trolling-bill-wont-protect-people-is-mostly-about-enabling-defamation-lawsuits/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:14:56


  • Domestic social control became a war on the population https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/14/cops-have-so-much-extra-military-gear-theyre-giving-it-away-to-ukraine-freedom-fighters/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:17:12


  • Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162556    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:17:40


  • "Wars rage, countless humans suffer, the rich get richer, life goes on" https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/14/life-goes-on-right/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:19:24


  • "Donald Trump's war on democracy in America continues" https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/03/14/war-democracy-here    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:20:48


  • "About the only positive thing you can say about famed play/movie writer David Mamet deciding to file an amicus brief in support of Texas in that state’s appeal of a district court correctly tossing the state’s social media content moderation bill as unconstitutional is…" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/14/fucking-hell-david-mamet-files-the-most-pointless-silly-amicus-brief-in-texas-content-moderation-appeal/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:23:47


  • Imagine a US president caring about health and environment as much as he cares about sending weapons to other countries   

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:24:44


  • When you are 80 nuclear war probably does not scare you so much... https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/03/14/message-biden-help-de-escalation-ukraine-or-risk-nuclear-war    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:26:58


  • "This idea is closely linked to modernisation theory, which was popularised as part of American post-WWII rhetoric." Subtler form of racism or elitism or supremacist ideology. https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/14/re-thinking-the-idea-of-developing-countries/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:28:49


  • Terrorussia https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/14/pregnant-mother-and-baby-photographed-after-hospital-bombing-russia-did-not-survive   

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:30:23


  • Proprietary, Fake Security, and Openwashing • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162557    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:50:47


  • Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162558    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:51:21


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162559    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:51:56


  • Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162560    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:52:03


  • Librem 5 First Impression • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162561    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:02:50


  • Arch Linux turns 20: Small, simple, great documentation http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162480#comment-33067   

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:08:03


  • IPFire 2.27 - Core Update 165 is available for testing • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162562    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:08:49


  • Top 5 Best Simulation Games for Linux: Live Out Another Life • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162563    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:08:56


  • The C4C Linux Distro Rises from the Grave • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162564    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:11:43


  • Solène: "Let me present you my latest project: home-impermanence, under this name is a reference to the NixOS community project impermanence. The name may not be obvious about what it is doing, let me explain." gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/openbsd-impermanence.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:13:13


  • "I've since been a tech addict interested in coding and admin stuff. I embrace the KISS principle, i guess that's why i'm so excited about gemini." gemini://en.gmn.clttr.info/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:14:05


  • "I'll have to look into programming it (which was the main reason I was interested in it in the first place) and also check out some community-made games. Maybe the community will have figured out how to make more legitimately playable games." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2022-02-23.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:16:20


  • "Yes I have used SMS-based one time passwords historically on some sites but such setups are problematic and not much of a security improvement. Some argue they make things worse because the false sense of security stops people using higher quality passwords. Here are just a couple of articles that scratch the surface of this topic." gemini://ruario.flounder.online/gemlog/2022-03-09_MFA-involving-TOTP.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:18:01


  • "Valve has released the latest small update for the Steam Deck to fix up a couple of nuisances, a few of which were definitely annoying me." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/steam-deck-update-fixes-buying-games-for-some-touch-input-on-digital-keyboard-theme    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:19:01


  • "While they're now pretty late on it, Double Fine say that the Linux and macOS dedicated builds of Psychonauts 2 are still actually on the way." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/double-fine-say-psychonauts-2-for-linux-and-macos-still-coming    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:19:43


  • News publishers furnish their details voluntarily, MIB claims in RTI Appeal ⚓ https://internetfreedom.in/rule-18-it-rules-rti-appeal/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:22:28


  • Phoronix pushing Microsoft again, while other (actual) Linux sites rightly ignore this rubbish https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Microsoft-CBL-Mariner-March-22 Larabel sold us out...    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:23:04


  • "We're nowhere close to even having Vulkan 1.0 working yet, there's no reason to get too excited about 1.1. It just means piles more test crashes for features we're claiming to support but don't. If we want to enable more tests, we can turn on the extensions for those features once we actually have them working." https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=a35e721162bb7dad087e75fd07fec08bc635dc96    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:23:37


  • Red Hat (IBM) reduced to mindless clouds of buzzwords https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/digital-transformation-4-pillars-success    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:26:31


  • This is the same IBM that was forcing staff to stop working from home and also forced staff working from home to get an experimental vaccine without proper clinical trials (in spite of complete lack of contact with colleagues) https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/hybrid-work-tips    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:27:50


  • IBM Red Hat pushing Microsoft's proprietary garbage while asking us to cancel GNU's founder https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/03/15/preview-clustering-support-jboss-eap-azure-app-service see http://techrights.org/2021/11/24/fedora-slaves-at-microsoft/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:35:18


  • Congrats on becoming slave of IBM https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/ibm-power-champion-2022/ a nukes company http://techrights.org/2020/08/07/ibm-atomic-bombs/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:37:09


  • "Between 2022-03-08 and 2022-03-15 there were 30 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 280 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 10.7 % of total released titles" https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2022-03-15-edition/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:38:32


  • "Recent reports indicate that over 1.2 million active Linux users are currently utilizing the gaming platform Steam, and the numbers are continuing to grow." https://linuxbuz.com/best-resources/whats-the-state-of-play-with-linux-online-poker-rooms    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:39:46


  • [Update] Apex Legends Is Borked Again On Steam Deck & Linux ⚓ https://fossbytes.com/apex-legends-is-borked-again-on-steam-deck-and-linux/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:40:21


  • "Please join us at the next regular Open NeuroFedora team meeting on Monday 28 March at 1300 UTC The meeting is a public meeting, and open for everyone to attend." They owned to rebase on a distro not controlled by evil, malicious IBM. https://neuroblog.fedoraproject.org/2022/03/15/next-open-neurofedora-meeting-28-march-1300-utc.html http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:42:34


  • "Every quarter, the team together with CentOS and Fedora community representatives, choose initiatives to work on"... No, CentOS is NOT a community and Fedora is no longer a community. All the slaves there have escaped IBM's grip and aren't involved anymore. https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/cpe-quarterly-update-q4-2021/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:43:43


  • Intel CPUs are such an utter pile of garbage that they cannot just sell them, they want to keep modifying them on live machines. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220315010300.10199-1-cathy.zhang@intel.com/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:45:01


  • Doom ported to Raspberry Pi RP2040 - CNX Software ⚓ https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/03/15/doom-ported-to-raspberry-pi-rp2040/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:45:47


  • Ingo Molnar: "This is -v3 of the "Fast Kernel Headers" tree, which is an ongoing rework of the Linux kernel's header hierarchy & header dependencies" https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YjBr10JXLGHfEFfi@gmail.com/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:46:35


  • Games: Steam Deck, Psychonauts 2, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162565    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:52:29


  • "A Quick overview of KaOS 2022.02." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Kip78pcl3v0    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:53:47


  • IBM: we are not racist. We use stock photography to compensate for the fact we seldom hire any women programmers, let alone black women. https://opensource.com/article/22/3/manage-java-versions-sdkman like LF: http://techrights.org/2020/06/14/linux-foundation-with-zero-african-american-employees-in-a-country-where-13-4-identify-as-african-american-boasts-about-its-support-for-the-black-community/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:56:34


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162566    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:57:50


  • Fedora and IBM/Red Hat Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162567    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 13:58:47


  • Oh, come on, tecmint. You are recycling an article almost ten years old (see age of comments) because you cannot produce new stories? Ravi Saive keeps doing this. Change date to today, republish 9 years later. Pretend it's "NEW" https://www.tecmint.com/mx-linux-review/#comments    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:01:28


  • AMD outsourcing to Microsoft proprietary software because LLVM did. We need to eradicate GitHub. It should be a top priority. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-GFX940-MM-LLVM GitHub = attack on Free software AND on Git: http://techrights.org/2021/09/05/free-software-number-1-enemy/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:03:18


  • If you have a choice between two packages and one of them is on GitHub, choose the "other one". On average, in general, projects that use Microsoft proprietary software for hosting do not care about users' freedom and possibly never will.    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:04:33


  • openSUSE on the Raspberry Pi 400 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162568    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:04:38


  • Microsofters have found a new angle for attacking Linux (recycle) http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162251#comment-33068 see http://techrights.org/2022/03/08/a-media-of-masturbating-monkeys/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:07:36


  • Maybe the Microsofters want to start naming EVERY SINGLE PRODUCT THAT USES LINUX... and then name-drop "dirty pipe" for FUD's sake.    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:08:22


  • 802.11ah WiFi HaLow development board launched for $99 (Crowdfunding) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162569    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:11:08


  • [Meme] IBM Nuking Itself http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/ibm-self-nuke/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:39:57


  • Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162570    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:45:19


  • Games modified specifically to work with GNU/Linux. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/action-shooter-the-ascent-is-steam-deck-verified-adds-a-little-tweak-for-deck-players    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:47:41


  • "Currently across games, software and DLC there's a total of 1,352 that are either Verified (740) or Playable (612)." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/heres-some-of-the-latest-steam-deck-verified-titles-including-the-popular-valheim    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:48:12


  • Of course this has NOTHING to do with Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d-releases-april-20-more-zen-processors-on-the-way is AMD sending crates of gifts to people other than MicroLarabel? http://techrights.org/2022/02/03/phoronix-went-too-far/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:48:54


  • Seems like he really ordered it. Not a gift. https://boilingsteam.com/steam-deck-first-impressions/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:49:49


  • ‘Linux’ Foundation ‘Research’ ASWF Report Made on an Apple Mac Using Proprietary Software | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/lfresearch_aswf_report/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:54:48


  • "Apparently there's some sort of anti-copy mechanism for discs recorded via optical (but not analog), but I'm the only person I've ever known with minidisc anything so I think I'm okay on that front, and I still have all the original sources anyways." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2020-11-16.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:55:59


  • Games: Deck Stuff and Beat Invaders • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162571    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:56:25


  • Drew DeVault's blog: "I mainly focused on the programming language this month. I started writing a kernel, which you can see a screenshot of below. This screenshot shows a simulated page fault, demonstrating that we have a working interrupt handler, and also shows something mildly interesting: backtraces." https://drewdevault.com/2022/03/15/Status-update-March-2022.html    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 14:59:26


  • Phoronix Intel spam, unrelated to Linux https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-IDM-EU-Investment Intel pays him to do this...    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:00:52


  • Typical lies and hogwash from ICBM Red Hat https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-equal-pay there are lawsuits to that effect http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/the-ibm-standards/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:04:11


  • ReactOS now supports SMP • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162572    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:05:44


  • Microsoft Windows TCO: [Cr]acked US companies to face new reporting requirements https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-business-congress-gary-peters-c46e063220568b2beb56220ac60f6041 see http://techrights.org/2021/05/02/ransomware-task-force/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:07:37


  • Phoronix... boring. Paid-for x86 MARKETING. NO connection to Linux. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-5800X3D-New-CPUs paid-for junk, cruft. http://techrights.org/2022/02/03/phoronix-went-too-far/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:11:24


  • "Even better would be if they had to report it to the public." Would be better if the "news" reported that this is a Microsoft Windows issue. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/03/us-critical-infrastructure-companies-will-have-to-report-when-they-are-hacked.html    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:12:10


  • Recycle and reuse are kinder to the planet. Let's hope this lasts a while. Buy less, learn to repair and maintain. https://www.maketecheasier.com/covid-foxconn-delaying-next-iphones/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:13:08


  • SUSE: proprietary software reseller of Microsoft and SAP. Almost half of their blog posts are SAP shilling. https://www.suse.com/c/rise-with-sap-still-one-of-the-most-discussed-topics-in-the-sap-community/ see http://techrights.org/2011/09/16/linux-tax-at-sap/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:14:57


  • Gulag, I don't care how FAST your malware is https://blog.chromium.org/2022/03/how-chrome-became-highest-scoring.html    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:19:25


  • Linux Foundation is trying to reinvent itself as a diploma mill https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-cloud-native-developer-bootcamp-provides-a-clear-path-to-cloud-native-careers-301501931.html see http://techrights.org/2021/09/23/lf-diploma-mill-and-narrative-control-by-fake-research/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:24:44


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162573    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:25:22


  • Qt now abandons GNU/Linux? "There is no simple API for doing that on any platform we target - iOS, Android and Windows." https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-webassembly-on-mobile-devices    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:26:18


  • "SAP and Arvato, for example, want to offer Microsoft products to German administrations and the new government is open to this." And FSFE was OPEN TO MICROSOFT MONEY!! https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20220315-01.en.html    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:28:52


  • QuartzPro64 SBC coming soon with RK3588 SoC, 16GB RAM, $300+ price tag • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162574    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:40:06


  • Jim Zemlin is selling sears again. This is how it works; they're up for sale. https://linuxfoundation.org/blog/the-linux-foundation-welcomes-new-board-members-from-ericsson-fujitsu-meta-panasonic-sony-and-vmware/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:42:26


  • Drew DeVault’s latest criticism of the Linux Foundation might be overlooking the fact that nowadays Linux Foundation seats are literally on sale (that’s how it’s raising money, in effect handing over or selling Linux direction/control) http://techrights.org/2020/08/28/linux-foundation-for-sale/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:43:35


  • "The National Science Foundation (NSF) has launched a new initiative called “Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems” (POSE), which will “harness the power of open source development for the creation of new technology solutions to problems of national and societal importance.”" https://www.fosslife.org/nsf-announces-pathways-enable-open-source-ecosystems    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:44:57


  • Proprietary software. "Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity" https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-074-01    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:46:06


  • Microsoft Windows TCO: "Axeda Desktop Server for Windows: All versions" https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-067-01 "Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity"    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:47:26


  • Linux: LOCAL priv escalation bug. MEDIA: OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 Microsoft Windows "exploitable remotely/low attack complexity".... media: what? Sorry? Did you say something? They're still working on ruining us. http://techrights.org/2013/11/17/nils-torvalds-on-back-doors/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:48:32


  • The Internet as we know it is dying a fast death (not yet end of life) https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/russia-nearly-isolated-online-mean-internets-future-rcna19389 see http://techrights.org/2022/03/09/breaking-internet/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:51:27


  • "A cryptic, Rosicrucian-inspired text of disputed authorship, featuring engravings rich in alchemical symbolism." https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/cabala-spiegel/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:52:22


  • Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162575    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:53:32


  • Red Hat fails to take WeMakeFedora.org https://lwn.net/Articles/887931/ see http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/ibm-harassing-people/ and http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/ibm-self-nuke/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 15:54:17


  • ICBM Red Hat continues outsourcing itself to Amazon. ping opensource.com PING opensource.com (54.204.39.132) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from ec2-54-204-39-132.compute-1.amazonaws.com (54.204.39.132): icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=105 ms ... see http://techrights.org/2020/08/09/aws-fedoraproject/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:01:48


  • ICBM Red Hat has long been slow to adopt female workers at higher levels http://techrights.org/2020/06/06/hypocritical-ibm-red-hat/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:03:04


  • Linux Foundation Marketing Fluff • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162576    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:03:39


  • "There are many terminal apps available that you can use while working with the command-line, but which one should you consider using? In this video, Jay from LearnLinuxTV shows you his top 5 favorite terminal emulators." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=aCIph71bBic    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:24:29


  • Microsoft and a Node/JS are piles of shit. https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/node-js-security-parse-server-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-resolved    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:25:34


  • Run Your Own Server For Fun (and Zero Profit) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162577    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:25:54


  • Announcement: gcobol https://lwn.net/ml/gcc/20220314163437.54ed696e0499d0875743a0f3@schemamania.org/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:28:57


  • Three Tools to Scan a Linux Server for Viruses, Malware and Rootkits • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162578    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:29:57


  • Pine64 previews RK3588-based QuartzPro64 SBC http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162574#comment-33070   

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:31:35


  • An OpenStreetMap viewer for Emacs • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162579    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:39:42


  • Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: Document Foundation, Terminals, and KaOS 2022.02 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162580    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:39:50


  • "I decided not to once I had finished the 54 gig download of over 140,000 MOD files. The directory structure of the downloaded files was going to make it a little cumbersome to be useful on a gopher site." gemini://gemini.lottalinuxlinks.com/posts/2021-01-29-welcome-to-the-modcast.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:41:26


  • Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162581    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:43:01


  • Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162582    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 16:50:12


  • 20 Million Confirmed COVID-19 Infections in the UK by Week’s End http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/15/20-million-uk-covid19/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 18:29:55


  • "I thought long and hard before posting this, but it seemed like relevant news in the end and it was hard to justify leaving it out." https://lwn.net/Articles/887931/#Comments    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:21:42


  • "I disagree. I don't think companies should be able to shutdown commentary they don't like by taking domain names from others." https://lwn.net/Articles/887931/#Comments    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:22:28


  • "My post "Why I Will Not Contribute To StackOverflow Again" has a shorter URL to the reply I want you to upvote." gopher://gopher.club:70/1/users/ayaron/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:38:56


  • "I've been gradually tweaking my PineDA (Pinephone PDA) and molding it into my ideal personal computing interface. Well as close to ideal as I can get with my limited skills." gemini://gemini.cyberbot.space/gemlog/2022-03-15-convergence.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:39:51


  • "Yesterday I noticed by accident while googling something for work the word "Gemini" which caught my attention so I decided to enter and see what it is, after a few moments I really liked this idea of a new way of browsing and creating web pages which are based only on text files" gemini://grizzly.flounder.online/gemlog/2022-03-15-Welcome-Gemini.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:40:24


  • 2240 capsules now. It was 2200 only a few days ago gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:42:00


  • Windows monopoly on gaming (on desktops/laptops, not mobile) will rot away fast https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/google-announces-steam-for-chromeos-chromebooks-in-alpha    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:45:02


  • Microsoft must be scratching is head now. It cannot buy ALL gaming studios. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/google-talk-about-their-windows-emulator-for-stadia-and-they-use-dxvk-already    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:45:35


  • Native GNU/Linux port https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/hyperbolica-is-a-new-non-euclidean-adventure-out-now    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:46:21


  • Godot Engine - Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 2 ⚓ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-3-5-beta-2 godotengine needs to get off Microsoft Github    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:47:19


  • Nuclear IBM is trying very hard to deplatform its critics; IBM (apparently) also did this to us, but tribunals establish that this is a misuse of process by an egotistic, despotic company http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/ibm-self-nuke/   

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:47:51


  • The Linux Foundation won’t follow its own advice or eat its own ‘dogfood’; what message does this repeatedly-condemned practice send to people out there? That “Open Source” isn’t good enough even for the so-called ‘Linux’ Foundation? http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/lfresearch_aswf_report/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:48:10


  • The EPO’s handling of the Russian invasion can be summed up in one word: opportunism http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/opportunistic-patent-office/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:49:31


  • Europe’s second-largest institution and Europe’s largest patent office is in a very bad state; but it has managed to sabotage the media, so you probably won’t hear about it anywhere http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/epo-strike-media-blackout/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:49:43


  • Just like EPO management, which works for Team UPC (the patent litigation lobby), Putin’s Russia recognises that nobody can stand in its way, so it might as well do whatever the Hell it wishes, irrespective of laws and constitutions, then spread a bunch of fake news http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/russia-joins-epo/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 19:50:09


  • 73,160 new COVID-19 cases in the UK this past Saturday, I believe highest since January. http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/15/20-million-uk-covid19/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:08:39


  • COVID-19 will be around and be a nuisance (death threat and show stopper) for AT LEAST 2 more years. Don't make false assumptions or plans based on unbridled optimism. Of course other issues exist, but they don't detract -- only distract -- from coronavirus. Our regimes failed us.    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:10:34


  • Games: ChromeOS, Hyperbolica, and Godot Engine • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162583    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:13:04


  • Taking security advice from the NSA? Well, if they want us to use Kubernetes, then maybe Kubernetes does not exactly enhance security (or worse yet -- it undermines it) https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2022/03/15/updated-kubernetes-hardening-guide see http://techrights.org/2013/11/17/nils-torvalds-on-back-doors/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:16:25


  • Canonical selling complexity for "clown" era https://ubuntu.com//blog/what-are-linux-containers    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:16:57


  • CloudReady 96.4.6 https://www.neverware.com/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:17:56


  • "In this video, I am going to show an overview of Zorin OS 16.1 core and some of the applications pre-installed." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9tiSRbhbQq4    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:20:57


  • 10 Things You Can Do on Linux but Not on Windows • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162584    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:21:51


  • 10 Must Have GNOME Shell Extensions for Customizing Your Linux Desktop in 2022 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162585    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:22:10


  • 9 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight Graphical Web Browsers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162586    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:28:47


  • #HowTo Use SongRec: The Best Shazam Client for Identifying Songs on Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162587    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:31:58


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162588    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:35:52


  • This spinning disk produces animations using a single LED | Arduino Blog ⚓ https://blog.arduino.cc/2022/03/15/this-spinning-disk-produces-animations-using-a-single-led/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:37:07


  • Arduino device uses tinyML to help wearers recover from shoulder injury | Arduino Blog ⚓ https://blog.arduino.cc/2022/03/15/arduino-device-uses-tinyml-to-help-wearers-recover-from-shoulder-injury/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:37:35


  • "I'm super excited: I received print proof prototypes for Pepper&Carrot book 4. In English from DriveThrucomics and in French from Glénat, the two almost in sync. They both looks perfect! 😸 They'll be available at the same time next week, I'm working on the release." https://www.davidrevoy.com/article900/book-4-print-proof-prototypes    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:38:44


  • "On February 8, Robert Sirchia and I taught a Master Class for the SUSE and Rancher Community that explained how to use K3s with Traefik Proxy." OMG! He said "master"!!! https://www.suse.com/c/new-on-demand-class-secure-the-edge-with-k3s-and-traefik-proxy/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:40:45


  • "In my previous blog, I mentioned the initialization of the Left / Right click activity inside GCompris and its basic layout." https://samarthrajwrites.wordpress.com/2022/03/15/sok22-week-8-random-and-uniform-placement-of-the-animal-cards/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:41:50


  • Raspberry Pi CM4 powered gateway with dual M.2 B-key slots starts at $333 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162589    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:42:48


  • Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162590    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:46:14


  • Manchester United failing again to show signs of resurgence (back to its glory days)? Should not be hard to win or keep it 0-0 at home. https://www.manutd.com/en   

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:53:35


  • Containers and Kubernetes: Canonical. NSA, and SUSE • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162591    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:53:46


  • The OSI has quit pretending that it has a mind of its own; check the names of blog authors (yes, it’s Microsoft and GitHub is proprietary software) http://techrights.org/2022/03/15/github-drives-osi/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 20:57:02


  • Elanga should have scored https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzg6UijZf6A    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:05:07


  • Elenga did well in the past match https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glBaOp0358E    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:08:56


  • Gulag is evil. We all need to leave Gulag behind. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=hatuAtICv_U    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:18:55


  • Like ICBM with Fedora "badges", Gulag gives fake "badges" instead of real money to the tenants of the Gulag, who do ALL the ACTUAL worj ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9cKs52pdIG8    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:20:36


  • What Is the Yggdrasil Network and #HowTo Install It • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162592    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:28:53


  • Microsoft friendly media finding new excuses to recycle last week's panic http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162251#comment-33071 see http://techrights.org/2022/03/08/a-media-of-masturbating-monkeys/   

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:31:44


  • SJVN nowadays PARTICIPATES in the FUD attacks on "LINUX". Well, look who pays his salary...    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:32:19


  • SJVN actually USED to promote GNU/Linux, but when funded by Microsoft ICBM his agenda is altered to secure a salary    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:33:40


  • Maybe we should spent the next 10 years, every day, naming one of 3,650 devices that run Linux and are affected by LOCAL priv escalation bug, which was already resolved before it was announced http://techrights.org/2022/03/08/a-media-of-masturbating-monkeys/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:35:17


  • Ballmer would have thrown a chair https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Steam-For-Chrome-OS    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:35:48


  • A real problem... while corrupt media is busy scratching its behind over some LOCAL priv escalation bug that was fixed more than a week ago https://lwn.net/Articles/887970/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:37:59


  • The real security problem is Microsoft; watch this list https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/03/15/cisa-adds-15-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:38:29


  • Russia loves Microsoft Windows because it puts plenty of holes in its targets https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/03/15/russian-state-sponsored-cyber-actors-access-network-misconfigured http://techrights.org/2021/07/19/microsoft-national-security/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:40:09


  • Did ICBM pay him to say this? This vlogger takes tons of bribes, even got banned for it already. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=D9h_0dnSGWk    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:41:27


  • You cannot trust anybody on 'You'Tube http://techrights.org/2022/03/12/on-influencers/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:42:06


  • How much does 'Linux' Foundation pay this site for such puff pieces? https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/linux-foundation-launches-cloud-native-developer-bootcamp/ promoting the diploma mills: http://techrights.org/2021/09/23/lf-diploma-mill-and-narrative-control-by-fake-research/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:43:26


  • Security: OpenSSL/LibreSSL Denial-of-service Vulnerability and Massive Microsoft Holes • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162593    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:48:55


  • Videos: Vanced, Zorin OS, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162594    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:50:20


  • :( Man United out again... https://www.manutd.com/en    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:51:15


  • Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162595    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:54:03


  • Anything to distract from absolutely appalling news about Microsoft holes and exploits, in media that's partly controlled by Microsoft https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-botnet-exploits-log4j-uses-dns-tunneling-for-comms/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 21:58:35


  • Go 1.18 is released! - The Go Programming Language • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162596    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:00:20


  • A lot of the people in change of CentOS have left. ICBM nuked it. https://blog.centos.org/2022/03/centos-community-newsletter-march-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=centos-community-newsletter-march-2022    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:01:02


  • Changing the subject? To distract from Microsoft back doors? http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162593#comment-33073    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:01:36


  • Thugs from ICBM are trying very hard today to pose as an ethical company (several examples of this so far). Thugs. Mayne timed to coincide with an embarrassing decision showing that Red Hat attacks the community? https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-academys-efforts-improve-representation-and-inclusivity-tech-industry    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:03:31


  • ICBM: let's deplatform techrights? http://techrights.org/2022/01/18/ibm-censorship/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:05:16


  • ICBM has spent all its time since buying Red Hat basically nuking the very core of GNU/Linux, hoping that from remnants and pieces it can somehow scoop up a monopoly (which is what IBM once had) http://techrights.org/2020/06/06/hypocritical-ibm-red-hat/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:06:22


  • PostgreSQL-Related Releases: pgAdmin, Anonymizer, pg_dumpbinary • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162597    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:13:56


  • Ubuntu GNU/Linux in there... https://www.joplinglobe.com/region/national_business/dt-research-delivers-the-most-comprehensive-line-of-healthcare-computing-solutions-purpose-built-for-diverse/article_e61dccf3-b91b-5373-b7fe-7362b04d839a.html    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:14:30


  • "But recently, I decided I needed to cut as many non-free software from my life as possible, including macOS" gemini://avalos.me/gemlog/2021-05-28-new-computer-new-age.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:16:01


  • "I have decided to term the spaces where you are being “bugged” as “bugspace”." Social control media. gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2020-12-28_bugspace.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:17:59


  • Debian developer demoted, quits after two decades with project • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162598 The 'anti-harassment' harasses innocent people, ruins the project http://techrights.org/2022/01/14/debian-social-contract/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:23:17


  • 'Linux' Foundation. Acting more like Microsoft proxy than a guardian of security https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/linux-foundation-census-of-open-source-software-libraries-identifying-vulnerabilities-in-the-most-common-components-of-foss/ see http://techrights.org/2022/03/07/marketing-with-microsoft-npm/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:24:46


  • "It is an introduction to doing Internet transfers using libcurl, may 30-35 minutes presentation followed by a Q&A session where I can answer all and any questions you may have." cURL needs to delete Microsoft GitHub. Unhealthy relationship. https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/03/15/webinar-getting-started-with-libcurl/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:25:41


  • This week or next week techrighs exceeds 33,000 blog posts    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:27:52


  • Techrights traffic this past month (31 days): 3.3MB/sec.    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:28:21


  • Some time this month the Gemini capsule of techrights will exceed 40k pages.    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:28:50


  • In geminispace fewer than 1% of capsules uses non-SHA256 encryption gemini://botond.online/en/stats/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:30:50


  • "Hiawatha is a lightweight Web server with a variety of features that distinguish it from heavyweights such as Apache." gemini://galaxyhub.uk/articles/hiawatha.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:31:17


  • Words? Good. Now follow up with more actions. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/02/07/white-house-task-force-on-worker-organizing-and-empowerment-report/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:33:05


  • ICBM outsourced a lot of Fedora to Amazon!!! Yes, Amazon. ICBM : buy our CLOWN. But we do NOT trust OUR OWN Clown! So we send it to AWS http://techrights.org/2020/08/09/aws-fedoraproject/ earlier today ICBM also sent Opensource.com to Amazon AWS. Rejecting their OWN dogfood.    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:36:01


  • ICBM has also been busy trying to nuke (take offline) its critics who merely point out facts about ICBM http://techrights.org/2022/01/19/watson-pr/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:36:40


  • ICBM killed CentOS. Hours ago: "Sadly, we did not attract new volunteers to contribute to the SIGs" https://blog.centos.org/2022/03/centos-community-newsletter-march-2022/ nobody wants to be a "Slave" of ICBM. People aren't stupid. They watch closely the behaviour of the steward. Even Jim AllowHurst has left.    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:38:48


  • IBM gets rid of old workers not because they're "lazy" or "need upskilling" but because it can hire young people in India for a little fraction of the "dinobaby" salary ($15,009/annum instead of $150,000). The media doesn't want to say it because it's "racist"... like IBM http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM#Ageism    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:42:45


  • BUT OK then... if ICBM wants to be a company of drones who say "DevOps" and "AIOps" and "clown" it won't be a "smart" decision. Because ICBM is already not competitive and the geniuses it got onboard by buying Red Hat are rapidly leaving, including the managers (lots of them left).    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:44:20


  • ICBM is also very tactless for STILL calling some of its products "WATSON" (as if people cannot study history) http://techrights.org/2020/07/25/watson-offensive/    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:45:14


  • "The UN went gloves-off on AI last month, with High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet calling for a moratorium on the use and sale of any [HEY HI] (algorithmic) systems that threaten human rights." gemini://galaxyhub.uk/articles/ai.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:48:46


  • "This is an older screenshot taken from my wife's phone during an attempt at reading an article. I measured the amount of actual readable content. It's not even 15% of the screen. We are well past the point of inducing a seizure." gemini://moddedbear.xyz/logs/2022-01-31-re-ads-what-ads.gmi    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:50:20


  • Perl Weekly Challenge 156: Pernicious and Weird Numbers http://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2022/03/perl-weekly-challenge-156-pernicious-and-weird-numbers.html    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 22:52:34


  • Atari VCS Review: Niche, But Fine (If You Can Afford It) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162599    

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 23:08:29



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