Roy Schestowitz

• SCaLE 19x, the 19th Annual Southern California Linux Expo, Will Take Place July 28-31, 2022 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167326    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:25:34

• Moving plans setback gemini://gemini.panda-roux.dev/log/entry/59    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:26:25

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D645.jpg    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:26:51

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D294.jpg    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:27:04

• Watching Quietly gemini://malinfreeborn.com/gen/watching_quietly.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:28:29

• The Best Linux Desktops for a Touchscreen Monitor • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167327    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:38:49

• Lawyer says stay away from self-checkouts or you risk jail. https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/07/16/today-walmart-grocery-pickup-gave-my-order-to-someone-else-billed-me-and-then-had-to-go-pick-it-again-while-i-waited-in-my-car-bonus-lawyer-says-stay-away-from-self-checkouts-or-you-risk-jail/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:40:48

• "Software licencing is an important part of how FOSS functions but why do we even bother licencing why don't we just put the code out there for anyone to use." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=YzJsaq2K1G0    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:41:35

• 65: Unlimited Power! Understanding Laptop Battery Ratings & Maintenance - Hardware Addicts - TuxDigital ⚓ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/hardware-addicts/ha-65/ ䷉ Source: TuxDigital | GNU | Linux    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:42:12

• Dialect is a Useful Language Translation Tool for Linux Desktops • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167328    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:42:20

• 206: New Red Hat CEO, Linux Mint 21, Lubuntu, Rocky Linux, System76 and more Linux news! - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital ⚓ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-206/ ䷉ Source: TuxDigital | GNU | Linux    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:42:51

• "Alfons has been testing Limine on some old BIOS computers. A couple of them, including a Dell D630 laptop, Limine was not working." https://bkhome.org/news/202207/limine-3121-has-relaxed-mbr-validation.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:46:58

• Ideas from TPRC2022: Tools to help refactor large mature code bases | dean [blogs.perl.org] ⚓ http://blogs.perl.org/users/dean/2022/07/ideas-from-tprc2022-tools-to-help-refactor-large-mature-code-bases.html ䷉ Source: perl    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:48:24

• Your git log is not a changelog! | agateau.com ⚓ https://agateau.com/2022/your-git-log-is-not-a-changelog/ ䷉ Source: agateau | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//agateau.com/2022/your-git-log-is-not-a-changelog/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:49:02

• Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux, Hardware Addicts, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167329    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:50:58

• Murdoch’s Nuclear Option https://michaelwest.com.au/murdochs-nuclear-option/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 03:53:21

• One in four women experience domestic violence before age 50 - McGill University ⚓ https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/one-four-women-experience-domestic-violence-age-50-338615 ䷉ Source: mcgill    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 04:07:16

• #Techrights Bulletin for Saturday, July 16, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 04:07:43

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

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 04:07:47

• "In the US, the authorities can't access digital records of what you paid for or sold to begin with, unless they have a warrant. And to get a warrant you must have reasonable suspicion of illegal activity. Additionally, banks use higher encryption standards than the rest of the internet because... they are banks" gemini://station.martinrue.com/krixano/7d35fd515ad54b18b5aa10026141bbc9    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 05:12:45

• "Nano has 87 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below." gemini://caoom.smol.pub/1658000012    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 05:13:48

• GParted 1.4.0-5 is out https://gparted.org/download.php    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 05:17:42

• But porting it to something that's not proprietary Apple would be needed; what kind of "FOSS" is it when it's hosted by proprietary GitHub and needs proprietary MacOS? https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2022/07/16/another-helper-app-browserbot/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 05:22:38

• EPO management is trying to grant a lot of software patents to make up for the collapse in patent grants overall; this necessarily means a profound decline in compliance with the European Patent Convention, or EPC http://techrights.org/2022/07/16/propping-up-epo-bubble/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 05:23:19

• European software patents are increasingly being granted by the EPO; grant rate grew five-fold under Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos wants to take this much further, in effect inviting far worse applications and granting monopolies regardless http://techrights.org/2022/07/16/swpats-buzzwords-2022/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 05:23:32

• Software:LinuxCNC, Universal USB Installer, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167330    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 05:31:41

• Seems quite common to have bad dreams about sitting exams without preparing for them. gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1079    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 07:05:03

• Light PDF Editing is coming to Firefox • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167331    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 08:00:44

• "step-by-step software installation guide, and detailed assembly instructions" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-w-lets-your-houseplant-text-you/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 08:40:46

• "Amazon’s Graviton 3 appears to have 32-byte registers" ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2022/07/14/filtering-numbers-faster-with-sve-on-amazon-graviton-3-processors/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 08:41:37

• ">In the world of open source there’s always this notion" ☛ https://hisham.hm/2022/07/12/finally-got-rid-of-a-and-b-in-git-diff-outputs/ | Source: Hisham    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 08:41:51

• [Old] "The Fediverse is a complicated concept and, for better or worse, its structure doesn't lend itself to easily sharing content." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/06/create-a-share-to-mastodon-button-for-wordpress/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 08:42:17

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167332    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:05:24

• "With Bungie now officially part of Sony and Take-Two completing its acquisition of Zynga" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/15/23220335/bungie-sony-acquisition-complete-official-done | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:20:31

• "Time crystals have no practical use, and they don’t look anything like natural crystals." ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/time-crystals-rcna37654 | Source: NBC    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:21:06

• "professor of information science who specializes in digital literacy at the University of Buffalo" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservative-media-weaponized-story-10-year-old-abortion-rcna38341 | Source: NBC    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:21:52

• "In January 2021, plaintiffs Karen Dhanowa and Nilima Amin filed several versions of a proposed class action lawsuit, accusing Subway of deceiving the public about the contents of its tuna" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2022/07/16/doughnut-debates-and-seafood-scams-what-happens-when-alleged-food-fraud-reaches-the-courts/ | Source: Salon    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:22:34

• "Alfred Demirjian, founder and CEO of TechFusion, has spent the past 35 years in digital forensics" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1111778878 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:35:07

• "Shamir's Secret Sharing (henceforth "SSS") is clever" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/07/how-does-shamirs-secret-sharing-deal-with-the-murder-on-the-orient-express-problem/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:35:34

• "In a letter to the agency addressed to outgoing director James Murray" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-secret-service-deleted-text-messages-1384189/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:36:46

• "Delaware Chancery Court will determine whether Musk remains obligated to purchase Twitter" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/Business/elon-musk-responds-twitters-44-billion-lawsuit/story?id=86911513 | Source: ABC    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:37:34

• "preparation of the 2022 Rule of Law Report" ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/upholding-rule-law/rule-law/rule-law-mechanism/2022-rule-law-report_en | European Commission, stop lying and crack down on EPO CRIMES. http://techrights.org/2022/03/10/breton-lies-again/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:38:58

• "privatization of broadband infrastructure" ☛ https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2022/07/surveillance-capitalism-a-symptom-of-web-dependent-companies-not-ownership/ | Source: Broadband Breakfast    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:39:23

• "Thousands of tweets, YouTube videos, and other social media posts have been reported as Russian propaganda or anti-Ukrainian hate speech by Ukrainian officials" ☛ https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/big-tech-firms-fail-to-take-down-russian-propaganda-posts-says-ukraine/92922060 | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:40:01

• "In Bulgaria, the Kremlin paid journalists, political analysts and other influential citizens 2,000 euros a month to post pro-Russian content" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-s-information-war-expands-through-eastern-europe-/6662042.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:40:21

• "This sort of overreach is generally known as the Scunthorpe Problem." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/07/saay-what/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:41:34

• "People from the local mosque beat the mechanic and framed him by saying he blasphemed against the Prophet Muhammed." ☛ https://www.mnnonline.org/news/pakistani-christian-mechanic-sentenced-to-death-for-blasphemy/ |    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:41:38

• "The two leaders are beginning a series of meetings through which the Biden administration hopes to improve relations between the two countries" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/joe-biden-mohammed-bin-salman-fist-bump-1383809/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:42:07

• Price of eggs at Aldi nearly doubled in a few months!    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:43:04

• "The investigator asked for identification but the EMT was intent on getting her patient inside first." ☛ https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/exclusive-rpd-investigator-on-desk-duty-following-dispute-with-emt-in-ambulance-bay/6526199/ |    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:44:09

• "This year's 'National Day of Hijab and Chastity' in Iran was unusual in more ways than one." ☛ https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/hijab-protests-iranian-women-publicly-remove-veils-to-raise-their-voices-122071400482_1.html | Source: Business Standard    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:44:13

• "As per reports, ISIS released a purported video of the attack to claim responsibility." ☛ https://www.timesnownews.com/india/isis-claims-fatal-attack-on-jk-cop-in-srinagar-releases-footage-shot-using-body-camera-article-92868047 |    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:44:19

• "The Hagia Sophia’s historic Imperial Gate has been damaged again, as vandals appear to have pried out one of the metal plates on the 15th century oakwood door." ☛ https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/14/hagia-sophias-imperial-gate-vandalized-again/ |    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:44:26

• Kyrgyzstan ☛ https://www.ibtimes.com/muslim-leader-blames-rising-meat-prices-womens-skimpy-clothes-naked-bodies-3574805 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:44:45

• "The award-winning mullah, who had served as the head of an Islamic university, called on elderly men to put an end to "this disgrace" and stop women from wearing skimpy outfits" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-imam-meat-prices-short-skirts/31942193.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:45:04

• "The medical examiner's findings confirm that Walker, unarmed and with no drugs or alcohol in his system" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1111760958 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:45:30

• "56% of all global data traffic last year." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/eus-vestager-assessing-if-tech-giants-should-share-telecoms-network-costs-2022-05-02/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:48:10

• Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) ☛ https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/government-wants-big-tech-to-pay-news-outlets-for-content/92912526 | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:48:16

• "There were around 4,000 reports from the United States and over one thousand each from France and India on Downdetector, which collates status reports from a number of sources" ☛ https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/netflix-says-facing-streaming-issues-across-all-devices/92912514 | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:49:24

• "The TPM freaking out is a problem I ran into when I applied an official Lenovo UEFI update for March of 2021 on my ThinkBook" ☛ https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/07/14/security-expert-matthew-garrett-blows-up-windows-by-enabling-the-microsoft-3rd-party-uefi-ca-certificate-then-says-the-bitlocker-backdoor-for-police-saved-his-data-from-the-tpm/ | Source: DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer)    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:49:31

• "People can use them for extortion or harassment or in some cases to file claims to monetize somebody else's videos" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1111588405 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:51:00

• "DMCA takedown notice for its two lo-fi hip-hop “beats to relax/study to” video streams on Sunday" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23205248/lofi-girl-hip-hop-beats-channel-dmca-takedown-restored | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:51:23

• DMCA. "Lofi Girl is far from alone" ☛ https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2022/07/12/lofi-girl-returns-youtube-apologizes-for-removing-popular-music-stream-due-to-abusive-copyright-notice/ | Source: Forbes    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:58:42

• "Lofi Girl, founded by a French creator known only as Dimitri, owns the rights to all the music" ☛ https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/youtube-removes-internet-s-favourite-background-music-over-bogus-copyright-claim-20220711-p5b0s2.html | Source: Sydney Morning Herald    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:58:53

• "YouTube's copyright claim system has faced lots of complaints from creators" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-62133768 | Source: BBC    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 09:59:10

• Re: Re: The Cheapest Cup of Tea in Town gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-07-17-re-re-the-cheapest-cup-of-tea-in-town.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:01:13

• Renaming HFNP to Netamict; SourceHut deployment experience gemini://tilde.team/~aprilnightk/gemlog/2022/07/17-netamict.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:02:00

• "an infrastructure redesign." http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-160722.html#tJul%2016%2018:27:31    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:04:34

• Donald Biden sabotages the 2022 elections https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-stands-get-little-domestic-return-controversial-middle-east-trip-rcna38536    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:04:54

• Elon Musk Explains Breeding Kink With B.S. 'Population Crisis' Warning - Rolling Stone ⚓ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-nick-cannon-breeding-kink-1382676/ ䷉ Source: rollingstone | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-nick-cannon-breeding-kink-1382676/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:05:23

• Germany https://medforth.biz/germany-muslim-refugees-steal-and-slaughter-pepper-the-goat/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:05:47

• EFF ? https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/eff    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:06:00

• Rochdale https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11018733/Rochdale-grooming-gang-ringleader-blamed-crimes-Western-society-gets-prison-equality-role.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:06:18

• "I've been trying to use Lynx." http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-150722.html#tJul%2015%2018:34:42    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:06:40

• "In post, we will cover how to install minikube on Fedora 36 step by step." ☛ https://www.linuxbuzz.com/how-to-install-minikube-on-fedora/ | Source: Linux Buzz    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:07:14

• NXP NPU i.MX 8M ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/debix-model-a-packs-i-mx-8m-plus-and-mirrors-rpi-form-factor-2/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:07:44

• "This tutorial will explain in step by step how you can install Kubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish"." ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2022/07/how-to-install-kubuntu-2204-with-dualboot-uefi-external-disk-method.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:08:15

• Paul Mason ☛ https://thegrayzone.com/2022/07/16/paul-masons-parliamentary-trojan-horse-british-intelligence/ | Source: The Gray Zone    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:08:43

• "Last month anti-piracy initiative 'Operation 404' reportedly took down 226 websites and 461 piracy apps" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/operation-404-hit-so-many-piracy-apps-its-surprising-there-are-any-left-220716/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:09:00

• AOC ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-calls-for-congress-to-strip-supreme-court-of-its-ability-to-rule-on-abortion/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:09:18

• Biden ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/palestinians-face-forced-expulsions-as-biden-pledges-allegiance-to-israel/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:10:40

• Coup ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/trump-campaign-continued-steering-donor-money-to-firm-involved-in-jan-6-rally/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:10:56

• "When it comes to corporate power and control over their lives, now and into the future, today’s college students are perilously dormant." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/07/16/ralph-nader-students-campuses-and-dominant-corporate-power/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:11:58

• "The committee is absolutely determined to get to the bottom of this and to find all of the missing texts" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/07/16/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-secret-service-hunt-deleted-texts | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:12:24

• UAE ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/07/16/rights-groups-urge-biden-secure-release-us-lawyer-held-uae | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:12:43

• January 6th Attack ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/07/16/when-country-thats-orchestrated-many-coups-has-one-its-own | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:13:13

• "The House select committee's January 6 hearings have so far exceeded all of our expectations." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/07/16/next-installment-jan-6-committee-could-be-pivotal | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:13:41

• "Good old John Bolton. The US diplomatic hawk, a veteran of US interventions from the Iran-Contra fiasco to his global troublemaking as national security adviser to Donald Trump" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/07/16/john-bolton-speaks-well-many-us-backed-coup-detats | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:14:35

• Chomsky ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/07/16/us-corporate-elite-killing-democracy-and-planet | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:14:57

• GOPKKK ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/house-democrats-push-gop-to-take-a-position-on-military-style-assault-rifles/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:15:18

• On abortion ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/right-wing-model-legislation-would-criminalize-sharing-information-on-abortion/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:15:31

• Cpverup ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/january-6-committee-subpoenas-secret-service-in-search-for-deleted-texts/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:15:54

• Plagiarists seek tools that make the plagiarism seem OK; no wonder they pursue stuff like Copilot, which is enraging coders whose code is being misused and misappropriated (relicensed as proprietary using proprietary software from Microsoft) http://techrights.org/2022/07/17/coplagiarist-covertly-relicensing-as-proprietary/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:16:36

• A new series that looks at how so-called ‘journalists’ who are more like Microsoft moles justify their actions (at least to themselves) http://techrights.org/2022/07/17/microsoft-bishops/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:17:32

• 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 16, 2022 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/07/17/irc-log-160722/ ䷉ Source: Techrights | GNU | Linux | FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?http%3A//techrights.org/2022/07/17/irc-log-160722/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/07/17/irc-log-160722/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:17:39

• Irregular Shapes ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/07/16/turning-irregular-shapes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:18:43

• Re(3): The Cheapest Cup of Tea in Town gemini://lasse.nerdcamp.net/gemlog/20220717.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:45:38

• "There are about one million known species of insects – more than for any other group of living organisms." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/07/16/neural-network-identifies-insects-outperforming-humans/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:46:11

• "[D. Scott Williamson] paid $5 for a Roland JV-30 synthesizer at a garage sale." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/07/16/restoring-5-busted-synthesizer-made-easy-thanks-to-thermal/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:46:41

• After abortion... ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/07/16/we-need-post-roe-strategy-long-haul-global-feminists-offer-blueprint | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:47:03

• "Jackson Hinkle is GAFAM's latest target in the establishment's pursuit to censor dissenting voices." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/07/16/youtube-host-demonetized-for-challenging-u-s-government-on-ukraine/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:47:29

• "According to [Asianometry], in 1986 the Soviet Union had about 10,000 computers." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/07/16/a-look-back-at-the-ussr-computer-industry/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:47:49

• "[Larry Wall], inventor of Perl, once famously said that programmers have three key virtues: sloth, hubris, and impatience." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/07/16/impatience-is-a-virtue-when-testing-this-old-maritime-teleprinter/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:48:17

• On deportation ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/deportation-guidelines-back-in-limbo-after-two-opposing-court-rulings/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:48:52

• "We here at Hackaday are super-duper proponents of" Free software ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/07/16/fighting-the-good-fight/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:49:18

• What is PVTM? Or why your Rockchip RK3588 CPU may not reach 2.4 GHz - CNX Software ⚓ https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/07/17/what-is-pvtm-or-why-your-rockchip-rk3588-cpu-may-not-reach-2-4-ghz/ ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.cnx-software.com/2022/07/17/what-is-pvtm-or-why-your-rockchip-rk3588-cpu-may-not-reach-2-4-ghz/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:51:44

• Bits from Debian: DebConf22 starts today in Prizren https://bits.debian.org/2022/07/debconf22-starts.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:52:19

• Today is the 17th. 2 days from now or tomorrow we'll know if WIPO helps SPI crack down on Web site that use the word "Debian" in the name    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:53:43

• "Hundreds of miles of railroad tracks are scattered across the US and other countries." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/07/16/riding-the-rails-in-a-literal-sense/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:54:42

• "On July 4—just over a week after the U.S. Supreme Court, in a ruling that was in equal measures unsurprising and tragic" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/07/16/what-chile-could-teach-us-about-constitutions-and-democracy | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 10:55:15

• Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167333    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 11:02:46

• Free, Libre, and Open Source Software: PowerDNS Authoritative Server, ROS2, and Fighting The Good Fight • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167334    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 11:02:54

• Devices: Raspberry Pi Pico W and Rockchip RK3588 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167335    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 11:03:03

• Debian DebConf22 in Prizren, Kosovo • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167336    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 11:16:27

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167337    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 11:16:36

• Video streams https://debconf22.debconf.org/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 11:41:22

• "We’ve seen signs of a looming splinternet for years." https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/05/protecting-the-internet-as-we-know-it-three-things-you-can-do-today-to-stop-the-splinternet/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 11:52:59

• "In total, the report names and traces the activities of 24 US Hindu nationalist organisations that have assets totalling nearly $100 million." https://thewire.in/world/new-report-traces-activities-of-us-based-hindutva-groups-over-last-7-years    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 11:53:58

• "To crack down on pop-up ads and other annoyances, browsers implemented restrictions to these APIs, mostly in the form of tying them to the “click” event." https://macwright.com/2022/07/11/activation.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 11:59:40

• Twitter is s dying platform. RESUMING in it would be pointless. It's drowning. https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2022/resuming-read-rust-tweeting/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:00:45

• Twitter has been trying -- and failing -- to reinvent itself as all sorts of things. Now it's SUING someone for not wanting it...    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:01:48

• Bouncer, get your virtual hands off me - Michael West ⚓ https://michaelwest.com.au/manal-al-sharif-facial-recognition-biometrics-surveillance/ ䷉ Source: michaelwest | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//michaelwest.com.au/manal-al-sharif-facial-recognition-biometrics-surveillance/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:04:49

• Graft budget for Microsoft and pals https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhartung/2022/06/10/hawks-arguments-for-jacking-up-pentagon-spending-make-no-sense/ see http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/the-united-states-government-should-quit-bailing-out-microsoft-at-taxpayers-expense/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:05:45

• Bailing out Microsoft et al https://tomdispatch.com/fueling-the-warfare-state/ http://techrights.org/2022/02/04/the-united-states-government-should-quit-bailing-out-microsoft-at-taxpayers-expense/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:06:44

• "It will make more sense once I give some examples. So here is a partial list of programming language innovations that aren’t the language’s syntax or semantics." https://earthly.dev/blog/programming-language-improvements/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:08:08

• LinkedIn: a site where people lie about themselves, just like Microsoft always lies about itself https://michaelwest.com.au/barilaro-padded-resume-in-advance-of-new-york-gig/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:12:39

• Uber should not even exist https://rubenerd.com/the-uber-files/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:13:21

• The world won’t listen: African dream died long before a despot - Michael West ⚓ https://michaelwest.com.au/the-world-wont-listen-african-dream-died-long-before-a-despot/ ䷉ Source: michaelwest "story of colonialism, of independence, the interplay and failures of both"    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:14:41

• "New language we’re speaking, the one with newly-invented mild words, fails to deliver our feelings correctly." https://alirezahayati.com/2022/07/11/do-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:17:06

• Where is the Cradle of the Computer? https://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/262034-where-is-the-cradle-of-the-computer/fulltext    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:20:00

• Sadly this reuses Microsoft trash and is hosted by Microsoft proprietary prison https://matt-rickard.com/the-remix-ide/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:21:43

• Why captions are suddenly everywhere and how they got there | AP News ⚓ https://apnews.com/article/technology-health-95d57b9ad5d17246d50d84c84c3127d5 ䷉ Source: apnews | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//apnews.com/article/technology-health-95d57b9ad5d17246d50d84c84c3127d5    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:22:16

• Can computers understand complex words and concepts? | UCLA ⚓ https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/computers-understand-complex-words ䷉ Source: newsroom | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/computers-understand-complex-words    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:24:40

• "Rapid increases in the speed and power of microchips have fueled innovation in many industries, but the future trajectory of that incredible progress may be in jeopardy." https://news.mit.edu/2022/neil-thompson-computing-power-innovation-0624    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:28:51

• First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope | NASA ⚓ https://www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages/ ䷉ Source: nasa | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:48:11

• Twitter was ALREADY operating at considerable loss. It won't survive this. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-07-09/elon-s-out    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:51:52

• Apropos Musk https://blog.dshr.org/2022/07/pump-and-dump-schemes.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:52:44

• "As money gets more expensive, it will be interesting to see what distribution turned out to be proprietary and what wasn't." https://matt-rickard.com/distribution-in-a-downturn-2/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:54:55

• Robot Might Recreate the Elgin MarRobot Might Recreate the Elgin Marbles of Greece - The New York Times ⚓ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/science/elgin-marbles-3d-print.html ䷉ Source: nytimes    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:55:53

• What is your crisis quotient? ⚓ https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/What-is-your-crisis-quotient?rssid=all_updates ䷉ Source: strategy-business | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.strategy-business.com/blog/What-is-your-crisis-quotient?rssid=all_updates    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:56:47

• Should Machines Replace Mathematicians? - Scientific American ⚓ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/should-machines-replace-mathematicians/ ䷉ Source: scientificamerican | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.scientificamerican.com/article/should-machines-replace-mathematicians/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:01:44

• "Machine learning is playing an ever-increasing role in biomedical research. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now developed a new method of using molecular data to extract subtypes of illnesses. In the future, this method can help to support the study of larger patient groups." https://www.wzw.tum.de/index.php?id=185&L=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2850&cHash=e4f796819cdefb8d605735e42bb3dcd0    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:02:33

• "There are five Regional Internet Registries (RIR) in the world tasked with the responsibility to manage and allocate Internet number resources in specific parts of the world." https://sysadmin-journal.com/the-number-resource-organisation-writes-to-the-government-of-mauritius/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:03:22

• "We frequently utilize non-linear approaches to represent the link between a collection of predictor factors and a response variable when the relationship between them is extremely complex." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/07/random-forest-machine-learning-introduction/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:06:17

• "Private equity vultures KKR are close to pitching a $20bn takeover bid for Australia’s largest private healthcare group, Ramsay Health Care which could see most of Australia’s private health system being controlled in foreign tax havens." https://michaelwest.com.au/australian-hospitals-gifted-to-the-caymans/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:07:04

• We used to say Twitter would be dead in a few years. That was wrong. In a lot of ways (e.g. financial, impact, momentum) Twitter is ALREADY dead. It's just not declaring or stating that publicly. It's still just faking a lot of things.    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:10:03

• How much money does Bing LOSE for Microsoft? Still billions? Will Joe Biden continue to bail out Microsoft? Will savers be conned into tying their savings to gambling by Microsoft? https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/BingbotFrontPageBlock    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:11:32

• The ‘engineering’ model of technology-based learning - Critical Studies of EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY ⚓ https://criticaledtech.com/2022/07/12/the-engineering-model-of-technology-based-learning/ ䷉ Source: criticaledtech | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//criticaledtech.com/2022/07/12/the-engineering-model-of-technology-based-learning/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:13:18

• Worthy and "unworthy" victims demonstrate? ⚓ https://rubenerd.com/sri-lanka-in-2022/ ䷉ Source: rubenerd | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//rubenerd.com/sri-lanka-in-2022/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:15:27

• "And I think that that messaging is false and that San Franciscans are going to be pretty disappointed to find out that they’re waking up today with the same mayor, the same" https://www.democracynow.org/2022/6/8/san_francisco_da_recall_chesa_boudin    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:24:29

• Hitting the green accelerator: Labor’s renewables target ambitious but achievable - Michael West ⚓ https://michaelwest.com.au/labors-renewable-energy-target-ambitious-but-achievable/ ䷉ Source: michaelwest | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//michaelwest.com.au/labors-renewable-energy-target-ambitious-but-achievable/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:25:51

• "If you’re looking to quickly learn and use one of these tools, you’ll probably find that Pulumi is easier to pick up. This is because Pulumi allows you to use your preferred programming language to define your infrastructure stacks—there’s no need to learn a specific DSL." https://earthly.dev/blog/pulumi-vs-terraform/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:26:53

• "Becoming frustrated, I guessed that the way I clean my glasses might be causing the lenses to degrade quicker than necessary. I used to just breathe on them, and wipe them with whatever came handy (a shirt or whatever). Then I switched to using a dry microfibre cloth which I would wash whenever it started leaving horrible smear marks on the lens. Then I used small quantities of soap and water with a microfibre cloth. Each of these changes seemed to slightly improve the situation" https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2022/how_i_clean_my_glasses.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:29:51

• "Becoming frustrated, I guessed that the way I clean my glasses might be causing the lenses to degrade quicker than necessary. I used to just breathe on them, and wipe them with whatever came handy (a shirt or whatever). Then I switched to using a dry microfibre cloth which I would wash whenever it started leaving horrible smear marks on the lens." https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2022/how_i_clean_my_glasses.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:30:04

• OpenVMS 9.2 for x86 release https://raymii.org/s/blog/OpenVMS_9.2_for_x86_will_be_released_tomorrow.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:31:35

• Instead of developing code they do multi-lingual rules for banning developers https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/07/ropensci-code-of-conduct-update/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:32:33

• Thanks Alan! Qantas outsourcing debacle leaves taxpayers propping up Chinese baggage handling giant - Michael West ⚓ https://michaelwest.com.au/thanks-alan-qantas-outsourcing-debacle-leaves-taxpayers-propping-up-chinese-baggage-handling-giant/ ䷉ Source: michaelwest    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:33:52

• Why Google ChromeOS Flex is quickly becoming a big deal ⚓ https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/why-google-chromeos-flex-is-quickly-becoming-a-big-deal/ ䷉ Source: aboutchromebooks | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/why-google-chromeos-flex-is-quickly-becoming-a-big-deal/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:38:35

• Rocky Linux 9.0 rocks new build system | InfoWorld http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167237#comment-34374   

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:40:06

• How To Use The GNU/Linux Command Line https://hackernoon.com/how-to-use-the-linux-command-line    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:40:39

• Chrome OS Flex turns old PCs and Macs into Chromebooks | IT PRO ⚓ https://www.itpro.co.uk/software/operating-systems/362257/chrome-os-flex-official-pcs-macs ䷉ Source: itpro | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.itpro.co.uk/software/operating-systems/362257/chrome-os-flex-official-pcs-macs    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:44:08

• "Tizen is a Linux-based free, open source IoT OS. Hosted by The Linux Foundation and developed by Samsung Electronics, this OS connects everything, including wearable devices," https://www.techtarget.com/iotagenda/tip/Select-the-right-OS-for-IoT-devices    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:46:10

• 16 Low-Cost And Open-Source Tools And Platforms Tech Experts Recommend https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/07/12/16-low-cost-and-open-source-tools-and-platforms-tech-experts-recommend/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:48:11

• Microsoft stopped Lenovo from booting Linux http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166982#comment-34375   

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:52:03

• Microsoft: we PREVENT Linux from booting. SJVN: Microsoft is a Linux company. Either a liar or a total fool.    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:54:11

• Cyber attack over Gemini is now a thing gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2022/07-17-cyber-attack-over-gemini-is-now-a-thing.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:56:48

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167338    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 13:59:46

• Sparky 2022.07 Special Editions • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167339    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 14:00:32

• "the letter objected to front of package nutrition warning labels (NOM-051) that came into force on October 1, 2020, and policies to reduce and gradually phase out the use and importation of glyphosate and genetically modified corn." https://www.iatp.org/documents/letter-ambassador-tai-and-secretary-vilsack-usmca-and-mexico    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:00:40

• [Old] Another False Start in Africa Sold with Green Revolution Myths http://www.ipsnews.net/2021/04/another-false-start-africa-sold-green-revolution-myths/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:01:24

• https://jpieper.com/2022/07/13/moteus-firmware-release-2022-07-11/   

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:02:31

• "Flexible I/O subsystem: This release includes the new flexible I/O subsystem. This adds support for many new encoder types and lets you connect them up in a wide variety of ways." https://jpieper.com/2022/07/13/moteus-firmware-release-2022-07-11/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:02:51

• Will Walmart become the go-to shopping destination for cord cutters? - RetailWire ⚓ https://retailwire.com/discussion/will-walmart-become-the-go-to-shopping-destination-for-cord-cutters/ ䷉ Source: retailwire | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//retailwire.com/discussion/will-walmart-become-the-go-to-shopping-destination-for-cord-cutters/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:03:57

• Surveillance avenue? The next spying 'inovation' https://news.mit.edu/2022/smart-textiles-sense-movement-0707 from MIT, which ousts people who condemn Jeffrey Epstein, to spare those who protect him (Bill Gates)    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:05:17

• So-called "green goods" https://retailwire.com/discussion/can-up-tempo-music-move-shoppers-to-buy-more-green-goods/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:06:09

• Surveillance inside the home https://staceyoniot.com/wink-hub-got-you-down-here-are-some-smart-home-switching-options/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:07:43

• "Multiple analyses of historical immigration patterns show that more migrants to a region correlates with a higher rate of innovation and related economic growth." https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23177446/immigrants-tech-companies-united-states-innovation-h1b-visas-immigration    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:09:50

• [Older] "Tracked as CVE-2022-2154, the issue results in the same SSH key being delivered on every installation and subsequent updates, the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) at Carnegie Mellon University explains in an advisory." https://www.securityweek.com/sma-technologies-patches-critical-security-issue-workload-automation-solution    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:11:05

• InfoSec Handlers Diary Blog - SANS Internet Storm Center ⚓ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/28758 ䷉ Source: isc | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/28758    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:11:50

• AI-Enhanced System to Track Players for Offside Calls at 2022 World Cup | PCMag ⚓ https://www.pcmag.com/news/ai-enhanced-system-to-track-players-for-offside-calls-at-2022-world-cup ䷉ Source: pcmag | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.pcmag.com/news/ai-enhanced-system-to-track-players-for-offside-calls-at-2022-world-cup    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:12:55

• When rustc explodes ⚓ https://fasterthanli.me/articles/when-rustc-explodes ䷉ Source: fasterthanli | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//fasterthanli.me/articles/when-rustc-explodes    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:14:04

• Quantum Error Correction: Time to Make It Work - IEEE Spectrum ⚓ https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-error-correction#toggle-gdpr ䷉ Source: spectrum | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-error-correction#toggle-gdpr    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:15:41

• "I wonder what I was thinking? It could have been so profound, life changing, or brilliant. If only I could reach back into my 2019 brain and see exactly what it was I was about discuss. Probably [Microsoft] systemd." https://rubenerd.com/linux-something-something/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:17:33

• "I didn't write the last days because there wasn't much to say. I miss internet 24/7 though, and I'll be happy to get back on the computer without having to track my time and stop after the hour, which always happen too soon!" https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-07-14-old-computer-challenge-v2-day5.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:19:02

• "When you are in KDE on the Win600, you don't get a soft keyboard at all. This is mildly inconvenient, but can be fixed with the moonlander yet again. Here's a screenshot of what my KDE desktop on the Win600 looks like..." https://xeiaso.net/blog/anbernic-win600-first-impressions    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:21:23

• Executive bonus bonanza: Afterpay CEOs’ quarter billion pay juiced by Jobkeeper - Michael West ⚓ https://michaelwest.com.au/executive-bonus-bonanza-afterpay-ceos-quarter-billion-pay-juiced-by-jobkeeper/ ䷉ Source: michaelwest | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//michaelwest.com.au/executive-bonus-bonanza-afterpay-ceos-quarter-billion-pay-juiced-by-jobkeeper/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:22:24

• E42: Earthly, a CI/CD Framework that Can Run Anywhere by Open Source Startup Podcast ⚓ https://anchor.fm/ossstartuppodcast/episodes/E42-Earthly--a-CICD-Framework-that-Can-Run-Anywhere-e1kubdf ䷉ Source: anchor    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:23:14

• "The core premise of that Register article so wildly wrong that it borders on the silly. In fact, the problems with that article from The Register start with the very first line" https://lunduke.substack.com/p/watch-as-the-microsoft-open-source    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:25:37

• "But he, like the vast majority of the Tech Journalists out there (specifically the ones that often cover “Enterprise Computing”), is running interference for Microsoft." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/watch-as-the-microsoft-open-source    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:26:35

• "Promoting and advocating on Microsoft’s behalf, even when the facts don’t support it. Exactly as predicted. Watch as it continues. Because it will. From a number of different publications and journalists." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/watch-as-the-microsoft-open-source    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:26:59

• "Many of whom take advertising dollars from Microsoft (or from companies working with Microsoft)." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/watch-as-the-microsoft-open-source    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:27:15

• SpellBinding: AEGLVUT Wordo: STAFF gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2022-07-17.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:28:50

• "Its coming up on a year now that I have been writing gemini stuff on pubnix through the terminal emulator. I have come a long way since the birth of my capsule and have learned much about various aspects of having a site." gemini://tilde.team/~smokey/logs/2022-07-17-automate.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:29:25

• NIST Announces First Four Quantum-Resistant Cryptographic Algorithms | NIST ⚓ https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/07/nist-announces-first-four-quantum-resistant-cryptographic-algorithms ䷉ Source: nist | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/07/nist-announces-first-four-quantum-resistant-cryptographic-algorithms    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:30:57

• A quantum computer could catch its own errors on any calculation | New Scientist ⚓ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2321929-a-quantum-computer-could-catch-its-own-errors-on-any-calculation/ ䷉ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.newscientist.com/article/2321929-a-quantum-computer-could-catch-its-own-errors-on-any-calculation/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:31:30

• Toward Systematic Architectural Design of Near-Term Trapped Ion Quantum Computers ⚓ https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/3/258916-toward-systematic-architectural-design-of-near-term-trapped-ion-quantum-computers/fulltext ䷉ Source: cacm | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/3/258916-toward-systematic-architectural-design-of-near-term-trapped-ion-quantum-computers/fulltext    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:32:21

• METIS: a `wise counsel` for synthetic biology | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft ⚓ https://www.mpg.de/18936401/metis-a-wise-counsel-for-synthetic-biology?c=153449 ䷉ Source: mpg | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.mpg.de/18936401/metis-a-wise-counsel-for-synthetic-biology?c=153449    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:32:58

• "We must never forget how the systems of slavery collapsed"... except slavery never ended and criminal enterprises now try to ban the word, not the practice, while diverting work to SWEATSHOPS https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/nikole_hannah-jones_-_speech_to_general_assembly_-_29_march_2022_1.pdf    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:34:39

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:35:28

• "Can attackers create a face mask that would defeat modern facial recognition (FR) systems? A group of researchers from from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Tel Aviv University have proven that it can be done." https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/07/12/defeat-facial-recognition/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:35:32

• Europe's Blockchain: A Solution Struggling to Find a Problem https://cacm.acm.org/news/262635-europes-blockchain-a-solution-struggling-to-find-a-problem/fulltext hype and buzz, not much substance. Lots of waste.    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:36:32

• Heat wave approaching, promising to almost break some temperature records tomorrow. And we don't have air conditioning...    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 16:37:41

• How efficient can cat(1) be? - Ariadne’s Space ⚓ https://ariadne.space/2022/07/17/how-efficient-can-cat1-be/ ䷉ Source: ariadne | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//ariadne.space/2022/07/17/how-efficient-can-cat1-be/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 17:14:07

• Planet Ubuntu and Planet Fedora: we run "content" about Apple MacOS.... but never mind, it's not like we have much of a community left anyway. We chose ShitHub and Microsoft instead.    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 17:15:27

• Phoronix slowinng down. 5 posts in weekends, used to be about 10.    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 17:21:34

• 15 Best Free Linux ERP Software • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167340    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 17:25:57

• "Unfortunately, this airline’s network engineers know how to restrict access to just messaging. I keep getting incomplete headers whenever I try to connect to a Gemini server. I guess there’s a whitelist or something that allows certain domains only, e.g. WhatsApp, iMessage, &c." gemini://eph.smol.pub/1658053571    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 17:51:22

• "I'm glad at least one other person finds my Sefaria proxy useful :D Also wanted to write that I haven't forgotten about the bugs in the proxy. I'm working on fixing them, I just have 5 million projects I'm working on for gemini, lol." gemini://station.martinrue.com/krixano/f4dae86a74994099801655e652da705c    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 17:52:17

• Quantum Games -- Really! - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=rdC4QPoAEaA ䷉ Source: Video | Invidious | Multimedia | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//yewtu.be/watch?v=rdC4QPoAEaA    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 17:58:57

• Notice how malicious surveillance has become... and who for https://www.techtarget.com/making-sense-of-intent-data-for-sales-and-marketing-pros/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 17:59:56

• "Mapping out your purchase intent data journey" wtf?    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 18:00:27

• Social control media = metaphorical electrodes for "purchase intent data journey"    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 18:01:42

• BigCorp: we need to maximise our "purchase intent data journey"... DO IT, GEEK!    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 18:02:34

• "BMW Group's membership restates their commitment to work with, and in, sustainable ecosystems".. meh, spits coffee... yeah, nothing says "sustainable ecosystems" like BMW cars https://www.theautochannel.com/news/2022/07/15/1168186-bmw-group-joins-linux-foundation-s-yocto-project.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 18:14:39

• SunFounder Raspberry Pi 7 Inch Touchscreen review • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167341    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 18:22:30

• Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167342    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 19:00:39

• Desktop/Laptop/Consoles With GNU/Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167343    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 19:02:25

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167344    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 19:03:18

• Full Circle Magazine: Full Circle Weekly News #270 https://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-270/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:00:25

• Defects, severe defects again, in x86. Michael checks the impact on his sponsor, Pluton AMD (Microsoft booster) https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Retbleed-Ryzen-7-4800U    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:02:58

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167345    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:05:30

• What COVID-19 does to you gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20220717.txt    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:10:35

• Ignacy Kuchciński: GSoC 2022: Third update - Design https://ignapk.blogspot.com/2022/07/gsoc-2022-third-update-design.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:11:30

• "I've finally released a new small version of glib-gtk-book. What triggered my motivation for releasing a new version is a contributor showing up. It stirred up my will to dust a bit the project." https://informatique-libre.be/swilmet/blog/2022-07-17-glib-gtk-book-update.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:12:09

• "Forum member esmourguit has sent me new and updated translations for the French language-pack PET. I have updated the PET, so it will be in the fr build of the next release of EasyOS." https://bkhome.org/news/202207/french-langpack-updated-2022-06-28.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:14:37

• "I posted recently that Debian has deprecated the 'which' utility, that we use to find the path of an executable, or check whether it exists. This is also a busybox utility." https://bkhome.org/news/202207/which-utility-is-deprecated.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:15:11

• Three Main PC Operating Systems and How to Choose the Best One for You

     

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:21:04

• Canonical is aware Ubuntu lost its dominance among distros https://theparadise.ng/job-engineering-manager-ubuntu-desktop-gaming-at-canonical/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:21:50

• Microsoft and security are not compatible https://thehackernews.com/2022/07/cloud-based-cryptocurrency-miners.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:23:59

• LINMOB.net - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (28/2022): New Manjaro betas, Sailfish OS supporting VoLTE and RkVDEC progress ⚓ https://linmob.net/weekly-update-28-2022/ ䷉ Source: linmob | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//linmob.net/weekly-update-28-2022/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:26:38

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167346    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:30:01

• postmarketOS // v22.06.1 Service Pack 1 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167347    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:30:48

• Artix 20220713 is out https://artixlinux.org/download.php    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:31:20

• The above spam has become routine in LinuxHint.com and there’s also habitual Windows/Microsoft “content”, which has nothing to do with GNU/Linux and is even worse than the promotion of proprietary things; the site’s editors are clearly exploring another direction http://techrights.org/2022/07/17/linuxhint-losing-direction/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:32:28

• "These days I've been working with paper, sticky notes, a lot, and I've been thinking about them. The following are some loose ideas regarding them and potential digital counterparts." gemini://compudanzas.net/biosejo_120220717.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:33:22

• The Dutch Baby Incident gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2022-07_dutch-baby-incident.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 20:34:38

• "I’m delighted to announce a new alpha release of GNU a2ps. This release involves minimal changes to functionality, but involves a considerable update to the build system and code cleanup and simplification, as well as bug fixes. See below for more details." http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=10207    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 21:16:54

• Highest temperature recorded on Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temperature_recorded_on_Earth Manchester forecast to have 40 degrees this week    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 21:20:48

• UK about to smash some temperature records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_the_United_Kingdom    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 21:22:40

• "A heatwave was officially declared on 22 June and it caused widespread drought, hosepipe bans and the 2018 United Kingdom wildfires. These series of wildfires worst affected moorland areas of the UK around the Greater Manchester region" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_European_heat_wave#United_Kingdom    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 21:23:38

• Tunisia 55 degrees in 7 July 1931 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_records#Hottest    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 21:25:16

• United Kingdom record is 38.7 °C (101.7 °F) in Cambridge. We can beat that this week.    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 21:27:06

• California 10 July 1913: temperature of 56.7 °C (134.1 °F) measure    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 21:28:02

• In 7 February 1892 Russia measured −67.8 °C in Siberia    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 21:30:18

• Deadly hailstones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_records#/media/File:Hailstone.jpg    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 21:32:23

• "That smells like a compiler bug to me." https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/7/17/246    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 21:35:51

• Torvalds writing some mock code in his email client https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/7/17/152 https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/7/17/174    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 21:36:40

• Three New Sparky 2022.07 Semi-Rolling Special Editions Released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167339#comment-34376   

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 21:51:53

• Three Main PC Operating Systems and #HowTo Choose the Best One for You • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167348    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 22:21:50

• Linux 5.19-rc7 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167349    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 22:42:26

• Linux Weekly Roundup #191 https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2022/07/linux-weekly-roundup-191.html    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 23:36:16

• "There's so many fun pieces of software out there and some of that software is designed to replace standards especially some of the unix standards but should you actually use them or are they just a waste of time." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=u18mLXfQpOs    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 23:38:40

• Today we take a closer look at Menidjel’s career at the EPO and why he’s likely to be an enthusiastic proponent of patents on maths/algorithms — something that’s not meant to ever happen http://techrights.org/2022/07/17/razik-menidjel-explained/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 23:41:21

• At the EPO, one gets promoted not for hard work but for compliance (not with the law but with illegal instructions from management); it also helps to be French like Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos http://techrights.org/2022/07/17/presidential-lapdogs/    

posted Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 23:41:51

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167350    

posted Monday, July 18, 2022 at 00:03:25

• GNU/GNOME Desktop/GTK: a2ps, glib-gtk-book, and more • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167351    

posted Monday, July 18, 2022 at 00:08:51

• Video/Shows: Removing Core Utils, Full Circle Weekly News • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167352    

posted Monday, July 18, 2022 at 00:10:46

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167353    

posted Monday, July 18, 2022 at 00:11:31

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167354    

posted Monday, July 18, 2022 at 00:20:46

• "I tried to use Snaps when I was experimenting with Ubuntu a few years ago. These are the major problems with it." http://techrights.org/2022/07/17/trouble-with-ubuntu-snaps/    

posted Monday, July 18, 2022 at 00:21:29

• Kernel prepatch 5.19-rc7 [LWN.net] http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/167349#comment-34377   

posted Monday, July 18, 2022 at 00:24:59