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  • Power Play With Pico and SparkX! https://www.sparkfun.com/news/11956    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 03:36:58


  • "Today, defanor was so kind to remind me that this is not the default Emacs behavior. A short test using `emacs -Q' (which starts Emacs without any user configuration) confirmed this." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/update-regarding-quotes-around-active-region.txt    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 03:41:16


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1069.jpg    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 03:41:44


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1418.jpg    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 03:41:52


  • "It is part of what makes project Gemini so cool, it is by the people, for the people. Almost everyone has several ways available to contact them and although Gemini is anonymity at it's core, people make sure they are connected to their content." gemini://hanzbrix.pollux.casa/gemlog/20240929.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 03:43:06


  • "So, my phone is (was?) all jacked up, in the keyboard region. I sat on it twice in the same day while at clubhouse. Since then, it had a gnarly bow in the lower left hand corner of the screen. Only noticeable at a certain angle, but made a different when typing, when it came to Androids autocorrect. It fucked up all the time." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2214    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 03:43:49


  • "A day’s passage makes the chili better but makes the bread worse." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2024/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 03:45:25


  • More Details For Recent Microsoft Layoffs Reveals Team Overwatch 2 And Diablo 4 Got Struck The Hardest https://fandomwire.com/more-details-for-recent-microsoft-layoffs-reveals-team-overwatch-2-and-diablo-4-got-struck-the-hardest/ https://games.mxdwn.com/news/activision-blizzard-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-workers-across-california/ https://techstory.in/activision-blizzard-to-lay-off-hundreds-in-irvine-and-santa-monica/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 03:53:51


  • "“B/c /red-hat is a world onto its own. The fact that /ibm owns it is totally irrelevant.” That’s a huge problem, isn’t it? Their lack of revenue impacts us and nothing we can do about it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uIuaP9A    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 03:55:36


  • The science of polarisation: our model shows what happens when political opponents lose their personal connection https://theconversation.com/the-science-of-polarisation-our-model-shows-what-happens-when-political-opponents-lose-their-personal-connection-239130    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:10:05


  • Graphene at 20 https://theconversation.com/graphene-at-20-still-no-sign-of-the-promised-space-elevator-but-heres-how-this-wonder-material-is-quietly-changing-the-world-239223    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:10:24


  • CPJ concerned by Russia’s arrest in absentia of exiled journalist https://cpj.org/2024/09/cpj-concerned-by-russias-arrest-in-absentia-of-exiled-journalist/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:11:43


  • Ukraine Bans Official Use of Telegram App Over Fears of Russian Spying https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-09-20/ukraine-bans-official-use-of-telegram-app-over-fears-of-russian-spying    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:12:01


  • Poland Arrests Russian Accused of Directing Attack on Navalny Aide https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-09-20/poland-arrests-former-lawyer-of-late-russian-oligarch-berezovsky-radio-reports    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:12:32


  • Ukraine Bans Telegram Messenger App on State-Issued Devices Because of Russian Security Threat https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-09-20/ukraine-bans-telegram-messenger-app-on-state-issued-devices-because-of-russian-security-threat    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:12:57


  • Why Meta is now banning Russian propaganda https://www.dw.com/en/why-meta-is-now-banning-russian-propaganda/a-70290904    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:14:01


  • TikTok Removes Russian State Media Accounts for 'Covert Influence Operations' Ahead of US Election https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-09-24/tiktok-removes-russian-state-media-accounts-for-covert-influence-operations-ahead-of-us-election    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:14:53


  • Canada considering following U.S. in banning vehicle software and hardware from China, Russia https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/freeland-russia-china-software-hardware-ban-1.7332222    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:15:11


  • Russia has secret war drones project in China, intel sources say https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/russia-has-secret-war-drones-project-in-china-intel-sources-say-20240926-p5kdld.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:17:18


  • Survey Shows Americans Trust Amazon And TikTok More Than Elon Musk's X And The US Government https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/survey-shows-americans-trust-amazon-tiktok-more-elon-musks-x-us-government-1727113    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:18:22


  • Smugglers are advertising illegal Canada-U.S. border crossings on TikTok https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tiktok-canada-us-border-smugglers-1.7325746    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:18:50


  • Rewarding people for stupid things and actions that harm the West https://www.vox.com/internet-culture/372956/minion-jesus-tiktok-christian-evangelical-seaman    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:19:35


  • Physics Lab Thermostat https://xkcd.com/2989/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:22:55


  • Late Cenozoic https://xkcd.com/2990/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:23:02


  • A load of waffle https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240920-01.en.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:23:48


  • Maslow's Pyramid https://xkcd.com/2988/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:23:55


  • Ubuntu 24.10 Beta could show Canonical does not take desktops/laptops seriously, i.e. the usual    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:26:14


  • "Our most capable, customisable, and compatible version yet." https://blog.zorin.com/2024/09/19/zorin-os-17.2-has-landed/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:26:56


  • TUXEDO OS 3-20240919 is out    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:28:42


  • Calculate 20240923, DragonOS R37.1, Liya 2.1, Pop!_OS 24.04-alpha2 also out    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:29:17


  • Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (38/2024): GNOME 47 and updates on Plasma Apps https://linmob.net/weekly-update-38-2024/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:33:36


  • noobslab USED to be a site about "linux" https://www.noobslab.com/2024/09/how-to-recover-deleted-emails-from.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 04:42:41


  • good article on the whataboutism fallacy https://www.britannica.com/topic/whataboutism    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:02:06


  • Volkswagen https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-considering-how-to-support-german-carmaker-volkswagen/a-70275918    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:06:40


  • Instead of adding wheels to our computers they added computers to our wheels and then wonder why people don't buy?    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:07:17


  • Bailing out Intel, bailing out Microsoft, now bailout out the auto industry. WHO PAYS FOR THIS??? Sometimes it seems clear that someone takes the bill.    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:08:36


  • Inflation is just another kind of tax    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:08:51


  • Volkswagen's crisis: How can Europe's car industry survive? https://www.dw.com/en/volkswagen-s-crisis-how-can-europe-s-car-industry-survive/a-70231806 maybe it does NOT need to survive. Would do GOOD for the PLANET!    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:09:44


  • Ancient DNA https://theconversation.com/ancient-dna-helped-us-uncover-the-iberian-lynxs-potential-secret-weapon-against-extinction-237076    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:11:23


  • How the cost of living crisis and games industry turmoil could hurt Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro release https://theconversation.com/how-the-cost-of-living-crisis-and-games-industry-turmoil-could-hurt-sonys-playstation-5-pro-release-239064    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:12:14


  • Assange to address the Council of Europe https://assangedefense.org/press-release/assange-to-address-the-council-of-europe/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:27:47


  • Assange to Testify at Council of Europe https://consortiumnews.com/2024/09/24/assange-to-testify-at-council-of-europe/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:30:04


  • Julian Assange to attend a PACE hearing in Strasbourg on his detention and conviction and their chilling effect on human rights https://pace.coe.int/en/news/9600/julian-assange-to-attend-a-pace-hearing-in-strasbourg-on-his-detention-and-conviction-and-their-chilling-effect-on-human-rights    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:30:50


  • "Next week he will be addressing the public for the first time since 2019." - Julian's brother    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:32:07


  • IBM CEO’s Plan to Replace People With Buzzwords Is Backfiring https://www.webpronews.com/ibm-ceos-plan-to-replace-people-with-ai-is-backfiring/ “I could easily see 30% of that getting replaced by AI and automation over a five-year period,” he said at the time, speaking specifically of back-office roles. With 26,000 employees, 30% translates to roughly 7,800 jobs.    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:44:38


  • IBM’s Buzzwords/Vapourware is still half-baked https://www.fudzilla.com/news/ai/59765-ibm-s-ai-is-still-half-baked "While this is entirely logical, in a dystopian way, IBM could not make it happen. Staff leaks claim that Watsonx [IBM’s generative AI offering] isn’t even available to employees to attempt to help automate some meaningless task."    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:47:22


  • Spotify debt is now 1.999 B. What "genius" adjusted it to be at exactly "999" and why does corrupt corporate media keep pretending that this company is making some kind of comeback (there are MASS LAYOFFS)? https://finbox.com/NYSE:SPOT/explorer/total_debt    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:52:37


  • But then again, that's almost like asking bluntly, why does MSM suck so much or why is it so corrupt? Well, that's its business model now...    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:53:16


  • If your business plan is, go 2000 million dollars into _debt_ and pay some podcaster (one person) 100 million to use your services, maybe you're a scammy company. And your "userbase" is PURCHASED using money you DO NOT HAVE.    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:54:49


  • "Self-styled free speech warrior Elon Musk’s X (Twitter) banned me after I published a copy of the Donald Trump campaign’s JD Vance research dossier." https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/twitter-banned-me    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:57:16


  • "We gotta deport Elon Musk! He’s a danger to society so I suggest Mars." https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/twitter-banned-me    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:58:10


  • "Screw Twitter. It is a useless cesspool. There are other ways to disseminate." https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/twitter-banned-me    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 05:58:26


  • Dolphins Dying Again in Amazon Lake Made Shallow by Drought https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-09-19/dolphins-dying-again-in-amazon-lake-made-shallow-by-drought    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:02:10


  • Amazon Death Rattle https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/09/20/amazon-death-rattle/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:02:47


  • Amazon-owned Twitch Allegedly Not Following Amazon's RTO Policy—Here's Why https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amazon-owned-twitch-allegedly-not-following-amazons-rto-policyheres-why-1727185    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:03:32


  • A trade mark or a song? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/guest-post-trade-mark-or-song-turkish.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:04:35


  • Revocation of “ICE” EUTM: thousands of pages of evidence do not necessarily establish genuine use http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/revocation-of-ice-eutm-thousands-of.html http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:05:05


  • GIs http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/geographical-indications-less-is-more.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:05:24


  • NOT only did this NOT age well. It is MISINFORMATION. https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/2150210/critical-unauthenticated-rce-flaw-impacts-all-gnulinux-systems    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:06:05


  • Fedora Magazine: Simplifying Container Management with Podman Pods on Fedora Linux https://fedoramagazine.org/simplifying-container-management-with-podman-pods-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:06:30


  • Linux turn OFF password expiration / aging https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/setting-off-password-aging-expiration.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:07:19


  • Going Linux #460 · Listener Feedback https://goinglinux.com/shownotes.html#glp460    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:07:55


  • What's nasty though? Rust? Its people? The debate? The Microsofters and Microsoftism? https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/183200/torvalds-weighs-in-on-nasty-rust-vs-c-for-linux-debate https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/19/torvalds_talks_rust_in_linux/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:09:35


  • Slashdot going with "Critical Unauthenticated RCE Flaw Impacts All GNU/Linux Systems" is akin to a headline saying "ADOBE PHOTOSHOP HOLE (hard to exploit) IMPACTS ALL WINDOWS SYSTEMS" (even ones that don't have Photoshop)    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:11:28


  • It's death of journalism when all they measure is "likes" and "engagement" - that's what social control media basically does to the WWW    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:12:07


  • So some Red Hat opportunists write nasty, false, scary "tweets" http://techrights.org/o/2022/11/01/ibm-sensationalism/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:12:49


  • Saying that the Rust debate is "nasty" misses the point; what is it that leads to fierce disputes and, more important, does that have merit?    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:16:30


  • And what if the people throwing the tantrums work for the company that considers Linux to be a "cancer"? https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/03/Probably_Nothing_of_Value_Lost_Just_Another_Tantrum_Thrown.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:17:14


  • Workplace Stress Triggers https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-09-21/workplace-stress-triggers-how-to-spot-them-how-to-cope    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:17:49


  • Celebrate Software Freedom Day With System76 https://inv.nadeko.net//watch?v=qjO6bGDWj-w    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:20:29


  • Search Files Like a Pro in Nautilus File Explorer in Linux https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=skKaLGPaZ90    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:22:06


  • Wayland Is About To Change For The Better https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Azxt7oLek8U    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:22:32


  • https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=HnwWssWFzIc OpenMandriva 24.08 "ROME" Quick Overview    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:22:49


  • The Winamp Situation Is Crazy https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=NgZPa78InWw    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:23:14


  • Mozilla.social closes https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=OzTzKRDXOyk http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/07/No_Mastodon_is_Not_Growing_Social_Control_Media_is_Generally_Wa.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:23:50


  • "Adding computers and networks to the cars is not in itself the actual problem. It is that the buyers are not in control of either the computers or their networks, and /that/ is the problem causing buyers to hold back." -iophk    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:25:00


  • "IIRC it was either Jake or Cory who described them as computers which we put our bodies into. The are more accurately highly insecure (by design) networked computer clusters rather than single computers." -iophk    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:25:08


  • Cosmic Desktop Alpha 2: BIG PROGRESS for a month of work! https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=srXzV0hkjXI    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:25:39


  • Zorin OS 17.2 Core overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=YeCV800j97M    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:26:49


  • Old: Purism Wants This Video Removed, So We Need to Speak About What It's Trying to Hide (and Of Course Back Up the Video) https://techrights.org/n/2023/12/22/Purism_Wants_This_Video_Removed_So_We_Need_to_Speak_About_What_.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:27:20


  • Mozilla does Ponzi https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=i8FWFgfZ7A4    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:28:01


  • Top 10 INSANE Linux Terminal Applications You Should Be Using! (Command Line Sorcery) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=FXu428tLhdE    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:29:25


  • Best PS1 Emulator Just Became Proprietary Software https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=GhSCs-Bkauo    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:30:05


  • A Quick Look At Deepin 23 https://inv.nadeko.net//watch?v=YmG2rYBarXs    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:30:52


  • Rockstar loves Bill 'Epstein' Gates https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=sdsK0doM-Wc https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=zUk0v9UNaIo    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:32:09


  • Bad News: DuckStation is no longer Open Source. https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=y4vRZx_gaAc    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:32:49


  • CentOS Stream 9 20240819 Quick Overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=dLaCKbqSo0w    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 06:33:15


  • "As the wave of pirate site blocking spreads globally, some European countries show weakness in their execution." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/homebrew-transparency-portal-reveals-needlessly-blocked-pirate-sites-240928/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:22:27


  • GNOME Weekly Update ☛ https://ostechnix.com/gnome-weekly-update-gnome-core-apps-and-libraries-receive-updates/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:24:35


  • KDE Weekly Update: Plasma 6.2 Reaches Bug-Fixing Mode ☛ https://ostechnix.com/kde-weekly-update-plasma-6-2-reaches-bug-fixing-mode/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:24:51


  • "Okay this is an absolutely awesome deal. The Jurassic World Evolution Completionist Bundle from Humble Bundle is one not to be missed." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/jurassic-world-evolution-1-2-plus-loads-of-dlc-in-this-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:25:59


  • "This is some pretty exciting news! The Arch Linux team have announced a new direct collaboration with Valve (Steam)." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/valve-steam-begin-a-direct-collaboration-with-arch-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:26:12


  • "Hezbollah’s Long War Is With America Too" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/09/hezbollah-marines-beirut-battalion/680072/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:26:45


  • "U.S.-U.K. trade agreement talks stalled: What's the future?" https://thehill.com/opinion/4903855-uk-us-trade-negotiations/ swpatents    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:27:27


  • yet more openwashing https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/blob/main/LICENSE.md    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:28:36


  • gchq blocked by gratuitous javascript (malware?) https://www.gchq.gov.uk/information/cyber-and-law    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:29:14


  • "The NanoPi M6 is a compact and open-source single-board computer (SBC) designed for high-performance applications" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/nanopi-m6-high-performance-sbc-with-gigabit-ethernet-and-m-2-ssd-expansion/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:45:15


  • "The Radxa ROCK 2F is a small computing device designed for a wide range of uses, from development projects to multimedia setups." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-radxa-rock-2f-an-upcoming-compact-4k-computer-with-rockchip-rk3528a-and-wi-fi-6/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:49:43


  • Arch Linux Announces Collaboration With Valve ☛ https://ostechnix.com/arch-linux-announces-collaboration-with-valve/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:51:13


  • "The Pimoroni Pico Plus 2 W is an upgraded version of the RP2350 microcontroller" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/pimoroni-pico-plus-2-w-enhanced-rp2350-microcontroller-with-wireless-connectivity/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:52:20


  • "The E20C Mini Network Titan from Radxa is powered by the Rockchip RK3528A System-on-Chip and features dual Gigabit Ethernet ports." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-e20c-is-a-compact-low-cost-router-with-dual-gigabit-ethernet-and-up-to-4gb-ram/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:52:52


  • "It's been a busy week in GNOME ecosystem, with updates across core apps and libraries, exciting new releases in GNOME Circle, and advancements in third-party projects." ☞ https://ostechnix.com/gnome-weekly-update-gnome-core-apps-and-libraries-receive-updates/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:56:25


  • "This week in KDE, the team is making final adjustments for the upcoming Plasma 6.2 release. Here are some highlights from the latest updates." ☞ https://ostechnix.com/kde-weekly-update-plasma-6-2-reaches-bug-fixing-mode/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:58:01


  • "Valve and Arch GNU/Linux join forces, speeding up key projects with a build service and secure signing enclave." https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-announces-collaboration-with-valve/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:59:51


  • "Arch GNU/Linux has announced a new partnership with Valve, the company behind the Steam gaming platform and Steam Deck" ☞ https://ostechnix.com/arch-linux-announces-collaboration-with-valve/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:01:40


  • "Maylia was comfortable around the business of drugs." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/teens-fentanyl-percocet-green-bay-wisconsin-maylia-sotelo-jack-mcdonough | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:07:17


  • "While there are highly successful open-source projects" ☛ https://www.techspot.com/news/104836-startup-unveils-fair-source-bridge-gap-between-open.html | Source: TechSpot    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:09:23


  • Software Patents: "One obvious solution is for the U.K. to join USMCA" ☛ https://thehill.com/opinion/4903855-uk-us-trade-negotiations/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:10:24


  • "Even if you buy one of the most expensive TV models today, you cannot escape ads. LG is rolling out screensaver ads" ☛ https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1727255253 | Source: FlatpanelsHD    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:24:40


  • "Right now, more than 30,000 Boeing workers are in their third week of a strike." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-employer-based-social-safety | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:25:49


  • "According to Military Family Advisory Network’s latest research" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/opinion/2024/09/28/why-food-insecurity-remains-a-challenge-for-troops-and-their-families/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:25:59


  • "You can't be trusted" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/27/sharpen-your-blades-boys/#disciplinary-technology | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:26:26


  • "The minority of corporations that have managed to enforce full-time office attendance fall into two main categories." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2024/09/27/in-their-plaintive-call-for-a-return-to-the-office-ceos-reveal-how-little-they-are-needed/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:26:38


  • "I’ve been on the internet long enough to consider the paywall an inevitability in many cases." ☛ https://tedium.co/2024/09/28/cnn-paywall-online-journalism-risks/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:27:45


  • "National Academies doesn’t recruit a research outfit with national security cred" ☛ https://therecord.media/pentagon-asks-congress-drop-cyber-force-study-defense-bill | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:29:53


  • "There's no coincidence the machine in the less affluent area charges and the other one doesn't." ☛ https://thomasrigby.com/posts/tech-is-not-apolitical/ | Source: Thomas Rigby    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:30:06


  • "There’s nothing wrong with making business deals to promote each other’s stuff." ☛ https://joost.blog/transparency-contribution-and-the-future-of-wordpress/ |    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:30:23


  • "Altman could also realize new equity worth billions of dollars as the company sidelines its nonprofit board." ☛ https://futurism.com/openai-pivoting-benefiting-humankind-making-money | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:34:54


  • "The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) ruled Friday that in order for X (formerly Twitter) to resume activities in Brazil" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/09/x-must-pay-fines-to-resume-activities-in-brazil/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:35:24


  • "report by public spending research company Tussell and the Institute for Government" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/19/government_it_contracts_expiring/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:35:46


  • "The UK government spends up to £400bn each year on buying in goods and services." ☛ https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/accountability-government-procurement |    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:36:02


  • "laissez-faire legal approach to social vice" ☛ https://derekkedziora.com/notes/2024-09-27-regulating-virtue-and-vice | Source: Derek Kędziora    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:44:05


  • "Forecasts predict that India's EV market could reach annual volumes of 10 million units by 2033" ☛ https://businessworld.in/article/with-23-cagr-global-ev-market-to-soar-to-2108-bn-by-2033-report-534677 |    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:44:57


  • "The debate highlights how even with the best measurements and models" ☛ https://www.vox.com/climate/374253/climate-chamge-model-warming-ipcc-record-heat | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:48:36


  • "Yahushua’s Law, which will go into effect in July 2026" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-28/boy-who-died-in-blisteringly-hot-p-e-class-inspires-new-ca-law-to-protect-students-during-heatwaves | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:48:53


  • "Musk’s reaction to that episode was notably different." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/27/musk-vance-dossier-hunter-biden-x-twitter/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:55:57


  • "hacked materials" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/09/27/quick-lets-watch-everyone-flip-sides-on-twitters-handling-of-the-hunter-biden-laptop-vs-the-jd-vance-dossier/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:56:10


  • "I know that it is general practice to delete ‘private’ information from leaks and classified documents" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2024/09/27/x-suspends-journalist-ken-klippenstein-over-publication-of-jd-vance-dossier/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:56:35


  • "signals intelligence agency GCHQ published a rare article" ☛ https://therecord.media/gchq-officials-defend-legal-frameworks-cyber-operations | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:57:23


  • "surprisingly low-reputation decisions " ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/mlp-2024-09-28/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:57:54


  • "migrants have died in recent years setting off into the Atlantic" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/die-in-migrant-boat-shipwreck-off-spanish-island-48-missing/7803078.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:58:29


  • "Three months after pulling previews of the controversial Windows Recall feature" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/microsofts-controversial-recall-returns-with-proof-of-presence-encryption-data-isolation-opt-in-model/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:00:07


  • "shows Big Tech’s influence" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/27/chrome-safari-privacy-setting-law-google-apple/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:00:20


  • "The legislation would have likely impacted all new car sales in the U.S." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-09-28/california-governor-vetoes-bill-requiring-speeding-alerts-in-new-cars | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:00:31


  • Openwashing: "It’s been a year since I migrated this site to Kirby CMS, let’s talk about how that’s gone…" ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/a-year-with-kirby-cms | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:05:38


  • "the job market has become increasingly competitive" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lazy-mediocre-hr-team-fired-after-managers-own-cv-gets-auto-rejected-seconds-exposing-system-1727202 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:06:47


  • "Decisions like these have infected the biggest platforms in various ways" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/blog/guided-by-vices/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:07:24


  • "emphasizing on the best practices" ☛ https://syntackle.com/blog/ai-powered-code-review-tool-better/ | Source: Murtuzaali Surti    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:07:53


  • "In their never-ending pursuit of more engagement" ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/2024/09/28/the-social-media.html | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:09:01


  • "Everything else becomes the execution and implementation of those ideas." ☛ https://danielmiessler.com/p/policy-sops-and-ai-are-all-you-need | Source: Daniel Miessler    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:09:11


  • "The way the project works is simple but not so much when you get into the nitty gritty of its construction." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-ai-eye-camera-regenerates-pictures-using-an-ai-description | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:10:14


  • "The trend troubles some experts who worry that doctors may not be vigilant enough to catch potentially dangerous errors in medically significant messages" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/health/ai-patient-messages-mychart.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:11:55


  • "The only way we can interact with an LLM model is by passing an instruction to retrieve a response." ☛ https://blog.adnansiddiqi.me/introduction-to-prompt-engineering/ | Source: Adnan Siddiqi    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:12:08


  • "macOS supports several different disk formats, each of which has its purposes." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2024/09/27/which-disk-format/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:12:22


  • "To step into the stream of any social network, to become immersed in the news" ☛ https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/coming-home |    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:14:27


  • "hallucinations" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/medical-ai-doctor-lies-records | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:14:49


  • "There was a post on Instagram that Dexter made that truly sparked this." ☛ https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2024/future-of-writing/ | Source: Jacky Alciné    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:15:56


  • "Previously, a Berkeley [computer science] graduate, even if not a top student" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/berkeley-professor-grads-job-market | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:16:12


  • "Russian and US officials have known that this small PrK module" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/international-space-station-leak-getting-worse-nasa-up-at-night/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:23:26


  • "Scientists say that low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations being built by Amazon, Starlink" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/09/27/low-orbit-satellite-companies-respond-to-scientists-concerns-about-light-and-environmental-pollution-with-even-bigger-brighter-satellites/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:23:37


  • "According to a new report by NASA's inspector general" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-concerned-cracks-leaks-space-station | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:23:49


  • "DNA fragments recovered from an ice sheet in northern Greenland represent the oldest DNA ever found" ☛ https://www.the-scientist.com/scientists-unearth-the-oldest-dna-ever-found-70820 | Source: LabX Media Group    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:23:59


  • "We all joke about how bad printers are, save for Brother units." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/the-cups-rce-vulnerability-is-oddly-nostalgic/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:24:51


  • "Yes, yes, yes! Websites have always been tiny mutinies" ☛ https://robinrendle.com/notes/coming-home/ | Source: Robin Rendle    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:26:20


  • "The hardest part of being at this stage of life is watching my parents, aunts, and uncles age." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/family-ties/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:29:23


  • "This is my traffic over the last year, it’s up 6x and quite a large part of that is due to one single post." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2024/09/28/sometimes-it-takes-just-one-random-post-to-grow-your-blog/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:29:40


  • "I’d also be careful not to get “views” twisted with “readership”." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/you-never-know-whats-going-to-hit/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:30:16


  • "Digital Identity Guidelines" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/nist-password-guidance-improvements/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:49:30


  • "So obviously I’m going to be interested when I see a post from Ryan Carniato on web components." ☛ https://nolanlawson.com/2024/09/28/web-components-are-okay/ | Source: Nolan Lawson    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:52:12


  • "I think I’ve settled on a goto set of tools and libraries for building web-apps in Go." ☛ https://lmika.org/2024/09/28/tools-and-libraries.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:52:38


  • "He replaced the Python code by the following C++ routine embedded in a small console application: [...]" ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2024/09/28/it-is-never-too-later-to-write-your-own-c-c-command-line-utilities/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:53:09


  • "JSON Feed is a specification for representing an RSS-style feed in JSON." ☛ https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2024/json-feed-zola/ | Source: Wesley Moore    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:54:56


  • "I don’t know whether Joost’s solution is optimal, but it’s certainly worth considering his ideas" ☛ https://danq.me/2024/09/27/transparency-contribution-and-the-future-of-wordpress/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:55:08


  • "Based on what we know, the vulnerability requires the CUPS server to also be running 'cups-browsed'." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/CUPSAttackVariesBySize | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:55:21


  • "We recently received an attitude indicator for the F-4 fighter plane" ☛ http://www.righto.com/2024/09/f4-attitude-indicator.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 13:04:20


  • "showtime" ☛ http://www.arrl.org/news/view/amateur-radio-and-robot-play-ball | Source: ARRL    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 13:04:34


  • "I had been running Bookworm for quite a while." ☛ https://qsantos.fr/2024/09/27/upgrading-to-debian-trixie/ | Source: Quentin Santos    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 13:06:15


  • "I’m running a bit of an experiment." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/do-you-run-more-than-one-bsd/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 13:07:11


  • "Instead of a transition, I used CSS animations, with steps()" ☛ https://josh.is-cool.dev/using-steps-for-performant-css-transitions/ | Source: Josh Byrd    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 13:07:50


  • "A variety of devices (including DSL modems) expose interesting information via SNMP" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/PrometheusSnmpExporterConfigNotes | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 13:08:10


  • "Recently, my home ISP switched me from an IPv6 /64 allocation to a /56 allocation" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/LibvirtIPv6Options | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 13:08:52


  • "Now, what if you cannot use this program, for whatever reason?" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/image-upscale-manual.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 13:09:05


  • "kTLS lets the kernel (and, in turn, any network interface that supports it) take care of encryption" ☛ https://fasterthanli.me/articles/ktls-now-under-rustls-org | Source: Amos Wenger    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 13:09:36


  • Rabies Death in Minnesota Linked to Exposure to Bat, Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/health/minnesota-rabies-death-bat.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:13:55


  • Affordable fees and quality of education fuelling Malaysia’s international school boom ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/affordable-fees-and-quality-of-education-fuelling-malaysia-s-international-school-boom    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:15:19


  • Malaysia child abuse case: GISB probed over forced labour accusations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-child-abuse-case-gisb-being-probed-over-forced-labour-accusations    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:15:48


  • Sinkhole in Malaysia causes two house porches to cave in, no injuries reported ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/sinkhole-in-malaysia-causes-two-house-porches-to-cave-in-no-injuries-reported    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:18:09


  • Malaysia’s warning for motorists entering JB without VEP continues to drive S’poreans’ quest for tags ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/s-porean-motorists-continue-vep-quest-amid-lack-of-clarity-over-warning-for-entering-jb-without-tags    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:18:26


  • Wang touts China's role as peacemaker, calls for Middle East ceasefire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/wang-touts-chinas-role-as-peacemaker-calls-for-mideast-ceasefire    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:18:50


  • Israeli air strike kills Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, robbing Iran of top ally ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240928-israeli-air-strike-kills-hezbollah-leader-nasrallah-robbing-iran-of-top-ally    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:19:27


  • Experts react: Hassan Nasrallah is dead. What’s next for Hezbollah, Israel, and Iran? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react/experts-react-hassan-nasrallah-is-dead-whats-next-for-hezbollah-israel-and-iran/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:19:42


  • Biden-Harris admin’s lack of support left Israel with no other choice — it had to strike Hezbollah ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/09/28/opinion/biden-harris-admins-lack-of-support-left-israel-with-no-other-choice-it-had-to-strike-hezbollah/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:20:08


  • Nasrallah's death was necessary to achieve Israel's war aims, says Netanyahu ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240928-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-israel-says-it-has-killed-several-hezbollah-commanders-in-southern-lebanon    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:20:21


  • Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, dead at 64, led a clandestine life on the run ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240928-dead-at-64-hezbollah-leader-hassan-nasrallah-lived-a-clandestine-life-on-the-run    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:20:50


  • Hezbollah Confirms Nasrallah's Death As Biden Sees A 'Measure Of Justice' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/lebanon-israel-nasrallah-hezbollah-killed/33138385.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:21:04


  • Israel Strikes Lebanon Again After Killing Hezbollah Leader ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/28/world/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:21:20


  • Hezbollah Leader, Hassan Nasrallah, Killed by Israeli Strike at 64 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/world/middleeast/hassan-nasrallah-hezbollah-dead.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:21:31


  • Can Hezbollah Recover From the Death of Hassan Nasrallah? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/world/middleeast/hezbollah-nasrallah-future.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:21:42


  • A Decimated Hezbollah Is a Serious Blow for Iran ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/world/middleeast/iran-hezbollah-israel-nasrallah-strike.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:21:55


  • Strike on Hezbollah Leader Suggests Major Strategic Miscalculation ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/world/middleeast/hezbollah-hassan-nasrallah-next-steps.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:22:07


  • Israel Tracked Nasrallah for Months Before Assassination, Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/world/middleeast/why-israel-assassinate-nasrallah.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:22:38


  • Hezbollah’s Victims Voice Relief at Its Disarray ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/world/middleeast/hezbollah-victims-israel-strikes.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:22:54


  • Israel’s Latest Strikes Present Stark Reality: Even Beirut Isn’t Safe ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/world/middleeast/israel-lebanon-beirut-airstrikes-hezbollah.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:23:07


  • ‘We’re Still Living in Fear’: Escaping the Attacks in Lebanon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009726536/israel-lebanon-strikes-displacement.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:23:17


  • Linux remains a safer choice ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Linux_remains_a_safer_choice.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:23:58


  • Linus Torvalds, His Employers, and Critics of His Employers Can Agree That Rust in GNU/Linux is a Failed Experiment ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Linus_Torvalds_His_Employers_and_Critics_of_His_Employers_Can_A.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:24:10


  • How To Install KeePassXC on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-keepassxc-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:25:14


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

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:25:29


  • How To Install FFmpeg on AlmaLinux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-ffmpeg-almalinux-9/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:25:48


  • How to Manage GNU/Linux Containers Using Buildah ☞ https://linuxbuz.com/devops/how-to-manage-linux-containers-using-buildah    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:26:15


  • How to Install Docker Desktop on GNU/Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-docker-desktop-on-linux-mint-22/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:26:28


  • "A few days ago the source code for the popular Winamp music player was released into the world" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/winamp-a-few-days-later-you-can-fork-and-watch-for-gpl-violations/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:27:09


  • 🔤SpellBinding: ABLMYUT Wordo: GUSTO gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-09-29.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:28:59


  • "In the beginning, there were passwords. To log into your various online accounts you had to demonstrate that you remember their corresponding passwords. If you forgot the password you got locked out" gemini://asquare.srht.site/gemlog/locked_out.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:29:49


  • A late September life update gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/a-late-september-life-update.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:30:28


  • ROOPHLOCH 2024 gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2024/202409/20240928-roophloch-2024.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:31:14


  • UZUMAKI gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/uzumaki    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:32:10


  • New car doesn't like my rooted phone gemini://rochelimit.uk/gemlog.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:33:01


  • "the week felt... slow. a little brain slow? and some pains, the weather changes are definitely affecting our household. alternating sun and rain, there was even a storm! the mornings are cool enough to run the heating. a nice respite from the heat and mosquitoes of summer." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/week39    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:34:16


  • What is COPY in Dockerfile – Practical Examples ☞ https://linuxbuz.com/devops/what-is-copy-in-dockerfile    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:36:14


  • Bootlin talks at Open Source Summit Europe 2024: slides and videos ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/bootlin-talks-at-open-source-summit-europe-2024/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:36:32


  • Calamares – installer framework ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/calamares-installer-framework/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:37:26


  • 27 Best Free and Open Source Command Line Navigation Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/navigationtools/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:37:37


  • Marknote – create rich text notes ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/marknote-create-rich-text-notes/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:38:23


  • SilverBullet – note-taking application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/silverbullet-note-taking-application/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:38:44


  • GNU World Order 583 ☞ http://gnuworldorder.info//audiophile/gnuWorldOrder_583_ogg.ogg    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:40:03


  • Valve steps up support for Arch GNU/Linux with new infrastructure ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/valve-steps-up-support-for-arch-linux-with-new-infrastructure/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:40:31


  • How to Disable the Touchpad in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/09/disable-touchpad-ubuntu/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:41:03


  • Dave Hibberd: EuroBSDCon 2024 Report ☞ https://www.foxk.it/blog/eurobsdcon-2024-report/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:42:28


  • Announcing Helmet v8 ☞ https://evanhahn.com/helmet-8/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:43:15


  • Demise of Desktops/Laptops in the British Market ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Demise_of_Desktops_Laptops_in_the_British_Market.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:43:52


  • [Meme] 25+ Years After Winamp (WINAMP.EXE) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Meme_25_Years_After_Winamp_WINAMP_EXE.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:45:49


  • Winamp Was Always backdoored Windows and Proprietary, Now Its Code is Also Controlled by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Winamp_Was_Always_Windows_and_Proprietary_Now_Its_Code_is_Also_.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:46:09


  • "WINAMP" Reminds Us That Choosing Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub is Sign of Failing to Understand or Not Intending to Respect Freedom (Usually a Platform for Lousy Openwashing Stunts) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/WINAMP_Reminds_Us_That_Choosing_GitHub_is_Sign_of_Failing_to_Un.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:46:20


  • Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) Barometer ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Fear_Uncertainty_and_Doubt_FUD_Barometer.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:46:32


  • This week in Plasma: converging 6.2 ☞ https://pointieststick.com/2024/09/27/this-week-in-plasma-converging-6-2/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:47:06


  • Keeping multiple kernel versions | openSUSE Tumbleweed ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2024/09/28/keeping-multiple-kernel-versions-opensuse-tumbleweed/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:47:45


  • Trump’s Answer to Harris’s Border Trip: Calling Her ‘Mentally Disabled’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/us/politics/trump-attacks-harris-border.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:48:32


  • "If your memory of slot cars as a childhood toy is of lightweight controllers with wire-wound rheostats inside" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/an-esp32-delivers-perfect-slot-car-control/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:49:15


  • The US confronts two global threats: China-Russia and itself ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inflection-points/the-us-confronts-two-global-threats-china-russia-and-itself/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:50:11


  • Biden Cites Hezbollah 'Reign Of Terror,' While UN Chief Expresses 'Grave Concern' At Nasrallah's Death ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/nasrallah-israel-lebanon-biden-russia-iran-reaction/33138806.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:50:32


  • States Bordering Belarus, Russia Seek EU Funds For Massive Defense Line ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-belarus-eu-border-fortifications/33138798.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:50:46


  • Russian Mathematician, Recognized As Political Prisoner, Destined For High-Security Prison ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/miftakhov-russia-prison-memorial/33138775.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:51:04


  • Moldova Accuses Moscow In Wave Of Vandalism In Capital Ahead Of Vote ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-vandalism-russia-trained/33138585.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:51:18


  • Explosion At Gas Station In Russia's Daghestan Kills 13, Including Children ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/daghestan-makhachkala-gas-station-explosion/33138458.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:51:30


  • Belarus transgender rights organization says authorities detained over 15 LGBTQ+ individuals ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/09/belarus-transgender-rights-organization-says-authorities-detained-over-15-lgbtq-individuals/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:52:00


  • "It’s a well-known secret that inkjet ink is being kept at artificially high prices" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/man-in-the-middle-pcb-unlocks-hp-ink-cartridges/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:52:22


  • Nextcloud Community Conference 2024 and Matrix Conference 2024 ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2024/09/28/nextcloud-conference-matrix-conference-2024.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:53:47


  • Kushal Das: Updated blog theme after many years ☞ https://kushaldas.in/posts/updated-blog-theme-after-many-years.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:54:13


  • Shall we play a Game? ☞ https://ultimateedition.info/shall-we-play-a-game-4/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:55:06


  • Ubuntu Blog: Hey Hi (AI) Buzzwords in Healthcare: 5 Use Cases and 1 challenge ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ai-in-healthcare-5-use-cases-and-1-challenge    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:57:05


  • Russian Drone Strike Kills Top Ukrainian Judge After 9 Die In Hospital Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-sumy-hospital-russia-strike/33138424.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:57:41


  • What Would Kamala Harris Do About Ukraine? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/opinion/kamala-harris-ukraine-war.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:57:53


  • Blinken questions China peace push in Ukraine, says Beijing's exports fuel Russia's 'war machine' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240928-blinken-questions-china-peace-push-over-russia-help    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:58:03


  • The storm clouds may be parting after Zelenskyy’s tumultuous US visit ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-storm-clouds-may-be-parting-after-zelenskyys-tumultuous-us-visit/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:58:13


  • No Turkish Delight for New York’s Mayor ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/opinion/eric-adams-mayor-indictment.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:58:35


  • Git: Set Up a Local Repository Accessible by LAN ☞ https://thenewstack.io/git-set-up-a-local-repository-accessible-by-lan/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:59:12


  • X must pay fines to resume activities in Brazil ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/09/x-must-pay-fines-to-resume-activities-in-brazil/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 14:59:43


  • Dirk Eddelbuettel: RApiSerialize 0.1.4 on CRAN: Added C++ Namespace ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2024/09/28#rapiserialize_0.1.4    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:01:38


  • Akademy 2024 in Würzburg ☞ https://blog.bshah.in/2024/09/28/akademy-2024-in-wurzburg/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:02:09


  • Iran's Supreme Leader Reportedly Moved To Secure Location Under Heightened Security ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-khamenei-security-nasrallah/33138537.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:03:53


  • Web components are okay ☞ https://nolanlawson.com/2024/09/28/web-components-are-okay/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:04:10


  • This week in Linux 279: CUPS Vulnerability, Tails OS + Tor, Ubuntu 24.10, COSMIC Alpha 2 & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://thisweekinlinux.com/279    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:05:04


  • Sorry, Hey Hi (AI) won’t “fix” climate change ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/28/1104588/sorry-ai-wont-fix-climate-change/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:05:56


  • Surveillance ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/business/california-speeding-car-alert.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:06:54


  • Your Sprained Ankle Can Also Be a Brain Injury. Here's How. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-sprained-ankle-can-also-be-a-brain-injury-heres-how    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:09:58


  • Position of Defibrillator Pads Makes a Huge Difference to Restarting Hearts ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/position-of-defibrillator-pads-makes-a-huge-difference-to-restarting-hearts    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:10:09


  • Scientists Detected Signs of a Hidden Structure Inside Earth's Core ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-detected-signs-of-a-hidden-structure-inside-earths-core    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:10:20


  • Will Water Save You From a Hangover? Science Says Probably Not. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/will-water-save-you-from-a-hangover-science-says-probably-not    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:10:31


  • Strange Discovery Finds Earth's Crust 'Dripping' Into The Planet's Belly ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-discovery-finds-earths-crust-dripping-into-the-planets-belly    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:10:42


  • Unexpected Twist Saved Iberian Lynx From Extinction, Ancient DNA Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/unexpected-twist-saved-iberian-lynx-from-extinction-ancient-dna-reveals    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:12:43


  • "A couple weeks ago, we had a kerfuffle here on Hackaday: A writer put out a piece with AI-generated headline art." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/whats-the-deal-with-ai-art/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:13:46


  • Using Dance to Provoke, Delight and Tell South Africa’s Stories ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/world/africa/south-africa-pantsula-dancing-vusi-mdoyi.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:14:20


  • The Election Is Dividing Husbands and Wives Across America ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/the-election-is-dividing-husbands-and-wives-across-america    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:14:48


  • Linux Out Loud 98: Prints, Phones, and Pixelated Dreams ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-98/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:15:36


  • This week in Linux 279: CUPS Vulnerability, Tails OS + Tor, Ubuntu 24.10, COSMIC Alpha 2 & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-279/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:16:33


  • The Last Sun Sparc Workstation: "The truth is, our desktop computers today would have been classed as supercomputers only a few decades ago." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/the-last-sun-sparc-workstation/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:17:00


  • "Sometimes you instantly know who’s behind a project from the subject matter alone." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/dog-poop-drone-cleans-up-the-yard-so-you-dont-have-to/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:17:18


  • "The Bigscreen Beyond is a small and lightweight VR headset that in part achieves its small size and weight" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/vr-headset-with-custom-face-fitting-gets-even-more-custom/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:17:33


  • Pluralistic: Sandra Newman's "Julia" (28 Sep 2024) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/28/novel-writing-machines/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:17:50


  • Surveillance???? COOL!!!! ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-smartphone-could-soon-measure-your-blood-pressure-with-just-a-touch    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:18:16


  • Or framed differently, they're spying on ME? HOW COOL IS THAT !!    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:19:23


  • As if it makes one special to have one's rights violated for profit    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:20:00


  • "As a veteran Linux user, I have certain habits baked into my everyday terminal use. Over the years, I've learned various shortcuts and handy commands that I use over and over again. But even first-rate tools can be put to better use." https://www.howtogeek.com/ive-been-using-these-core-linux-commands-wrong-for-years/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:21:23


  • Hopefully not all about DRM and such https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/valve-steam-begin-a-direct-collaboration-with-arch-linux/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:21:53


  • "Got a 4K screen but now the icons and text look too small? You need to scale up the display settings." https://itsfoss.com/linux-mint-fractional-scaling/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:23:22


  • i fought the web and...i won gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2215    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:46:50


  • "Nonsense. A lot of executives and shareholders have made money over the years by buying and selling parts of IBM, and they continue to do so. Employees who have accepted what is going on have benefited from the situation by getting out before they got canned." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uIQpbV9    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:48:49


  • "IBM is what it is. The continuing job cuts have been going on for almost 4 decades. There isn't an employee alive in the company who doesn't know the score. The company values cash more than its own people or its own business. Calling people juvenile names won't change that fact, and it will not save a single job." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uIQpbV9    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 15:49:29


  • EUIPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/euipo-clarifies-value-of-printed-social.html EUIPO is an EU corruption hub http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 17:56:33


  • Xactware Solutions Inc. vs. Buildxact Software Ltd: Four Appeals and a Recusal http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/guest-post-xactware-solutions-inc-vs.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 17:57:46


  • Voter registration group https://kentwired.com/122368/world-nation/voter-registration-group-caught-improperly-registering-students/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 17:58:41


  • Axel Springer splits media, classified businesses https://www.dw.com/en/germany-axel-springer-splits-media-classified-businesses/a-70274495    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 18:39:54


  • rental crisis https://www.dw.com/en/cities-start-fighting-rental-crisis-triggered-by-overtourism/a-70228085    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 18:40:09


  • UK debt hits high ahead of 'painful' budget https://www.dw.com/en/uk-debt-hits-high-ahead-of-painful-budget/a-70281052    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 18:41:02


  • copyright maximalists https://jacobin.com/2024/09/copyright-internet-archive-library-lawsuit/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 18:45:03


  • Denmark’s Jobindex appeals decision in Google copyright case https://www.thelocal.dk/20240925/denmarks-jobindex-appeals-decision-in-google-copyright-case    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 18:45:13


  • Hong Kong: First person sentenced under new security law https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-first-person-sentenced-under-new-security-law/a-70265142    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 18:50:24


  • ISTIO-SECURITY-2024-005 https://istio.io/latest//news/security/istio-security-2024-006/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 18:51:28


  • Social Security Checks In Nine States To Drop By Up To $200 Starting September Due To Tax Hike https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/social-security-checks-nine-states-drop-200-starting-september-due-tax-hike-1727094    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 18:52:05


  • This New York farmer is overwhelmed by illegal crossings from Canada, caught on camera https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/canada-us-border-migrants-security-camera-footage-1.7329983    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 18:53:30


  • Greater Security Implications of the ‘Pager Attacks’ in Lebanon https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/09/21/greater-security-implications-of-the-pager-attacks-in-lebanon/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 18:53:52


  • Hong Kong: Academic Freedom Declines Under Security Law https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/09/24/hong-kong-academic-freedom-declines-under-security-law    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 18:55:14


  • after economic collapse https://www.dw.com/en/sri-lanka-election-what-s-at-stake-after-economic-collapse/a-70281051    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 18:59:55


  • Not darted and relocated? https://www.dw.com/en/iceland-police-shoot-1st-polar-bear-sighted-in-years/a-70287266    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:01:29


  • protect climate journalists https://cpj.org/2024/09/cpj-announces-1m-initiative-to-protect-climate-journalists/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:02:35


  • money-focused fight to slow climate change https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/policy-regulation/for-a-week-new-york-will-be-center-of-money-focused-fight-to-slow-climate-change/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:03:17


  • Rights Crucial for Climate Action https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/09/24/cop29-upholding-rights-crucial-climate-action    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:03:34


  • Study Finds Wealth Tax, Oil Subsidy Phaseout Could Generate $5T for Climate https://truthout.org/articles/study-finds-wealth-tax-oil-subsidy-phaseout-could-generate-5t-for-climate/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:03:52


  • Result of Climate Change https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-09-25/bahamas-seeks-help-to-pay-off-debt-brought-by-huge-storms-result-of-climate-change    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:04:13


  • Every Vote Is a Climate Vote https://www.truthdig.com/articles/every-vote-is-a-climate-vote/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:04:51


  • Climate change made Central Europe floods more likely: study https://www.dw.com/en/climate-change-made-central-europe-floods-more-likely-study/a-70318772    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:05:19


  • Imperial Hypocrisy of the US-China Climate Talks https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/09/26/imperial-hypocrisy-of-the-us-china-climate-talks/    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:06:02


  • The hole in the ozone layer was late this year. It’s not good news https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/the-hole-in-the-ozone-layer-was-late-this-year-it-s-not-good-news-20240924-p5kcyx.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:06:26


  • "like The Place in downtown SF in the 1960s or The Cellar (again, SF, 60s) - a dark cavern for words and expression" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2216    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:07:29


  • Microsoft layoffs again https://news.abplive.com/business/major-layoffs-in-september-samsung-pwc-microsoft-cisco-qualcomm-1720792 https://tribune.com.pk/story/2499455/activision-blizzard-to-lay-off-400-employees-in-california-after-microsoft-merger"    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:10:28


  • Activision Blizzard Layoffs: Video Game Company To Lay Off Around 400 Employees in Irvine, Santa Monica Next Month After Microsoft Merger https://www.latestly.com/technology/activision-blizzard-layoffs-video-game-company-to-lay-off-around-400-employees-in-irvine-santa-monica-next-month-after-microsoft-merger-6304183.html    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:11:28


  • Red Hat Upcoming Q4 Layoffs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uJ74o5i    

posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 19:13:12



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