Roy Schestowitz

• This Island Cardboard gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1638    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 02:47:21

• "I wrote a post yesterday regarding the war in the middle east and expressing support for the nation of Israel. I was surprised to discover this morning that my entire domain had been banned from Antenna. If I try to submit any feed, I get an error similar to this: [...]" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/your-word/20240102-0.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 02:48:43

• ""Kung fu" actually means something like hard (or bitter) work, so would include anything that requires dedication to master—the piano, vi, tea ceremonies, etc. Or is it just a bag slopped in swimming pool water, as far as ritual goes?" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/01/02/kung-fu.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 02:49:33

• Posting is feeling silly again gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2024-01-02-15-29-43.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 02:50:13

• Happy 2024! gemini://rawtext.club/~winter/gemlog/2024/1-02.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 02:50:43

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D799.jpg    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 02:52:33

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1149.jpg    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 02:52:38

• "The dance-craze of 2024 will be known as "The Tomasino"." gopher://gopher.black/1/phlog/20240102-resolution/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 02:53:28

• "I blame the project and foundation as a whole and the CEO (read the Lunduke article linked in a previous post). Mozilla have taken corporate donations to essentially develop anything but their browser - i.e. the one viable threat to the chromium/blink monopoly." https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/general-10/mozilla%27s-new-vision-4175732282/page2.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 02:56:12

• "Mozilla are not challenging that monopoly because its main source of funding comes from the "big tech" corporation behind that same monopoly." https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/general-10/mozilla%27s-new-vision-4175732282/page2.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 02:56:17

• EPO coverage in Techrights to resume shortly. Every day of the month this month...    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 03:01:02

• Apple needs to collapse 90 percent, not 3+. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-stock-leads-tech-sell-off-for-2024s-opening-day see https://techrights.org/n/2023/12/29/Chart_of_the_Day_Apple_s_Debt_Grew_Nearly_Tenfold_in_the_Past_T.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 04:13:12

• "Technology stocks open year with selloff, after the hype over artificial intelligence drove big gains ahead of actual business growth" https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/techs-ai-hangover-might-just-be-getting-started-e81ca9f9    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 04:13:54

• It should not be called "OpenAI". It is misleading, it's a lie. https://decrypt.co/211563/open-source-or-openai-whats-the-best-path-to-advanced-ai see http://techrights.org/o/2023/08/15/william-n-braswell-openai/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 04:19:29

• "open" HEY HI looking for new sponsors confirms... it is running out of money. And all the recent puff pieces about its alleged "revenue" overlook that fact that revenue is not profit. It's designed to distract from a grim reality.    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 04:20:49

• "When it comes to CSS, browsers will ignore syntax they don’t understand." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/fault-tolerance-html-css/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 06:55:38

• Wordle ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/ny-times-upshot-analysed-515-million-wordle-games-played-over-the-past-year-with-this-stunning-finding-101704189194666.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 06:56:37

• "In 2023 we decided to move away from Wordpress to a static site" ☛ https://boilingsteam.com/happy-new-year-2024-and-some-news/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 06:56:42

• "What makes Tetris “beatable,” in this context? Simple: He played so far into the game that its many parts were falling off the machine." ☛ https://tedium.co/2024/01/02/blue-scuti-tetris-world-record/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 06:56:59

• "Blue Scuti is a Tetris prodigy who employs the “rolling” controller technique, a new way of holding and using the NES controller that was popularized in 2021." ☛ https://www.404media.co/13-year-old-becomes-first-person-to-ever-beat-tetris/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 06:57:13

• "my decision to ditch Raspberry Pi OS and move everything" ☛ https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10620-consider-security-first | Source: John Goerzen    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 06:58:45

• "This means that those of us with supported em(4) variants can look forward" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240101093223 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:06:04

• "I wanted to share a list of hardening you can do on your OpenBSD workstation" ☛ https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2023-12-31-hardened-openbsd-workstation.html | Source: Data Swamp    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:07:53

• "The bhyve hypervisor has been ported to Illumos and provides an altervative to KVM." ☛ https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/running-openbsd-on-omnios-using-bhyve/ | Source: TuMFatig    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:10:33

• "It takes a few minutes to set up on Linux with nginx" ☛ https://spookbench.net/blog/freebsd_webdav/index.html |    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:10:43

• "In a previous post, I showed the two BBC Micro computers I had acquired" ☛ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/2024/01/02/bbc-micro-restoration-part-1/ | Source: Andrew Hutchings    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:12:25

• "The recent Raspberry Pi 5 release will undoubtedly see a slew of new accessories" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/best-picks/best-raspberry-pi-accessories | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:12:42

• "To shuffle, the user splits the deck and loads the two halves." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/01/02/this-automated-machine-shuffles-and-deals-cards-so-you-dont-have-to/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:12:50

• "And the winners are..." ☛ https://www.sparkfun.com/news/9348 | Source: SparkFun Electronics    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:12:58

• "some insane Jekyll plugin magic" ☛ http://flower.codes/2024/01/02/return-to-the-gopherverse.html | Source: Zach Flower    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:13:48

• "Thunderbird often comes up in my test set" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/thunderbird-filters-sync.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:14:14

• "According to the company's filings, Mitchell Baker's compensation went from $5,591,406 in 2021 [PDF] to $6,903,089 in 2022 [PDF]." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/02/mozilla_in_2024_ai_privacy/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:15:53

• "The target audience is really anyone with an interest in keeping track of LLVM" ☛ https://muxup.com/2024q1/reflections-on-ten-years-of-llvm-weekly |    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:16:37

• "As you can maybe guess from that, modal text editors like vim don't work for me." ☛ https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/annoying-text-editors.html | Source: David Buchanan    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:17:11

• "S = k log W. The rest is commentary." ☛ https://two-wrongs.com/estimating-standard-deviation-from-timeseries-plot | Source: Chris    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:17:20

• "The first version of Unix (V1) had a 'seek()' system call." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/LseekWhyNamedThat | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:17:30

• "I am continuing down the rabbit hole of compression." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2024/01/02/compression-3/ | Source: James G    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:17:50

• "Instead of a full program as many of the other Example/Explanation posts on C++" ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/initialization/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:18:06

• "Developing tooling for C++ modules is challenging to say the least." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2024/01/c-module-tooling-emulator-playground.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:18:19

• "All the best wishes to everyone who likes the Raku Programming Language!" ☛ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2024/01/02/2024-01-happy-2-9-map%c2%b3-sum/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:19:03

• "This was yet another thing I learned from VOGONS this week!" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/internet-archive-can-browse-isos/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:20:23

• "I have worked for two newspapers over the course of my career" ☛ https://ericwbailey.website/published/oh-shit-banners/ | Source: Eric Bailey    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:20:32

• "I’ve expressed my dislike of social networks for enough times" ☛ https://alirezahayati.com/2024/01/02/happy-birthday-matt/ | Source: Ali Reza Hayati    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:20:42

• Wordpress was created by 2 people, not 1, and they both relied on a French man nobody talks about anymore (b2). Same for Wikipedia. Jimbo Wales is one of two people. The other one blasts Wikipedia these days.    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:21:54

• "After 3 great years at Elastic I was hired by the Python Software Foundation to be the Security Developer-in-Residence." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/2023-year-in-review?date=2023-12-31 | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:22:51

• "I tell you all this because I still stand by that The Wrestling Insomniac is one of the finest pro wrestling sites on the internet." ☛ https://brandonwrites.xyz/personal-site-spotlight-the-wrestling-insomniac/ | Source: Brandon    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:23:04

• "Everyone should just avoid Substack because they’ve become the Nazi bar." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/2024/01/02/if-you-dont.html | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:23:15

• "Its widespread adoption in multiple contexts" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1222411180 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:24:29

• "To effectively verify and validate LLM outputs" ☛ https://theconversation.com/ai-can-now-attend-a-meeting-and-write-code-for-you-heres-why-you-should-be-cautious-217733 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:33:54

• "ghost workers" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-01-01/the-hidden-labor-force-behind-chatgpt-the-drama-of-the-ghost-workers.html | Source: El País    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:34:03

• "intelligence"?? ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/01/02/the-i-in-llm-stands-for-intelligence/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:34:16

• Windows TCO: "thousands of private sector companies were either directly or indirectly impacted" ☛ https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/44987/the-state-of-ransomware-in-the-u-s-report-and-statistics-2023/ |    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:37:10

• Windows TCO: "From 2016 to 2021, we estimate that ransomware attacks killed between 42 and 67 Medicare patients" ☛ https://www.databreaches.net/the-state-of-ransomware-in-the-u-s-report-and-statistics-2023/ | Source: Data Breaches    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:37:24

• Windows TCO: "Officially described as a “cyber security incident” by CSV, the attack is said to have been detected on Dec. 21 and involved unauthorized access leading to a disruption of the audio-visual in-court technology network." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/01/01/ransomware-attack-targets-court-services-victoria-australia/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:37:47

• Windows TCO: "targeted the Central Chamber of Commerce, the Bank of Finland, the Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce, and The Finland Arbitration Institute." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/noname-cyberattacks-on-finland/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:38:32

• Windows TCO: "ransomware groups" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/zeppelin2-ransomware/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:38:45

• Windows TCO: "As of now, the cybercriminals have not disclosed the motive behind the MPM Medical Supply cyberattack, leaving a cloud of uncertainty regarding the extent of the data breach or the compromised information" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/mpm-medical-supply-cyberattack/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:38:56

• "Which Root Certificates should you trust? Did you know that any certificate..." ☛ https://raymii.org/s/software/Which_Root_Certificates_Should_You_Trust_CertInfo.html | Source: Remy Van Elst    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:39:43

• Surveillance ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2024/01/02/train-trip-with-motion-detector-french-railway-is-testing-methods-for-intelligent-surveillance/ | Source: Site36    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:39:56

• “As you may know.." ☛ https://gizmodo.com/pornhub-banned-in-montana-north-carolina-1851134590 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:40:12

• "The move is meant to protest laws that went into effect in both states" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/2/24022539/pornhub-blocked-montana-north-carolina-age-verification-law-protest | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:40:49

• " wave of age verification laws" ☛ https://www.404media.co/north-carolina-montana-pornhub-blocked-vpn/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:42:51

• "Sounds great!" ☛ http://blog.cr.yp.to/20240102-hybrid.html | Source: DJ Bernstein    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:47:00

• "Tom Cotton (Republican of Arkansas) wants them not going to the United States" ☛ https://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2023/10/discussion-of-the-voluntary-emigration-of-gazans | Source: Daniel Pipes    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:47:34

• "New York City has seen more than 160,000 migrants arrive since the spring of 2022." ☛ https://nypost.com/2024/01/02/news/texas-has-bused-95k-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities-greg-abbott/ | Source: NYPost    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:47:52

• "Israel has also said Al Shifa, which it had occupied earlier in the war in Gaza" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-02/us-believes-hamas-used-al-shifa-hospital-but-evacuated-before-israeli-operation-source | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:48:07

• "Under Maine law, when I qualified Mr. Trump for the ballot" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1222389987 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:48:30

• "Secretary of State's office received three challenges to the nomination" ☛ https://www.maine.gov/sos/news/2023/Decision%20in%20Challenge%20to%20Trump%20Presidential%20Primary%20Petitions.pdf |    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:48:46

• "It did not." ☛ https://www.vox.com/23899688/2024-election-republican-primary-death-threats-trump | Source: Vox    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:48:52

• "A man was arrested early Tuesday after he broke into the Colorado Supreme Court" ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4384741-colorado-supreme-court-trump-ballot-14th-amendment/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:49:41

• "The suspect also held an unarmed security guard at gunpoint to gain access" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/man-arrested-after-breaking-into-colorado-supreme-court-building-and-opening-fire/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:49:58

• "Allahu Akbar" ☛ https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4380219-hamas-massacre-footage-shows-the-gaza-war-is-about-religious-fanaticism/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:50:15

• "a lot of that ash, which can contain a host of toxic metals" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2024/01/01/environmental-groups-want-stronger-rules-for-use-of-coal-ash-fill-after-epa-reveals-new-risks/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:51:27

• groundwater ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/climate/indiana-leap-groundwater-pipe-microchips.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:51:43

• "The good news for Tether is shown in this graph" ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2024/01/good-news-for-tether.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:52:46

• "Almost five out of six new cars sold in Norway last year were powered by battery" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/norway-saying-goodbye-to-petrol-cars/237289/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:53:11

• "The prosecutors reasoned that much of the evidence that would be submitted" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/02/sam_bankman_fried_spared_a/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:53:25

• "the Coast Guard advised that a preliminary assessment of the vessel" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/02/ship_li_ion_fire/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:54:03

• "A second fire was soon reported in the Number 2 hold" ☛ https://maritime-executive.com/article/lithium-ion-battery-fire-contained-aboard-bulker-off-dutch-harbor |    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:54:13

• "This would have four effects: [...]" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/apple-should-release-a-bike-not-a-car/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:54:24

• "adjustment translates to an initial five" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/energy-bills-uk-set-increase-five-per-cent-after-rise-energy-price-cap-1722473 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:55:17

• "New provisions related to free and open software in the December 20 draft of the CRA: [...]" ☛ https://writing.kemitchell.com/2024/01/02/CRA-Draft-Free-Open | Source: Kyle E Mitchell    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:55:58

• "Big names who were linked to influential financier and convicted sex offender" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-list-expected-names-highlights-101704182229450.html | Source: Hindustan Times https://techrights.org/n/2023/12/18/Bill_Gates_Likely_Used_Jeffrey_Epstein_for_Access_to_Young_Wome.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:57:17

• "individuals who are set to be named in the documents will have 14 days to appeal" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/jeffrey-epstein-files-unsealed-4463077 | Source: The Scotsman http://techrights.org/o/2020/05/27/joi-ito-email/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:57:25

• Misinformation: "That is false." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-did-not-release-video-confirming-delivery-of-f-16s-/7416383.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:57:49

• "Telegram channel Baza reported a blogger named Yevgenia Hoffman" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/02/russian-authorities-arrest-woman-who-burned-passport-on-new-year-s-eve | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:59:12

• "We are definitely living inside Stalin’s legacy" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-stalin-putin-legacy/32755048.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:59:25

• "Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/hong-kong-activist-jimmy-lai-pleads-not-guilty-to-conspiracy-and-sedition-charges/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 07:59:46

• "lead prosecutor, Anthony Chau, began making his case by outlining evidence" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/world/asia/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-trial.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:00:07

• "They were convicted of taking "action" against national security interests" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-execution-kurdish-prisoner-abdullahi/32756281.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:00:24

• "His most famous achievement was his 1979 front-page report for the Daily Mirror" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/obituaries/john-pilger-praised-and-pilloried-following-death-aged-84/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:07:48

• "Tunisian judicial authorities on Monday ordered that prominent journalist Zeid El-Heni..." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/tunisian-journalist-detained-after-criticizing-minister-lawyer-says-/7420665.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:08:05

• "the stout woman told me that Assange" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/julian-assange-wikileaks-belmarsh-prison/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:11:57

• "Iran's Supreme Court announced its verdict on 23 October 2023 against female journalists" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/female-journalists-who-reported-on-jina-amini-banned-from-phone-calls-and-family-visits-in-prison-71086 | Source: ANF News    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:12:32

• "Dana Chisnell said she did her first usability tests on software manuals in the 1980’s." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2024/01/dhs-sees-usability-testing-as-central-to-big-burden-reduction-goals/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:14:02

• "The 389 non-appropriated fund (NAF) employees all work for the Army and Air Force" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2024/01/first-win-in-europe-dod-employees-get-union-representation-at-german-military-installation/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:14:11

• "It is fully 2024. Isn’t the tech industry supposed to be about innovation?" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/2/24022948/captcha-test-bots-puzzle-grid-google | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:14:19

• Digital Restrictions (DRM): "In "Theory Of Games And Economic Behavior" by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/01/the-unfairness-of-spotify-payments-and-reductive-thinking/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:16:40

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) as well: "repair workshop that was stumped by several Newag trains" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/how-a-group-of-train-hackers-exposed-a-right-to-repair-1851128745 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:16:48

• Software Patents: [Old] "Reportedly, after announcing its experiment" ☛ http://blog.cr.yp.to/20220129-plagiarism.html | Source: DJ Bernstein    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:18:35

• [Old] "The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox" ☛ https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-jukebox/about-this-collection/ | Source: LOC    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:26:05

• "The entry of the first version of Mickey Mouse into public domain has sparked some questions about current copyright law." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/01/02/which-mickey-mouse-film-is-public-domain/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:26:16

• "The earliest form of Mickey Mouse loses copyright protection in the United States" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-02/mickey-mouse-is-free-at-last-from-copyright.html | Source: El País    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:39:34

• "Mickey Mouse is finally in the hands of the public" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/mickey-mouse-public-domain-explained-steamboat-willie-1851132857 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:39:47

• "It’s finally happened: after nearly a century" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/24006670/mickey-mouse-steamboat-willie-enters-copyright-public-domain-2024 | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:40:10

• "US law allows copyright to be held for just 95 years" ☛ https://qz.com/the-first-ever-mickey-mouse-is-no-longer-owned-by-disne-1851133183 | Source: Quartz    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:40:24

• "Gay weathered scandal after scandal over her brief tenure" ☛ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/1/3/claudine-gay-resign-harvard/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:40:39

• "Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, announced her resignation on Tuesday" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/us/harvard-claudine-gay-resigns.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:40:57

• "declined to say unequivocally" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240102-harvard-president-claudine-gay-resigns-after-rows-over-plagiarism-anti-semitism | Source: France24    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:41:24

• "The point may now be moot" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/opinion/harvard-claudine-gay-resignation.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:42:00

• "But these new revelations about Gay’s work seem to show a pattern" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/01/the-daily-2023/676999/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:42:10

• "But Gay's resignation barely mentioned the plagiarism scandal." ☛ https://reason.com/2024/01/02/claudine-gay-harvard-resigns-plagiarism-free-speech/ | Source: Reason    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:42:20

• mannheim ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2024/01/02/man-in-mannheim-shot-by-police-police-allegedly-prevented-relatives-from-trying-to-calm-him-down/ | Source: Site36    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:47:38

• assange ☛ https://thedissenter.org/assange-regrets-wikileaks-can-no-longer-expose-war-crimes/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:48:37

• "righteous" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/further/from-the-hands-of-the-wicked-to-the-hands-of-the-righteous | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:50:48

• Wildlife ☛ https://therevelator.org/wildlife-year-to-remember/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:51:22

• "Readers here shouldn’t need to be reminded that the Tolkien Estate" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/02/lord-of-the-wings-food-truck-trademark-in-new-zealand-defeated-by-tolkien-estate/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:52:45

• copyright ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/02/ftc-continues-to-wade-into-copyright-issues-in-ai-without-understanding-anything/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:54:11

• "Internet provider RCN has yet another piracy liability lawsuit to deal with in the new year." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/rcn-faces-another-multi-million-dollar-piracy-lawsuit-240102/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:54:52

• "A report last month claimed that after five years of tracking, the operator of 'M'" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/dhs-hsi-assist-korea-to-arrest-operator-of-worlds-largest-manga-webtoon-site-240102/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:55:04

• ext4 ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-unaffected-by-ext4-data-corruption-bug/ | Source: Purism http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/11/A_Code_of_Conduct_Can_Lead_to_Deterioration_of_Quality_Control_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:56:39

• Free software faces greater threat from shitty, incompetent developers than from "rude" developers. The latter do not wipe your data, either intentionally or by accident.    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:57:33

• 2023: opinionated and rude are synonyms    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 08:58:17

• There would be an outpouring outcry is someone asserted that black Americans getting lower grades is an act of racism by teachers    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:00:49

• Bad coders are bad coders, no matter what gender or race they are. Linus Torvalds almost always lashed out at men.    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:01:41

• Hiring more women devs or more black teachers would not improve the quality of code or grades blacks receive at schools    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:02:30

• "Valve's latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out now for December 2023" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/linux-use-on-steam-ends-2023-with-a-multi-year-high-thanks-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:04:40

• "Avalue Technology introduced their new server boards, the HPM-ERSUA and HPM-ERSDE." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/avalues-latest-leap-in-server-board-technology-with-emerald-rapids-intel-processors/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:20:41

• splc https://quillette.com/2023/12/27/the-splcs-new-enemy/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:20:56

• Brave Browser is not a platform for extremists. The Southern Poverty Law Center is way off base. Libertarians are not evil. https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2021/11/16/brave-browser-is-not-a-platform-for-extremists-the-southern-poverty-law-center-is-way-off-base-libertarians-are-not-evil/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:22:12

• Southern Poverty Law Center warns parents that perfectly reasonable applications are “used by extremists”. https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2021/11/15/southern-poverty-law-center-warns-parents-that-perfectly-reasonable-applications-are-used-by-extremists/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:22:24

• ukraine https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bombs-own-village-voronezh-ukraine/32756154.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:22:39

• "Agency confirms GPS jamming in Finland on NYE" https://yle.fi/a/74-20067383    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:22:50

• "Maureen Flavin Sweeney, Whose Weather Report Delayed D-Day, Dies at 100" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/world/europe/maureen-sweeney-dead.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:23:21

• "Dershowitz on Epstein docs: ‘I want everything out’" https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4386127-dershowitz-on-epstein-docs-i-want-everything-out/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:23:36

• "Dark Money" as in.. bribes? ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/01/02/dark-money-ccs-corporate-pr-issues-2024/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:24:12

• censorship ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/state-of-the-free-press-2024-a-discussion-of-ongoing-censorship/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:24:27

• "Man in Mannheim shot by police: Officers allegedly prevented relatives from trying to calm him down" https://digit.site36.net/2024/01/02/man-in-mannheim-shot-by-police-police-allegedly-prevented-relatives-from-trying-to-calm-him-down/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:24:52

• Region invests millions in IT security: "The threat level is very high" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/region-poster-millioner-i-it-sikkerhed-trusselsniveauet-er-meget-hoejt    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:25:26

• Library - literature house branch? https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2024/01/02/biblioteka-litteraturhusfilialar/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:26:00

• In anticipation of the Olympics, the SNCF tested more than ten video surveillance algorithms https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/251223/en-prevision-des-jo-la-sncf-teste-plus-d-une-dizaine-d-algorithmes-de-videosurveillance    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:26:34

• "The countdown to ÅU's 200th anniversary on January 3, 2024 has begun" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://abounderrattelser.fi/au-200/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:27:12

• How To Install Waterfox on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-waterfox-debian-12/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:29:21

• How To Install phpMyAdmin on Fedora 39 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-phpmyadmin-fedora-39/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:29:32

• How to Change Apache HTTP Port in GNU/Linux ☞ https://idroot.us/change-apache-http-port-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:29:44

• How To Install Usermin on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-usermin-debian-12/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:29:55

• How to remove a repository in Ubuntu via 3 Methods ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-remove-a-repository-in-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:30:16

• How to install MySQL Workbench on your Ubuntu system ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/136555/how-to-install-mysql-workbench-on-your-ubuntu-system.htm    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:30:36

• How to Install Scribus 1.6.0 in Ubuntu 22.04 & 23.10 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/01/install-scribus-1-6-0-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:31:12

• How to Install Docker on Ubuntu ☞ https://linuxhint.com/install_configure_docker_ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:31:22

• Install Git on GNU/Linux Mint ☞ https://linuxhint.com/install-git-linux-mint/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:31:30

• Who needs NEW features? Spend development time as slaves of ICBM agenda. ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/01/shutter-works-ubuntu-wayland/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:44:43

• Ukraine needs urgent air defense aid as Putin launches bombing campaign ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-needs-urgent-air-defense-aid-as-putin-launches-bombing-campaign/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:46:21

• Russian News Outlet Says Data Shows Putin Signed Record Number Of Secret Decrees In 2023 ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-secret-decrees-ukraine-war-convicts/32756314.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:46:30

• Pick of the Bunch: Cloud Development Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cloudtools/ "Clown computing is not simply a popular phrase; it is a very important part of how we use technology. We pick some great tools."    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:47:29

• Vidzeme ready to welcome more Ukrainians in 2024 ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/02.01.2024-vidzeme-ready-to-welcome-more-ukrainians-in-2024.a537306/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:47:41

• In 2024 Congress Should Commit to Cutting the War Budget ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/paul/2024/01/02/in-2024-congress-should-commit-to-cutting-the-war-budget/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:47:56

• US Foreign Policy Is a Scam Built on Corruption ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/jeffrey_sachs/2024/01/01/us-foreign-policy-is-a-scam-built-on-corruption/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:48:11

• Ukraine’s wartime economy is performing surprisingly well ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-wartime-economy-is-performing-surprisingly-well/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:48:27

• Russia pounds Kyiv, Kharkiv with deadly missile and drone strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240102-powerful-explosions-heard-across-kyiv-as-russia-launches-missiles-at-capital    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:48:42

• Türkiye to block two UK minehunters en route to Ukraine from traveling through Turkish Straits ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/turkiye-to-block-two-uk-minehunters-en-route-to-ukraine-from-traveling-through-turkish-straits/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:49:01

• Russian missiles hit home of Lithuanian Community chair in Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2161978/russian-missiles-hit-home-of-lithuanian-community-chair-in-ukraine    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:49:17

• UN Human Rights Chief Urges De-Escalation Of Fighting Between Russia, Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-un-turk-deescalation-fighting/32758064.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:50:36

• Sunak Tells Zelenskiy U.K. Will 'Stand Steadfastly By Ukraine' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/sunak-britain-zelenskiy-ukraine-support/32756505.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:50:47

• Russia Admits To Accidentally Bombing Its Own Village ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bombs-own-village-voronezh-ukraine/32756154.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:50:58

• Poland Says Threat Level From Russian Strikes Reduced, Planes Return To Base ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/poland-russian-strikes-threat-level-reduced-ukraine/32756106.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:51:44

• At Least Five Killed, Dozens Wounded In Russian Air Attacks On Kyiv, Kharkiv ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-explosions-kyiv-russian-missile-drone-attack/32755915.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:52:21

• Russia Loves Ukraine (Like Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Loves Linux) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/02/Russia_Loves_Ukraine_Like_Microsoft_Loves_Linux.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:52:31

• Russian Missiles Hammer Kyiv in Large-Scale Attack on Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/world/europe/missiles-ukraine-war-attack-russia.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:52:45

• SJW: opposes 'toxic masculinity', sides with Hamas. Based on misinformation promoted by MusKSA Twitter. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-34474798    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:54:02

• "Russian police arrest men suspected of attacking veteran of war in Ukraine on New Year’s Eve" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/01/02/russian-police-arrest-men-suspected-of-attacking-veteran-of-war-in-ukraine-on-new-year-s-eve | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:54:25

• "wave of drone and missile strikes on Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/01/02/russia-launches-wave-of-drone-and-missile-strikes-on-ukraine-numerous-casualties-reported | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:54:41

• "Russian foreign minister says Russian courts have sentenced more than 200 Ukrainian soldiers to prison" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/02/russian-foreign-minister-says-russian-courts-have-sentenced-more-than-200-ukrainian-soldiers-to-prison | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:55:28

• Bank asks politicians to reassess nationalization of 'Moscow House' ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/02.01.2024-bank-asks-politicians-to-reassess-nationalization-of-moscow-house.a537405/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:55:42

• About 3,000 Migrants Detained In St. Petersburg On New Year's Eve ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-3000-migrants-detained-petersburg-moscow/32756076.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:55:51

• Luca Saiu: Languages and complexity, Part I: why I love Anki ☞ https://blog.ageinghacker.net/posts/35/ "Lately I have not been as active in GNU (https://www.gnu.org)"    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:57:00

• "Russian military aircraft accidentally [sic] drops aviation munition over Russian village, damaging houses" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/02/russian-military-aircraft-accidentally-drops-aviation-munition-over-russian-village-damaging-houses | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:57:39

• "One reportedly killed" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/02/two-injured-as-belgorod-comes-under-missile-fire | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:57:55

• Belgorod suffers from Ukraine's invasion of Russia. Oh, wait....    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:58:18

• "St. Petersburg police reportedly arrest thousands of migrants, pressure them into signing Russian army contracts" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/01/02/st-petersburg-police-reportedly-arrest-thousands-of-migrants-pressure-them-into-signing-russian-army-contracts | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:58:33

• Yury. Dude! ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/01/02/yury-dud-russia-s-most-popular-anti-war-youtuber-shares-his-wish-for-the-new-year | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:58:51

• ‘No water, I think I’ll die, I love you’. Story of migrant who died on Lithuania-Belarus border ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2162001/no-water-i-think-i-ll-die-i-love-you-story-of-migrant-who-died-on-lithuania-belarus-border    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:59:03

• Ex-Member Of Military In Belarus Sentenced To 19 Years For 'Treason' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-military-member-treason-kuczynski-19-years/32756215.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 09:59:12

• Radio Free Europe (RFE) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/02/Radio_Free_Europe_RFE.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:01:18

• Windows at 14% Market Share (Welcome to India) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/02/Windows_at_14_Market_Share_Welcome_to_India.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:01:31

• The Pension Money That EPO Employees Might Never See ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/03/The_Pension_Money_That_EPO_Employees_Might_Never_See.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:01:44

• [Meme] Intimidation and 'Discreditisation' Tactics ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/03/Meme_Intimidation_and_Discreditisation_Tactics.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:01:53

• The Year We Turn 18 ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/03/The_Year_We_Turn_18.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:02:12

• Criticism of Mitchell Baker is sexist and thus invalid. Don't 'google Mitchell Baker... Google might protect its "assets" in SERPs.    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:02:54

• A Growing Consensus That Mitchell Baker's Objective is to Make Firefox Fail or Passively Let It Perish (Google Pays Most of Her 7+ Million Dollars Per Year Salary) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/03/A_Growing_Consensus_That_Mitchell_Baker_s_Objective_is_to_Make_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:03:08

• Real Owners of Mozilla and Firefox ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/03/Real_Owners_of_Mozilla_and_Firefox.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:03:17

• BBC Micro: Restoration part 1 ☞ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/2024/01/02/bbc-micro-restoration-part-1/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:06:33

• How lazy debuginfo loading improves GDB and Valgrind ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/01/02/how-lazy-debuginfo-loading-improves-gdb-and-valgrind    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:06:52

• Exploring x86-64-v3 for Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/01/02/exploring-x86-64-v3-red-hat-enterprise-linux-10    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:07:06

• OpenBSD workstation hardening ☞ https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2023-12-31-hardened-openbsd-workstation.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:09:06

• John Goerzen: Consider Security First ☞ https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10620-consider-security-first    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:09:38

• TTABlog Quarterly Index: October - December 2023 ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/01/ttablog-quarterly-index-october.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:10:37

• New York Times Takes on OpenAI, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2024/01/02/new-york-times-takes-openai-microsoft/id=171355/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:10:46

• Destination Linux 353: Interview with Mark Shuttleworth at the Ubuntu Summit ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-353/ https://destinationlinux.org/episode-353/ https://techrights.org/o/2023/05/30/mark-shuttleworth-microsoft/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:12:29

• TikTok Editorial Analysis... Impartiality ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/01/tiktok-editorial-analysis.html "Given the research above, we assess a strong possibility that content on Fentanylware (TikTok) is either amplified or suppressed based on its alignment with the interests of the Chinese Government."    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:13:39

• Wuhan residents can't view documentary about COVID-19 lockdown trauma ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wuhan-covid-documentary-01022024101839.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:15:15

• Former NIH Director: Ignoring 'Collateral Damage' Inflicted by COVID-19 Policies Was 'Really Unfortunate' ☞ https://reason.com/2024/01/03/former-nih-director-ignoring-collateral-damage-inflicted-by-covid-19-policies-was-really-unfortunate/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:15:23

• Former Vietnam health minister tried over Covid-19 test bribes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/former-vietnam-health-minister-tried-over-covid-19-test-bribes    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:15:33

• 🔤SpellBinding: ABDHISN Wordo: BATES gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-01-03.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:22:09

• "For my third day, I want to talk about memory addresses[1] in the world of Fedran. These are originally inspired by IPv6 headers and later by content hashing schemes like ones used for IPFS and work around the idea that an address can only be two of three things[2]: global, unique, and memorable." gemini://fedran.com/news/2024/01/03/n-memory-addresses/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:22:48

• March of Return ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/history-march-of-return/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:57:37

• A Stunning Eclipse, a Moon Race and Other Space Events in 2024 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/science/space-astronomy-events-2024.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:58:00

• Climate Change: The Unsettled Science – Part 3 ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2024/01/02/climate-change-the-unsettled-science-part-3/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:58:38

• Your Blood Type Affects Your Risk of Early Stroke, Scientists Discover ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-blood-type-affects-your-risk-of-early-stroke-scientists-discover    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:58:49

• NASA's Juno Flyby Reveals Jupiter's Volcanic Moon in Mind-Blowing Detail ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-juno-flyby-reveals-jupiters-volcanic-moon-in-mind-blowing-detail    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 10:58:58

• We've Never Found Anything Like Our Solar System. Is It a Freak in Space? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/weve-never-found-anything-like-our-solar-system-is-it-a-freak-in-space    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:00:17

• A Study of 500,000 Medical Records Links Viruses to Alzheimer's Again And Again ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-study-of-500000-medical-records-links-viruses-to-alzheimers-again-and-again    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:00:24

• NASA Set to 'Touch The Sun' in 2024: A Milestone For Space Exploration ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-set-to-touch-the-sun-in-2024-a-milestone-for-space-exploration    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:00:43

• Surprising Study Links 'Good' Cholesterol With Up to 42% Higher Dementia Risk ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprising-study-links-good-cholesterol-with-up-to-42-higher-dementia-risk    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:01:13

• First Clues to 'Impossible' Magnetic Monopoles Exposed by Diamonds And Rust ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/first-clues-to-impossible-magnetic-monopoles-exposed-by-diamonds-and-rust    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:01:36

• Scientists Find Evidence of a Universal, Non-Verbal Communication System ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-evidence-of-a-universal-non-verbal-communication-system    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:01:45

• Salmonella illness traced to charcuterie meat sampler consumed in Minnesota ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/01/02/salmonella-illness-traced-to-charcuterie-meat-sampler-consumed-in-minnesota/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:02:06

• North Korea’s Kim calls for ‘radical improvement’ in farm machine sector ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-koreas-kim-calls-for-radical-improvement-in-farm-machine-sector    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:02:45

• Knife attack caps tumultuous year for S. Korean opposition leader ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/attack-caps-tumultuous-year-for-s-korean-opposition-leader    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:02:57

• Conspiracy theories about stabbing of South Korea opposition leader fan outrage ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/conspiracy-theories-about-stabbing-of-south-korea-opposition-leader-fan-outrage    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:03:15

• N Korea vows military strength expansion in message to S Korean President ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/nk-sk-message-01022024221401.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:03:29

• Bloom Energy and SK ecoplant plan 1.8MW SOEC demo in South Korea ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/bloom-energy-and-sk-ecoplant-plan-1-8mw-soec-demo-in-south-korea/2104117.article/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:03:37

• South Korean opposition leader in intensive care after being stabbed in the neck ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240102-south-korean-opposition-leader-stabbed-in-neck    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:08:10

• Escalation in the Red Sea ☞ https://reason.com/2024/01/02/escalation-in-the-red-sea/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:08:17

• Facial Recognition Tech Ban ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/02/ftc-hits-pharmacy-retail-chain-rite-aid-with-a-five-year-facial-recognition-tech-ban/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:08:47

• "interested in using embedded microphones and cameras to monitor the number of people in living rooms and listen in on conversations." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/02/cox-distances-itself-from-claim-it-spies-on-users-via-phones-cable-box-mics/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:09:20

• GIF ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/02/its-pronounced-gif/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:09:50

• 2023 was China’s hottest year on record, with extreme weather events battering world’s largest carbon emitter ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/03/2023-was-chinas-hottest-year-on-record-with-extreme-weather-events-battering-worlds-largest-carbon-emitter/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:10:26

• Chip making machines blocked from export to China, Dutch semiconductor giant ASML says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/02/chip-making-machines-blocked-from-export-to-china-dutch-semiconductor-giant-asml-says/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:10:44

• Taiwan detects 2 Chinese balloons crossing sensitive median line, as island’s pivotal election approaches ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/02/taiwan-detects-2-chinese-balloons-crossing-sensitive-median-line-as-islands-pivotal-election-approaches/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:11:03

• China says 456,000 Uyghurs newly hired this year in Xinjiang ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-workforce-01022024154040.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:11:14

• 'Prolonged crisis' in US-China ties set to continue this year ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-us-ties-01022024153330.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:11:21

• ASEAN issues rare statement on recent tension in South China Sea ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/southchinasea/asean-scs-statement-01022024005127.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:11:29

• Dutch government bans even simpler chipmaking tools from export to China — DUV lithography tools now get the axe ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/dutch-government-bans-even-simpler-chipmaking-tools-from-export-to-china-duv-lithography-tools-now-get-the-axe    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:11:47

• 'Hawkish' China military squeeze on Taiwan likely after election ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/hawkish-china-military-squeeze-on-taiwan-likely-after-election    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:12:06

• Dismissals Point to Pooh-tin JInping’s Quiet Shake-Up of China’s Military ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/world/asia/xi-jinping-military-purge.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:12:13

• All the Motorbikes I’ve Owned ☞ https://kevquirk.com/all-the-motorbikes-ive-owned    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:12:46

• BT faces prospect of massive fine after missing cutoff date to replace Huawei-made tech ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/01/02/bt-faces-prospect-massive-fine-missing-cutoff-date-replace-huawei-made-tech/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:13:32

• King’s New Year Honours = list of people who WILL NOT expose the king, i.e. the people who should be subjected to the MOST scrutiny from journalists! https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/john-ryley-gillian-tett-and-jeff-powell-journalists-kings-new-year-honours/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:15:07

• Australia PM considers extra inflation relief as families struggle ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-pm-considers-extra-inflation-relief-as-families-struggle    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:15:47

• Electricity spot prices to level off after new year's surge ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20067428    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:16:02

• Police open preliminary probe into Halla-aho's defamation complaints ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20067443    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:16:20

• Agency confirms GPS jamming in Finland on NYE ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20067383    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:16:57

• Jakub Steiner: Looking Back at 2023 ☞ https://blog.jimmac.eu/2024/look-back/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:18:19

• Using GDM Settings to Customize Login Screen in GNOME ☞ https://itsfoss.com/customize-gdm-login/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:18:48

• Lunduke's 5 Tech Predictions for 2024 ☞ https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5071169/lundukes-5-tech-predictions-for-2024    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:19:43

• "Unperson" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/02/the-unperson-of-2023/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:20:06

• LibreOffice project and community recap: December 2023 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/01/02/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-december-2023/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:20:28

• I hate Chrome browser's new design with a burning passion. Here's how to revert to the classic one. ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/i-hate-chrome-browsers-new-design-with-a-burning-passion-heres-how-to-revert-to-the-classic-one    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:20:57

• [Old] Thomas Koch: Missing memegen ☞ https://blog.koch.ro/posts/2022-05-01-missing-memegen.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:22:33

• "still not at the pre-pandemic level" https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/02.01.2024-latvias-tourism-expected-to-continue-recovering.a537244/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:23:47

• Police in Vietnam detain YouTube activist for days without informing family ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/activist-detained-01022024185459.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:25:08

• 6 Best Programmable & Mechanical Keyboards For GNU/Linux (2024) ☞ https://dekisoft.com/best-programmable-mechanical-keyboards-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:25:53

• 17 Helpful Rsync SSH Command Examples For GNU/Linux (2024) ☞ https://dekisoft.com/rsync-command-backup-ssh-examples/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:26:30

• [Old] First time installing OpenBSD and stuff I did gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2022/05-12-first-time-installing-openbsd-and-stuff-i-did.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:27:40

• "On, December 16th, 2023, I got my shipment of Framework 13 that I ordered 3 days ago. Wow that's fast! But getting it working to my needs was another story. Things just.. go wrong at every turn. I don't blame Framework, I do have some specific needs that I recognized I will have to solve myself." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2024/01-03-my-journey-setting-up-my-framework-13-archlinux-and-openbsd.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:28:25

• Detect It Easy (DIE): A Versatile File Identification Program ☞ https://medevel.com/detect-it-easy/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:29:18

• Rdio Scanner is an open-source free Radio Software, Written in Golang ☞ https://medevel.com/rdio-scanner/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:29:33

• How to Call One Shell Script from Another Shell Script ☞ https://tecadmin.net/execute-one-shell-script-from-another-shell-script/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:30:09

• "Linux" site: we received a "gift" to shill a WINDOWS product. AGAIN. ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/01/02/chatreey-am08-pro-ryzen-9-7940hs-mini-pc-review-part-2-windows-11-pro/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:31:06

• "Development focus is on GNU/Linux" ☞ https://www.ghacks.net/2024/01/03/lan-mouse-open-source-cross-platform-mouse-and-keyboard-sharing-software/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:32:06

• Installing and Playing SuperTux Advanced ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/installing-and-playing-supertux-advanced.46503/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:32:30

• Over at Tux Machines... ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/03/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:34:36

• Mozilla Now Supports "Linux Ubuntu" ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/03/Mozilla_Now_Supports_Linux_Ubuntu.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:34:44

• Gentoo GNU/Linux Goes Binary… Sort of ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Gentoo-Linux-Goes-Binary-Sort-of    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:35:02

• Surprise! Gentoo adds binary support - but there's a catch ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/surprise-gentoo-adds-binary-support-but-theres-a-catch/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:35:45

• There's a new coolest GNU/Linux distribution ready to wow you in 2024 ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/theres-a-new-coolest-linux-distribution-ready-to-wow-you-in-2024/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:35:58

• How to Check if Your GNU/Linux System Uses systemd ☞ https://itsfoss.com/check-if-systemd/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:36:15

• Systemd-Free Distro Nitrux Kicks Off 2024 with New ISO Release ☞ https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-distro-nitrux-kicks-off-2024-with-new-iso-release    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 11:36:31

• Thomas Koch: Good things come ... state folder ☞ https://blog.koch.ro/posts/2024-01-02-good-things-state-folder.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:25:41

• Matthew Garrett: Dealing with weird ELF libraries ☞ https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/69070.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:37:51

• FSF Blogs: LibrePlanet 2024: May 4 and 5, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/libreplanet-2024-may-4-and-5-wentworth-institute-of-technology-boston-ma    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:38:31

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, January 05, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-20240105-irc    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:38:51

• FSF Blogs: Boost the FSF's advocacy for free software in education: Help us reach our stretch goal ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/boost-the-fsfs-advocacy-for-free-software-in-education-help-us-reach-our-stretch-goal    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:39:43

• Resolving ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ Header Contains Multiple Values in Apache ☞ https://tecadmin.net/resolving-access-control-allow-origin-header-contains-multiple-values-in-apache/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:40:34

• OpenStack with Sunbeam for small-scale private cloud infrastructure ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/openstack-with-sunbeam-for-small-scale-private-cloud-infrastructure    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:41:35

• The Internet Archive can browse ISOs ☞ https://rubenerd.com/internet-archive-can-browse-isos/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:42:12

• Apple should release a bike or scooter, not a car ☞ https://rubenerd.com/apple-should-release-a-bike-not-a-car/ https://techrights.org/n/2023/12/29/Chart_of_the_Day_Apple_s_Debt_Grew_Nearly_Tenfold_in_the_Past_T.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:43:22

• michigan ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/why-michigan-failing-compensate-wrongly-convicted-despite-law | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:45:18

• Mobile malware analysis for the BillBC ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/mobile-malware-analysis-for-the-bbc/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:46:32

• Helping a mobile malware fraud victim ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/helping-a-mobile-malware-fraud-victim/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:46:46

• Hamas says deputy leader killed in blast in southern Beirut ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240102-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-israel-steps-up-gaza-bombing-as-war-enters-new-phase    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:49:10

• Hamas Leader Assassinated by an Israeli Drone Strike in Beirut ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Hamas-Leader-Assassinated-by-an-Israeli-Drone-Strike-in-Beirut-20240102-0011.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:49:29

• Israel-Hamas War: Blast in Beirut Kills Senior Hamas Leader ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/02/world/israel-supreme-court-gaza-news    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:50:48

• India transport workers call off protest after talks with govt ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/india-transport-workers-call-off-protest-after-talks-with-govt    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:52:53

• Junior Doctors at N.H.S. Begin 6-Day Strike ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/world/europe/national-health-service-doctors-strike.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:53:00

• Google patches two vulnerabilities that left Kubernetes Engine vulnerable to attack ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/01/02/google-patches-two-vulnerabilities-left-kubernetes-engine-vulnerable-attack/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:54:04

• Steam stops supporting backdoored Vista 7, 8, and 8.1 — Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Surveillance Giant Google no longer provide security support for Valve's launcher ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/steam-stops-supporting-windows-7-8-and-81-microsoft-and-google-no-longer-provide-security-support-for-valves-launcher    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:54:44

• Let's see (later this month) if US courts can tell you what rape/sexual exploitation victims say, e.g. "Bill Gates did this to me..." Will the courts actively hide this? Do judges fret? Will they redact names? Only for rich people? What if it's underage or even pedophilia? Will people be arrested? No?    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:56:59

• In a sense, this month the US court system is "on trial". Does the system treat some people as effective above the law? Actively protected even from    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:57:45

• In a sense, this month the US court system is "on trial". Does the system treat some people as effective above the law? Actively protected even from 'mere' embarrassment?    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:57:55

• "When you’re the proud owner of a beast of a projector like the Sony HW65ES (£2800 in 2016), you are understandably upset when it stops working." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/02/saving-an-expensive-sony-hw65es-projector-with-some-fresh-chips/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:58:31

• Overseas figures refute allegations in Hong Kong security trial for Jimmy Lai ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/overseas-figures-refute-allegations-in-hong-kong-security-trial-for-jimmy-lai    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:59:22

• Media magnate Jimmy Lai pleads 'not guilty' in security trial ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/jimmy-lai-trial-01022024151233.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 15:59:36

• Building A GPS Receiver From The Ground Up ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/02/building-a-gps-receiver-from-the-ground-up/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:09:00

• "You Wouldn’t 3D Print A Toilet…" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/02/you-wouldnt-3d-print-a-toilet/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:09:14

• "plastic" for good, not for rich people faking it ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/02/explosion-scarred-scope-gets-plastic-surgery-hackerspace-style/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:10:07

• Finland raises Schengen visa financial requirement to €50 per day ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20067410    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:10:40

• Video Feedback Machine Creates Analog Fractals ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/02/__trashed-13/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:13:59

• In wartime Gaza, a complicating burden: Communication blackouts ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/0102/In-wartime-Gaza-a-complicating-burden-Communication-blackouts    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:14:27

• Poor Hamas cannot upload its rave rape videos from gopro...    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:14:58

• In computer games like command and control the barracks are not hospitals, are they? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/us/politics/gaza-hospital-hamas.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_and_control    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:16:31

• In Saudi- and Musk-controlled (MusKSA) social control media it's considered OK to conduct terror operations from hospitals. Who benefits? TikTok has just been exposed for systematically amplifying (e.g. trending/hashes/boosts) positions that benefit CPC. Abandon social control media. It gravitates towards barbarism.    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:18:31

• Twitter should not rebrand as X. It should change the logo to man with balaclava and Molotov cocktail at end. Terrorism welcome here. The "hamas bar"...    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:19:56

• Twitter promoted bad politics even before Musk (it was still partly owned by the barbaric Saudis who literally cook journalists) https://techrights.org/o/2022/03/01/twitter-happier-during-wars/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:20:48

• The Trump era protesters asked, would Twitter have banned Hitler? This was allusion to Trump being above the ToS there (for many years, until 2 weeks before Biden taking Office). If 9/11 happened when Twitter was live, and Twitter was Saudi controlled, would the public support the "freedom fighters" in the planes? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-34474798    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:22:58

• Turkey detains 33 people accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240102-turkey-detains-33-people-accused-of-spying-for-israel-s-mossad    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:24:40

• Social control media is promoting cracks who reject science and biology, so why not also boost terror sympathisers? Just look who owns and controls that site? That's the "business model"; ideological. But whose?    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:28:58

• Well, Putin's Russia must be green with envy, frustrated that its oligarchs only bought football clubs (like Chelsea FC) and not social control media platforms    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:32:42

• Putin would have benefited from buying (via oligarchs ones to spread "information" and speak about Ukraine's Hitlers and biological weapons programs and other crap. Russia is "defending" itself, according to hashtags, right? Join the groupthink or be shunned.    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:32:50

• Editors’ picks for 2023: ‘Safety by design: protecting users, building trust and balancing rights in a generative Hey Hi (AI) world’ ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2023-safety-by-design-protecting-users-building-trust-and-balancing-rights-in-a-generative-ai-world/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:35:33

• Erdoğan's diploma taken to the Constitutional Court ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/erdogan-s-diploma-taken-to-the-constitutional-court-290056    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:36:17

• Indiana’s Plan to Pipe In Groundwater for Microchip-Making Draws Fire ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/climate/indiana-leap-groundwater-pipe-microchips.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:36:40

• Somaliland Deal to Grant Ethiopia Red Sea Access Draws Condemnation ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/world/africa/ethiopia-somaliland-port-deal.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:37:08

• "Supporting terrorism is OK because I saw loads of people doing it in Twitter" (now I blame "cancel culture" because I cannot find a job)    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:37:50

• "Fines imposed by Russian courts on Alphabet's Google and YouTube, Meta, TikTok and Telegram appear to have been settled as the companies are no longer registered as debtors in the state bailiffs' database." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-meta-and-tiktoks-debts-removed-from-russian-database-bailiffs/articleshow/106513433.cms    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:39:14

• Judge Blocks Attempt To Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Idaho Abortion Ban ☞ https://reason.com/2024/01/02/judge-blocks-attempt-to-dismiss-lawsuit-challenging-idaho-abortion-ban/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:41:22

• Pro Se Plaintiff Wins $80K in Libel Lawsuit Against Neighbors ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/01/02/pro-se-plaintiff-wins-80k-in-libel-lawsuit-against-neighbors/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:41:48

• Paula Abdul Sues American Idol Producer Nigel Lythgoe on Sexual Assault Claims ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/01/02/paula-abdul-sues-american-idol-producer-nigel-lythgoe/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:42:02

• Jimmy Lai Pleads Not Guilty to Hong Kong Security Law Charges ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/world/asia/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-trial.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:48:18

• "The prosecution accused him of colluding with U.S. officials to undermine Hong Kong’s interests, citing private messages, meetings and social control media posts." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/world/asia/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-trial.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:48:39

• Is our water safe? Utility plant hacking raises cybersecurity alarms. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2024/0102/Is-our-water-safe-Utility-plant-hacking-raises-cybersecurity-alarms http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/28/Media_Cannot_Tell_the_Difference_Between_Microsoft_and_Iran.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:49:49

• Mention everyone but Bill Gates? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12922583/Ghislaine-Maxwell-Jeffrey-Epstein-list-associates.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12922923/Epstein-list-delay-Jane-Doe-107-Ghislaine-Maxwell.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:51:23

• So just don't mention billg or he might sign an nda with your boss http://techrights.org/o/2023/07/08/uk-home-office-sirius/ http://techrights.org/o/2023/07/01/non-disclosure-agreement-sirius/ http://techrights.org/o/2023/01/18/bill-gates-nda/ Older: http://techrights.org/o/2017/02/20/article-about-microsoft-cult-tactics/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:52:02

• South Korea opposition leader in ICU after knife attack amid calls for stronger security ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/skorea-opposition-leader-in-icu-after-knife-attack-amid-calls-for-stronger-security    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:52:38

• Security advisory: Potential Integer Overflow in Qt's HTTP2 implementation ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/security-advisory-potential-integer-overflow-in-qts-http2-implementation    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:52:53

• Lithuania mulls calling reserve troops up to 60 years of age for training ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2161788/lithuania-mulls-calling-reserve-troops-up-to-60-years-of-age-for-training    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 16:59:51

• "Resolution no. 560 expressed deep concern regarding the proliferation of negative and malicious propaganda against the armed forces and other security agencies on various social control media platforms." ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/pakistan-senate-passes-resolution-calling-for-punishment-against-propaganda-targeting-army/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:00:30

• Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to conspiracy and sedition charges ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/hong-kong-activist-jimmy-lai-pleads-not-guilty-to-conspiracy-and-sedition-charges/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:01:02

• Man arrested after allegedly breaking into Colorado Supreme Court building and opening fire ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/man-arrested-after-breaking-into-colorado-supreme-court-building-and-opening-fire/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:01:39

• District councillors told to support legislation of city’s own security law as they swear allegiance to Hong Kong ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/02/district-councillors-told-to-support-legislation-of-citys-own-security-law-as-they-swear-allegiance-to-hong-kong/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:02:10

• In U-turn, Hong Kong Department of Justice deletes national security case index from website ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/02/in-u-turn-hong-kong-department-of-justice-deletes-national-security-case-index-from-website/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:03:00

• EU backed security initiative for four West African countries ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/eu-backed-security-initiative-for-four-west-african-countries/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:03:34

• UN arms embargo on Somalia lifted ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/un-arms-embargo-on-somalia-lifted/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:03:46

• FDA cybersecurity agreement on medical devices needs updating, watchdog finds ☞ https://fedscoop.com/fda-cisa-medical-devices-cybersecurity-agreement-updated-gao/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:04:15

• That much money needed to teach people hot to delete Microsoft and Windows? ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/01/02/fcc-seeks-input-200m-cybersecurity-initiative-schools-libraries/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:05:03

• Windows TCO ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-dll-search-order-hijacking-technique-targets-winsxs-folder/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:08:32

• Free Decryptor Released for Black Basta Ransomware ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/free-decryptor-released-for-black-basta-ransomware/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:09:38

• States and Congress Wrestle With Cybersecurity After Iran Attacks Small Town Water Utilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/states-and-congress-wrestle-with-cybersecurity-after-iran-attacks-small-town-water-utilities/ But is Windows the issue? http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/28/Media_Cannot_Tell_the_Difference_Between_Microsoft_and_Iran.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:13:28

• AMD-sponsored (TPM) Phoronix shilling systemd, wayland and other IBM+GAFAMism. ttps://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-2023-highlights    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:23:52

• This Raspberry Pi air hockey table also plays Doom ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/air-hockey-table-plays-doom    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:27:14

• Raspberry Pi Pico ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/02/impressively-responsive-air-drums-built-using-the-raspberry-pi-pico/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:27:24

• This automated machine shuffles and deals cards so you don’t have to ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/01/02/this-automated-machine-shuffles-and-deals-cards-so-you-dont-have-to/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:27:57

• Tellico 3.5.3 Released ☞ https://tellico-project.org/tellico-3-5-3-released/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:28:39

• "moderation" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/02/extwitter-unfortunately-loses-round-one-in-challenging-problematic-content-moderation-law/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:32:34

• Why New York Times lawsuit seeks destruction of Proprietary Chaffbot Company and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft LLMs ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:33:16

• Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to national security, sedition charges ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/02/hong-kong-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-pleads-not-guilty-to-national-security-sedition-charges/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:34:19

• There's a Big Difference In How Your Brain Processes The Numbers 4 And 5 ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-big-difference-in-how-your-brain-processes-the-numbers-4-and-5    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:34:50

• PGConf.BE 2024: Mark your calendar, May 7th ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgconfbe-2024-mark-your-calendar-may-7th-2777/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:43:48

• Fanless defective chip maker Intel N100 mini PC supports PoE power input, provides four 2.5GbE ports ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/01/03/fanless-intel-n100-mini-pc-poe-power-input-four-2-5gbe-ports/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:44:45

• Thomas Koch: Know your tools - simple backup with rsync ☞ https://blog.koch.ro/posts/2022-06-09-know-rsync.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:45:42

• Economic growth, national security are Hong Kong government priorities for 2024, top officials say ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/02/economic-growth-national-security-are-hong-kong-government-priorities-for-2024-top-officials-say/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:46:34

• Steam survey suggests more people bought the RTX 4090 than the Steam Deck — along with millions of other RTX 40-series GPUs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/steam-survey-suggests-more-people-bought-the-rtx-4090-than-the-steam-deck-along-with-millions-of-other-rtx-40-series-gpus    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:47:21

• Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns After Plagiarism Scandal ☞ https://reason.com/2024/01/02/claudine-gay-harvard-resigns-plagiarism-free-speech/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:48:01

• "So there is an argument that the that the Enlarged Board should not be brought into too many matters, because too much detailed case law makes the system inflexible and more difficult to work with on a day to day basis." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/will-we-have-referral-on-using.html?showComment=1704196263170#c4427994777742777444    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:49:11

• "Definitions in the description as filed, that (whether deliberately or accidentally) muddy the water: they ought not to be tolerated by the EPO." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/will-we-have-referral-on-using.html?showComment=1704196263170#c4427994777742777444    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:49:44

• "the problem highlighted by the Board is all of the EPO's own making, as it is due entirely to the EPO's approach to interpreting patent monopoly claims." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/will-we-have-referral-on-using.html?showComment=1704212640680#c10134108745037969    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:50:59

• Widening the Horizons in an Age of Patent Injustice ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/02/Widening_the_Horizons_in_an_Age_of_Patent_Injustice.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:51:34

• Is this marketing spam for the sponsor or actual news? With JUVE, it's impossible to tell anymore because it bags bribes to spread lies and lobby for actual crimes. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/patent-attorney-firm-rgth-new-office-dusseldorf/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:52:57

• Disciplinary Decision Against Registered Attorney a Reminder of the Importance of Clear Communication and Record Keeping ☞ https://blog.patentology.com.au/2024/01/disciplinary-decision-against.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:53:44

• Sipeed Tang Primer 25K board features 23,040 Logic Cells for FPGA prototyping and development ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/01/03/sipeed-tang-primer-25k-board-23040-logic-cells-fpga-prototyping-development/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:54:46

• Helping a banking fraud victim ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/helping-a-banking-fraud-victim/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:55:15

• Jussi Pakkanen: C++ module tooling emulator playground ☞ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2024/01/c-module-tooling-emulator-playground.html    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 17:55:39

• KDE Plasma 6: Greatest New Features ☞ https://www.debugpoint.com/kde-plasma-6/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 18:02:06

• Unlock Your Creativity with OpenShot Video Editing Cloud Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.openshot.org/blog/2024/01/02/unlock-your-creativity-openshot-cloud-api-free-demo/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 18:03:16

• 2024.01 Happy (2..9).map(*³).sum ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2024/01/02/2024-01-happy-2-9-map%c2%b3-sum/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 18:19:19

• Cleaning up KDE's metadata - the little things matter too ☞ https://write.as/alexander-lohnau/cleaning-up-kdes-metadata-the-little-things-matter-too    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 18:22:50

• Running OpenBSD on OmniOS using bhyve ☞ https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/running-openbsd-on-omnios-using-bhyve/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 18:23:24

• The I in LLM stands for intelligence ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/01/02/the-i-in-llm-stands-for-intelligence/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 18:26:19

• Another Year of America's Failed Experiment: The Death Penalty in 2023 ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/capital-punishment/another-year-of-americas-failed-experiment-the-death-penalty-in-2023    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 18:27:25

• Three of the best: RPKI ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/01/03/three-of-the-best-rpki-4/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 18:28:04

• Andreas Schneider: neovim, dap and gdb 14.1 ☞ https://blog.cryptomilk.org/2024/01/02/neovim-dap-and-gdb-14-1/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 18:29:36

• Tomasz Torcz: How systemd exponential restart delay works ☞ https://enotty.pipebreaker.pl/posts/2024/01/how-systemd-exponential-restart-delay-works/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 18:30:40

• EU corruption in EUIPO https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-trademarks-how-to-snatch-the-best-office-spain-alicante-intellectual-property/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO/    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 19:18:16

• An ode to dead end webpages gemini://dobody.srht.site/gemlog/posts/2024-01-02-dead-end-sites.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 19:19:12

• NovaCustom NV41 laptop review gopher://dataswamp.org:70/1/~solene/article-laptop-review-novacustom-nv41 gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/laptop-review-novacustom-nv41.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 19:20:28

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D800.jpg    

posted Thursday, January 04, 2024 at 01:46:53

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1150.jpg    

posted Thursday, January 04, 2024 at 01:46:58

• "If you are conservative-leaning yourself, or if you want to believe that the posts you are seeing on Antenna roughly represent the broad spectrum of perspectives and opinions out there in the Gemiverse, then you should be troubled by this censorship." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20240103-0.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 04, 2024 at 01:48:00

• "If it doesn't bother you — fine — but be aware that the feed list you are seeing is really just a curated representation of opinions that are comfortable for the site administrator." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20240103-0.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 04, 2024 at 01:48:31