Roy Schestowitz

• Fediverse and its Discontents gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/~shufei/phlog/202221217-Misc-Tech-AIsAndMen.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 00:45:12

• "They all entice me to buy books and then I don’t read them because they are boring. The pantheons are boring, the histories are boring, the people and cultures are boring. I’d rather surf on Wikipedia, remove the sexism and racism and slavery and other shit I don’t want in my games and it’ll be time well spent." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/page/2022-12-17%20Answering%20questions%20nobody%20is%20asking    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 00:46:09

• Many capsules don't send TLS close_notify gemini://rawtext.club/~nervuri/close_notify.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 00:51:18

• ">Around the time that the Raspberry Pi 4 was released I took what was for me a pretty major plunge and got rid of all of my x86 desktop computers in favor of using the little Arm sbc's as home servers, while keeping a couple of x86 laptops for development and other day to day use." gemini://gemini.hitchhiker-linux.org/gemlog/server_moved.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 00:51:59

• Elisp for my book-related org files gemini://box.matto.nl/elisp-for-my-book-related-org-files.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 00:53:01

• 2022-12-17 Billsmugs's Photography: Photos (6): six new ones gemini://gem.billsmugs.com/photos/2022-12-17/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 00:53:35

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): LilyPond 2.24.0 released ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/17/LilyPond_2_24_0_released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/17/LilyPond_2_24_0_released.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 00:55:02

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/17/Android_Leftovers.2.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/17/Android_Leftovers.2.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 00:55:11

• Sirius Open Source Sinking in Debt https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/12/17/sirius-open-source-debt/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 00:58:13

• Seems unlikely Sirius Open Source will see its 25th anniversary next year http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source   

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 00:59:05

• 'Linux'Hint once again posting many WINDOWS 'articles'... in a site called Linux. Why are they doing this?    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:00:10

• 'Linux'Hint even covers Git under the wrong assumption people who read the site use WINDOWS ' and want to outsource to Microsoft's Proprietary Prison    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:01:07

• 'Linux'Hint under new management (it seems) wants people who follow the site to find it absolutely useless and unsubscribe perhaps. It's like they work against the site.    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:02:24

• "We cover events and user groups that are running in the US state of New Mexico. This article forms part of our Linux Around The World series." https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-usa-new-mexico/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:03:43

• CI Fuzz CLI: Open-source tool to test Java apps for unexpected behaviors - Help Net Security ⚓ https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/12/02/ci-fuzz-cli-open-source-tool-test-java-apps-unexpected-behaviors/ ䷉ Source: Help Net Security | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/12/02/ci-fuzz-cli-open-source-tool-test-java-apps-unexpected-behaviors/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:07:51

• Covid vaccine and road accidents https://yewtu.be/watch?v=YAl7jHHuG9E    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:10:20

• Full analysis, vaccines and accidents https://yewtu.be/watch?v=YIS9lIDmmQk    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:11:56

• "In this video, we cover an article on how Uber, the drive share company's internal network, was hacked again. I thought this was an interesting article, so I thought I would share it." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=NesaeBbUf-Y    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:17:49

• TROUBLE for Google Maps, Adblockers aren't dead, 3rd Party Stores on iOS: Linux - Open Source News - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ik0Pcsv5pIw | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://auragem.space/youtube/video/ik0Pcsv5pIw    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:18:18

• "DXVK is one of the most important pieces to the Linux gaming puzzle but have you ever been curious about it's early history and how we got here." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=HjGzN8G99h8    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:19:20

• Why I love participating in LibrePlanet https://kelar.org/~bandali/articles/why-libreplanet.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:21:02

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Joborun vs Obarun linux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Joborun_vs_Obarun_linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Joborun_vs_Obarun_linux.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:21:19

• - Gigabyte Aorus B550 + 2x NVMe Kingston SA2000M81000G + RAID0 (AMD RAIDXpert2) worth it? does it work with GNU Linux? | dwaves.de ⚓ https://dwaves.de/2022/12/17/gigabyte-aorus-b550-2x-nvme-kingston-sa2000m81000g-raid0-amd-raidxpert2-worth-it-does-it-work-with-gnu-linux/ ䷉ Source: dwaves.de    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:23:16

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Videos: DXVK, GNU/Linux News, and Uber Cracked Again ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Videos_DXVK_GNU_Linux_News_and_Uber_Cracked_Again.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Videos_DXVK_GNU_Linux_News_and_Uber_Cracked_Again.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:23:37

• Plagiarism in "HEY HI" clothing https://thenewstack.io/op-ed-the-rise-of-ai-content-generators-is-an-affront-to-creativity/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:28:20

• PerlayStation Games Console (Part 1) | Saif [blogs.perl.org] ⚓ https://blogs.perl.org/users/saif/2022/12/perlaystation-games-console.html ䷉ Source: Perl | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//blogs.perl.org/users/saif/2022/12/perlaystation-games-console.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:32:05

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Direct3D 12 On Vulkan For Valve’s Steam Play Platform Brings Several Improvements On Linux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Direct3D_12_On_Vulkan_For_Valve_s_Steam_Play_Platform_Brings_Se.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Direct3D_12_On_Vulkan_For_Valve_s_Steam_Play_Platform_Brings_Se.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:36:03

• Games nowadays are almost by definition NOT power-efficient https://dwaves.de/2022/12/17/power-efficient-gaming-is-this-possible-yes-it-is-horizon-zero-dawn-on-amd-ryzen-5600g-vega-cezanne-onboard-gpu-with-as-little-as-70w/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:38:29

• docker-compose on Fedora CoreOS - Major Hayden ⚓ https://major.io/p/docker-compose-on-coreos/ ䷉ Source: Major Hayden | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//major.io/p/docker-compose-on-coreos/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:39:10

• A closer look at geminispace.info backlinks gemini://szczezuja.space/gemlog/2021-05-31-A-closer-look-at-geminispace-info-backlinks.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:44:15

• AI / copyleft rant gopher://gopher.linkerror.com:70/0/phlog/2022/20221217    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:45:19

• A year of mastodon gopher://gopher.linkerror.com:70/0/phlog/2022/20221202    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:45:51

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D783.jpg    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:46:11

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): SimpleScreenRecorder - Does as the title says ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/SimpleScreenRecorder_Does_as_the_title_says.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/SimpleScreenRecorder_Does_as_the_title_says.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:47:37

• Code Comments - Season 1, Episode 4: Cockroach Labs and Resilience ⚓ https://www.redhat.com/en/code-comments-podcast/cockroach-labs-resilient-database ䷉ Source: Red Hat Official | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.redhat.com/en/code-comments-podcast/cockroach-labs-resilient-database    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:49:42

• Red Hat's approach to SRE https://changelog.com/shipit/82    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:50:35

• When the founder of Sirius ‘Open Source’ divorced his wife a new company was formed, almost cashless; there was a lot of debt, but workers could not ask about it http://techrights.org/2022/12/17/sirius-open-source-vs-messengers/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:53:29

• Microsoft once again using its proprietary garbage to badmouth "Linux", without even bothering to distinguish Windows botnets with root causes https://hothardware.com/news/mccrash-botnet-targeting-minecraft-server-1122    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:55:06

• Microsoft killed Atom, which sucked anyway; GitHub is proprietary, so this isn't about freedom https://linuxiac.com/project-atom-archived-pulsar-is-the-way-forward/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:55:48

• Day 18: Something else - Raku Advent Calendar ⚓ https://raku-advent.blog/2022/12/18/day-18-something-else/ ䷉ Source: Rakulang | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//raku-advent.blog/2022/12/18/day-18-something-else/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 01:57:48

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Fedora and Red Hat News and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_News_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Fedora_and_Red_Hat_News_and_More.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 02:04:09

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 02:05:28

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Daphile 22.12 released ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Daphile_22_12_released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Daphile_22_12_released.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 02:05:37

• Asus launches fanless Mini-PC equipped 12th Gen Intel Core processors ⚓ https://linuxgizmos.com/asus-launches-fanless-mini-pc-equipped-12th-gen-intel-core-processors/ ䷉ Source: Linux Gizmos | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//linuxgizmos.com/asus-launches-fanless-mini-pc-equipped-12th-gen-intel-core-processors/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 02:06:19

• [GIT PULL] RISC-V Patches for the 6.2 Merge Window, Part 1 ⚓ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/mhng-f76eb33c-7cc1-426f-8f29-37f6bb78baec@palmer-ri-x1c9/T/#u ䷉ Source: Palmer Dabbelt | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lore.kernel.org/lkml/mhng-f76eb33c-7cc1-426f-8f29-37f6bb78baec@palmer-ri-x1c9/T/#u    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 02:08:42

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 02:28:10

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/today_s_leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/today_s_leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 02:28:41

• #Techrights Bulletin for Saturday, December 17, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 04:07:32

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

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 04:07:49

• Wikileaks turned 16 recently    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 04:38:02

• Looks like techtarget is another publisher that's going under    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 05:25:56

• Oracle & Kubernetes: Multi-Cloud is easier with Open Cloud Native https://blogs.oracle.com/scoter/post/oracle-kubernetes-multi-cloud-is-easier-with-open-cloud-native    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 05:28:01

• Using GNU/Linux like it is Windows https://www.mycomputertips.co.uk/328    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 05:30:30

• Linux keyboard hits the shops ⚓ https://www.fudzilla.com/news/55981-linux-keyboard-hits-the-shops ䷉ Source: Fudzilla | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.fudzilla.com/news/55981-linux-keyboard-hits-the-shops    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 05:32:25

• Tidelift helps the FUD machine https://www.techtarget.com/searchsoftwarequality/news/252528323/Tidelift-CEO-Paid-open-source-can-stave-off-another-Log4j see http://techrights.org/2022/04/19/tidelift-concern-troll/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 05:35:16

• Loft Labs donates DevSpace to CNCF | TechTarget ⚓ https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/Loft-Labs-donates-DevSpace-to-CNCF ䷉ Source: Computer Weekly    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 05:36:33

• This is a Microsoft Windows problem https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252528118/Vice-Society-ransomware-a-persistent-threat-to-education-sector    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 05:38:27

• Owkin open sources biotech AI bundle | TechTarget ⚓ https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/Owkin-open-sources-biotech-AI-bundle ䷉ Source: Computer Weekly | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/Owkin-open-sources-biotech-AI-bundle    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 05:40:08

• Why only Germany? Enough Microsoft bribes for local officials elsewhere? https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527842/Microsoft-365-banned-in-German-schools-over-privacy-concerns    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 05:41:56

• Outsourcing UK to surveillance company in another country https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252528004/New-cyber-approaches-ease-Registers-of-Scotlands-AWS-migration    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 05:44:16

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:07:49

• "Turns out that linking to several days old public data in order to demonstrate that Elon's jet was broadcasting its tail number in the clear is apparently "posting private information" so for anyone looking for me there I'm actually here" https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/63632.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:08:52

• Debian Edu 11.6.0 is also out now    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:13:24

• Sirius Open Source Probably Insolvent https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/12/18/insolvency-sirius-open-source/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:13:48

• Desperate for money, ANY money, Sirius Open Source turned rogue http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source   

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:14:27

• Sirius ‘Open Source’ is running out of money; Accountancy (outsourced) of Sirius is now the registered address of Sirius ‘Open Source’ http://techrights.org/2022/12/17/accountancy-and-sirius-open-source/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:14:49

• The video above explains that Gemini enjoys steady and consistent growth; ever since its inception back in 2019 the adoption of the protocol by both users and developers (who are also users) showed growing promise http://techrights.org/2022/12/18/over-3000-gemini-capsules/    

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

• In order to better understand what’s happening at Sirius ‘Open Source’ one must properly examine publicly-available financial disclosures, which are obligatory; annual reports show a company that despite shrinking every year is rapidly falling into debt that it can never repay http://techrights.org/2022/12/18/financial-state-of-sirius-corporation/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:23:56

• The Linux Foundation continues to privatise the Commons or basically turn community-developed work into corporate “assets” http://techrights.org/2022/12/18/alliance-of-monopolists/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:25:37

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D446.jpg    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:40:43

• "So, with Twitter deciding to kick into high gear its downfall, a lot of people have looked to Mastodon as a replacement." gemini://senders.io/gemlog/2022-12-18-mastodon-faq.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:41:28

• "The "when the Web dies" thing" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1229    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:42:02

• What we bought: The Retroid Pocket 3 is my own personal retro-game museum | Engadget ⚓ https://www.engadget.com/retroid-pocket-3-irl-153508438.html?src=rss ䷉ Source: Engadget | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.engadget.com/retroid-pocket-3-irl-153508438.html?src=rss    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:43:41

• MIT (working for child-sex traffickings on Bill Gates money): "During the winter of 2020, more than 40% of Americans reported symptoms of anxiety or depression, double the rate of the previous year." https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/16/1065266/download-generative-ai-psychedelic-hype/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:46:04

• "While this fell the following summer, as vaccination rates rose and covid cases fell, many Americans are still struggling with their mental health." And with COVID-19. Quit pretending 1) it's over. 2) the vaccines were effective enough. https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/16/1065266/download-generative-ai-psychedelic-hype/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:46:14

• "LapPi 2.0 dimensions are 270 x 190 x 75mm, which makes for a compact, yet chunky laptop." https://www.tomshardware.com/news/diy-modular-raspberry-pi-laptop-lappi-20-announced-for-crowdfunding    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:47:27

• DIY Modular Raspberry Pi Laptop LapPi 2.0 Announced for Crowdfunding http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/17/LapPi_2_0_A_DIY_laptop_for_Raspberry_Pi_4_and_other_single_boar.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:51:03

• UPDATED: Best Raspberry Pi Deals https://www.tomshardware.com/news/best-raspberry-pi-deals SALES pages, disguised as 'article'    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:52:46

• The latest NSA bug doors are ready to install https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/29336    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:54:06

• F-35 still overpriced piece of garbage (it always was; just massive version inflation and vapourware) https://futurism.com/the-byte/f-35-bounce-crash-ejection    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:57:36

• Red Hat as weapons company, making attack helicopters and bomber for PROFIT http://techrights.org/2022/10/27/red-hat-lockheed-martin-raytheon/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:58:08

• Packet Tuesday: ICMP Errors and the recent FreeBSD "ping" vulnerability. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgmfl17AQWA, (Tue, Dec 13th)    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 06:59:01

• "While I slowly work on the layout, here’s something that can’t wait: ChiBUG meets tomorrow at the usual place, 6 PM. Go, if you are anywhere near Chicago." https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2022/12/12/chibug-meeting/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:00:18

• Foundation Sponsors Update to WireGuard Kernel Port for FreeBSD | FreeBSD Foundation ⚓ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/foundation-sponsors-update-to-wireguard-kernel-port-for-freebsd/ ䷉ Source: FreeBSD | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//freebsdfoundation.org/blog/foundation-sponsors-update-to-wireguard-kernel-port-for-freebsd/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:00:42

• 2022 in Review: Advocacy | FreeBSD Foundation ⚓ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/2022-in-review-advocacy/ ䷉ Source: FreeBSD | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//freebsdfoundation.org/blog/2022-in-review-advocacy/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:01:10

• siliconangle: we are corrupt, our 'articles' are ads: "( Disclosure: This is an unsponsored editorial segment. However, theCUBE is a paid media partner for AWS re:Invent. AWS and other sponsors of theCUBE’s event coverage have no editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)" https://siliconangle.com/2022/12/02/scale-and-innovation-keep-aws-on-top-despite-cloud-costs-open-source-challenges-and-a-hard-driving-culture-reinvent/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:02:45

• SiliconANGLE is Selling Coverage (Fake ‘Journalism’) http://techrights.org/2022/10/21/siliconangle-red-hat-ibm/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:03:03

• teleSUR doing propaganda for Putin now. So sad. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ukraine-Carries-Out-Most-Severe-Attack-on-Donetsk-Since-2014-20221215-0006.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:04:17

• teleSUR: "Ukraine Carries Out Most Severe Attack on Donetsk Since 2014" ... LIKE Donetsk belongs in UKRAINE or something? How dare UKRAINE protect UKRAINE from Russia?    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:05:01

• Julian Assange: Offener Brief fordert Begnadigung https://netzpolitik.org/2022/julian-assange-offener-brief-fordert-begnadigung/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:05:33

• "Big Tech overlords to censor content about elections and Covid-19 are equally complicit as the neocons who championed censorship of the press and individuals, and organizationsduring the War on Terror and Trump supporters who lauded his attacks on the free press and whistleblowers such as Julian Assange." https://scheerpost.com/2022/12/15/project-censored-hunting-the-twitter-files/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:07:50

• Peru’s oligarchy overthrows President Castillo : Peoples Dispatch ⚓ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/12/08/perus-oligarchy-overthrows-president-castillo/ ䷉ Source: Peoples Dispatch | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//peoplesdispatch.org/2022/12/08/perus-oligarchy-overthrows-president-castillo/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:08:43

• Microsoft propagandist (for a decade already) Davey Winder tries to distract from Microsoft failures at security https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2022/12/14/you-need-to-fix-google-chromes-mojo-heres-how--why/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2022/12/14/you-need-to-fix-google-chromes-mojo-heres-how--why/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:23:21

• Davey Winder keeps attacking Chrome for Microsoft. It's about selective FUD https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2022/10/28/emergency-chrome-security-update-google-confirms-0day-attack-threat/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:24:01

• Lying for Bill Gates is also a business model    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:24:19

• It's hardly new that Forbes is infected with Linux-hostile people. None of them ever covers Linux. They got rid of the single one who did (Jason). https://www.forbes.com/search/?sort=recent&q=linux&sh=45b26491279f    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:25:17

• None of the vaccine patent profiteers have been held accountable in spite of lies about efficacy and maybe safety. As usual, they all get away with it. What sort of system of accountability is this?    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:48:46

• "No, it’s rather the antivirus applications which do it because they want to scan all your traffic for potential threats. Or companies which do it because they want to see everything happening on their network." https://palant.info/2022/12/08/common-pitfalls-of-breaking-up-https-connections/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:49:17

• "Smart contract fuzzing is an effective bug-finding technique that is largely used at Trail Of Bits during audits." https://blog.trailofbits.com/2022/12/08/hybrid-echidna-fuzzing-optik-maat/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:51:02

• "Robinson's book is important: it not only disproves the (variously attributed) capitalist realism aphorism that "it is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism" – it also imagines the means by which that ending was brought about." https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/08/one-last-job/#icahns-raiders    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:52:48

• "In the end, monopoly leads to monopoly, with workers and consumers at either end of the supply chain, unorganized and vulnerable, which is why health workers make less money under worse conditions and patients spend more money for worse care. It's not enough to prevent future monopolies – we also have to break up the ones that are all around us." https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/08/one-last-job/#icahns-raiders    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:53:18

• "Recently, I read a tweet that reports children who grow up"... maybe do NOT get any "info" from Muskdom https://datageeek.com/2022/12/08/the-effect-of-childhood-education-on-wealth-modeling-with-bayesian-additive-regression-trees-bart/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:54:08

• Business [sic] Intelligence [sic] Analyst [sic]... fancy words for some dude or gal who spies https://datasciencetut.com/how-to-become-a-business-intelligence-analyst/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:55:21

• "Under the GDPR, the default for data-collection is meaningful consent, meaning that a company that wants to spy on you and then sell or use the data it gathers has to ask you about each piece of data they plan to capture and each use they plan to make of it." https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/07/luck-of-the-irish/#schrems-revenge    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 07:56:02

• Bad idea: PAY Microsoft... to "Support" me: "If you like this or other open-source work I do, you can sponsor me at GitHub." http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2022/12/01#spdl_0.0.2    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 08:00:58

• Another project that needs to dump GitHub. It's not free, it's a trap. http://gradientdescending.com/select-colours-from-an-image-in-r-with-eyedropper/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 08:01:54

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 08:02:12

• "I decided to solve this by writing a web app to bundle up my reading and send it to my RM!" https://ntietz.com/blog/one-day-build-molecule-reader/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 08:06:51

• About a month left to go in this series about fake "Open Source" http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source originally it was Free software, later just posturing   

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 08:12:25

• "It’s anyone’s guess how this all shakes out. As an active user of Twitter, it’ll be sad if it goes away. But in the meantime, let’s have some fun with ActivityPub." https://macwright.com/2022/12/09/activitypub.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 08:14:42

• I'm an R user: Quarto or R Markdown? ⚓ https://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/quarto-rmarkdown-comparison/ ䷉ Source: Jumping Rivers | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/quarto-rmarkdown-comparison/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 08:15:19

• "As the issue ticket dialog shows I was initially a little hamfisted about replicating, falsely thinking I would need an updated compiler" http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2022/12/08#asioheaders_1.22.1-2    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 08:16:11

• The Tandy Zoomer -- The x86 PDA before the Palm Pilot ⚓ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-tandy-zoomer-the-x86-pda-before ䷉ Source: Bryan Lunduke | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lunduke.substack.com/p/the-tandy-zoomer-the-x86-pda-before    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 08:17:11

• "Ever since then, Vader has lurked behind me in my home office. Looming over my every decision." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/12/hes-more-machine-now-than-mannequin-repairing-darth-vader-with-a-microbit/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 08:17:54

• "I am also not yet fronting the installation with a reverse proxy: as can be seen by my configuration, GTS listens on port 443 (thanks to CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE) and has automatically obtained a certificate via Let’s Encrypt – so far so good." https://jpmens.net/2022/12/10/an-experimental-gotosocial-installation/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 08:19:16

• "On-prem (Clown-prem) – For small projects, it's fine to use hosted CI/CD services, but for anything bigger than a toy project, you should probably be spinning up your CI/CD runners inside your own clown account." https://matt-rickard.com/an-ideal-ci-cd-system    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 08:24:11

• "Dmenu is hard to describe. It's often called a 'dynamic menu'" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/DmenuSetupCustomPATH | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:14:36

• "We are using the command ssh-keygen to generate our secure key pair." ☛ https://ittavern.com/ssh-how-to-use-public-key-authentication-on-linux/ | Source: IT Tavern    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:14:43

• "Scott Kelby shared this super easy tip on Lightroom Killer Tips that you can use to start shooting RAW on your iPhone: [...]" ☛ https://blog.adafruit.com/2022/12/17/shoot-in-raw-on-any-iphone-made-since-2014-with-lightroom/ | Source: Adafruit    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:14:49

• "You don’t need a brand new iPhone 14 Pro to shoot in Raw" ☛ https://lightroomkillertips.com/shoot-in-raw-on-any-iphone-using-this-trick/ |    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:15:39

• "joborun stands for JwmOpenBoxObarunRunit, so it is everything Obarun can be" ☛ https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/2022/12/17/362/ | Source: Systemd Free    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:18:01

• IoT ☛ https://staceyoniot.com/iot-news-of-the-week-for-dec-16-2022/ | Source: Stacey on IoT    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:20:40

• "We’re ages past the time when a YouTuber could get away with sloppy camera work." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2022/12/16/check-out-james-brutons-robotic-camera-operator/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:22:06

• "Things have improved a little, since writing PART 1 of my experience." ☛ https://thelittleengineerthatcould.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-8-linux-computer-part-2.html |    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:22:14

• "I am a huge fan of finding creative ways of using the serial port on older computers" ☛ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-sidecar-adding-advanced-networking | Source: Bryan Lunduke    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:22:27

• SimpleScreenRecorder ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-simplescreenrecorder.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:23:29

• "As I mentioned last time, the Steampipe dashboard for Mastodon has evolved in unexpected ways." ☛ https://blog.jonudell.net/2022/12/17/a-bloomberg-terminal-for-mastodon/ | Source: Jon Udell    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:23:58

• "Closing duplicates seems like a good idea" ☛ https://www.tfeb.org/fragments/2022/12/05/closed-as-duplicate-considered-harmful/ |    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:25:23

• [Old] "Incentives in academia are irremediably broken" ☛ https://desfontain.es/privacy/latex-to-html.html | Source: Damien Desfontaines    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:26:02

• [Old] "Open access is the principle that the output of academic research" ☛ https://a3nm.net/work/research/openaccess/ |    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:26:48

• "Shebin Jose Jacob’s solution utilizes the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2022/12/16/predicting-potential-motor-failures-just-using-sound/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:29:24

• "My friend Zyni pointed out that someone has been getting really impressively confused and cross on reddit about empty lists, booleans and so on in Common Lisp" ☛ https://www.tfeb.org/fragments/2022/12/16/the-empty-list/ |    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:29:30

• "Take k repeated replacement samples from a given dataset." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/12/how-to-perform-bootstrapping-in-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:29:36

• [Old] "Every year, ISO, IEC, and ITU collaboratively develop campaign elements to empower the global community." ☛ https://www.firstpost.com/world/world-standards-day-2022-history-and-significance-11439151.html | Source: Firstpost    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:31:37

• "No, he's not dead, and yes, he'll still be broadcasting, just not on terrestrial AM radio." ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-minor-memorial-for-leo-laporte-on.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:32:48

• [Old] "Flaherty came up with the idea of indexing Web pages, a concept that made AltaVista one of the most popular Internet search tools in the mid-1990s." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-26-me-passings26.2-story.html | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:32:55

• "study" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2022/12/15/online-dating-how-to-get-more-matches-study/ | Source: Salon    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:33:09

• [Old] "The competition for positions and grants has lead academia to focus on papers" ☛ https://a3nm.net/work/research/wrong/ |    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:34:03

• "An Oakland Circuit Court judge ruled teachers’ classroom materials are not public records" ☛ https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/judge-teachers-arent-subject-michigan-records-law | Source: Bridge Michigan    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:34:30

• iophk: software patents stifling innovation @ 03:20 https://odysee.com/@SavvyNik:5/google-chrome-is-getting-rid-of-jpeg-xl:7    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:35:19

• olympics eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2022/12/17/olympics-never-recover-if-qatar-awarded-summer-games/10912582002/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:35:46

• fraud https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/16/jan-6-panel-to-weigh-obstruction-and-fraud-charges-against-trump/69736095007/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:36:01

• iophk: spam distracting from Calligra or LibreOffice or OnlyOffice https://www.cnet.com/deals/only-a-few-more-days-save-big-microsoft-office-license/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:37:03

• Big Tech Companies Join Linux in Effort to Kill Google Maps - SoylentNews ⚓ https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/12/16/1759217 ䷉ Source: Soylent News | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/12/16/1759217    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 09:37:38

• "fediverse: [...] a branch of theoretical philosophy where admins can simultaneously brag about something being uncensorable and how many users they've censored." http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-171222.html#tDec%2017%2012:33:31    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:23:51

• fediverse ensorship http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-171222.html#tDec%2017%2013:08:13    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:23:56

• "I don't want to belabor this post with much background" ☛ https://computer.rip/2022-12-17-the-keyboard-controller.html | Source: Computers Are Bad    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:30:13

• "An experimental composer, Mr. Deutsch collaborated with Robert Moog" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/arts/music/herbert-deutsch-dead.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:30:19

• "Countless companies made and sold these UNIX workstation." ☛ https://www.osnews.com/story/135605/the-mass-extinction-of-unix-workstations/ | Source: OS News    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:30:24

• "Researchers from Duke University used a web-scraping application to download" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/health/sexual-health/iud-tiktok-study-duke-university-distrust-healthcare-misinformation-rcna61769 | Source: NBC    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:32:27

• "But its widespread usage across the U.S. is alarming government officials." ☛ https://text.npr.org/1142828852 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:32:31

• "The authors also showed that tree cover within cities has declined worldwide since 2000, particularly in Central Africa and South-East Asia." ☛ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/176-information/study/22684-distance-between-humans-and-nature-is-growing-study.html | Source: Helsinki Times    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:35:29

• "And that has real health benefits." ☛ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-why-you-should-try-forest-bathing-even-in-the-winter/ | Source: The Globe And Mail CA    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:35:42

• "In August, we traveled to Brazil to learn how to improve Tails" ☛ https://tails.boum.org/news/story_protecting_abortion_activists/index.en.html | Source: Tails    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:36:28

• Windows TCO ☛ https://text.npr.org/1143396605 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:37:30

• "Apple's macOS, being a full UNIX system, has full support for PKI built-in" ☛ https://appleinsider.com/inside/macos/tips/how-to-use-ssh-for-secure-connections-in-macos | Source: AppleInsider    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:37:40

• Facebook ☛ https://cphpost.dk/?p=141456 | Source: Copenhagen Post    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:38:30

• chatcontrol ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2022/12/15/german-dispute-over-eu-chatcontrol/ | Source: Site36    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:38:57

• [Old] "In 2015, I went back to Tails because I was working on feminist security" ☛ https://tails.boum.org/contribute/how/user_experience/interviews/gabriela/ | Source: Tails    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:39:15

• "When digital security tools are too complicated to use, people make mistakes" ☛ https://tails.boum.org/news/achievements_in_2022/index.en.html | Source: Tails    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:39:40

• ftc ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/3777068-wyden-urges-ftc-probe-into-sensitive-internet-metadata-sold-to-us-government/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:40:13

• [Old] We write a lot of reports at Bishop Fox ☛ https://bishopfox.com/blog/unredacter-tool-never-pixelation |    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:42:14

• Let's Encrypt ☛ https://www.devever.net/~hl/acme-caa-live | Source: Devever    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:42:41

• "Another transformation was in external policy—from a militarised, expansionist Eurasian realm into a compact state that enforced internal cohesion but mostly eschewed foreign adventures." ☛ https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/12/15/the-ottoman-empire-fell-a-century-ago-or-did-it | Source: The Economist    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:44:45

• "The men, the prosecution said, ultimately were seeking to inspire a U.S. civil war" ☛ https://eu.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/12/15/whitmer-kidnap-plot-sentencing/69731173007/ | Source: Gannett    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:45:12

• ">The Keystone pipeline leaked in Kansas." ☛ https://text.npr.org/1142675809 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:45:58

• "bankruptcy of FTX and the arrest of its founder and former CEO" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/cryptos-ties-sports-raise-ethical-questions-95466124 | Source: ABC    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:46:25

• "FTX account holders, in addition to those who bought now-worthless [cryptocurrency] from other issuers that filed for bankruptcy" ☛ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/ftx-crypto-regulators-feds-scrutiny-1235283202/ | Source: Hollywood Reporter    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:47:19

• "Vela Bikes, an E-bike maker started in Brazil 12 years ago that expanded into the U.S. during the COVID-19 E-bike boom" ☛ https://eu.freep.com/story/money/business/columnists/carol-cain/2022/12/17/e-bike-maker-vela-bikes-manufacturing-detroit/69727230007/ | Source: Gannett    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:47:27

• "As FTX grew, Mr. Salame began building his profile in Washington as a big Republican donor." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/business/ftx-ryan-salame.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:47:54

• "In severe droughts, water restrictions could see us rationing water" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/12/17/water-supplies-will-turned-weeks-amid-summer-heatwaves/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:48:33

• "The row over the suspension of journalists’ accounts reached as high as..." ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3778656-the-memo-twitters-turmoil-under-musk-roils-political-waters/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:49:08

• "Millions of people and organisations are flocking to Mastodon" ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/everyone-is-on-mastodon-now-but-why/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:49:53

• "History rhymes. Federation, identity issues, and a hostile takeover." ☛ https://matt-rickard.com/the-fall-of-freenode | Source: Matt Rickard    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:50:23

• "Is my investigation pursued in an even-handed spirit? Not in the slightest." ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/16/Twitter-Futures | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:50:28

• "The Post found FBI influence was considerably more significant than just James Baker" ☛ https://nypost.com/2022/12/17/twitter-leadership-full-of-former-fbi-agents-linkedin-records-show/ | Source: NYPost    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:51:14

• "Kara Alaimo, an associate professor in the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra University, writes about issues affecting women and social media." ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/16/opinions/elon-musk-twitter-journalists-alaimo/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:51:34

• "The big picture: Musk has repeatedly said he supports free speech" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2022/12/17/elon-musk-twitter-poll-journalists-suspended | Source: Axios    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:51:48

• "The journalists, however, share a common thread of critical coverage of Musk and his management and policy decisions following his October takeover of Twitter" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/elon-musk-twitter-journalists-banned-1234648351/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:52:33

• "These things should happen in a framework, not just because someone decides they should" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/business/media/twitter-reinstates-accounts.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:52:55

• "Directly undermines Elon Musk’s claim that he intends to run Twitter as a platform dedicated to free speech" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/musk-twitter-suspensions-reinstated-1.6689734 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:53:21

• instagram ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-block-whatsapp-instagram/32181283.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:53:40

• "The women later discovered they weren’t at the abortion clinic they’d intended to visit, but at the similarly named Women’s Help Center" ☛ https://revealnews.org/article/how-anti-abortion-pregnancy-centers-can-claim-to-be-medical-clinics/ | Source: The Center for Investigative Reporting    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:55:08

• "incorrect information" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-ilan-shor-tv-stations-licenses-suspended-russia-war/32180842.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:55:13

• "Prolific author JK Rowling is under fire from trans activists after throwing her support behind a new counseling service for female survivors of sexual violence in the Edinburgh area" ☛ https://reduxx.info/trans-activists-attack-jk-rowling-after-funding-new-resource-center-for-female-survivors-of-sexual-violence/ | Source: Reduxx    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:55:42

• "Europeans also perceive the Constitution primarily as a framework dealing with governmental powers" ☛ https://reason.com/volokh/2022/12/16/journal-of-free-speech-law-why-freedom-of-expression-is-better-protected-in-europe-than-in-the-united-states/ | Source: Reason    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:56:03

• "lidoosti has made at least three posts on her Instagram account expressing solidarity with protesters since the demonstrations broke out in September." ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iran-authorities-arrest-actress-oscar-winning-movie-95470218 | Source: ABC    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:56:23

• "Elon Musk’s decision to abruptly suspend several journalists from Twitter" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/business/media/elon-musk-twitter-journalist-suspension.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:56:49

• "results of a public poll" = BS, PR ☛ https://text.npr.org/1143796992 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:57:22

• "The company has not explained why the accounts were taken down." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/business-news/2022/12/twitter-suspends-journalists-who-wrote-about-owner-elon-musk/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:57:27

• "Prominent journalists, including those from The Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, Voice of America and other outlets, had their Twitter accounts suspended Thursday." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2022/12/journalists-from-washington-post-new-york-times-voice-of-america-cnn-and-more-abruptly-suspended-from-twitter/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:57:40

• michigan ☛ https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/michigan-tribes-state-reach-tentative-deal-great-lakes-fishing-access | Source: Bridge Michigan    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:59:16

• "Before the colonial period, more than 500 different Native tribes lived in what is now the United States." ☛ https://www.hcn.org/articles/politics-the-cherokee-nation-was-promised-a-delegate-to-congress-why-doesnt-it-have-one |    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:59:23

• "If the U.S. Congress wants to stand up for treaties" ☛ https://www.yahoo.com/now/guest-why-cherokee-nation-delegate-233826469.html | Source: Yahoo News    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10:59:35

• "Mohammad Mehdi Karami says he was tortured into making a confession" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protester-death-sentence-karami-executions/32174898.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:00:11

• LapPi ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/sb-components-presents-a-diy-laptop-powered-by-raspberry-pi-4/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:02:24

• "We're about to see a whole lot more people gaming on Linux" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/steam-deck-now-shipping-across-asia-plus-a-new-steam-deck-stable-client-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:03:18

• "Just a little update for you here, that during the GOG Winter Sale they're now giving away a free copy of King of Seas." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/get-a-free-copy-of-king-of-seas-during-the-gog-winter-sale/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:03:23

• Monopolies ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/16/schumpeterian-terrorism/#deliberately-broken | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:03:53

• [Old] Jaroslaw (Jarek) Duda ☛ https://jpegxl.io/articles/rans/ |    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:04:40

• [Old] "Microsoft's patent application has been granted" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/17/microsoft_ans_patent/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:04:45

• [Old] "Asymmetric numeral systems (ANS) is a family of entropy encoding methods" ☛ https://wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org/wiki/Asymmetric_numeral_systems |    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:04:50

• "Within a year of posting as Mostley Music" ☛ https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-business-careers-launching-tiktok-jaylin-hawkins-ari-elkins/ | Source: Penske Media Corporation    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:06:55

• [Old] "Artists have soared to the top of the charts because of trends on TikTok" ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/05/tiktok-is-upending-the-music-industry-and-spotify-may-be-next.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:07:00

• slavery ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/success-of-slavery-on-the-ballot-vote-could-help-incarcerated-pregnant-people/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:07:17

• coal ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/what-organizers-can-learn-from-a-rank-and-file-coal-miners-victory-50-years-ago/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:07:34

• manchin ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/for-profit-child-care-chains-donated-to-manchin-after-he-blocked-universal-care/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:08:16

• "The Z-Library crackdown has resulted in some unusual takedown notices that have little to do with authors or publishers." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/z-library-knockoffs-trigger-dubious-dmca-takedowns-221217/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:08:42

• wordpress ☛ https://linuxtechlab.com/create-your-own-wordpress-website-from-scratch-step-by-step/ | Source: LinuxTechLab    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:09:46

• Dmitrov, Taldom, and Dubna ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/12/17/a-moscow-area-military-commissar-announced-a-return-to-two-year-mandatory-service-the-defense-ministry-denies-it | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:15:55

• kremlin ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/12/17/moscow-times-kremlin-directs-state-companies-to-find-positive-news-spots-for-putin | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:16:12

• "called for Ukrainian children to be “drowned” and “burned,”..." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/12/17/investigative-committee-finds-no-crime-in-journalist-anton-krasovsky-s-call-to-drown-ukrainian-children | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:17:37

• "The organization Sakhalin Environmental Watch announced that it will close." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/12/18/sakhalin-environmental-watch-organization-will-close-after-being-named-a-foreign-agent | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:18:20

• "In Kriyvy Rih, Ukraine, in the early morning hours of December 17, rescue workers pulled the body of a one-and-a-half-year-old boy from the rubble" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/12/18/ukrainian-authorities-report-death-of-a-one-year-old-in-a-home-destroyed-by-a-russian-missile | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:19:24

• "British budget electronics brand Amstrad released their first budget VHS" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/12/17/printed-film-camera-gets-10-seconds-out-of-a-35mm-roll/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:20:38

• ICC ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/12/17/icc-wanted-to-investigate-israeli-war-crimes-now-its-caving-to-us-pressure/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:21:14

• "prenatal screening test" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/pregnant-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-nipts | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:22:01

• illinois ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/students-police-arrests-illinois-garrison-school | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:22:13

• microbit ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/12/17/bbc-microbit-as-handheld-synthesizer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:22:39

• DIY Square Guitar ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/12/17/diy-square-guitar-is-anything-but/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:23:10

• "Joe Biden ran for president as an abolitionist" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/12/17/despite-us-opposition-un-passes-resolution-condemning-death-penalty/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:23:42

• Rikers Island ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/12/17/2022-was-rikers-islands-deadliest-year-again/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:24:02

• varoufakis ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/18/a-conversation-with-yanis-varoufakis/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:24:31

• schumer ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/17/schumer-accused-caving-big-tech-antitrust-bills-languish | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:24:53

• poverty ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/12/17/fighting-poverty-means-targeting-very-wealthy | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:25:07

• Where the money goes? Killing more people. ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/17/congress-just-passed-858-billion-military-budget-gop-blocking-12-billion-fight-child | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:25:40

• yemen ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/12/17/what-now-us-policy-toward-yemen | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:26:14

• pyramid scheme ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/12/17/faux-populism-and-crypto-join-forces-dastardly-pyramid-scheme | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:26:45

• insurrectionists ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/17/new-petition-pressures-us-house-members-not-seat-gop-insurrectionists-2023 | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:27:18

• Twitter was ALWAYS about censorship ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/12/17/mainstream-media-discover-twitter-censorship/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:28:03

• "Bob sends Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish into the blistering cold of the New Jersey woods" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/12/17/an-xmas-gift-from-hedges-and-fish/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:29:13

• microphones ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/12/17/a-binaural-microphone-for-the-great-outdoors/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:29:57

• death penalty ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/un-passes-resolution-condemning-death-penalty-despite-us-opposition/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:30:56

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:31:51

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): PeaZip 9.0 Released with Improved Speed and Memory Usage, New Options ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/PeaZip_9_0_Released_with_Improved_Speed_and_Memory_Usage_New_Op.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/PeaZip_9_0_Released_with_Improved_Speed_and_Memory_Usage_New_Op.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:33:36

• TinySA ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/12/17/say-the-magic-word-and-the-tinysa-goes-ultra/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:34:31

• "Time is of the essence in almost every emergency situation, especially when it comes to wildfires" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/12/17/citizen-driven-network-monitors-public-service-radio-for-natural-disaster-alerts/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:34:54

• "We are powerless" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/12/17/beneficial-electrification-gives-hud-opportunity-invest-health-residents | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:35:43

• Road to Fascism ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/12/17/road-fascism | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:36:00

• "Back in the mid-80s, people wouldn’t just hack software to remove the copy restrictions" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/12/17/yesterdays-future-is-brighter-today/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11:36:35

• Upgraded the structure of this wiki/document to better divide Sirius 'Open Source' problems by theme (classification) http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source Sirius Open Source is everything that's wrong with the label "open source" (faking it)    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 12:28:03

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Arch Linux-Based SystemRescue 9.06 Toolkit Adds Xfce 4.18 and New Bootable USB Creator ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Arch_Linux_Based_SystemRescue_9_06_Toolkit_Adds_Xfce_4_18_and_N.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Arch_Linux_Based_SystemRescue_9_06_Toolkit_Adds_Xfce_4_18_and_N.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 12:43:24

• Python-based ☛ https://opensource.com/article/22/12/linux-file-manager-dragonfly-navigator | Source: OpenSource.com    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:18:47

• "Every so often, I find myself needing to calculate complementary colors." ☛ https://opensource.com/article/22/12/groovy-color-wheel | Source: OpenSource.com    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:18:55

• Sirius ‘Open Source’ is well aware that there is no legal ground for the above request, but it was having a go regardless (just less than a week ago) http://techrights.org/2022/12/18/sirius-open-source-slapping/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:22:10

• Sirius ‘Open Source’ has moved away from Open Source, embracing more and more proprietary software (i.e. replacing “Open Source”), more so in recent years, while failing to release some code as was planned http://techrights.org/2022/12/18/openwashing-minglr-in-twitter/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:22:37

• [git pull] Input updates for v6.2-rc0 - Dmitry Torokhov ⚓ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y5eCBO0BlBsr1smj@google.com/ ䷉ Source: Linux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y5eCBO0BlBsr1smj@google.com/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:24:58

• [GIT PULL] enable squashfs idmapped mounts for v6.2 - Seth Forshee ⚓ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y5dKl5Ksx0iyiJSY@do-x1extreme/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y5dKl5Ksx0iyiJSY@do-x1extreme/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:26:14

• [GIT PULL] Landlock updates for v6.2 - Mickael Salaun ⚓ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221212121918.1315195-1-mic@digikod.net/ ䷉ Source: Linux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221212121918.1315195-1-mic@digikod.net/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:26:21

• SystemRescue 9.06 http://www.system-rescue.org/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:28:39

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:52:36

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Tor News and Views ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Tor_News_and_Views.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Tor_News_and_Views.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:52:45

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Programming_leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Programming_leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:59:37

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:59:44

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding/Retro ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Retro.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Retro.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 14:59:55

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): BSD: FreeBSD's 2022 in Review, WireGuard Kernel Port for FreeBSD, and ChiBUG ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/BSD_FreeBSD_s_2022_in_Review_WireGuard_Kernel_Port_for_FreeBSD_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/BSD_FreeBSD_s_2022_in_Review_WireGuard_Kernel_Port_for_FreeBSD_.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:08:24

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games and WINE: Retroid Pocket 3, Steam Deck, GOG Winter Sale, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Games_and_WINE_Retroid_Pocket_3_Steam_Deck_GOG_Winter_Sale_and_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Games_and_WINE_Retroid_Pocket_3_Steam_Deck_GOG_Winter_Sale_and_.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:08:33

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Try this Python-based file manager on Linux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Try_this_Python_based_file_manager_on_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Try_this_Python_based_file_manager_on_Linux.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:08:42

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Proprietary Software and Clown Computing (Outsourcing, Spying) ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Proprietary_Software_and_Clown_Computing_Outsourcing_Spying.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Proprietary_Software_and_Clown_Computing_Outsourcing_Spying.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:08:51

• Sirius ‘Open Source’ might not reach its 25th birthday. It was ruined from the inside by people who hate Open Source. http://techrights.org/2022/12/18/sirius-open-source-slapping/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:09:45

• "With the new Gumroad flat-rate fee, creators are starting to look for cheaper alternatives. Here are options that will handle EU VAT too" https://nts.strzibny.name/gumroad-alternatives-eu-uk-vat/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:14:31

• Sirius ‘Open Source’ Bullies Geeks https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/12/18/sirius-open-source-bullies-geeks/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:14:57

• 🔤SpellBinding: AHLMRON Wordo: RINSE gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2022-12-18.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:23:11

• "And this is interesting because, as far as I know, SpaceBeans *doesn't send close_notify*. Or what would be more accurate, the library the server uses, doesn't seem to send it." gemini://capsule.usebox.net/gemlog/20221218-re-many-capsules-don-t-send-tls-close-notify.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:24:01

• "GNUnet is GNU's (yes, that GNU in GNU/Linux) framework for p2p applications. CADET (Confidential Ad-hoc Decentralized End-to-end Transport) is GNUnet's transport layer protocol. Think it like a replacement of TCP/IP." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2022/12-18-introduction-to-p2p-messaging-using-cadet-and-gnunetpp.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:25:07

• Over 3 years ago was ‘peak bullying’ at Sirius ‘Open Source’; technical staff (what’s left of it!) was subjected to false accusations by abusive management — a tradition that would sporadically continue for years to come, as we shall show in weeks to follow http://techrights.org/2022/12/18/sirius-open-source-grievance-letters/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:26:45

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posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:41:15

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux Distribution List ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Linux_Distribution_List.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Linux_Distribution_List.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:41:30

• "There is a new application available for Sparkers: Harmonoid" https://sparkylinux.org/harmonoid/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:47:38

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posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:47:46

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posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:47:55

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Slackware Cloud Server Series, Episode 7: Decentralized Social Media ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Slackware_Cloud_Server_Series_Episode_7_Decentralized_Social_Me.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/Slackware_Cloud_Server_Series_Episode_7_Decentralized_Social_Me.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:49:58

• Phoronix: yes, we cover Microsoft. We're sponsored by Pluton pushers. http://techrights.org/2022/02/03/techrights-statement-on-phoronix/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:51:02

• ""Microsoft is evil" and "embrace extend extinguish" comments arriving in 1-2-3.... .... You have a problem when people say the truth?" https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1363241-microsoft-begins-providing-directx-shader-compiler-linux-binaries    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:52:03

• "And this right here is the reason I don't understand why some people insist that "Microsoft loves Linux" ≠ EEE." https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1363241-microsoft-begins-providing-directx-shader-compiler-linux-binaries    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:53:09

• History’s Lesson: Microsoft Now Does to GNU/Linux What It Did to Java (Creating ‘Schism’ to ‘Wrest Control’) http://techrights.org/2020/10/18/java-schism-to-wrest-control/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:53:33

• Comment: "Since Windows started supporting GUI applications through WSL, our company forced(VPN disabled for Linux users) all the people(a few hundred of them) working on Linux to switch to Windows and work from there, through WSL - main reason being that Windows is easier to manage for Administrators and now Microsoft offers them an option to get rid of native Linux..."    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:54:41

• Microsoft is ATTACKING Linux. Microsoft ALWAYS attacked Linux.    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:55:22

• eBuzz Central: Microsoft Still HATES Linux & Open Source http://techrights.org/2022/12/11/microsoft-still-hates-linux-opinion/ explains why mjg effectively works for Microsoft's agenda    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:55:55

• eBuzz Central: “Microsoft Is Destroying Linux – WSL and WSL2 Are Evil!” http://techrights.org/2022/12/17/ebuzz-central-wsl/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:56:19

• Microsoft trolls: telling the truth is "hatred". Mark Shuttleworth: it's like racism http://techrights.org/2010/02/17/choice-versus-condition/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 15:59:13

• No, you moved to PROPRIETARY software that Microsoft uses to spy on you. That's not "kinda OK", you've moved into the cage of criminals, who not get to control your life from within. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4ml46urzBo    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:02:37

• Microsoft ATTACKS Linux, classic EEE https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-DX-Shader-Linux-Build    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:03:01

• Microsofters also attacked Intel, imposing Microsoft spyware on developers http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:04:06

• Microsoft is also an HR problem. People who come from there can be like toxic waste. They put at risk any company they enter. They try to convert people to Microsoft. If people resist, they call it "hatred".    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:04:59

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posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:05:24

• "Ketogenic diets often sound complicated. The TL;DR is: Reduce your intake of carbohydrates to a very low level (less than 30g/day for most people)" https://major.io/p/keto-3-years/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:12:34

• "Recently I encountered the Dutch phrase den goede of den kwade, which means something like "the good [things] or the bad [ones]”, something like the English phrase “for better or for worse”." https://blog.plover.com/2022/12/18/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:23:49

• Microsoft, via so-called Linux Foundation, overrides the community's work. Classic EEE. https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/16/Linux_Foundation_as_Front_Group_of_Microsoft_Facebook_and_Amazo.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:27:33

• "Now, I’ve been more than a little critical of some of the recent moves from The Linux Foundation. From the fact that they spend frightfully little of their income on actual Linux development to getting into the vaccine passport business." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-linux-foundation-launches-map    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:28:52

• E68: Managing Open Source Data Services with Aiven by Open Source Startup Podcast ⚓ https://anchor.fm/ossstartuppodcast/episodes/E68-Managing-Open-Source-Data-Services-with-Aiven-e1s504k ䷉ Source: Open Source Startup Podcast    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:30:32

• "As is the usual way of things, the monthly Activity Report is hereby combined with my Contract Report. This report covers hrev56565 through hrev56626." https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2022-12-12_haiku_activity_contract_report_november_2022/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:32:00

• "Raku source code is built programmatically to be EVALled at runtime." https://rakudoweekly.blog/2022/12/12/2022-50-mainified/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:32:46

• "From 15th December 2022, the reporting of pillar 1 and pillar 4 negative tests in England has changed to a new data source. The change has been retrospectively applied to tests, by specimen date, since the beginning of the pandemic. This change may give rise to differences in the previously reported numbers of tests in some areas" https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/whatsnew/record/1aed60f0-658f-4455-b080-3f8466712822    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:33:30

• UK gov. COVID-19 policy: don't test much. It helps perpetuate the myth of this virus "going away"...    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:34:02

• "The total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test by date reported for England and Wales was not updated on 15 December 2022 because of a technical issue" https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/whatsnew/record/143adea3-96f4-487f-93b2-b09f937aa5a0 Microsoft again? https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/5/21502141/uk-missing-coronavirus-cases-excel-spreadsheet-error https://slate.com/technology/2020/10/u-k-covid-19-spike-caused-by-microsoft-excel-error.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:35:13

• Windows KILLS. http://techrights.org/2020/06/09/windows-disaster-zones/ will deploying Microsoft products be seen as an act of manslaughter?    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:35:46

• "deaths within 28 days of a positive test by date reported for England and Wales was not updated on 15 December 2022 because of a technical issue" https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/whatsnew/record/143adea3-96f4-487f-93b2-b09f937aa5a0 Microsoft again? https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/5/21502141/uk-missing-coronavirus-cases-excel-spreadsheet-error https://slate.com/technology/2020/10/u-k-covid-19-spike-caused-by-microsoft-excel-error.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:36:30

• "The number will be updated for the next dashboard update on 22 December 2022. Deaths within 28 days of a positive test by date of death are not affected and are up to date." https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/whatsnew/record/143adea3-96f4-487f-93b2-b09f937aa5a0 how on Earth do you lose such data? Sounds like classic Microsoftism.    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:38:02

• "We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0." https://blog.powerdns.com/2022/12/12/powerdns-recursor-4-8-0-released/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:39:06

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posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:39:13

• Title intentionally neglects to say this is about Microsoft Windows https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/hunting-attestation-signed-malware    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:40:35

• Cambridge University’s course for spooks ⚓ https://declassifieduk.org/cambridge-universitys-course-for-spooks/ ䷉ Source: Declassified UK | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//declassifieduk.org/cambridge-universitys-course-for-spooks/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:41:22

• Ukraine should not be using Windows. It is killing people. https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/trojanized-windows-installers-ukrainian-government    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:42:27

• "Amazon? Meta? Microsoft? There’s more than a handful of things that cause me a bit of unease with that group." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-linux-foundation-launches-map    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:43:34

• Surveillance companies that work for the NSA: let's control all of the world's data and spy on all users? Your choice for maps limited to... anything from GAFAM is G or FAM https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-linux-foundation-launches-map espionage?    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:44:37

• Having an easy time targeting Microsoft software with NSA back doors https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/gru-rise-telegram-minions http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:47:43

• "IRC was a federated network, in some ways similar to Mastodon’s ActivityPub. Mastodon federates new servers by default, whereas IRC federation happens more tacitly. Federation is agreed upon by operators, and multiple operators might run nodes for a network." https://matt-rickard.com/the-fall-of-freenode    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:48:33

• "Leo, however, has been on radio in one form or another since at least 1976, including an earlier tech show on KGO-AM in the Bay Area, as well as periodically on television." https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-minor-memorial-for-leo-laporte-on.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:49:25

• "Dr. Pampel doesn’t have the global attention of a Greta Thunberg, of course. Nevertheless, it is fair to assume that he is probably at least as known and respected in the German Open Science Community as a renowned pulmonologist could be for German lung cancer research" http://bjoern.brembs.net/2022/12/what-if-greta-thunberg-took-a-shell-sponsored-professorship/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:50:47

• On target | HighlandR ⚓ https://www.johnmackintosh.net/blog/2022-12-14-targets/ https://www.johnmackintosh.net/blog/2022-12-14-targets/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:55:41

• "Before I started in my new role, I read through The Go Programming Language, which is quite good. Otherwise I have mostly used online resources when I have needed to learn how something works. Both A Tour of Go and Go by Example are good." https://henrikwarne.com/2022/12/11/switching-to-go-first-impressions/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:56:14

• "Climate change may change how people name their children according to the journal Science." https://lemire.me/blog/2022/12/11/science-and-technology-links-december-11-2022/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:57:07

• "To find out, I can try to allocate one million 4-byte arrays and look at the total memory usage of the process" https://lemire.me/blog/2022/12/12/what-is-the-memory-usage-of-a-small-array-in-c/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:58:28

• "Recent Intel and AMD processors have instructions that operate on 512-bit registers. So we can compare 64 bytes using a single instruction. The simplest algorithm to search for a string might look as follows…" https://lemire.me/blog/2022/12/15/checking-for-the-absence-of-a-string-naive-avx-512-edition/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 16:59:27

• Senate Committee Completes Its Review of Bill C-11: What Comes Next? https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2022/12/senate-committee-completes-its-review-of-bill-c-11-what-comes-next/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:01:30

• "The government’s two big Internet bills – Bill C-11 and Bill C-18, both made significant advances late last week. The Senate Transport and Communications committee concluded months of hearings on Bill C-11 by agreeing to about 25 amendments" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2022/12/law-bytes-podcast-episode-150/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:02:35

• New Release: Tor Browser 12.0.1 | The Tor Project ⚓ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1201/ ䷉ Source: Tor | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1201/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:03:48

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posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:03:58

• Revealed: British army contributed to worker’s death in Africa ⚓ https://declassifieduk.org/revealed-british-army-contributed-to-workers-death-in-africa/ ䷉ Source: Declassified UK | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//declassifieduk.org/revealed-british-army-contributed-to-workers-death-in-africa/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:06:39

• "In the world of (high) technology, Europe is exceptionally weak at innovating. There are many ways to explain how this came to be, and a lot of the discussion focuses on unfair business conditions and regulation." https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/is-europe-just-not-good-at-innovating/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:07:37

• "On December 16th 2022 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. Join Drew Gurkowski as he presents a quick introductory guide to configuring printing, basic audio, and wifi on a fresh FreeBSD install." https://freebsdfoundation.org/freebsd-fridays/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:12:33

• "In this article, you’ll learn how CMake and Make work and the key differences between them. You’ll then implement CMake and Make to see their differences in action." https://earthly.dev/blog/cmake-vs-make-diff/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:13:39

• Bypassing monopolies https://mwl.io/archives/22447    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:15:11

• "We take the privacy of your data seriously so before you visit the Preference Management Center please enter your details below so we can send you an email to confirm your identity. Business email address. Reuben Shcade." https://rubenerd.com/cleaning-out-my-notes-folder/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:15:51

• Pains of using Apple things https://rubenerd.com/the-doughnut-hole-emulation-problem/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:16:54

• The problem of TLS close (or lack of) in the geminispace gemini://station.martinrue.com/bortzmeyer/91ebe743d7704b78be9a871f6675d00f    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:17:52

• "I got COVID... After enduring the difficult days of the virus in my body, I got the a point in which the current symptoms and bearable enough to be focusing on doing something else." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1230    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:19:19

• Hard Reset gemini://kdx.smol.pub/hard-reset    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:20:09

• "My server rgsrv should now respect this and send proper close_notify on connection termination." gemini://foobucket.xyz/gemlog/2022-12-18-Re_Many_capsules_dont_send_TLS_close_notify.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:20:44

• "Gear motors are the basis for every Raspberry PI Pico-based robot project." https://peppe8o.com/gear-motor-raspberry-pi-pico/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:32:40

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posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:39:20

• "“Déjà vu all over again.” Another run of ethical calculus. Not so very long ago and on the heels of one or another specially offensive transgression, Skeptical Science had to search our hearts: Is there a compelling reason to help Facebook with its business plan, by maintaining a presence on the platform? Now we're asking the same question about Twitter." http://www.skepticalscience.com/news.php?n=5536    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:42:47

• Manchin's Permitting Reform Fails. That May Not Be a Win for Climate. | Climate Denial Crock of the Week ⚓ https://climatecrocks.com/2022/12/08/manchins-permitting-reform-fails-that-may-not-be-a-win-for-climate/ ䷉ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//climatecrocks.com/2022/12/08/manchins-permitting-reform-fails-that-may-not-be-a-win-for-climate/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:43:47

• "This workshop has provided many insights into ROS’s global development and adoption. Particularly on how ROS has become an essential component for large organisations to achieve their developmental goal in robotics and how ROS has supported the early-stage journey growth of aspiring start-ups such as Lionsbot and Augmentus" https://rosindustrial.org/news/2022/12/12/its-a-wrap-for-ros-industrial-asia-pacific-workshop-2022    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:44:44

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posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:46:40

• Pardon Assange: 45 MEPs, Stella Assange & journalist federations sign open letter to US President Biden - Patrick Breyer ⚓ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/pardon-assange-45-meps-stella-assange-journalist-federations-sign-open-letter-to-us-president-biden/ ䷉ Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:47:25

• "Today, the EU Council adopted a position on the proposed Regulation on transparency and targeting of political advertising; the text had already been published beforehand. Member of the European Parliament Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party)" https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/council-position-on-political-advertising-opens-the-door-to-election-manipulation/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:48:09

• "Anybody who says they can predict what’s going to happen is wrong. But we can peer down one or two of the infinitely-forking paths into the future and maybe see something useful." https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/16/Twitter-Futures    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:50:01

• Twitter Suspends Half a Dozen Journalists’ Accounts - The New York Times ⚓ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/technology/twitter-suspends-journalist-accounts-elon-musk.html ䷉ Source: New York Times | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/technology/twitter-suspends-journalist-accounts-elon-musk.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:53:17

• Goodbye, Twitter - by Ken White - The Popehat Report ⚓ https://popehat.substack.com/p/goodbye-twitter ䷉ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//popehat.substack.com/p/goodbye-twitter    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:55:24

• "Apparently I’m a very slow learner on the “Elon Musk is an absolute shithead” front, but this purge is genuinely shocking to me. I was really in for the “more tweets, even from people you flat-out despise” idea." https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/12/15/twitter-journalist-suspensions    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:56:45

• "I don’t want to make too big a deal out of one person shutting down their Twitter account, but it’s not just one person. It’s a real trend right now." https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/12/12/ken-white-twitter    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:57:20

• Who would PAY to be a SLAVE of FRAUD Musk? https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/12/twitter-blue-relaunches-with-steeper-price-for-apple-users-.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:58:07

• "John Carmack, who was chief technology officer of Oculus, which Meta bought, is departing the company." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/technology/virtual-reality-pioneer-is-leaving-meta.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 17:59:33

• As if the name is what matters. This crap has been attempted since the 80s and 90s. It goes nowhere. https://www.extremetech.com/computing/341290-apple-is-now-calling-its-ar-vr-headset-operating-system-xros    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:01:08

• These are NOT "US chips"; they're Taiwanese https://eponymouspickle.blogspot.com/2022/12/apple-will-use-us-chips.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:01:49

• “the ability to take days off for medical care without being subject to discipline." https://www.democracynow.org/2022/9/15/railroad_workers_united_union_contract_strike    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:03:00

• "you might discover something which basically says "run an IRC network or get involved with the chatting on it, but try not to do both". This was a reflection on my own youthful stupidity, and a plea to others to not make the same mistakes (as many of my posts tend to be)." https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2022/12/16/bird/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:04:21

• Millionaires funded by billionaires - neritam ⚓ https://neritam.wordpress.com/2022/12/18/millionaires-funded-by-billionaires/ ䷉ Source: Neritam    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:05:53

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posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:06:47

• 1% Of India’s Richest Control 21% Of Country’s Wealth: UN Report ⚓ https://thewire.in/government/india-hdi-undp-report-fall-wealth-inequality ䷉ Source: The Wirecutter | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//thewire.in/government/india-hdi-undp-report-fall-wealth-inequality    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:06:53

• Lessons from Lensa https://matt-rickard.com/lessons-from-lensa    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:08:56

• "What's actually used to train these LLMs? A brief look at some of the datasets involved." https://matt-rickard.com/laion-the-pile-and-more-datasets    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:09:35

• Docker as a DevTool Platform ⚓ https://matt-rickard.com/docker-as-a-devtool-platform ䷉ Source: Matt Rickard | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//matt-rickard.com/docker-as-a-devtool-platform    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:10:47

• Vandana Shiva: Bill Gates is a pirate like Christopher Columbus https://neritam.wordpress.com/2022/12/12/billionaires-dictators/ http://techrights.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation_Critique    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:11:27

• ProPublica-bribed Bill Gates deflecting to other oligarchs https://www.democracynow.org/2022/9/8/barre_seid_attack_philanthropy_new_details    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:13:04

• ProPublica bribed by Bill Gates. Now deflecting to other oligarchs https://www.democracynow.org/2022/9/8/barre_seid_attack_philanthropy_new_details    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:13:28

• Says the 'guardian', which guards Bill Gates from critics... in exchange for regular bribes from Gates https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/nov/30/uk-super-rich-less-charitable-than-decade-ago-charity-chief-orlando-fraser    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:14:19

• "The U.S. government bankrolled the industry, and mining companies rushed to profit, building more than 50 mills and processing sites to refine uranium ore." https://www.propublica.org/article/uranium-mills-pollution-cleanup-us    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:14:56

• Techrights wiki page on Gates Foundation about to exceed a million views http://techrights.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation_Critique    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:15:26

• Old: "More than two years after the collapse of the digital payments firm Wirecard, ex-CEO Markus Braun and two managers are now on trial in Munich. DW recaps how Germany's worst post-war fraud scandal unfolded." https://www.dw.com/en/wirecard-how-germanys-fraudulent-fintech-star-was-exposed/a-64011129    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:16:14

• Apache SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Released with Improved Classification & Performance http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/17/SpamAssassin_4_0_0.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:21:01

• Driverless continues driving nowhere https://stop.zona-m.net/2022/10/driverless-continues-driving-nowhere/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:22:59

• Understanding Type 1 and Type 2 Hypervisors https://buildvirtual.net/understanding-type-1-and-type-2-hypervisors/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:25:28

• "Reneging on that promise is hypocrisy. Suspending Twitter users who had the temerity to simply post links to the ElonJet accounts on Instagram and Mastodon is beyond hypocrisy. They were just links." https://daringfireball.net/2022/12/i_wish_i_could_tell_you_this_is_not_all_about_twitter    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:27:08

• Building and Running an NVIDIA Container https://earthly.dev/blog/buildingrunning-NVIDIAcontainer/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:28:04

• "It’s pretty amazing to have bars flying across the screen to Daft Punk’s `Touch`." https://apachelog.wordpress.com/2022/12/12/plasma-analyzer/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:28:58

• Why on Earth would anyone PAY Twitter??? https://chrishannah.me/the-new-est-twitter-blue/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:30:21

• Pixel Wheels 0.24.1 https://agateau.com/2022/pixelwheels-0-24-1/    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:31:14

• "Twitter was incredibly flat. Pre-existing social relationships were not, for many, a gatekeeper to interacting with someone, or to be interacted with." https://cendyne.dev/posts/2022-12-11-twitter.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:34:12

• "One problem: transcribing device codes is phishable, and it trains users to think this is a safe activity. Device auth codes effectively bypass unphishable two-factor security." https://cendyne.dev/posts/2022-12-12-device-oauth-flow-is-phishable.html    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:34:44

• Satire: "According to sources inside Apple, the new serial interface will have a max speed of 115200 bit/s and be positioned on the top of the iPhone." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/breaking-eu-orders-apple-to-add-rs    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:35:21

• Another architecture: http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/11/Linux_Kernel_6_1_LTS_Released_with_Initial_Support_for_the_Rust.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:39:51

• Blockchain Fails to Gain Traction in the Enterprise    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:42:51

• ⚓ https://www.wsj.com/articles/blockchain-fails-to-gain-traction-in-the-enterprise-11671057528 ䷉ Source: The Wall Street Journal | hype is NOT enough    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:42:58

• US-China chip war: How the technology dispute is playing out - BBC News ⚓ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63995570    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:43:59

• Tesla dead-man walking. All hype. Other EVs work better and will get long-term service from a company like Volvo, not run by a a lunatic and fraud https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63981767?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:45:02

• Light-analyzing ‘lab on a chip’ opens door to widespread use of portable spectrometers | Oregon State University ⚓ https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/light-analyzing-‘lab-chip’-opens-door-widespread-use-portable-spectrometers | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//today.oregonstate.edu/news/light-analyzing-‘lab-chip’-opens-door-widespread-use-portable-spectrometers    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:46:29

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (UPDATED): Linux Kernel 6.1 LTS Released with Initial Support for the Rust Programming Language ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/11/Linux_Kernel_6_1_LTS_Released_with_Initial_Support_for_the_Rust.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/11/Linux_Kernel_6_1_LTS_Released_with_Initial_Support_for_the_Rust.gmi ∎    

posted Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 18:47:15

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): SpamAssassin 4.0 Anti-Spam Platform Gets Full Unicode Support ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/SpamAssassin_4_0_Anti_Spam_Platform_Gets_Full_Unicode_Support.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/SpamAssassin_4_0_Anti_Spam_Platform_Gets_Full_Unicode_Support.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, December 19, 2022 at 00:22:35

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): PeaZip 9.0 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/PeaZip_9_0.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/PeaZip_9_0.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, December 19, 2022 at 00:22:46

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): postmarketOS 22.12 Released with Support for Fairphone 4 and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/postmarketOS_22_12_Released_with_Support_for_Fairphone_4_and_Ga.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/12/18/postmarketOS_22_12_Released_with_Support_for_Fairphone_4_and_Ga.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, December 19, 2022 at 00:22:55

• Overclocked gemini://thrig.me/blog/2022/12/18/overclocked.gmi    

posted Monday, December 19, 2022 at 00:29:35

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D447.jpg    

posted Monday, December 19, 2022 at 00:30:08

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D784.jpg    

posted Monday, December 19, 2022 at 00:30:14

• Tech - AI - Xue Tao and Mark Twain gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/~shufei/phlog/20221218-Tech-AI-Lit-TaoAndTwain.gmi    

posted Monday, December 19, 2022 at 00:30:51

• Tools: redo (part 2) Automatic Recording of Dependencies on Header Files gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2022/20221218-redo-2.gmi    

posted Monday, December 19, 2022 at 00:31:32

• Tools: redo (part 1) Hello, world! gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2022/20221218-redo-1.gmi    

posted Monday, December 19, 2022 at 00:32:18

• "Since October 2020 I'm fiddling with "redo", a build tool imagined by Daniel Bernstein. Writing about it will make me understand it better. And along the way, maybe others find it interesting, so here we go. This series will grow." gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2022/20221218-redo-0.gmi    

posted Monday, December 19, 2022 at 00:32:45

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