Roy Schestowitz

• race to the Moon https://theconversation.com/as-the-us-and-china-race-to-the-moon-these-loopholes-in-space-law-could-cause-conflict-243577    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:07:12

• Data centres in space https://theconversation.com/data-centres-in-space-theyre-a-brilliant-idea-but-a-herculean-challenge-246635    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:07:42

• German Amazon Workers Can Apply To Work From Home Despite Company's Global RTO Mandate https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/german-amazon-workers-can-apply-work-home-despite-companys-global-rto-mandate-1729816    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:09:09

• Amazon Nears Ecological Tipping Point as Fires and Drought Ravage Rainforest https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-nears-ecological-tipping-point-as-fires-and-drought-ravage-rainforest/ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-28/drought-fires-and-deforestation-battered-amazon-rainforest-in-2024    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:09:43

• Amazon’s Global Warming Counterweight Threatened https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/03/amazons-global-warming-counterweight-threatened/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:10:07

• The Teamsters’ Amazon “Strikes”: a Critical Assessment https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/02/the-teamsters-amazon-strikes-a-critical-assessment/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:10:45

• Trade mark trouble in Paris: Pierre Cadault’s journey beyond Netflix http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/guest-post-trade-mark-trouble-in-paris.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:12:00

• Trade marks for virtual goods and services to be assessed like trade marks for the real goods and services http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/general-court-trade-marks-for-virtual.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:12:31

• "Do all of your modules have up-to-date contact information? If not, please release new versions with an updated email address in the AUTHOR section." https://blogs.perl.org/users/robert_rothenberg/2024/12/please-keep-your-information-up-to-date.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:13:52

• This week in PSC (174) https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2025/01/this-week-in-psc-174-2025-01-02.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:14:13

• UNICEF says record number of children affected by wars https://www.dw.com/en/unicef-says-record-number-of-children-affected-by-wars/a-71176013    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:16:00

• Cecilia Sala https://www.dw.com/en/rome-urges-iran-to-free-italian-journalist-cecilia-sala/a-71177126    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:16:36

• "Efforts by the Chinese Academy of Sciences form part of Beijing’s push to reduce reliance on foreign semiconductor technology" https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3293610/chip-war-chinese-scientists-vow-launch-breakthrough-risc-v-open-source-cpu-2025    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:18:57

• "What do you expect? Bribery is a way of life in India, nothing happens in India without bribery. What a fu--ing country!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:26:35

• " A sign of the times, albeit many years late. The word is out that globalism (and specifically investing in China) has been a bad deal for the US. The US got a lot of cheap stuff, but it got that cheap stuff by exporting value-add jobs, technology and knowledge to every cheap location around the world." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgx6fw6m    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:27:26

• "Our politicians waxed poetic over the years about how we have helped the world, but that's cold comfort to local workers who lost their jobs to foreign countries. It was one thing to lose car workers, IT geeks and call center operators, but now the job losses are hitting the medical, insurance and legal sectors that are so prized by those same politicians. The impacts are now being felt at home, as the saying goes."    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:27:42

• "China got what it wanted (help developing its economy and society), and so did the US (we got lots of cheap stuff that we couldn't afford to make ourselves). Now the whole thing is falling apart, and politicians are crying for changes." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgx6fw6m    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:28:07

• "leadership loves to cheer each other on. Each telling the other, how great of job they’ve done and how the company is moving forward due to their superior efforts. Literally kissing each other‘s butts and they think the general population buys this garbage all while there are more lay offs and transition of work to low cost tech centers." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vNE1xYy    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:28:45

• IBM demolished. "Same with Poughkeepsie 1981-1984. Sad and demoralizing." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgpeqhqq    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:29:24

• https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wfs0utp   

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:29:57

• "Bet AI could do it! Hahaha!😂" the catch-all buzzword https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wfs0utp    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:30:02

• "This was happening 15yrs ago - diff countries but same logic training cheaper labor to reduce costs!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1weq2rws    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:30:30

• "Group Christmas party was the norm at IBM when I worked there. People would bring in food and management covered the main course. Does this still occur? [...] Last party for me was 2018" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgz1xj3r    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:31:03

• IBM. "Rob Thomas will be next CEO. And he will also try to save IBM into prosperity. Continues to devolve into thin air in an eco chamber like none I have seen in 24 years at IBM, total 44 in IT." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1waJEpFd Layoffs "Usually on a Tuesday!!"    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:31:52

• Bayer attacked bureaucracy by firing some 5,000 managers and asking teams to ‘self-organize.’ Here’s how it’s going after one year https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bayer-attacked-bureaucracy-firing-5-124450019.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:34:04

• "AI-generated" or just CG with misleading buzzwords? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/ecss-opinion-on-pelham-ii-and-its.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:36:14

• EUIPO the very corrupt EU agency http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/tetra-lavals-3d-shape-mark-not.html http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:38:42

• Half-life 3 is in the FINAL STAGE of development. | Steam Deck Gaming News https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=0T1t8ok5Vqw    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:43:50

• Quick Guide to nslookup in Linux: Resolve Hostnames Fast https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=B8Ci5uipgQI    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:49:20

• Github's fake stars https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=BbZvf4_C-lA    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:50:04

• How to install siduction 24.1.0 https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=IFicAUqYG80    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:50:41

• Fish Shell Is Reborn Again As A RUST Rewrite!! https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=ioFvq38MNOE    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:54:57

• Siduction...This Linux Distro Keeps Shining On https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=JtW1faCVVCQ    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:55:17

• 9 BIG UPDATES in Elementary OS 8 That Will Make You Want To SWITCH (NEW DOCK!) https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=vq4khKB9ZrI    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:55:59

• Ghostty Terminal https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=XiTYYMqrYnU    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:56:33

• BackBox Linux 9 Quick Overview https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=z6IwkSpzGb4    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:57:01

• Ranking Linux Distributions for 2025: a tier list for my use case ! https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=N0Gmcz2CywE    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 04:57:40

• "The Mecha Comet is made for hackers and makers." https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/linux-powered-handheld-computer-connects-to-raspberry-pi-hats-snap-on-modules    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 06:13:46

• Linux Lite 7.2 Quick Overview https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=RMcI6KnIYZk    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 06:14:08

• Ghostty is a Fast and Feature-Rich Terminal https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=zbFwf8tjrWk    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 06:14:40

• Bottles Still Hates Linux Distro Packaging https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=WpuwIo2y4a4    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 06:15:00

• Arch Linux Is Objectively The Best Distro https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=xSyUvkpHv6M    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 06:15:18

• Open Source worth $7B https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=SgSvnsjRRhQ    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 06:15:45

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1167.jpg    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 06:22:44

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1517.jpg    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 06:22:53

• In praise of email gopher://box.matto.nl/0/in-praise-of-email.txt    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 06:23:40

• Let's Encrypt is DOWN again: "2659 (91.2 %) capsules are self-signed, 14 (0.5 %) use the Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt, 243 (8.3 %) are signed by another CA (may be not a trusted one)." gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 06:26:03

• Windows down by a lot this year to 71% in laptops (and desktops) https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 06:29:24

• Microsoft still about 100,000 million dollars in DEBT (100 BILLION) https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:MSFT/explorer/total_debt/ this is DECOY: http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 06:30:17

• Windows lost a lot in Australia this year https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/australia/#monthly-200902-202501 http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_in_Australia_Tripled_in_5_Years_That_s_H.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 07:04:54

• Bing fell sharply, no gains made since the LLM hype and "BING CHAT" https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/australia/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 07:06:31

• iophk: censorship was not grass roots complaints against the group but instead the private radio network pulling the plug on them https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/pamela-anderson-mistaken-the-chicks-member-1235227234/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 08:50:27

• And exactly 3 hours from now: "10th anniversary of the censorship of Charlie Hebdo by armed moslem insurgents in France." (12:30 UTC)    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 09:28:27

• Have online cartoons been spiked out of fear after that incident?    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 09:28:32

• Or put another way, HOW many got spiked? Self-censorship can be imposed by violence.    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 09:29:00

• Google as high as even in Africa, LLMs did nothing to it https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/africa/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 09:31:04

• Google also gained a lot in Asia this year https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/asia/#monthly-200902-202501 see https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/04/In_Asia_Microsoft_s_Bing_Became_Smaller_Than_Yandex_and_It_Shri.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 09:33:09

• "Anderson has pointed out that "IoT devices frequently suffer from weak security and poor patching practices," a concern that continues to plague the sector (Anderson, 2020). In 2024, vulnerabilities in IoT devices were responsible for over 60% of all data breaches in critical infrastructure sectors, according to a 2024 report by the IoT Security Foundation (IoTSF, 2024)." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cyber-2025/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 09:41:25

• Any company that behaves like Microsoft and does NOT have lobbyists and moles in government would be subjected to a corporate DEATH SENTENCE, a shutdown.    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 10:04:21

• "With CES starting tomorrow, there's already lots of leaks and speculation going around and Valve have been quick to shoot down an AMD Z2 Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/there-is-no-amd-z2-steam-deck-model-coming-valve/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 10:08:06

• "Hardware vendor GPD have updated their store page for the GPD WIN 4 (2025) which notes they plan to support SteamOS on it with help from Valve." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/gpd-win-4-handheld-plans-to-support-valves-steamos-in-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 10:08:19

• "Recently I shared the news that Discord Canary had fixed full Wayland screen-sharing on Linux with working audio, but it has been removed again." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/discord-canary-on-linux-breaks-wayland-screen-sharing-support-for-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 10:11:08

• "If you plan on picking up the Wireless HORIPAD for Steam for use with a Steam Deck OLED, you'll likely want to upgrade the firmware on the HORIPAD." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/wireless-horipad-for-steam-gets-a-firmware-fix-for-the-steam-deck-oled/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 10:11:19

• "One missed from last month is the massive update to survival game Project Zomboid is now available as an Unstable Beta for testing. It has Native Linux support and is Steam Deck Verified." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/project-zomboid-build-42-unstable-is-out-with-lots-new-for-testing/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 10:11:38

• "With a style that would have fit right in on something like the Nintendo 64 or the PlayStation 1, the upcoming retro collectathon 3D platformer Kero Quest 64 is coming to Linux and Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/kero-quest-64-looks-like-a-classic-nintendo-64-ps1-game-and-its-coming-to-linux-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 10:12:03

• "VoxeLibre continues advancing towards helping you replace Minecraft with a free and open source alternative." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/voxelibre-the-free-and-open-source-minecraft-like-v088-brings-huge-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 10:16:35

• "Quest Master has Native Linux support and is Steam Deck Verified" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/zelda-inspired-dungeon-maker-quest-master-10-due-out-in-spring-with-a-single-player-campaign/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 10:33:39

• "With 2025 looking potentially like the year of SteamOS Linux with it coming to more handhelds, perhaps we might finally see a solution to the anti-cheat problem that has plagued the Steam Deck and desktop Linux for so long" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/steamos-moving-from-steam-deck-to-more-handhelds-gives-me-hope-for-better-anti-cheat-compatibility/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 10:33:56

• "‘Disturbing’ views of Muslim Council candidates" https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/muslim-council-candidates-iran-islamic-views-wn65w0qkj    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:15:09

• "Meta's AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/01/05/1821250    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:15:31

• "Ministers urged not to meet Donald Trump during potential visit to Scotland" https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/ministers-urged-not-to-meet-donald-trump-during-potential-visit-to-scotland-4930804    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:15:48

• "Broadcom teases major VMware releases in March, July" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/vmware_major_releases_2025/ iophk: stolen, proprietary linux http://techrights.org/o/2020/04/28/openwashing-vmware-after-gpl-abuses/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:19:20

• "Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months" https://www.usermag.co/p/instagram-blocked-teens-from-searching    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:19:51

• We know where your car is | "Volkswagen-Konzern - Datenleck: Wir wissen, wo dein Auto steht - DER SPIEGEL" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/volkswagen-konzern-datenleck-wir-wissen-wo-dein-auto-steht-a-e12d33d0-97bc-493c-96d1-aa5892861027    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:20:28

• "Hulk Hogan Booed Heavily During 'Monday Night Raw' Netflix Debut" https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hulk-hogan-booed-monday-night-raw-netflix-1236268003/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:20:47

• charliehebdo.fr ... massacre turns 10 in an hour. Islamic fanatics imposing censorship by terrorism in Europe. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https://charliehebdo.fr/2025/01/societe/increvable-et-universel/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:21:46

• "Blogging: you’re doing it right" https://manuelmoreale.com/blogging-you-re-doing-it-right    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:23:03

• "Number 24, a powerful WW II movie" https://bobmonsour.com/notes/number-24-a-powerful-ww-ii-movie/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:23:12

• "Two women were the first to earn this Army combat award" https://taskandpurpose.com/history/distinguished-service-cross-over-100-years/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:24:13

• "Dozens killed in Tibet after strong earthquake" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/china/article/2025/01/07/earthquake-in-china-s-tibet-kills-32-with-tremors-felt-in-nepal-india_6736775_162.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:24:19

• windows tco, not some "malware" https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31560 ("Make Malware Happy")    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:24:31

• 2025 From A to ☛ https://therevelator.org/2025-from-a-to-z/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:36:14

• "Countering Terrorist Travel" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/01/06/human-rights-and-countering-terrorist-travel/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:36:34

• "BadAss Grandmas" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-ethics-commission-legislature-restrictions | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:42:44

• "Early in a new year, I sometimes like to look back at the year that has passed and find common themes." ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2025/01/06/dr-vinay-prasad-gaslights-his-readers-about-rfkjr-and-samoa/ |    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:43:24

• "Big Meat" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/06/how-big-meat-worked-to-rebrand-in-2024-using-disinformation/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:43:40

• "coverage of youth crime" ☛ https://fair.org/home/baltimore-media-create-a-false-impression-that-youth-are-responsible-for-a-lot-of-very-dangerous-crime/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:44:31

• "protect time-sensitive live sports streams" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-group-wants-to-expand-italys-piracy-shield-to-protect-movies-250106/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:50:54

• "Once the shift to hide the actual Bing bar is complete" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/microsoft_bing_spoof_google/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:51:55

• "Disney will combine its Hulu+ Live TV service with Fubo, merging together two [Internet] TV bundles." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/06/disney-hulu-live-tv-fubo.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:59:33

• "Not that users have much of a choice to move with Microsoft to a Windows 11 world" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/microsoft_2025_windows_refresh/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 11:59:49

• "The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down net neutrality rules recently reinstated by the FCC." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/federal-appeals-court-strikes-down-net-neutrality-rules/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:00:07

• "Here’s the latest ruling that changes the probable cause calculus, via FourthAmendment.com." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/06/another-court-says-a-drug-dog-sniff-is-a-search-requires-probable-cause-to-justify-it/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:00:32

• "Since the end of 2023, the Marseille collective Le Nuage était sous nos pieds" ☛ https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2025/01/06/investigation-in-marseille-as-elsewhere-digital-infrastructures-are-taking-over-the-territory/ | Source: La Quadature Du Net    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:00:53

• "The essential issue is journalism — apparently we need to burn it all down and start with the basics, by which I mean crack a book used as journalism curriculum in J-school." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/05/open-thread-reading-is-fundamental-as-is-journalism/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:01:30

• "Most of the incidents involved threats, which occurred 99 times, followed by discrimination or intimidation (72 incidents) and physical violence (56 cases)." ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/06/harassment-journalists-netherlands-surges-2024 | Source: NL Times    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:01:36

• "India was ranked 159th last year on the World Press Freedom Index, run by Reporters Without Borders." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/indian-journalist-found-dead-in-septic-tank/a-71222528 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:01:48

• When France discovered how Islam views the free press and deals with press in general ☛ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/01/07/the-charlie-hebdo-and-hype-casher-attacks-three-days-of-blood-terror-and-tears_6736774_7.html | Source: Le Monde    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:03:34

• "murdering its star cartoonists" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ew0lzggr7o | Source: BBC    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:04:14

• " The edition unveiled to the media on Monday will go on sale on Tuesday when public commemorations by President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo are set to take place." ☛ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/01/06/indestructible-charlie-hebdo-unveils-special-edition-10-years-after-attack_6736744_7.html | Source: Le Monde    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:04:59

• "the French and the right to caricature, blasphemy and freedom of expression" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/06/charlie-hebdo-marks-10-years-after-terror-attack-with-special-issue | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:05:36

• "Dozens of countries, from Poland to Italy to Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh, maintain blasphemy laws" ☛ https://www.thefire.org/news/decade-after-charlie-hebdo-killings-we-are-still-failing-blasphemers | Source: The Fire    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:05:58

• satire cannot coexist with barbarians ☛ https://www.economist.com/culture/2025/01/04/ten-years-after-the-charlie-hebdo-massacre-satire-is-under-siege | Source: The Economist    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:06:26

• "revenge for Charlie Hebdo’s decision to repeatedly publish caricatures" ☛ https://www.timesofisrael.com/charlie-hebdo-to-mark-10-years-since-terror-attack-with-special-god-mocking-edition/ | Source: The Times Of Israel    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:06:53

• "has long tested the limits of free speech" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-weekly-charlie-hebdo-marks-10th-anniversary-attack-with-special-edition-2025-01-06/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:07:14

• "Charlie Hebdo has published a special edition to mark the 10-year anniversary that features a front-page cartoon" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250107-france-to-remember-charlie-hebdo-attacks-10-years-on | Source: France24    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:07:37

• "French political leaders will attend events on Tuesday commemorating the attacks." ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/french-weekly-charlie-hebdo-marks-10th-anniversary-of-attack-with-special-edition/article69071069.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:07:49

• "targeting satirical magazine" ☛ https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250106-charlie-hebdo-defies-terror-with-special-issue-for-attack-anniversary-france | Source: RFI    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:08:09

• "defend the right to satire and blasphemy in the face of censors and extremists" ☛ https://www.cartooningforpeace.org/en/editos/10-years-after-the-attack-on-charlie-hebdo/ |    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:08:27

• "Remember that whole Dixie Chick thing?" ☛ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/pamela-anderson-airplane-attack-mistaken-dixie-chicks-1236267735/ | Source: Variety    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:08:51

• "Anderson didn’t specify when the incident happened" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/pamela-anderson-mistaken-the-chicks-member-1235227234/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:09:58

• "This tactic has resurfaced with a vengeance with the rediscovery of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA)" ☛ https://original.antiwar.com/joseph_terwilliger/2025/01/05/how-the-foreign-agents-law-is-used-to-silence-american-dissidents/ | Source: AntiWar    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:10:20

• "The statement uses the beta tag it has placed on Apple Intelligence features as a shield" ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/01/apple-intelligence-summaries-might-get-warning-labels-thats-not-enough/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:10:52

• "Section 1260 list" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/tencent_catl_chinese_military_company_list/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:15:01

• "Dana is the President and CEO of UFC, and he has built it into one of the most valuable, fastest growing" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/06/dana-white-meta-board-directors-trump/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:15:09

• "a longtime friend of President-elect Donald J. Trump" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/technology/dana-white-meta-board-ufc.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:17:18

• "Roskomnadzor" ☛ https://therecord.media/russia-widespread-accident-outage-wifi | Source: The Record    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:17:27

• "Winning an election is easier than it looks" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/06/how-the-sausage-gets-made/#governing-is-harder | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:17:42

• "Does a regulation requiring a social media company to publish statistics about the number of minor users on its website and their aggregate settings" ☛ https://epic.org/documents/netchoice-v-bonta-2/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:18:11

• "send a signal that they could cripple us if they wanted to be a lot tougher" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5068125-china-fires-shot-across-trumps-bow-with-defense-sanctions/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:18:34

• "The FCC and NTIA have played key roles in efforts to bridge the digital divide." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/what-happens-to-bead-grants-under-trump/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:18:45

• "Nokia has concluded the sale of Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), its submarine networks business, to the French State" ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/business-technology/nokia-completes-sale-of-%e2%80%98leading-submarine-networks-business%e2%80%99,-asn-alcatel-submarine-networks-,-to-the-french-state.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:18:54

• "An industry unable to learn something in 40 years has no legitimacy." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/opinion_column_cybersec/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:19:11

• [Old] "Thirteen organizations, including the Eclipse Foundation, Linux Foundation Europe" ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/18/in-letter-to-european-commission-open-source-bodies-say-cyber-resilience-act-could-have-chilling-effect-on-software-development/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:19:25

• "This site does not have programmatic ads on it." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/ads-txt-for-a-site-with-no-ads/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:19:57

• "One species' has a trick up its membranous sleeves, new research reveals" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/storm-surfing-bats-seen-using-the-weather-to-cover-astonishing-distances | Source: Science Alert    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:23:28

• "Year of the Mustang" ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/01/05/man-rides-6000-miles-through-25-states-to-spotlight-wild-horse-crisis/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:23:59

• "70th anniversary of providing aerial event coverage" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-brief-history-of-the-goodyear-blimp-which-celebrates-its-100th-anniversary-this-year-180985772/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:24:55

• "The Pentagon will blacklist China’s largest EV battery manufacturer and its largest tech firm beginning in June 2026" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/06/pentagon-blacklist-china-technology-ev/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:25:10

• "formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/foxconn_q4_2024/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:25:29

• "700,000 megawatt hours of electricity to power Chicago’s more than 400 municipal buildings" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/utility-scale/chicago-keeps-its-new-years-resolution-all-city-buildings-now-use-100-clean-power/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:25:55

• "Nearly a half-century later, environmental advocates are remembering Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia/articles/2025-01-06/jimmy-carter-raised-climate-change-concerns-35-years-before-the-paris-accords | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:26:42

• "The appliance-like laptop devices were introduced by megacorp in 2011, running its Linux-based ChromeOS platform." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/chromebook_end_of_life/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:26:56

• "So far, the mainstream U.S. media is mostly ignoring the story, continuing its decades-long indifference to what continues to be one of the greatest humanitarian disasters since World War II." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-blood-in-our-phones/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:27:06

• "assailing the Labour prime minister" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/world/europe/uk-elon-musk-far-right.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:39:38

• "That's it. It isn't rocket science. People that "can't" cut back on Facebook simply don't want to cut back on Facebook." ☛ https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/an-easy-way-to-cut-back-on-facebook-use.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:40:22

• "wave of right-wing extremist and racist" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/01/06/right-wing-extremist-offences-are-at-a-record-high-in-germany-2024-was-a-baseball-bat-year/ | Source: Site36    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:40:34

• "Don Moynihan describes all the Republican failures to hold Trump to account." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/05/ball-of-thread-the-pincer-attack-on-the-capitol/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:40:48

• "attempted coup of the United States government" ☛ https://kottke.org/25/01/the-truth-about-january-6th | Source: Jason Kottke    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:40:57

• "Donald Trump’s second term won’t bring smaller government as promised." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/01/trump-doge-bailouts-fdic-crypto/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:41:10

• "These two sets of facts are obviously in considerable tension. How will they be resolved?" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/january-6-memory-trump/681216/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:41:17

• "those who care about truth and the rule of law" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/01/06/trump-may-have-been-reelected-but-insurrection-must-not-be-forgotten/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:41:28

• "Mr. Biden has focused on ensuring a smooth and orderly transition of power" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/us/politics/biden-trump-warnings-jan-6.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:41:36

• Leadership of terror ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-01-06/trumps-gonna-pardon-me-capitol-rioters-claim-victory.html | Source: El País    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:41:47

• "As most already know, the app and its ByteDance parent have long been pushing back against the relevant law" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/06/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-update/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:42:05

• "The arrests come amid growing political tensions between Paris and its former North African colony" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250105-france-holds-two-algerian-influencers-charges-urging-violence | Source: France24    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:42:31

• "Trump finally relinquished the office as a wildly unpopular president" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-got-away-with-instigating-jan-6-capitol-attack-1235226493/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:42:43

• "number of sharia courts, also known as councils, in Britain has grown to 85 since the first began operating" ☛ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/sharia-law-courts-uk-marriages-divorce-zs76vq2c9 | Source: Times Media Limited    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:42:57

• "Khalid Mahmood, a senior fellow at Policy Exchange and Britain’s longest-serving Muslim MP from 2001 to 2024" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/06/muslims-identify-religion-over-nationality-mcb-act-defiance/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:43:27

• "An exit poll from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) found Stein won among American Muslims nationwide" ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5066695-muslim-arab-american-voters-uncertain/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:44:22

• "Weeks before his deadly rampage in the French Quarter, Shamsud-Din Jabbar" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/new-orleans-attacker-used-meta-glasses-scout-city-before-rampage-1729901 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:45:09

• "What do these privacy violations have in common? They share a source of data that’s shockingly pervasive and unregulated: the technology powering nearly every ad you see online" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/online-behavioral-ads-fuel-surveillance-industry-heres-how | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 12:47:37

• "We're just as shocked as you that a massive firm left data exposed online, but here we are yet again. This time the issue began at VW subsidiary Cariad, per German outlet Der Spiegel." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/volkswagen_ev_data_exposed/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:01:35

• "Back in 2023 Mozilla issued a report indicating that automakers have some of the worst privacy and security standards in all of tech, routinely hoovering up oceans of consumer behavior and phone data then failing to adequately secure it." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/06/whoops-volkswagen-leaks-sensitive-data-of-800000-electric-vehicle-owners/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:01:53

• "Which surveillance technologies are California police using? Are they buying access to your location data?" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/eff-goes-court-uncover-police-surveillance-tech-california | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:02:07

• "You might want law enforcement to have the data to crack down on criminals, but can anyone have access to it?" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/is-your-car-spying-on-you-what-it-means-that-tesla-shared-data-in-the-las-vegas-explosion/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:02:30

• "Instagram has begun testing a feature in which Meta’s AI will automatically generate images of users in various situations and put them into that user’s feed." ☛ https://www.404media.co/instagram-begins-randomly-showing-users-ai-generated-images-of-themselves/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:03:09

• "Members of an underground criminal community that hack massive companies, steal swathes of cryptocurrency" ☛ https://www.404media.co/violent-hackers-are-using-u-haul-to-dox-targets/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:03:21

• "all sorts of serious criminal activity, provided U.S. authorities with data on more than 2,200 users last year, according to newly released data from Telegram." ☛ https://www.404media.co/telegram-hands-u-s-authorities-data-on-thousands-of-users/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:03:36

• Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/school-cyberattacks-holidays-maine-tennessee | Source: The Record    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:26:34

• Windows TCO ☛ https://fedscoop.com/rethinking-cybersecurity-in-government-prioritizing-recovery-and-resilience/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:26:45

• Another nazi died today. The father of MLP (France).    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:27:59

• "Even going back to the old Aqua toolbar design would be fine. The new Big Sur way—where there’s lots of empty space, yet the window title gets truncated and important buttons, and sometimes even the search field, get stuffed into the overflow menu—is a regression." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/01/06/25-years-of-the-dock-and-aqua/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:29:07

• "Finally, Elsevier demanded JHE reduce its number of editors — presumably thinking an LLM could do well enough." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/05/elsevier-rewrites-academic-papers-with-ai-without-telling-editors-or-authors/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:30:03

• "Personally I'm not a huge fan of LLMs. I don't really think there is something like a "trustworthy LLM"." ☛ https://matduggan.com/review-of-orbit-by-mozilla/ | Source: Mat Duggan    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:30:17

• "This is the holy grail for remotely attested trusted compute. This OS is the kind of thing that Richard Stallman was warning about in The Right to Read. You don't get root there. You don't get a compiler." ☛ https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/squandered-holy-grail/ | Source: Xe's Blog    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:30:29

• "Maine’s original and vague law requires manufacturers to give car owners, independent repair shops and licensed dealers transparent access to vehicle data for repair and diagnostic purposes." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/06/maine-still-hashing-out-the-details-of-its-year-old-right-to-repair-law-as-auto-lobbyists-loom/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:45:05

• "run $200 per month" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-chatgpt-pro-subscription-losing-money | Source: Futurism https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:45:42

• "I think this speaks to a bubble on the one hand as every executive is going to want to advocate for more investment now, but things like DeepSeek v3 also points towards radically cheaper training in the future." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/a-lot-changed-for-llms-in-2024/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:46:12

• "it is very bad for them to put essential information on a private website they don’t own and that blocks access from logged out users." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/sign-up-for-x-to-see-that-amber-alert-yikes/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:46:47

• "The requirements to take the test remotely are to have a Windows machine, a second computer running zoom to watch you on the first computer" ☛ https://levlaz.org/reinstalling-windows-at-1am/ | Source: Lev Lazinskiy    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:47:11

• "Over the last few months, my team has decided to utilize Linux more in our environment and I took on most of the Linux management processes. For all of our resources we utilize tags to help identify and group resources together." ☛ https://claytonerrington.com/blog/tagging-aws-ebs-volumes/ | Source: Clayton Errington    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:47:22

• "ChatGPT Pro is losing money" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/06/sam-altman-ai-agents-will-totally-replace-your-employees-any-year-now-also-chatgpt-pro-is-losing-money/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:48:03

• "Active since at least 2021, Flax Typhoon has hit entities in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, with a focus on Taiwan, exploiting known vulnerabilities to hack computers and establishing persistent access to the compromised networks." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/us-sanctions-chinese-firm-linked-to-flax-typhoon-attacks-on-critical-infrastructure/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:48:48

• "An investigation by a Telegraph reporter has uncovered shocking behaviour by an AI chatbot" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-chatbot-tells-13-year-old-how-kill-his-bully-death-grip-how-dispose-his-body-1729899 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:49:12

• "This article is inspired by a research paper by @PKD. While the original paper is an excellent read, I decided to expand on its findings with my own experiments." ☛ https://theholytachanka.com/posts/political-bias-in-ai/ | Source: THT    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:49:33

• "But we are dealing with some of the usual infirmities required by aging" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/01/06/the-health-care-mess/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:56:00

• "healthcare was not Luigi's gripe" ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/06/luigi-mangione-went-to-gun-range-thailand-vacation/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:56:55

• "A paper in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, which reviewed 276 studies published to June 2023 from around the world" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/myopia-children-shortsightedness-prevalence-outdoor-indoor-1.7399141 | Source: CBC    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:57:24

• "Apple uses the words energy and power interchangeably" ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2025/01/06/power-modes-and-apple-silicon-gpus/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:59:13

• "Gone are the XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, and Precision PC brands" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/dell_renaming_pc_brands/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 13:59:28

• "Starting in 2025, though, Dell laptops and desktops will just be… Dell" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2567199/dell-drops-xps-inspiron-and-latitude-brands.html | Source: PC World    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:00:08

• "The tech industry’s relentless march toward labeling everything “plus,” “pro,” and “max” soldiers on" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24325799/dell-pro-max-premium-plus-ces-laptop-pc-rebrand-announcement | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:00:21

• "the event formally kicks off on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 and runs through Friday, Jan. 10" ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/01/06/ces-2025/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:00:39

• "One ProLiant Gen 11 server can replace eight ProLiant Generation 8 machines" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/cloud_hardware_research_hpe/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:00:54

• "I am convinced there exists something we can call statistical literacy." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/statistical-literacy | Source: Chris    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:01:47

• "If the problem is important enough, we should pick the best available solution, not turn it into a situation." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/01/working-with-problems-2/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:02:19

• "More recently, I’ve had the same struggles as everyone else with the cesspitisation of social [control] media." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/06/i-was-lost-in-the-cesspit-of-social-media-then-jane-austen-showed-me-the-way-out | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:02:44

• "One unknown is NASA's incoming administrator Jared Isaacman" ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-musk-scrap-nasa-moon-program | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:03:32

• "The conjecture states that repeating this operation will eventually reach 1 for all numbers." ☛ https://soatok.blog/2025/01/06/collatzeral-damage-bitwise-and-proof-foolish/ | Source: Dhole Moments    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:03:41

• "Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the FSF Anniversary Logo Contest!" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf-anniversary-logo-contest-voting | Source: FSF    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:04:42

• "What is your tool for?" ☛ https://matthewrocklin.com/hammers-and-nailguns.html | Source: Matthew Rocklin    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:04:59

• "It’s time for my 15th yearly review." ☛ https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2025/01/05/2024_in_review/ | Source: Jonas Hietala    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:05:11

• "I’m always down for writing about writing, so here goes!" ☛ https://heydingus.net/blog/2025/1/blog-questions-challenge | Source: Jarrod Blundy    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:05:30

• "My intent wasn’t to be rude. Merely to point out that readers like me want and expect hyperlinks — the backbone of the web" ☛ https://heydingus.net/blog/2025/1/the-verge-hyperlinks | Source: Jarrod Blundy    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:05:56

• "more than just traditional posts" ☛ https://coryd.dev/posts/2025/most-pages-are-actually-posts | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:07:06

• "While deciding what goals I wanted for my website and blog for this next year, I reviewed what I’ve already done." ☛ https://claytonerrington.com/blog/reviewing-2024/ | Source: Clayton Errington    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:07:26

• "Not a great year, but also not the worst." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2025/2024-in-review/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:07:54

• "But for some recent Marine recruits, the uniforms in their photos were ‘photoshopped’ on." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-recruits-photoshop/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:09:01

• "I’ve always kept screenshots and bookmarks of interesting visual ideas" ☛ https://colly.com/journal/accumulated-instinct |    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:10:25

• Blog questions ☛ https://theholytachanka.com/posts/blog-questions/ | Source: THT    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:10:49

• 2024 in Review ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2025/01/05/2024-in-review/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:11:09

• Embroidery and resilient software freedom in 2025 ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2025/jan/06/embroidery-and-resilient-software-freedom-in-2025/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:17:57

• Absent from SFC, due to very serious injury it seems http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_Inc_SFC_Lost_Revenue_and_Also_Got_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:21:18

• "I decided to take another approach. I wrote a custom Python script that did most of that for me." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/the-ability-to-code-sometimes-feels-like-magic-to-me/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:24:51

• "Changing nearly any character, including the C before the G, or removing the parens, makes it match." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/01/now-i-have-two-problems/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:25:17

• "That said, if you like RegEx, you’re gonna love Perl." ☛ https://blog.aschoch.ch/posts/aoc-2024#19 |    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:25:30

• "The heart of pl_synth is a loop that creates the raw PCM samples for a single note of an instrument." ☛ https://phoboslab.org/log/2025/01/synth | Source: Dominic Szablewski    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:26:35

• "Let’s play with some words. More in particular with vanishing words." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/little-useless-useful-r-functions-vanishing-sentences/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:26:43

• "In the title I’m kindof punning on the word “a”" ☛ https://www.sicpers.info/2025/01/is-software-engineering-a-thing/ | Source: SICP    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:27:04

• "Apple introduced Swift Testing at WWDC24" ☛ https://useyourloaf.com/blog/swift-parameterized-testing/ |    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:27:15

• "Nearly every line of code I write for fun is in Rust." ☛ https://ntietz.com/blog/great-things-about-rust-beyond-perf/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:27:38

• [Old] "What is the grammar and meaning of awk code? Maybe a yacc expert could know." ☛ https://www.raygard.net/awkdoc/pages/awk_parsing_is_tricky.html |    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:27:48

• "An aspect I think you are discounting is the effort required to implement the mitigations." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2025/01/05.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:27:57

• "BGP protocol behaviour in the form of dynamic routing updates is also part of this story." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/01/07/bgp-updates-in-2024/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:29:50

• "HTML is somehow simultaneously paper and the printing press for the electronic age." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/html-is-actually-a-programming-language-fight-me/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:29:56

• "It’s day 15 of Blogvent, where I blog every day in December!" ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/prettify-rss/ | Source: Cassidy Williams    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:30:02

• "Sure, your phone is fun, but if you want the fun and power of a full-fledged Linux computer in your pocket" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/linux-powered-handheld-computer-connects-to-raspberry-pi-hats-snap-on-modules | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:50:43

• "Commodore 64 devotee Side Projects Lab has released a video teaser showcasing a "true Full-HD HDMI" adaptor for the iconic 8-bit home computer." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commodore-64-gets-a-true-full-hd-hdmi-plus-stereo-sound-daughterboard | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:52:03

• "The Stacy shipped with Rainbow TOS 1.04 in 192K of ROM, newly introduced with the Stacy and provided as an upgrade for the original Megas, 520ST and 1040ST. Like all STs TOS uses Digital Research's GEM and, underlying it" ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/01/refurb-weekend-atari-stacy.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:52:36

• "I needed repair" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51220602/86-year-old-in-california-one-of-only-antique-slot-machine-repairmen | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:54:14

• "The last couple of electronics repairs I’ve written about on this blog were both quite involved. Fixing stuff doesn’t always involve crazy rabbit holes though! Here’s a quicker fix that I recently performed." ☛ https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/01/easy-repair-of-a-defective-nzxt-signal-4k30-capture-card/ | Source: Doug Brown    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:54:52

• "Hello, everyone and welcome to the first full week of 2025! Today, we are proud to announce another new collaboration with Digi International® to release a new board and two new kits, each capable of working for LoRaWAN®." ☛ https://www.sparkfun.com/news/12681 | Source: SparkFun Electronics    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:55:24

• "An Arduino Nano ESP32 board monitors the remote rotary encoder and communicates the detected position (via pulse-counting) to another ESP32 board by the DAC over ESP-NOW." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/01/06/control-your-volume-with-a-wireless-rotary-encoder-as-you-deserve/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:55:36

• This Raspberry Pi Pico W-powered Inky Frame display will help keep you organized ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-raspberry-pi-pico-w-powered-inky-frame-display-will-help-keep-you-organized    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:56:20

• "Hugo hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Why? No reason." ☛ https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2025/blog-questions-challenge/ | Source: Luke Harris    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 14:59:57

• "The Hugo static site generator is the first one I want to call out. I’ve bounced around almost a dozen CMSs here" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/a-big-thank-you-to-hugo/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:00:46

• Long-Time Ubuntu Contributor Steve Langasek Has Passed Away ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/long-time-ubuntu-contributor-steve-langasek-has-passed-away    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:05:05

• Mourning Steve Langasek ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1004297/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:05:23

• "In recent years he battled illness" https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/remembering-and-thanking-steve-langasek/52665    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:07:07

• KDE Plasma 5.27.12, Bugfix Release for January ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.27.12/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:07:28

• Jim Zemlin is right man for the job. As chief of Microsoft (et al) front group called after "Linux". There is this theory folks once heard and it's something along the lines of, people not qualified for the role that they hold are easy to control/oust/overwork. Zemlin boasts in his public talks his wife (Sheela Microsoft) CONTROLS him.    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:10:02

• Kwave Nightly Flatpak ☞ https://markpenner.space/blog/2025-01-06-kwave-flatpak/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:10:46

• IOW, Zemlin is just "disposable charlatan" to the Real Owners of LF    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:11:29

• Hotfix: KPhotoAlbum 6.0.1 ☞ https://www.kphotoalbum.org//2025/01/06/hotfix-kphotoalbum-6.0.1/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:11:33

• AB Download Manager – manage and organize downloading files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ab-download-manager-manage-organize-downloading-files/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:12:30

• Ghostty – feature-rich and cross-platform terminal emulator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ghostty-feature-rich-and-cross-platform-terminal-emulator/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:13:04

• ns-3 – discrete-event network simulator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ns-3-discrete-event-network-simulator/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:13:40

• "As can be seen, citing age, expenses, and—most notably—a lack of time" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/slackware-based-absolute-linux-has-been-discontinued/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:32:38

• "Among the most notable features in this release is the Local AI Tagging function." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/linkwarden-2-9-makes-bookmarking-smarter/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:33:14

• "This may be of interest to people here or may actually be something Carmens project could tap in to in some way." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2024-12/msg00025.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:36:56

• Cartoon: Happy Gnu Year https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/1/2294695/-Cartoon-Happy-Gnu-Year    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:37:48

• Also here https://www.zazzle.com/happy_gnu_year_holiday_card-137818206324666811    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:38:11

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

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:41:47

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

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:41:59

• How To Install Budgie Desktop on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-budgie-desktop-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:43:15

• How To Install Backdrop CMS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-backdrop-cms-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:43:48

• How to resolve WiFi Issues on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://net2.com/how-to-resolve-wifi-issues-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:44:44

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

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:44:52

• Don Marti: Links for 4 Jan 2025: news from the low-trust society ☞ https://blog.zgp.org/mlp-2025-01-04/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:45:05

• How to Make Surveillance Giant Google Home Announcements from Smarttthings ☞ https://www.putorius.net/how-to-make-google-home-announcements-from-smarttthings.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:45:37

• How to Run a Command That Requires sudo via SSH ☞ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-run-a-command-that-requires-sudo-via-ssh/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:45:52

• "This tutorial will help you export and import history of Mozilla Firefox web browser." ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/01/how-to-import-and-export-firefox-history.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:48:14

• How to download and install a kernel from Chaotic-aur repo with a script ☞ https://arcolinux.com/how-to-download-and-install-a-kernel-from-chaotic-aur-repo-with-a-script/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:48:55

• How to Install Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/how-to-install-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts-and-ubuntu-24-10    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:50:28

• 10 Top Most Popular GNU/Linux Distributions of 2024 ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/top-most-popular-linux-distributions/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 15:51:18

• HTTPSY – Leave the Certificate Authority Behind - IIW https://iiw.idcommons.net/HTTPSY_–_Leave_the_Certificate_Authority_Behind    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:15:37

• 🔤SpellBinding: ALCFHKB Wordo: BEAUS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2025-01-07.gmi    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:16:48

• "It was late 1993 or early 1994 or so, and I was in my early-mid teens." gemini://the-brannons.com/appstore/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:18:53

• A kind deed for the youngest member of the family gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/emily/20250106.gmi    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:19:49

• Some people's "purpose" on the planet is to reproduce (in a planet that has more than enough or maybe way too many already), but that's not everyone, it's just for the majority of people - sometimes those to whom maximal accomplishment is being incapable or using contraception or find sex without booze/drugs involved    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:21:42

• People who attack RMS and the likes of him for the love of programming/code are typically jealous, child-saddled people who work a job they hate just to keep up with bills    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:22:30

• The good news, however, is that RMS doesn't give a ---- about them.    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:22:47

• "i always wanted to become a hunter." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2446    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:23:56

• "It's been a while since I last wrote here, huh? This semester was easily the hardest one so far. Many projects, many rehearsals, and many sleepless nights later, I've pulled through and now it's time for archival and regression into calm." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2447    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:26:02

• "another digital camera i recently purchased is the nikon d2h." gemini://x.smol.pub/1736232457    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:27:22

• "It is important to understand that the term "free" can lead to prejudice. When one is told that something is free, he may decline to invest his time and effort to examine it, out of prejudice that it cannot be valuable." ☛ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-01/msg00002.html | Source: GNU    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:45:05

• Akira Urushibata: "One way to avoid the abuse is to keep ourselves reminded on what li originally meant. This can be done by studying old Chinese characters. Chinese is written in ideograms and old forms were graphic and are often reasonably easy to decode." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-01/msg00002.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:46:50

• "Looking for an elevator talk, or even something more brief, that might set the stage for persuading complete novices beginning with their devices" https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-01/msg00003.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:50:42

• "Maybe at his next Office Hours someone can ask AK why IBM is still partnering with Inspur when the U.S. DoD has them on the current list of Chinese Military Companies? He shuts down the Research and Systems labs last year but this partnership persists?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgztr591    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:54:39

• "AK needs to fill the depleted IBM coffers and get his supersized bonus for 2024 in any way he can. He's the leader of Corruption at IBM, that is why he is CEO. #join-arvind - ask him yourself. Partnership required to maintain support agreement with Inspur customers utilizing IBM storage."    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 16:55:05

• Report: The Washington Post staff brace for layoffs    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 18:52:49

• Layoffs Loom At Washington Post Amid Talent Exodus, Financial Struggles: Report    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 18:52:53

• Less competition for small news sites then? Bezos is no friend...    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 18:53:12

• Will there be a recession in the U.S, will companies go for massive layoffs, how much money will you earn? Top economists predict what's in store for 2025 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/will-there-be-a-recession-in-the-u-s-will-companies-go-for-massive-layoffs-how-much-money-will-you-earn-top-economists-predict-whats-in-store-for-2025/articleshow/117028591.cms    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 18:53:56

• Bridgewater Cuts 7% of Staff in Effort to Remain ‘Nimble’    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 18:54:25

• "If you’re interested in learning more about Raspberry Pi’s imaging and computer vision tools, our Senior Principal Engineer, Naushir Patuck, recently hosted a webinar with DigiKey. You can sign up to watch it on demand if you missed it." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/get-started-with-the-raspberry-pi-ai-hat/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:09:20

• "Linux users will be excited to learn about the newly supported touchpad hold gestures" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-firefox-134-now-available-for-download/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:10:09

• "I recently changed my terminal app to Ghostty and have been surprised by its performance, simpleness, and cleanliness." ☛ https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2025/ghostty/ | Source: Victor Kropp    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:12:56

• "One of the big selling points of Ghostty is it’s native platform integration." ☛ https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2025/01/06/first_impressions_of_ghostty/ | Source: Jonas Hietala    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:13:04

• "These days Fedora uses DNF as its high(er) level package management software, replacing yum." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/FedoraDnf5ScriptOutputIssue | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:24:43

• "you can also book your VM from OpenBSD Amsterdam and let the 100% OpenBSD journey begin." ☛ https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/cruising-a-vps-at-openbsd-amsterdam/ | Source: TuMFatig    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:25:08

• "I recently read this great piece by Timur Tukaev discussing how to approach the growing complexity of Kubernetes." ☛ https://matduggan.com/kubernetes-as-a-distro/ | Source: Mat Duggan    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:25:57

• "In a recent post, Joshua Strobl, a well-known open-source advocate and lead contributor to the Budgie Desktop project" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/budgie-desktop-in-2025-the-end-of-x11-and-the-dawn-of-wayland-only/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:27:02

• “in the wild” ☛ https://danq.me/2025/01/06/endlessh-on-debian-12/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:28:14

• "WireGuard's AllowedIPs setting for a particular peer controls two things at once: what (inside-WireGuard) source IP addresses you will accept from the peer" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/WireGuardAllowedIPsVsRoutes | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:28:43

• "The simplest example for why not is that video transcripts appear" ☛ https://adrianroselli.com/2025/01/brief-note-on-figure-and-figcaption-support.html | Source: Adriaan Roselli    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:30:10

• "The CPico RP2040 is a microcontroller board based on the RP2040 microcontroller" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/cpico-rp2040-a-cost-effective-mcu-board-with-debugging-enhancements/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:32:39

• Spitz ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/spitz-plus-gl-x2000-is-an-upcoming-wi-fi-6-and-4g-lte-cat-12-router/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:32:45

• OpenMandriva : The Non-Woke GNU/Linux Distro? ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/openmandriva-the-non-woke-linux-distro    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:34:37

• Anti-Conservative openSUSE GNU/Linux Spends December Begging for Board Candidates, Finds None ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/anti-conservative-opensuse-linux http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/17/SUSE_Goes_Aryan_You_May_Not_Use_the_Germanic_Brand_Anymore_It_s.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:35:49

• Microsoft's method for competing with Linux: make better prod... wait, no. The method is, bribe and vandalise the competition from within.    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:37:11

• Understanding File Descriptors in GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/file-descriptors/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:37:37

• Budgie Desktop in 2025: The End of X11 and the Dawn of Wayland-Only ☞ https://linuxiac.com/budgie-desktop-in-2025-the-end-of-x11-and-the-dawn-of-wayland-only/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:38:15

• Linkwarden 2.9 Makes Bookmarking Smarter ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linkwarden-2-9-makes-bookmarking-smarter/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:38:21

• Firefox 134 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-firefox-134-now-available-for-download/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:38:31

• Slackware-Based Absolute GNU/Linux Has Been Discontinued ☞ https://linuxiac.com/slackware-based-absolute-linux-has-been-discontinued/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:38:46

• Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 1 (Dec 30 – Jan 5, 2025) ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-1-dec-30-jan-5-2025/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:39:31

• Stephen Smoogen: Issues I found with CentOS Stream 10 ☞ http://smoogespace.blogspot.com/2025/01/issues-i-found-with-centos-stream-10.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:42:31

• Help The Site: Suggest an Active GNU/Linux Distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/suggest-active-linux-distribution/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:44:34

• 5 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for GnuPG ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-frontends-gnupg/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:55:22

• The Russia-Ukraine energy divorce offers a chance for Europe to take control of its energy security ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/russia-ukraine-energy-divorce-offers-chance-europe-energy-security/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:58:55

• Amid counteroffensive in Kursk, Ukraine 'positioning itself as reasonable, desirable partner for US' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250106-amid-counteroffensive-in-kursk-ukraine-positioning-itself-as-reasonable-desirable-partner-for-us    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:59:14

• Olga Rudnieva: The woman turning Ukrainian amputees into 'Superhumans' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20250106-olga-rudnieva-the-woman-turning-ukrainian-amputees-into-superhumans    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 19:59:25

• Lithuania to ask Ukraine to help control exports of dual-use goods – PM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2453779/lithuania-to-ask-ukraine-to-help-control-exports-of-dual-use-goods-pm    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:01:16

• Kyiv Presses On In Kursk As Russians Claim To Take Key Town In Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kursk-russia-offensive-blinken-trump-peace-talks/33264832.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:01:49

• Russia Claims to Seize Key Eastern Ukraine Town of Kurakhove ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/world/europe/kurakhove-russia-ukraine-war.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:02:03

• Tuesday Briefing: Canada’s Prime Minister Is Stepping Down ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/briefing/canada-trudeau-ukraine-russia-guantanamo.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:02:35

• "Photos from Russian state media" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/07/reduced-to-rubble | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:03:16

• "Russia claims capture of key Donbas city of Kurakhove as Ukrainian forces report ongoing fighting" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/06/russia-claims-capture-of-key-donbas-city-of-kurakhove-as-ukrainian-forces-report-ongoing-fighting | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:04:05

• "French Defense Ministry says Ukrainian soldiers deserted during training in the country" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/07/french-defense-ministry-says-ukrainian-soldiers-deserted-during-training-in-the-country | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:04:39

• Ukraine-Russia ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/07/trump-s-ukraine-russia-envoy-keith-kellogg-postpones-trip-to-kyiv-reuters | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:06:24

• Baltic States ready to leave Russian electricity grid ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/06.01.2025-baltic-states-ready-to-leave-russian-electricity-grid.a582519/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:06:35

• SPAM https://linuxsecurity.com/news/privacy/best-linux-free-vpn-options    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:07:24

• Lithuanian consulate in Kherson comes under fire during Russian air strike ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2453327/lithuanian-consulate-in-kherson-comes-under-fire-during-russian-air-strike    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:10:21

• Moldovan Government, Energy Firm To Send Supplies To Some Transdniester Settlements ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-transdniester-russia-gas-electricity/33265411.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:10:37

• Brazilian Lab Sends Data From Doomed Flight's Recorders To Kazakh Investigators ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-russia-kazakhstan-brazil-crash-flight-recorders/33265413.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:11:02

• Azerbaijani Anger Over Plane Crash Grows, in Deepening Schism With Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/world/europe/azerbaijan-plane-crash-russia-criticism.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:11:26

• Austria Could Get a Far-Right Chancellor. Here’s What to Know. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/world/europe/austria-coalition-far-right-chancellor.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:11:47

• "If I’m going to be arrested, then let it be for something that matters" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/06/if-i-m-going-to-be-arrested-then-let-it-be-for-something-that-matters | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:16:31

• "propaganda of non-traditional relationships" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/06/over-18-months-russia-imposed-nearly-277-000-in-fines-for-propaganda-of-non-traditional-relationships | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:18:45

• "Georgian police reportedly tell family where to find Russian woman who fled their arranged marriage plans" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/06/georgian-police-reportedly-tell-family-where-to-find-russian-woman-who-fled-their-arranged-marriage-plans | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:24:17

• "Chechen special forces commander sits down with Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary leader for friendly chat to smooth over ethnic tensions" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/06/chechen-special-forces-commander-sits-down-with-russian-neo-nazi-paramilitary-leader-for-friendly-chat-to-smooth-over-ethnic-tensions | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:24:36

• "found in river" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/07/body-of-russian-tourist-abducted-in-georgia-found-in-river | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:25:04

• BRICS is hardly a new fulcrum of world politics ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/brics-is-hardly-a-new-fulcrum-of-world-politics/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:25:18

• No, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Does Not Invest $80B in Hey Hi (AI), It's Just Full of BS, Lies, and Over $80B in Debt ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:27:15

• Credit to Jessica Lyons at The Register for Covering the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), Proving That Authorities Do Not Want and Probably Never Wanted Computer Security (Except for Themselves) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/Credit_to_Jessica_Lyons_at_The_Register_for_Covering_the_Commun.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:27:23

• statCounter's 2025 Data: backdoored Windows Sinks to All-Time Low in Switzerland ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/statCounter_s_2025_Data_Windows_Sinks_to_All_Time_Low_in_Switze.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:27:36

• Links 06/01/2025: Leftover General News and Dangers of US Debt Default ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/Links_06_01_2025_Leftover_General_News_and_Dangers_of_US_Debt_D.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:27:54

• [Meme] A Corporate Wolf in Sheep Clothing ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/Meme_A_Corporate_Wolf_in_Sheep_Clothing.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:28:37

• British Police: Register a New Account With Unscrupulous American Companies (Microsoft and MElon X) to "Follow" Us (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/British_Police_Register_a_New_Account_With_Unscrupulous_America.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:28:59

• TRILLIONS! And TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS! Invest today! (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/TRILLIONS_And_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_Invest_toda.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:29:14

• [Meme] Don't Worry, They Say There's 7 Trillion Dollars Waiting at the Top (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/Meme_Don_t_Worry_They_Say_There_s_7_Trillion_Dollars_Waiting_at.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:29:25

• On BetaNews Latest Technology News: "We are moderately confident this text was [LLM Chatbot] generated" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/21/On_BetaNews_Latest_Technology_News_We_are_moderately_confident_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:31:00

• BetaNews Has Basically Become a Spamfarm, All the Latest 'Articles' Are SPAM and LLM Slop (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/BetaNews_Has_Basically_Become_a_Spamfarm_All_the_Latest_Article.shtml    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:31:07

• Neverending beeps in the night ☞ https://rubenerd.com/neverending-beeps-in-the-night/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:32:23

• Raku Weekly 2025.01 Happy 𝚺 (^10)»³ ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/01/06/2025-01/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:33:11

• Marekting spam instead of patent news ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/finnegan-henderson-adds-fifth-ip-partner-in-munich-from-quinn-emanuel/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:37:21

• And yet more chaff or marketing spam for a sponsor? ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/morgan-lewis-expands-european-patent-litigation-team-in-munich-with-baker-partner/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:38:00

• Software Patent: Wrinkl messaging patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/6/wrinkl-messaging-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:38:30

• Software Patent: IP Investments entity, DigiMedia Tech, video stitching patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/6/ip-investments-entity-digimedia-tech-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:39:01

• $2,000 awarded for Ortiz & Assoc. wireless patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/6/2000-awarded-for-ortiz-amp-assoc-wireless-patent-prior-art    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:39:18

• Redmonk the voice of Redmond, funded by Microsoft ☞ https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2025/01/06/discussing-open-source/ Microsoft still a top sponsor https://redmonk.com/clients/ see http://techrights.org/o/2022/03/30/microsoft-osi-and-redmonk/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:43:02

• Study Shows Patent Lawsuit Filings Drop After Disclosure Rule ☞ https://patentprogress.org/2025/01/study-shows-patent-lawsuit-filings-drop-after-disclosure-rule/ "an order requiring the disclosure of third-party investments in any case before the court."    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:44:28

• Not Quite Teaching Away: Federal Circuit Clarifies Evidence Needed to Defeat Motivation to Combine ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/teaching-clarifies-motivation.html    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:45:06

• SPCs: the CJEU recognizes that A + B = C ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/01/06/spcs-the-cjeu-recognizes-that-a-b-c/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:45:49

• MA, JINNEWS and Yeni Yaşam accounts withheld on X ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/ma-jinnews-and-yeni-yasam-accounts-withheld-on-x-303358    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:46:36

• Right-wing extremist offences are at a record high in Germany: 2024 was a ‘baseball bat year’ ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/01/06/right-wing-extremist-offences-are-at-a-record-high-in-germany-2024-was-a-baseball-bat-year/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:47:31

• This Week in Linux 292: Ghostty terminal, Nobara, CachyOS, GIMP, & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://thisweekinlinux.com/292    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:48:47

• Late Night Linux – Episode 315 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-315/    

posted Tuesday, January 07, 2025 at 20:50:45