Roy Schestowitz

• A Spy Cam. A Dior Pouch. And South Korea’s First Lady. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/world/asia/south-korea-first-lady-dior.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:04:23

• Make-your-own fake news sites spark concern in South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/make-your-own-fake-news-sites-spark-concern-in-south-korea    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:04:43

• S Korea labels Kim regime irrational, calls for an end to provocation ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/irrational-kim-01302024220734.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:05:03

• A US-South Korea alliance strategic memo on deterrence ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/a-us-south-korea-alliance-strategic-memo-on-deterrence/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:05:19

• Becoming pregnant is the easy part. Growing a brain is harder. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/girl-5-dies-after-mother-leaves-her-in-parked-car-for-4-hours-at-malaysia-hospital    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:06:41

• F.B.I. Director Warns of China Hacking Threat ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/us/politics/fbi-director-china-wray-.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:08:01

• Philippines plans to buy submarines to defend sovereignty in South China Sea: Senior official ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-plans-to-buy-submarines-to-defend-sovereignty-in-south-china-sea-senior-official    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:08:23

• Buy $300,000,000 submarines when your own people starve? PH does not manufacture submarines.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:08:59

• Who will issue the loan? WB/IMF? Good use of money of more militarisation? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-plans-to-buy-submarines-to-defend-sovereignty-in-south-china-sea-senior-official    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:09:38

• Then again, MarcUS and his family plundered a lot more than that before fleeing to Hawaii    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:10:19

• Taiwan elects parliament speaker ruling party views as pro-China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-elects-parliament-speaker-ruling-party-views-as-pro-china    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:10:37

• U.S. blocks shipment of 24 Nvidia Hey Hi (AI) GPUs to China over concerns about self-driving truck company ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/us-blocks-shipment-of-24-nvidia-ai-gpus-to-china-over-concerns-about-self-driving-truck-company    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:11:16

• Myanmar arrests alleged Chinese scammers, former MP ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/china-scam-arrests-01312024052121.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:12:10

• It already has. Wall Street is 80% fake, based on loans and Ponzi. ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/economy-sullivan-gdp-01312024131812.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:12:56

• Ahead of Tibetan New Year, China urges monks to ‘expose, denounce’ Dalai Lama ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/losar-visits-01312024135506.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:13:21

• FBI director: Chinese hackers targeting US infrastructure ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hackers-civilian-infrastructure-01312024152506.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:13:55

• China’s factory activity contracts again, as Beijing struggles to kickstart economy ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/31/chinas-factory-activity-contracts-again-as-beijing-struggles-to-kickstart-economy/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:14:22

• Actor Gregory Wong among 4 found guilty of rioting in Hong Kong legislature during 2019 demos ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/01/breaking-actor-gregory-wong-among-4-activists-found-guilty-of-rioting-in-hong-kong-legislature-during-2019-demos/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:14:46

• Plastic Omnium starts construction of Chinese hydrogen storage vessel plant ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/plastic-omnium-starts-construction-of-chinese-hydrogen-storage-vessel-plant/2105484.article/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:14:58

• A US-South Korea alliance strategic memo on reassurance and coordination for a China conflict ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/a-us-south-korea-alliance-strategic-memo-on-reassurance-and-coordination-for-a-china-conflict/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:15:27

• Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/if-the-us-and-eu-dont-set-ai-standards-china-will-first-say-gina-raimondo-and-margrethe-vestager/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:15:46

• Chinese deliveries growing in popularity ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/31.01.2024-chinese-deliveries-growing-in-popularity.a540947/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 00:16:34

• typewriter ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/31/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-typewriter-orchestra/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:24:18

• 3D Mouse ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/31/3d-mouse-with-3d-printed-flexures-and-pcb-coils/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:24:48

• "I wanted to remove XFCE since I wasn't using it. Simply removing "xfce" at the command line only removed SuSE's "pattern" package: a placeholder that pulls in dependencies. Use --clean-deps to remove all the packages associated with a pattern." gemini://pwshnotes.flounder.online/gemlog/2024-02-01-remove-opensuse-pattern.gmi    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:26:20

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D829.jpg    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:27:03

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1179.jpg    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:27:12

• 3.5CHAN gopher://triapul.cz/0/phlog/2024-02-01-35chan.txt    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:28:00

• Debt is up sharply, the results are fake https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/microsoft-owes-everyone-more-context-for-mass-xbox-layoffs    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:34:09

• Devolver-owned studio Artificer reportedly cuts half its staff https://www.eurogamer.net/devolver-owned-studio-artificer-reportedly-cuts-half-its-staff    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:34:47

• Okta, Zoom Cut Hundreds Of Jobs—Here Are 2024’s Tech Layoffs https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2024/02/01/okta-zoom-cut-hundreds-of-jobs-here-are-2024s-tech-layoffs/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:35:28

• Xbox Games Are Reportedly No Longer Being Stocked At Some European Retailers https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/02/xbox-games-are-reportedly-no-longer-being-stocked-at-some-european-retailers    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:36:44

• HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2024/zoom-layoffs-total-150-as-video-giant-turns-attention-to-critical-areas-including-ai    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:38:12

• Okta to cut 400 employees a year after its last round of layoffs https://siliconangle.com/2024/02/01/okta-cut-400-employees-year-last-round-layoffs/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:38:41

• "lay off 7% of its staff" https://siliconangle.com/2024/02/01/okta-cut-400-employees-year-last-round-layoffs/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:39:19

• servo ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/31/high-caliber-engineering-on-a-low-torque-pcb-servo-motor/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:45:19

• "Self-Soldering Sleeves" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/31/check-out-these-amazing-self-soldering-sleeves-from-world-war-ii/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:45:42

• French Farmer Was Spark Behind Widespread Protests ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/world/europe/spark-french-farmer-protests.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:47:13

• Two suspects charged in Kankaanpää terrorism case ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072242    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:47:31

• Slip, fall, injured — who pays? ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072288    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:47:41

• Migri: No positive decisions for eastern border asylum applications ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072296    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:48:26

• Appeal court acquits Sierra Leonean man accused of war crimes ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072436    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:48:45

• USA Keeps Fighting for Iran ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/scott/2024/01/30/usa-keeps-fighting-for-iran/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:51:44

• Keeping Kids Safe Online: Navigating the New Parents’ Guide to Encryption ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2024/01/keeping-kids-safe-online-navigating-the-new-parents-guide-to-encryption/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:53:10

• "the day marked as the beginning of the Armenian Genocide." ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/gomidas-works-designated-unesco-world-heritage-291257    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:55:39

• Law Enforcement Braces for Flood of A.I.-Generated Child Sex Abuse Images ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/us/politics/ai-child-sex-abuse.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:56:03

• The New Geekom IT13 Mini PC is Awesome with an External GPU ☞ https://www.the-diy-life.com/the-new-geekom-it13-mini-pc-is-awesome-with-an-external-gpu/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:58:20

• Translations are not "AI"; this hype is verging on the ridiculous ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240131-olympics-ai-to-help-guide-foreign-visitors-on-paris-metro    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 01:59:43

• It takes a village to regulate Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/it-takes-a-village-to-regulate-ai/ they mean computer programs, not AI    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:00:43

• Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI)Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/01/31/pathlight-rebrands-echo-ai-debuts-new-marketing-automation-features/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:01:22

• NGA seeks ideas for using data to predict illegal fishing ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/big-data/2024/01/nga-seeks-ideas-for-using-data-to-predict-illegal-fishing/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:02:48

• Biden Urged to Re-examine Israel Support After Lawsuit Dismissed ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/world/middleeast/joe-biden-israel-support.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:03:28

• Strained U.S. Immigration System Draws More and More Asylum Claims ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/us/us-immigration-asylum-border.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:03:46

• Can the Government of Mexico Bring the U.S. Gun Industry to Book? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/can-the-government-of-mexico-bring-the-us-gun-industry-to-book    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:03:56

• US appeals court denies rehearing in case that may limit private organizations’ ability to file lawsuits under Voting Rights Act ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/us-federal-appeals-court-denies-rehearing-in-case-that-may-limit-private-organizations-ability-to-file-lawsuits-under-voting-rights-act/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:04:48

• The 5th Circuit Says Criminalizing Journalism Is Not Obviously Unconstitutional ☞ https://reason.com/2024/01/31/the-5th-circuit-says-criminalizing-journalism-is-not-obviously-unconstitutional/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:05:14

• He Was Charged With Human Trafficking for Driving His Wife to Work ☞ https://reason.com/2024/01/31/he-was-charged-with-human-trafficking-for-driving-his-wife-to-work/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:05:52

• ACLU Sues Ronald McDonald House for Refusing To House People Convicted of Assault ☞ https://reason.com/2024/01/31/aclu-sues-ronald-mcdonald-house-for-refusing-to-house-people-convicted-of-assault/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:06:23

• Antifa-vs.-Patriot-Prayer-Related Tort Lawsuit Partly Thrown Out but Partly Allowed to Go Forward ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/01/31/antifa-vs-patriot-prayer-related-tort-lawsuit-partly-thrown-out-but-partly-allowed-to-go-forward/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:06:45

• New Zealand takes step towards joining Aukus security pact ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/new-zealand-takes-step-towards-joining-aukus-security-pact    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:09:33

• Impeachment Case Against Mayorkas Ignores Government’s Immigration Powers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/us/politics/impeachment-mayorkas-immigration.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:09:43

• Pakistan election panel summons meeting on rising poll violence ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/pakistan-election-panel-summons-meeting-on-rising-poll-violence    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:09:59

• 10 offenses that could lead to getting hauled in to ‘drink tea’ ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-drinking-tea-espionage-01312024142140.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:11:04

• Hacking Electronic Flight Bags. Airbus NAVBLUE Flysmart+ Manager ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/hacking-electronic-flight-bags-airbus-navblue-flysmart-manager/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:11:41

• US House committee votes to approve of articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/01/us-house-lawmakers-vote-to-approve-of-articles-of-impeachment-against-homeland-security-secretary-mayorkas/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:12:01

• German business chamber chief airs concerns over Hong Kong security law, after leader John Lee comment ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/31/german-business-chamber-chief-airs-concerns-over-hong-kong-security-law-after-leader-john-lee-comment/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:12:37

• Hong Kong to consider ‘public interest’ exemption for leaks of ‘state secrets’ under new security law ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/01/hong-kong-to-consider-public-interest-exemption-for-leaks-of-state-secrets-under-new-security-law/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:13:02

• Gauteng police recover over 400 firearms ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/gauteng-police-recover-over-400-firearms/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:13:51

• Northern Kenya’s disarmament dilemma ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/northern-kenyas-disarmament-dilemma/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:14:11

• A US-South Korea alliance strategic memo on countering Beijing’s economic coercion ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/a-us-south-korea-alliance-strategic-memo-on-countering-beijings-economic-coercion/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:15:06

• Two More Individuals Charged for DraftKings Hacking ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/two-more-individuals-charged-for-draftkings-hacking/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:18:16

• Tor Code Audit Finds 17 Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/tor-code-audit-finds-17-vulnerabilities/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:18:24

• After Delays, Ivanti Patches Zero-Days and Confirms New Exploit ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/after-delays-ivanti-patches-zero-days-and-confirms-new-exploit/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:18:50

• US Gov Disrupts SOHO Router Botnet Used by Chinese APT Volt Typhoon ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-gov-disrupts-soho-router-botnet-used-by-chinese-apt-volt-typhoon/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:19:08

• The journey of HHS transforming to zero trust ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2024/01/the-journey-of-hhs-transforming-to-a-zero-trust/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:19:31

• US Says It Disrupted a China Cyber Threat, but Warns Hackers Could Still Wreak Havoc for Americans ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-says-it-disrupted-a-china-cyber-threat-but-warns-hackers-could-still-wreak-havoc-for-americans/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:20:37

• Nakasone wants to see ‘bold move forward’ with CYBERCOM 2.0 ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2024/01/nakasone-wants-to-see-bold-move-forward-with-cybercom-2-0/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:20:55

• Microsoft supports KOSA ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/31/microsoft-joins-in-on-the-screw-over-lgbtq-kids-party-by-supporting-kosa/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:22:05

• AI companies lose $190 billion in market cap after Alphabet and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft report ☞ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-companies-lose-190-billion-001522339.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:23:33

• An Israeli Charity for Palestinians Grapples With Oct. 7 Attacks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/world/middleeast/road-to-recovery-israel-charity-hamas-gaza.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:24:08

• This will fail badly ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/technology/personaltech/apple-vision-pro-headset-cost.html https://techrights.org/n/2023/12/29/Web3_Blockchain_Metaverse_Hey_Hi_AI_and_Vision_Pro_What_Ever_Ha.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:24:54

• Apple Daily ex-publisher trying to ‘blame’ Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai with ‘contradictory’ testimony, lawyer says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/31/apple-daily-ex-publisher-trying-to-blame-hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-with-contradictory-testimony-lawyer-says/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:25:32

• PgBouncer 1.22.0 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgbouncer-1220-released-2802/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:26:05

• Renesas RA8T1 Cortex-M85 MCU targets motor control applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/02/01/renesas-ra8t1-cortex-m85-mcu-targets-motor-control-applications/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:28:47

• Mercedes Source Code Exposed by Leaked Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Token ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/leaked-github-token-exposed-mercedes-source-code/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:29:16

• News Outlet Blames Photoshop for Making Australian Lawmaker’s Photo More Revealing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/world/australia/australia-georgie-purcell-9news-photoshop.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:30:27

• Hong Kong press group refutes ‘untruthful remarks’ made by security chief at event for new security law ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/01/hong-kong-press-group-refutes-untruthful-remarks-made-by-security-chief-at-event-for-new-security-law/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:31:38

• TrueMedia.org aims to use Hey Hi (AI) to fight political deepfakes ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/01/31/truemedia-org-aims-use-ai-fight-political-deepfakes/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:32:15

• The Fun and Dangers of Top Level Domains (TLDs), (Wed, Jan 31st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30608    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:33:15

• SI Units for Request Rate ☞ https://two-wrongs.com/si-units-for-request-rate    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:33:35

• RAJARs: BillBC local radio sees sharp listener decline in Q4 2024 amid cutbacks ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/rajars-q4-2023-bbc-local-gb-news-talkradio-times-radio/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:34:27

• Gogo Continues In-Flight Services as Federal Circuit Rejects SmartSky’s Preliminary Injunction Appeal ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/01/continues-smartskys-preliminary-injunction.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:42:43

• European Patent Office quality collapsed, justice abolished, so it could really use some distraction ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/01/31/epo-to-introduce-micro-entity-fee-reductions/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:43:40

• Kangaroo Courts Serving Patent Trolls: Team UPC Breaking the International Law Again, This Time in Milan (Fake 'Courts' for Patents) and Patent Trolls Take Advantage ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/01/Kangaroo_Courts_Serving_Patent_Trolls_Team_UPC_Breaking_the_Int.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:44:40

• Richard Meade: “Better opportunities for the Bar’s junior advocates will foster diversity” ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/richard-meade-uk-patents-court-diversity-frand-first-interview/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:45:07

• "patent-pending technology" and buzzwords ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/01/31/thoughtspots-generative-ai-assistant-gets-personal/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:45:31

• Bumper profits for Latvia's banks last year ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/31.01.2024-bumper-profits-for-latvias-banks-last-year.a541075/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:45:57

• New banking players expected to enter Lithuania this year – central bank ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2183868/new-banking-players-expected-to-enter-lithuania-this-year-central-bank    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:46:08

• China overtakes Japan as biggest vehicle exporter globally, helped along by electric cars ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/31/china-overtakes-japan-as-biggest-vehicle-exporter-globally-helped-along-by-electric-cars/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 02:46:35

• Marcus Lundblad: FOSDEMaps ☞ https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2024/01/fosdemaps.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:04:10

• Software Patents: ETRI HEVC patent monopoly revoked in EPO ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/1/26/etri-hevc-patent-revoked-in-epo http://techrights.org/o/2022/07/23/epo-shape-of-things-to-come/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:05:58

• Open-Source Software Security Initiative (OS3I) Has Nothing to Do With Open Source, It's Just a Front Group for Lobbying Purposes and an Openwashing Agenda in Mind ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/01/Open_Source_Software_Security_Initiative_OS3I_Has_Nothing_to_Do.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:11:44

• Raspberry Pi Pico powers open source smart watch ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-pico-powers-open-source-smart-watch    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:17:14

• Pure openwashing, old "news", and pretty much says nothing about security ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/02/01/microsoft-open-sources-eclipse-threadx-real-time-operating-system/ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/28/LinuxYuck_Openwashing_as_a_Service_Even_for_Controversial_Micro.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:19:03

• More openwashing ☞ https://venturebeat.com/security/protect-ai-expands-efforts-to-secure-llms-with-open-source-acquisition/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:20:28

• Unveiling the Digital Frontier: Exploring IPFS and Its Top 13 Revolutionary Open-Source Projects ☞ https://medevel.com/13-ipfs-os/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:29:39

• Revolutionizing Healthcare: Embracing IPFS for Enhanced Security and HIPAA Compliance Challenges ☞ https://medevel.com/revolutionizing-healthcare-embracing-ipfs-for-enhanced-security-and-hipaa-compliance/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:29:51

• Top 12 Self-hosted Wiki Engines for 2024: A Comprehensive Guide ☞ https://medevel.com/12-self-hosted-wiki-engines-for-2024/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:31:01

• Wikis are easy to set up (install) and use, but they are a pain to MAINTAIN in the long run and cost a lot in CPU power    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:31:13

• Techrights wiki became static pages. The history of how those pages were created is stored in an offline database (the wiki DB). Now bots don't directly interact with the DBs.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:32:08

• Wikis are 20+ year old 'tech'. They are not too novel or relevant to present time due to the WWW being MOSTLY bots!    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:32:48

• is jQuery Dead? Staying Ahead of the Game: Embracing or Abandoning jQuery in 2024! ☞ https://medevel.com/is-jquery-dead/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:33:43

• Discover the Power of Plainpad: Your Self-Hosted Note-Taking Solution ☞ https://medevel.com/plainpad/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:34:06

• Jotsy: A Rust-Based Self-Hosted Note-Taking App ☞ https://medevel.com/jotsy/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:34:33

• Take Control of Your Information with Benotes: The Top Self-Hosted Note-Taking and Bookmark Manager ☞ https://medevel.com/benotes/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:34:55

• Paul Wise: FLOSS Activities January 2024 ☞ http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2024/02/01/floss-activities/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:36:15

• At long last: the MWL Title Index ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/23401    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:37:12

• Organize Your Thoughts and Ideas with BlinkMindDesktop: The Ultimate Mind-Mapping and Outlining Tool ☞ https://medevel.com/blinkminddesktop/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:37:27

• Elevate Your Blogging Game with BTW: The Self-hosted Medium Alternative ☞ https://medevel.com/btw/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:37:32

• Increase Your Efficiency with Flatnotes: The Distraction-Free Self-hosted App for Note-Taking ☞ https://medevel.com/flatnotes/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:37:39

• curl 8.6.0 ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/01/31/curl-8-6-0/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:39:41

• Evidence against Jimmy Lai ‘obtained through torture’: UN expert ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hong-kong-protests-jimmy-lai-china-torture-01312024214058.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:42:53

• Internet history: Next steps ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/02/01/internet-history-next-steps/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:44:46

• "On February 3rd, I’ll be giving a talk in the golang devroom at FOSDEM." ☞ https://purpleidea.com/blog/2024/01/31/upcoming-speaking-and-events/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:45:15

• Booting CentOS 7 in GUI Mode ☞ https://net2.com/booting-centos-7-in-gui-mode/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:45:47

• Bastien Nocera: Re: New responsibilities ☞ https://www.hadess.net/2024/01/re-new-responsibilities.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:46:50

• Sysdig Report Surfaces Major Container Security Challenges ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/sysdig-report-surfaces-major-container-security-challenges/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:48:46

• Network Topology in Containerized Environments ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/network-topology-in-containerized-environments/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:48:57

• "Che-Hoo Cheng presented on IPv6 deployment at the Lao Digital Week 2024, held in Vientiane, Lao PDR from 10 to 14 January 2024." ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/02/01/event-wrap-lao-digital-week-2024/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:50:11

• Controversial Surveillance Law Up for Renewal (Again) in April ☞ https://reason.com/2024/01/31/controversial-surveillance-law-up-for-renewal-again-in-april/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:51:28

• Irish Media Regulator must address dangerous age verification in its new online safety code ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/irish-media-regulator-must-address-dangerous-age-verification-in-its-new-online-safety-code/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:51:47

• Council to vote on EU Hey Hi (AI) Act: What’s at stake? ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/council-to-vote-on-eu-ai-act-whats-at-stake/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:52:07

• CFPB’s Proposed Data Rules ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/01/cfpbs-proposed-data-rules.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:55:20

• Biden Discusses Possible Retaliation in Syria, Iraq and Iran ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/world/middleeast/biden-jordan-drone-strike-response.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:55:39

• Security Screeners in Germany Go on Strike, Grounding Flights ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/world/europe/germany-airport-strike-depatures.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:56:00

• Widening Mideast Crisis: Iran Says It Doesn’t Want War as U.S. Weighs Response to Lethal Drone Strike ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/31/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:56:17

• Sweeping strikes impact entire country from Wednesday to Friday ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072253    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:56:41

• "almost 300,000 workers on strike" ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072410    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:57:03

• Iran's Guards pull officers from Syria after Israeli strikes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/irans-guards-pull-officers-from-syria-after-israeli-strikes    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:57:34

• Iraqi Militants 'Suspend' Actions Against U.S. As Washington Mulls Response To Drone Strike ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-iraq-militants-us-drone-attack/32799168.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:57:46

• US says Islamic Resistance in Iraq group carried out attack on base in Jordan ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240131-us-says-islamic-resistance-in-iraq-group-carried-out-attack-on-base-in-jordan    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:57:53

• Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) MAGIC PIXIE DUST!!!! ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/01/30/bmg-digital-assets-management-ai-to-the-rescue/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:59:06

• White House formally assigns blame for drone strike in Jordan that killed 3 American service members ☞ https://kentwired.com/112942/world-nation/white-house-formally-assigns-blame-for-drone-strike-in-jordan-that-killed-3-american-service-members/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 03:59:46

• U.S. officials warn of dire Chinese cyber threats in wake of FBI operation to disrupt botnet ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/chinese-cyber-threats-fbi-operation-botnet/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:01:37

• US disrupts botnet operated by Chinese state-sponsored hacking group ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/01/31/us-disrupts-botnet-operated-chinese-state-sponsored-hacking-group/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:02:06

• drm ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/31/capcom-appears-to-break-monster-hunter-for-the-steam-deck-after-drm-swap/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:02:55

• "Enshittification" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/31/amazon-prime-video-starts-charging-extra-to-avoid-ads-as-the-enshittification-of-streaming-video-truly-begins/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:03:16

• Package name translation OE to Void ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202401/package-name-translation-oe-to-void.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:03:44

• Are British Data Rights falling behind our EU neighbours? ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/are-british-data-rights-falling-behind-our-eu-neighbours/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:04:19

• Private Schools Pushing Parents to Exploit Expanded Voucher Programs ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/private-schools-vouchers-parents-ohio-public-funds | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:07:05

• texas ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-texas-civil-medicaid-fraud-unit-falling-apart | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:07:21

• shootings ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-secretary-vows-to-increase-staffing-at-clinic-tied-to-deadly-shootings | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:07:41

• 20 Best Raspberry Pi Alternatives Single-board Computer ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-raspberry-pi-alternatives/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:08:11

• Install Zabbix Agent on Ubuntu ☞ https://osnote.com/install-zabbix-agent-on-ubuntu/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:08:29

• The Complete Docker Installation on Ubuntu (2024) ☞ https://draculaservers.com/tutorials/docker-installation-on-ubuntu/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:09:02

• Driving into 2024 – The automotive trends to look out for in the year ahead ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/driving-into-2024-the-automotive-trends-to-look-out-for-in-the-year-ahead    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:10:39

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 532 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2024/01/31/this-week-in-rust-532/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:11:26

• TTABlog Test: Is "UNRIVALED LUXURY" Merely Descriptive of Cruise Ship Services? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/01/ttablog-test-is-unrivaled-luxury-merely.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:12:08

• Open Source Radio ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/31/floss-weekly-episode-768-open-source-radio/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:12:38

• Norway ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/01/31/norway-farmed-salmon-food-colonialism-west-africa/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:13:36

• water defenders ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/01/31/jane-fonda-joins-land-and-water-defenders-at-americas-energy-summit/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:13:54

• African Football ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/01/31/totalenergies-has-no-place-in-african-football/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:14:23

• Fixing a gap in the SEP regulation ☞ https://blog.opensource.org/fixing-a-gap-in-the-sep-regulation/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:15:17

• Open Source Policy Summit 2024: Be there or be in the dark ☞ https://opensource.net/open-source-policy-summit-2024/ Microsoft is a sponsor https://summit.openforumeurope.org/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:16:52

• Stuart Langridge: Somewhere between silver and tin ☞ https://www.kryogenix.org/days/2024/01/30/somewhere-between-silver-and-tin/ "claim that software development isn’t craft"    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:18:37

• Quickstart for playing with LLMs locally ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/01/quickstart-for-playing-with-llms-locally/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:19:26

• Time Flies? Time Travels! Adding Days to Dates in R (Like a Pro) ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/01/time-flies-time-travels-adding-days-to-dates-in-r-like-a-pro/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:19:34

• Linux Mint Monthly News – January 2024 ☞ https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4639    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:20:21

• GNU C Library Vulnerability Leads to Full Root Access ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/gnu-c-library-vulnerability-leads-to-full-root-access/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:21:28

• Linux Mint 22 Codename Unveiled ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-22-codename-unveiled/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:21:49

• Setting Up a LAMP Server on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/setting-up-a-lamp-server-on-ubuntu-24-04    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:22:10

• Deer: The Perfect Note-Taking App for RTL Language Users ☞ https://medevel.com/deer/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:22:49

• TerraMaster Launches D5 Hybrid – The Industry’s First 5-Bay USB 3.2 Hybrid Storage Solution ☞ https://mightygadget.com/terramaster-launches-d5-hybrid-the-industrys-first-5-bay-usb-3-2-hybrid-storage-solution/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:23:22

• Mike Hommey: When undefined behavior causes a nonsensical error (in Rust) ☞ https://glandium.org/blog/?p=4354    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:24:13

• Karel Zak: What's New in util-linux v2.40? ☞ http://karelzak.blogspot.com/2024/01/whats-new-in-util-linux-v240.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:24:48

• JellyFin adds support for Rockchip RK3588 MPP hardware acceleration ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/02/01/jellyfin-rockchip-rk3588-mpp-hardware-acceleration/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:25:13

• Linux Shell Scripting: A Pathway to Automated System Excellence ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-shell-scripting-pathway-automated-system-excellence    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:25:58

• borgmatic – Python-based wrapper for Borg Backup ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/borgmatic-python-based-wrapper-borg-backup/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:26:24

• Unleashing the Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/socialnetworking/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:26:52

• Best Password Managers For Android in 2024 ☞ https://www.dignited.com/117617/best-password-managers-for-android-in-2024/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:27:43

• My favorite GNU/Linux email client flunked spellcheck until I did this ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/my-favorite-linux-email-client-flunked-spell-check-until-i-did-this/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:27:56

• Xe Iaso on usesthis.com ☞ https://xeiaso.net/blog/2024/usesthis/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:29:44

• EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.6.7 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202401/easyos-kirkstone-series-version-567-released.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:30:13

• hostname utility missing from Void repository ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202402/hostname-utility-missing-from-void-repository.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:30:42

• FOSS Weekly #24.05: Zed Editor, PrivateGPT AI, CPU Temperature in GNU/Linux and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-24-05/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:31:22

• Linux Mint 22: Codename & New Cinnamon Feature Revealed ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/01/linux-mint-22-codename-revealed    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:31:47

• Fedora Magazine: Performance Profiling in Fedora GNU/Linux ☞ https://fedoramagazine.org/performance-profiling-in-fedora-linux/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:32:41

• EFF's focus these days ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/eff-and-access-now-submission-un-expert-anti-lgbtq-repression | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:35:01

• EFF thinks it is ACLU ☛ https://www.eff.org/press/releases/dozens-rogue-california-police-agencies-still-sharing-driver-locations-anti-abortion | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:35:29

• Apple = back doors. But EFF cannot tell you that. ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/what-apples-promise-support-rcs-means-text-messaging | Source: EFF http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation_Incorporated_is_Run_by_for_Corpo.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:36:10

• In short, EFF is now run by people who are now there for digital activism but for politics    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:37:18

• Gyroscope ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/01/31/the-gyro-monorail-how-to-make-trains-better-with-a-gyroscope/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:37:32

• pushbacks... and talking to UN, where they employ actual terrorists ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2024/01/31/survivor-of-the-ceuta-massacre-calls-on-un-committee-deaths-injuries-and-pushbacks-remain-unpunished-in-spain/ | Source: Site36    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:39:21

• cyber fighter jet ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2024/01/31/organisations-renew-criticism-of-high-risk-fcas-project-the-cyber-fighter-jet-could-cost-trillions/ | Source: Site36    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:39:44

• orban ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2024/01/31/turmoil-over-budapest-antifa-trial-italy-summons-hungarian-ambassador-meloni-calls-orban/ | Source: Site36    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:39:57

• Orban has correctly identified people who oppose him by recognising he and fascism and synonymous    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:40:49

• Bill S-210 is Just the Beginning: How a Canadian Digital Lobby Group is Promoting a Standard to “Foster Widespread Adoption of Age Verification Technologies in Canada” ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/01/bill-s-210-is-just-the-beginning-how-a-canadian-digital-lobby-group-is-promoting-a-standard-to-foster-widespread-adoption-of-age-verification-technologies-in-canada/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:41:19

• EFF will continue to secure funding from billionaires, but its popular support will wane because people demand activism on important issues. Not issues like "the state does not use my pronoun of choice". Anyway, RIP, EFF. http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/The_EFF_Should_Know_Better_But_It_Is_Promoting_Mass_Surveillanc.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:42:53

• Flu epidemic continues in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/31.01.2024-flu-epidemic-continues-in-latvia.a541125/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:43:16

• "In 2020 and 2021, government guarantees provided in the EU increased substantially following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic."☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/31.01.2024-government-guarantees-at-a-relatively-low-level-in-latvia.a541088/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:43:38

• Maybe the COVID-19 vaccines obstruct the system's response to some other viruses? Did the clinical trials show this? WAIT, what clinical trials ANYWAY? https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/31.01.2024-flu-epidemic-continues-in-latvia.a541125/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:44:45

• We don't need no stinkin' regulations, clinical trials etc. Right? And the UK Tory Party, seeing strikes from doctors, now tries to offload doctors' jobs to unqualified "community pharmacists", jeopardising people's health for money's sake    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:47:02

• Sooner or later people stop trusting media, governments and even health professionals, due to how they are treated by government and media    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:48:00

• Because profit becomes before/above science, truth, health?    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:48:22

• "Kid, when I was your age they kept telling me don't kill yo-self!" ☞ https://kentwired.com/112972/latest-updates/free-suicide-prevention-training-offered-to-students-and-faculty/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:49:03

• The best suicide prevention is giving people a decent life    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:49:24

• In the US, they give you the 2nd amendment and pistols on sale around the corner. It's how the US does eugenics.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 04:50:03

• This URL will soon have figures for first day of this month https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share#monthly-200901-202402    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 05:06:14

• 4 articles and epo leaks out shortly    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 05:08:32

• "This also downsamples the footage to 1080p (from the original 4K source)" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/highly-condensed-time-lapse-footage-frigate | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 06:54:54

• "Ethernet itself is not a loop tolerant protocol and exchanges avoid the use of spanning tree" ☛ https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/ixbr-automated-quarantine | Source: Ben Jojo    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 06:55:04

• "SMTP email is not going away any time soon." ☛ https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2018/11/goodness-enumerated-by-robots-or.html | Source: BSDly    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 06:55:13

• "I use The New Leaf Journal to advocate for using feed readers to follow [Internet]" ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/organizing-rss-and-atom-feed-sources/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 06:55:32

• A very light distro ☛ https://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ | "DSL 2024 currently only ships with two window managers: Fluxbox and JWM."    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:00:20

• "And voilà, I can now use it as a regular filter inside my 11ty build: [...]" ☛ https://huphtur.nl/eleventy-filter-to-turn-url-into-domain-name/ |    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:01:00

• "Only a few days after releasing an AI-powered mobile app, called Arc Search" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/1/24058013/arc-browser-smart-folders-browse-for-me-ai | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:01:37

• "Browser extensions like Stylish, Stylus or Tampermonkey" ☛ https://darekkay.com/blog/ublock-website-themes/ | Source: Darek Kay    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:01:47

• IndieWebCamps ☛ https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2024/032/a1/indiewebcamp_brighton/ | Source: Paul Robert Lloyd    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:03:30

• "Fast forward to the last semester of 2023" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/what-did-computer-engineering-students-at-cornell-make-with-rp2040-last-term/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:04:03

• "In my quest to make Moodle as easy to use and as efficient as possible" ☛ https://troypatterson.me/2024/02/01/moodle-login-page-updates/ | Source: Troy Patterson    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:04:14

• "Another day in which someone lamented to me the demeaning nature of the interview" ☛ https://www.sicpers.info/2024/02/on-whiteboard-coding/ | Source: SICP    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:05:01

• "So let’s talk about a) how to recognize when you’re in a situation where a local branch..." ☛ https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/02/01/dealing-with-diverged-git-branches/ | Source: Julia Evans    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:06:01

• "In order to verify the theory, I decided to dump the list of all geohashes" ☛ https://jpmens.net/2024/01/31/how-not-to-pre-calculate-timezones/ | Source: Jan Piet Mens    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:06:09

• "Recently, I got access to a new supercomputer for a limited amount of time" ☛ https://yinan.me/shell-auto-suggestions.html |    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:07:29

• "we will publish closer to the debate date" ☛ https://edri.org/take-action/events/debate-does-europe-need-a-new-approach-to-internet-standards/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:08:29

• UPS, the Useless Parcel Service; VAT and fees ☛ https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/17698.html | Source: Diziet    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:25:01

• "Digital relationships are a fascinating concept." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/on-digital-relationships | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:25:16

• "Back in December, I started down the path of combining multiple blogs into one." ☛ https://tangiblelife.net/migration-complete | Source: Steve Ledlow    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:25:37

• "The silent majority of every successful text-based social media site is lurkers." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/24058356/trolls-social-media-commenter-lurker-reply-guy-threads | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:26:31

• "Since starting out as an independent contractor" ☛ https://ochagavia.nl/blog/the-undercover-generalist/ | Source: Adolfo Ochagavía    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:27:06

• "I didn't want to pollute my main RSS feed with this" ☛ https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/ive-added-a-new-media-diet-area-on-this-site-i-have-been-bouncing-the-idea-of-doing-this-for-a | Source: Jasper Tandy    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:27:23

• Early heart disease deaths rise to 14-year high https://yewtu.be/watch?v=L6103jQREy8    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:28:34

• GNU/Linux at 3.8% end of Jan https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200901-202402    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:29:32

• "Herewith pictures and feelings" ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/01/30/DC-Again | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:29:54

• "Obsessed with making the perfect cheesesteak, Chujo heads to Philadelphia to research, measure," ☛ https://www.blast-o-rama.com/2024/02/01/the-philadelphia-cheesesteak-as-obsession-and-art/ | Source: Marty Day    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:31:11

• "With RSS you can unplug from the machine." ☛ https://daverupert.com/2024/02/no-podcaster-don-t-cry/ | Source: Dave Rupert    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:31:31

• "author of Resistance from the Right: Conservatives" ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/2/1/24056238/conservatives-culture-war-colleges-universities | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:33:47

• "I listened to him without realizing how much time has passed" ☛ https://alirezahayati.com/2024/02/01/good-listener/ | Source: Ali Reza Hayati    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:33:57

• "Vicky explained citation indices, the concept behind Page Rank" ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2024/02/the-stanford-digital-library-project.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:34:27

• "Hundreds of people have gathered at Propylaea and are expected to march to Parliament" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1230597/protesters-gathering-for-rally-against-private-universities-roads-close/ | Source: Greece    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:35:09

• "Turkey is using the contradictions and crisis in the Middle East to eliminate the Kurds." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/features/erdogan-trying-to-build-a-world-coalition-against-the-kurds-71564 | Source: ANF News    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:35:17

• "That's great, but I didn't really need a chime" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/simplisafe-video-doorbell-halt-and-catch-fire | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:36:50

• "Photonic circuits use photons, fundamental particles of light, to move, store" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-02-team-laser-printer-photonic-chips.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:37:04

• "Scott Napper, a biochemist and vaccinologist at the University of Saskatchewan" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/02/deer-chronic-wasting-disease-prions-spillover-people/677307/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:42:00

• "Taliban-encouraged increase in child marriages" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/fact-check-taliban-health-minister-denies-afghanistan-s-mother-and-child-mortality-rate-is-skyrocketing/7465014.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:42:41

• "Now, the disappearing water is threatening more than just agriculture." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-02-agriculture-built-high-plains-towns.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:42:54

• "The citrus industry in Florida, a historic hub for citrus (Citrus sp.) production" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-02-analysis-crops-citrus-production.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:43:04

• "The most prominent Mechanical Turk huckster is Elon Musk" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/31/neural-interface-beta-tester/#tailfins | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:44:32

• "It's one thing for humans to con other humans" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/02/fcc_ai_robocall/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:44:39

• "For the past week Instagram has been pummeling me with ads in which well known rich people" ☛ https://www.404media.co/fake-bill-ackman-and-jim-cramer-instagram-ads-are-trying-to-take-my-money/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:45:02

• Clownflare, which cannot make money, has more layoffs. "The October Okta security breach involved more than 130 customers of that IT access management biz" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/02/cloudflare_okta_atlassian/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:45:32

• Proprietary "Horizon is an EPOS and back-end finance system for thousands of Post Office branches" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/01/fujitsu_finance_chief_apologises_horizon_inquiry/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:46:15

• Proprietary software is horrible. ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/generative-ai-chatbots-chatgpt-safety-concerns | Source: Science News    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:46:26

• [Old] "That some AI insiders refer to their creations as Lovecraftian horrors" ☛ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/why-an-octopus-like-creature-has-come-to-symbolize-ai-commentary/ | Source: Seattle Times    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:47:17

• [Old] "Lovecraft’s shoggoths were artificial servants that rebelled against their creators." ☛ https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2023/06/21/artificial-intelligence-is-a-familiar-looking-monster-say-henry-farrell-and-cosma-shalizi | Source: The Economist    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:48:16

• "The H20, L20, and L2 are Nvidia's second round of GPUs designed to be compliant with U.S. government sanctions" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/new-nvidia-ai-gpus-designed-to-get-around-us-export-bans-come-to-china-h20-l20-and-l2-to-fill-void-left-by-restricted-models | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:48:36

• Windows TCO ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/technica-pentagon-alphv-ransomware/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:50:05

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.databreaches.net/lockbit-shows-no-remorse-for-ransomware-attack-on-childrens-hospital/ | Source: Data Breaches    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:50:26

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/01/lockbit_ransomware_attack_hospital/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:50:35

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/01/senate_resolution_to_undo_sec/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:50:48

• Surveillance: "Axon acquired Fusus for an undisclosed sum" ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bwp4/axon-acquires-fusus-ai-surveillance-retail-healthcare | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:51:39

• "TSA is in the early stages of deploying its facial recognition capability to airport" ☛ https://nypost.com/2024/02/01/lifestyle/tsa-sparks-privacy-concerns-amid-plans-to-install-facial-recognition-systems-at-400-us-airports/ | Source: NYPost    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:51:55

• "part of a collaborative investigation led by Access Now" ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/2024/02/confirming-large-scale-pegasus-surveillance-of-jordan-based-civil-society/ | Source: Citizen Lab    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:52:14

• "This report is an Access Now publication" ☛ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/between-a-hack-and-a-hard-place-how-pegasus-spyware-crushes-civic-space-in-jordan/ | Source: AccessNow    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:52:46

• "Trader Joe’s has become the second company in a month to sue the National Labor Relations Board " ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bnyb/meta-spacex-lawsuits-declaring-ftc-nlrb-unconstitutional | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 07:59:46

• "And they urged the tech executives — including Zuckerberg of Meta, Shou Chew of TikTok" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2024/01/31/a-product-thats-killing-people-lawmakers-chastise-social-media-giants-for-harm-to-kids/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:00:11

• "Thoren’s sports utility truck was rammed and turned over onto its roof" ☛ https://www.malaymail.com/amp/news/world/2024/01/26/woman-jailed-over-car-chase-with-norway-anti-islam-activist/114809 | Source: Malay Mail    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:00:49

• "The licensing agreement between UMG and TikTok expired as of Wednesday." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tiktok-umg-dispute-1.7100341 | Source: CBC    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:01:58

• "Schulte allegedly stole the files that would become known as the Vault 7 leak in April 2016" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/02/vault_7_wikileaks_leaker_joshua/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:05:29

• "WikiLeaks in March 2017 began publishing the materials" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/01/joshua-schulte-cia-wikileaks-secrets-trial-sentenced | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:06:03

• "The country had already been shipping more vehicles than Japan on a monthly basis" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/31/china-overtakes-japan-as-biggest-vehicle-exporter-globally-helped-along-by-electric-cars/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:22:17

• "As electric vehicles (EVs) completely disrupt the market and the OEMs’ business strategies" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/driving-into-2024-the-automotive-trends-to-look-out-for-in-the-year-ahead | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:22:26

• "One of my very first posts in Techdirt covered this topic." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/01/a-utah-porn-filtering-bill-is-back-and-its-very-stupid/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:23:25

• "These theories are a recent manifestation of an emerging conservative backlash" ☛ https://www.vox.com/culture/2024/1/31/24057448/taylor-swift-conservatives-maga | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:35:06

• "This MAGA variant of Swift-boating has also overtaken the inner sanctums of the Trump campaign" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/taylor-swift-donald-trump/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:35:22

• "According to confidential internal documents reviewed by The Lever" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/onlyfans-owner-leonid-radvinsky-11-million-aipac-1234958976/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:39:20

• "The pay deal, which was struck six years ago" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musk-left-furious-after-us-court-cancels-billion-dollar-tesla-pay-out-1723119 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:51:18

• Misinformation ☛ https://edri.org/take-action/events/workshop-dis-mis-information-and-young-people/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:55:44

• "Making use of a newly available cross-national and longitudinal dataset, University of California" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-02-highlights-key-social-worldwide-academic.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:56:04

• "This article analyzes academic freedom worldwide with newly available cross-national data." ☛ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00031224231214000 |    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:56:15

• "Three students told RFE/RL that they had received written warnings from the police." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-karakalpakstan-protests-social-media-students/32801532.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:57:33

• "We live in a world where information is in abundance" ☛ https://edri.org/take-action/events/european-festival-of-journalism-and-media-literacy/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:59:11

• "Since the 1990s, several radio channels in Sweden emerged" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/kurdish-service-of-radio-sweden-to-close-291303 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 08:59:28

• "His objective is to protest the Islamic Republic authorities’ bloody clampdown on dissent and the January 23 execution of a young protester, Mohammad Ghobadlou." ☛ https://iranwire.com/en/features/124730-iranian-journalists-assaulted-during-sit-in-protest-in-toronto/ | Source: IranWire    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:06:15

• "The secretary for security on Wednesday said authorities sought to consult" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/01/hong-kong-press-group-refutes-untruthful-remarks-made-by-security-chief-at-event-for-new-security-law/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:06:29

• "If you have grown up with social media" ☛ https://theconversation.com/we-are-living-in-a-digital-dark-age-heres-how-to-protect-your-photos-videos-and-other-data-220933 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:09:25

• "The Taliban restrict Afghan women’s access to work, travel and health care if they are single or do not have a male guardian, according to a new UN report released Monday." ☛ https://sarajevotimes.com/234933-2/ |    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:09:32

• "Among those whose working lives have been upended" ☛ https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/01/1145782 | Source: UN    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:14:05

• "four Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to President Joe" ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/88x7v3/democratic-congress-members-call-on-biden-to-fight-criminalization-of-homelessness | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:14:20

• "Based on the interesting conversations so far" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/02/01/internet-history-next-steps/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:18:35

• "Our incentive recedes in lockstep with the increasing dominance of generative AI content." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/treating-the-symptoms/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:18:44

• [Old] "I continue to work through my worries about where we are." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2023/tech-broke-the-webs-social-contract/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:18:52

• [Old] "Back in the early days of computing, we were, as always, extremely bad at making software." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2021/software-crisis-2/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:19:04

• "When Napster and other peer-to-peer systems threatened the then status quo of the music industry" ☛ https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/blog/the-permanent-commodification-of-arts/ | Source: Simone Silvestroni    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:23:32

• "Unlike Netflix, which makes use of customers’ IP addresses" ☛ https://qz.com/disney-hulu-netflix-espn-password-sharing-1851216432 | Source: Quartz    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:24:51

• "Subscribers have until March 14 to comply with the new edict" ☛ https://nypost.com/2024/02/01/business/hulu-users-outraged-over-password-sharing-crackdown/ | Source: NYPost    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:25:05

• Losing a partner? Bad. Being deep in debt? Worse. https://www.sciencealert.com/financial-stress-could-impact-your-health-more-than-grief-study-finds    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 10:24:59

• "While Apple maintains that [software installation] represents a security threat" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/1/24058572/zuckerberg-meta-apple-app-store-iphone-eu-sideloading | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 10:26:51

• "Obscene images of Swift began circulating on X (formerly Twitter) on January 25." ☛ https://theconversation.com/taylor-swift-deepfakes-a-legal-case-from-the-singer-could-help-other-victims-of-ai-pornography-222113 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 10:27:18

• "There are, however, many open questions about the DSM" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/02/01/protecting-commercial-ai-rights-is-harder-than-you-think-eu-edition/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 10:28:04

• Racism ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/1/racism_in_medicine | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 11:37:57

• UAE’s Use of U.S. Mercenaries ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/1/uae_mercenaries | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 11:38:27

• "The Houthis Are Not Iranian Proxies" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/1/yemen_strikes | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 11:39:31

• methane ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/02/01/climate-change-livestock-methane-carbon-sequestration-claims/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 11:40:13

• "whistleblower" = someone who says something the public NEEDS to know, even if it is not "legal" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/biden-justice-department-makes-example-out-of-irs-whistleblower/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 11:43:21

• "November 2022 SIM-swapping attack" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/02/arrests-in-400m-sim-swap-tied-to-heist-at-ftx/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 11:44:18

• minnesota ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-bill-reform-contract-for-deed-home-sales-minnesota | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 11:45:49

• "A district court judge in Hawaii has slammed the brakes on an attempt to unmask dozens of alleged BitTorrent pirates using a DMCA subpoena." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/court-slams-brakes-on-dmca-subpoena-use-to-expose-alleged-movie-pirates-240201/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 11:50:49

• "In the wake of the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren fight in 2021" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/jake-paul-ppv-boxing-piracy-amnesty-misled-the-public-lawsuit-claims-240201/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 11:51:05

• "This version includes important security updates to Firefox." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-135a4/ | Source: Tor    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 11:52:09

• "The Code Editor is now fully integrated into three projects on our projects site" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/code-editor-integration/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 11:53:25

• WaPo = bezos ☛ https://fair.org/home/wapo-owes-an-apology-to-the-dc-mayor-it-drove-from-office/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:01:11

• "despite efforts to include Palestinian voices" ☛ https://fair.org/home/leading-papers-skewed-gaza-debate-toward-israeli-and-government-perspectives/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:02:06

• "Dreamed Away" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/earthbound-undertale-inspired-action-adventure-dreamed-away-hits-kickstarter/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:03:30

• Veil of Shadows ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/veil-of-shadows-is-a-roguelite-action-adventure-worth-checking-out/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:03:41

• Controller'd Chaos Bundle ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/the-latest-humble-bundle-is-one-for-steam-deck-controller-fans/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:03:54

• "Metro Awakening has been announced from Vertigo Games, and will be the first full VR entry into Metro." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/time-to-blow-the-dust-off-your-vr-headset-metro-awakening-is-coming/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:05:08

• "Gotta go fast! Sonic x Shadow Generations was just announced by SEGA that is technically two games" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/sonic-x-shadow-generations-announced-with-a-sonic-generations-remaster/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:05:27

• "Therefore, to memorize various commands in Linux, it is essential to use the terminal regularly." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/manage-file-types-and-set-system-time-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:07:13

• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/death-stranding-2-on-the-beach-has-a-new-trailer-but-no-indication-of-a-pc-release-yet/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:09:35

• "Palworld continues being an absolutely ridiculous success for developer Pocketpair" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/palworld-hits-19-million-players-in-less-than-two-weeks-beating-the-latest-pokemon/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:09:54

• "Eric Engestrom announced the latest open source graphics drivers release with Mesa 24.0" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/mesa-240-out-now-with-amd-radv-ray-tracing-improvements-more-nvidia-nvk-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:11:49

• January 2024 Summary ⚓ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/january-2024-summary/ ䷉ Source: Joel Chrono | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//joelchrono.xyz/blog/january-2024-summary/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:15:22

• enslavement https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13010651/amp/1619-project-school-curriculum-textbook-downplays-muslim-enslavement.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:15:38

• iophk: Hospital administrators show no remorse for infecting children's hospital with Microsoft Windows https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/01/lockbit_ransomware_attack_hospital/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:16:34

• iophk: biden covering for chairman bill https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/01/senate_resolution_to_undo_sec/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:17:02

• latest vapourware incarnation, seeing that chatbot hype is waning https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/rise-machines-openai-microsoft-invest-robots-that-think-independently-1723144    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:18:17

• journalists as enemies? https://en.neritam.com/2024/02/01/americans-sent-a-signal-that-its-ok-to-go-after-journalists/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:18:38

• michigan https://thehill.com/homenews/4440883-biden-michigan-rife-political-obstacles/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:18:50

• polyamory https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/polyamory-ruling-class-fad-monogamy/677312/ https://www.sciencealert.com/experts-confirm-us-is-dealing-with-an-out-of-control-sti-epidemic    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:19:25

• MOAR vapourware: "Tim Cook confirms Apple’s generative AI features are coming ‘later this year’" https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/1/24058647/apple-ceo-tim-cook-teases-generative-ai-iphone    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:20:12

• Why not use words?! | thomasrigby.com ⚓ https://thomasrigby.com/posts/why-not-use-words/ ䷉ Source: Thomas Rigby | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//thomasrigby.com/posts/why-not-use-words/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:20:35

• OSI's simon phipps is still doing work https://blog.opensource.org/the-european-regulators-listened-to-the-open-source-communities/ he needs to reset the osi with perens and esr    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:23:32

• How to Clear Git Cache ☞ https://idroot.us/clear-git-cache/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:24:44

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

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:25:03

• How To Install Nvidia Drivers on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nvidia-drivers-debian-12/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:25:14

• How To Install MailSpring on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mailspring-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:25:31

• Commands to Clear Git Cache ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/commands-to-clear-git-cache/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:26:36

• How to Install Build Tools on AlmaLinux or RockyLinux 8/9 ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-build-tools-on-almalinux-or-rockylinux-8-9/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:29:01

• "The climate sceptic party Reform UK accepted £10,000 from a former Conservative Party donor who has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual misconduct, DeSmog can reveal." ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/02/01/reform-party-accepts-donation-disgraced-financier-crispin-odey/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:30:46

• Militia major who beat protesters in Belarus works as window fitter in Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2184905/militia-major-who-beat-protesters-in-belarus-works-as-window-fitter-in-lithuania    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:31:35

• Russia Designates Germany-Based Russian Election Monitor NGO 'Undesirable' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-designates-germany-election-monitor-undesirable/32801082.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:31:48

• Russian Court Extends Pretrial Detention Of RFE/RL Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva To April 5 ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-court-extends-detention-rferl-journalist-kurmasheva/32801214.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:32:18

• Russian rock band Bi-2 leaves Thailand for Israel after immigration violation ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/pacific/band-02012024134020.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:33:23

• Russia court extends pre-trial detention of Russian-American journalist in ‘foreign agent’ case ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/02/russia-court-extends-pre-trial-detention-of-russian-american-journalist-in-foreign-agent-case/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:33:50

• Latvian parliament confirms Russian and Belarusian sports ban ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/sport/01.02.2024-latvian-parliament-confirms-russian-and-belarusian-sports-ban.a541199/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 12:34:02

• Inflating snare price by paying people in stock instead of money https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/ex-microsoft-hr-vp-reveals-why-most-executives-dont-take-pay-cuts-to-prevent-massive-layoffs    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:19:53

• Zoom Layoffs Total 150 As Video Giant Turns Attention To 'Critical' Areas, Including AI https://techrights.org/index.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:23:05

• Deutsche Bank To Lay Off 3,500 People: 10 Big Companies That Are Offboarding Employees In 2024 https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/deutsche-bank-to-lay-off-3500-people-10-big-companies-that-will-trim-workforce-626622.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:24:25

• "According to recent posts on TheLayoff.com, the company's LATAM sales team was impacted by the job cuts, among other departments. On LinkedIn, several employees from various departments took to the platform to confirm they had been included in the new round of layoffs, including an integrated marketing manager and webinar program manager." https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2024/zoom-layoffs-total-150-as-video-giant-turns-attention-to-critical-areas-including-ai    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:25:54

• Zoom lays off 150 employees https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/business-of-brands/zoom-lays-off-150-employees/107342256    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:27:17

• Russia’s New Threats to Exiles: Seized Assets and Forced Returns ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/world/europe/russia-antiwar-exiles.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:30:21

• 'Impeccable reputations'? Latvian Radio probes the Petr Aven fund in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/01.02.2024-impeccable-reputations-latvian-radio-probes-the-petr-aven-fund-in-latvia.a540949/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:30:28

• Passenger travel from Latvia to Russia, Belarus still active ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/02.02.2024-passenger-travel-from-latvia-to-russia-belarus-still-active.a541344/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:30:52

• Russia says it downed 11 Ukrainian drones over border regions ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/01/russia-says-it-downed-11-ukrainian-drones-over-border-regions | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:42:19

• Ivanovets ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/01/ukrainian-forces-sink-ivanovets-russian-missile-ship-ukrainian-intelligence-says | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:42:35

• "defenses are holding" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/02/01/dwindling-resources | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:42:51

• E.U. leaders agree on $54-billion aid package for Ukraine ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/01/e-u-leaders-agree-on-54-billion-aid-package-for-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:43:07

• Friday Briefing: The E.U.’s Ukraine Aid Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/world/asia/eu-aid-ukraine-israel-settlers-asia.html bullfighting?    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:43:22

• Russian accounts ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/02/01/turkish-banks-reportedly-cracking-down-on-russian-accounts-in-response-to-u-s-secondary-sanctions | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:49:33

• ‘undesirable’ ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/01/russia-bans-germany-based-russian-election-monitor-as-undesirable-organization | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:49:47

• Moscow reportedly luring Syrian men to Russia and coercing them into joining army ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/02/01/moscow-reportedly-luring-syrian-men-to-russia-and-coercing-them-into-joining-army | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:50:31

• Arrests in $400M SIM-Swap Tied to Heist at FTX? ☞ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/02/arrests-in-400m-sim-swap-tied-to-heist-at-ftx/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:51:04

• Russian Il-76 military plan ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/01/satellite-image-of-russian-il-76-military-plane-crash-site-released | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:51:26

• Nadezhdin ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/02/02/kremlin-propagandists-finally-acknowledge-anti-war-presidential-hopeful-boris-nadezhdin-and-surprise-they-say-kyiv-and-russia-s-exiled-opposition-are-controlling-him | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:52:49

• Copyright, news and gen AI: Action needed from Government says Lords ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ai-copyright-law-news-publishers-lords-committee/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 13:53:30

• Page broken today (no matter how it is accessed) https://www.britannica.com/topic/Groundhog-Day    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:25:15

• today is Groundhog Day 2024 https://www.visitpa.com/article/celebrating-groundhog-day-2024    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:26:35

• The E.U.’s $54 Billion Deal to Fund Ukraine, Explained ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/world/europe/eu-ukraine-hungary.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:28:04

• Grateful for E.U. Aid, Ukraine Now Waits for the United States ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/world/europe/ukraine-eu-aid.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:28:24

• Schumer Plans Senate Vote on Border and Ukraine Deal Next Week ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/us/politics/schumer-ukraine-border-immigration-senate.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:28:36

• EU Ukraine Aid Deal Is a Pawn in Orban’s Longer Populist Game ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/world/europe/orban-ukraine-funding-hungary.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:28:44

• EU Agrees to $54 Billion Fund for Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/world/europe/eu-hungary-ukraine-fund.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:28:58

• Why small farmers are blocking roads from Paris to Brussels to Rome ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2024/0201/Why-small-farmers-are-blocking-roads-from-Paris-to-Brussels-to-Rome    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:29:24

• Saving Ukraine in Hotel Amigo ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2024/0201/Saving-Ukraine-in-Hotel-Amigo    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:29:39

• What the video game industry’s layoff wave means for you | Digital Trends ⚓ https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/game-developer-layoffs-january-2024/ ䷉ Source: Digital Trends | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/game-developer-layoffs-january-2024/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:30:36

• EU Leaders Reach Deal On Ukraine Aid As Hungary Drops Demands ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-summit-ukraine-aid-package-hungary/32800912.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:31:46

• Russia Says It Shot Down 11 Ukrainian Drones Over Three Border Regions ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-border-regions-ukraine-drones-shot-done/32800979.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:33:39

• Ukraine Claims It Sank Another Russian Warship In Crimea ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navy-warship-ukraine-sunk-crimea/32801426.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:33:46

• China Warns Ukraine About Labeling Its Firms As 'Sponsors Of War' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/china-ukraine-sponsors-of-war-relations/32801469.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:34:01

• Ukraine's First Lady Urges Allies To Act 'Faster' In Effort To Force Russia To Return Children ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenska-russia-children-return-riga-conference/32801605.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:34:13

• Frozen Russian Central Bank Assets Generated $4.8 Billion In Interest Income In 2023 ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-frozen-assets-interest-income-ukraine-war/32801681.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:34:32

• Ukraine's Military Chief Reiterates Need For Unmanned Weapons Amid Dispute With Zelenskiy ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-commander-dispute-zelenskiy-war-russia-commentary/32801727.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:34:41

• Lithuanian president critical of Hungary’s proposal for annual vote on Ukraine aid ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2185014/lithuanian-president-critical-of-hungary-s-proposal-for-annual-vote-on-ukraine-aid    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:34:59

• EU’s Ukraine aid deal sends ‘very good signal’ to Washington – Lithuanian president ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2185269/eu-s-ukraine-aid-deal-sends-very-good-signal-to-washington-lithuanian-president    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:35:23

• EU summit agrees €50 billion aid for Ukraine despite Hungary's veto threat ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240201-%F0%9F%94%B4-eu-s-27-members-reach-deal-on-%E2%82%AC50-billion-aid-package-for-ukraine    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:35:43

• Russian strike in Ukraine kills two French nationals ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240202-russian-strike-in-ukraine-kills-two-french-nationals-says-kherson-governor    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:36:04

• Experts react: The EU just approved a 50 billion euro aid package for Ukraine. How will it impact the war? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react/experts-react-the-eu-just-approved-a-50-billion-euro-aid-package-for-ukraine-how-will-it-impact-the-war/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:36:25

• Europe United: EU leaders agree on long-term support package for Ukraine ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/europe-united-eu-leaders-agree-on-long-term-support-package-for-ukraine/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:37:55

• Wartime Ukraine ranks among world’s top performers in anti-corruption index ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/wartime-ukraine-ranks-among-worlds-top-performers-in-anti-corruption-index/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:38:27

• The EU and the Indo-Pacific: partners for a more stable and prosperous world ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-eu-and-the-indo-pacific-partners-for-a-more-stable-and-prosperous-world/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:38:53

• Ukrainian refugee finds hope in Akron’s welcome center ☞ https://kentwired.com/112565/latest-updates/ukrainian-refugee-finds-hope-in-akrons-welcome-center/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:39:19

• Russia's War on Children conference in Rīga ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/video/01.02.2024-russias-war-on-children-conference-in-riga.a541190/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:43:34

• 'Kidnapped by Russia' art exhibit set up near Russian Embassy in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/art/02.02.2024-kidnapped-by-russia-art-exhibit-set-up-near-russian-embassy-in-latvia.a541333/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:44:15

• Opening remarks by President von der Leyen at the joint press conference with President Michel following the special meeting of the European Council of 1 February 2024 ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/STATEMENT_24_610    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:45:02

• PANZER-PLUS Offers BSP and Ready-to-Run Images for Linux/Android OSes ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/panzer-plus-offers-bsp-and-ready-to-run-images-for-linux-android-oses/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:45:33

• putin ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/01/jailed-opposition-leader-alexey-navalny-calls-on-all-russians-voting-against-putin-to-go-to-polls-simultaneously | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:45:57

• Navalny Calls On Russians To Flock To Polling Stations At Noon During Election To Show Opposition To Putin ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/navalny-protest-presidential-election-putin/32801298.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:46:49

• Zelenskyy gives Putin a long overdue history lesson ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/zelenskyy-gives-putin-a-long-overdue-history-lesson/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:47:17

• CPU vs. GPU: Unpacking the Core Differences ☞ https://tecadmin.net/cpu-vs-gpu-key-differences/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:48:01

• How to configure granular access in OpenShift Dev Spaces ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/02/01/how-configure-granular-access-openshift-dev-spaces    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:48:45

• How to deploy Meteor.js applications to OpenShift ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/02/01/how-deploy-meteorjs-applications-openshift    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:49:32

• Red Hat is marketing its wares for Microsoft ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/accessing-azure-blob-storage-red-hat-openshift-sandboxed-containers-peer-pods | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:51:30

• "MLRun also fosters collaboration and accelerates continuous improvements by breaking down silos between data, ML, software and DevOps/MLOps teams." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/mlrun-community-edition-red-hat-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:51:52

• "we engage with customers on innovative deployments where we can apply our expertise to help them get the best performance and scale for their workloads." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-performance-and-scale-engineering | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:52:24

• " Be sure to also run the source ./tas-env-variables.sh script to set up the shell variables (URLs) to the Sigstore services endpoints (Fulcio, Rekor etc)." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-trusted-artifact-signer-enterprise-contract-trustable-container-images | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:52:46

• AI-spamming or buzzwords instead of substance from Red Hat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmKZD-u8ZOM    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:55:16

• Red Hat sponsored sites commissioned to write Red Hat puff pieces (for Red Hat to later link to) https://thenewstack.io/red-hat-developer-hub-an-enterprise-ready-idp/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:56:19

• Towards SSH3: How HTTP/3 improves secure shells ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/02/02/towards-ssh3-how-http-3-improves-secure-shells/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 14:59:22

• SSH + Web browser = back doors aplenty, countless zero-day flaws    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 15:00:16

• Dave Airlie: anv: vulkan av1 decode status ☞ https://airlied.blogspot.com/2024/02/anv-vulkan-av1-decode-status.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 15:01:50

• The Great LLM Delusion - Part III: Vapourware as a Business Model ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/01/30/The_Great_LLM_Delusion_Part_III_Vapourware_as_a_Business_Model.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 15:02:37

• The Great LLM Delusion - Part V: Bjarnason's Take on the Hey Hi (AI) Illusion and Dishonest (Mis)Use of Terms ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/01/The_Great_LLM_Delusion_Part_V_Bjarnason_s_Take_on_the_AI_Illusi.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 15:02:46

• Microsoft's Total Debt Soars to $111.4 Billion Dollars (an Increase by $32,000,000,000 in Only 6 Months!) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/01/Microsoft_s_Total_Debt_Soars_to_111_4_Billion_Dollars_an_Increa.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 15:03:16

• The Great LLM Delusion - Part VI: 'Hype Agent' Geoff Hinton Would Need to Disclose Conflict of Interest (Regarding LLMs) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/02/The_Great_LLM_Delusion_Part_VI_Hype_Agent_Geoff_Hinton_Would_Ne.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 15:03:26

• RiskyBiz: Corporate-Funded Front, Publishing Tool of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and the 'Fake Security' Industrial Complex (Trying to Fix What Lacks an Incentive to Fix) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/02/RiskyBiz_Corporate_Funded_Front_Publishing_Tool_of_Microsoft_an.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 15:03:38

• A Shape-Shifting Plastic With a Flexible Future ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/science/shape-shifting-plastic.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 15:04:21

• "It may be risky to publish my network layout, but because I got a new PFSense router and I like to talk about my homelab and the things I'm tinkering with I'm writing this gemlog post. Maybe it's some inspiration for someone." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2024-02-02-My_new_Nework_Setup.gmi    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 15:05:37

• 🔤SpellBinding: YEGHOPA Wordo: DEALT gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-02-02.gmi    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 15:06:19

• 6-Million-Year-Old Ape's Ear Suggests We Learned to Walk Upright in 3 Steps ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/6-million-year-old-apes-ear-suggests-we-learned-to-walk-upright-in-3-steps    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:09:00

• Revealed: HIV's Trick For Invading The Nucleus of a Host's Cell ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/simulations-reveal-hivs-circus-trick-for-invading-the-nucleus-of-a-hosts-cell    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:09:11

• Turns Out There's One Animal Powerful Enough to Mess With Lions' Feeding Habits ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/turns-out-theres-one-animal-powerful-enough-to-mess-with-lions-feeding-habits    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:09:44

• WHO Warns Cancer Cases Will Jump 77% by 2050. Here's Why. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/who-warns-cancer-cases-will-jump-77-by-2050-heres-why    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:09:58

• Scientists Determine The Dog Breeds That Live Longest – And It's All in The Nose ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-determine-the-dog-breeds-that-live-longest-and-its-all-in-the-nose    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:10:19

• Scientists Find Mysterious, Oozing Black Eggs Almost 4 Miles Below The Ocean's Surface ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-mysterious-oozing-black-eggs-almost-4-miles-below-the-oceans-surface    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:10:37

• Several Bizarre Visual Symptoms Shown to Be a Strong Predictor For Alzheimer's ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/several-bizarre-visual-symptoms-shown-to-be-a-strong-predictor-for-alzheimers    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:10:53

• EU and Canada boost their strategic digital partnership to address new challenges ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_24_614    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:11:39

• Hamas sympathisers are dangerous, violent radicals ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/hostages-rescued-at-p-g-factory-in-gebze-291321    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:12:49

• The Dogs That Live Longest, by a Nose ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/science/dogs-longevity-health.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:13:10

• Almost 30% ethnic minorities in Hong Kong at high-risk of mental health disorder, survey finds ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/02/almost-30-ethnic-minorities-in-hong-kong-at-high-risk-of-mental-health-disorder-survey-finds/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:13:30

• Doctors want your healthcare experience stories ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/01.02.2024-doctors-want-your-healthcare-experience-stories.a541209/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:13:41

• South Korean President Yoon sees support slide after Dior bag uproar ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-president-yoon-sees-support-slide-after-dior-bag-uproar    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:14:08

• North Korea fires multiple cruise missiles: South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-inspects-shipyard-kcna    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:14:28

• India’s Quiet Push to Steal More of China’s iPhone Business ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/business/india-iphone-tech-manufacturing.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:17:15

• China Meets the U.S. to Discuss Fentanyl, But the Détente Has Limits ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/world/asia/china-us-fentanyl-iran-north-korea.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:17:39

• Japan’s message for Trump: Don’t cut a deal with China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japans-message-for-donald-trump-dont-cut-a-deal-with-china    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:18:12

• S’pore-born giant panda cub Le Le has a ‘beary’ good time playing with snow in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-pore-born-giant-panda-cub-le-le-has-a-beary-good-time-playing-with-snow-in-china    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:18:37

• New Nvidia Hey Hi (AI) GPUs designed to get around U.S. export bans come to China — H20, L20, and L2 to fill void left by restricted models ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/new-nvidia-ai-gpus-designed-to-get-around-us-export-bans-come-to-china-h20-l20-and-l2-to-fill-void-left-by-restricted-models    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:18:58

• US, Japan carriers drill in the Philippines Sea amid regional tension ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/southchinasea/usjapan-ph-drill-02012024045142.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:20:30

• Taiwan sends 3 Chinese nationals back to Malaysia ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/taiwan-chinese-asylum-seekers-02012024131622.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:20:43

• Taiwan protests Chinese plan for flight paths to skim median line ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/flight-paths-02012024124640.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:20:53

• Residents of dam resettlement village say water system has dried up ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/resettlement-village-water-02012024145023.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:21:16

• Taiwan’s pro-China speaker choice stirs fears of deeper Beijing influence ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/taiwan-speaker-beijing-02022024005209.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:21:36

• US says it dismantled China-backed hacker network that targeted American infrastructure ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/01/us-says-it-dismantled-china-backed-hacker-network-that-targeted-american-infrastructure/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:22:30

• Beijing seeks ‘continuous improvement’ of ties with Vatican as 3 Chinese bishops ordained ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/01/beijing-seeks-continuous-improvement-of-ties-with-vatican-as-3-chinese-bishops-ordained/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:23:00

• CISA orders Ivanti devices targeted by Chinese hackers be disconnected ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/ivanti-connect-secure-china/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:23:21

• Is China decelerating or recovering? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/is-china-decelerating-or-recovering/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:23:43

• China doesn’t have as much leverage in the Middle East as one thinks—at least when it comes to Iran ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/china-mena-leverage-iran-houthis-yemen/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:25:45

• As China’s housing market slumps, Australia’s iron ore budget bonanza is unlikely to last ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/as-chinas-housing-market-slumps-australias-iron-ore-budget-bonanza-is-unlikely-to-last/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:26:58

• US job cuts surge | Amazon, Alphabet & Microsoft make waves in January layoffs https://www.wionews.com/videos/us-job-cuts-surge-amazon-alphabet-microsoft-make-waves-in-january-layoffs-686267    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:29:46

• France Fined Amazon €32 Million Over “Excessive Surveillance” in the Warehouses https://www.thehrdigest.com/france-fined-amazon-e32-million-over-excessive-surveillance-in-the-warehouses/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:30:14

• US layoffs more than doubled in January https://worldnationnews.com/us-layoffs-more-than-double-in-january-report/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:30:34

• US Job Cuts Surge in January: Financial & Tech Sectors Bear the Brunt https://citytelegraph.com/news/141011/us-job-cuts-surge-in-january/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:31:05

• Flat-Pack Multi-Tool Has Many Dimensions ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/01/flat-pack-multi-tool-has-many-dimensions/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:33:11

• "Polynesian cultures have a remarkable navigational tradition." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/01/polynesian-wayfinding-traditions-let-humans-roam-the-pacific-ocean/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:33:32

• braille ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/01/robot-can-read-braille-much-faster-than-humans-with-new-sensor/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:34:57

• Reality, Art and Peloton Stars Party at the Whitney ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/style/whitney-art-party-erin-lihy-olivia-palermo.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:35:29

• Forestry giant Stora Enso mulls up to one thousand job cuts ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072491    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:36:04

• "Knocking over expensive camera equipment is an unfortunate occupational hazard when filming projects in a workshop." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/01/a-concrete-solution-to-balance-and-protect-camera-gear/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:40:06

• Bolt aggressively enters Zim ride-hailing market, zero commissions to drivers, low fares for riders ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2024/02/bolt-agressively-enters-zim-ride-hailing-market-zero-commissions-to-drivers-low-fares-to-riders/ "It follows the American company inDrive."    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:40:46

• "When setting up a city in the desert, the team behind Burning Man does its best to lay things out in an ordered fashion." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/01/navigate-burning-man-with-ease-with-this-custom-tool/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:44:32

• "Anyone who’s worked with older tube-based equipment will be familiar with the type of vintage electrolytic capacitor which integrated several capacitors into one can" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/01/multi-way-capacitor-replacement-without-the-pain/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:44:53

• US "jobs data" is now US jobs data. The devil is in the details.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:46:16

• US "jobs data" is NOT US jobs data. The devil is in the details. Look at the omissions.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:46:36

• More layoffs to come ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/02/01/despite-solid-figures-atlassian-shares-fall-widening-quarterly-loss/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:47:20

• Wall Street "rally" = passage of wealth, bubble economics. The correlation between the bubble and real common-wealth is not there. They are independent. We know who will be left paying or holding the bag.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:49:16

• Facebook: # of users down, metaverse failed, but otherwise we do well... doing... something.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:49:56

• Wall Street Times exists in ANOTHER UNIVERSE. This is CPC-level propaganda: "So much winning!" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/opinion/biden-trump-economy-goldilocks.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:52:44

• Gaslighting and/or lying to people does not work. It causes resentment and alienation.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:53:45

• Wall Street Times reckons that if you tell Americans the economy is great, it will become true and people will be happier. In practice, it is a form of provocation.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:54:36

• NSA Purchases Internet Metadata To Spy on You Without a Warrant ☞ https://reason.com/2024/02/01/nsa-purchases-internet-metadata-to-spy-on-you-without-a-warrant/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:54:56

• "If I had to put my finger on the most recent major inflection point for the Internet, it would be 1995." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2024-02-02_the_year_the_internet_changed.gmi    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:56:09

• "Does anyone from here go to FOSDEM? :)" gemini://nader.pm/fosdem-2024/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:57:05

• "Intel puts brakes on $20B chip plant project in Ohio". Come on, be happy, Intel. Wall Street Times says things are "HOT!" Never been better.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 21:59:28

• CIA doesn’t just collect data, it also collects art ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/people/2024/02/cia-doesnt-just-collect-data-it-also-collects-art/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:00:01

• They just simply use statistics, but they surf buzzwords and hype waves now ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2024/02/nih-seeks-new-ai-friendly-ehr-to-make-better-use-of-health-care-data/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:00:47

• Plan to Resurface a Pyramid in Granite Draws Heated Debate ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/arts/design/resurfacing-pyramid-ignites-debate.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:01:31

• U.S. Corporations Are Openly Trying to Destroy Core Public Institutions. We Should All Be Worried. ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7bnyb/meta-spacex-lawsuits-declaring-ftc-nlrb-unconstitutional    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:01:56

• History of Failure on Border Policy Hangs Over Current Push in Congress ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/us/congress-border-immigration-history.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:02:16

• The public domain is more than just Mickey Mouse ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/the-public-domain-is-more-than-just-mickey-mouse/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:02:37

• Disney lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis dismissed ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/02/disney-lawsuit-against-florida-governor-ron-desantis-dismissed/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:03:03

• Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amds-integrated-graphics-performance-shines-in-ai-tests-with-extreme-memory-ryzen-7-8700g-with-ddr5-9000-up-to-15-better    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:03:44

• OF COURSE everything is HEY HI now. EVEN hardware!    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:04:02

• In another UNIverse, every piece of hardware is METAverse.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:04:26

• "Back in December, we wrote about Appin. We were not writing about the reports (of which there have been many) that the organization that started as a sort of cybersecurity training school" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/01/sorry-appin-were-not-taking-down-our-article-about-your-attempts-to-silence-reporters/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:04:59

• El Salvador embraces democracy. Why is nation backing an authoritarian? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2024/0201/El-Salvador-embraces-democracy.-Why-is-nation-backing-an-authoritarian    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:05:40

• Supo: No signs of election interference by foreign powers ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072500    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:05:47

• People granted Lithuanian citizenship by exception pose no security threat – agency ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2185114/people-granted-lithuanian-citizenship-by-exception-pose-no-security-threat-agency    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:06:32

• Canada federal court criticizes foreign intelligence service mismanagement of personal information ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/02/canada-federal-court-criticizes-foreign-intelligence-service-mismanagement-of-personal-information/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:07:06

• Zimbabwe political prisoner released following 595 day detention ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/02/zimbabwe-political-prisoner-released-following-595-day-detention/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:07:41

• National cybersecurity plans lack performance measures and estimated costs, GAO says ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/gao-national-cybersecurity-strategy/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:08:23

• CISA instructs federal agencies to disconnect deployments of vulnerable Ivanti products ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/02/01/cisa-instructs-federal-agencies-disconnect-deployments-vulnerable-ivanti-products/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:09:08

• Why Are Cybersecurity Automation Projects Failing? ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/why-are-cybersecurity-automation-projects-failing/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:09:35

• Johnson Controls Ransomware Attack: Data Theft Confirmed, Cost Exceeds $27 Million ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/johnson-controls-ransomware-attacks-data-theft-confirmed-cost-exceeds-27-million/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:09:50

• New York Sues Citibank Over Poor Data Security ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-york-sues-citibank-over-poor-data-security-anti-breach-practices/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:10:02

• Red Sea chaos jacks up relocation costs for feds around the world ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2024/02/red-sea-chaos-jacks-up-relocation-costs-for-feds-around-the-world/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:11:11

• CISA directs agencies to shut down vulnerable software products ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2024/02/cisa-directs-agencies-to-shut-down-vulnerable-software-products/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:11:27

• Albania’s Institute of Statistics Suffers Cyberattack, Some Systems Affected ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/albanias-institute-of-statistics-suffers-cyberattack-some-systems-affected/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:11:40

• CISA Sets 48-Hour Deadline for Removal of Insecure Ivanti Products ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-sets-48-hour-deadline-for-removal-of-insecure-ivanti-products/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:11:57

• ‘Leaky Vessels’ Container Escape Vulnerabilities Impact Docker, Others ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/leaky-vessels-container-escape-vulnerabilities-impact-docker-others/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:12:52

• Watch: Top Cyber Officials Testify on China’s Cyber Threat to US Critical Infrastructure ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/watch-top-cyber-officials-testify-on-chinas-cyber-threat-to-us/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:13:10

• Man Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Millions in Cryptocurrency via SIM Swapping ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/man-sentenced-to-prison-for-stealing-millions-in-cryptocurrency-via-sim-swapping/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:13:16

• Sheet Music Covers for the Gotham-Attucks Company, ca. 1905–1911 ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/gotham-attucks    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:13:39

• Highly-condensed time-lapse footage with Frigate ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/highly-condensed-time-lapse-footage-frigate    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:14:09

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: dtts 0.1.2 on CRAN: Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2024/01/31#dtts_0.1.2    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:14:36

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RQuantLib 0.4.21 on CRAN: Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2024/02/01#rquantlib_0.4.21    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:15:25

• Ian Jackson: UPS, the Useless Parcel Service; VAT and fees ☞ https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/17698.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:16:49

• Democratic Unionist Party accepts UK government’s proposal to restore Northern Ireland power-sharing plan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/02/democratic-unionist-party-accepts-uk-governments-proposal-to-restore-northern-ireland-power-sharing-plan/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:19:27

• Apple Patches Vision Pro Vulnerability as CISA Warns of iOS Flaw Exploitation ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-vision-pro-vulnerability-as-cisa-warns-of-ios-flaw-exploitation/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:19:54

• Apple shares fall. But you would not know this based on the bribes, biased media.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:20:21

• Developers Pan Apple’s New Plan for App Store in Europe ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/technology/apple-app-store-europe.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:20:48

• Ex-publisher of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily denies police asked him to testify against Jimmy Lai, court hears ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/01/ex-publisher-of-hong-kongs-apple-daily-denies-police-asked-him-to-testify-against-jimmy-lai-court-hears/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:21:32

• Clownflare Atlassian server hacked by suspected nation-state attacker ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/02/01/cloudflare-atlassian-server-hacked-suspected-nation-state-attacker/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:22:27

• Hong Kong press group again refutes ‘untruthful remarks’ made by security chief at event for new security law ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/01/hong-kong-press-group-refutes-untruthful-remarks-made-by-security-chief-at-event-for-new-security-law/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:23:00

• What is a "Top Level Domain" (Thu, Feb 1st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30612    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:24:15

• War – What is it Good For? ☞ https://two-wrongs.com/war-what-is-it-good-for    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:24:45

• Georgia's Ruling Party Nominates Kobakhidze For Post Of Prime Minister ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-s-ruling-party-nominates-kobakhidze-for-post-of-prime-minister/32801163.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:25:22

• Hong Kong withdraws from esports competition after gaming programme omits ‘China’ from name of team ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/02/hong-kong-withdraws-from-esports-competition-after-gaming-programme-omits-china-from-name-of-team/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:26:02

• Our Open Approach to Tracing Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.suse.com/c/suse-open-approach-to-ai/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:26:44

• US Rep. Cori Bush under investigation for potential misuse of political funds ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/02/us-rep-cori-bush-under-investigation-for-potential-misuse-of-political-funds/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:27:01

• Mark Zuckerberg Is Not a Murderer, Mr. Senator ☞ https://reason.com/2024/02/01/mark-zuckerberg-senate-hearing-graham-facebook/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:27:27

• ExTwitter CEO Yaccarino Says They Support Censorial KOSA Law And Wants To ‘Make Sure It Accelerates’ ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/01/extwitter-ceo-yaccarino-says-they-support-censorial-kosa-law-and-wants-to-make-sure-it-accelerates/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:27:43

• He Was Arrested for Making a Joke on Facebook. A Jury Just Awarded Him $205,000 in Damages. ☞ https://reason.com/2024/02/01/he-was-arrested-for-making-a-joke-on-facebook-a-jury-just-awarded-him-205000-in-damages/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:28:11

• Florida judge: Free speech can’t free Disney from DeSantis mousetrap ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2024/0201/Florida-judge-Free-speech-can-t-free-Disney-from-DeSantis-mousetrap    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:28:33

• What Can Professors Say in Public? ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/02/01/what-can-professors-say-in-public-2/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:29:12

• Exploring the Latest proprietary trap AWS Console-to-Code Feature ☞ https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/exploring-the-latest-aws-console-to-code-feature/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:30:36

• Two Mandamus Petitions: Transfer Granted, Improper Service Denied ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/02/mandamus-petitions-transfer.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:31:00

• Open Source Initiative Needs to Tackle Software Patents and Kangaroo Courts (But It Does Not, It Works for Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Now) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/02/Open_Source_Initiative_Needs_to_Tackle_Software_Patents_and_Kan.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:31:30

• $2,000 awarded for Empire IP entity Fleet Connect Solutions packet generator patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/2/1/2000-awarded-for-empire-ip-entity-fleet-connect-solutions-packet-generator-patent-prior-art    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:31:58

• "extending its current patent monopoly license agreement until 2027." ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/qualcomm-earnings-call-suggests-apple-will-again-extend-5g-modem-license-to-2027    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:32:31

• fbi ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/01/appeals-court-says-fbi-violated-the-fourth-amendment-during-its-raid-of-us-private-vaults/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:32:57

• Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf banks on continuity with Thomas Kühnen successor ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/higher-regional-court-dusseldorf-banks-on-continuity-with-thomas-kuhnen-successor/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:33:30

• Open-Source Software Security Initiative (OS3I) Has Nothing to Do With Open Source, It's Just a Front Group for Lobbying Purposes and an Openwashing Agenda in Mind (updated) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/01/Open_Source_Software_Security_Initiative_OS3I_Has_Nothing_to_Do.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:34:04

• "Ever wondered why your Arduino wasn’t programming" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/01/eliminate-that-pesky-power-only-usb-cable-with-this-cable-tester/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:35:00

• On whiteboard coding ☞ https://www.sicpers.info/2024/02/on-whiteboard-coding/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:35:34

• Three Recent TTAB Oppositions Sustained on the Ground of Non-use ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/02/three-recent-ttab-oppositions-sustained.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:36:02

• Fossil: More than a Project manager for your coding project, it is a complete Git Alternative ☞ https://medevel.com/fossil-os/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:37:29

• 32: Only Mildly Suspicious ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/23406    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:37:57

• Alabama Has Executed A Man With Nitrogen Gas Despite Jury’s Life Verdict ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/capital-punishment/alabama-plans-to-execute-a-man-with-nitrogen-gas-despite-jurys-life-verdict    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:38:34

• Kubernetes Security Best Practices for 2024 ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/kubernetes-security-best-practices-for-2024/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:39:20

• Bodycam Maker Axon Is on a Mission to Surveil America with Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7bwp4/axon-acquires-fusus-ai-surveillance-retail-healthcare    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:39:39

• M.2 E-Key Wi-Fi 7 HAT for Raspberry Pi 5 also supports Surveillance Giant Google TPU ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/02/02/m2-e-key-wifi-7-hat-for-raspberry-pi-5-google-tpu/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:40:14

• Who is the Mexican honored with a Surveillance Giant Google Doodle today? ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/who-is-the-mexican-archaeologist-honored-google-doodle-today/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:40:46

• Confirming Large-Scale Pegasus Surveillance of Jordan-based Civil Society ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2024/02/confirming-large-scale-pegasus-surveillance-of-jordan-based-civil-society/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:41:08

• Panel: “Misinformation and Disinformation: is democracy in crisis, and is it at aisk of failing?” ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/panel-misinformation-and-disinformation-is-democracy-in-crisis-and-is-it-at-aisk-of-failing/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:42:05

• The European Digital and Media Literacy Conference ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/the-european-digital-and-media-literacy-conference/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:42:38

• Workshop: “Dis/Mis-information and Young People” ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/workshop-dis-mis-information-and-young-people/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:42:58

• Trump’s Privacy Case Over Dossier Thrown Out by U.K. High Court ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/world/europe/uk-trump-court-steele-dossier.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:43:30

• Smartmatic Claims OAN Violated Privacy Laws By Giving Employee Passwords To Trump Campaign ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/01/smartmatic-claims-oan-violated-privacy-laws-by-giving-employee-passwords-to-trump-campaign/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:43:48

• Debate: “Does Europe need a new approach to Internet standards?” ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/debate-does-europe-need-a-new-approach-to-internet-standards/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:44:08

• European Festival of Journalism and Media Literacy ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/european-festival-of-journalism-and-media-literacy/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:44:38

• Taping over your webcam might not be enough to stop hackers from spying on you — they can now use a device's ambient light sensor ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/webcams/taping-over-your-webcam-might-not-be-enough-to-stop-hackers-from-spying-on-you    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:45:02

• Facebook’s Extensive Surveillance Network ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/02/facebooks-extensive-surveillance-network.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:45:26

• Google plans to limit reader data sharing for publishers to groups of five sites ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/google-related-website-sets-sandbox/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:45:55

• Airport Security Screeners in Germany Go on Strike, Grounding Flights ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/world/europe/germany-airport-strike-depatures.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:46:26

• Supermarkets open, but some shortages will be seen ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072472    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:46:33

• Strikes culminate with 13 000 gathering on Helsinki's Senate Square ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072575    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:46:40

• Yemen: US Launches Fresh Strikes on Hodeidah City ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Yemen-US-Launches-Fresh-Strikes-on-Hodeidah-City-20240201-0003.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:46:49

• Finnish Workers Carry Out Strikes in Defense of Their Rights ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Finnish-Workers-Carry-Out-Strikes-in-Defense-of-Their-Rights-20240201-0010.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:47:13

• Third anniversary of military coup marked with ‘silent strike’ across Myanmar ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/strike-02012024161130.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:47:35

• Pakistani Forces Kill 22 Alleged Militants In Southwest ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-forces-kill-22-alleged-militants-balochistan/32801130.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:47:42

• France's teachers go on strike, piling pressure on embattled education minister ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240201-french-teachers-strike-upping-pressure-on-embattled-minister    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:47:57

• Cado Security Labs Exposes Commando Cat Container Malware Campaign ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/cado-security-labs-exposes-commando-cat-container-malware-campaign/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:48:40

• At Least 30 Journalists, Lawyers and Activists Hacked With Pegasus in Jordan, Forensic Probe Finds ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/at-least-30-journalists-lawyers-and-activists-hacked-with-pegasus-in-jordan-forensic-probe-finds/ "Pegasus spyware from NSO Group was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists"    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:49:15

• Hacks.Mozilla.Org: Announcing Interop 2024 ☞ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2024/02/announcing-interop-2024/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:49:49

• They were already screwed if they used this Microsoft spyware, which is proprietary. “Screwed” by Microsoft. ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/vscode-drops-ubuntu-18-04-support-leaves-devs-screwed    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:51:14

• 15 Best Programming Languages for Hacking (Ethical Hacking) ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-programming-languages-for-hacking-ethical-hacking/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:51:37

• GNU Taler news: NLnet open call with funding opportunities for GNU Taler integrators ☞ https://taler.net/en/news/2024-03.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:52:16

• GNU Taler news: GNU libmicrohttpd 1.0 released ☞ https://taler.net/en/news/2024-04.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:52:27

• FSF Blogs: January GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali: Twenty-two new GNU releases! ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/january-gnu-spotlight-with-amin-bandali-twenty-two-new-gnu-releases    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:52:52

• GNU libmicrohttpd version 1.0.0 released https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-02/msg00000.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:53:27

• System76 Refreshes Its Serval WS GNU/Linux Laptop with 14th Gen defective chip maker Intel CPU ☞ https://9to5linux.com/system76-refreshes-its-serval-ws-linux-laptop-with-14th-gen-intel-cpu    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:54:33

• The Embedded Developer’s Dilemma in Choosing Hardware ☞ https://www.kdab.com/the-embedded-developers-dilemma-in-choosing-hardware/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:55:56

• Fentanylware (TikTok) as "news" ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/nirvana-hank-tycoons-daughter-in-hot-water-over-viral-video/ https://nypost.com/2024/02/02/lifestyle/arkansas-mom-claims-she-was-fired-on-first-day-for-being-an-hour-late-to-work-after-driving-through-blizzard-in-viral-tiktok/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:57:05

• Universal Music Disappears from Fentanylware (TikTok) Amid Licensing Row—Is Content Featuring UMPG Songs Being Deprioritized? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/02/01/universal-music-disappears-tiktok/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:58:00

• Let the Muting Begin: Creators Speak Out As Fentanylware (TikTok) Axes Uploads’ Audio Due to UMG Licensing Dispute ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/02/01/tiktok-muted-videos-umpg-dispute/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:58:08

• ‘Taylor Swift Pulled from TikTok’ — Get Ready to Read This Mainstream Media Headline a Lot Following UMG’s Fentanylware (TikTok) Row ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/01/31/taylor-swift-pulled-from-tiktok-mainstream-media-on-umpgs-tiktok-row/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:58:32

• Fentanylware (TikTok) is anti-journalism ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/itn-inside-story-unlocking-tv-news-generation-tiktok-news-daddy/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:59:11

• TikTok and Universal Music Group: What’s Next for Users and Artists? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/arts/music/tiktok-universal-music-explained.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 22:59:41

• SPAM and FOMO: "Realistic-looking shampoo bottles and seltzer cans are popping up on videos from digital creators on Fentanylware (TikTok) and YouTube in a new form of old advertising." ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/business/media/artificial-intelligence-product-placement.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:00:21

• Is Fentanylware (TikTok) Over? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/arts/music/tiktok-over.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:00:39

• Will Lawmakers Really Act to Protect Children Online? Some Say Yes. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/technology/children-online-safety-congress.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:00:45

• How to Quit Your Smartphone ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/technology/iphone-mental-health-flip-phone.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:01:20

• Do New Documents Prove a COVID Lab Leak? ☞ https://reason.com/podcast/2024/02/01/do-new-documents-prove-a-covid-lab-leak/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:01:36

• Gulag is STILL googlebombing "gemini" https://siliconangle.com/2024/02/01/google-powers-bard-gemini-pro-releases-new-ai-tools/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:03:34

• "including those who were on a free trial" so this is grossly misleading ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/02/01/youtube-music-and-premium-hits-100-million-subscribers/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:04:45

• Over at Tux Machines... ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/02/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:05:25

• Banana Pi Announces BPI-F3 RISC-V Development Board with 2 TOPS Hey Hi (AI) Performance ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-announces-bpi-f3-risc-v-development-board-with-2-tops-ai-performance/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:06:20

• woofV splitting packages into exe dev doc ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202402/woofv-splitting-packages-into-exe-dev-doc.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:11:39

• "Last week CodeWeavers engineer Elizabeth Figura posted the initial patches for a backdoored Windows NT synchronization primitive driver" https://www.phoronix.com/news/NT-Sync-Primitive-Driver-v2    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:12:19

• Phoronix keeps promoting DRM and TPM for AMD. F this S.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:12:55

• SASL-XOAUTH2 etc for Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.preining.info/blog/2024/02/sasl-xoauth2-etc-for-arch-linux/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:13:15

• 7 Best Free and Open Source Dynamic Window Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-dynamic-window-managers/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:13:50

• Best Free and Open Source Software: January 2024 Updates ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-software-january-2024-updates/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:14:21

• BSD Now 544: Geeky weather check ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/544    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:15:11

• How to Install Latest Upwork Desktop App on Ubuntu ☞ https://tecadmin.net/installing-upwork-desktop-app-on-ubuntu/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:15:36

• Sparky news 2024/01 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2024-01/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:16:33

• Guide to Secure Data Backup for GNU/Linux Users ☞ https://linuxsecurity.com/features/features/secure-data-backup-linux    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:16:53

• Cygwin 3.5.0 Drops Older backdoored Windows Platform Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/cygwin-3-5-0-drops-older-windows-platform-support/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:18:35

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS vs 22.04 LTS: A Comparison Guide and What’s New ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/ubuntu-24-04-lts-vs-22-04-lts-a-comparison-guide-and-whats-new    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:18:49

• Introduction to LVM thin provisioning ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/introduction-to-lvm-thin-provisioning    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:22:19

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients including Into the Necrovale and Ancient Warfare 3 - 2024-01-31 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2024-01-31-edition/index.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:23:07

• R for the Real World: Counting those Business Days like a Pro! ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/01/r-for-the-real-world-counting-those-business-days-like-a-pro/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:23:44

• simulating signed mixtures ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/02/simulating-signed-mixtures/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:25:09

• Shadow and Substance: Unveiling the Twin Mysteries of Correlation and Covariance ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/02/shadow-and-substance-unveiling-the-twin-mysteries-of-correlation-and-covariance/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:25:17

• "Sayeed Choudhury and Gaël Blondelle have been appointed to the two new OSI board seats. Today’s blog explains why the board has been expanded, and shares the impressive bios of our new board members." Openwashing Microsoft. ☞ https://blog.opensource.org/the-osi-board-expands-adding-two-new-seats-focus-on-ai-and-international-policies/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:26:20

• Conducted by a Microsoft proxy, OpenLogic ☞ https://blog.opensource.org/announcing-the-2024-state-of-open-source-report/ see https://techrights.org/wiki/OpenLogic/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:28:27

• Install Python 3.11 && PyCharm on openSUSE Tumbleweed (kernel 6.7.2) ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2024/02/install-python-311-pycharm-on-opensuse.html    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:29:42

• 5 Commands to Manage File Types and System Time in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/manage-file-types-and-set-system-time-in-linux/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:30:06

• Simos Xenitellis: How to run a backdoored Windows virtual machine on Incus on GNU/Linux ☞ https://blog.simos.info/how-to-run-a-windows-virtual-machine-on-incus-on-linux/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:30:26

• GAFAM 2024: LOOK AT US DO SO WELL!!! BUY OUR SHARES!! DRIVE UP THE STOCK! LOOK AT THE STOCK! OMG! WE ARE BACK. _MOAR_ LAYOFFS BABY!    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:32:06

• GAFAM: THIS IS SPARTA! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION? Ordinary people: wait, but you are sacking your own workers. Should we buy more shares of yours? Are you REALLY worth trillion?    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:34:44

• palworld ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/01/palworld-modder-changes-pokemon-mod-to-include-generic-characters-instead/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:35:09

• SimpliSafe Video Doorbell: Halt and Catch Fire ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/simplisafe-video-doorbell-halt-and-catch-fire    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:36:06

• Truth be told, NO company is worth a trillion dollars. Heck, Microsoft was "valued" at less than 200 billion dollars not so long ago. Back then it had like 90% market share. What we're witnessing is macro-level Enron.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:37:24

• "But daddy, are you telling me a company "worth" 3+ trillion dollars borrowed 111+ billion bucks from the bank at 5% per annum?"    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:38:32

• "But daddy, are you telling me a company "worth" 3+ trillion dollars owes the bank more money than it actually possess?"    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:38:57

• NFT of Jack Dorsey is worth a billion dollars! Celebrate, peasants! COMMONWEALTH. Remember WeWork? From 40 billion to ZERO.    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:40:28

• Meanwhile, more Africans trade in Yuan. Printing lots and lots of US dollars won't salvage the US economy, where the national debt will hit 35 trillion in just a couple of months. https://www.usdebtclock.org/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:41:48

• US debt per taxpayer is now 265,000 per taxpayer. It was 260,000 a month ago. What does that mean? It grew 5,000 dollars in one month? How many US taxpayers make 5k (net) per month? The debt is simply growing far too fast!    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:43:23

• "data transfer" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/01/techdirt-podcast-episode-378-the-data-transfer-initiative-after-one-year/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:44:44

• SUPO insists no foreign interference in the latest (presidential) elections. Clearly SUPO does not know who controls TikTok, Facebook, and "X".    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:45:43

• Trend to note: analytics in many sites show the same - number of people who tune is to podcasts has fallen sharply... it's "too long" for the tiktok "gen".    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:47:07

• Gulag (Alphabet) is now faking a profit potential for YouTube - to the point of pretending "FREE" trial is a sale    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:47:42

• In the next few months or year Alphabet will find more excuses or pretext to purge "old" or "not popular" videos. To keep costs lower...    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:48:24

• Google News layoffs have resulted in downtime impacting the "dis"service. This is classic enshittification. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enshittification    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:49:06

• redhat is all about enshittification since ICBM took over    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:49:38

• RHEL is mediocre and not much to justify contract prices. At this point it is predictable and expected that ICBM will try to make alternatives to RHEL not work as well - it's their last hope    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:50:49

• RHEL is short for RedHatHell    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:51:18

• RHEL is not even remotely Free software anymore    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:51:37

• FSF told Techrights it would issue a statement on what ICBM did this past summer from the GPL's perspective. But the FSF ended up saying nothing. What a disappointment!    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:52:17

• Joe Rogan’s Podcast Is the Last Remaining Spotify Exclusive — Will It Stay That Way? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/02/01/spotify-exclusive-podcasts-2024/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:54:56

• Test Scores Are Rebounding After Pandemic School Closures, but Some Students Will Never Catch Up ☞ https://reason.com/2024/02/01/test-scores-are-rebounding-after-pandemic-school-closures-but-some-students-will-never-catch-up/    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:55:35

• "Sturgeon admitted this week she deleted Covid-era Whatsapps, despite telling Jenkins she would not." ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/channel-4-news-ciaran-jenkins-nicola-sturgeon-whatsapp-covid/ WTF are they even DOING PLAYING WITH FB??? Crazy!!    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:56:40

• Experiments in Minimal Syntax Highlighting gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2024-02-02.gmi    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:57:32

• "Listening to an interview with Mark MacKinnon about Dyskami's current kickstarter I found out that Dyskami owns the Tri-Stat/BESM system outright again, having bought it back from Paradox Interactive. I was glad to see that." gemini://consp.org/blog/2024/2024-02-02-dyskami-owns-tri-stat-besm-outright.gmi    

posted Friday, February 02, 2024 at 23:58:17