Roy Schestowitz

• Today in Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/168315    

posted Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 23:56:52

• "However one larger problem remains (for performance) which is the lack of atomic CLOEXEC when opening pipes or sockets. Linux has pipe2 and accept4. I wasn’t able to find any good equivalent on macOS, and hence most of the time we are limited to serializing some requests that could otherwise run in parallel." https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2022/08/13/nbdkit-for-macos/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 00:25:14

• What Is Virtual Memory on Linux? #HowTo Manage It • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/168316 ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/13/What_Is_Virtual_Memory_on_Linux_How_to_Manage_It.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/13/What_Is_Virtual_Memory_on_Linux_How_to_Manage_It.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 00:28:43

• So when will Linux Foundation ITSELF adopt FOSS??? https://yewtu.be/watch?v=QvRA0bIVP5g    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 00:29:31

• 66: From Star Trek To Reality : Microbots That Can Heal - Hardware Addicts - TuxDigital ⚓ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/hardware-addicts/ha-66/ ䷉ Source: TuxDigital | GNU | Linux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//tuxdigital.com/podcasts/hardware-addicts/ha-66/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 00:30:21

• The Wine development release 7.15 is now available. • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/168317 ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/13/The_Wine_development_release_7_15_is_now_available.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/13/The_Wine_development_release_7_15_is_now_available.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 00:32:36

• He is Microsoft’s Chief Architect of GitHub Copilot and he came up with this idea, along with Nat Friedman (his “best friend”), which is clearly an attack on the GPL or other copyleft licences (Microsoft exercises control over GitHub to suppress such licences). http://techrights.org/2022/08/13/github-vs-women-and-gpl/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 00:33:25

• IRS new clothing http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2022/08/13/ew-uniforms/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 01:07:00

• #Techrights Bulletin for Saturday, August 13, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:27:14

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

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:27:25

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D322.jpg    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:30:14

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D673.jpg    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:30:19

• "as much as i love the text-first culture of gemini, i'm a visual artist and there's absolutely no reason not to put my work in my personal space." gemini://sol.cities.yesterweb.org/works/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:31:08

• Years-Late Thoughts on Untitled Goose Game gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2022-08-13.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:32:03

• "I recently wanted to send someone a video of a program doing some interesting things in a single X11 window." ☛ https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2022/making_a_video_of_a_single_window.html | Source: Lawrence Tratt    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:35:32

• "And it got me thinking about what you can and can’t do — what you do and don’t have control over." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022/things-you-can-and-cant-do/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:35:38

• "We run these training systems with SELinux enabled" ☛ https://jpmens.net/2022/08/13/bind-9-16-on-centos-8-stream-and-selinux/ | Source: Jan Piet Mens    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:35:57

• "This is an interesting question, thanks for asking it, Jeremy. I do have some history with the IndieWeb, and some opinions" ☛ https://kevq.uk/will-the-indieweb-ever-become-mainstream/ | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:36:15

• "Before the tournament, Tarah and her father, professional poker player Mike Wheeler, hosted a poker clinic to teach Poker 101 to those new to the game." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/08/playing-all-jelly-beans-eff-benefit-poker-tournament-def-con | Source: EFF    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:37:44

• "Off With Their Legs" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/08/13/off-with-their-legs/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:37:59

• "With digital music making a clean sweep in the 1990s over almost all listening media" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/08/13/remember-dab-radio-the-psion-wavefinder-gets-a-teardown/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:38:22

• "Though it is largely forgotten today, the Intel 80286 was for a while in the 1980s the processor of choice and designated successor to the 8086 in the world of PCs." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/08/13/the-286-gives-up-one-of-its-final-secrets/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:39:08

• "In this brief guide, we walk you through how to install Ubuntu 22.04 and also discuss its features." ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/how-to-install-ubuntu-22-04-lts-for-beginners/ | Source: Unix Men    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:39:52

• "Btrfs is a Linux filesystem that has been adopted as the default filesystem in popular Linux distributions such as openSUSE and Fedora" ☛ https://ostechnix.com/btrfs-snapshots-snapper/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:42:14

• "With Spider-Man Remastered now available on Steam after previously being PlayStation exclusive, I took it for a spin on Steam Deck and Linux desktop" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/08/spider-man-remastered-is-awesome-on-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:42:56

• "Need more games to fill up your library? Humble Bundle have put up another one that looks pretty good with the Tactical Combat Bundle." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/08/humble-bundle-have-another-interesting-set-of-games-in-the-tactical-combat-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:43:01

• "Wine is a compatibility layer that aims to let you run games and applications designed for Windows on Linux and a new release version 7.15 is out now" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/08/windows-compatibility-layer-wine-version-715-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:43:16

• "All-in-One Arm Linux computers launched last year" http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/168289#comment-34579   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:45:42

• "[Flamingo-tech]’s Xiaomi air purifier has a neat safety feature: it will refuse to run if a filter needs replacement. Of course, by “neat” we mean “annoying”." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/08/13/air-filter-drm-hacker-opts-out-with-nfc-sticker/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:46:48

• Tax Fairness ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/13/biggest-win-tax-fairness-decades-progressives-cheer-reforms-ira-demand-more | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:47:05

• IRA ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/13/care-cant-wait-ira-good-start-progressives-say-more-needed | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:47:19

• "It is easy to not think much about common tools like screwdrivers and wrenches. But not for [Torque Test Channel]." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/08/13/testing-a-laser-cut-wrench-vs-a-forged-wrench/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:47:44

• Fetterman ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/13/im-back-fetterman-returns-campaign-trail-following-may-stroke | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:48:13

• Gerrymandering ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/08/13/partisan-gerrymandering-carving-us-democracy | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:48:24

• Patents and lack of clinical trials ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/monkeypox-is-yet-another-global-health-crisis-fueled-by-governmental-neglect/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:48:53

• Menczer ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2022/08/13/state-secretary-of-hungarian-foreign-ministry-one-china | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:49:20

• Now unsealed https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/unsealed-trump-search-warrant-papers-suggest-federal-investigation/story?id=88305266    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:49:34

• #HowTo Apply Accent Colour in Ubuntu Desktop • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/168318    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:50:12

• Nukes https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/13/britain-should-prepare-nuclear-war/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:50:55

• Social control media https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/young-montagnard-generation-us-using-art-social-media-keep-culture-ali-rcna28577    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:51:12

• Espionage https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/search-warrant-trump-espionage-act-violation-1396193/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:51:24

• Finland https://news.err.ee/1608683440/minister-estonia-finland-to-integrate-coastal-missile-defense-systems    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:51:39

• Kansas ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/the-lessons-of-the-kansas-primary-go-far-beyond-abortion-rights/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:52:03

• Climate ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/activists-stress-need-for-much-more-climate-action-after-ira-passes-in-the-house/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:52:19

• "It’s estimated that the US sees a recession every 6-10 years. Additionally, our national deficit is around $2.2" ☛ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/what-is-the-us-economic-system/ | Source: PIA    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:53:07

• Many States Have Created or Expanded Tax Credits... ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/many-states-have-created-or-expanded-tax-credits-to-help-families-get-by/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 05:53:20

• ymca https://quillette.com/2022/08/12/podcast-195-meet-the-80-year-old-feminist-who-got-banned-from-the-ymca-for-protesting-male-bodies-in-the-womens-locker-room/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:49:12

• Native https://www.voanews.com/a/native-american-news-roundup-august-7-13-2022-/6697386.html    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:49:30

• Ukraine war: Zelensky warns Russian soldiers at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - BBC News ⚓ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62537495 ䷉ Source: bbc | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62537495    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:50:12

• Watch: Niinistö posts video with Biden after signing Nato docs | News | Yle Uutiset ⚓ https://yle.fi/news/3-12575548 ䷉ Source: yle | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//yle.fi/news/3-12575548    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:50:33

• iophk: and the response from Amnesty was a feeble "tweet" https://www.voanews.com/a/taliban-fire-shots-beat-protesters-as-women-rally-in-kabul/6700184.html    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:50:52

• Fighting Intensifies Around Ukraine Nuclear Plant ⚓ https://www.voanews.com/a/6700298.html ䷉ Source: voanews | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.voanews.com/a/6700298.html    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:51:16

• Seventh Package of Sanctions against Russia Presents Unaccounted-for Risks - Modern Diplomacy ⚓ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2022/08/08/seventh-package-of-sanctions-against-russia-presents-unaccounted-for-risks/ ䷉ Source: moderndiplomacy | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//moderndiplomacy.eu/2022/08/08/seventh-package-of-sanctions-against-russia-presents-unaccounted-for-risks/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:51:38

• Espionage https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20220813-what-charges-could-trump-face-for-possessing-classified-documents    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:52:07

• Espionage https://reason.com/2022/08/12/trump-raid-allegedly-found-highly-classified-top-secret-documents/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:52:52

• speaking at DEFCON, come say hi ⚓ https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/speaking-at-defcon,-come-say-hi:6 ䷉ Source: rossmanngroup | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/speaking-at-defcon,-come-say-hi:6    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:53:50

• FB https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/11/meta-injecting-code-into-websites-visited-by-its-users-to-track-them-research-says    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:54:07

• Education https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/13/she-asked-me-will-they-kill-you-if-they-discover-you-afghan-girls-defy-education-ban-at-secret-schools    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:54:38

• FBI collected multiple sets of classified documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home https://text.npr.org/1117151056    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:54:54

• A caving project became a rescue mission after a dog was found 500 feet down ⚓ https://text.npr.org/1117184413 ䷉ Source: text | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//text.npr.org/1117184413    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:55:20

• AZ ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/nonwhite-voters-face-high-risk-of-being-dropped-from-arizonas-mail-ballot-list/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:55:56

• Bungie ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/bungie-uses-hague-convention-to-pursue-cheat-seller-evidence-overseas-220813/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:56:19

• "In the second quarter, Exxon made US$18 billion, Shell and Chevron close to $12 billion each and BP $8.5 billion—much higher than their record first-quarter profit" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/08/13/scorching-big-oil-profits-burning-planet | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:56:46

• Inflation Reduction Act ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/08/13/big-donors-small-donors-and-fight-democracy | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:58:30

• LNG ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/08/13/lng-giants-greenwashing-reveals-gas-export-industrys-dangerous-intentions | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 06:59:25

• "an annual event in the Slovak Republic" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/08/13/how-do-you-build-a-tradition/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:00:09

• "We’re used to laptop computers featuring flip-up screens; this article is being written on one and it’s probable you’re reading it on another one." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/08/13/an-amstrad-nc100-has-a-new-purpose-in-life/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:00:22

• "Is There Life After Death?" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/08/13/could-something-exist-beyond-brain-if-so-what | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:00:57

• "Norms, in a society or culture, are the accepted ways of behavior we grow up observing and learning in our everyday lives." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/08/13/beware-corporations-and-lawmakers-trampling-our-established-norms | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:01:29

• "As is now the usual way of things, the monthly Activity Report is hereby combined with my Contract Report." ☛ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2022-08-09_haiku_activity_contract_report_july_2022/ | Source: HaikuOS    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:02:24

• "In the olden days of computing, software flow control with control codes XON and XOFF was a necessary feature that dumb terminals needed to support" ☛ https://susam.net/blog/from-xon-xoff-to-forward-incremental-search.html | Source: SusamPal    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:03:01

• "Before we go for a deeper dive, let’s get a better understanding of what a browser extension actually is." ☛ https://palant.info/2022/08/10/anatomy-of-a-basic-extension/ | Source: Wladimir Palant    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:03:43

• "Some of Ukraine's data archives are being held within data centers across "multiple [European] countries," he added, without elaborating" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-cyber-chief-visits-black-hat-hacker-meeting-in-las-vegas-/6698617.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:04:20

• "Kubeval is an important tool if you are writing YAML files on a daily basis." ☛ https://earthly.dev/blog/validate-&-clean-yaml/ | Source: Earthly    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:04:47

• "I thought that Elon Musk's ventures would collapse around the privately held SpaceX but it now seems more likely to collapse around the publicly held Tesla - which remains unable to achieve volume and is losing money on every vehicle manufactured" ☛ https://soylentnews.org/~cafebabe/journal/11967 | Source: Soylent News    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:05:33

• "I keep a pen & notebook on my desk, which I make liberal use of to jot down my thoughts." ☛ https://drewdevault.com/2022/08/10/Organizing-my-thoughts.html | Source: Drew DeVault    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:06:05

• "More information is trickling out about why the FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida this week." ☛ https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-fbi-raid-mar-a-lago | Source: Teen Vogue    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:06:21

• "As president, Trump sometimes shared information, regardless of its sensitivity." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-s-mar-a-lago-resort-posed-rare-security-challenges-experts-say/6700459.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:06:55

• "Garland provided no details. But the person briefed on the matter said investigators had been concerned about material from what the government calls “special access programs”" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/us/politics/trump-fbi-subpoena.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:07:22

• ‘It worried people all the time': How Trump’s handling of secret documents led to the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-handling-secret-documents-fbi-mar-a-lago-search-rcna42935 | Source: NBC    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:08:16

• "Barring intervention, continued lack of clarity around plagiarism will make it more difficult for south Asian students and researchers" ☛ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/south-asian-students-show-limited-understanding-plagiarism | Source: Times Higher Education    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:09:28

• Social control media ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/08/09/1057171/social-media-polluting-society-moderation-alone-wont-fix-the-problem/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:09:52

• "More people are on to this scheme than ever. Wondering why they should throw out a computer that’s plenty fast, during a dead economy where they could be the next layoff" ☛ https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/08/11/microsoft-death-spiral-microsoft-fires-200-employees-working-to-win-back-customers/ | Source: DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer)    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:10:58

• "root access on macOS" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/12/23303411/zoom-defcon-root-access-privilege-escalation-hack-patrick-wardle | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:11:44

• "Zero trust"... except they work for NSA ☛ https://unixsheikh.com/articles/zero-trust-is-being-hijacked-by-the-big-corporate-hype-machine.html | Source: Unix Sheikh    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:15:49

• "Today, noyb lodged 226 GDPR complaints with 18 authorities against websites that use the popular cookie banner software (“OneTrust”)..." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/226-complaints-lodged-against-deceptive-cookie-banners | Source: NYOB    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:16:13

• "A 41-year-old woman is facing felony charges in Nebraska for allegedly helping her teenage daughter illegally abort a pregnancy" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1117092169 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:16:32

• "In the mean-time, everything published in this post is correct: the Instagram app is executing and injecting JavaScript code" ☛ https://krausefx.com/blog/ios-privacy-instagram-and-facebook-can-track-anything-you-do-on-any-website-in-their-in-app-browser |    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:16:52

• "Nicole did not respond to NPR's request for comment. But several others responded to the original tweet with their own experiences of targeted marketing after purchases at other large chain stores." ☛ https://text.npr.org/1115414467 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:17:42

• "According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Apple and Facebook discussed "revenue-sharing arrangements, including a potential ad-free, subscription version of Facebook"." ☛ https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/apple-meta-once-planned-to-build-businesses-together-report/93544702 | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:18:04

• "Stefan Sperling (stsp@) has committed support for RAID 1C [mirroring and encryption] boot to -current on the amd64 platform: [...]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20220813110021 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:21:25

• "The Sahel, a vast, poorly governed stretch to the south of the Sahara desert, is now the world’s terrorism hotspot" ☛ https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2022/08/11/how-al-qaeda-and-islamic-state-are-digging-into-africa | Source: The Economist    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:22:02

• "Better understanding and monitoring, including through global and regional cooperation, are vital to counter the threat." ☛ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2022/08/11/daesh-affiliates-remain-global-and-evolving-threat/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:22:34

• "an attempted attack on an FBI field office in Cincinnati appeared to underscore the real danger behind those threats" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1117275044 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:22:55

• Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/world/europe/ukraine-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:23:16

• Transparency ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/flawed-amnesty-report-risks-enabling-more-russian-war-crimes-in-ukraine/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:23:39

• "After a Wixom chrome plater released hexavalent chromium into sewers that lead to the Huron River" ☛ https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/huron-river-chromium-spill-prompts-call-stricter-michigan-pollution-law | Source: Bridge Michigan    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:27:21

• "A lack of rainfall in recent months means that cargo ships are now carrying lighter loads" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/12/economy/rhine-water-levels-german-economy-intl-hnk/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:27:27

• "Climate researchers often use the situation in the Arctic as a bellwether for the impacts of global warming because the region is particularly sensitive to even small shifts in global surface temperatures" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/arctic-warming-happening-significantly-faster-previously-thought-study-rcna42663 | Source: NBC    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:27:34

• Luxembourg ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1952942.html | Source: RTL    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:28:31

• "The country is yet to face another rise in energy costs. After gas suppliers announced potential increases of up to 80% in autumn" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1952814.html | Source: RTL    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:28:51

• "One of the many ironies about "decentralized, trustless" cryptocurrencies is that they are neither decentralized nor trustless." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2022/08/the-exchange-you-can-trust.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:31:04

• "the real innovation isn't Bitcoin, but the Blockchain" ☛ https://calpaterson.com/blockchain.html | Source: Cal Paterson    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:31:20

• "Industry experts expect demand for lithium from U.S. car manufacturers to increase tenfold by 2030." ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/the-cost-of-green-energy-the-nation-s-biggest-lithium-mine-may-be-going-up-on-a-site-sacred-to-native-americans/index.html | Source: NBC    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:34:54

• "Now ZSH has been the default shell in MacOS for a while now but I've only recently started to switch, call me old fashioned." gemini://jb.smol.pub/macos-zsh-wildcards    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:35:56

• How Many Computers Do You Have? gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-08-14-how-many-computers-do-you-have.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:36:38

• Nature ☛ https://text.npr.org/1108245665 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:37:42

• "Formed in 2013, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is in charge of creating and enforcing policies surrounding online content" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/13/23304250/elon-musk-pitch-magazine-china-cyberspace-cac-censorship-agency-tesla-spacex-neuralink | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:42:19

• "In a surprise move, Recording Academy co-president Valeisha Butterfield Jones will leave the organization to return to Gulag" ☛ https://variety.com/2022/music/news/recording-academy-valeisha-butterfield-jones-google-1235339489/ | Source: Variety    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:42:26

• OnlyFans Accused of Paying Bribes ☛ https://futurism.com/onlyfans-allegations-bribes-terrorist-watchlist | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:42:31

• "Adult performers who sold X-rated photos and videos on rival sites saw their Instagram accounts falsely tagged as containing terrorist content" ☛ https://nypost.com/2022/08/09/onlyfans-bribed-meta-to-put-thousands-of-porn-stars-on-terror-watchlist-suits-claim/ | Source: NYPost    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:42:42

• "The election commission’s decision to post the results online — allowing the news media to do the first, unofficial tally of the results" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/world/africa/kenya-election-results.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:43:47

• "For the first two centuries of U.S. history, outgoing presidents simply took their documents with them when they left the White House." ☛ https://text.npr.org/1117297065 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:43:57

• "The big picture: After the FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago home on Monday — finding 11 sets of classified documents — the former president made unsubstantiated claims that Obama also took records." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2022/08/12/national-archives-counters-trumps-claims-obama-took-classified-documents | Source: Axios    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:44:28

• NetBlocks ☛ https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-sierra-leone-amid-anti-government-protests-nAg3YZAp | Source: Netblocks    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:45:10

• "One of the most popular media player software and streaming media server VLC media player, developed by VideoLAN project, is banned in India" ☛ https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/vlc-media-player-banned-in-india-website-and-vlc-download-link-blocked-1987361-2022-08-12 | Source: India Today    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:45:32

• "Don’t worry you are next" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/jk-rowling-salman-rushdie-death-threat-b2144542.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:45:56

• "JK Rowling has said she is working with the police after receiving a potential threat from a Twitter user" ☛ https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/20637735.jk-rowling-working-police-receiving-threat-following-rushdie-tweet/ |    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:46:13

• "represents an assault on freedom of thought and speech" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62532032 | Source: BBC    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:48:18

• "Iran's rulers bear responsibility for the attack against the British writer Salman Rushdie as the Islamic republic never repudiated a 1989 order issued by its founder calling for the novelist to be killed," ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/1953297.html | Source: RTL    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:48:42

• "He went on to threaten Rowling" ☛ https://www.timesofisrael.com/j-k-rowling-gets-death-threat-by-person-who-hailed-rushdies-stabbing/ | Source: The Times Of Israel    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:49:41

• Salman Rushdie Off Ventilator ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/salman-rushdie-remains-hospitalized-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-/6700283.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:50:02

• "Over a literary career spanning five decades, Sir Salman Rushdie has been no stranger to death threats arising due to the nature of his work" ☛ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62523259 | Source: BBC    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:52:25

• "And this August, the right to repair is on the agenda DEF CON." ☛ https://securepairs.org/securepairs-is-at-def-con/ | Source: Securepairs    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:55:34

• "Heavy gunfire could be heard in social media video of the rally, with Taliban men assaulting female protesters." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/taliban-fire-shots-beat-protesters-as-women-rally-in-kabul/6700184.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:56:01

• "Taliban fighters chased protesters and beat them with the butts of their rifles." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2022/08/13/afghanistan-women-march-taliban-anniversary | Source: Axios    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:57:36

• "Since seizing control on August 15 last year, the Taliban have rolled back the marginal gains made by women during two decades of US intervention in Afghanistan." ☛ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/08/13/taliban-violently-disperses-rare-women-s-protest-in-kabul_5993478_4.html | Source: Le Monde    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:58:42

• "It was important because it's nearly the first anniversary of the Taliban rule and we wanted to say that we don't consent to this government" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1117344779 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:58:56

• Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/168319 ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Security_Leftovers.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 08:21:43

• Open Hardware: XON/XOFF and Raspberry Pi Pico • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/168320 ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Open_Hardware_XON_XOFF_and_Raspberry_Pi_Pico.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Open_Hardware_XON_XOFF_and_Raspberry_Pi_Pico.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 08:21:57

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/168321    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 08:22:05

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/168322 ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/today_s_leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/today_s_leftovers.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 08:22:22

• Depending on ROOTKITS in your system is always a bad idea https://www.phoronix.com/news/Glibc-2.36-EAC-Problems    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 09:10:44

• I'd Like to Play This Weird Role gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-08-14-i-d-like-to-play-this-weird-role.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 09:38:18

• Kali Linux 2022.3 released http://www.tuxmachines.org/comment/reply/168195   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 09:44:37

• ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/_Together_We_Can_Do_So_Much_A_Beginner_s_Tribute_to_Linux_Commu.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/_Together_We_Can_Do_So_Much_A_Beginner_s_Tribute_to_Linux_Commu.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 09:54:12

• Migration of Tux Machines to the new CMS progresses to the next phase. Unless there are serious obstacles, new nodes will only appear in the "new" site.    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 09:55:07

• Old tech, new hype https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/07/29/new-ar-glasses-allow-deaf-people-to-see-conversations-by-turning-audio-into-subtitles    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 10:03:05

• Ultrasound stickers could continuously image internal organs for days https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330941-ultrasound-stickers-could-continuously-image-internal-organs-for-days/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 10:03:29

• "Rice bioscientists use mixed-reality headset, custom software to measure vegetation in the field" https://news.rice.edu/news/2022/vegsense-makes-sense-forest-studies    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 10:04:15

• KDE Frameworks 5.97 Adds Support for 3rd-Party Credential Storage Methods to KDE Apps • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/168323 ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/KDE_Frameworks_5_97_Adds_Support_for_3rd_Party_Credential_Stora.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/KDE_Frameworks_5_97_Adds_Support_for_3rd_Party_Credential_Stora.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 10:04:31

• Not vapouware this time around? https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/new-technique-brings-quantum-computers-closer-to-their-promise/?ftag=CAD090e536    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 10:05:23

• How to use Angelfish as touch-friendly web browser in Steam Deck’s Game Mode - My Little Blog ⚓ https://kamikazow.wordpress.com/2022/08/14/how-to-use-angelfish-as-touch-friendly-web-browser-in-steam-decks-game-mode/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 10:21:06

• today's howtos ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/today_s_howtos.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 10:27:46

• New GNOME Text Editor – Everything You Need to Know ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/New_GNOME_Text_Editor_Everything_You_Need_to_Know.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/New_GNOME_Text_Editor_Everything_You_Need_to_Know.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 10:46:22

• "We cover events and user groups that are running in Greece. This article forms part of our Linux Around The World series." https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-greece/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 10:47:48

• Tux Machines - ExTiX 22.8 – “The Ultimate Linux System” – based on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS with LXQt 0.17, Refracta Snapshot and kernel 5.19.0-amd64-exton :: Build 220814 ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/ExTiX_22_8_The_Ultimate_Linux_System_based_on_Ubuntu_22_04_1_LT.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/ExTiX_22_8_The_Ultimate_Linux_System_based_on_Ubuntu_22_04_1_LT.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 10:54:50

• "Well, that was a short retirement! It was only a few days ago, announced that utilities written in the BaCon language are no longer in EasyOS" https://bkhome.org/news/202208/the-return-of-bacon.html    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 11:05:13

• Tux Machines - Create Your Own Custom Light and Dark Wallpaper for GNOME ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Create_Your_Own_Custom_Light_and_Dark_Wallpaper_for_GNOME.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Create_Your_Own_Custom_Light_and_Dark_Wallpaper_for_GNOME.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 11:05:57

• Canonical working for Microsoft https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-systemd-hwe    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 11:14:39

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): KDE Ships Frameworks 5.97.0 ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/KDE_Ships_Frameworks_5_97_0.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/KDE_Ships_Frameworks_5_97_0.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 11:14:54

• "Tobias texted that the SpaceHierarchyCache class worked as expected. So I added that to the open merge requst." https://snehit.dev/posts/kde/gsoc-22/polishing-spaces-horizontal-bar/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 12:03:09

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): KDE: GSoC and Plasma Bits ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/KDE_GSoC_and_Plasma_Bits.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/KDE_GSoC_and_Plasma_Bits.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 12:17:24

• Nim compiled in OpenEmbedded https://bkhome.org/news/202208/nim-compiled-in-openembedded.html    

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

• "The LXQt desktop has been updated up to version 1.1.0. Make sure, it was tested on Sparky testing (7) / Debian testing “Bookworm” amd64 only." https://sparkylinux.org/lxqt-1-1-0/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 15:22:07

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): LINMOB.net - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (32/2022): Summer breeze and travel reports ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/LINMOB_net_Weekly_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_32_2022_Summer_b.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/LINMOB_net_Weekly_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_32_2022_Summer_b.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 15:29:15

• "What Pelosi did is a public relations ploy, she wanted to get more votes in California, and one third of California are Chinese and she thought that that would help." https://michael-hudson.com/2022/08/the-big-context/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 15:48:21

• "In America after the end of Roe v. Wade, one brave source, on the record, is often the best we are going to get. Countless other stories will never be told." https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/07/unimaginable-abortion-stories-will-become-more-common-is-american-journalism-ready/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 15:49:10

• Talking to a fraud. Sounds like a bad plan. No better than speaking to Putin himself. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-europe-eyes-spacex-fill-launch-void-left-by-russian-tensions-2022-08-12/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:04:31

• "Ethereum is planning to move from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake next month. As someone who has participated in large open-source projects before, it's impressive that the developers were able to make such a drastic shift to the network. Here's what you need to know." https://matt-rickard.com/the-ethereum-merge    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:06:12

• Utter nonsense and gimmick that does no drying at all and probably won't last long https://staceyoniot.com/heres-a-new-inexpensive-smart-dryer-solution/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:07:39

• "The FT’s paywall confuses me — I can read this article but I’m not sure if you’ll be able to." Paywalls are also one form of surveillance (you give an ID to pay) https://daringfireball.net/2022/08/ft_effects_of_app_tracking_transparency    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:26:47

• "It’s a flawed system; education should be free. Even the fiscally conservative acknowledge that qualified people tend to earn more and pay more tax, even if they don’t buy altruistic arguments that everyone should be given an opportunity." https://rubenerd.com/guess-who-paid-off-their-student-debt/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:28:24

• "Australia is awash with dirty money. Go undercover with financial crime expert Nathan Lynch as he delves deep inside this hidden world to explain how dark money has infected the lives of ordinary people and tainted Australian democracy." https://michaelwest.com.au/national-press-club-the-lucky-laundry-canberra-writers-festival/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:30:12

• The History of Ctrl-Alt-Delete https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-history-of-ctrl-alt-delete    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:31:10

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): Make Linux look like Star Trek LCARS ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Make_Linux_look_like_Star_Trek_LCARS.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Make_Linux_look_like_Star_Trek_LCARS.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:38:50

• "A BMC is an extra embedded computer on your server motherboard (as opposed to the extra CPU that's embedded in your CPU or chipset). As separate computers running a separate operating system" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/BMCsNotGreatAtKeepingTime    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:42:26

• "Our last posts were on SHAP, one of the major ways to shed light into black-box Machine Learning models. SHAP values decompose predictions in a fair way into additive contributions from each feature." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/08/kernel-shap/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:43:21

• A Dive Into Esperanto gemini://tilde.team/~smokey/logs/2022-08-14-esperanto-dive.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:47:59

• Using `any()` with `ifelse()` and `group_by()` gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/~johngodlee/posts/2022-08-14-group_any_ifelse.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:48:29

• "pi4 at MSRP hasn’t been a thing for at least a year now." gemini://auragem.space/~ask/9/13/a/24    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:49:19

• Top 7 Python Developer Tools https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/top-7-python-developer-tools/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 16:53:57

• "Apps" = mass surveillance taken to a new level https://daringfireball.net/2022/08/is_app_tracking_transparency_actually_doing_anything    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:03:01

• Some notes (to myself) about formatting text in jq https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/JqFormattingTextNotes    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:05:05

• "TikTok has established itself as one of the top online platforms for U.S. teens, while the share of teens who use Facebook has fallen sharply" https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2022/08/10/teens-social-media-and-technology-2022/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:06:27

• "Installing R packages from source can be a slow process" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/08/bring-your-own-binary-packages-with-rspm/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:09:14

• "R Consortium recently talked to Tuli Amutenya of the Namibia R Users Group about the challenges of starting a group during the pandemic." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/08/namibia-r-users-group-fostering-the-budding-r-community-in-namibia/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:10:41

• This is not privacy. FB and its advertising partners, spies etc. keep a copy too. So all you do by "deleting" is, you hide it from one person: YOU https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/08/whatsapp-delete-messages-two-days-after-sent/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:13:31

• "Printer companies are true fuckery pioneers: the tactical innovations they've developed in the war on their customers would make Otto von Bismarck blush." https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/07/inky-wretches/#epson-salty    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:14:28

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppArmadillo used by 1001 CRAN Packages http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2022/08/14#rcpparmadillo_at_1001    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:23:47

• Too much Microsotism wrapped up using the labels of Microsoft's rivals https://liliputing.com/lilbits-google-play-store-and-the-windows-subsystem-for-android-turning-the-surface-go-2-into-a-linux-tablet-and-more/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:26:49

• Misuue of the term "zero trust" https://venturebeat.com/security/report-orgs-with-zero-trust-segmentation-avoid-5-major-cyberattacks-annually/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:30:15

• Found in Space https://cacm.acm.org/news/263446-found-in-space/fulltext    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:31:08

• "The unprecedented challenges of the last couple of years have presented opportunity for supply chain organizations to create value, Kalidindi says." https://www.supplychainbrain.com/articles/35481-watch-world-class-supply-chains-create-value    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:33:27

• Do you trust this guy not to sell your data when shareholders demand profitability? https://spectrum.ieee.org/interview-irobot-ceo-colin-angle-on-privacy-and-robots-in-the-home    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:36:18

• Facebook fluff that distracts from the real scandals of the company https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-chatbot-blenderbot-election-denying-antisemitic-bugs-artificial-intellignce-2022-8?r=US&IR=T    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:37:46

• "SEC released a list of sanctioned Ethereum addresses and the smart contract Tornado Cash, a program that allows users to mix (i.e., launder) crypto. Blockchains make all transactions public (see tradeoffs), so mixers obfuscate the sender, recipient, and values of transactions." https://matt-rickard.com/sanctioning-a-smart-contract    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:38:50

• "It has been a couple of months since I’ve worked on my Amiga 1000. In that time I had an interesting conversation with Darren Gurney on Discord who generously offered to 3D print the missing covers for my Amiga 1000." https://linuxjedi.co.uk/2022/08/10/amiga-1000-restoration-covering-holes/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:39:52

• "A way to expand training data sets for manipulation tasks improves the performance of robots by 40% or more" (now a nw techniques at all; decades old) https://news.umich.edu/fake-data-helps-robots-learn-the-ropes-faster/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 17:41:14

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): today's howtos ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/today_s_howtos.1.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 18:15:43

• New method can improve explosion detection https://www.gi.alaska.edu/news/new-method-can-improve-explosion-detection    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 19:40:44

• "I've been blogging for more than 20 years, but I've been writing for publication for even longer than that, so I can remember the emergence of blogging and what it meant for magazine writers." https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/08/locus-of-individuation/#publish-then-filter    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 19:43:57

• "First, I agree that Amazon sharing footage without permission is sketch. And I expect them to fix that. Soon." https://danielmiessler.com/blog/why-im-ok-with-amazon-buying-one-medical/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 19:45:32

• "We then talk about a survey from Parks Associates that indicates almost a third of people using AirTag-style trackers to track people without their knowing and why users and companies must focus on consent. Then we hit on another ethics issue " https://staceyoniot.com/podcast-heres-why-amazon-really-bought-irobot/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 19:47:03

• "FreeBSD moved to git starting in 2019. I miss and prefer svn, but I empathise why it was necessary. In some alternate universe, Linus moved to it instead of building git, just as he adopted BSD instead of writing the Linux kernel. One can dream." https://rubenerd.com/svnlite-removed-from-freebsd-base/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 19:48:40

• "Personally, I found some of the things on the former site very disturbing and I would never host such content myself." https://danielpocock.com/remembering-frans-pop-on-Debian.Day/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 19:56:52

• Seems like an awful idea. Do you trust proprietary boot controlled by Microsoft? https://www.makeuseof.com/use-windows-boot-manager-instead-of-grub/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 19:59:29

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): Newsboat: The Best Terminal-Based RSS Feed Reader for Linux ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Newsboat_The_Best_Terminal_Based_RSS_Feed_Reader_for_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Newsboat_The_Best_Terminal_Based_RSS_Feed_Reader_for_Linux.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 20:02:39

• "This is fun, just wanted to see the size of binary executable generated by V, Nim and BaCon. In all three, it is a one-line program. Firstly, the results, stripped by "strip --strip-unneeded"..." https://bkhome.org/news/202208/quick-hello-world-size-comparison.html    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 20:07:11

• "Kiki (the Krita’s mascot), but in my style." https://www.davidrevoy.com/article923/kiki    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 20:10:10

• "On IRC deoac wished to know how to print the name of a variable. This question is ambiguous. To get the name of the container is easy." https://gfldex.wordpress.com/2022/08/14/symbolism/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 20:15:47

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): Krita Lime PPA Abandoned! Here’re other choices to install it in Ubuntu ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Krita_Lime_PPA_Abandoned_Here_re_other_choices_to_install_it_in.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Krita_Lime_PPA_Abandoned_Here_re_other_choices_to_install_it_in.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 20:18:21

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): Puppy Linux's Barry Kauler on Programming With V, Nim, and BaCon ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Puppy_Linux_s_Barry_Kauler_on_Programming_With_V_Nim_and_BaCon.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Puppy_Linux_s_Barry_Kauler_on_Programming_With_V_Nim_and_BaCon.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 20:18:29

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): Steam Deck - Full Overview: Beta Updates, the Upcoming SteamOS Rebase, Market Share and New Games ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Steam_Deck_Full_Overview_Beta_Updates_the_Upcoming_SteamOS_Reba.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Steam_Deck_Full_Overview_Beta_Updates_the_Upcoming_SteamOS_Reba.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 20:18:37

• Stefan has turned hecticgeek into webspam :/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 20:23:23

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): The Tux Machines News Section is Moving to News.TuxMachines.org ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/moving.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/moving.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 21:18:18

• SpellBinding: CDKYOUL Wordo: HULK gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2022-08-14.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 21:38:27

• How Many Computers Do You Have? gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~stack/gemlog/2022-08-14.computers.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 21:38:55

• This week's mistakes gemini://remyabel.srht.site/posts/2022-08-14.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 21:39:29

• So many sites these days turn into webspam. They don't just end it gracefully, they experiment with the dark side.    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 21:50:30

• Bailout Biden (BB) is not Trump, he just sucks differently. https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/08/14/bidens-america-rent-soaring-no-apartments-available-inflation-reduction-act-price-hikes-on-electric-vehicles-and-a-meaner-nastier-irs/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 21:52:04

• "Sometimes it happens with lab bills too. Unfortunately, Quest and LabCorp don’t care what your insurance company is up to. They attempt to bill it once and if it gets kicked back, they start threatening you." https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/08/14/labcorp-spends-6-months-threatening-to-send-us-to-collections-over-a-bill-our-insurance-should-have-paid-and-then-refunds-my-payment-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-illinois-is-a-bunch-of-pirates/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 21:52:41

• Raku p6steve: TRC Slides https://p6steve.wordpress.com/2022/08/14/trc-slides/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 21:53:13

• Data isn't the new oil/gold. It's the old bubble. Dead. https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/08/14/major-adtech-layoffs-newspapers-continue-dying-off-american-economy-continues-to-the-scene-of-the-crash/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 21:54:00

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Programming_Leftovers.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:13:13

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): today's leftovers ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:13:40

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): KDE Frameworks 5.97 Adds Support for 3rd-Party Credential Storage Methods to KDE Apps ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/KDE_Frameworks_5_97_Adds_Support_for_3rd_Party_Credential_Stora.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/KDE_Frameworks_5_97_Adds_Support_for_3rd_Party_Credential_Stora.1.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:19:05

• A Misuse of Terms gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2022/202208/20220814-a-misuse-of-terms.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:31:24

• OBS 28.0 Will Change OBS On Linux Forever - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=RzfRNpRA41M | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://auragem.space/youtube/video/RzfRNpRA41M    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:32:30

• Voyager 22.04.1.1 is out based on the new Ubuntu LTS https://voyagerlive.org/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:33:21

• Torvalds moments ago: "The solution to that is actually to move the 'zeropad' part into the exception handler." https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/8/14/684    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:38:18

• "When you design a system of decent size, whether it’s software or something else, you are going to have to decompose it into subsystems, or modules." https://two-wrongs.com/decompose-into-larger-modules    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:44:29

• "It is important that training also covers conceptual models and abstractions. Giving the learner the right language, so to speak, helps them communicate with the instructor and gives them tools to reflect on their own." https://two-wrongs.com/reading-notes-accelerated-expertise    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:45:39

• All caretaker, no responsibility: how a dying government slipped freebies to its mates - Michael West ⚓ https://michaelwest.com.au/all-caretaker-no-responsibility-how-a-dying-government-slipped-freebies-to-its-mates/ ䷉ Source: michaelwest | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//michaelwest.com.au/all-caretaker-no-responsibility-how-a-dying-government-slipped-freebies-to-its-mates/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:46:16

• "There’s money in influence peddling and paper shuffling. KPMG just announced a 16% jump in revenue to $2bn in the wake of EY’s recent 18% jump. Top brass at both Big 4 advisory houses are swimming in bonuses. What’s the scam?" https://michaelwest.com.au/kpmg-ey-revenues-surge-whats-the-scam/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:46:52

• peak insanity https://staceyoniot.com/smart-scarves-are-wrapped-in-layers-of-ethics-issues/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:47:43

• "If you're in need of high precision positioning, look no further than utilizing the power of real time kinematics (RTK). We now have a full page of resources for all your RTK questions!" https://www.sparkfun.com/news/5091    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:49:05

• "Now when I start a blog post, I have a blank editor staring at me and I just start writing, not worrying about the technical details I’ll have to add later." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022/markdown-sans-front-matter/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:51:08

• "I’ve been in a melancholic funk for a couple of years now, as I’m sure we all have been. I’ve felt rudderless, tired, distant, and depressed to tears. Travel has been out of the question, and it’s been difficult to find joy in the things I usually love." https://rubenerd.com/moving-forward-with-kiriappeee-and-geofftech/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:53:38

• "I couldn’t write an article on parliamentary procedure without talking about alternatives to majority voting. One of the flaws of majority voting is that in effect, it’s the majority deciding what’s best for the minority, with very little consideration for what the minority thinks." https://two-wrongs.com/group-decisions-and-debate    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:56:02

• Why Developers Are Building So Many Side Projects | Future ⚓ https://future.com/developers-side-projects/ ䷉ Source: future | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//future.com/developers-side-projects/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:56:24

• Use of App to Record MGNREGA Attendance ‘Violation’ of Worker Rights, Act | NewsClick ⚓ https://www.newsclick.in/use-app-record-MGNREGA-attendance-violation-worker-rights-act ䷉ Source: newsclick | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.newsclick.in/use-app-record-MGNREGA-attendance-violation-worker-rights-act    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:58:39

• Interest Rate Hikes Will Not Save Us from Inflation | WEB OF DEBT BLOG ⚓ https://ellenbrown.com/2022/07/28/interest-rate-hikes-will-not-save-us-from-inflation/ ䷉ Source: ellenbrown | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//ellenbrown.com/2022/07/28/interest-rate-hikes-will-not-save-us-from-inflation/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 22:59:38

• "It’s been touted as a radical revamp of the education systems of Australia’s two biggest states. From 2030, all children in NSW and Victoria will be able to access play-based learning for free in the year before they start kindergarten." https://michaelwest.com.au/childhood-the-new-frontier-of-economic-rationalism-with-some-help-from-twiggy/    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 23:01:50

• "I feel very against the sort of machismo fascination with conflict, like it’s sort of a cool, good thing. When what we’re talking about are people’s lives. We’re talking about the future of entire societies being ripped apart by a power struggle." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNZ0so0LCoM    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 23:02:37

• How to install Wire Desktop on Pop!_OS 22.04 - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=XA1cwZ_2vok | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://auragem.space/youtube/video/XA1cwZ_2vok    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 23:04:07

• "We had another full week in the world of Linux Release with Ubuntu 220.04.1, SparkyLinux 6.4, ExTiX 22.8, Voyager Live 22.04.1.1, EndeavourOS 22.7, and Garuda Linux 220808." https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2022/08/linux-weekly-roundup-195.html    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 23:07:18

• "Subject Re: upstream kernel crashes" https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/8/14/710    

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 23:25:19

• 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (New Entry): Spiral Linux: Making Debian Easy to Use for Everyone ⇨ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Spiral_Linux_Making_Debian_Easy_to_Use_for_Everyone.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/08/14/Spiral_Linux_Making_Debian_Easy_to_Use_for_Everyone.gmi   

posted Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 23:26:08