Roy Schestowitz

• "I've been quiet here for a bit, as I've decided to write solely in the gopherspace for the foreseeable future. If you're a fellow gopher, you can find me on a couple of the popular aggregators." gemini://rfmpie.smol.pub/to-gopher    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 00:32:49

• The Trouble with PowerPoint gemini://tilde.team/~steve/blog/powerpoint.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 00:33:50

• #LateStageCapitalism https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/03/20/irs-gives-giant-middle-finger-to-customers-with-chat-bot-software/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 00:44:44

• "many apartments are indistinguishable from prisons" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-190322.html#tMar%2019%2016:51:41    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 02:40:15

• ""USA-minions" you mean the people who support ukraine instead of russia?" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-190322.html#tMar%2019%2021:09:34    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 02:42:27

• 4 more active Gemini capsules to reach 1,800 in Lupa gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 02:48:27

• OE and woofQ tarballs for EasyOS 3.4.3 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162725#comment-33114   

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 02:51:11

• Social Control Media is a fad and a bubble; it gives a wrong/false sense of its importance; in the long run, the world won’t be shaped by it (even Donald Trump has had all of his ‘tweets’ permanently purged), it’ll just become more divisive, at least temporarily http://techrights.org/2022/03/19/social-control-media-not-missed/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 02:54:11

• Techrights warmly supports and understands EPO staff that wishes to do the job properly, and becoming a semi-automatic machine isn’t the job http://techrights.org/2022/03/19/epo-another-brick-in-the-wall/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 02:54:30

• McCoy Smith on What Software Patents Mean to Free Software (2020) http://techrights.org/2022/03/19/swpats-free-software/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 02:54:49

• #Techrights Bulletin for Saturday, March 19, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 04:06:42

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

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 04:06:47

• Grep Command with Examples • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162760    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 07:39:54

• "This list is going to be short and there may be a sublist of distros with a medium strict standard. We shall explain what the object is" https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/2022/03/19/333/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 07:43:13

• "Many thanks to Hrvoje for the write-up and for doing all these tests, and of course to Alexander Bluhm, Alexandr Nedvedicky and others developers for working on parallelizing the network stack." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20220319123157    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 07:44:31

• "Developer velocity isn't the whole of developer productivity. I think of developer velocity as post-commit workflow. Once a feature or change set is ready, how much "red tape" is there to get those changes out to customers? But "red tape" isn't just bureaucratic with software." https://matt-rickard.com/developer-velocity/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 07:46:38

• "Some of our CGIs are purely informational; they present some dynamic information on a web page, and don't take any parameters or otherwise particularly interact with people." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/CGIModuleOurUsage    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 07:47:11

• "This article summarizes conversations where participants were asked how they would envision and realize a better internet as it relates to architecture and open standards" https://creativecommons.org/2022/03/15/better-internet-series-architecture-and-open-standards/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 07:48:13

• "A company spent months re-inventing cron. The stated goal of this system was to free it from the constraints of a 24-hour day, for example, should it ever need to operate off-planet. For bonus points, the new units of time and their intervals were codified into an elaborate type system which compiled away." gemini://perplexing.space/2022/re-the-static-file-startup.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:01:19

• "Last week, to kick off our series of posts about the winners of the fourth annual public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1926, we took a look at Best Adaptation winner The Wall Across The River." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/19/game-jam-winner-spotlight-the-obstruction-method/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:05:12

• “these vulnerabilities exist in Microsoft Edge" https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-security/microsoft-edge-vulnerable-to-attacks-meitys-cert-in-issues-warning-for-browser-users-advisory-to-stay-safe/90316846    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:09:42

• Microsoft Windows TCO: "ConVal School District said it will be affected by anticipated milk shortages" https://www.securityweek.com/most-hood-plants-after-cyber-event-schools-concerned    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:10:20

• Microsoft Windows TCO: "In fact, often the most damaging cyberoperations are covert and deniable by design." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/opinion/cyberwar-ukraine-russia.html    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:10:54

• Zuckerberg espionage tool "Instagram said Thursday it had blocked rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, from using his account for 24 hours for violating the social network's harassment policy" https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/1882933.html    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:13:50

• Microsoft Windows TCO: "The 2021 hack of Colonial Pipeline, the biggest fuel pipeline in the United States, ended with thousands of panicked Americans hoarding gas and a fuel shortage across the eastern seaboard." https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/03/18/1047395/inside-the-plan-to-fix-americas-never-ending-cybersecurity-failures/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:17:06

• Microsoft Windows TCO: "A cache of 60,000 leaked chat messages and files from the notorious Conti ransomware group provides glimpses of how the criminal gang is well connected within Russia." https://www.databreaches.net/leaked-ransomware-documents-show-conti-helping-putin-from-the-shadows/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:17:28

• "The National Rifle Association (NRA) has confirmed it was the subject of a ransomware attack that took place last October, according to a report from Gizmodo" "https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/19/22986501/nra-confirms-ransomware-attack-hack    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:18:16

• "A judge on Tuesday threw out motions by the attorney general of the District of Columbia to name Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, as a defendant in a privacy lawsuit" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/technology/zuckerberg-meta-privacy-lawsuit.html    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:21:39

• SPY TV https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/best-vpn-for-smart-tv/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:22:42

• "It’s been two days since Roskomnadzor blocked Instagram in Russia." https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/03/16/this-destroys-my-five-years-of-hard-work    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:23:14

• "required to activate Facebook Protect with two-factor authentication by the March 17 deadline." https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/meta-locks-people-out-of-their-accounts-for-not-activating-facebook-protect/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:24:32

• "Broadly speaking, open-source intelligence describes the knowledge or insight emerging from focused collection, monitoring and analysis of publicly accessible information" https://theconversation.com/open-source-intelligence-how-digital-sleuths-are-making-their-mark-on-the-ukraine-war-179135    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:27:12

• "TikTok, with its young-skewing active global user base of one billion, would seem a natural next frontier." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/style/tiktok-political-campaigns-midterm-elections.html    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:30:43

• ‘influence officers’ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2022/03/17/marine-corps-unveils-influence-officers-for-information-fight/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:31:09

• VPN in Russia https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/19/russia-vpn-internet/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:31:37

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162761    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:36:17

• "Endless consumption is not the goal, they say, but the problem. And we need a change in our language to help us see that problem and solve it" https://qz.com/2142897/theres-a-backlash-against-the-idea-of-calling-people-consumers/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:39:27

• "The landing in Togo may come as a surprise since an initial map of the project suggested it would branch out first in Lagos, Nigeria, arguably Africa’s technology hub." https://qz.com/africa/2143897/googles-equiano-cable-is-making-its-first-landing-in-togo/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:39:59

• "Ukraine is asking Chinese drone manufacturer DJI to stop doing business with Russia" https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3nkg5/dji-has-the-power-to-control-where-drones-can-fly-ukraine-wants-them-to-use-it    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:40:33

• "Amazon on Thursday morning announced that it closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM. But the deal may not be out of the regulatory woods yet." https://variety.com/2022/biz/news/ftc-may-challenge-amazon-mgm-deal-1235208241/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:41:10

• "Paul Hansmeier, one of the convicted attorneys behind the controversial Prenda Law firm, is no longer allowed to file new copyright cases in the District of Minnesota." https://torrentfreak.com/court-prohibits-convicted-lawyer-from-filing-new-copyright-lawsuits-220319/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:46:33

• "'Kevin McFree' recently fended off a Watch Tower DMCA subpoena after a judge found that his critical animations were protected under fair use." https://torrentfreak.com/watch-tower-vs-mcfree-nonprofit-defends-critics-fair-use-anonymity-rights-220319/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:46:51

• "Inflation! Inflation! Everyone’s talking about it, but ignoring one of its biggest causes: corporate concentration." https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/03/19/underlying-problem-isnt-inflation-its-corporate-power-and-greed    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:48:54

• Vaccine patents kill millions. Almost nobody talks about this anymore... https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/03/19/activists-say-new-compromise-ip-waiver-covid-vaccines-worse-no-deal    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:49:33

• "If you’re anything like us you’ve been keeping a close eye on the development of RISC-V: an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) that’s been threatening to change the computing status quo for what seems like forever." https://hackaday.com/2022/03/19/clockwork-devterm-r-01-takes-risc-v-out-for-a-spin/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:51:00

• "The city council of Mariupol, which has been battered by heavy shelling and attacks, claimed that several thousand residents have been deported to Russia over the past week." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/ukraine-russia-war-live-updates-fighting-rages-around-mariupol-zelenskky-n1292376    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:52:50

• "The allegation, which NBC News has not independently verified, was made in a post on the city council's Telegram account Saturday." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/ukraine-russia-war-live-updates-fighting-rages-around-mariupol-zelenskky-n1292376    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:52:55

• #precursor crowdfunding https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor/updates/crowdfunding-begins    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:53:37

• Lies about price https://www.twincities.com/2022/03/18/paul-krugman-lies-damned-lies-and-gasoline-prices/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:55:34

• On tabasco https://www.armytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2022/03/17/tabasco-bottles-make-a-glorious-return-to-the-mre/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:55:47

• Every Kind of Fix - Inkscape Developer Update March 19th 2022 - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/iwMF-63ZPj4    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:56:32

• They should end this war ASAP https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-zelenskyy-calls-for-peace-talks-with-moscow-as-russia-claims-hypersonic-weapon-strike/6492627.html    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:57:24

• FT paywall https://www.ft.com/content/12865cb3-5a7f-480c-bbaa-eaa285f97b43    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:57:56

• Hackers Target Bank Networks with new Rootkit to Steal Money from ATM Machines ⚓ https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/hackers-target-bank-networks-with-new.html    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:58:15

• GOPKKK https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/sean-hannity-kremlin-spokesman-fox-news-russia-1324072/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 08:58:38

• The Register uses the Microsoft lobbying propaganda, "Big Tech" (designed to distract from Microsoft's crimes) https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/17/democrat_bills_big_mergers/ see http://techrights.org/2021/06/29/microsoft-behind-big-tech-narrative/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 09:09:38

• Avnet survey shows chip shortage impacts most designs, increases engineers workload - CNX Software ⚓ https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/03/20/avnet-survey-shows-chip-shortage-impacts-most-designs-increases-engineers-workload/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 09:11:12

• Day one reflections for LibrePlanet: "Living Liberation" • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162762    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 09:11:19

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162763    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 09:14:02

• Rendering Text with Glyphy - Zen and the Art of GNOME • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162764    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 09:14:09

• Proprietary Software Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162765    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 09:27:51

• Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162766    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 09:28:04

• RISC-V and Mobile Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162767    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 09:28:44

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162768    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 09:28:52

• LMDE 5 “Elsie” released! http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162666#comment-33115    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 10:51:49

• Lakka 4.0 release • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162769    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 10:51:57

• "The prices are crazy given how poor Tajikistan is, so it all feels extremely exploitative. Like, US prices for mobile Internet? Who can afford that?" gemini://kwiecien.us/gemlog/202203201140.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 14:25:44

• "It's good to have some time on the weekend to have a cup of coffee and surf the small-net at the same time. Small pleasures and rituals." gemini://szczezuja.space/gemlog/2022-03-20-Sunday-coffee.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 14:26:24

• "I believe it could pave the way for lighter and smaller computers for everyday use. PDAs, essentially, with smaller and more efficient displays." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-03-20-how-about-a-t9-bluetooth-keyboard.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 14:27:43

• "My favourite programming languages are Perl and Emacs Lisp. Those are the ones I feel familiar with, those are the ones where I can write small tools and get immediate results. So here’s the Emacs Lisp code I use." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/page/2022-03-20%20Torchbearers%20and%20bodyguards    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 14:29:10

• "There are 2258 capsules. We successfully connected recently to 1804 of them." gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 14:30:06

• "Some big things are happening in my life right now. The rate at which I post logs and other content might slow considerably, or stop completely for a while. The capsule will remain accessible as usual, so visitors can continue to play chess and browse my existing content." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2022/202203/20220320-likely-hiatus.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 18:36:09

• "One of the things I'm painfully aware, is the sheer amount of online identities that I have collected over the years. There number surpassed the 100 mark recently. When I teach classes, I ask the attendees to create a list of all their important, un-important, funny, forgotten IDs for themselves." gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2022/20220320-detox.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 18:37:19

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Cisco Secure Firewall • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162770    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 20:02:05

• 9 Best Free and Open Source Image Processing Libraries • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162771    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 20:02:15

• Build Your Own Handheld Linux PC with Raspberry Pi and this Open Source Project • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162772    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 20:04:54

• 10 Things to Do After Installing Pop!_OS • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162773    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 20:08:18

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162774    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 20:32:56

• EPSU has spoken in support of the trade union at the European Patent Office (EPO), saying that the “latest action will [hopefully] ensure a restoration of fundamental rights and the suspension or reversal of major reforms detrimental to working conditions and staff’s wellbeing.” http://techrights.org/2022/03/20/support-by-epsu-for-the-strike/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 20:52:10

• Linux Kernel 5.17 Officially Released, This Is What’s New • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162775    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 20:56:12

• Another shell script moved to rust | Ganneff’s Little Blog ⚓ https://blog.ganneff.de/2022/03/another-shell-script-moved-to-rust.html MOAR bloat    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 20:58:31

• makeuseof should know better than to peddle WSL BS. WSL is an ATTACK on GNU/Linux.    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 20:59:39

• KWin 5.25 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162776    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:07:44

• Does Putin elect politicians in the US? https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/03/20/there-are-at-least-8-potential-hitlers-in-congress-right-now-all-republicans/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:12:12

• Listening devices are NOT alternative? Heck, clown stuff for something you can do in LibreOffice instead is just insane. https://www.ubuntupit.com/voice-typing-in-google-docs-lets-give-a-break-to-your-fingers/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:14:00

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162777    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:15:14

• Microbel running ads again for AMD https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-MI200-ISA-Docs see http://techrights.org/2022/02/03/phoronix-went-too-far/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:16:44

• "On top of the core block updates for the 5.18-rc1 merge window, here are the driver updates for this merge window." https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/83ce22b4-bae1-9c97-1ad5-10835d6c5424@kernel.dk/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:19:58

• The 5.17 kernel has been released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162775#comment-33116   

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:25:38

• How Do You Like Ubuntu's New Logo? - Slashdot http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162621#comment-33119   

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:35:01

• GTK Twitter App Cawbird 1.5 Released! Add Option to Reload Failed Image • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162778    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:36:26

• "Back when I first started using AwesomeWM I had plans to make videos on it but that just never happened and that's for good reason, this window manager is just way to comfy for me." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=MYNKPjpwCmU    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:45:43

• LHS Episode #459: The Weekender LXXXVIII https://lhspodcast.info/2022/03/lhs-episode-459-the-weekender-lxxxviii-2/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:46:32

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162779    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:48:07

• Gnuastro 0.17 released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162780    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:49:51

• "Millions of households are facing a 54% rise in the cost of a typical annual gas and electricity bill..." https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60796131    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:50:53

• "We discussed deeply when we designed GNU remotecontrol the reality of rising energy costs pushing consumer purchasing decisions to the point of genuine consumer pain." http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=10141    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:51:54

• "There is a new application available for Sparkers: Fluent Reader" https://sparkylinux.org/fluent-reader/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 21:59:01

• Best 13 WhatsApp and Telegram Alternatives that respect your privacy. • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162781    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 22:00:00

• PostgreSQL vs. MongoDB • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162782    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 22:05:47

• Linux Kernel 5.17 Released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162775#comment-33121    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 22:05:56

• Facebook account required for bicycle theft victims to see whether their bike was recovered by Brussels police http://techrights.org/2022/03/20/brussels-police-facebook/    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 22:06:27

• #HowTo Turn a Website Into a Linux Desktop App Using Nativefier • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162783    

posted Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 22:06:45