Roy Schestowitz

• 10 Cool Changes Ubuntu Received in 2024 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/10-cool-changes-in-ubuntu-2024    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:03:54

• Scarlett Gately Moore: KDE: Application snaps 24.12.0 release and more ☞ https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-application-snaps-24-12-0-release-and-more/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:05:01

• KDE Plasma 6.2.5, Bugfix Release for December ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.5/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:06:08

• Monitor air quality on the go with the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/monitor-air-quality-on-the-go-with-the-raspberry-pi-pico-2    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:06:22

• Blame WINDOWS https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2024/12/treasury-says-chinese-hackers-remotely-accessed-several-workstations-and-unclassified-documents/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:07:04

• FSF raised about 10,000 dollars on January 1st    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:13:39

• Precision policing: a vital element of reducing firearm crime ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/precision-policing-a-vital-element-of-reducing-firearm-crime/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:22:48

• Transnational maritime threats needed transnational responses ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/transnational-maritime-threats-needed-transnational-responses/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:23:32

• Growing crime rate in South Africa bolster private security sector ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241231-growing-crime-rate-in-south-africa-bolster-private-security-sector    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:23:48

• So it was Islamic terrorism again, the media leaves out that part https://alabamareflector.com/2025/01/01/suspect-in-new-orleans-mass-fatality-had-isis-flag-in-truck-fbi/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:24:33

• Serbia court convicts parents of teenage school shooter ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/serbia-court-convicts-parents-of-teenage-school-shooter/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:26:59

• Georgia outgoing president says she will continue to struggle as successor inaugurated ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/georgia-outgoing-president-says-she-will-continue-to-struggle-as-successor-inaugurated/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:27:24

• Expert Urges South Africa to Confront Radicalization, Terror Financing Threats ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/expert-urges-south-africa-to-confront-radicalization-terror-financing-threats/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:27:53

• Prominent Vietnamese writer in hiding says police are harassing his family ☞ https://rfa.org/english/vietnam/2024/12/31/vietnam-writer-in-hiding-family-harassed/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:28:31

• Uyghur group welcomes key laws passed in US defense bill ☞ https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2024/12/31/uyghur-ndaa-legislation-extension/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:29:34

• ‘It Ends With Us’ Actor and Director and His Publicists Sue The Times for Libel ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/justin-baldoni-blake-lively-it-ends-with-us-new-york-times-lawsuit.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:29:56

• Is that REALLY BIOS? https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/msi-releases-first-final-bios-with-intels-promised-performance-improvements-for-arrow-lake    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:30:56

• A LOT of this is not Hey Hi (AI) AT ALL. They just pump up a PONZI scheme. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/31/1109612/biggest-worst-ai-artificial-intelligence-flops-fails-2024/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:31:30

• Quick ungoogled chromium tips ☞ https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/quick-ungoogled-chromium-tips/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:32:38

• Here's Your Guide to The Must-See Astronomy Events of 2025 ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/heres-your-guide-to-the-must-see-astronomy-events-of-2025    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:35:26

• Scientists Discovered An Amazing Practical Use For Your Leftover Coffee Grounds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-an-amazing-practical-use-for-your-leftover-coffee-grounds    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:35:36

• This Rare Neurological Condition Can Cause an Addiction to Jokes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-rare-neurological-condition-can-cause-an-addiction-to-jokes    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:35:55

• LLMs are NOT Hey Hi (AI), but this site is paid by Microsoft et al to prop up the PYRAMID SCHEME https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/alibaba-cloud-announces-aggressive-llm-price-cuts-bid-dominate-chinas-ai-market/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:37:25

• ALSO wrongly portraying LLMs as Hey Hi (AI) https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/31/1108640/ai-hype-index-apple-google-deepmind-openai-meta/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:38:03

• "IBM may want voluntary quits, but at this point is that a realistic expectation? If you are still with the company, after decades of RAs, after everything has been closed and sold off...then you probably know how to be a survivor. Like how to make an employer terminate you instead of you crying uncle." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wfs0utp    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:39:37

• "If the badge system and its procedures have indeed decayed as much as comments suggest, then I would think that employees have already thought up creative ways to get around any badge in/out requirements. After all...since management is setting the standard for cheating for cash flow, I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see some kind of turnabout."    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:39:57

• "Mass exodus is exactly what IBM wants. Let's see what the targeted FCF for 2025 is at the next earnings call... I bet it will go up again. If it does, you know exactly what IBM is going to do... cut COSTS again. Wake up!"    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:40:17

• "Rumor has it that IBM will force most people back into the office 5 days a week starting the 3 week of January. Let's see if that comes true. [...] Where did you hear that? 5 days a week is never happening, I could see mandating 3 days a week…but even that will cause a mass exodus"    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:41:02

• iophk: 'open-source' with a hyphen :/ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2025/01/agencies-required-to-share-custom-software-under-new-law/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 03:44:50

• marketing spam again from "which?" You do NOT need one AT ALL. https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/why-you-dont-need-to-spend-more-than-50-on-a-fitness-tracker-aFus21e6YwXX    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:00:42

• Burnsville nonprofit clinic that served underinsured families closes doors ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/31/burnsville-nonprofit-clinic-that-served-underinsured-families-closes-doors/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:01:41

• Editors’ picks for 2024: ’20 years after the first Australian meth epidemic, another is upon us’ ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2024-20-years-after-the-first-australian-meth-epidemic-another-is-upon-us/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:01:59

• 2024 was worst year for stomach virus outbreaks on cruise ships in over a decade: CDC ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/12/31/health/2024-was-worst-year-for-stomach-virus-outbreaks-on-cruise-ships-in-decade-cdc/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:02:09

• South Korea's presidential aides offer to resign amid political crisis ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-presidential-aides-offer-to-resign-amid-political-crisis    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:02:52

• Zenwalk Current-241227 is out https://distrowatch.com/zenwalk    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:03:14

• 4MLinux 47.0 STABLE released. https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com/2024/12/4mlinux-470-stable-released.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:04:12

• Two bad planes (landing gear malfunction) in 2 days, clearly NOT a "bird" issue https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/world/asia/south-korea-crash-witness.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:05:50

• And covering up by Boeing and Jeju Air got very hard. All that's happening now is, they lose credibility. The aviation industry lies to us and gaslights us, just like FDA and many others. How many MORE whistleblowers need Boeing murder?    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:07:21

• It's cheaper to murder and cover up murders than paying like 200 families compensation for manslaughter    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:08:06

• Or bribe the billBC to call critics of Bill Gates "conspiracy theorists" while you rake in billion on patent royalties on vaccines that weren't even tested and might be causing more problems than they allegedly solve    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:10:09

• Boarded a faulty plane ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/world/asia/south-korea-plane-crash-victims.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:11:40

• What Korea wants to distract from this week ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2024/1231/Will-South-Korea-s-President-face-detention-Unpacking-the-martial-law-allegations    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:12:17

• The corruption goes all the way to the top ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-court-issues-warrant-to-arrest-president-yoon-suk-yeol    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:12:38

• They say "plane crash" rather than plane malfunction ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/empty-desks-and-tears-mark-five-colleagues-killed-in-south-korean-plane-crash    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:13:17

• "A 48-year-old man who was one of the first to record video footage of the Jeju Air tragedy recounts what he saw." Very clearly showed a faulty plane. ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/the-man-who-showed-the-world-south-koreas-deadly-plane-crash    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:13:48

• South Korea’s Acting President Choi to appoint two Constitutional Court justices ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-acting-president-choi-to-appoint-two-constitutional-court-justices    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:14:12

• Sounds a lot like North Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-investigators-warn-anyone-blocking-yoons-arrest-could-be-prosecuted    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:14:47

• Can that explain why TWO planes from the SAME airline had malfunctioning wheels in just TWO days? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-initial-data-extracted-from-jeju-air-crash-black-box-voice-recorder    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:15:42

• Verdict: False ☞ https://rfa.org/english/factcheck/2024/12/31/afcl-south-korea-plane-crash/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:16:00

• Not even ~200 dead passengers can fully distract from this national crisis ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/south-korea-court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-impeached-president-yoon/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:16:39

• Seems like a near admission of technical fault. Boeing issue, not bird issue. How many more whistleblowers from Boeing will be murdered? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241231-south-korea-to-inspect-all-737-800-boeing-aircraft-following-plane-crash    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:17:39

• He says, she says, instead of real reporting ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/no-newcastle-disease-virus-in-our-birds-nest-products-malaysian-officials    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:18:24

• Chinese Companies Have Sidestepped Tariffs. They Could Do It Again. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/business/economy/trump-tariffs-china.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:19:11

• Xi Jinping, China’s Leader, Nods to Economic Challenges ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/business/xi-jinping-china-economy.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:19:22

• The Panama Canal Has a Big Problem, but It’s Not China or Trump ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/opinion/panama-canal-trump-china-drought.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:19:48

• China raises salaries for government workers to boost spending ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-raises-salaries-for-government-workers-to-boost-spending    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:20:00

• Xi Jinping says no one can stop China’s ‘reunification’ with Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-says-no-one-can-stop-chinas-reunification-with-taiwan    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:20:13

• Taiwan President wants exchanges with China, sees lack of goodwill ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-president-wants-exchanges-with-china-sees-lack-of-goodwill    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:20:25

• China-made DDR5 memory chips use less advanced chipmaking technology — chips are nearly 40% larger than Samsung's DDR5 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/china-made-ddr5-memory-chips-are-nearly-40-percent-larger-than-samsungs-ddr5-due-to-less-advanced-chipmaking-technology    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:20:55

• Windows to blame, not China ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241231-china-rejects-accusations-it-targeted-us-treasury-in-cyberattack    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:21:31

• Editors’ picks for 2024: ‘Floating piers and sinking hopes: China’s logistics challenge in invading Taiwan’ ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2024-floating-piers-and-sinking-hopes-chinas-logistics-challenge-in-invading-taiwan/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:22:00

• "Meduza’s journalists reflect on the New Year’s traditions " ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/31/home-has-to-feel-warm-full-and-cozy-no-matter-what | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:22:32

• dico @ Savannah: GNU dico version 2.12 ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10708    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:23:11

• gcide @ Savannah: GCIDE version 0.54 ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10709    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:23:30

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1512.jpg    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:34:11

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1162.jpg    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:34:16

• "Of course Nostradamus has predictions for 2025 [1]! When hasn't he had predictions for any given year?" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/01/01.1    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:34:56

• Hello World gemini://capsula.labaudric.net/posts/hello-world.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:35:19

• More than 4,250 Gemini capsules today (first time) gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:36:06

• Gift Card Fraud ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/gift-card-fraud.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:36:55

• Why Patients Should Be Aware of Their Digital Privacy! ☞ https://medevel.com/why-patients-should-be-aware-of-their-privacy-2/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:38:12

• U.S. Carries Out Strikes on Houthis in Yemen ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/world/middleeast/houthis-israel-missile-attack.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:38:29

• South Korea’s acting president calls for national harmony and unity ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-acting-president-calls-for-national-harmony-and-unity    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:38:36

• Air, artillery strikes set grim benchmark for civilian casualties in Myanmar in 2024 ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2024/12/31/myanmar-year-of-airstrikes/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:38:44

• Syria | Teachers in Idlib on strike for their rights ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/syria-teachers-in-idlib-on-strike-for-their-rights-303219    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:38:52

• 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://cloudnativenow.com/editorial-calendar/best-of-2024/best-of-2024-cast-ai-helps-cost-optimize-llms-running-on-kubernetes/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:39:14

• More buzzwords nonsense. https://cloudnativenow.com/editorial-calendar/best-of-2024/best-of-2024-why-generative-ai-and-wasm-are-a-perfect-match/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:39:37

• Germany prosecutor charges Iraq couple with enslavement, torture, war crimes ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/germany-charges-iraq-couple-with-enslavement-torture-and-war-crimes/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:40:06

• Syria’s Top Rebel Offers Hint of Timetable for Potential Elections ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/world/middleeast/syria-rebel-leader-elections.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:40:14

• US Army soldier arrested in connection with AT&T, Verizon data breaches ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/31/us-army-soldier-arrested-connection-att-verizon-data-breaches/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:40:40

• "machine-learning algorithms that sift through historical data in order to do recognition, analytics, or predictions." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/ai-and-policing-2024-year-review | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:41:26

• "EFF’s answer: they can’t." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/effs-2024-battle-against-online-age-verification-defending-youth-privacy-and-free | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:41:41

• Why are hobbyist 21st century 8-bit computers so constrained? ☞ https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/93665.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:42:08

• 2024 In Pictures: Pandas, landmark court cases, and a new security law for Hong Kong ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/01/2024-in-pictures-pandas-landmark-court-cases-and-a-new-security-law-for-hong-kong/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:42:39

• Lithuania and beyond – 2024 in pictures ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2450115/lithuania-and-beyond-2024-in-pictures    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:42:56

• "Within our comfortable world of causality we expect that reactions always follow an action and not vice versa." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/31/quantum-mechanics-and-negative-time-with-photon-atom-interactions/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:43:52

• "difficult challenges" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/31/in-new-year-s-address-putin-says-russia-has-met-difficult-challenges-with-strength-assures-everything-will-turn-out-well | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:44:58

• "Putin signed more than 50 new laws" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/slides/in-the-closing-days-of-2024-putin-signed-more-than-50-new-laws-here-are-the-most-important-changes-coming-to-russia-next-year | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:45:04

• "optimism of Linux enthusiasts back in the day that their nascent platform could depose Windows from its pedestal." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/31/why-2025-will-not-be-the-year-of-linux-on-the-desktop/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:45:24

• Putin Declares ‘Everything Will Be Fine’ Despite Russia’s Growing Challenges ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-speech.html "Everything Will Be Fine" for HIM and his goons    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:45:52

• Ukraine Says It Downed Russian Air Target With Sea Drone For First Time ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/air-raid-sirens-blare-across-ukraine-explosions-heard-in-kyiv/33258909.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:46:06

• This Year in Linux, the Top GNU/Linux News of 2024 ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/this-year-in-linux-the-top-linux-news-of-2024/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:46:33

• Riga Security Forum podcast: 'Belarus, Authoritarianism and the Global Impact of Unchecked State Violence' ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/video/31.12.2024-riga-security-forum-podcast-belarus-authoritarianism-and-the-global-impact-of-unchecked-state-violence.a581953/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:46:49

• Cohabitating in Passadena: SCALE 22x’s Colocated Events ☞ https://fossforce.com/2024/12/cohabitating-in-passadena-scale-22xs-colocated-events/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:47:41

• China defends Covid-19 data-sharing as WHO seeks more access ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-defends-covid-19-data-sharing-as-who-seeks-more-access    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:47:58

• Nepal's kung fu nuns kick off reopening of nunnery to public after five years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/nepals-kung-fu-nuns-kick-off-reopening-of-nunnery-to-public-after-five-years    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:48:19

• WHO calls for more transparency on COVID-19 from China ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241231-who-calls-for-more-transparency-on-covid-19-from-china    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:48:46

• "MADE IN CHINA" changed in connotation around 2019    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:49:29

• "Federal Regulators Limit Location Brokers from Selling Your Whereabouts" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/federal-regulators-limit-location-brokers-selling-your-whereabouts-2024-review | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:49:33

• ByteDance plans to sidestep U.S. sanctions by renting Nvidia GPUs in the clown — report says it has set aside $7 billion budget ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/bytedance-plans-to-sidestep-u-s-sanctions-by-renting-nvidia-gpus-in-the-cloud-report-says-it-has-set-aside-usd7-billion-budget    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:49:53

• TikTok parent ByteDance plans to spend $7B on cloud-based GPUs this year to fuel its Hey Hi (AI) ambitions ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/tiktok-parent-bytedance-plans-spend-7b-cloud-based-gpus-year-fuel-ai-ambitions/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:50:21

• "VPlayer Puts Smart Display In Palm Of Your Hand" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/31/vplayer-puts-smart-display-in-palm-of-your-hand/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:51:03

• RFID Circuit ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/31/new-years-circuit-challenge-make-this-rfid-circuit/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:51:18

• Vaio ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/31/sony-vaio-revived-power-the-second-80/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:51:33

• Doomscroll ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/31/doomscroll-precisely-and-wirelessly/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:51:46

• GamingOnLinux's "most popular Linux gaming articles of 2024" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-most-popular-linux-gaming-articles-of-2024/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:54:23

• "‘Trump is Annoyed’: Insiders Say ‘Shadow President’ Elon Musk Starting to Irritate Trump" https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-is-annoyed-insiders-say-shadow-president-elon-musk-starting-to-irritate-trump/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:54:53

• "Southern rock, White House joints: How music shaped Carter's career" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-12-31/hot-jazz-southern-rock-and-white-house-joints-how-music-shaped-jimmy-carters-career    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:55:04

• "Zambia : Jimmy Carter - A Friend of Zambia's Democracy" https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/01/02/jimmy-carter-a-friend-of-zambias-democracy/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:55:14

• "Termina (o comienza) el año con tranquilidad: haz copias de seguridad" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2024/12/30/con-tranquilidad-haz-copias-de-seguridad/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:55:25

• "¡Feliz 2025!" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2025/01/01/feliz-2025/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:55:36

• "President Stubb addresses Finland's security situation in first New Year speech" https://yle.fi/a/74-20134376    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:55:56

• "Manmohan Singh: India’s Last Liberal" https://jacobin.com/2024/12/manmohan-singh-india-liberal-obituary/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:56:04

• "Opinion | Let’s Try Something Different in How We Deal With Trump" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/opinion/democrats-trump-agenda.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:56:16

• "James Carville praises Jimmy Carter after death: 'Very significant president'" https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5060928-james-carville-jimmy-carter-presidency-death/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:56:26

• "One dead, seven injured as Cybertruck explodes outside Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas" https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/1/24333612/cybertruck-fire-explosion-trump-hotel-las-vegas    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:56:38

• "Tesla Cybertruck explosion at Trump hotel in Vegas investigated as a possible terrorist act, law enforcement official says" https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/us/cybertruck-fire-trump-hotel-las-vegas    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:56:50

• "Neil Young Archives" https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/2/article?id=Music%20-%20GLASTONBURY blocked by gratuitous javascript    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:57:01

• "NOLA Massacre Terrorist's Ex-Wife Says He Was Abusive" https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/01/nola-massacre-suspect-shamsud-din-jabbar-ex-wife-says-he-was-abusive/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:57:12

• "Islamic State-inspired driver kills 15 in New Orleans truck attack" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/01/01/at-least-10-killed-dead-as-vehicle-rams-crowd-in-new-orleans_6736624_4.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:57:24

• "New Orleans attack live updates: FBI probes 'terrorist' links in truck rampage that killed 15 | Hindustan Times" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/new-orleans-car-attack-live-updates-joe-biden-fbi-isis-army-veteran-jabbar-cybertruck-blast-las-vegas-hotel-jan-2-2025-101735783705610.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:57:34

• "Shamsud Din Jabbar: New Orleans attacker Shamsud ‘Did not act alone’, says FBI; State of emergency declared | World News" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/new-orleans-attacker-shamsud-din-jabbar-did-not-act-alone-says-fbi-state-of-emergency-declared/articleshow/116867925.cms    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:57:45

• "Suspect was US [sic] citizen, carried ISIS flag: Ten dead as man drives truck into New Year crowd in New Orleans" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2263625.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:57:58

• "The guards threw firecrackers outside our cell windows" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/01/the-guards-threw-firecrackers-outside-our-cell-windows | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:58:36

• But EFF continues to lobby for Xi's XiTok, harming kids ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/kids-online-safety-act-continues-threaten-our-rights-online-year-review-2024 | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 04:59:09

• "The center, part of the Duke University School of Law in the southeastern US state of North Carolina, makes the list available on its website for anyone to peruse." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2263552.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 05:01:33

• "As noted by the Library of Congress, "It's a Wonderful Life" only became a Christmas classic after Republic Pictures let its copyright run out under the old set of copyright laws." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51220356/from-popeye-to-hemmingway-25-notable-works-entering-the-public-domain-in-2025 | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 05:01:48

• "Cloudflare and Google were both wrongfully targeted as enthusiasm to prevent piracy took precedence over the interests of [Internet] users" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-shield-top-10-countries-blocked-for-hosting-iptv-pirates-2024-250101/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 05:02:07

• "It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/1/24330191/popeye-tintin-head-2025-public-domain | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 05:02:25

• "It’s a new year, and that means new works are entering the public domain, and that means it’s time for the latest installment of our public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1929!" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/01/and-were-off-the-public-domain-game-jam-starts-today/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 05:02:43

• "On January 1, 2025, thousands of copyrighted works from 1929 will enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1924." ☛ https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/ | Source: Duke University    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 05:02:57

• "It’s unclear what exactly Glastonbury and the BBC were requesting of Young that he found distasteful enough to pull out of the festival." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-pulls-out-of-glastonbury-1235223163/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 05:03:07

• "Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban, ordered that buildings should not have windows looking into places where a woman could be sitting or standing." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/taliban-afghanistan-ban-windows-women-b2672332.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:10:36

• "When you’re preparing a document for PDF to share, remember to use your application’s Export feature, and not Print to PDF." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/export-pdfs-dont-print-them/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:10:57

• "Getting on with activities as normal, to whatever extent is possible, is the correct approach." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/dont-let-terror-shut-us-down/681193/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:11:26

• "Elsewhere in Europe, public nudity has been popular for decades." ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/we-re-becoming-a-nation-of-prudes-our-nude-beaches-shut-by-the-nanny-state-20250101-p5l1is.html | Source: The Age AU    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:12:01

• "Saudi Arabia has put six Iranians to death for drug trafficking, the interior ministry said Wednesday, after a year in which it carried out a record number of executions, according to an AFP tally of official reports." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2263676.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:12:46

• "The company, which is based in Sulaymaniyah city in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) and also produces programs for Jin TV, said after the raid that no official notification was given as to why the closure was ordered." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/mkg-you-cannot-silence-the-voice-of-women-journalists-77211 | Source: ANF News    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:13:26

• "The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ, said Sala's jailing underscores Tehran's harsh suppression of independent journalism in the country." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/press-freedom-groups-call-for-iran-to-release-jailed-italian-journalist/7921326.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:13:45

• "Palestinian Authority takes Al Jazeera off air" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250101-palestinian-authority-takes-al-jazeera-off-air-after-coverage-of-jenin-clashes | Source: France24    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:14:08

• "The Palestinian Authority’s decision to suspend Al Jazeera isn’t expected to be implemented in Hamas-run Gaza" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/palestinian-authority-suspends-al-jazeera-broadcasts/7921366.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:14:44

• "I’ve written many times in the past about how I think people should keep their website archives online." ☛ https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2022/04/shame/ |    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:15:32

• "Industry giants such as Microsoft, Google and Apple were at the forefront of this trend." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/year-ender-2024-the-year-that-saw-big-tech-job-cuts-surge/articleshow/116855673.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:15:56

• "Tech mogul Elon Musk intensified his legal battle with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI in the days after Christmas." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/01/elon-musk-openai-lawsuit-sam-altman-investors/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:16:23

• "For all the [cryptocurrency] sector’s ritualized pledges" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/trump-federal-crypto-reserve/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:23:09

• "To find out, I decided to make one of my own, and try it out." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/usb_psu.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:23:16

• In modern society, eating food that's healthy is both difficult (time-consuming) and expensive. That's because "modern" foods tend to be poorly made but cheap. Workers aren't given enough time to prepare nutritious things. In a sense, this shortens and worsens people's lives. Maybe society prefers it that way. Pensions are "burden" and "liability".    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:25:32

• "The controversy began when online creator Ian Carroll, who was conducting research for an upcoming documentary" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/no-more-donations-wikipedia-elon-musk-slams-site-over-alleged-erroneous-deletions-bill-1729825 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:26:06

• "Curious over a series of high-profile failures at Boeing followed by a glut of whistleblower reports" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/31/faa_whistleblower_complaints/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:26:50

• "Balaji's parents Balaji Ramamurthy and Purnima Rao spoke to NDTV about their son's tragic death and their fight for justice." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/suchir-balaji-openai-chatgpt-its-murder-suchir-balajis-parents-say-autopsy-shows-signs-of-struggle-7375165 | Source: NDTV http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Mother_of_OpenAI_Whistleblower_Says_Her_Son_Was_Murdered_He_Acc.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:27:23

• "well, he's dead" -Bill Gates ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/openai-whistleblower-suchir-balajis-death-mother-alleges-murder | Source: Deccan Chronicle http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Mother_of_OpenAI_Whistleblower_Says_Her_Son_Was_Murdered_He_Acc.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:27:57

• Microsoft is good at killing Indians https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/02/28/microsoft-stabber-joseph-cantrell-boasts-of-nazi-lineage-and-made-disturbing-video-games/ https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/04/16/microsoft-bing-hides-news-regarding-microsoft-stabber-joseph-cantrell/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:29:51

• "Here’s a virtual toast to your flourishing in 2025." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/01/01/in-2025-lets-make-resistance-more-effective/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:30:11

• Islamic terrorism ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5062662-biden-new-orleans-attack-remarks/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:30:29

• "The terrorist group, also known as ISIS, has left a brutal legacy of death and destruction across the world." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/world/middleeast/isis-islamic-state.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:30:49

• "the group’s spokesman, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, kicked off its campaign of terror in Europe" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/most-effective-antidote-isis-attacks/681194/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:31:12

• "A potential improvised explosive device (IED) was also discovered at the scene" ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/01/01/suspect-in-new-orleans-mass-fatality-had-isis-flag-in-truck-fbi/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:31:29

• "In Germany, elections are decided by voters at the ballot box" ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/anger-in-germany-at-elon-musks-attempt-to-influence-parliamentary-elections-7364905 | Source: NDTV    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:32:13

• Hopping on buzzwords and hype ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/tiktok-parent-bytedance-plans-spend-7b-cloud-based-gpus-year-fuel-ai-ambitions/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:33:11

• "ByteDance can access American processors while technically adhering to U.S. sanctions against China’s AI and HPC sectors." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/bytedance-plans-to-sidestep-u-s-sanctions-by-renting-nvidia-gpus-in-the-cloud-report-says-it-has-set-aside-usd7-billion-budget | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:33:59

• "In the first 10 days of protests, riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/georgians-ring-in-new-year-with-mass-pro-eu-rally/7920347.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:34:36

• "The comments from Musk, an ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, referred to Steinmeier speaking out" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/elon-musk-insults-german-president-frank-walter-steinmeier/a-71191756 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:34:59

• "Sub-Saharan Africa faces several security crises, most notably the increase in political unrest and terrorism" ☛ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/sub-saharan-africa-becoming-less-peaceful-new-report-reveals/ | Source: Defence Web    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:35:30

• "The sanctions are the latest in a string of actions taken by the Biden administration to hold Moscow and Tehran to account" ☛ https://therecord.media/2024-election-influence-operations-russia-iran-sanctions | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:36:11

• "crossing the English Channel in small boats" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/01/rise-in-migrants-crossing-channel/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:38:24

• "up by a quarter on the previous year, figures show." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/migrant-crossing-english-channel-immigration-b2672351.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:38:50

• "Some 36,816 people were detected in the Channel last year, a 25 percent increase from the 29,437 who arrived in 2023" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2263674.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:42:13

• "The tanker, flying the Cook Islands flag, is currently anchored near Porvoo’s Kilpilahti oil port" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/01/01/finland-imposes-travel-ban-on-tanker-crew-amid-cable-sabotage-probe-a87500 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:42:56

• "That law, passed as Act 440, was introduced by “sex addiction” counselor and state representative Laurie Schegel" ☛ https://www.404media.co/pornhub-is-now-blocked-in-almost-all-of-the-u-s-south/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:46:24

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/31/us_treasury_department_hacked/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:46:48

• "A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over the course of 2024." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/llms-in-2024/ | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:48:00

• "I should preface my thoughts on this with the fact that I am not against LLMs’ use as an assistive tool" ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/2025/01/01/not-just-the-end-product.html | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:48:13

• "Search is one of those features that have gained so much from the evolution of technology, from machine learning and the industry's skills in building efficient systems." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/rant-please-stop-ruining-the-search/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:48:42

• "I don’t know where everyone went" ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/human-curation/ |    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:50:47

• "Last year’s big discussion point was definitely artificial intelligence, large language models and recommendation algorithms so let’s start the new year by contrasting all of that with human touch." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/human-curation-over-algorithmic-recommendations/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:51:35

• "that exact scenario." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2025/01/irs-deploys-ai-tools-to-combat-emerging-techs-role-in-new-fraud-schemes/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:51:56

• "Shane and I are retiring and the effort and costs associated with continuing Script Debugger’s development are too great for us to bear any longer." ☛ https://latenightsw.com/retiring-script-debugger/ |    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:52:36

• "A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over the course of 2024. Here’s a review of things we figured out about the field in the past twelve months, plus my attempt at identifying key themes and pivotal moments." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/llms-in-2024/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:52:59

• "At the direction of, and with financial support from, the GRU, CGE and its personnel used generative AI tools to quickly create disinformation that would be distributed across a massive network of websites" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/russia-china-sanctions-election-interference/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:53:35

• "These were some of 2024’s biggest AI [sic] misfires." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/31/1109612/biggest-worst-ai-artificial-intelligence-flops-fails-2024/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:54:00

• "Folks on social media are in an uproar after Meta announced that it's planning to load Facebook up with AI "users," better known as bots." ☛ https://futurism.com/disgusted-facebook-ai-users | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:54:58

• "Vladimir Putin told the government and Sberbank, which is spearheading Russia's AI efforts, to "ensure further co-operation with the People's Republic of China in technological research and development in the field of artificial intelligence"." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/putin-orders-russian-government-and-top-bank-to-develop-ai-cooperation-with-china/articleshow/116858797.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:55:14

• "ensure further co-operation with the People's Republic of China in technological research and development in the field of artificial intelligence" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/putin-orders-russian-government-and-top-bank-to-develop-ai-cooperation-with-china/articleshow/116858797.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:55:43

• [Old] "But this isn't some Jetsons fantasy, this future will arrive sooner than you think." ☛ https://fleetwood.dev/posts/a-case-for-client-side-machine-learning |    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:56:53

• "Over the course of two hours, city police officers received and dismantled 32 revolvers, shotguns and semi-automatics" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/louisiana/articles/2024-12-31/playstations-for-guns-are-offered-up-in-new-orleans | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:57:05

• "In 2011 the 268th and last MQ-1 left the General Atomics plant." ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-military/2024/12/31/even-in-the-headline-grabbing-world-of-drones-the-predator-stands-out/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:57:51

• "It’s been fun researching MicroATX boards again." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/zen-and-the-art-of-pcie-1-placement/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 08:58:25

• "When I was in high-school, I took Speech as an elective my senior year, thinking it would be an easy credit." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/on-framing-and-language/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:00:16

• "This article is about writing a technical report or scientific paper" ☛ https://kevinboone.me/howto_report.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:00:27

• "We’ll prove that using the “faster” binary search algorithm (see 2.2) that tracks the LCP with the left and right boundary of the remaining search interval has amortized runtime" ☛ https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/suffix-array-searching-lemma/ |    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:03:03

• "Just after ringing in the new year, you’ll have the chance to see a spectacular show in the night sky when the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Friday, Jan. 3." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2024/12/quadrantid-meteor-shower-to-peak-jan-3-how-to-catch-the-first-stargazing-event-of-2025.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:03:23

• "These meteors usually don't have long trains, but the heads may appear as bright fireballs. The peak may reveal as many as 120 meteors per hour, according to NASA." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51220161/how-to-catch-the-quadrantids-the-first-meteor-shower-of-2025 | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:03:48

• "One of the scientist’s main objectives in her new position will be to oversee an even more difficult task: to bring samples from Mars back to Earth before its biggest competitor does: China, a country with which the U.S. is also competing for the exploration of the Moon." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-01-01/nasa-executive-leslie-livesay-were-getting-closer-to-being-able-to-answer-if-there-is-life-beyond-earth.html | Source: El País    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:04:14

• "One of the scientist’s main objectives in her new position will be to oversee an even more difficult task: to bring samples from Mars back to Earth before its biggest competitor does: China" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-01-01/nasa-executive-leslie-livesay-were-getting-closer-to-being-able-to-answer-if-there-is-life-beyond-earth.html | Source: El País    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:04:36

• "Didn't quite make another phost prior to the jump, so I will phost now and so be it. Hope all y'allz had a fantabulous Gregorian Calendar New Years!" gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20250101_hny    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:06:26

• "Launched lucid.observer (openBSD server)" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/2024newYear    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:07:22

• New gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-01-02-new.txt "We celebrated the new year in a cave. A big room, the size of an auditorium, throwing a frisbee, then a toast and kiss at midnight."    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:08:12

• "OK, so: since I wasn't able to find an existing group opposing this ludicrous $70B, gas-powered, 7.5 gigawatt AI data centre project being proposed by Kevin O'Leary, I went ahead and learned enough about 11ty to be able to spin up a super basic blog-style website for that purpose." gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/blunder-valley.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:09:39

• What is a friend? gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2438    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:11:49

• "Man its been a while, as I guess it always is with me and blogs." gemini://aehmushroom.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-01-01.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:12:22

• "Let’s face it—2024 has felt at times like a relentless conveyor belt of doom." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/24-things-that-made-the-world-a-better-place-in-2024-good-news/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:15:26

• "Getting paid for doing something you enjoy is every person’s dream, yet when I think about getting paid for writing online, I would dread it." ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/2025/01/01/what-do-you-get-out.html | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:15:39

• "Instead, here are eight of the tech things that didn't go as planned in 2024, in no particular order and of no particular significance except to paint a picture of the year in tech guaranteed hype free." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/01/opinion_column_tech_fails_2024/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:15:57

• "Prominent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs broke the news on Monday. Cameron Wagenius was reportedly apprehended on Dec. 20 near a U.S. Army base in Texas." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/31/us-army-soldier-arrested-connection-att-verizon-data-breaches/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:17:06

• "Wagenius is allegedly an associate of Connor Riley Moucka, one of the men accused of compromising multiple organizations' Snowflake-hosted environments" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/01/us_army_soldier_att_call_logs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:17:39

• "I also need to think about the purpose." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/once-more-round-the-sun/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:18:10

• "Anyway, this obviously isn’t a big deal to anyone reading this, but I thought it was an interesting setup." ☛ https://blog.toast.cafe/my-streaming-setup | Source: Chloé Vulquin    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:18:47

• "Another year has come and gone, and unfortunately not with as much writing as I had hoped. Instead, I gained new skills and refined existing skills." ☛ https://cendyne.dev/posts/2025-01-01-new-year.html | Source: Cendyne Naga    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:21:12

• "I didn’t have any specific goals for writing articles or topics to learn. So what did I do? The biggest thing is that I’m blogging more than in recent years: [...]" ☛ https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2024-12-25-what-i-did-in-2024/ | Source: Amit Patel    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:21:24

• "I equally love reading the words of others. Others’ stories inspire me; they make me think. Stories connect us all." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/01/01/happy-new-year/ | Source: James G    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:21:43

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posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:27:53

• "most popular blog posts in 2024" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/01/my-50-most-popular-blog-posts-in-2024/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:27:59

• "It is that time of the year again when we reflect on the previous 365 days." ☛ https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2024/12/31/thoughts-on-2024/ | Source: Marijke Luttekes    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:28:23

• "Was 2024 a good year?" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/was-2024-a-good-year-oh-and-all-the-metrics-and-earnings-info-you-could-ever-want/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:28:40

• "Here we are again, writing this year in review." ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/2024-blog-year-in-review-.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:29:03

• "A quick review of my 2024 done in a hurry, trying to remember the many experiences I had, the people I met, the places I visited and the changes I went through." ☛ https://www.paulox.net/2024/12/31/my-2024-in-review/ | Source: Paolo Melchiorre    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:29:35

• "I’m calling it: this streak is done. According to my custom dashboard I hit 367 days—December 31st 2023 to December 31st 2024, inclusive (it was a leap year)—1,151 posts in total." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/2/ending-a-year-long-posting-streak/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:30:15

• "I’ve been having fun giving feedback on other writers’ blog posts recently — and it’s also made me remember that it works really well for me to add comments to a piece in track changes" ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2025/01/01/how-i-edited-my-blog-post-accepting-friction/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:30:36

• "I promised my first wife that I would write more professionally this year." ☛ https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/2025/01/2024-databases-retrospective.html |    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:43:17

• "When I wrote my previous post about WordPress leadership, I had anticipated getting a lot of comments." ☛ https://joost.blog/wordpress-comment-cookies-and-caching/ | Source: Joost de Valk    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:43:39

• "12 February 2025: Proposal submissions ends" ☛ https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers.html | Source: BSDCan    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:44:24

• "Biden signed the “Source Code Harmonization And Reuse in Information Technology Act” on Dec. 23." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2025/01/agencies-required-to-share-custom-software-under-new-law/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:44:58

• "Working in large established codebases is one of the hardest things to learn as a software engineer." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/large-established-codebases/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:45:43

• "If someone were to ask me, what does a software engineer do on a basic level and what makes a good software engineer? I would say, problem solving." ☛ https://syntackle.com/blog/looking-at-a-problem-as-a-developer/ | Source: Murtuzaali Surti    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:45:53

• "Tidyverse has long been an amazing collection of R packages, primarily for data engineering and data science." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/some-of-the-more-useful-tidyverse-functions/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:46:22

• "In debuggers, stepping into a function with arguments that involve function calls may step into the nested function calls, even if they are simple and uninteresting, such as those found in the C++ STL." ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/2024-12-30-skipping-boring-functions-in-debuggers | Source: MaskRay    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:46:33

• "Our first quest into the world of C++26 was about =delete with an optional error message, which improves the readability of the source code and potentially the error messages." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/01/01/cpp26-static-assert | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:46:47

• "Last month, I added code to my assembler to output BASIC code instead of binary to make it easier to use assembly subroutines from BASIC." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2024/12/31.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:47:01

• "In this post, we will implement a static search tree (S+ tree) for high-throughput searching of sorted data, as introduced on Algorithmica." ☛ https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/static-search-tree/ |    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:47:17

• "You are given an array of binary strings, @str, and two integers, $x and $y." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/zero-step.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:47:40

• "GNSS signals are broadcast over multiple frequency ranges within the L-band" ☛ https://www.sparkfun.com/news/12615 | Source: SparkFun Electronics    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:49:36

• Rumour: I.C.B.M. Will Try to Induce Mass Resignations This Month Using R.T.O. (Just Like Amazon Does This Month) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Rumour_IBM_Will_Try_to_Induce_Mass_Resignations_This_Month_Usin.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:50:54

• The Free Software Foundation's (FSF) Holiday Fund-Raising Campaign Reaches About $303,000 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/The_Free_Software_Foundation_s_FSF_Holiday_Fund_Raising_Campaig.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:51:01

• Dr. Andy Farnell Nominates Gromit the Dog "as an Unlikely Hacker Hero." ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Dr_Andy_Farnell_Nominates_Gromit_the_Dog_as_an_Unlikely_Hacker_.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:51:08

• Ivory Coast president announces French troops' departure in January ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250101-ivory-coast-president-announces-french-troops-departure-in-january    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:51:23

• The Engineering Side in 2024: A Look Back, Taking Stock ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/The_Engineering_Side_in_2024_A_Look_Back_Taking_Stock.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:51:40

• Housekeeping and Productivity ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Housekeeping_and_Productivity.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:51:48

• Geoffrey Knauth, FSF President and Treasurer, Comments on the FSF Raising Over $300,000 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Geoffrey_Knauth_FSF_President_and_Treasurer_Comments_on_the_FSF.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:53:35

• Did GAFAM or I.C.B.M. 'Downgrade' Pensions to 'Insurance' (Which Can be Denied)? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Did_GAFAM_or_IBM_Downgrade_Pensions_to_Insurance_Which_Can_be_D.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:53:47

• Tim Retout: Strauss as Pop Music ☞ https://retout.co.uk/2025/01/01/strauss-as-pop-music/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:55:25

• FSF-EEE (Colonial Splinter Group Based in Germany) Promotes Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/FSF_EEE_Colonial_Splinter_Group_Based_in_Germany_Promotes_Micro.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:55:40

• Sitting on a Mountain of Money (Almost 8 Million Dollars) is "Pro Bono" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Sitting_on_a_Mountain_of_Money_Almost_8_Million_Dollars_is_Pro_.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:55:49

• Syrians celebrate New Year after fall of Assad regime ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250101-syrians-celebrate-new-year-without-assad-in-power    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:56:07

• "2024 Brought Even More Customization To Boxes.py" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/2024-brought-even-more-customization-to-boxes-py/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:56:27

• Addendum: What the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) Really Is ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Addendum_What_the_Software_Freedom_Law_Center_SFLC_Really_Is.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:56:39

• [Meme] The Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Syndrome (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Meme_The_Microsoft_Syndrome.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:56:52

• CyberShow Blog Upgraded, RSS Feed Added (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/CyberShow_Blog_Upgraded_RSS_Feed_Added.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:57:02

• Microsoft Tries to Force People Into Vista 11 by Stopping Vista 10 Patching, Herding Them Into TPMdom (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Microsoft_Tries_to_Force_People_Into_Vista_11_by_Stopping_Vista.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:57:15

• Year in photos: Lens of empathy captures stories of resilience across borders ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/01/01/best-of-photojournalism-2024-pictures/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:57:36

• Triumph and tragedy, sometimes in one day? That was local news photography in 2024. ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/01/triumph-and-tragedy-sometimes-in-one-day-that-was-local-news-photography-in-2024/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:57:46

• You can customize this Raspberry Pi eInk display with tons of cool plugins ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/you-can-customize-this-raspberry-pi-eink-display-with-tons-of-cool-plugins    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 09:59:46

• Guido Günther: Free Software Activities December 2024 ☞ https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_December_2024.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:00:09

• An Algol 68 front end for GCC ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1003916/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:00:42

• Colin Watson: Free software activity in December 2024 ☞ https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/activity-2024-12.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:01:35

• Jose E. Marchesi: Algol 68 Front-End for GCC ☞ http://jemarch.net    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:01:53

• "PeaZip, the versatile file archiver utility, has just unveiled its latest release—PeaZip 10.2" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/peazip-10-2-file-archiver-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:04:22

• PeaZip 10.2 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with Qt 6 Package for GNU/Linux ☞ https://9to5linux.com/peazip-10-2-open-source-archive-manager-released-with-qt-6-package-for-linux    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:04:57

• Russ Allbery: 2024 Book Reading in Review ☞ https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2025-01/001.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:12:18

• Clever tools for managing your video viewing time ☞ https://harishpillay.com/2025/01/02/clever-tools-for-managing-your-video-viewing-time/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:12:37

• GNU/Linux Gained About 0.5% Last Year, According to StatCounter ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/GNU_Linux_Gained_About_0_5_Last_Year_According_to_StatCounter.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:14:08

• Software Freedom Conservancy Inc (SFC) Lost Revenue and Also Got Rid of "Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion" (Sage A Sharp, Formerly Known as Sarah Sharp, Who Ran an Ill-Spirited Campaign Against Linus Torvalds, Theodore Tso, and Other Prominent GNU/Linux Developers) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_Inc_SFC_Lost_Revenue_and_Also_Got_.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:14:15

• Last Day of 2024 Was Spent by Brittany Day Publishing Only Fake 'Articles' (LLM Slop) About "Linux", Joined by Serial Slopper Brian Fagioli ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Last_Day_of_2024_Was_Spent_by_Brittany_Day_Publishing_Only_Fake.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:14:23

• Microsoft FakeHub: Identity Theft in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub (Microsoft Won't Bother Addressing It; It Gives a False Impression of Adoption by GNU/Linux Veterans) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Microsoft_FakeHub_Identity_Theft_in_Microsoft_GitHub_Microsoft_.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:14:31

• Steam On GNU/Linux Ends 2024 With A Nice Boost To Its Marketshare, AMD GNU/Linux CPU Use At 74% ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-December-2024    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:15:22

• "Update: New figures are out. Steam Survey shows GNU/Linux at 2.3%." http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/GNU_Linux_Gained_About_0_5_Last_Year_According_to_StatCounter.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:18:20

• Filipe Rosset: Fedora rawhide – fixed bugs 2024/08 ☞ https://ro7bit.wordpress.com/2024/12/31/fedora-rawhide-fixed-bugs-2024-08/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:21:28

• Filipe Rosset: Latest Updates on Bugs and Packages for Fedora – qbittorrent, zmap, homebank, parallel, etc ☞ https://ro7bit.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/latest-updates-on-bugs-and-packages-for-fedora-qbittorrent-zmap-homebank-parallel-etc/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:21:39

• Gemini Protocol Continued to Grow in 2024 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Gemini_Protocol_Continued_to_Grow_in_2024.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:23:43

• Leveraging Hey Hi (AI) to Enhance Functional Programming in 2025 ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/leveraging-ai-to-enhance-functional-programming-in-2025/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:26:33

• Unlocking CBRT Data in R: A Guide to the CBRT R Package ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/unlocking-cbrt-data-in-r-a-guide-to-the-cbrt-r-package/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:26:57

• How to List All Users in MySQL Database ☞ https://idroot.us/list-users-mysql/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:29:41

• How To Install Ajenti Control Panel on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-ajenti-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:29:55

• How To Install Drupal on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-drupal-linux-mint-22/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:30:21

• No, it's proprietary spyware controlled by the most hostile company; try KATE instead. ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-vscode-on-rocky-linux/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:31:47

• tail Command in Linux: Practical Examples and Use Cases ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/tail-command-in-linux-practical-examples-and-use-cases/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:32:00

• How To Install Umami Analytics on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-umami-analytics-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:32:10

• How To Install MediaWiki on Fedora 41 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mediawiki-fedora-41/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:32:17

• How To Install LXDE Desktop on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-lxde-desktop-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:32:21

• Decentralization... UNLIKE the EFF, which plays social control media games and endorses proprietary, centralised ones ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/decentralization-reaches-turning-point-2024-review | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:33:37

• Misuse of the label and buzzword "Hey Hi"; EFF should know better and used to know better☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/deepening-government-use-ai-and-e-government-transition-latin-america-2024-review | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:34:33

• Employees Speak Out: Google, Apple, Microsoft, & defective chip maker Intel Discriminate Against White Men ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/employees-speak-out-google-apple    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:34:46

• Rain Code - A New Danganronpa?! Review on GNU/Linux and Steam Deck ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/rain-code-review/index.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:35:24

• DOS live USB image with tools for writers ☞ https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/93734.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:35:57

• "he development team behind Nobara Linux has officially unveiled Nobara 41, a brand-new release designed for gaming and content creation, just in time for the start of 2025" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-based-nobara-linux-41-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:37:26

• "There are people out there who set up unusual (Unix) environments for themselves from scratch; for example, Mike Hoye recently wrote Idiosyncra." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/MyAncientXDesktop | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:37:55

• "This jam is open to both digital and analog games – choose the medium that excites you!" ☛ https://itch.io/jam/gaming-like-its-1929 | Source: Itch Corp    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:38:18

• "it should be noted that this pre-alpha version (officially labeled 2.90.0) is far from ready" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/pidgin-3-0-pre-alpha-version-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:39:15

• "We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the first experimental version of Pidgin 3.0!!!" ☛ https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-experimental-1-has-been-released/227 |    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:39:45

• "If you're reading this soon after the piece is published, 2025 is a fresh new year" ☛ https://nxdomain.no/~peter/suitably_bizarre_start_of_the_year_2025.html | Source: Peter N M Hansteen    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:42:24

• "This type of behavior poses a problem for real-time applications." ☛ https://syntackle.com/blog/websockets-101-JiIrdn/ | Source: Murtuzaali Surti    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:42:30

• "There was a recent discussion about how Linux's “Fixes” tag, which traditionally uses the 12 character commit SHA prefix" ☛ https://people.kernel.org/kees/colliding-with-the-sha-prefix-of-linuxs-initial-git-commit | Source: Linux    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:43:00

• Filipe Rosset: Fedora rawhide – fixed bugs 2024/10 ☞ https://ro7bit.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/fedora-rawhide-fixed-bugs-2024-08-2/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:43:50

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1003913/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:44:15

• In Operating Systems, Surveillance Giant Google Was the Biggest Winner in 2024 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/In_Operating_Systems_Google_Was_the_Biggest_Winner_in_2024.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:44:29

• kdesrc-build with 3rd-party applications ☞ https://cukic.co/2025/01/01/kdesrc-build-custom    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:46:11

• Apple reportedly ceases Vision Pro production amid sluggish sales ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/apple-reportedly-ceases-vision-pro-production-amid-sluggish-sales/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:47:01

• Meta plans to flood social control media with AI-generated users and content ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/meta-plans-flood-social-media-ai-generated-users-content/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:50:01

• That's just "late stage social control media" because they recognise that social control media is dying, even as a business model    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:50:55

• "LED Wall Clock Gets Raspberry Pi Pico Upgrade" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/led-wall-clock-gets-raspberry-pi-pico-upgrade/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:54:09

• Just One Cigarette Steals 20 Minutes of Your Life Expectancy, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/just-one-cigarette-steals-20-minutes-of-your-life-expectancy-study-finds    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:56:17

• 2025 Officially Marks The Start of a New Human Generation ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/2025-officially-marks-the-start-of-a-new-human-generation    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:56:32

• Kickstart 2025 With Quadrantids Peak, One of The Best Meteor Showers All Year ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/kickstart-2025-with-quadrantids-peak-one-of-the-best-meteor-showers-all-year    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:56:45

• The Size of Your Pupils While You Sleep Could Reveal The Memories You're Reliving ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-size-of-your-pupils-while-you-sleep-could-reveal-the-memories-youre-reliving    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:57:00

• Volcanic Activity Beneath Yellowstone's Massive Caldera Could Be on The Move ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/volcanic-activity-beneath-yellowstones-massive-caldera-could-be-on-the-move    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:57:21

• Here Are 4 Things We Need to Consider Before We Mine Our Moon ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/here-are-4-things-we-need-to-consider-before-we-mine-our-moon    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:57:43

• Pooping Before You Exercise Has an Incredible Effect on Performance ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/pooping-before-you-exercise-has-an-incredible-effect-on-performance    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:57:57

• Common ADHD Drug Could Make Some People Better Drivers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/common-adhd-drug-could-make-some-people-better-drivers    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:58:18

• Overview of Content Published in December ☞ https://blog.didierstevens.com/2025/01/01/overview-of-content-published-in-december-9/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:58:42

• Judge upholds most of California’s ban on ‘addictive feeds’ for children ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/judge-upholds-californias-ban-addictive-feeds-children/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 10:59:33

• Editors’ picks for 2024: ‘The danger of Hey Hi (AI) in war: it doesn’t care about self-preservation’ ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2024-the-danger-of-ai-in-war-it-doesnt-care-about-self-preservation/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:00:12

• Orange-ball menu entries install bug ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202501/orange-ball-menu-entries-install-bug.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:02:03

• Gaza Residents Endure Harsh Conditions as Israel-Hamas War Continues Into 2025 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-strike.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:03:24

• New Year brings another deadly Israeli strike on Jabalia in northern Gaza ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250101-new-year-brings-another-deadly-israeli-strike-on-jabalia-in-northern-gaza    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:03:31

• Tensions Escalate After Pakistan Pounds Afghanistan With Airstrikes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/world/asia/pakistan-afghanistan-taliban.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:03:37

• Russia launches deadly New Year’s Day aerial attack on Kyiv ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250101-russia-launches-deadly-new-year-s-day-aerial-attack-on-kyiv    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:06:12

• Moldova declares state of emergency as Russia-Ukraine gas deal ends ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250101-moldova-declares-state-of-emergency-as-russia-ukraine-gas-deal-ends    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:06:28

• US imposes sanctions on Russia judge over detention of activist ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/us-imposes-sanctions-on-russia-judge-over-detention-of-activist/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:07:01

• Russia Targets Ukraine With Scores Of Drones; Kyiv Says 63 Downed ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-strike-january-1-kyiv-air-defenses-/33260019.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:07:42

• World braces for major changes in 2025 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250101-world-braces-for-major-changes-in-2025    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:07:53

• Editors’ picks for 2024: ‘As important as Ukraine is, a Taiwan war must be Australia’s biggest worry’ ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2024-as-important-as-ukraine-is-a-taiwan-war-must-be-australias-biggest-worry/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:08:05

• Why Did Ukraine Halt the Flow of Russia’s Natural Gas to Europe? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/world/europe/ukraine-russia-gas-europe-explained.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:08:22

• Ukraine Halts the Flow of Natural Gas From Russia to Europe ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/world/europe/russia-ukraine-natural-gas-europe.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:08:39

• Zelensky Expresses Hope for 2025, but Russia Presses On With Attacks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-zelensky.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:08:50

• Ukraine Says It Downed Russian Helicopter With Sea Drone For First Time ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/air-raid-sirens-blare-across-ukraine-explosions-heard-in-kyiv/33258909.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:09:03

• US sanctions Iranian, Russian entities over election interference efforts ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/us-sanctions-iranian-russian-entities-election-interference-efforts/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:09:39

• Truly nonsense from employee of a monopoly; the SFC is fronting for this monopoly and actively censors community members who criticise this monopoly ☞ https://gnu.wildebeest.org/blog/mjw/2025/01/01/supporting-software-freedom-conservancy-in-2025/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:12:38

• Mother of Proprietary Chaffbot Company Whistleblower Says Her Son Was Murdered (He Accused Proprietary Chaffbot Company of Copyright Violations at a Massive Scale, Proprietary Chaffbot Company is Running Out of Money That It Borrowed) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Mother_of_OpenAI_Whistleblower_Says_Her_Son_Was_Murdered_He_Acc.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:15:51

• Happy Public Domain Day 2025! ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/01/public-domain-day-2025    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:16:10

• Big Rockets, a Big Telescope and Big Changes in Space Await in 2025 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/science/space-astronomy-nasa.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:16:59

• Evidence Against Drinking Has Grown. Will Federal Advice Change? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/health/alcohol-dietary-guidelines.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:17:18

• Live this New Year with Considered Agency ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/01/live-this-new-year-with-considered-agency/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:17:43

• Facing unprecedented arrest over martial law, South Korea’s Yoon vows to ‘fight till end’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-yoon-facing-unprecedented-arrest-over-martial-law-vows-to-fight-till-end    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:18:28

• The footage shows faulty wheels/landing gear - further concurred by a similar incident a day later. Will US cover up? Boeing seems to be murdering whistleblowers, so any conclusions they reach should be treated sceptically. ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-initial-data-extracted-from-jeju-air-crash-black-box-voice-recorder    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:20:08

• Seems to be about more an some bird; are they covering up to deny damage claims? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-choi-orders-immediate-action-on-aircraft-inspection-as-crash-probe-ramps-up    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:20:56

• South Korea's rampant corruption issue coming to light ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-yoon-facing-unprecedented-arrest-over-martial-law-vows-to-fight-till-end    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:21:29

• Even their system of justice collapsed last month ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/south-korea-acting-president-to-urgently-fill-constitutional-court-vacancies-amid-political-turmoil/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:22:09

• No Newcastle disease found in country’s bird’s nest products: Malaysian officials ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/no-newcastle-disease-virus-in-our-birds-nest-products-malaysian-officials    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:22:29

• Malaysia Edition: Thumbs up for Anwar’s investment push | From secret society to karaoke club: How Chinese clans stay relevant ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-edition-thumbs-up-for-anwars-investment-push-from-secret-society-to-karaoke-club-how    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:22:46

• Malaysia yet to license most social control media platforms as new rules to curb online harm kick in ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-yet-to-license-most-social-media-as-new-rules-to-curb-online-harm-kick-off    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:23:01

• FLOSS Weekly Episode 814 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/floss-weekly-episode-814-the-banksy-situation/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:25:58

• Junichi Uekawa: Happy New Year. ☞ http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2025-Jan-1.html.en#2025-Jan-1-12:55:57 "Kids are taking my time."    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:33:46

• End Of Russian Gas Transit A Defeat For Moscow, Zelenskiy Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-gas-gazprom-supplies/33259941.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:34:06

• "development of U.S. patent monopoly law" ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/2024-federal-circuit-review.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:35:25

• Three of the best: Podcasts ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/01/02/three-of-the-best-podcasts-4/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:36:17

• WHO calls on China to release all data on COVID-19 origins ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/01/china-who-covid19-origins-data/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:37:38

• China says it shared Covid-19 info ‘without holding anything back’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/01/china-says-it-shared-covid-19-info-without-holding-anything-back/ lockdowns and deaths "made in China"?    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:38:22

• Nepal’s gongfu nuns kick off reopening of nunnery to public after five years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/nepals-kung-fu-nuns-kick-off-reopening-of-nunnery-to-public-after-five-years "The nunnery was forced to close its doors to the public due to the Covid-19 pandemic."    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:38:55

• IRS deploys Hey Hi (AI) tools to combat emerging tech’s role in new fraud schemes ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2025/01/irs-deploys-ai-tools-to-combat-emerging-techs-role-in-new-fraud-schemes/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:39:32

• Encode and the ‘godfather of AI’ join Elon Musk’s bid to block OpenAI’s for-profit switch ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/encode-godfather-ai-join-elon-musks-bid-block-openais-profit-switch/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Mother_of_OpenAI_Whistleblower_Says_Her_Son_Was_Murdered_He_Acc.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:40:40

• Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump Hotel leaves one dead, FBI investigates possible terrorism ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-outside-trump-hotel-leaves-one-dead-fbi-investigates-possible-terrorism/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:41:17

• New Year's Resolutions Didn't Stick in 2024? Scientists Say Try This For 2025 ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-years-resolutions-didnt-stick-in-2024-scientists-say-try-this-for-2025    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:41:46

• "weak consumption and soaring government debt."☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/01/xi-says-china-must-apply-more-proactive-macroeconomic-policies-in-2025/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:42:26

• Xi says China’s 2024 GDP growth set to hit target of around 5% ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-says-chinas-2024-gdp-growth-set-to-hit-target-of-around-5    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:42:37

• In 2024, China saw warmest year in decades, breaking records yet again ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/in-2024-china-saw-warmest-year-in-decades-breaking-records-yet-again    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:42:54

• Kim Jong Un attends New Year’s celebrations, gets card from China’s Xi: North Korean state media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-attends-new-years-celebrations-receives-card-from-chinas-xi-kcna-says    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:43:13

• Fedora-Based Nobara 41 Gaming Distro Switches to Open-Source NVIDIA Driver ☞ https://9to5linux.com/fedora-based-nobara-41-gaming-distro-switches-to-open-source-nvidia-driver    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:44:36

• What Do You Want to See From Ubuntu in 2025? ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/what-do-you-want-to-see-from-ubuntu-in-2025    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:45:30

• TartanGenerator ☞ https://rubenerd.com/tartangenerator/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:46:07

• GNS3 – network simulator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gns3-network-simulator/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:46:56

• CachyOS Is an Arch GNU/Linux Distribution for (Almost) Everyone ☞ https://thenewstack.io/cachyos-is-an-arch-linux-distribution-for-almost-everyone/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:47:14

• Top 10 must-have apps for new GNU/Linux users in 2025 ☞ https://www.neowin.net/guides/top-10-must-have-apps-for-new-linux-users-in-2025/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:55:36

• Linux removing an outdated, insecure Abusive Monopolist Microsoft USB network protocol that's still on backdoored Windows ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-removing-an-outdated-insecure-microsoft-usb-network-protocol-thats-still-on-windows/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:55:55

• Sparky news 2024/12 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2024-12/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:56:46

• "because why not?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/turning-a-lada-into-an-ev-with-50-cordless-drills-because-why-not/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:57:38

• "Metamaterials" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/creating-temporal-light-reflections-with-metamaterials/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:57:50

• "Taking Down The Power Grid Over Radio" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/38c3-taking-down-the-power-grid-over-radio/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:58:12

• DOOM ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/is-there-nothing-doom-cant-do/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 11:59:28

• To tech professionals, "tech" just means work. Not play. To people who "play" social control media the concept of "tech" is also work... like harvesting fake "friends" online and "like mine and I will like yours". To really relax you go out, order some coffee, and chat with somebody. No tech needed. No WiFi etc.    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 12:43:30

• Legendary London Taxi Producer Hit by Strikes and Layoffs    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 12:53:06

• "Tango was shuttered by former owner Microsoft" https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/new-year-new-you-tango-gameworks-reborn-as-tango-gameworks-inc    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 12:55:28

• "Trump said he is using some H1-B visa holders in his companies... Like where? Most, if not all H1-B visas are issued to IT folks... What a joke!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 12:55:53

• "swamy and elmo should start companies in india ... to get its full benefit" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 12:56:16

• Trump Media Outsourced Jobs https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-media-outsourced-jobs-mexico-truth-social    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 12:57:18

• "This H1-B visa program is a total joke and quite disgusting... Go ask the Indians working in IT... they are essentially slaves who have to work 12-14 hours a day (including weekends) and are paid really badly with no raises at all. They have no choice to work like dogs to hope that after 3 years their currently employer will do the paperwork to renew their H1-B." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 12:58:02

• "n the meantime, this is lowering down the salaries for the IT professions. If you are studying computer science or for any other computer related degrees and you are a US citizen or green card holder, I would think twice!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 12:58:25

• "Rumor has it that IBM will force most people back into the office 5 days a week starting the 3 week of January. Let's see if that comes true." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wfs0utp    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 12:59:46

• 🔤SpellBinding — UCDIJLA Wordo: DELIS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2025-01-02.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 13:10:26

• "So I've been getting back into it, slowly. And here are a few pieces of advice that you didn't ask for but I'm gonna give you anyway." gemini://the-brannons.com/perl-advice/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 13:11:23

• Desktop Operating System Market Share Australia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/australia/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 14:16:57

• "I have written several times on switching over from Windows to Linux, as it can be advantageous for some people, such as those with older computers. What I haven't really spoken about are the top apps you should use after switching to Linux for the best experience; that's what I'll try to do now." https://www.neowin.net/guides/top-10-must-have-apps-for-new-linux-users-in-2025/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 14:59:48

• "If you're feeling adventurous and want an operating system that will allow you to grow your skills, CachyOS is a great option." https://thenewstack.io/cachyos-is-an-arch-linux-distribution-for-almost-everyone/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 15:00:22

• DJ Bay is no a musical instrument. Most of rap isn't vocals. It's just someone talking.    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 15:01:07

• (not)    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 15:01:18

• "PeaZip 10.2 is out today as a new update to this open-source, free, and cross-platform file compression and encryption software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows." https://9to5linux.com/peazip-10-2-open-source-archive-manager-released-with-qt-6-package-for-linux    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 15:02:10

• 4% GNU/Linux https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/germany/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 16:59:13

• Venezuela https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/venezuela/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:00:10

• GNU/Linux 23% in Norway https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/norway/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:01:35

• ChromeOS 17% in Sweden https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/sweden/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:02:15

• Also up in Finland https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/finland/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:02:46

• 5% in Denmark https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/denmark/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:03:27

• FSF raised 313k US dollars so far. Still increasing fast.    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:19:21

• PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202501/page12.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:39:40

• January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day In The U.S. https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:40:16

• Tip Top Tips: Is Your Handbrake Too Hot to Handle? Try cpulimit https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202501/page10.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:41:56

• Repo Review: OnlyOffice Desktop Editors https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202501/page02.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:42:23

• GIMP Tutorial: Create A Wave Effect https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202501/page06.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:42:58

• Could KDE & Gnome Have Their Own Distro? https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202501/page04.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:44:01

• Brian Fagioli's latest 'article' is typical marketing SPAM. "BETANEWS" is a bloody joke!    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:47:17

• "Layoffs 2024: 542 Tech Companies Fire Over 1,51,000 Employees This Year" - does NOT count all the layoffs and quiet/silent layoffs. Bad information is misleading, worse than none at all.    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:49:43

• "Year ender 2024: The year that saw big tech job cuts surge"    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:50:08

• A lot of those jobs were NOT even "tech" jobs, just some bad jobs in companies wrongly labeled "tech"    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:50:40

• "11 of the 20 companies on the list are services/staffing companies. WITCH, IBM, Accenture, Deloitte, etc. They should not be allowed to sponsor H1Bs. And yes, tariffs should apply." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:51:27

• "relevant link: The Truth About H-1B Visas https://neuburger.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-h-1b-visas " (via IBM layoffs)    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:51:53

• Apple Vision Pro production may have ended: is ‘spatial computing’ dead? https://www.techzine.eu/news/applications/127485/apple-vision-pro-production-may-have-ended-is-spatial-computing-dead/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:54:14

• Apple stops Vision Pro production amid weak demand and customer dissatisfaction https://www.techspot.com/news/106170-apple-may-have-ended-production-vision-pro-headset.html    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:54:42

• Apple Drops Vision Pro Headset Production: End of an Era https://glassalmanac.com/apple-drops-vision-pro-headset-production-end-of-an-era/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:55:08

• Finally updated: "[ No upcoming talks. ]" https://stallman.org/    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:57:34

• "The reason he was not reelected seems to be that Republicans made a deal with Iran so that they would refuse to make a deal with the US government to free the US embassy hostages until after the 1980 election." https://stallman.org/archives/2024-nov-feb.html#1_January_2025_(Jimmy_Carter's_good_work)    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 17:58:44

• "It seem to me that countries must armor their undersea cables to make sabotage physically more difficult. The method needs to be cheap compared with the cable. Not being an expert, I can only speculate, Putting a meter or two of boulders over the cable might work, or maybe concrete blocks with holes to lift them by." https://stallman.org/archives/2024-nov-feb.html#1_January_2025_(Undersea_cables_sabotage,_CHI,_RUS)    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 18:00:30

• Windows is the 6% in Iraq https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/iraq/#monthly-202209-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 18:05:53

• GNU/Linux that much higher? Obv. some mistake https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/iceland/#monthly-202209-202501 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/iceland/#monthly-202209-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 18:07:28

• Windows down sharply in Turkey https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/turkey/#monthly-202209-202501 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/turkey/#monthly-202209-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 18:09:17

• Gulagboy again publicly positioning himself with Hamas. Stay classy, Microsoft.    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 18:31:25

• (Also talking to Microsoft employees in public, sometimes inviting them to his place)    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 18:32:32

• LF pays one person from India MORE than it pays the WHOLE of South Asia (India included). When you pay a million bucks a year to some people... like they're NBA players rather than grifters who do NOT even use Linux! https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/460503801/202443199349309069/full    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 18:44:07

• LF: we have 200 million dollars in the bank, so we'll give just 622,162 dollars to the whole of South Asia. Makes sense...?    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 18:47:00

• Ninxit gopher://sdfeu.org:70/0/users/glaciurso/phlog/2025-01-02__Ninxit.md    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 21:28:11

• "First post in the new year, so a happy new year to anyone reading this!" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/020125.txt    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 21:31:06

• "I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, especially not the extreme ones like hitting the gym every day. Let’s face it—those rarely last beyond a few weeks. Instead, I like to dedicate each year to focusing on something specific" gemini://rohitfarmer.com/gemlog/2025/2025-01-02-goals-2025.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 21:32:20

• The Microsofter is still at it gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2025-01-02-linux-still-sucks.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 21:33:09

• "Old Nick is reliably a fun time, this EP celebrates their 5 year anniversary! Tears Of A Crying Wolf is the winner on this for me, diving headlong into techno and wolf howl samples." gemini://bogbody.smol.pub/music-2025-01-02    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 21:34:25

• "I have made some great progress on my upcoming video game. I have a smooth movement system and art style. I'm currently doing a refactoring of the whole project." gemini://p3tzel.smol.pub/imback1    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 21:35:12

• "es, some companies abuse the H1B visas. For many upper level it technical positions the top candidates are international. Just saying “hire US” is fine, but realize at this point it often will mean second-tier talent. The solution is a longer term revamping of the culture around education and US universities delivering top US-born candidates." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 21:39:33

• When they no longer need them or they become a 'burden' https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-whistleblower-suchir-balaji-mother-murder-claims    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 21:40:49

• Windows "7" in Yemen https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/yemen/#monthly-200901-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 21:44:10

• https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/italy/#monthly-200901-202501   

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 21:45:29

• Android dominates https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/italy/#monthly-200901-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 21:45:35

• New high for GNU/Linux https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/france/#monthly-200901-202501    

posted Thursday, January 02, 2025 at 21:46:33