Roy Schestowitz

• "Wondering ? What percentage of IBMers invest in IBM stock?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vUbE4Xe Ponzi scheme to increase "value" of IBM by gambling with workers' money    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 05:15:01

• "There's the ESPP program that gives folks a 15% discount on shares, so probably a surprising amount in raw numbers. In terms of those who actually hold onto those shares... given your employment is tied to the company you're investing in, you've almost got double exposure to them - doesn't feel like a wise thing to hold onto for a long duration."    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 05:15:25

• "Agree with the above. I take advantage of the ESPP but transfer to my brokerage and sell immediately." Some don't, so IBM can fake its supposed value at other people's expense.    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 05:16:01

• "Whoever is looking into this ought to also look at other visa categories (e.g. L1) where even more expats are brought in. Difference is that H1B (as someone else stated) is for "specialty occupation" workers requiring a degree and subject to an annual cap, while an L1 is for intra-company transfers within a multinational company, with no cap and faster green card processing (more details here" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 05:17:01

• "A lot of this movement can likely still be explained by the overall drop in Simplified Chinese once again, which saw a 3.53% change." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/linux-user-share-on-steam-ended-2024-on-a-high-note/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 06:17:22

• "With this release UMU-Protonfixes, their database of specific tweaks for games, was also updated with more games and some fixes added or removed (no longer needed) for" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ge-proton-9-22-released-with-lots-of-game-fixes-for-linux-steam-deck/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 06:17:40

• "Now, just over two years later on 23 December 2024, the commit has finally been pushed again. In the message accompanying it, Hartman explained how this ancient Windows XP-era Microsoft protocol is no longer necessary and it also makes the system insecure and vulnerable to threats." https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-removing-an-outdated-insecure-microsoft-usb-network-protocol-thats-still-on-windows/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 06:17:59

• "So 2025 should be another golden year for Ubuntu, those of us using it, and the Linux and open-source community as a whole." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/what-do-you-want-to-see-from-ubuntu-in-2025    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 06:18:27

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posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 06:18:59

• Why is MSM not covering those topics? No bribe from 'advertisers'? https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-most-popular-linux-gaming-articles-of-2024/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 06:19:06

• "The Nobar Project released today Nobara 41 as the latest version of this Fedora-based Linux distribution for gamers that features unique, in-house tools and lots of performance improvements." https://9to5linux.com/fedora-based-nobara-41-gaming-distro-switches-to-open-source-nvidia-driver    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 06:19:22

• "Many hardcore Linux users love tiling window managers meant to optimize screen space for productivity. But I'm fine with regular stacking window behavior. Here's why." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-im-not-sold-on-linux-tiling-window-managers/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 06:19:48

• Apple to pay $95 million to settle Siri privacy lawsuit : NPR ⚓ https://www.npr.org/2025/01/03/g-s1-40940/apple-settle-lawsuit-siri-privacy "Apple isn't acknowledging wrongdoing in the settlement, which still must be approved by a U.S. District judge. Lawyers in the case have proposed scheduling a Feb. 14 court hearing to review the terms."    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 07:47:07

• "If Y2K happened today, it would be far, far worse" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/twentyfive_years_y2k/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 07:47:53

• iophk: The 1LzYear 2038 problem is going to be a big problem because embedded devices with 32-bit time are still being deployed and it is quite feasible that a large number of them will still be in use by then.    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 07:48:02

• "64-bit Time on OpenBSD" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20130813072244 https://www.openbsd.org/55.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 07:48:07

• iophk: The LA Times also turns NN into partisanship rather than as a matter affecting _*all*_ US residents and citizens: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-01-02/fccs-net-neutrality-rules-struck-down-blow-to-president-biden http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Jeff_Bezos_Washington_Post_Spreads_Political_Propaganda_Against.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 08:30:54

• "The community-build of Proton, GE-Proton, was updated with a new version that updates various upstream components and adds plenty of game fixes for Linux desktop and Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ge-proton-9-22-released-with-lots-of-game-fixes-for-linux-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:06:11

• "Another year is finished and so Valve have now put up the results of The Steam Awards for 2024. No surprises on most of them." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/heres-the-winners-of-2024-the-steam-awards-with-god-of-war-ragnarok-the-best-game-on-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:06:24

• "Valve have put up the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2024, which shows that the Linux share ended 2024 in December with a nice boost." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/linux-user-share-on-steam-ended-2024-on-a-high-note/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:06:36

• "After many months of work there's a lot new in this release for the free and open source game that continues to impress." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/veloren-the-free-and-open-source-action-adventure-rpg-update-017-brings-plenty-new-to-explore/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:07:05

• "While Steam continues to grow with it repeatedly breaking the concurrent online user counts throughout 2024, we also saw 2024 as the biggest in terms of game releases ever too." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/valve-saw-a-record-breaking-nearly-19-000-games-released-on-steam-in-2024/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:08:48

• "2025 is shaping up to be potentially one of the most exciting in recent memory, with more rumours about Half-Life 3 being a very real thing." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/half-life-3-rumours-are-about-again-after-a-teaser-from-g-mans-voice-actor/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:09:01

• "Palworld is enjoying a nice resurgence after the release of the Feybreak major update with a huge increase in players. Going from around a regular 45,000 players online to around 200,000 concurrent players." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/while-palworld-enjoys-a-resurgence-valve-dropped-the-rating-to-steam-deck-unsupported/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:18:34

• "The first new Humble Bundle of games for 2025 is here, and it's starting you off with some typing and language adventures to sink your fingers into" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/grab-some-typing-adventures-and-language-learning-in-the-latest-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:18:42

• "Developer Eric Barone "ConcernedApe", has updated the Stardew Valley website with some new figures showing the pixel-art farming life-sim has only continued to grow." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/stardew-valley-hits-over-41-million-sales-with-millions-sold-during-2024/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:18:47

• "Somali security forces fend off Islamic State attack in Puntland" https://www.voanews.com/a/somali-security-forces-fend-off-islamic-state-attack-in-puntland/7920275.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:36:41

• "Trump claims US is global ‘laughing stock’ following attacks; Johnson prepares for crucial House speaker vote: Live" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-updates-inauguration-elon-musk-b2672807.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:37:04

• "Terrorism is spreading in west Africa – foreign and regional collaboration are needed to fight the threat - defenceWeb" https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/terrorism-is-spreading-in-west-africa-foreign-and-regional-collaboration-are-needed-to-fight-the-threat/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:37:18

• "Russia’s gas supply to Europe halted after Ukraine transit deal expires" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/01/russia-gas-flow-europe-cut-ukraine/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:37:35

• "Syrian ministers visit Saudi Arabia to reset regional ties" https://www.semafor.com/article/01/02/2025/syrian-ministers-visit-saudi-arabia-as-country-seeks-to-reset-regional-ties    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:37:46

• "Everything we know about Shamsud Din Jabbar, accused suspect in New Orleans attack - lonestarlive.com" https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/01/everything-we-know-about-shamsud-din-jabbar-accused-suspect-in-new-orleans-attack.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:37:57

• "Last year, the Rolling Stones went on tour again and were sponsored by—I am serious—the AARP." https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/01/the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-should-not-exist/681201/ ("The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Should Not Exist")    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:39:02

• They make is sound like a 'democrat' thing https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/02/us-appeals-court-slaps-down-biden-backed-net-neutrality-laws/ ("US Appeals Court Slaps Down Biden-Backed Net Neutrality Laws") http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Jeff_Bezos_Washington_Post_Spreads_Political_Propaganda_Against.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:40:01

• "Legal expert untangles Supreme Court and Project 2025 on FFRF TV show  — Freedom From Religion Foundation" https://ffrf.org/news/releases/legal-expert-untangles-supreme-court-and-project-2025-on-ffrf-tv-show/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:40:25

• "Clean" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/02/midwest-wins-funding-for-a-new-hydrogen-hub-not-everyone-is-convinced-its-clean/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:42:33

• "From space-themed games to digital art, discover our hands-on activities that inspire young coders to learn and build essential skills." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/ready-to-remix-favourite-projects-to-tinker-with/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:43:01

• "Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/us-navy-shipbuilding-donald-trump | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:44:00

• "In 2022, a group of Israel-based TV companies obtained a court order in the U.S. It compelled every ISP in the country to block three resilient pirate sites that blocking in Israel had failed to stop." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/tv-group-couldnt-force-u-s-isps-to-block-pirates-uk-isps-may-offer-help-250102/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:48:40

• "It’s a new year and I’m between jobs" ☛ https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2025/too-many-subscriptions/ | Source: Luke Harris    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:56:17

• "What this extended exercise did, more than anything" ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/listen-to-what | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 09:56:24

• "struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s landmark net neutrality rules" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/technology/net-neutrality-rules-fcc.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:05:34

• "formally killed the FCC's April order" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/fcc_net_neutrality_rules_killed/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:05:49

• "ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have the authority" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/2/24334309/net-neutrality-struck-down-sixth-circuit-chevron-deference | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:06:10

• "cited the Supreme Court's June decision in a case known as Loper Bright to overturn a 1984 precedent" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/us-appeals-court-blocks-biden-administration-effort-to-restore-net-neutrality-rules/7922331.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:06:46

• "For these reasons, we grant the petitions for review and set aside the FCC’s Safeguarding Order." ☛ https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/25a0002p-06.pdf |    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:06:54

• "Prosecutors said Vu suffered a brain bleed and a broken neck and eye socket." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/02/oklahoma-ag-steps-up-to-ensure-cop-who-broke-71-year-old-mans-neck-wont-face-criminal-charges/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:36:26

• tortured ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-kurdish-three-kurdish-women-reportedly-tortured-in-turkish-prison/7922595.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:36:47

• "The reporting focus and responsibility needs to be flipped." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-modern-slavery-endemic-global-chains.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:37:09

• "randomised drug testing" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fintech-company-begin-drug-testing-swedish-employees-january-ahead-ipo-move-1729808 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:37:30

• "A millennium ago, India was still a Buddhist headwater. Various schools flowed north and east, to China and Japan" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/13/mandalas-mapping-the-buddhist-art-of-tibet-art-review-met | Source: New Yorker    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:38:57

• "Parvais Jabbar, executive director of the London-based NGO called the Death Penalty Project" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/zimbabwe-president-signs-death-penalty-abolition-into-law/7920263.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:39:09

• "Salem announced the sale was part of a “strategic decision to exit the contemporary Christian music format” and pay off the entirety of the company’s long-term debt." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/01/atlanta-christian-radio-wfsh-shutting-down/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:39:52

• "A former Computer Weekly journalist who helped kick off the title’s reporting on the Post Office scandal has been recognised in the King’s New Year honours list for 2025." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-year-honours-2025-computer-weekly/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:40:32

• "Both journalists appealed their conviction, but their cases remain pending in the North Carolina Court of Appeals." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/in-us-court-asheville-blade-journalists-sue-over-illegal-arrests/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:43:15

• "With the exception of ABC News being weird and just throwing cash at Trump for no apparent reason, every libel lawsuit filed by Donald Trump (or his various business holdings) has failed." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/02/court-tosses-another-bogus-libel-lawsuit-brought-against-the-washington-post-by-donald-trump/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:43:31

• "Enforced disappearances continue to endanger their lives" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/01/al-qaeda-executes-yemeni-journalist-after-9-years-of-enforced-disappearance/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:55:33

• Malaysia, the world's capital of Net censorship ☛ https://itwire.com/it-industry-news/market/ict-market-revenue-in-malaysia-to-witness-15-5-cagr-over-2023-28,-forecasts-globaldata.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:56:38

• "This is following a trend that has seen more than a dozen states lose access to the incredibly popular NSFW site." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2563010/best-vpn-for-florida-pornhub-workarounds.html | Source: PC World    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:56:55

• "When Elon Musk launched his latest crusade against Wikipedia this Christmas Eve, it wasn’t just another of the billionaire’s frequent Twitter tantrums." ☛ https://www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-and-the-rights-war-on-wikipedia/ | Source: Molly White    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:57:08

• "There are no winners here. There are only varying levels of losses. The government sustains the most." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/02/censorious-citizen-partially-prevails-in-lawsuit-against-equally-censorious-govt-officials/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:57:26

• "Musk’s legal threats over these headlines are not just baseless, but dangerous. They show a disregard for free speech and an attempt to intimidate the press. And unfortunately, he’s not alone in pushing this censorial theory" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/02/elon-musk-doesnt-like-some-headlines-but-that-doesnt-make-them-defamatory/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:58:06

• "The billionaire, an advisor to the incoming Trump administration, has been tapped to run the new Department [sic] of Government Efficiency (DOGE), tasked with reducing government spending." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/musk-flummoxes-internet-with-kekius-maximus-persona/articleshow/116846285.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:59:19

• "About half of the 2,200 employees at TSMC's Fab 21 in Arizona come from Taiwan." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/50-percent-of-tsmcs-arizona-employees-are-from-taiwan-despite-recent-controversies-company-plans-to-hire-more-us-workers-over-time | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 10:59:54

• "Meta is shaking up its policy team ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, with global policy head Nick Clegg stepping down after seven years at the company." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/2/24334432/meta-trump-friendly-policy-chief-joel-kaplan-nick-clegg | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 11:00:11

• "Among the minerals are antimony (which is used in night-vision goggles and bullets), gallium (precision-guided weapons and radar systems), and germanium (powerful sensors that are mounted on tanks, ships and helicopters)." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/china-export-minerals-trump-tariffs/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 11:01:21

• "Twenty years ago next week, Oracle closed the $10.3 billion deal to buy HR and finance software specialist PeopleSoft after a fraught, drawn-out, hostile takeover." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/twenty_years_since_oracle_bought_peoplesoft/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 11:01:47

• "Ethiopian wolves love to roam the flower fields of the Bale Mountains in the south of this African country." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-01-02/the-strange-ethiopian-nectar-eating-wolf-a-predator-that-may-also-act-as-a-pollinator.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 11:03:21

• "Policymakers need to carefully guide the future consumption of electricity by AI datacenters" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/schneider_datacenter_consumption/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 11:06:53

• "They’re not alone, of course. Cargo shipping is responsible for about 3% of the world’s annual greenhouse-­gas emissions, and at the current rate of growth, the global industry could account for 10% of emissions by 2050." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/02/1108651/wind-shipping-decarbonize-climate-change/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 11:07:02

• "Uber previously attempted to develop its own driverless cars; however, the project was abandoned in 2020. Since then, Uber has partnered with independent driverless car makers Waymo and Cruise in the US and Wayve in Great Britain." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uber-ceo-open-tesla-collaboration-amid-robotaxi-race-because-competing-elon-musk-no-easy-matter-1729819 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 11:07:18

• "I was trying to clear the Replace Battery warning on my UPS after recently replacing the batteries." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/01/02/eaton-5px-console-booting-screen-shots/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 11:07:33

• "Other existing backers including billionaire Bill Gates" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/ai-powered-mineral-exploration-company-kobold-metals-raises-527m/ | Source: Silicon Angle https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 11:08:14

• iophk: Malaysia is the censorship capitol of the world and the epicenter of online sharia enforcement via being the recipient of moderation outsourcing for social control media companies like Bytedance and Meta    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 11:09:28

• "statement posted to social media" ☛ https://nypost.com/2025/01/03/us-news/new-orleans-terrorist-shamsud-din-jabbars-houston-mosque-masjid-bilal-urge-members-to-refer-fbi-inquiries-to-cair/ | Source: NYPost    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:32:55

• "most ISIS-linked attacks have occurred in the Middle East and Europe" ☛ https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/5063940-list-islamic-state-inspired-attacks-usa/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:33:13

• "Even then, officials in the Trump administration were more sanguine than their boss" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/02/isis-shadow-trump-islamic-state/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:34:11

• "He also explains how ISIS preys on people with specific skills and character traits" ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/02/veteran-ex-military-easy-isis-radicalization-new-orleans-terror-attack/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:34:28

• " left 15 people dead" ☛ https://www.vox.com/world-politics/393110/new-orleans-isis-jabbar | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:34:42

• "Belt and Road Initiative (‘BRI’)" ☛ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/02/the-influence-on-european-union-politics-of-chinas-expanding-digital-presence/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:35:10

• "Speaking on day one of the inaugural Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) Conference, organised by defenceWeb" ☛ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/commercial-satellites-are-changing-the-battlespace-and-the-balance-of-power/ | Source: Defence Web    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:35:28

• "a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/albania-tiktok-ban-sparks-debate-over-freedom-of-speech/articleshow/116880945.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:35:51

• "newly chosen regulators at the Federal Communications Commission" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-companies-face-global-tug-of-war-over-free-speech/articleshow/116869912.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:36:08

• "Don't. In production, you should use something stable, audited, and updated." ☛ https://nflatrea.bearblog.dev/rolling-your-own-crypto/ | Source: Noë Flatreaud    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:37:49

• "I’ve been included in so many hacks I’ve literally lost track of the companies now offering me a year of free credit reporting." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/02/health-giant-ascension-informs-5-6-million-patients-their-sensitive-data-was-compromised-6-months-ago/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:38:27

• "Virtual private networks, or VPNs, are one of the most effective ways to keep your data private and secure while online." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2547145/future-of-vpns-decentralized-and-post-quantum.html | Source: PC World    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:39:08

• "Court filings [PDF] reference that California requires consent from both parties for recordings." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/apple_siri_lawsuit/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:39:12

• "While I once hoped 2017 would be the year of privacy, 2024 closes on a troubling note, a likely decrease in privacy standards across the web." ☛ https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/biggest-privacy-erosion-in-10-years-on-googles-policy-change-towards-fingerprinting/ | Source: Lukasz Olejnik    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:39:33

• "Fingerprinting" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/google-is-allowing-device-fingerprinting.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:39:50

• "Surveillance capabilities used and justified by extreme circumstances often trickle down to be used on lesser crimes" ☛ https://www.404media.co/elon-musk-uses-cybertruck-explosion-to-show-tesla-can-remotely-unlock-and-monitor-vehicles/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:40:05

• "Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-to-pay-95-million-to-settle-lawsuit-accusing-siri-of-snoopy-eavesdropping/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:40:25

• "A preliminary settlement was filed on Tuesday night in the Oakland, California federal court, and requires approval by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/legal/apple-pay-95-million-settle-siri-privacy-lawsuit-2025-01-02/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:40:54

• Windows TCO: "Windows 11 24H2 is still causing problems with multifunction devices despite Microsoft marking an issue with the eSCL scan protocol as resolved." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/scanner_canon_windows_update/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:46:04

• Windows TCO: "The Tokyo-based company said in a statement that its system was targeted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack" ☛ https://therecord.media/ntt-docomo-japan-mobile-carrier-ddos-incident | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:46:23

• "exploiting a photograph of vomit to fraudulently charge" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uber-driver-exposed-using-fake-vomit-photo-scam-customer-out-80-cleaning-fee-1729833 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:48:48

• "Over the last year, Meta has been developing and promoting various new AI tools across Facebook" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/meta-plans-flood-social-media-ai-generated-users-content/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:48:54

• "In its brief, Encode argues that OpenAI’s restructuring would undermine its longheld commitment" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/encode-godfather-ai-join-elon-musks-bid-block-openais-profit-switch/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:49:22

• "Sometimes you just want to put a word on something. Crystalize it into a coherent shape so we can talk about it better." ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/01/01/cyren.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:49:55

• "Facebook is a dying mall. You go on to talk to your old high school buddies and meet a wall of ads" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/02/facebook-who-needs-users-we-have-ai-slop/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:50:12

• "Even though Windows 11's percentage of the pie is still bigger than it was this time last year" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/windows_10_grows/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:50:34

• "Two years on, the consequences of the Texas abortion ban are almost too grim to contemplate" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/babies-dumpsters-abortion-ban | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:51:13

• "Whether there’s a pattern or common link in these tragedies is not clear." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/28/abandoned-baby-texas-abortion-ban/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:51:51

• "VNS has shown promise for treating depression before, evidence of its success hasn't always been clear cut" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/vagus-nerve-stimulation-shows-lasting-effects-in-people-with-severe-depression | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:52:43

• "The Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976) was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/judge-upholds-californias-ban-addictive-feeds-children/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:53:57

• "Their work was widely read by the construction industry yet simultaneously marginalized." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/boring-cities-are-bad-for-your-health/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:54:36

• "a link between the amount of fine particulate matter" ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/air-pollution-slower-marathon-times.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:54:53

• "When you’re packing for your next adventure, a travel drone might just be your ultimate travel companion." ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/01/02/the-best-travel-drones-of-2025/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:56:17

• "My scanning experience so far: Hardbacks: almost all scan." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/01/isbn/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:57:34

• "The annual Quadrantids meteor shower is hitting peak visibility, with around 25 meteors per hour, one expert says." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-02/quadrantids-meteors-shower-southern-california-best-viewing-time | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 15:59:13

• "There might not be a mysterious 'dark' force accelerating the expansion of the Universe after all." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-energy-may-not-exist-something-stranger-might-explain-the-universe | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:00:11

• "Why, they ask, does the inner brain process thought at about 10 bits per second while the outer brain" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/01/boffins_peg_brain_data_rate/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:00:18

• "We will not be playing Glastonbury on this tour because it is a corporate turn-off, and not for me like it used to be" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/01/neil-young-drops-out-of-glastonbury/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:03:03

• "The Chrome Hearts and I were looking forward to playing Glastonbury, one of my all time favorite outdoor gigs" ☛ https://variety.com/2025/music/global/neil-young-pulls-out-glastonbury-bbc-corporate-control-1236263684/ | Source: Variety    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:03:20

• "79-year-old musician" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2263833.html | Source: RTL    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:03:45

• "BBC... wanted us to do a lot of things in a way we were not interested in" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/neil-young-dumps-glastonbury-alleging-bbc-control-101735821302736.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:05:48

• "The 79-year-old Canadian musican wrote a letter on Tuesday on his website, Neil Young Archives" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/02/neil-young-pulls-out-of-glastonbury-festival-2025-bbc | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:06:05

• "Steve Hoffman was living a very ordinary life in Shoreview when he decided to do something quite extraordinary in 2012" ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/02/steve-hoffman-memoir-season-for-that/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:06:23

• "While the Goat may have originated in Söder, a neighborhood in Stockholm, local historians in Gävle say he was conceived" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/further/the-gavle-goat-lives | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:07:14

• "Another eventful year comes to an end. As it has become tradition, here's my recap of 2024." ☛ https://stefanzweifel.dev/posts/2024/12/31/recap-2024/ | Source: Stefan Zweifel    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:07:45

• "Yesterday marked the end of a month and year." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/december-2024-at-the-new-leaf-journal/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:08:12

• "Welcome to my fifth annual review of the year that was at The New Leaf Journal." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/01-02-24-the-81-most-visited-articles-of-2024/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:08:30

• "Here’s to another dull year!" ☛ https://crys.site/blog/2025/2024-in-retrospect/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:09:36

• "I love end-of-year posts and reading everyone’s posts." ☛ https://micro.webology.dev/2025/01/01/year-in-review-short-version.html | Source: Jeff Triplett    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:12:33

• "There's a temptation to review the whole year, not the month, which I shall try to resist." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/monthly-report-2024-12 | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:12:50

• "My last monthly summary of 2024! What was I up to this month? Well, a lot!" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/december-2024-summary/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:13:04

• "I've dumped all the other interesting links I couldn't get to write about this year below for your reading pleasure" ☛ https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-1-2-25/ | Source: Makoism    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:13:21

• 🔤SpellBinding: EFLNTUV Wordo: ABORT gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2025-01-03.gmi    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:20:40

• 📚 The Night Circus gemini://gmi.hedy.dev/posts/the-night-circus.gmi    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:21:08

• censorship and tracking gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20250103-censorship_and_tracking.txt    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:22:00

• I met myself gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2439    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:22:51

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1513.jpg    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:23:36

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1163.jpg    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:23:42

• Resolution January 02nd, 2024 gopher://gopher.black:70/1/phlog/20240102-resolution    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:24:28

• Electronic goals for 2025 gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/electronic-goals-for-2025.gmi    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:25:04

• Using GNU Emacs Key Bindings in GNU Midnight Commander's Mcedit gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/emacs-keybindings-midnight-commander-mcedit.md    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:25:54

• "With RSS, there’s no algorithm—new things appear when you check and they’re sorted by site and chronological order." ☛ https://schwarztech.net/articles/rss-and-email-might-save-some-of-us-from-social-media-rot | Source: SchwarzTech    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:36:14

• "Wi-Fi 8 is coming, but it looks set to focus on greater reliability rather than on pushing the bandwidth ever higher" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/wifi_8_feature/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:36:22

• "How do you efficiently get the last part of a space-separated string in Rust?" ☛ https://qsantos.fr/2025/01/01/rust-gotcha-last-on-doubleendediterator/ | Source: Quentin Santos    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:43:01

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:49:30

• "It’s easy to misunderstand the idea of agile and the minimum viable product. We shouldn’t forget that the unspoken rule is: Don’t ship junk." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/01/winging-it/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 16:49:35

• "Advent of Code (AoC) 2024 was my first advent of code. I chose OCaml to solve this year’s puzzles. I used it before on online judge websites (e.g., Hackerrank) and felt productive with the language." ☛ https://mmapped.blog/posts/35-aoc-2024 | Source: Roman Kashitsyn    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:04:35

• "a serious problem, and how seriously it was taken by serious people." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/insider/y2k-crisis.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:04:52

• "If not for the herculean effort with which they greeted a potentially sisyphean task, we might have been way worse off." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/twentyfive_years_y2k/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:05:20

• "AI won’t replace software engineers" ☛ https://timkellogg.me/blog/2025/01/02/normware | Source: Tim Kellogg    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:05:37

• "I'm seeing a stream of "year in review" blog posts about all sorts of topics pop up to coincide with the start of 2025." ☛ https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/a-year-in-review-flask-in-2024 | Source: Miguel Grinberg    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:11:39

• "Most strings today in software are Unicode strings. It means that you can include mathematical symbols" ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/01/02/how-does-your-url-parser-handle-unicode/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:12:41

• "Every so often I read something that says or suggests that the big combined browser and platform vendors" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/ModernWebWhyNoNiceThings | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:12:48

• "Sharma says the meter is built around an MQ135 air quality sensor. This module works with various controllers and can operate efficiently using a Pico 2." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/monitor-air-quality-on-the-go-with-the-raspberry-pi-pico-2 | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:15:08

• "The Raspberry Pi is an excellent choice for makers who want to tinker with eInk displays." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/you-can-customize-this-raspberry-pi-eink-display-with-tons-of-cool-plugins | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:16:22

• "RISC-V has been talked up as a challenger to Arm and x86, offering an open royalty-free architecture that promises flexibility and innovation without licensing costs." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/riscv_journey_to_mainstream/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:16:40

• "I wrote a few posts last year talking about my desire for a portable computer in a slab form-factor I could use while commuting on the train." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/the-tanmatsu-portable-terminal/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:17:17

• "Keeping an eye on your network activity is an important part of network security, but did you ever consider it could be an important element of design?" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-raspberry-pi-project-visualizes-your-real-time-network-traffic-in-the-most-beautiful-way | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:17:31

• "It’s time to announce support for yet another encoder type in moteus, this time the MA600 precision tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) sensor." ☛ https://jpieper.com/2025/01/02/ma600-encoder-support-in-moteus/ | Source: J Pieper    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:17:57

• "Demolition of IBM building begins ... An apt metaphor for the company itself: condemned for 20 years and now finally being demolished. https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/broome-county/demolition-of-ibm-building-begins/ " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgpeqhqq    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:19:15

• "And we know how poorly they manage and monitor NW infrastructure at IBM. IBM CIO could never do anything right. LOL !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wfs0utp    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:20:04

• "It should be ZERO. WE have enough talented but unemployed Americans thanks to the crooks who runs big business and insist on getting bigger H1B quotas and abusing the system. (Like Trump's TESLA buddy, Elmer Fudd)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:21:05

• "I sincerely doubt any of these "reported" numbers are accurate like the number of jobs created (off by 800,000) or the number of illegal aliens." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:21:27

• "So, everybody in the world wants to come to the US to study in US Universities which are believed to be the best, yet we are unable to churn out people who are talents?!?!?! It is a joke, right?"    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:21:56

• "if you are a foreigner and acquire a degree in a US University, you should get a green card upon graduation. This H1-B visa cr-p is a total abuse and does not benefit the people having one or the US Citizenship/Green Card holders since the H1-B visa program depress salaries overall. Not good for this country."    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:22:27

• "Sad what it's become. I remember being in Endicott in 1984 and IBM was everywhere. At noontime the sidewalks would be full of workers and a sea of white shirts and ties. Endicott was a thriving little town then." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgpeqhqq    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:23:27

• Demolition of IBM building begins https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/broome-county/demolition-of-ibm-building-begins/ "Broome County began the largest demolition project in its history this morning at the birthplace of IBM."    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:24:25

• "This is painful news for me to share. I know it will be even more difficult for you to read," Intel gears up for 15,000 layoffs in devastating cost cut    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:25:50

• Microsoft layoffs: A timeline of job cuts throughout the software giant's history https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-layoffs http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_-_Layoffs/#July_2023    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:26:44

• "Whilst commit numbers aren't a perfect measure of anything whatsoever" ☛ http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/i-measured-kdes-commit-stats-and-the-results-surprised-me/ | Source: David Edmundson    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:33:36

• "While I have been a member of the Goodreads site for a long time, my usage has been sporadic." ☛ https://bobmonsour.com/blog/building-the-book-page/ | Source: Bob Monsour    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:36:38

• "Before I got too far, I wanted to get a sense of what the final maps would look like." ☛ https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2024-08-20-labels-on-maps/ | Source: Amit Patel    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:36:53

• "Once upon a time (a long time ago), filtering and rejecting email based on the SMTP envelope sender" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/spam/SMTPRejectOnFromHeader | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:37:05

• "Zabbix is a free and open-source monitoring solution for IT infrastructure." ☛ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-zabbix-on-debian-12-server/ | Source: HowTo Forge    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:37:37

• How to Install Zeek Network Security Monitoring Tool on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-zeek-network-security-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:38:00

• How to Install VMware Workstation on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-vmware-workstation-on-linux-mint-22/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:38:35

• Three of the best: ‘How to…’ ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/01/03/three-of-the-best-how-to-7/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:38:49

• How To Install KDE Plasma on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-kde-plasma-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:40:05

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

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:40:21

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

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:40:43

• How To Setup Bind Server on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/setup-bind-server-debian-12/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:40:56

• 10 GNU/Linux System Administrators New Year’s Resolutions for 2025 ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/linux-sysadmins-new-year-resolutions/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:43:24

• How To Install LibreOffice on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-libreoffice-centos-stream-10/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:44:24

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

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:45:17

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

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:45:30

• How To Install Postfix on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-postfix-manjaro/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:46:26

• How To Install OpenVPN Server on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-openvpn-server-centos-stream-10/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:46:33

• How To Install Apache Solr on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-apache-solr-centos-stream-10/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:46:38

• My Gemini Editing Setup with Vim gemini://gem.sdf.org/beej/blog/2025-01-02-vimblog.gmi    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:47:30

• Mozilla Localization (L10N): Mozilla Localization in 2024 ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2025/01/02/mozilla-localization-in-2024/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 17:56:30

• Want to Tweak Advanced Settings in GNOME? Try Refine ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/refine-advanced-tweak-tool-for-gnome    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:11:46

• "The PicoPD Pro is a compact development board with the RP2040 microcontroller" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/picopd-pro-usb-pd-3-1-development-board-with-pps-and-avs-support/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:13:14

• 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) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Microsoft_FakeHub_Identity_Theft_in_Microsoft_GitHub_Microsoft_.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:14:11

• GNU/Linux Usage in Europe Leaps Above 6% in 2025 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_Usage_in_Europe_Leaps_Above_6_in_2025.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:15:04

• GNU/Linux Leaps to 6% in the United States of America (Not Even Counting ChromeOS) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_Leaps_to_6_in_the_United_States_of_America_Not_Even_C.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:15:12

• GNU/Linux Measured at 4.4% in South America and 3.34% in Africa, Based on 2025's Preliminary Data ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_4_4_in_South_America_and_3_34_in_Africa_B.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:15:23

• Seems Like GNU/Linux Usage Doubled in Japan Last Year ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Seems_Like_GNU_Linux_Usage_Doubled_in_Japan_Last_Year.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:18:42

• Even Worse Than Racism at the 'Linux' Foundation ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Even_Worse_Than_Racism_at_the_Linux_Foundation.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:18:56

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

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:19:10

• GNU/Linux Back to 5% in 2025 (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_Back_to_5_in_2025.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:19:20

• GNU/Linux Reaches 5% in Indonesia (Population Size Near 300 Million) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_Reaches_5_in_Indonesia_Population_Size_Near_300_Milli.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:19:31

• GNU/Linux and ChromeOS in Australia Tripled in 5 Years? That's How statCounter Sees It.... (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_in_Australia_Tripled_in_5_Years_That_s_H.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:19:42

• How to Install NetBeans IDE 24 in Ubuntu / Debian ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/01/install-netbeans-ide-ubuntu-debian/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:20:28

• In Mexico, backdoored Windows Down to All-Time Low, GNU/Linux Up to All-Time High ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/In_Mexico_Windows_Down_to_All_Time_Low_GNU_Linux_Up_to_All_Time.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:36:23

• Canada: backdoored Windows at All-Time Lows, ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Rise to Almost 8% ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Canada_Windows_at_All_Time_Lows_ChromeOS_and_GNU_Linux_Rise_to_.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:36:35

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, January 3, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-01-03-irc    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:37:04

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, January 10, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-01-10-irc    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:37:11

• ANNOUNCE pig: The Postgres Extension Wizard ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/announce-pig-the-postgres-extension-wizard-2988/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:37:58

• Rally Racing Game Stunt Rally 3.3 Added 3 New Tracks ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/01/stuntrally-3-3-new-tracks/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:38:51

• Refrigeration: my greatest invention of modern times ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-greatest-inventions-of-modern-times/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:39:43

• Gary Castle was tempted by clipboard parts ☞ https://rubenerd.com/gary-discovers-clipboard-parts/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:40:17

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 580 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/01/01/this-week-in-rust-580/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:41:58

• A mercenary client collapses ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/podcast/a-mercenary-client-collapses/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:42:12

• BSD Now 592: Wohoo, FreeBSD 14.2 ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/592    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:42:52

• Armed drones in Rojava: Activists support Kurdish units with donations for unmanned systems ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/01/02/armed-drones-in-rojava-activists-support-kurdish-units-with-donations-for-unmanned-systems/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:43:50

• German police kill excavator driver after rampage; 2024 now peak of police fatal shootings since 1976 ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/01/02/german-police-kill-excavator-driver-after-rampage-2024-now-peak-of-police-fatal-shootings-since-1976/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:44:16

• At least ten deaths after police used Taser in Germany: Introduction in further federal states to come ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/01/02/at-least-ten-deaths-after-police-used-taser-in-germany-introduction-in-further-federal-states-to-come/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:44:45

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients - 2025-01-01 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-01-01-edition/index.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 18:45:42

• Ultimate Media Downloader for Linux: The All-in-One Tool for Downloading Videos and Audio from 1300+ Sites ☞ https://medevel.com/ultimate-media-downloader-linux/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:04:42

• On the future of i386 on Debian ☞ http://q-funk.blogspot.com/2025/01/on-future-of-i386-on-debian.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:05:26

• "transgender performers from Thailand" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/02/police-in-russia-s-far-east-detain-club-staff-over-alleged-events-featuring-transgender-performers-from-thailand | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:06:12

• "rehabilitating Nazism" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/02/russian-authorities-launch-rehabilitating-nazism-case-over-children-throwing-snow-at-eternal-flame-monument | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:06:26

• "This must be a terrible mistake" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/02/this-must-be-a-terrible-mistake | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:06:48

• Russia is making a fragile pivot from Syria to Libya. The West should beware falling into a new trap. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/russia-syria-haftar-libya/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:07:14

• Debate Over U.S. Sanctions on Russia For Ukraine War Intensifies ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/business/economy/russia-sanctions-ukraine.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:07:29

• "first accident involving ‘heavy’ fuel oil" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/03/russian-officials-say-kerch-strait-spill-is-world-s-first-accident-involving-heavy-fuel-oil | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:09:53

• "Russian drone strikes on Kyiv region" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/03/one-killed-several-injured-in-russian-drone-strikes-on-kyiv-region | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:10:11

• "Russia launches 72 drones at Ukraine in overnight attack" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/02/russia-launches-72-drones-at-ukraine-in-overnight-attack | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:10:29

• All-time low for Windows in India https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/india/#monthly-200901-202501    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:11:40

• Gazprom ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/02/gazprom-ends-gas-transit-to-e-u-through-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:11:58

• Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Is Preparing To Reestablish Diplomatic Ties With Syria ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-syria-diplomatic-ties-zelenskiy-hts-assad-toppled/33261278.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:12:11

• Thousands In Moldova's Transdniester Scramble For Heat, Hot Water After Russian Gas Flow Ends ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-transdniester-gas-crisis-russian-supply-cut-january-2025/33261347.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:12:26

• "The most difficult year A military expert, a political scientist, and a sociologist weigh in on how Russia’s war changed Ukraine in 2024" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/02/the-most-difficult-year | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:12:46

• "Russian court orders Yandex to remove maps and photos of oil refinery due to Ukrainian drone threat" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/03/russian-court-orders-yandex-to-remove-maps-and-photos-of-oil-refinery-due-to-ukrainian-drone-threat | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:13:15

• Moldovan Electricity Provider Says Demand Will Be Met On Third Day After Halt In Russian Gas Supplies ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33261939.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:13:29

• pressure on Microsoft http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/keep-putting-pressure-on-microsoft    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:14:46

• This has struck a nerve at Microsoft https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/keep_putting_pressure_microsoft    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:15:13

• Federal Trade Commission Launches Investigation Into Microsoft’s Practices https://truthout.org/articles/federal-trade-commission-launches-investigation-into-microsofts-practices/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:15:52

• Linux Ate My RAM, What Do I Do? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=_w8oJ8vw8EM    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:17:52

• Why Does This Linux Package Even Exist! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=PL7PeH52Quc    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:18:12

• 2025 Truly Is The Year Of Linux Gaming https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=aHDBGq0Za5k    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:18:42

• Are People On Social Media Trolls...Or Just Stupid? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=3zWyoYf9JXc    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:19:11

• siduction 24.1.0 overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=zA_3TsRDkT8    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:19:27

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

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:20:12

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

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:20:19

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

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:20:37

• Install auxiliary solar panel in custom trike ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202501/install-auxiliary-solar-panel-in-custom-trike.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:21:12

• Spraining a finger ☞ https://rubenerd.com/spraining-a-finger/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:21:36

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:22:33

• Windows Falls to 22.5% Worldwide, Android Up to 48% ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Windows_Falls_to_22_5_Worldwide_Android_Up_to_48.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:22:38

• Xi Jinping’s talk of ‘rainbows’ belies simmering public anger over China’s economy ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/02/china-xi-new-year-speech-economy/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:24:25

• Tens of Billions of Dollars Down the Drain (Microsoft Lost the Search "Arms Race" or Market) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Tens_of_Billions_of_Dollars_Down_the_Drain_Microsoft_Lost_the_S.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:24:53

• Microsoft Plummets to New Lows in Azerbaijan ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Microsoft_Plummets_to_New_Lows_in_Azerbaijan.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:25:04

• The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth ☞ https://harishpillay.com/2025/01/03/the-past-was-erased-the-erasure-was-forgotten-the-lie-became-the-truth/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:25:32

• For Software Freedom (and for Broader Personal Freedom), the Goalposts Are Moving ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/For_Software_Freedom_and_for_Broader_Personal_Freedom_the_Goalp.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:26:10

• Microsoft Especially Important to Phoronix (It Also Gives Gifts to Phoronix) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Microsoft_Especially_Important_to_Phoronix_It_Also_Gives_Gifts_.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:26:22

• It's Not Just MElon X, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, All Social Control Media is Basically a Digital Weapon ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/It_s_Not_Just_MElon_X_President_Frank_Walter_Steinmeier_All_Soc.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:26:31

• 71: The Great State of Soviet Texas ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/23938    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:28:09

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1003983/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:28:40

• Qt Safe Renderer 2.1 Certified ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qsr-2.1-certified    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:39:02

• NerdFetch – fetch script using Nerdfonts ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nerdfetch-fetch-script-nerdfonts/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:39:34

• Dynamips – emulate Cisco routers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dynamips-emulate-cisco-routers/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:40:07

• Rust-Traverse – terminal based file explorer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rust-traverse-terminal-based-file-explorer/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:41:49

• Kathará – lightweight network emulation system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kathara-lightweight-network-emulation-system/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:51:56

• Jay – Wayland compositor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/jay-wayland-compositor/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:52:03

• Gaza Cease-Fire Before Trump’s Inauguration Looks Unlikely ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-cease-fire-trump.html    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:53:09

• Report shows thousands of Israeli soldiers stopped serving in combat roles ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250102-report-shows-thousands-of-israeli-soldiers-stopped-serving-in-combat-roles    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:53:17

• Israel threatens to step up Gaza strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250102-israel-threatens-to-step-up-gaza-strikes    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:53:42

• Gaza police chief among at least 43 killed in Israeli air strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250102-israeli-air-strikes-in-humanitarian-zone-kill-gaza-police-chief-medics-say    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 19:53:50

• Apple to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of eavesdropping ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20250102-apple-to-pay-95-million-to-settle-lawsuit-accusing-siri-of-eavesdropping    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:01:55

• Apple will pay $95M to settle privacy lawsuit over unintentional Siri activations ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/02/apple-will-pay-95m-settle-privacy-lawsuit-unintentional-siri-activations/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:02:25

• Apple: we did NOTHING wrong! We will PAY you $100,000,000.... BECAUSE WE DID NOTHING WRONG!    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:03:36

• Paul Wise: FLOSS Activities December 2024 ☞ http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2025/01/02/floss-activities/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:04:07

• airBaltic likely to ask for more public money, says official ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/02.01.2025-airbaltic-likely-to-ask-for-more-public-money-says-official.a582137/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:04:24

• “The whole point is we’re trying to teach” – pedagogical reflections on Hey Hi (AI) grading ☞ https://criticaledtech.com/2025/01/02/the-whole-point-is-were-trying-to-teach-pedagogical-reflections-on-ai-grading/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:04:48

• Godot got money from Microsoft to work for Microsoft. This isn't hard to see. ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/godotsharp-packages-net8/ Bribes work.    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:06:43

• We Need Something More Like DMOZ, Not Search Engines and Bill-Funded Wikipedia (Censoring Unfaltering Information About Powerful People and Institutions) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/We_Need_Something_More_Like_DMOZ_Not_Search_Engines_and_Bill_Fu.shtml    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:07:17

• Gulf of Guinea navies turn to drones for surveillance ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/gulf-of-guinea-navies-turn-to-drones-for-surveillance/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:07:47

• A New Year gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-01-03_newyear.txt    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:09:08

• Security Hoop gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/01/03/security-hoop.gmi    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:09:51

• Electronic goals for 2025 gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/electronic-goals-for-2025.txt    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:10:49

• "It's night. I have no wristwatch nor clocks around, but I guess it's 11pm, somehow I feel it." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2440    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:11:30

• Colour me gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2441    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:12:02

• Legal cases loom over Philippines’ allegedly unconstitutional 2025 budget ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/legal-cases-loom-over-philippines-unconstitutional-2025-budget    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:14:01

• Minnesota abortion numbers rose in 2023, driven by out-of-state recipients ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/02/minnesota-abortion-numbers-rose-in-2023-driven-by-out-of-state-recipients/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:14:32

• Key changes in Lithuania – from health checks to travel restrictions ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2451377/key-changes-in-lithuania-from-health-checks-to-travel-restrictions    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:14:43

• Three serious fireworks injuries this New Year's Eve in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/02.01.2025-three-serious-fireworks-injuries-this-new-years-eve-in-latvia.a582045/    

posted Friday, January 03, 2025 at 20:15:14