Roy Schestowitz

• KDE Gear 22.12 branches created https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2022/11/kde-gear-2212-branches-created.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 03:58:02

• "BIOS information suggests the TDP could reach as high as 764W to accommodate things like AVX-512 workloads." 764W!!!!! INSAAAANNNEEE!! https://www.techspot.com/news/96565-intel-launch-sapphire-rapids-january-10-more-details.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:01:35

• "We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler v0.9.0." https://taler.net/en/news/2022-10.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:03:02

• #Techrights Bulletin for Saturday, November 05, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:05:20

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

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:05:25

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): This tool adds current Weather in Top-Bar Clock in Ubuntu 22.04 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/This_tool_adds_current_Weather_in_Top_Bar_Clock_in_Ubuntu_22_04.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/This_tool_adds_current_Weather_in_Top_Bar_Clock_in_Ubuntu_22_04.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:06:52

• "Getting MMS working over email was exceedingly easy because all of the work was already done for me; I just used my phone provider’s email gateway." gemini://dj-chase.com/documents/matrix-mms-email/1_mms-over-email.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:14:20

• Expressing operations and psychology gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2022-11-06_Expressing_operations_and_psychology.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:14:48

• replacing google websearch gemini://gems.geminet.org/avr/2022-11-05-replacing-google-websearch.gmi "Another thing is that Qwant is French. Normally an underdog is only an    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:16:03

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D404.jpg    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:16:50

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D746.jpg    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:16:54

• Notes from Pantheist (Secular) Astronomy (November 5 2022) gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20221105-0.gmi "stars that hot emit powerful ultraviolet and X-ray radiation, which should disrupt the planet-forming process".    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:17:49

• "Capitalism requires consumption. That is not a value judgment, but an observation. Unfortunately, the pace of consumption leads to waste - and this is made worse when vendors deliberately cultivate a culture of obsolescence and constant upgrades." gemini://arcanesciences.com/gemlog/22-11-05/i2.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:18:22

• "When I first got into Gopher, around 2013, I saw it as little more than a toy. I liked the underground nature of it, and I enjoyed how straightforward it was to use, but it had no particular ideological context to me. It was just cool" gemini://arcanesciences.com/gemlog/22-11-05/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:19:01

• "Okay now that I've finished the bulk of Lasso, I'm currently pondering what features I absolutely want in a smallnet client I'd like to write. I've assembled an incomplete list, more for my reference than for anybody else. (although I'd love somebody backing me up that they want features like these as well!)" gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2022-11-05-2.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:19:42

• Food should not be bought and sold gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/flexibeast/gemlog/2022-11-05.gmi "[ The following is _satire_. Originally posted in a different space, 2012-11-29. ]"    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:21:35

• How to Install Linux gemini://malinfreeborn.com/gen/installing_linux.gmi "Change your software to Linux software before you switch operating systems."    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:22:38

• the dog lead and the backpack gemini://gemini.mingmengtou.org/2022-11-05-the-dog-lead-and-the-backpack.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:23:15

• Extreme disappointment, Brevard NC editon gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2022/11/04.1    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:23:50

• Using Vim with Linux Commands - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=wCIwOZ5hBnI | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://auragem.space/youtube/video/wCIwOZ5hBnI    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:26:20

• "In this video I discuss the National Cyber Security Centre Scanning Made Easy program where they are doing automatic scans of internet facing devices in the UK for software vulnerabilities and how you can do these same scans yourself using NMAP scripts." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Hx1i_IjW4Ek    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:26:57

• "PGroonga is a PostgreSQL extension that makes PostgreSQL fast full text search platform for all languages! It's released under PostgreSQL license." https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgroonga-241-released-2533/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:28:26

• PostgreSQL: Octopai is adding out-of-the-box support and analysis of PostgreSQL ⚓ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/octopai-is-adding-out-of-the-box-support-and-analysis-of-postgresql-2530/ ䷉ Source: PostgreSQL | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.postgresql.org/about/news/octopai-is-adding-out-of-the-box-support-and-analysis-of-postgresql-2530/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:29:13

• One hop away from Gulag reporting you to the cops, at home and abroad https://www.maketecheasier.com/show-speed-limit-google-maps/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:30:09

• "PostgreSQL@SCaLE is a PostgreSQL two day, two track event that takes place on Thursday-Friday March 9-10, 2023, in Pasadena, California, at the Pasadena Convention Center as part of SCaLE 20x." https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresqlscale-20x-call-for-presentations-now-open-until-dec-2-2022-2534/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:30:14

• Gulag is an international informant with a "cute" logo and slogan "don't be evil" -- a misleading motto even The Company would envy    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:31:24

• Adriaan de Groot: I got some badges https://euroquis.nl//blabla/2022/11/05/badges.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:35:53

• "What I thought I was getting in this book, from numerous reviews and recommendations, was a story of unexpected competence: how a wild, unwanted child of seventeen lands at a dilapidated and starving abbey, entirely against her will, and then over the next sixty years transforms it into one of the richest abbeys in England." https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/reviews/books/0-698-40513-7.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:36:40

• VPN, on the Web, is increasingly synonymous with SPAM because almost every 'article' about VPN is paid-for WEBSPAM    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:37:44

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Mutt version 2.2.8 released on 5 November 2022 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Mutt_version_2_2_8_released_on_5_November_2022.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Mutt_version_2_2_8_released_on_5_November_2022.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:37:52

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): PostgreSQL: PGroonga 2.4.1, PostgreSQL@SCaLE 20x, and Octopai ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/PostgreSQL_PGroonga_2_4_1_PostgreSQL_SCaLE_20x_and_Octopai.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/PostgreSQL_PGroonga_2_4_1_PostgreSQL_SCaLE_20x_and_Octopai.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:48:36

• "Here is everything that has happened in the open source world this week. Lots of big announcements and interesting releases." https://fossweekly.beehiiv.com/p/foss-weekly-23-godot-foundation-mozilla-ventures-rust-1-65-linux-lite-6-2-other-releases    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:52:26

• "My tool of choice for analyzing performance issue is Hotspot, KDAB’s excellent perf visualizer. It comes with an easy to use GUI for browsing the results collected by it. Particularly its flame graph view lets you detect, well, hotspots during execution quickly" https://blog.broulik.de/2022/11/performance-musings/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:53:17

• Due to 'fireworks night', all video recording in techrights delayed until Sunday (too noise, endless background noise)    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:53:53

• The bird, the billionaire and the precipice. - affordance.info https://affordance.framasoft.org/2022/10/the-bird-the-billionaire-and-the-precipice/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:56:09

• Microsoft delivered malware again https://blog.phylum.io/phylum-discovers-dozens-more-pypi-packages-attempting-to-deliver-w4sp-stealer-in-ongoing-supply-chain-attack    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:56:58

• dedoimedo quiet lately, but still dumping ALL of Windows and moving fully to GNU/Linux https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-5-26-review.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:58:11

• The type system is a programmer's best friend https://dusted.codes/the-type-system-is-a-programmers-best-friend    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:58:48

• Good old-fashioned code optimization never goes out of style https://pythonspeed.com/articles/old-fashioned-software-optimized/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 04:59:44

• How to communicate effectively as a developer ⚓ https://www.karlsutt.com/articles/communicating-effectively-as-a-developer/ ䷉ Source: Karl Sutt | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.karlsutt.com/articles/communicating-effectively-as-a-developer/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:00:08

• Early speed optimizations aren’t premature ⚓ https://pythonspeed.com/articles/premature-optimization/ ䷉ Source: Python Speed | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//pythonspeed.com/articles/premature-optimization/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:00:36

• Software Accessibility: Back-End Developers Play a Major Role ⚓ https://www.itprotoday.com/development-techniques-and-management/5-ways-back-end-developers-can-improve-software-accessibility ䷉ Source: IT Pro Today    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:01:13

• Fedora 37 (beta) has 1332 open bugs https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fridays-fedora-facts-2022-44/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:03:53

• Dominique Leuenberger: openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2022/44 https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2022/11/opensuse-tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2022-44/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:04:44

• How to Use diff to Compare Text Files in the Linux Terminal ⚓ https://www.makeuseof.com/compare-text-files-on-linux-with-diff/ ䷉ Source: Make Use Of | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.makeuseof.com/compare-text-files-on-linux-with-diff/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:06:51

• Now Mark Surman hopes you forget who funds Mozilla https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/02/Mozilla_Ventures_Unveiled.shtml   

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:11:06

• Money does NOT grow on trees. Money gets minted by issuing DEBT to the public (and future offspring too, in recent decades more so) and handing over wads of cash to unethical military projects, in effect 'blood money'. Red Hat the 'Linux' company profits from attack helicopters. http://techrights.org/2022/10/27/red-hat-lockheed-martin-raytheon/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:12:49

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KDE Gear 22.12 branches created ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/KDE_Gear_22_12_branches_created.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/KDE_Gear_22_12_branches_created.gmi ∎   

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:14:49

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:15:12

• Deaths involving COVID-19, 5.5% of all UK deaths https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/11/05/uk-deaths-soaring/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:16:41

• BS gimmicks creeping into DNS https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/not-quite-emoji-domain-names/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:25:03

• Pfizer pisses off even its own workers! https://michaelwest.com.au/pfizer-workers-walk-off-job-amid-dispute/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:26:28

• "This particular machine is a fairly upgraded unit thanks in large part to Stephen Dowdy, formerly of the Solbourne Shack and the University of Colorado, where he maintained them." https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2022/10/if-one-guis-not-enough-for-your-sparc.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:27:07

• Introducing yahoofinancer - Rsquared Academy Blog - Explore Discover Learn ⚓ https://blog.rsquaredacademy.com/introducing-yahoofinancer-fetch-data-from-yahoo-finance-api/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//blog.rsquaredacademy.com/introducing-yahoofinancer-fetch-data-from-yahoo-finance-api/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:27:59

• FSFE child labour https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20221104-01.en.html doesn't matter if it's not physical labour. Bunch of Germans funded by Gulag getting kids to work for them, knowing they would not demand a salary. Evil disguised as goodwill. Exploitation.    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:36:56

• Universities also exploit postgrads for 'free labour', in the same way academic journals ("publishers") exploit every person in unis. It's a price-fixing cartel and zero-cost labour scheme/racket.    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:37:50

• People simply aren't accustomed to saying universities exploit people at a large scale. That ought to change. This issue should be brought up. That's aside from the fact that Western unis are being hijacked (financially) by greedy corporations. They used to be more like The Commons.    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:39:53

• A lot of universities which claim they give people "skills" don't give them skills but give private, for-profit, and often highly unethical corporations a bunch of serfs who will later wreck the sector at their behest, maybe unaware of what they're effectively doing    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:41:30

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:58:12

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Work on Debian and Debian-Based SparkyLinux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Work_on_Debian_and_Debian_Based_SparkyLinux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Work_on_Debian_and_Debian_Based_SparkyLinux.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:58:20

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/today_s_leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/today_s_leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 05:58:28

• "he function takes 3 space-separated values." ☛ https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2022/100daysof-day30/ | Source: Manuel Matuzovic    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 09:38:19

• "There are four places prose text font-size can be set: [...]" ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/font-size | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 09:38:26

• "Once up on a time there were good reasons to use a separate /boot filesystem, but they've gone away these days in basic configurations." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SeparateBootMostlyNot | Source: uni Toronto    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 09:38:34

• "We have been working lately with Enric Balletbo and Dorinda Bassey to improve the support for the HP X2 Chromebook in Fedora." ☛ https://blog.dowhile0.org/2022/11/04/how-to-install-fedora-on-an-hp-x2-chromebook/ | Source: Javier Martinez Canillas    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 09:39:25

• "New York City has an agreement with CityBridge, the team behind LinkNYC, that involves installing 2,000 5G towers over the next several years" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/05/nyregion/nyc-5g-towers.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 09:40:01

• "The concept of time-sharing has been around since the early days of UNIX." ☛ https://matt-rickard.com/user-generated-code | Source: Matt Rickard    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 09:45:03

• "I keep getting lost in the maze of Haskell's numeric types." ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2022/11/04/#numbers | Source: Mark Dominus    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 09:45:42

• "In the world of BSD and Linux, a software developer is someone who develops software, it's someone who knows how to program in a programming language like C (or something else)." ☛ https://unixsheikh.com/articles/the-heavy-responsibility-of-the-package-maintainer.html | Source: Unix Sheikh    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 09:45:47

• "" ☛ https://matt-rickard.com/mastering-the-command-line | Source: Matt Rickard    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 09:46:24

• "Regular readers will know that I helped get ⏻ and several power symbols into Unicode." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/not-quite-emoji-domain-names/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 09:46:38

• Matthew Butterick and the Joseph Saveri Law Firm are suing Microsoft for “software piracy on an unprecedented scale”; the Open Source Initiative (OSI) is meanwhile bagging bribes from both Microsoft and GitHub to protect the “pirate” http://techrights.org/2022/11/06/joseph-saveri-law-firm-v-microsoft/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 09:53:42

• "The reluctance was simply because the way the debate is framed — it's 'Whose side are you on?'" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1133586707 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:18:48

• DST harms health ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/3720344-time-is-running-out-for-house-to-pass-permanent-daylight-saving-bill/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:18:55

• nato https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/11/04/nato-nordic-expansion-turkey-sweden-finland/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:19:52

• "That amused me then and now. A booklet written in 1986 was still largely relevant in 2016" ☛ https://opensource.com/article/22/11/fixing-scanned-images-imagemagick | Source: OpenSource.com    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:20:57

• "Ready for some more quality games?" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/11/get-some-quality-titles-like-frostpunk-and-children-of-morta-in-the-11bit-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:21:19

• profanity https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-kate-middleton-remark-profanity-prince-william-harry-1756283    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:22:20

• greenwashing; "these programs are in place to suck' https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/is-hp's-new-laptop-really-repairable,-or:d    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:23:27

• s/news/disinformation/ https://neritam.wordpress.com/2022/11/05/social-media-is-teenagers-top-news-sources/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:23:41

• "By default, SSH utilizes port number 22 and many sysadmins change it to avoid the influx of bot attacks trying to brute-force their way in." ☛ https://linuxhandbook.com/ssh-alternate-port/ | Source: Linux Handbook    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:25:09

• These instructions not only tell people to put malware in GNU/Linux but also let Microsoft spy, on top of being able to control (via root) the machine during updates, adding additional malware covertly and without consent https://www.linuxcapable.com/install-microsoft-teams-on-debian/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:30:16

• btrfs: introduce BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_EMERGENCY https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=dfed100c66b278f1b84c587b80ff143758837876    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:31:10

• There’s an effort to weaken the Internet by essentially charging Net users to get connected, profiting from their personal data, and then charging every Web site on top of that; it is being portrayed as a solution to a problem despite being a problem in its own right http://techrights.org/2022/11/06/isp-price-gouging/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:31:42

• "LockBit only attacks Windows systems." https://itwire.com/security/lockbit-ransomware-gang-hits-melbourne-school-kilvington-grammar.html Microsoft TCO    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:32:48

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:34:03

• "Unpopular opinions: The worst part of Elon Musk's wave of firings at Twitter is that those people will now pollute the cultures and drain the resources of other organizations." http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-051122.html#tNov%2005%2001:26:10 iophk: just like "former" microsofters    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:40:29

• megafarms https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11395273/Water-drying-Arizona-foreign-owned-megafarms-sucking-crops.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:40:43

• black friday https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.azlo.es/compras/dia-de-no-comprar-nada-versus-black-friday-que-es-buy-nothing-day/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:40:59

• "Synology launched this week a Wi-Fi 6 router with transmission rates up to 600Mbps (2.4 GHz) and up to 2400Mbps (5 GHz)." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/wi-fi-6-mesh-router-supports-up-to-150-devices/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:41:45

• We need to constantly speak about corporate racism and how companies hiding behind "D & I" PR are racist inwards and outwards, occasionally trying to rob community efforts by defaming the activists/volunteers as "racist" while they themselves (the companies) are far far the worst culprits. But guess who owns a lot of the media and thus controls/shapes narratives...    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 10:43:58

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/data-hack-at-it-firm-may-include-health-records-of-victorian-school-students-20221105-p5bvuz.html | Source: The Age AU    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 11:14:44

• Windows TCO ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/lockbit-ransomware-gang-hits-melbourne-school-kilvington-grammar.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 11:14:55

• Windows TCO ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/3720360-heres-how-lawmakers-are-tackling-rising-cyber-threats-in-the-health-sector/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 11:15:00

• "Searching for 'GIMP' in Google" ☛ https://www.scmagazine.com/brief/threat-intelligence/vidar-info-stealer-distributed-via-spoofed-gimp-site | Source: CyberRisk Alliance LLC    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 11:15:06

• "Securing the Software Supply Chain" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/11/nsa-on-supply-chain-security.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 11:15:53

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 11:34:38

• The EPO‘s “f*cking president” António Campinos (he actually referred to himself as “the f*cking president”) is going to face more and more challenges as scrutiny from outside the patent microcosm becomes inevitable if not imminent http://techrights.org/2022/11/06/epo-coup-alert/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:06:28

• As noted moments ago, a storm is brewing as António Campinos persists in destruction of the EPO (while telling staff that he is “the F**king President”, demonstrating very weak leadership skills) http://techrights.org/2022/11/06/always-right/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:06:41

• iTWire - Age reporter accuses Vic premier of deceit, but then has second thoughts ⚓ https://itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis-sp-481/open-sauce/age-reporter-accuses-vic-premier-of-deceit,-but-then-has-second-thoughts.html ䷉ Source: IT Wire    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:07:31

• systemd encrypted boot may be broken by upgrade (systemd-cryptsetup) - suggest to postpone upgrading openssl https://www.parabola.nu/news/systemd-encrypted-boot-may-be-broken-by-upgrade-systemd-cryptsetup-suggest-to-postpone-upgrading/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:08:04

• "Schiphol airport" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1988499.html | Source: RTL    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:11:49

• "Many island states had the same red line." ☛ https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2022/11/05/the-world-is-going-to-miss-the-totemic-1-5c-climate-target | Source: The Economist    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:11:57

• "If the world really does face a climate emergency, what ought you, personally, be doing about it?" ☛ https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/in-defence-of-suvs/ | Source: The Spectator UK    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:12:41

• "The protester, who is a writer and film editor, says she is willing to spend time in jail" ☛ https://news.sky.com/story/mother-62-deflates-tyres-on-100-suvs-and-wants-army-of-middle-aged-women-to-join-her-protest-12717960 | Source: Sky News    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:13:07

• "Targeting the affluent areas of Clifton, the group deflated the tyres of 55 SUVs." ☛ https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/bristol-tyre-extinguishers-deflate-55-suv-tyres-overnight/ |    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:13:12

• "activists say they are 'disabling' 4x4 and SUV vehicles" ☛ https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/clifton-latest-target-bristol-tyre-7748167 |    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:13:18

• "renewable sources" ☛ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/22448-non-fossil-electricity-made-up-86-of-production-in-finland-in-2021.html | Source: Helsinki Times    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:13:54

• Olkiluoto ☛ https://news.err.ee/1608779542/finnish-nuclear-reactor-shutdown-not-direct-threat-to-estonia-s-energy | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhääling    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:13:59

• "If bumblebees can play" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1134355887 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:15:18

• "The purchase was done through its fully-owned subsidiary Fondomonte" ☛ https://www.arabnews.com/news/537336 | Source: Arab News    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:15:36

• "We are using up the renewable resources of 1.7 Earths." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/19/the-future-of-life-on-earth-depends-on-curbing-overpopulation | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:15:41

• "However, the population may not level off as soon as the UN projects." ☛ https://observer.case.edu/are-there-too-many-of-us/ |    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:15:59

• He knows Twitter will die; he said he had regretted taking it public, too ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3721497-twitter-founder-apologizes-amid-musks-mass-layoffs-i-own-the-responsibility/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:18:19

• "It also listed several features that are “coming soon” to the subscription service" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3721532-twitter-launches-8-per-month-subscription-service-including-verification/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:18:34

• "a tweet Dorsey wrote in April in which the former CEO praised Musk" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/twitter-co-founder-jack-dorsey-apologizes-elon-musks-team-begins-mass-rcna55820 | Source: NBC    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:18:40

• "So we haven’t gained anything for the community" ☛ https://danielmiessler.com/blog/twitters-blue-checkmark-strategy-lowers-trust-in-pursuit-of-revenue/ | Source: Daniel Miessler    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:18:57

• "The idea that advertisers alone will save us from hate speech and the further degradation of digital social media is wishful thinking." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/opinion/elon-musk-twitter-free.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:19:17

• Misinformation ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/technology/voter-fraud-social-media-games.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:19:42

• "Afghan journalists who fled across the border to Pakistan to escape Taliban rule" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/after-fleeing-taliban-afghan-journalists-find-visa-money-woes/6820759.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:21:30

• "Instead of taking the opportunity to buy as much as possible on Black Friday" ☛ https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/magazine-zone/black-friday-and-buy-nothing-day |    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:21:40

• Russia https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/11/04/nato-nordic-expansion-turkey-sweden-finland/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:27:21

• "CrowdSupply recently launched the Pocket Integrator" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/pocket-operator-add-on-board-launched-for-99/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:27:54

• resignation? ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2022/11/05/pro-government-media-calls-for-the-resignation-of-two-judges-for-meeting-us-ambassador | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:33:22

• "Russians made 9.7 million trips outside the country" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/11/05/russians-made-nearly-10-million-trips-out-of-the-country-from-july-to-september | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:33:39

• nato ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/11/05/nato-on-russia-s-nuclear-threat-the-risk-isn-t-great-but-we-re-taking-it-very-seriously | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:33:49

• "They are going to lose the midterms because of the Ukraine War." ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/11/06/democrats-are-burning-it-all-down/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:34:17

• "Meat in the Game" ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/11/06/out-of-prison-meat-in-the-game/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:34:25

• Roskomnadzor ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/11/06/from-protecting-children-to-discrediting-the-army | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:34:46

• "In Kostroma, a fire occurred in the Polygon nightclub in the early morning hours of November 5" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/11/05/fire-in-kostroma-bar-kills-13 | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:35:16

• Vuhlehirsk ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/11/05/supreme-court-judge-in-the-annexed-dnr-wounded-in-assassination-attempt | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:35:21

• Pro Publica distracting from how its briber in chief Bill Gates meddles with elections while evading tax? ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-churches-violate-johnson-amendment-before-midterms    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:36:17

• harvard and "Twitter thread" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/11/05/harvard-professors-call-for-500k-more-armed-cops/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:36:40

• AFRICOM ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/11/05/africa-does-not-want-to-be-a-breeding-ground-for-the-new-cold-war/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:36:59

• SCOTUS ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/11/05/the-racism-of-the-supreme-courts-supermajority-was-on-full-display-this-week/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:37:27

• Russia ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-companies-locked-down-russian-tv-now-putin-wants-it-back-221105/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:37:53

• "Corporate Greed" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/05/its-corporate-greed-stupid | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:38:30

• gop ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/05/critics-warn-gop-midterm-victory-would-be-disaster-working-class-democracy-and | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:39:01

• "President Biden has the opportunity to show the public he stands with them instead of Big Oil." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/05/president-biden-must-pass-windfall-tax | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:39:20

• unions ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/rail-unions-got-pressured-into-a-bad-deal-now-workers-are-threatening-to-strike/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:39:53

• climate ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/05/over-100-climate-activists-arrested-blocking-private-jets-taking-amsterdam | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:41:38

• "confronting Wall Street greed" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/05/americans-arent-serfs-house-democrats-propose-end-wall-street-rent-gouging | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:41:54

• "The Supreme Court’s June 2022 Dobbs decision ending nearly 50 years of established abortion rights" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/05/concerned-about-economy-then-vote-candidates-who-support-abortion-rights | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:42:12

• "Victims of Oil Companies" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/05/save-planet-earth-us-should-buy-out-fossil-fuel-industry | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:42:35

• "Water is sometimes known as the universal solvent" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/11/05/nanoassembly-with-water/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:43:14

• "even for homebrew hardware" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/11/05/the-great-resistor/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:43:36

• fascism ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/05/during-speech-fascism-and-creepy-gop-direct-appeal-texas-governors-wife-audience | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:44:08

• "Russia's back and forth with Ukraine wheat exports—first accepting a deal to allow their shipment" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/05/global-food-system-enables-russia-use-food-weapon | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:44:40

• AIPAC ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/aipac-had-a-banner-year-in-election-meddling-and-we-should-all-be-concerned/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:45:23

• Wall Art ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/11/05/wall-art-with-a-moving-coil-or-two/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:45:50

• Election ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/05/election-poor-and-low-income-americans-cannot-afford-lose | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:46:50

• Ontario ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/55000-ontario-education-workers-strike-despite-draconian-new-anti-labor-law/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:47:42

• "the departure of once-common component" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/11/05/when-only-a-to92-will-do/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:48:08

• Common choices are annoying beeping ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/11/05/creating-your-alarm-on-the-fly/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:49:14

• Homelessness ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/housing-and-homelessness-are-on-the-ballot-will-unhoused-people-have-a-say/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:49:39

• Like Microsoft 'panels' ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/pr-firm-plays-both-sides-at-upcoming-global-climate-talks/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 13:49:57

• 'Linux' Foundation SUPER quiet lately. What is going on? Obviously not holidays...    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 14:18:22

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 14:22:24

• Ian W MORRISON: Some company keeps sending me WINDOWS machines to promote them in a "Linux" site https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/11/06/beelink-sei12-alder-lake-mini-pc-review-with-windows-11-ubuntu-22-04/ "thank Beelink for providing the Beelink SEi12 for review. Further details can be found on their website where the mini PC is up for pre-order for $459.00"    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:02:55

• "This is the release of version 4.7.1 of the Authoritative Server" https://blog.powerdns.com/2022/10/31/authoritative-server-4-7-1/ https://blog.powerdns.com/2022/11/01/authoritative-server-4-7-2/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:04:05

• dnsdist 1.7.3 released | PowerDNS Blog ⚓ https://blog.powerdns.com/2022/11/02/dnsdist-1-7-3-released/ ䷉ Source: PowerDNS | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//blog.powerdns.com/2022/11/02/dnsdist-1-7-3-released/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:04:46

• The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court are basically scams; they’re being rebranded and falsely marketed by a malicious lobby looking to raid Europe through “judges” who are basically working for this lobby http://techrights.org/2022/11/06/malicious-lobby-for-moles-as-judges/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:07:51

• Patent judges are being targeted by the litigation lobby, which is looking to replace them with industry insiders in a robe or a gown, deciding on cases which may later open up employment opportunities or entice new clients (where they work for a large salary) http://techrights.org/2022/11/06/naked-upc-corruption/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:08:06

• UK abandoned its COVID portal in favour of propaganda through omission and emphasis on AstraZeneca sales (while UK deaths are SOARING) https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/whatsnew/record/edf0bcf3-8159-40bc-aa9d-43c533cdd47f    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:09:36

• They do worse than this (like 'forgetting' to add many deaths until much later): "There are currently errors in Wales data on patients in hospital. Because of formatting errors, data are published against incorrect dates. This will be corrected in the next release." https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/whatsnew/record/4733d271-b0ef-4183-b26a-fb30d88b6553    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:10:26

• UK gov: look ma! We stopped testing people for COVID-19, so numbers are coming down!!! SUCCESS!!    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:10:53

• This was mostly a media blunder; it hyped up something based on misinformation in "tweets" https://words.filippo.io/dispatches/openssl-punycode/ see http://techrights.org/2022/11/01/ibm-sensationalism/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:12:51

• Conflating security with misinformation (two very different things, merged only for political purposes) https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/understand-action-intelligence-information-operations    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:15:38

• Hungary's Number of Deaths in 2022 Similar to 2020 https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/11/06/hungary-deaths/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:35:23

• "Mandiant has recently observed DRAGONBRIDGE, an influence campaign we assess with high confidence to be operating in support of the political interests of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), aggressively targeting the United States by seeking to sow division both between the U.S. and its allies and within the U.S. political system itself." https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/prc-dragonbridge-influence-elections    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:38:08

• "Join us this year with three separate weekly deals from November 8th to December 2nd. With sales up to 50% off on products ranging from kits, GPS, Qwiic, and MicroMod, you will not want to miss this sale" https://www.sparkfun.com/news/5476    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:45:49

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:45:56

• Even "tweets" are more worthless than this https://catonmat.net/ship    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:46:45

• How we use binary search to find compiler bugs https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/cinder-jit-bisect/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:47:50

• Random numbers aren't truly random! https://lunduke.substack.com/p/random-numbers-arent-truly-random    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:48:14

• Microsoft Bacon https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/h_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feaca9ece-62aa-4035-a609-c773acfd8213_1280x720.jpeg    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:50:12

• Coding https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb987d42d-806d-4157-9bf5-d7a7c49b4a07_576x576.jpeg    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:50:55

• Lunduke: let's use PROPRIETARY Discord :/ back to his Microsoft roots? mhttps://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-lunduke-journal-live-call-in    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:52:30

• China imposes fresh lockdown around major Apple iPhone plant https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-zone-that-hosts-foxconns-zhengzhou-plant-imposes-fresh-lockdown-2022-11-02/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:55:56

• Are they moaning about loss of "potential" iphones at the expense of actual lives? https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4705481    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:56:36

• Uber has no way to actually make money; next trial: spamming company? https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/31/uber-tests-push-notifications-a-feature-literally-no-one-wants/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:57:58

• Hungary is ranked 3rd in the world for COVID-19 deaths/capita https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/11/06/hungary-deaths/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 15:59:40

• "Tor Browser 11.5.7 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1157/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:00:53

• "This year we will be doing things a bit differently than we have in the past. Instead of having all the presentations happening on the same day, we are organizing two streams on two different days, one for Tor Project’s teams and another for our community." https://blog.torproject.org/state-of-the-onion-2022/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:25:41

• "Howdy folks! I'm Dryw, a new engineer here at SparkFun! I joined in March of this year and have already released a handful of products, such as those Bosch pressure sensors and the IoT Redboard - ESP32." https://www.sparkfun.com/news/5461    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:26:49

• “unlikely that a general monitoring of individual communications would withstand the scrutiny of (European) fundamental rights”. https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/bundestag-legal-experts-find-eu-chat-control-csam-scanner-plan-would-not-hold-up-in-court/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:31:48

• https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2022/11/02/some-notes-on-modular-json-schema-definitions/   

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:32:10

• "OK, so I've been experimenting with how I might construct a schema in a modular way; this is as opposed to more monolithic ones which are arguably harder to read and manage. At least for me and my small brain." https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2022/11/02/some-notes-on-modular-json-schema-definitions/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:32:18

• "Everactive — and other companies trying to create these easy-to-deploy sensor networks — have to make the hardware simple, the connectivity simple, and getting the data from a gateway to the customer’s application simple. They also have to make it easy to build something usable from that sensor data." Surveillance? https://staceyoniot.com/everactive-launches-dev-kit-as-tech-kicks-batteries-to-the-curb/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:34:03

• Places with GUESTS should not have "spy" ('smart') devices in them https://staceyoniot.com/how-to-give-guests-control-of-smart-devices-in-a-vacation-home/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:35:12

• perfect security: do NOT have these devices at all. No device, no worry, no woman, no cry https://staceyoniot.com/how-does-matter-handle-iot-device-security/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:36:41

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Devuan-Based PeppermintOS November 2022 Release Brings New and Updated Tools ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Devuan_Based_PeppermintOS_November_2022_Release_Brings_New_and_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Devuan_Based_PeppermintOS_November_2022_Release_Brings_New_and_.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:38:11

• "What happens when everyone can become a video star just by having a script?" https://danielmiessler.com/blog/reverse-transcription/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:40:58

• "So I worry that the only people who’d pay for the blue check are entities who need Twitter for self-promotion. Lord knows there are plenty, of whom I follow as few as possible." https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/10/31/Twitter-Pricing    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:41:54

• 🔤SpellBinding: CFUMOSI Wordo: FOULS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2022-11-06.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:57:25

• "There has been a lot of talk on the Gemini mailing list lately about applications, and dealing with the ugly realities of things like spam and CSRF vulnerabilities" gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/a-vision-for-gemini-applications.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:58:12

• "3 days of living in a resort, it's ok" gemini://flookish.flounder.online/gemlog/2022-11-06.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:58:47

• API Evolution gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2022-11_api-evolution.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 16:59:49

• "As is the trend these days, nobody was wearing face masks save for one woman. I overheard someone mocking her for this. Everyone is acting like the pandemic is over." gemini://gemini.panda-roux.dev/log/entry/67    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:00:42

• "I don't have any personal experience with project quotas. Our Ubuntu ZFS fileservers are still running Ubuntu 18.04, which is too old to support them, and even once we upgrade to 22.04 we probably won't try it because of the various challenges of administering and managing them." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/ZFSPerUserReservationWish    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:05:47

• "(Of course we don't actually know if GMail is rejecting the email for this reason alone. There could be other signals involved that GMail isn't putting in the SMTP rejection message for various reasons.)" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/spam/AntiSpamCopyingGoogle    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:06:18

• "You might remember Rob's candy throwing robot from last year, when he used the ESP-32 and some other materials to change the social-distancing trick-or-treating game!" https://www.sparkfun.com/news/5479    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:09:31

• Ewwwww... GitHub (Proprietary) https://www.sparkfun.com/news/5478    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:10:28

• The robotic falcon designed to help prevent bird strikes https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/the-robotic-falcon-designed-to-help-prevent-bird-strikes-scn/index.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:11:38

• What's Your Placebo? https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/articles/264850-whats-your-placebo/abstract    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:13:05

• "Why would retail investors buy? They are facing high inflation and a looming recession, their stock and bond portfolios are evaporating, and their cryptocurrency HODL-ings have evaporated even faster. It isn't just retail" https://blog.dshr.org/2022/11/greater-fool-supply-chain-crisis.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:16:23

• "This chart shows that, once "number go down" the number of investors who "just want exposure to Bitcoin" is miniscule. The fund is just for devoted HODL-ers." https://blog.dshr.org/2022/11/greater-fool-supply-chain-crisis.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:17:59

• earthly.dev sucking and promoting containers as PROPRIETARY software traps https://earthly.dev/blog/deploy-DockerContainers-with-ECS/ https://earthly.dev/blog/how-to-use-docker-in-vscode/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:19:03

• CG spun as HEY HI https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/2022/10/26/shutterstock-partners-openai-to-advance-ai-image-generation/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:21:36

• Diesel Shortages Loom https://eponymouspickle.blogspot.com/2022/10/diesel-shortages-loom.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:22:19

• Evil ICBM working with USPTO to boost patent maximalists' agenda https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-announces-demonstration-project-with-us-patent-and-trademark-office-to-help-make-patent-research-insights-more-accessible-and-usable-301662935.html#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C Oct. 31%2C 2022,with Watson® Demonstration System. see http://techrights.org/wiki/USPTO#2022    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:23:32

• "The long-term ambition of the European Quantum Internet Alliance is to build a Quantum Internet that enables quantum communication applications between any two points on Earth." https://quantum-internet.team/home/about/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:23:57

• "Chess players and programmers now have access to tools that can improve skills and unleash creativity" https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-tools    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:24:59

• Clown computing is meaningless nonsense and IBM was already in the server market since the 1950s. This is just a way to distract from he chaos in Red Hat. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ibms-expensive-and-risky-pivot-to-the-cloud-is-finally-paying-off-11666725018    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:26:56

• "Implications? And to what degree? Only most serious, and how often? So what then is an upgrade? seems perilous for users." https://eponymouspickle.blogspot.com/2022/10/apple-not-fully-patching-all-oss.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:28:21

• A data-sharing agreement between the US and UK is now in effect | Engadget ⚓ https://www.engadget.com/us-uk-data-sharing-agreement-in-effect-171316794.html ䷉ Source: Engadget | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.engadget.com/us-uk-data-sharing-agreement-in-effect-171316794.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:29:22

• Horizon Worlds metaverse app so bad that Meta has to force employees to use it https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/07/horizon-worlds/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:29:57

• Small Sensors for Big Challenges https://cacm.acm.org/news/266172-small-sensors-for-big-challenges/fulltext    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:31:26

• "And their latest attempt to out-fing humanity’s fingers is pleasingly terrifying." https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/26/23424420/robot-tentacle-gripper-rubber-filaments-mr-jelly-hands    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:33:31

• "There are many small timer or stopwatch programs available in Linux, but...why not make our own? I will show you many different ways to create your own custom timers using the standard Linux command line utilities. I'll use 'for' loops, 'while' loops, cat, read, time, timeout, and several other standard utilities." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=RmocnnEuEWE    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:35:05

• Robots Writing Code...What Could Go Wrong? - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=dF1JKkyEvm8 | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://auragem.space/youtube/video/dF1JKkyEvm8    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:35:36

• KDE neon 20221106 https://neon.kde.org/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:35:57

• Splunk is PROPRIETARY and junk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc6oMQ8UNxQ    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:38:27

• Windows ITSELF cannot be trusted. Change the entire foundation (OS) https://www.maketecheasier.com/prevent-windows-apps-from-accessing-internet/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:42:23

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

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:43:15

• Home network refresh: 10G and IPv6 ⚓ https://ral-arturo.org/2022/11/06/home-net.html ䷉ Source: Arturo Borrero González | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//ral-arturo.org/2022/11/06/home-net.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:44:33

• "So here’s a quick post on how to generate DNS queries and parse DNS responses! We’re going to do it in Ruby because I’m giving a talk at a Ruby conference soon, and this blog post is partly prep for that talk :)." https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/11/06/making-a-dns-query-in-ruby-from-scratch/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:45:48

• see what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser https://krausefx.com/blog/announcing-inappbrowsercom-see-what-javascript-commands-get-executed-in-an-in-app-browser    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:50:07

• It goes down to zero when you stop taking planes http://r.iresmi.net/2022/11/02/my-air-travel-carbon-footprint/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:50:36

• A Footnote in History | Quantum Jitter ⚓ https://www.quantumjitter.com/project/footnote/ ䷉ Source: Quantum Jitter | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.quantumjitter.com/project/footnote/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:51:36

• "I'm getting tired of working alone and I've had no success finding collaborators. All of the people I'd like to work with are either already busy working full-time or are totally burnt out." https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/log/0029/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:52:36

• A browser company wants everything to be done in a browser. Companies that "phone home" want to boobytrap your home with "smart" (spy) things. People need to know when to say "NO" and why.    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:53:38

• Microsoft is spying, and this spying is being CELEBRATED by corrupted corporate media https://cacm.acm.org/news/265110-linkedin-ran-undisclosed-social-experiments-on-20-million-users-for-years-to-study-job-success/fulltext    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:54:26

• "Guest" is new term for "SPAM" https://venturebeat.com/virtual/shaping-your-brand-identity-in-the-metaverse/ venturebeat becoming PR spam farm    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:55:52

• "You would have to agree with me that all people should obey just laws but I would also say that unjust law is no law at all. And when we find an unjust law, I think we have a moral obligation to take a stand against it." https://alirezahayati.com/2022/11/02/obeying-the-law/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:57:49

• "My brothers and sisters, we are living in a new slavery and we are bound by unjust laws to obey these lords and masters, but we are morally obligated to disobey the unjust laws forced on us and we are morally and humanly obligated to fight against these masters" https://alirezahayati.com/2022/11/02/obeying-the-law/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:58:23

• "Enter HandBrakeCLI. Assuming you're on a Mac and installed Handbrake already (e.g. with brew install --cask handbrake), download HandBrakeCLI, mount the downloaded disk image, and copy the executable into a system path" https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/batch-transcode-folder-videos-handbrakes-cli    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 17:58:52

• Building systems on top of bloated crap https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/docker-and-systemd-getting-rid-dreaded-failed-connect-bus-error    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:00:03

• Maybe in the future they will tell us that to fix "hard" problems in systemd we not only need to create a Microsoft account (GitHub) but also to become Microsoft customers ("subscription"). Lennart is working AGAINST Linux. http://techrights.org/2022/05/16/elce-pseudo-novelty/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:02:09

• kernel/git/arm64/linux.git - AArch64 Linux kernel port https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git/commit/?id=0e5d5ae837c8ce04d2ddb874ec5f920118bd9d31    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:02:43

• "Here is a series of patches to fix known (and likely also unknown) regressions caused by the backlight-detect refactor landing in 6.1." https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/20221104212108.73537-1-hdegoede@redhat.com/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:03:47

• "I'm worried about transmitting the virus to my partner, who has a weakened immune system. They've been kind enough to deliver tea and snacks while I've been sequestered in this room all day. I make sure they know they're appreciated (from a distance and behind a mask)." gemini://gemini.panda-roux.dev/log/entry/67    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:04:39

• "Using the 'slow' preset, av1_nvenc outperformed hevc_nvenc in terms of encoding speed by 75% to 100% while performing above tests." https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/5c288a44ad16087c3d3a7563490cb634790e751f    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:05:11

• "Asynchronous Enclave Exit Notify and the EDECCSSA User Leaf Function." https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?h=x86/sgx&id=370839c241f7b98c66063c2892795a37ee3d2771    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:05:34

• virtnbdbackup in unstable/bookworm – Michael Ablassmeier – .. ⚓ https://abbbi.github.io//virtnbdbackup-debian/ ䷉ Source: Michael Ablassmeier ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//abbbi.github.io//virtnbdbackup-debian/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:06:11

• list of open source projects to donate to – Want to support Free (GNU) and Open Source software? https://dwaves.de/2022/11/06/list-of-open-source-projects-to-donate-to-want-to-support-free-gnu-and-open-source-software/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:06:40

• "Arm today announced the appointment of Tony Fadell, Build Collective Principal, to its Board. Mr. Fadell brings decades of experience with the Arm architecture and ecosystem to his role as the company prepares for a potential public listing." https://www.arm.com/company/news/2022/11/arm-announces-the-appointment-of-tony-fadell-to-the-board-of-directors    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:20:45

• "This talk was presented at WordPress Accessibility Day 2022, I wanted to include links to more details, as well as include the transcript (so that you don’t have to watch a video) so that anyone can use it to make a website more accessible." https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/getting-started-with-accessibility/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:21:34

• "In case you are unaware, the US is currently experience a critical shortage of blood." http://flower.codes/2022/11/02/donate-blood.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:22:15

• Merit Badges for Grownups | flower.codes ⚓ http://flower.codes/2022/11/03/merit-badges-for-grownups.html ䷉ Source: Zach Flower | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?http%3A//flower.codes/2022/11/03/merit-badges-for-grownups.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:23:49

• Substituting economics for politics is a failure https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/27/economism/#what-would-i-do-if-i-were-a-horse    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:24:51

• "The next version of Adobe's apps will require you to pay that $21/month Pantone fee, or any Pantone-defined colors in your images will render as black. That's true whether you created the file last week or 20 years ago." https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/28/fade-to-black/#trust-the-process    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:25:22

• Trying to make everyone redundant while worsening service, too https://www.wsj.com/articles/walgreens-turns-to-prescription-filling-robots-to-free-up-pharmacists-11664713243    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:26:43

• "Funding for hypersonic weapons has been relatively restrained in the past; however, both the Pentagon and Congress have shown a growing interest in pursuing the development and near-term deployment of hypersonic systems" https://eponymouspickle.blogspot.com/2022/11/hypersonic-weapons.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:27:36

• Again, making people redundant for VASTLY inferior service https://www.psu.edu/news/engineering/story/natural-language-processing-software-evaluates-middle-school-science-essays/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:30:53

• The same people who won't bother properly testing drugs and vaccines anymore also try to rush 'self-driving' cars into roads and replace people with lousy "HEY HI" that works as poorly as "robocalls" (or those annoying voice interfaces) or "self-checkout". It's always about corporate greed, not progress.    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:33:02

• "Customer satisfaction" does not matter to corporations that only care about "bottom line" and see humans as "resources" or "expense"    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:34:00

• How to make chips with back doors in clown computing for total control OVER the user. Only gullible people get excited over this: https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-google-cloud-launch-new-chip-improve-data-center-performance-2022-10-11/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:34:48

• Bezos getting richer for enabling Police State https://www.engadget.com/nypd-joins-ring-neighbors-app-213032209.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:35:55

• Stealing from us taxpayers to bail out failing Proprietary Crapware firms https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526834/UK-spent-64m-on-secret-cyber-package-for-Ukraine disguised as "goodwill"    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:37:14

• Ukraine just needs to wipe Microsoft Windows. Important first step.    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:38:02

• "Though Decision Trees look simple and intuitive, there is nothing very simple about how the algorithm goes about the process deciding on splits and how tree pruning occurs. In this post I take you through a simple example to understand the inner workings of Decision Trees." https://towardsdatascience.com/decision-trees-explained-entropy-information-gain-gini-index-ccp-pruning-4d78070db36c    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:39:07

• "Though Decision Trees look simple and intuitive, there is nothing very simple about how the algorithm goes about the process deciding on splits and how tree pruning occurs. In this post I take you through a simple example to understand the inner workings of Decision Trees." https://towardsdatascience.com/decision-trees-explained-entropy-information-gain-gini-index-ccp-pruning-4d78070db36c    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:39:21

• How MIT, which bagged bribed to protect child sex trafficking (Epstein) and cover up for Bill Gates, is selling the horrible idea of having "spy"phone surveillance everywhere https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/03/1062731/monitor-bridges-crowdsourcing/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:40:54

• "Advancing the spontaneous bottom-up construction of artificial cells with high organizational complexity and diverse functionality remains an unresolved issue at the interface between living and non-living matter." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05223-w    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:42:01

• Serverless is a lie. There is a server. This is shoddy 'journalism' that relays false marketing (lie). https://www.datanami.com/2022/10/28/aws-launches-amazon-neptune-serverless/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:43:03

• Assistive devices, not "HEY HI" https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/2022/10/04/justin-swansburg-datarobot-on-combining-human-and-machine-intelligence/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:43:43

• This isn't just ugly but fugly. Facebook is doomed. It's a bubble and it loses tons of money now. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63488059    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:44:44

• ICBM uses a nazi's name (Watson) to help the USPTO with the "HEY HI" hype that ushers in software patents https://voicebot.ai/2022/10/31/ibm-watson-demos-ai-patent-assistant/ http://techrights.org/wiki/USPTO#2022    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:46:01

• "A quantum stopwatch made of lasers and helium atoms can measure the time that has passed with complete accuracy, without counting seconds like other clocks" https://www.newscientist.com/article/2343039-quantum-watch-is-a-completely-new-way-of-measuring-time/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:46:40

• Causing accidents from afar. "Autonomous Cars" is a SCAM. Companies that scam gullible shareholders. It won't work. https://cacm.acm.org/news/266214-researchers-use-lasers-to-trick-autonomous-cars/fulltext    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:47:53

• This is even MORE dangerous. The trucks can run over entire cars or (as in Nice, France) over 100 humans https://www.supplychainbrain.com/articles/35572-pilot-travel-centers-explores-accommodating-self-driving-trucks    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:48:45

• So-called 'self-driving' companies are defrauding shareholders. They should be sued like Sheela Zemlin, the boss of Jim Zemlin. http://techrights.org/2022/08/30/zemlins-are-volatile/ http://techrights.org/2022/08/28/linux-foundation-revenue-plunges/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 18:50:02

• R ggmap - How to Visualize Spatial Data in R - R programming ⚓ https://appsilon.com/r-ggmap/ ䷉ Source: | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//appsilon.com/r-ggmap/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:08:07

• Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Tweets Video Suggesting it Shows Creator Support for Bill C-11, But the Video Pre-Dates the Bill By Nearly a Year - Michael Geist https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2022/11/heritage-minister-pablo-rodriguez-tweets-video-suggesting-it-shows-creator-support-for-bill-c-11-but-the-video-pre-dates-the-bill-by-nearly-a-year/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:08:56

• Why Bill C-18’s Mandated Payment for Links is a Threat to Freedom of Expression in Canada https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2022/11/why-bill-c-18s-mandated-payment-for-links-is-a-threat-to-freedom-of-expression-in-canada/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:09:23

• He just bribes to control whoever is in power https://neritam.wordpress.com/2022/11/04/bill-gates-dont-want-to-be-president/ Famous criminal, who should be arrested a third time around    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:10:23

• Meta Reduce 2022.0 https://metaredux.com/posts/2022/11/01/meta-reduce-2022-0.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:11:31

• Bonds and the Ten Year Interest Rate https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/bonds-and-the-ten-year-interest-rate/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:20:49

• "we show you all of our projects, in source code, and in periodic project and team reports" https://blog.torproject.org/transparency-openness-and-our-2020-and-2021-financials/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:21:27

• Xenophobia classic edition: "The Big Four: Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea." https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/cyber-security-forecast-2023-predictions    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:30:41

• US propaganda: every country we do not control is evil. By definition.    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:31:09

• "Consulting CTO" = a Great Pretender, servant of global imperialism https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/security-forecast-2023-charles-carmakal-predictions    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:35:33

• "On to the ROSCon program!" https://rosindustrial.org/news/2022/10/31/roscon-2022-ros-industrial-consortium-americas-look-back    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:36:10

• "Overall, this was a great way to engage with members of the robotics community and share some of our knowledge and expertise with them." https://rosindustrial.org/news/2022/11/1/taking-ros-industrial-and-ros-2-training-to-boston    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:36:43

• Pushing Microsoft Proprietary Crapware instead of actual courses of education/skills https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/11/365-data-science-courses-free-until-november-21/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:37:54

• "No more JavaScript (except for Commento and GoatCounter, neither of which impacts any important functionality)" https://www.roguelazer.com/2022/11/new-style/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:41:05

• Obnam Iteration planning: November https://obnam.org/blog/2022/11/planning/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:42:35

• "As of today, I am no longer employed by fly.io. We're both very sad, and we've promised to stay friends and send postcards to each other over winter break." https://fasterthanli.me/articles/becoming-fasterthanlime-full-time    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:44:03

• "For now, I'm aggressively embracing my new reality: funemployment. I'm not going to seek employment in the near future — I will rely on donations to pay the rent, utilities, various server costs, software subscriptions, etc." https://fasterthanli.me/articles/becoming-fasterthanlime-full-time    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:44:44

• "Overall this paper was well written and easy to read. It used simulation and analysis to understand the behavior of databases under certain concurrency models. This worked better than simulation or analysis alone, and is definitely a technique to use in my own work." https://ntietz.com/blog/review-concurrency-control-performance-modeling/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:45:40

• Lean and Coq? Sounds kicky. https://ntietz.com/blog/first-impressions-of-lean-and-coq/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:46:29

• Congratulations to Mr. Zemlin (Linux Foundation chief) on his Microsoft account; now he can help the company engage in “software piracy on an unprecedented scale" (GPL violations) http://techrights.org/2022/11/06/jim-zemlin-in-github/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:47:08

• DebugPoint Weekly Roundup #22.12: OpenSSL Fixes, Nitrux 2.5, elementary OS 7 Updates ⚓ https://debugpointnews.com/weekly-roundup-22-12/ ䷉ Source: DebugPoint | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//debugpointnews.com/weekly-roundup-22-12/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:47:57

• "If we don't create the thing that kills Facebook, someone else will." https://matt-rickard.com/facebook-culture-book    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:48:52

• "What Google (or Amazon) is planning to do is irrelevant to the early-start startup founders." https://matt-rickard.com/untitled-20    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:49:44

• "Other social media platforms like YouTube share ad revenue with creators. Instagram and TikTok had Creator Funds set up to pay creators for posting (since minimized)." https://matt-rickard.com/untitled-21    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:50:08

• "In 1910, Theodore Roosevelt arrived at the Sorbonne in France – after a yearlong traveling after leaving office. He gave a speech titled Citizenship in a Republic, in which he reflected on the qualities that a successful democracy required of its citizens." https://matt-rickard.com/man-in-the-arena    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:51:21

• Apple nonsense. Proprietary. https://matt-rickard.com/mastering-the-command-line    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:52:37

• "On Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 7PM Detroit time, I’ll be giving a talk for mug.org about Rat Operated Vehicles. If the guys are cooperative, there might be a demo." https://mwl.io/archives/22355    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:53:39

• Maybe plant explosives inside those tumours https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/339569-new-x-ray-technique-could-help-detect-explosives-tumors    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:54:39

• The Republican War On Teachers - neritam ⚓ https://neritam.wordpress.com/2022/10/31/the-republican-war-on-teachers/ ䷉ Source: Neritam    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:55:01

• "American statehouse with automatic — or, semiautomatic rifles and flak jackets and helmets, accosting lawmakers, that seemed to be perhaps an echo of some of the tendencies in our country that I had been reporting on abroad." https://www.democracynow.org/2022/9/14/luke_mogelson_january_6_far_right    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:55:49

• There’s No Such Thing as a Free Market https://neritam.wordpress.com/2022/10/31/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-free-market/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:56:41

• Shell's Truss was always releasing more CO2 into the atmosphere https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/liz-truss-bonfire-night-effigy-b2218668.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:58:56

• Nurses strike in the UK. Expect already super-high death rates to go up further. Hard to find info online... https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Search?go=Go&search=nurses&ns0=1&ns14=1    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 19:59:42

• Trickle-down Truss is carrying on the dirty work of Thatcher, Blair and Osborne - THE GUARDIAN - Yanis Varoufakis ⚓ https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2022/10/01/trickle-down-truss-is-carrying-on-the-dirty-work-of-thatcher-blair-and-osborne-the-guardian/ ䷉ Source: Yanis Varoufakis    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:00:50

• There are 50 million people in situations of modern slavery on any given day: Report ⚓ https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/governance/there-are-50-million-people-in-situations-of-modern-slavery-on-any-given-day-report-84907    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:02:54

• Wikileaks Revelations - neritam ⚓ https://neritam.wordpress.com/2022/11/02/wikileaks-revelations/ ䷉ Source: Neritam    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:04:29

• Hindu Men Have Highest Number of Multiple Sexual Partners, Sikhs Second: NFHS-5 Data ⚓ https://thewire.in/health/nfhs-5-data-religion-men-mean-sexual-partners ䷉ Source: The Wire | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//thewire.in/health/nfhs-5-data-religion-men-mean-sexual-partners    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:05:28

• The media is the voice of the government - neritam ⚓ https://neritam.wordpress.com/2022/11/03/the-media-is-the-voice-of-the-government/ sometimes governments are just manned by corporations and speak for them, not for voters    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:06:18

• "The world’s billionaires—only 3,311 individuals—represent almost $11.8 trillion in wealth." https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-worlds-billionaire-population-by-country/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-offshore-wealth-idUSBRE86L03U20120722    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:07:35

• "Nushell is a rust program" https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-10-31-nushell.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:08:43

• Making a Bash Script Return with Different Return Codes on Exit ⚓ https://linuxhint.com/bash-script-returns-different-return-codes-exit/ ䷉ Source: Linux Hint | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//linuxhint.com/bash-script-returns-different-return-codes-exit/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:11:32

• Mastering Backticks in Linux Bash Scripts ⚓ https://linuxhint.com/mastering-backticks-linux-bash-scripts/ ䷉ Source: Linux Hint | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//linuxhint.com/mastering-backticks-linux-bash-scripts/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:12:05

• Linux sysfs File System ⚓ https://linuxhint.com/linux-sysfs-file-system/ ䷉ Source: Linux Hint | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//linuxhint.com/linux-sysfs-file-system/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:12:33

• Zenwalk Current-221106 is out http://www.zenwalk.org/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:15:09

• "I just did again the usual web search, and I have verified that Mastodon still does not support managing multiple domains on the same instance, and that there is still no way to migrate an account to a different instance without basically starting from scratch." https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_464    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:16:15

• "I have managed my own email server since the '90s, but I do not feel that the system administration effort required to maintain a private Mastodon instance would be justified at this point: there is not even a Debian package!" https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_464    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:16:19

• Do all vulnerabilities really matter? https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/do-all-vulnerabilities-really-matter    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:18:17

• "Modenization" is a typo in the headline and a trap for vendor lockin https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/modenization-strategies-modernizing-existing-code    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:19:51

• "Please join us at the next regular Open NeuroFedora team meeting on Monday 07 November at 1300 UTC. The meeting is a public meeting, and open for everyone to attend." https://neuroblog.fedoraproject.org/2022/11/06/next-open-neurofedora-meeting-07-november-1300-utc.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:20:35

• Lightweight Mastodon instance: gotosocial - Lukáš Zapletal ⚓ https://lukas.zapletalovi.com/2022/11/lightweight-mastodon-instance-gotosocial.html ䷉ Source: Lukasz Olejnik | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lukas.zapletalovi.com/2022/11/lightweight-mastodon-instance-gotosocial.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:21:25

• "Twitter is rapidly declining, and users are going elsewhere; my updates have been infrequent, and you thought I was gone. Take this chance to review your options and continue getting the latest Xubuntu and Xfce news however you'd like." https://blog.bluesabre.org/2022/11/06/follow-me-blog-rss-and-social/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:22:09

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:25:49

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Web Standards and Going Back to Basics (and Free Software) ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Web_Standards_and_Going_Back_to_Basics_and_Free_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Web_Standards_and_Going_Back_to_Basics_and_Free_Software.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:27:11

• OpenEmbedded meta-quirky layer now on github https://bkhome.org/news/202211/openembedded-meta-quirky-layer-now-on-github.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:28:06

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/today_s_howtos.2.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/today_s_howtos.2.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:29:48

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Software and Projects ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Software_and_Projects.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Software_and_Projects.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:34:33

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Creating Countdowns, Timers and Stopwatches In Linux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Creating_Countdowns_Timers_and_Stopwatches_In_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Creating_Countdowns_Timers_and_Stopwatches_In_Linux.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:38:35

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Hardware: SparkFun and Synology ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Hardware_SparkFun_and_Synology.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Hardware_SparkFun_and_Synology.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:43:56

• "This post looks similar to my last roundup. I’ve tweaked things slightly and added a note about a new statue that was shown (in real life)." https://evanhahn.com/everything-we-know-about-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-as-of-november-2022/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:46:21

• RC Week 6: Halfway done, wrote a parser! https://ntietz.com/blog/rc-week-6-recap/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:47:29

• "Thanks to everyone who wrote in to help me! Let's see, that's Drew Samnick, Shreevatsa R., Matt Post, Matt Heilige, Eric Harley, Renan Gross, and David Eppstein. (Apologies if I left out your name, it was entirely unintentional.)" https://blog.plover.com/2022/10/23/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:49:17

• "Recently we were having a debate about release processes, and I wrote that deployments are not always equal to releases." https://andydote.co.uk/2022/11/02/deploy-doesnt-mean-release/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:50:48

• "This blog post goes through the 2022 specials - three cracking stories to round out Jodie's tenure." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/10/the-mobile-phones-of-doctor-who-series-13-specials/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:51:46

• "One of the big things I've done is add support for embedding mastodon posts in a more native way. Mastodon normally has an "embed this post" link, which makes things look like this" https://xeiaso.net/blog/site-update-mastodon-quoting    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:52:47

• "The piece You might as well timestamp it argues that instead of storing booleans in databases, you store the timestamp of when it became true. A missing timestamp means that value is false. This is generally more useful than a boolean, because in addition to boolean behavior you also get auditing information." https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/software-moves-6713/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:53:52

• Will the ranting on this website ever stop? https://unixsheikh.com/articles/will-the-ranting-on-this-website-ever-stop.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:55:12

• "Now, I don't mind this guy hating me, but why would someone "hate" another person whom they have never met, don't know anything about, just because they express their opinion about what they consider or analyze to be, the true motivations behind a piece of software?" https://unixsheikh.com/articles/will-the-ranting-on-this-website-ever-stop.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:55:58

• "Which means either taking a pay cut, or trying to find a department which has the budget to go beyond the standard pay scales" https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/ive-reached-a-local-maxima-in-my-career/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:57:20

• "Huge thanks to the WordPress team for doing all the hard work to make sure this works properly. I hope this will encourage people to write longer and more useful alt text." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/woohoo-wordpress-accepted-my-accessibility-pr/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:57:43

• Jim Chalmers brings a Budget potpourri: something for everyone, the fossil fuel lobby too - Michael West ⚓ https://michaelwest.com.au/jim-chalmers-brings-a-budget-potpourri-something-for-everyone-the-fossil-fuel-lobby-too/ ䷉ Source: Michael West Media    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:58:52

• "In my opinion and experience, it's fantasy to judge a technology on its technical merit alone, isolated from political influence. It cannot be done without you closing your eyes to some of the facts of life." https://unixsheikh.com/articles/is-criticizing-tech-on-political-grounds-valid.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 20:59:24

• "This doesn't mean that I can now delete the other 181 apps that I haven't used this past week." You are being used, you're not using. https://chrishannah.me/the-way-i-use-technology-is-changing/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 21:01:14

• "This was my hundredth month that I did some work for the Debian LTS initiative, started by Raphael Hertzog at Freexian." https://blog.alteholz.eu/2022/11/my-debian-activities-in-october-2022/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 21:02:10

• Give Me Your Best OpenTTD NewGRFs - Björn Wärmedal https://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-11-01-give-me-your-best-openttd-newgrfs.html    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 21:03:16

• "I guess the common name "Hooker" is occupational, perhaps originally referring to a fisherman." https://blog.plover.com/2022/10/30/    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 21:04:59

• "While there are interesting — and valid — points made by Poettering (creator of systemd), the idea of making the mere act of “booting Linux” reliant on a locked down Microsoft specification… well… no sir, I don’t like it." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/lundukes-normal-computing-news-october    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 21:06:16

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 21:17:22

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/06/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 21:17:29

• "I've saw may posts on Cosmos replying to the "Mayan and Gemini priests" post in the past week. And I want to add a points to the discussion. Hopefully not disrupting the flow of the conversation. I mostly want to add points from a (non-tech) user and user support perspective." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2022/11-07-mental-barrier-and-culture-of-gemini.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 06, 2022 at 21:18:54

• #Techrights Bulletin for Sunday, November 06, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Monday, November 07, 2022 at 05:25:28

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

posted Monday, November 07, 2022 at 05:25:36

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): DebugPoint Weekly Roundup #22.12: OpenSSL Fixes, Nitrux 2.5, elementary OS 7 Updates ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/07/DebugPoint_Weekly_Roundup_22_12_OpenSSL_Fixes_Nitrux_2_5_elemen.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/07/DebugPoint_Weekly_Roundup_22_12_OpenSSL_Fixes_Nitrux_2_5_elemen.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, November 07, 2022 at 05:25:53