Roy Schestowitz

• With 8 days remaining FSF is now just $37k away from the target    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 06:14:04

• Microsoft Looks To Lay Off Thousands https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2025/microsoft-looks-to-lay-off-thousands-potentially-reports    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 06:18:17

• Windows not selling https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/microsoft_cutting_more_jobs/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 07:33:47

• "As global tech layoffs make headlines, IBM is charting a different path in India" Published 5 hours ago in https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/morning-brief-podcast/morning-brief-podcast-corner-office-conversation-with-sandip-pate-md-ibm-india-and-south-asia/podcast/117101844.cms    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 07:35:09

• "In any collapsing situation, there comes a time when one accepts that the place cannot be saved. IBM is much like the city of Los Angeles...its outcome was predicted many years ago, by multitudes of people. Actions that could have been taken to change those outcomes were not attempted." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jh5vv8xz    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 07:38:18

• "Convierte gemtext a html simple" gemini://bosque-protector.com/codigo/smolwebtor.gmi    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 07:56:40

• "Bog body struck a note with their post "thoughts on ink" – I think we're on similar paths." gemini://laniakea.rodoste.de/journal/2025-01-09-re_thoughts-on-ink.gmi    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 07:57:26

• Why I fell in love with the small web gemini://smol.diy/gemlog/whysmall.gmi    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 07:58:04

• "I'm having a great time: It is late, and Tschunk is flowing though my veins. I'm definetly not going to put out any useful code anmore. What code? That's secret! The only thing I can say is that this blog will be available via the HTTP protocol, without me writing any content in HTML." gemini://shtrophic.net/tunneling-tunnels-masquerading-wireguard.gmi    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 07:58:39

• "My recent log entry about NNCP file requests has renewed my motivation. Soon after posting it, I began rewriting my NNCP guide to include every feature and option the software has to offer. There are some important and useful aspects of NNCP that I left out of my previous guide, and I want to address that." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202501/20250109-guides-are-hard.gmi    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 07:59:14

• "This afternoon, I dreamed that the Catholic Church canonized a living donkey as a saint. His name is Santísimo, which will be important later." gemini://the-brannons.com/twisted-dreams/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 07:59:58

• "In more detail there's a "new_level" function call that is run on level change. rogue, at least as of version 3.6.3 from 1981, does not have stairs" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/01/09/rogue-level-gen.gmi    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:00:43

• 🔤SpellBinding: AUIKLME Wordo: SWIGS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-01-10.gmi    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:02:20

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1170.jpg    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:02:40

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1520.jpg    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:02:46

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

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:03:28

• Internet Archive Gopher Search Interface gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/internet-archive-gopher-search.md    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:05:01

• "I set up a Twitter account years ago, put some joke quotes from (sort of) famous creators, forgot the account existed, and then when reminded of it this evening when someone tried to log into it and I was notified. What a rollercoaster!" gemini://sdf.org/diggy/posts/2025/01/twitter-jokes-circa-2019.gmi    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:06:37

• "A new year. Going back home again after months of being away. Turns out I don't feel like that place is home anymore. ~bartender, a beer, please. Time to let it all go for a bit and just enjoy the view of a city that I got used to so quickly." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2452    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:07:17

• "So in December 2024, I participated in "December Adventure" (link to my post below). Since the 5th of December, I started reworking the Game Boy ROM for the Tarot Card Reader I hoped to get done soon." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/dealing-with-the-tetris-effect.gmi    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:07:49

• LXer is FAST, but "keithcu" (MICROSOFT) is spreading FUD https://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36932/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:14:50

• Malaysia weighs LinkedIn’s need for a social control media licence ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-weighs-linkedins-need-for-a-social-media-licence    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:17:08

• New Era and New Risks: Meta’s Content Moderation Reforms and Freedom of Expression Online https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/01/new-era-and-new-risks-metas-content-moderation-reforms-and-freedom-of-expression-online/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:17:37

• Trump's expansionist designs, from Greenland to the Panama Canal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250108-trump-s-expansionist-designs-from-greenland-to-the-panama-canal    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:18:20

• From The Daily: The attack on free speech no one is talking about ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/from-the-daily-the-attack-on-free-speech-no-one-is-talking-about/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:18:46

• Seeed Studio introduces ESP32-C3-based Modbus Vision RS485 and SenseCAP A1102 LoRaWAN outdoor Edge Hey Hi (AI) cameras ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/08/seeed-studio-introduces-esp32-c3-based-modbus-vision-rs485-and-sensecap-a1102-lorawan-outdoor-edge-ai-cameras/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:19:24

• Shocking before and after pictures show all-out obliteration caused by LA wildfires: images ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/01/08/us-news/before-and-after-pics-show-complete-devastation-of-la-wildfires-photos/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:20:07

• Updated: LibreArts Weekly recap — 5 January 2025 ☞ https://librearts.org/2025/01/week-recap-5-jan-2024/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:20:42

• Arduino Portenta Proto Kit ME aims to ease prototyping for professionals ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/08/arduino-portenta-proto-kit-me-aims-to-ease-prototyping-for-professionals/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:29:00

• more geekbench v5 benchmarks – lenovo t440 (10 year old!) vs macbook pro m1 vs LENOVO T14 ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/01/05/more-geekbench-v5-benchmarks-lenovo-t440-10-year-old-vs-macbook-pro-m1-vs-lenovo-t14/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:29:25

• pgspot 0.9.0 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgspot-090-released-2994/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:30:05

• Calls to Remove Fashion Company Apple Hey Hi (AI) After Multiple Headline Errors ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/calls-to-remove-apple-ai    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:30:29

• Apple still barred from selling iPhone 16 in Indonesia despite investment deal, says minister ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/apple-still-barred-from-selling-iphone-16-in-indonesia-despite-investment-deal-minister-says    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:31:37

• Some university students could do similar research into marketing and political manipulation done by Microsoft. Microsoft uses basically the same playbook as tobacco and oil. https://boingboing.net/2025/01/09/stanfords-massive-tobacco-ad-archive-reveals-a-century-of-pyschological-manipulation.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:32:53

• (says iophk)    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:33:10

• "potentiometers" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/try-a-pwmpot/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:42:55

• A Street For Every Date ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/a-street-for-every-date/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:43:14

• Retro Big Iron For You ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/retro-big-iron-for-you/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:44:02

• Radio ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/09/all-band-receiver-lets-you-listen-to-all-the-radio-at-once/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:44:20

• What Matters More for Longevity: Genes or Lifestyle? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/well/longevity-influences-genetics-lifestyle.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:44:57

• 2025 journalism job cuts tracked: Washington Post and Huffpost announce layoffs ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/journalism-job-cuts-2025-tracked/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:49:37

• Dogs Can Catch Your 'Stress', Putting Their Own Health at Risk ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dogs-can-catch-your-stress-putting-their-own-health-at-risk    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:51:49

• Earliest Known 3D Map Found in Prehistoric French Cavern, Say Experts ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earliest-known-3d-map-found-in-prehistoric-french-cavern-say-experts    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:56:29

• Mystery of Spiders' Sense of Smell May Finally Be Solved in New Study ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mystery-of-spiders-sense-of-smell-may-finally-be-solved-in-new-study    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:01:22

• World's First Blood Test For Endometriosis Step Closer Following Trial Success ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-first-blood-test-for-endometriosis-step-closer-following-trial-success    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:07:10

• 'Weather Whiplash' Fueling LA's Wildfire Could Make It Costliest in History ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/weather-whiplash-fueling-las-wildfire-could-make-it-costliest-in-history    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:07:30

• Brightest Space Explosion Ever May Hide an Elusive Dark Matter Particle ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/brightest-space-explosion-ever-may-hide-an-elusive-dark-matter-particle    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:07:51

• Hubble Reveals Carbon's Intergalactic Odyssey Before Becoming Part of Us ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hubble-reveals-carbons-intergalactic-odyssey-before-becoming-part-of-us    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:08:06

• HMPV: What to Know About The Respiratory Virus Outbreak in China ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hmpv-what-to-know-about-the-respiratory-virus-outbreak-in-china    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:08:29

• China creates 2 new counties in disputed mountainous area claimed by India ☞ https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/01/08/new-counties-hotan-disputed-territory-india/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:08:45

• Malicious hackers have their own shadow IT problem ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/malicious-hackers-have-their-own-shadow-it-problem/    

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

• Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released from Iran prison ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/italy-journalist-cecilia-sala-released-from-prison-in-iran/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:09:20

• if got, want: A Simple Way to Write Better Go Tests ☞ https://mtlynch.io/if-got-want-improve-go-tests/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:10:17

• US accuses RSF of Sudan genocide and sanctions its leader ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20250108-us-accuses-rsf-of-sudan-genocide-and-sanctions-its-leader    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:12:43

• United States sanctions Sudan's Rapid Support Forces' leader ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250108-united-states-sanctions-sudan-s-rapid-support-forces-leader    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:12:54

• Sam Altman’s Younger Sister Files Lawsuit Claiming He Sexually Abused Her ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/technology/sam-altman-sister-lawsuit.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:13:28

• Sauce Gardner’s OnlyFans tweet lands him, Barstool Sports in defamation lawsuit ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/01/08/sports/sauce-gardners-onlyfans-tweet-lands-him-barstool-sports-in-lawsuit/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:13:45

• Sam Altman Accused by Sister in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/sam-altman-accused-by-sister    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:14:18

• Microsoft Warns 400 Million backdoored Windows Users—You Need A New PC ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/01/06/microsoft-warns-400-million-windows-users-you-need-a-new-pc-in-2025/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:27:30

• Hey Hi (AI) bullshit and spam https://www.drydeadfish.co.uk/microsoft-to-invest-3-billion-in-india-to-expand-ai-and-cloud-capacity/ see https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:27:57

• conga-HPC/cBLS COM-HPC Client Size C Computer-on-Module features defective chip maker Intel Core Bartlett Lake S processor (series 2) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/08/conga-hpc-cbls-com-hpc-client-size-c-computer-on-module-features-intel-core-bartlett-lake-s-processor-series-2/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:28:47

• Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes China near source of Yellow River ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/magnitude-5.5-earthquake-strikes-china-near-source-of-yellow-river    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:29:07

• Longshoremen reach tentative agreement with ports, shippers, averting a potential strike ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/08/longshoremen-ports-tentative-agreement/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:30:12

• Dockworkers reach tentative deal with ports and shippers, averting a potential strike ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/01/08/business/dockworkers-reach-tentative-deal-with-ports-and-shippers-averting-a-potential-strike/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:30:20

• Bloody useless STUPID GIMMICK https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/08/googles-new-search-labs-experiment-delivers-daily-audio-news-updates/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:30:46

• Google is NOT a reliable source of information... it probably never was, but now it's a lot worse!    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:31:43

• GAFAM "Search" and "News" is driven to serve GAFAM BUSINESS AGENDA, not the users'    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:31:48

• Examining Redtail Analyzing a Sophisticated Cryptomining Malware and its Advanced Tactics ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31568    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:34:23

• "Little Oversight" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-boring-company-las-vegas-loop-oversight | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:35:08

• "Republican-controlled Supreme Court" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-certification-blocked | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:35:28

• A Lesson in Creativity and Capitalism from Two Zany YouTubers ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/a-lesson-in-creativity-and-capitalism-from-two-zany-youtubers    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:36:26

• Piers Morgan takes ownership of Youtube show away from News UK ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/piers-morgan-takes-ownership-of-youtube-show-away-from-news-uk/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:36:42

• Who is Kash Patel? ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/where-fbi-director-nominee-kash-patel-stands-on-civil-liberties    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:37:01

• Federal Circuit: Pink Hip Implants Are Functional, Cannot Be Protected as Trade Dress ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/implants-functional-protected.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:40:15

• "I Thought That Death Was Imminent" ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/i-thought-that-death-was-imminent    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:42:55

• "Raspberry Pi 5 has expanded with a new 16GB edition joining the 2GB, 4GB and 8GB models for those who need that extra bit of room. Ready for you to run more intensive applications, games and Linux distributions." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/raspberry-pi-5-gets-a-16gb-model-now-on-sale/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:44:51

• "If you're wanting something similar to SteamOS right now that has much wider hardware support for your gaming handhelds like the Lenovo Legion Go, ASUS ROG Ally, GPD, Ayaneo or even your laptop / desktop then Bazzite is likely one of the best choices." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/bazzite-the-popular-steamos-like-linux-gets-nvidia-support-in-beta/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:45:03

• "End of an era for another game studio, as Freejam - developers of Robocraft and the in-development Robocraft 2 - are closing and so both games will also be shut down." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/freejam-studio-closing-with-robocraft-and-robocraft-2-shutting-down/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:45:17

• "Bay 12 Games / Kitfox Games have announced that Dwarf Fortress - Adventure Mode is set for release on January 23rd, and there's a big Beta update out now. The game has Native Linux support and is rated Steam Deck Playable." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/dwarf-fortress-adventure-mode-launches-january-23-plus-beta-28-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:46:08

• "Humble Choice for January 2025 has a pretty darn nice selection of games, so here's what's in it and the compatibility expected for Steam Deck / SteamOS and Desktop Linux." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/you-can-get-against-the-storm-jagged-alliance-3-and-blasphemous-2-in-humble-choice-for-january-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:46:31

• "‘America has legitimized redrawing the world map’ Russia’s pro-invasion bloggers have spent years defending a brutal war in Ukraine. Here’s how they responded to Donald Trump’s threat to seize Greenland." https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/10/america-has-legitimized-redrawing-the-world-map    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:48:05

• iophk: EFF could have taken the high road, instead it ties basic rights like freedom of speech to fringe groups in order to exclude everyone else https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/metas-new-content-policy-will-harm-vulnerable-users-if-it-really-valued-free ("Meta’s New Content Policy Will Harm Vulnerable Users. If It Really Valued Free Speech, It Would Make These Changes")    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:49:22

• Like Gulagboy, EFF wants to talk about sex, not tech http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Meme_GAFAM_Buying_Shares_in_NYSE_EFF.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Sometimes_the_EFF_Prefers_to_Talk_About_Sex_Not_Tech_or_Unneces.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:50:07

• "If you're wanting to pick up a Steam Deck or Steam Deck OLED a bit cheaper, Valve's Certified Refurbished program is a great way to do it. And if you're in the UK and EU, they're back in stock." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/refurbished-steam-deck-lcd-and-steam-deck-oled-back-in-stock-in-uk-and-europe-act-fast/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:50:20

• "I get it, you worked hard for hours and days and weeks on your incredibly cool-looking interface for your game. You made it so all the text perfectly lines up everywhere and picked a slick looking font, but it's all too darn small." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/can-2025-please-be-the-year-more-games-add-text-and-ui-scaling/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:50:32

• "Zuckerbergs Kehrtwende: Meta goes MAGA" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/zuckerbergs-kehrtwende-meta-goes-maga/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:51:25

• "‘It’s Total Chaos Internally at Meta Right Now’: Employees Protest Zuckerberg’s Anti LGBTQ Changes" https://www.404media.co/its-total-chaos-internally-at-meta-right-now-employees-protest-zuckerbergs-anti-lgbtq-changes/ Facebook now CENSORS articles in 404media!! Censoring media coverage of the censorship! WELCOME, China!! 'Free speech'    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:52:20

• So free speech in Facebook now means the same as in TikTok: blocking critics! Hurray, free speech! Go bytedance, go Trump!    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:53:18

• "Trump Says Putin Wants to Meet Him, Meeting Being Set Up" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-09/trump-says-putin-wants-to-meet-him-meeting-being-set-up iophk: called to moscow to see his boss    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:54:17

• "Seems like making a dock for handheld gaming PCs is now some rite of passage for accessory and hardware vendors, as even Razer have jumped in now with the aptly named Razer Handheld Dock Chroma." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/razer-announced-the-razer-handheld-dock-chroma-for-your-steam-deck-rog-ally-legion-go-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:55:05

• Seems like Carter died a month before its country died    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:55:31

• "New Year, New You: Programming Games is a fresh Humble Bundle with 7 rather great indie games worth picking up. All of the games included have Native Linux support too which is rare for Humble nowadays." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-programming-games-humble-bundle-is-another-sweet-deal-worth-grabbing/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:55:36

• "Quite a nice surprise! Sid Meier's Civilization VII from Firaxis Games / 2K has been given the green tick of approval from Valve, as it's now Steam Deck Verified ahead of release." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/sid-meiers-civilization-vii-is-steam-deck-verified-with-the-linux-version-ahead-of-release-on-february-11/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:55:57

• "Elon Musk’s Latest Terrifying Foray Into British Politics" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/elon-musks-latest-terrifying-foray-into-british-politics    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:58:02

• "Inside a day in the life of a Vietnam 'tunnel rat'" https://taskandpurpose.com/history/vietnam-tunnel-rats/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:58:10

• "Trump speaks with Justice Alito amid push to halt criminal sentencing" https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-speaks-justice-alito-amid-push-halt-criminal/story?id=117386419    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:58:24

• "How to Not Lose It Completely During Trump’s Second Presidency" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-presidency-losing-hope/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:58:45

• "Jimmy Carter’s Biographer on the Late President’s Biggest Regret" https://www.thenation.com/article/world/jimmy-carter-regret-israel-palestine/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:58:54

• "Donald Trump has reopened his bid to seize Greenland. Here's why it's not an empty threat" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/analysis-trump-greenland-1.7426118    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:59:05

• "'My hubby watches from Saudi as his friends rape me here': UP woman | Meerut News" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/my-hubby-watches-from-saudi-as-his-friends-rape-me-here-up-woman/articleshow/117068730.cms    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:59:30

• "Ukraine Has Launched A New Offensive Into Russia. Why And Why Now?" https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-offensive-kursk-north-korea-us-support/33268874.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:59:48

• "Slimbook Cube, un servidor en formato NAS para pymes" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2025/01/08/slimbook-cube-servidor-pymes/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 09:59:57

• "Facebook Is Ditching “Fact-Checkers” and Going to Community Notes Similar to X" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/01/08/1228216    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:00:14

• "Your Vulnerability to the AI Creations of the Tech Elites" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/compliance:393    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:00:29

• "Grooming gangs survivor urges Government to launch national inquiry" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/09/grooming-gangs-survivor-urges-government-launch-inquiry/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:00:40

• "Jason Carter: Jimmy Carter was the same in public and private" https://thehill.com/homenews/5076587-jason-carter-jimmy-carter-state-funeral/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:00:50

• "Jimmy Carter Remembered in Washington as a ‘Practitioner of Good Works’" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/us/politics/jimmy-carter-funeral.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:01:00

• "According to the MPA, in 2023 video hosting platform DoodStream received 2.69 billion visits, largely driven by pirated content." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/doodstream-cant-comply-with-court-orders-major-investor-is-a-russian-dude-250109/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:01:49

• Landlords ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/justice-department-sues-landlords-alleged-price-fixing-realpage-rent | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:02:22

• "Radically Open Security" ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-611/ | Source: Tor    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:02:42

• "The case, Kadrey et al. v. Meta Platforms, was one of the earliest copyright lawsuits filed against a tech company over its AI training practices." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/new-documents-unredacted-meta-copyright-ai-lawsuit/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:05:04

• "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has got involved in a lawsuit between several movie companies and ISP Cox, who disagree over the use of DMCA subpoenas to identify alleged pirates." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/eff-sides-with-cox-to-protect-piracy-accused-internet-users-from-copyright-trolls-250109/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:05:17

• "It does, actually. In Firefox. Sometimes." ☛ https://adrianroselli.com/2025/01/aria-description-does-not-translate.html | Source: Adriaan Roselli    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:09:52

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

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:10:25

• Conspiracy theory: October 2021 Techrights starts publishing a whistleblower's account of crime at GitHub, implicating Nat Friedman and Miguel de icaza (Microsoft, GNOME). Gulagboy (GNOME) starts sending legal threats to Techrights, and regularly sustains blackmail-like pressure to the site (since then). Nat Friedman and Miguel de icaza lost their job weeks later.    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:12:08

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

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:12:38

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

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:16:10

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

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:16:28

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

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:16:46

• "The LCD screen, looks to be connected directly to the GPIO of the Raspberry Pi 5, and that means it is highly likely to use the SPI protocol." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-matrix-inspired-raspberry-pi-5-case-could-be-the-one | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:21:52

• "Open source software rightly gets a lot of attention; open source hardware has its part to play too." ☛ https://itwire.com/the-linux-distillery/the-risc-v-architecture-that-can-shape-the-future-of-computing.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:22:30

• "When the Raspberry Pi 5 was originally introduced in the autumn of 2023, only 4GB and 8GB versions were available. Then, last summer, a 2GB variant entered the scene to cater to cost-sensitive projects" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/raspberry-pi-5-introduces-16gb-model/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:23:30

• Who would buy a Raspberry Pi for $120? ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/who-would-buy-raspberry-pi-120    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:23:56

• Raspberry Pi 5 16GB Review: Plenty of memory ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-5-16gb-review    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:24:24

• "Microsoft is pulling yet another trick to get people to use its Bing search engine." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337117/microsoft-bing-search-results-google-design-trick | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:27:40

• "In a sneaky new move, Microsoft is trying to hide that people are using Bing when they try to get to Google." ☛ https://9to5google.com/2025/01/06/bing-trick-users-google/ | Source: 9to5Google    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:27:52

• "The newly enacted law creates the threat of jail time for people who are just trying to document police activity." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/09/floridas-halo-law-goes-into-effect-which-will-just-let-more-cops-dodge-accountability/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:29:45

• "US military veterans are significantly more likely to be jailed at least once in their lives than other Americans." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/01/us-military-veterans-mass-incarceration/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:29:59

• "The legislation from Ernst is a continuation of the Iowa Republican’s targeting of telework in federal agencies." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/tracking-agency-teleworkers-computer-usage-senate-bill/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:30:08

• "Recent decrees have gone so far as to prohibit women from singing, reciting poetry in public" ☛ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/10/a-window-into-oppression-the-talibans-latest-assault-on-womens-rights/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:30:21

• Six new stable kernels ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1004548/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:35:09

• Microsoft Gives Money to Trump, Poor or Even Sluggish Adoption of "Hey Hi" (AI) Reported Amid Mass Layoffs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/Microsoft_Gives_Money_to_Trump_Poor_or_Even_Sluggish_Adoption_o.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:35:55

• Why Government Data on "Job Openings" is Typically a Lie (Perpetrated in Part by Corporations) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/08/Why_Government_Data_on_Job_Openings_is_Typically_a_Lie_Perpetra.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:36:08

• Beta'News' Still a Spamfarm Run by Bots ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Beta_News_Still_a_Spamfarm_Run_by_Bots.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:36:19

• Sometimes the EFF Prefers to Talk About Sex, Not Tech (or Unnecessarily Conflate the Two Things) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Sometimes_the_EFF_Prefers_to_Talk_About_Sex_Not_Tech_or_Unneces.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:36:29

• [Meme] GAFAM Buying Shares in NYSE:EFF ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Meme_GAFAM_Buying_Shares_in_NYSE_EFF.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:36:37

• statCounter Has Outdated and Unfit-for-Purpose User-Agent Parsers ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/statCounter_Has_Outdated_and_Unfit_for_Purpose_User_Agent_Parse.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:36:50

• Microsoft backdoored Windows Continues to Sink in India ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Microsoft_Windows_Continues_to_Sink_in_India.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:37:13

• Microsoft Says Scale of Layoffs in January 2025 is Several Thousands ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Microsoft_Says_Scale_of_Layoffs_in_January_2025_is_Several_Thou.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:37:21

• [Meme] Microsoft's Scam Altman, Bigger Scammer Than 'Crypto' 'Currency' 'Exchanges' ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Meme_Microsoft_s_Scam_Altman_Bigger_Scammer_Than_Crypto_Currenc.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:37:29

• Draft About Drafts ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Draft_About_Drafts.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:37:41

• No, There's No "Age Of AI" or "Era Of AI" or "AI Revolution" or "AI Arms Race", It's Just a Dying Tech Industry Looking to Prop Up Its Valuation Using Hype and False Marketing of Mostly Dysfunctional Tools ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/No_There_s_No_Age_Of_AI_or_Era_Of_AI_or_AI_Revolution_or_AI_Arm.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:37:50

• Free Software Cannot Rely on Politicians, They Don't Even Care About Software, They Only or Mostly Care About Money ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Free_Software_Cannot_Rely_on_Politicians_They_Don_t_Even_Care_A.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:40:08

• Using Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chatbot to Generate Abusive Monopolist Microsoft FUD Against SSH/OpenSSH ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Using_Microsoft_Chatbot_to_Generate_Microsoft_FUD_Against_SSH_O.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:46:38

• More I.C.B.M. Layoffs (2025) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/More_IBM_Layoffs_2025.shtml    

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

• When They Insist That Getting Rid of Paper Receipts and Paper Trail of All Kinds is Better (Manchester City Council and the "Smart" or "App" Mindset) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/When_They_Insist_That_Getting_Rid_of_Paper_Receipts_and_Paper_T.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:49:29

• Computers as a Heat Source (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Computers_as_a_Heat_Source.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 10:49:36

• "The EU General Court ruled that the European Commission had failed to ensure an adequate level of protection when Thomas Bindl, a Munich resident, signed up for an EU conference using his Facebook account in 2022." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/09/eu-fines-itself-after-accidentally-breaching-own-data-rules/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:21:53

• "Initially, the network infrastructure giant gave the blog owner, who pays Cloudflare to optimize their WordPress site, until the end of this week to file a legal challenge in the States against the subpoena, or have their personal details handed over to the ex-official." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/uk_blog_cloudflare_subpoena/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:22:04

• "In the judgment C-416/23, the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) received a slap in the face from the CJEU." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/austrian-data-protection-authority-slammed-cjeu | Source: NYOB    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:22:17

• "Apple clarified that it has never sold data from its Siri voice assistant or used it for marketing profiles, following a $95 million settlement over such accusations." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-clarifies-siri-privacy-stance-after-95-million-class-action-settlement/articleshow/117070951.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:22:28

• "stricter filing requirements" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/fcc-moves-to-tighten-industry-reporting-rules-for-robocalls/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:22:57

• "In programming, context refers to information about the environment in which an object exists or a function executes." ☛ https://antonz.org/go-concurrency/context/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:23:48

• "So I put everything I could find together, and cleaned it up. The implementation turned out to be just 100 lines" ☛ https://borretti.me/article/implementing-fsrs-in-100-lines | Source: Fernando Borretti    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:24:02

• "Started this one the day after Xmas and wrote most of it before NYE, but I kept putting off the regular expression part because that’s always a headache." ☛ https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2024/advent-of-code/day-three/ | Source: Luke Harris    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:24:13

• "Let's Standardize Async CSS!" ☛ https://scottjehl.com/posts/async-css-already/ | Source: Scott Jehl    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:26:42

• "Work like this benefits from being highly visible, so I bought a pair of broadcast-studio style clocks which spoke NTP over Ethernet and installed them on my desk" ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/01/09/lag/ | Source: Rachel    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:26:52

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/security_pros_baited_by_fake/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:31:47

• Windows TCO ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/5-industries-targeted-by-cybercriminals/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:31:55

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/space-bears-ransomware-what-you-need-know | Source: Tripwire    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:32:03

• "The anchor was retrieved on Monday during a joint operation by various authorities." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20135919 | Source: YLE    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:54:10

• "TikTok is increasingly facing global scrutiny due to concerns over its ties to China and its influence on politics" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-is-facing-legal-backlash-around-the-world/articleshow/117074650.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:54:17

• "The US government alleges TikTok allows Beijing to collect data and spy on users and is a conduit to spread propaganda." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2265804.html | Source: RTL    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:54:32

• "For more context and to make sense of all the competing arguments, we turned to our experts on China and technology." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/your-expert-guide-to-the-debate-over-banning-tiktok/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:54:48

• "The social video app, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance and is used by around 170 million Americans" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-us-tiktok-ban-would-actually-work/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:55:07

• "The justices must weigh those claims against the national security concerns that prompted Congress to pass the law in April" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/09/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-arguments-ruling/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:55:26

• "The Army, as an institution, has seen social media as a crucial recruiting tool in recent years" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-online-soldiers-quality-of-life/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:57:05

• "The court will most likely act quickly, as TikTok faces a Jan. 19 deadline" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/us/politics/tiktok-supreme-court-national-security-free-speech.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:57:21

• "Indonesia is the fourth-most populous country on Earth, with the seventh-biggest economy." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2025/01/08/brics-grows-adding-indonesia-as-member-worlds-4th-most-populous-country-7th-biggest-economy/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:57:43

• "One judge of the New York Court of Appeals issued a brief order declining to grant a hearing to Trump's legal team." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/new-york-s-highest-appeals-court-declines-to-block-trump-s-sentencing-in-hush-money-case-/7930968.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:58:01

• "By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court handed a largely symbolic, but still politically significant" ☛ https://www.vox.com/scotus/394365/supreme-court-trump-immunity-new-york-loss | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:58:26

• "The court is set to hear oral arguments Friday over TikTok's future." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/supreme-court-tiktok-case-trump-filing | Source: Axios    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:58:46

• "TikTok, the most popular social media platform in the United States, has become a part of American culture" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/clock-ticking-on-us-tiktok-ban/7930942.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:59:03

• "The discovery of Yosef AlZayadni's body comes as Israel and Hamas consider a ceasefire deal" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israeli-hostages-found-1.7425861 | Source: CBC    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:59:21

• "on a tear" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/musk-europe-uk-social-media-accusations-1.7424791 | Source: CBC    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:59:36

• "The virtual encounter between Musk and Alice Weidel on Thursday took place amid growing criticism over the US billionaire" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/09/elon-musk-heaps-praise-on-afd-alice-weidel-during-live-talk-on-x | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:00:08

• "If the high court intervenes" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/08/trump-supreme-court-block-hush-money-sentencing | Source: Axios    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:00:28

• "A significant portion of the bridge, a key crossing for car and tram traffic across the Elbe River" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/germany-dresden-old-city-evacuated-for-bomb-disposal/a-71253042 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:00:59

• "This is the wrong approach." ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/europe-needs-shared-defence-capabilities/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:01:18

• Twitter = AfD ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/09/elon-musk-alice-weidel-afd-germany/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:01:36

• "On January 22, 2025, we will announce the winning design" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf-anniversary-logo-contest-1 | Source: FSF    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:26:08

• OpenSUSE Tumbleweed - Okay, but glory all be from the past ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/opensuse-tumbleweed-kde.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:26:57

• KDE: Snaps 24.12.1 Release, Kubuntu Plasma 5.27.12 Call for testers ☞ https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-snaps-24-12-1-release-kubuntu-plasma-5-27-12-call-for-testers/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:27:45

• "Lithuania is contributing to NATO’s mission to protect critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea but remains mum" ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2455196/lithuania-joins-nato-mission-to-protect-baltic-sea-infrastructure | Source: LRT    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:32:54

• "Abedini reportedly remains in a Milan prison. The Iranian government has decried his arrest as "hostage-taking."" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/italian-journalist-cecilia-sala-freed-from-iran-prison/a-71246789 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:33:02

• MElon "has reacted to Charlie Kirk’s post claiming X has replaced the media and is a more reliable source of information" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/charlie-kirk-says-x-has-largely-replaced-the-media-amid-la-wildfire-elon-musk-responds-101736403575441.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:33:13

• "The quote I opened with is from Conservative MP Rachael Thomas of Lethbridge, shadow minister for Canadian Heritage" ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/is-canada-ready-for-life-without-the-cbc-pierre-poilievre-thinks-so/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:33:51

• "Sri Lankan authorities must take immediate steps to ensure the safety of journalist Murukaiya Thamilselvan and his family" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/01/sri-lankan-journalist-narrowly-escapes-kidnap-after-crime-reports/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:34:04

• "Here are five other ways CPJ’s Emergencies department helped journalists in 2024: [...]" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/01/vpns-training-and-mental-health-workshops-how-cpj-helped-journalist-safety-in-2024/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:34:29

• "Mukesh Chandrakar reported on local issues such as the local Naxalite-Maoist insurgency on his YouTube channel Bastar Junction" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/01/in-india-4-suspects-arrested-over-killing-of-journalist-mukesh-chandrakar/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:35:05

• "Three in five of the UK’s largest media companies reported growing news and information revenue in their most recent full-year accounts" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/biggest-media-companies-uk-2025/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:35:12

• Censorship: "On Monday, the People’s Public Security online newspaper reported that the Da Nang Police’s Department’s Cyber Security" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/01/09/tiktok-ho-chi-minh-fine/ | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:35:59

• Censorship of science/facts/reality: "A prominent Nigerian atheist, who has just been freed after serving more than four years in prison for blasphemy" ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/nigerian-atheist-freed-from-prison-but-fears-for-his-life/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:36:10

• Censorship: "Under the guise of protecting free speech, an alarming alignment between government power and Big Tech’s corporate power is unfolding." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/musk-and-zuck-engineering-free-speech/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:36:15

• "final category of content moderation — most relevant to fact-checking" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/08/zuckerberg-meta-content-moderation | Source: Axios    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:36:48

• "The world’s richest man has become fixated on child sexual exploitation in deindustrialized English towns" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/elon-musks-latest-terrifying-foray-into-british-politics | Source: New Yorker    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:36:57

• "Thanks to an aggressive dry season and hurricane-force winds" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/los-angeles-fires-misinformation-conspiracy-theory-1235230748/ | Source: Rolling Stone | "the fires are a ripe topic for misinformation and conspiracy theories."    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:37:23

• "There is indeed no such diversion system" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/trump-california-wildfires-fish | Source: Futurism | "the man who will be sworn back into office in less than two weeks thinks that California should be doing things his way"    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:38:01

• "the landmark remains unaffected by the fires" ☛ https://futurism.com/hollywood-sign-fire-ai-slop | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:38:37

• "This model relies on other social media users to add context or caveats to a post." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/why-meta-is-wrong-abandon-fact-checking/257447/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:39:22

• "Meta's office in Brazil declined to comment." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250108-meta-has-30-days-to-clarify-fact-check-changes-in-brazil-prosecutor-s-office-says | Source: France24    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:40:08

• "I do not think you should take Zuckerberg’s word" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/blog/what-free-speech-is/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:41:30

• "And I’m going to stand by that. I’m not ignoring the fact that Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg are doing the same thing." ☛ https://morrick.me/archives/9933 | Source: Riccardo Mori    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:43:15

• "I do not think you should take Zuckerberg’s word" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/blog/what-free-speech-is/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:44:52

• "The EFF are surplus to requirements." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/the-eff-foot-rakes-on-censorship/ | Source: Ruben Schade http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Sometimes_the_EFF_Prefers_to_Talk_About_Sex_Not_Tech_or_Unneces.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Meme_GAFAM_Buying_Shares_in_NYSE_EFF.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:45:04

• Gulag aka "Google will also live-stream the swearing-in ceremony on YouTube — the second-most popular website in the world" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/09/google-trump-inauguration-donation/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:45:11

• "A heated political row has erupted after Labour MPs voted against a proposed national inquiry into Pakistani grooming gangs" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/cts-netizens-elon-musk-react-labour-voting-down-inquiry-pakistani-rape-gangs-1730016 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:45:51

• "The rules have touched off an intense fight between tech companies and the government, as well as among administration officials." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/business/economy/biden-ai-chips-rules.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:45:58

• "The tech giant has made large-scale layoffs a pattern in the past several years" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/microsoft_cutting_more_jobs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:46:04

• workforce of evil company [sic], a mafia-like operation ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-to-lay-off-small-part-of-workforce-based-on-performance-report/articleshow/117076405.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:48:05

• "The stock fell 7.3% to the lowest in over three months even as the social media giant denied the allegations" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/tencent-biggest-share-buyback-since-2006/257424/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:48:31

• "The ChatGPT maker was last valued at a whopping $157 billion after cinching another several billion in funding last October" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/enron-banker-parallels-openai | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:48:37

• "The number of California homes and businesses without electricity ballooned to more than 400,000 on Wednesday" ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/01/501_390049.html | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:49:07

• "APS plans to use the loan to invest in a broad range of new infrastructure technologies" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-storage/battery/arizonas-largest-utility-lands-1-81b-loan-for-renewable-generation-transmission-projects/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:49:12

• "Alberta's oil and gas sector" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/oil-gas-pollution-health-st-fx-study-1.7425314 | Source: CBC    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:50:35

• "Fossil fuel companies are profiting off a state tax break depriving California of up to $146 million of annual tax revenue" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/01/california-los-angeles-wildfires-oil/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:50:40

• "The study, published in Geological Magazine" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-oil-triggered-small-earthquakes-surrey.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:50:48

• Overpopulation: "She is pleading with residents to conserve water." ☛ https://text.npr.org/g-s1-41690 | Source: NPR    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:51:12

• "Pietermaritzburg-based Surendra Singh and Associates has also been ordered to pay the costs, from its own coffers" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/south-african-lawyers-trouble-ai-court/257439/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:57:16

• "One feature of Apple Intelligence is to summarize multiple push messages for you." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/09/apples-ai-helpfully-rewords-scam-messages-to-make-them-look-legitimate/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:57:30

• "story was meant to poke fun at the preposterous IoT hype of the day" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/08/sirius-cybernetics-corporation/#chatterbox | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:57:39

• "This might seem counterintuitive and/or a bit discouraging." ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/01/08/evaluating-llms-as-knowledge-banks.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:03:34

• "Late Night Software will continue updating the app for six months" ☛ https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/01/after-30-years-script-debugger-is-being-retired/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:03:40

• "Mandiant published a blog post detailing its examination of CVE-2025-0282" (proprietary) ☛ https://therecord.media/china-espionage-ivanti-vulnerabilities-mandiant | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:03:49

• "Ivanti" = proprietary ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/zeroday_exploits_ivanti/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:03:55

• "The government promises to introduce a new offence" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/uk_government_promises_law_against_deepfake_smut/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:04:05

• "Nothing in the past 15 years within my organization. There is the mention of “Happy Holidays” in an email. No year end or December meetings for the most part. As a manager I have provided Bluepoints, taxable points once spent, which can be accumulated to spend within the company catalogue of gifts." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgz1xj3r    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:07:19

• "During the exchange, the chatbot turned on the company that created it" ☛ https://futurism.com/meta-fake-users-hate-speech | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:07:25

• "Despite those rules, NBC News searched for and found two dozen user-generated AI characters on Instagram" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-user-made-ai-chatbots-include-hitler-jesus-christ-rcna186206 | Source: NBC    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:07:31

• "What's more, Meta claims to review all bots before they go live to ensure they follow these guidelines" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-hosting-ai-hitler | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:07:36

• BLOODY STUPID SPIN from Microsoft: "Layoffs Amid Growth..." OH LOOK, LAYOFFS ARE GROWTH!!! Clap clap clap.    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:11:51

• Lackluster https://www.schaeffersresearch.com/content/news/2025/01/09/microsoft-announces-layoffs-after-lackluster-2024    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:12:28

• After Narayana Murthy’s 70-hour work week, L&T Chief pushes for 90-hour weeks; faces backlash https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/after-narayana-murthys-70-hour-work-week-lt-chief-pushes-for-90-hour-weeks-faces-backlash/videoshow/117114787.cms Hard to compete with THAT!    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:14:05

• "And they just made it worse." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/after-narayana-murthys-70-hour-work-week-lt-chief-pushes-for-90-hour-weeks-faces-backlash/videoshow/117114787.cms    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:15:16

• European Union fines itself over breach of GDPR https://cxotoday.com/news-analysis/european-union-fines-itself-over-breach-of-gdpr/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:15:56

• FSF now $36k away from target    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:16:58

• "The psychologists expressed concern that, despite the goals of the National Prevention Agreement" ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/09/dutch-psychologists-call-raising-tobacco-vape-age-21 | Source: NL Times    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:17:16

• "Many universities in the UK have reduced or stopped using X (formerly Twitter) due to concerns over misinformation, violence" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/uk-universities-join-retreat-from-elon-musks-x-citing-misinformation-on-platform/articleshow/117069696.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:17:39

• "Max said the decision was part of a broader corporate shift away from children’s programming." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/arts/television/sesame-street-hbo-max.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:23:13

• "“Sesame Street” had aired on HBO from 2016 to 2020. In 2019, Max and “Sesame Street” producer Sesame Workshop" ☛ https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/sesame-street-new-episodes-will-not-air-on-max-1236248518/ | Source: Variety    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:23:23

• "Warner Bros. Discovery announced last month it would not renew the show's contract with HBO and its streaming partner, Max." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sesame-street-hbo-1.7424666 | Source: CBC    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:25:27

• "But feeling courageous is different that having courage." ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/what-courage-feels-like | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:25:32

• "For the last ten years I’ve worked for American tech companies as an Australian based in Australia." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/working-for-americans/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:25:38

• "A crew has been deployed to protect NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which houses top science talent" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/08/los_angeles_fires_jpl/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:26:00

• "A few years ago, I had a morning routine I followed every day." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/01/09/mornings-and-organising/ | Source: James G    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:28:50

• "Blog design is such a rabbit hole. I'm pretty happy with the way things look now, even though it's kind of bland and cookie cutter." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/bearblog-challenge/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:28:59

• "I really enjoyed the prompts because it allowed me to write and think about things that I normally wouldn’t put on my blog." ☛ https://mandarismoore.com/2025/01/09/blogging-retrospective/ | Source: Mandaris Moore    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:29:06

• "Most of us share some part of this memory in our first Internet encounters: when we first met and exchanged words with someone else " ☛ https://joinreboot.org/p/folk-programmers | Source: Reboot    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:29:34

• "Browsers now maintain a separate cache-per-origin." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/9/browser-cache-partitioning/ | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:30:43

• "Microsoft’s Edge browser has a new address bar advertisement" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/28/23702274/microsoft-edge-developer-bing-ai-chatbot-advertisement-google-bard | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:30:55

• "Ghostty by Mitchell Hashimoto is the new hotness in the terminal emulator world." ☛ https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2025/ghostty-config/ | Source: Wesley Moore    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 13:31:36

• "Well, because Android users make up a huge slice of the mobile web audience." ☛ https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2024/not-every-user-owns-an-iphone/ | Source: Web Performance Calendar    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 15:31:15

• "One of the most significant vulnerabilities resolved in Tails 6.11 involved Tails Upgrader." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/tails-6-11-brings-critical-security-fixes-and-new-features/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 15:31:49

• "Haiku beta 5 arrived in September" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/testing_haiku_beta_5/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 15:33:11

• "Wow, what a day for KDE developers! Earlier, they rolled out updates for the KDE Gear 24.12.1 application suite and the new KDE Frameworks 6.10." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-beta-desktop-environment-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 15:34:16

• "Less than a month after its previous 6.9 release, KDE announced the launch of Frameworks 6.10, expanding its collection of addon libraries to Qt and enhancing functionality available to developers across various platforms." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-frameworks-6-10-is-out/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 15:34:26

• "Moreover, Dolphin and Elisa have received modifications to improve file handling, thumbnail generation, and crash prevention. Okular, KDE’s versatile document viewer" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-gear-24-12-1-apps-collection-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 15:34:37

• "Slowroll’s snapshots mark the beginning of fresh updates with the initial updates now accessible on mirrors globally." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/01/09/ny-starts-with-slowroll-vb/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 15:53:06

• Steve Langasek, One of Ubuntu Linux’s Leading Lights, Has Died https://thenewstack.io/steve-langasek-one-of-ubuntu-linuxs-leading-lights-has-died/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 15:55:00

• Automation conflated with buzzwords: "These tools can automate repetitive tasks, help write cleaner code, detect bugs early" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/best-ai-coding-assistants/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 15:57:43

• "In this guide, we’ll walk you through the process of installing Kloxo 8 on RHEL 9 (RHEL-based distributions)." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/install-kloxo-web-hosting-control-panel/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 15:58:17

• "Migrating to OpenShift Virtualization offers the flexibility to modernize applications and infrastructure at your own pace" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/9-essential-questions-ask-virtual-machine-migration-challenges-strategies-and-real-world-insights | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 15:59:47

• "NVIDIA recently introduced Project DIGITS, a personal AI supercomputer powered by the GB10 Superchip." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/project-digits-brings-grace-blackwell-ai-capabilities-to-the-desktop/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:01:07

• "The 64-bit RISC-V CPU core, X100, achieves single-core performance exceeding 9 points per GHz on the SPECINT2006 benchmark at 2.5 GHz." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/spacemit-announces-development-of-vital-stone-v100-server-cpu-platform-based-on-risc-v/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:02:18

• [Meme] Just a Draft, Nothing Professional Like GNU ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Meme_Just_a_Draft_Nothing_Professional_Like_GNU.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:04:59

• "Pilet is an upcoming open-source portable mini-computer powered by Raspberry Pi 5, offering both versatility and portability." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-pilet-a-portable-cyber-deck-powered-by-raspberry-pi-5-and-dual-8000mah-batteries/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:06:04

• IBM is all buzzwords, no matter the context https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/top-10-security-architecture-patterns-llm-applications    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:08:11

• Red Hat us scattering mindless buzzwords and hype instead of technical substance https://telcoforge.com/guest-post/from-ai-to-6g-here-are-my-predictions-for-2025/ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-january-10-2025-red-hat    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:10:09

• Red Hat's site is just an HEY HI circus, riding the Ponzi scheme https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-use-cases-preparing-your-first-ai-pilot-project    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:11:23

• IBM really wants to get into your car https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-reaches-key-milestone-push-functional-safety-certification-red-hat-vehicle-operating-system    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:12:52

• Dumping packets from anywhere in the networking stack ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/01/09/dumping-packets-anywhere-networking-stack    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:16:26

• Implement remediation strategies with Event-Driven Ansible ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/01/09/implement-remediation-strategies-event-driven-ansible    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:16:31

• Ansible Blockinfile Module Explained with Practical Examples ☞ https://linuxbuz.com/devops/ansible-blockinfile-module-examples    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:21:27

• Ansible Command Module Explained with Examples ☞ https://linuxbuz.com/devops/ansible-command-module-examples    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:21:45

• KDE Gear 24.12.1 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/kde-gear-24-12-1-apps-collection-released/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:22:21

• KDE Frameworks 6.10 Is Out, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/kde-frameworks-6-10-is-out/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:22:29

• KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta Desktop Environment Released ☞ https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-beta-desktop-environment-released/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:22:36

• Tails 6.11 Brings Critical Security Fixes and New Features ☞ https://linuxiac.com/tails-6-11-brings-critical-security-fixes-and-new-features/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:30:11

• 486 PC Build ☞ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/486-pc-build/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:31:40

• A lot of TV/radio/showbiz/pop culture/entertainment jobs demand that you be nice and cute and all... rather than be blunt and direct about what actually goes on in the world. That's because this industry is owned and controlled by people to whom life is "good" and "happy" and "fair"... while they crush others'... and want them to persist    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:44:40

• This is SPAM. This site USED to cover Linux. https://linuxtechlab.com/why-do-experts-buy-us-proxies/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:45:48

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1004543/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:47:18

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.84.0 ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/01/09/Rust-1.84.0.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:51:51

• Wartime Footing, Horizon3 Lifts Dawn On NodeZero Kubernetes Pentesting ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/topics/cloudnativesecurity/wartime-footing-horizon3-lifts-dawn-on-nodezero-kubernetes-pentesting/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:55:27

• Josef Strzibny: Auto-saving Rails forms with Turbo Streams ☞ https://nts.strzibny.name/rails-autosave-form-turbo-stream/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:56:39

• "and so goes the whole planet" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jh5vv8xz    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:59:30

• Lebanon deportation of dissenting poet to UAE alleged unlawful ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/lebanon-alleged-to-have-unlawfully-deported-dissenting-poet-to-uae/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:01:12

• "Savaged by Systemd" ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/23952    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:01:53

• █████ https://planet.debian.org/rss20.xml ██████████████████████ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 ███████ Freexian Collaborators: Debian Contributions: Tracker.debian.org updates, Salsa CI improvements, Coinstallable build-essential, Python 3.13 transition, Ruby 3.3 transition and more! (by Anupa Ann Joseph, Stefano Rivera)    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:02:41

• "Finally he provided feedback to multiple issues and merge requests" https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-12-2024/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:03:30

• Adam Young: GitPython do two files differ in different branches ☞ https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/01/gitpython-do-two-files-differing-different-braches/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:04:38

• CuerdOS GNU/Linux – distribution of Spanish origin ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cuerdos-linux-distribution-spanish-origin/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:09:15

• Alternatives to popular CLI tools: curl ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternatives-popular-cli-tools-curl/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:09:26

• dahliaOS – intuitive GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dahliaos-intuitive-linux-distribution/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:09:40

• ECT – fast and effective C++ file optimizer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ect-fast-effective-file-optimizer/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:09:53

• Elive – Debian-based desktop GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/elive-debian-based-desktop-linux-distribution/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:10:01

• Attempt to setup KDE Plasma 6.2.4 on AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 (VENV) ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/01/attempt-to-setup-kde-plasma-624-on.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:11:32

• 10 Best Free and Open Source Command-Line HTTP Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/good-command-line-http-clients/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:16:48

• lsv – Vlang implementation of ls ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lsv-vlang-implementation-ls/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:16:58

• vim-fern – asynchronous tree viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vim-fern-asynchronous-tree-viewer/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:17:09

• Lilidog GNU/Linux – optimized Openbox desktop from a Debian base ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lilidog-linux-optimized-openbox-desktop-debian/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:17:41

• Sentora – web hosting control panel ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sentora-web-hosting-control-panel/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:17:55

• Topgrade – system specific update tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/topgrade-system-specific-update-tool/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:18:02

• Tails 6.11 out now with more protection against partitioning errors that can wipe data ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/tails-611-out-now-with-more-protection-against-partitioning-errors-that-can-wipe-data/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:18:49

• A New York legislator wants to pick up the pieces of the dead California Hey Hi (AI) bill ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/09/1109875/a-new-york-legislator-wants-to-pick-up-the-pieces-of-the-dead-california-ai-bill/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:20:47

• UGS debates algorithmic enrollment system proposal, passes resolution supporting undocumented students ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/01/09/ugs-debates-algorithmic-enrollment-system-proposal-passes-resolution-supporting-undocumented-students/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:21:24

• Andy Wingo: ephemerons vs generations in whippet ☞ https://wingolog.org/archives/2025/01/09/ephemerons-vs-generations-in-whippet    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:22:38

• KDE Ships Frameworks 6.10.0 ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.10.0/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:23:15

• Ubuntu Blog: Web Engineering: Hack Week 2024 ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/web-engineering-hack-week-2024    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:23:50

• Overheard at a coffee shop, week 1 2025 ☞ https://rubenerd.com/overheard-at-a-coffee-shop-week-1-2025/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:37:03

• Somewhat sickening that ALL the links here are MICROSOFT GITHUB (proprietary!) https://canonical.com//blog/web-engineering-hack-week-2024 see http://techrights.org/o/2019/07/14/blaming-canonical-for-github/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:38:13

• Then again this company is a Microsoft reseller giggybacking Debian's work (unpaid) http://techrights.org/o/2023/05/30/mark-shuttleworth-microsoft/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:38:58

• Mark Shuttlecock saw his colleagues at Debian (in the 1990s) as just "human resources"... free labour    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:39:38

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 581 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/01/08/this-week-in-rust-581/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:40:10

• How to Make Debian Automatically Update Security Updates ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/enable-automatic-updates-debian/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:40:54

• Part two: Our (recent) history with the PlayStation 3 ☞ https://rubenerd.com/our-recent-history-with-the-ps3/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:41:15

• Mike Blumenkrantz: Rake In Bike ☞ https://www.supergoodcode.com/rake-in-bike/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:42:11

• Interest in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Waning, Company Deep in Debt and Mass Layoffs Implemented Every Month Since 2023 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/09/Interest_in_Microsoft_Waning_Company_Deep_in_Debt_and_Mass_Layo.shtml    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:42:19

• Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds in December 2024

     

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:43:25

• Travis Scott, SZA, and Future Face ‘Telekinesis’ Copyright Lawsuit From Roc Nation-Signed Artist ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/09/travis-scott-sza-future-telekinesis-copyright-lawsuit/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:44:47

• What Google’s C$100m payout to Canada news industry means for publishers elsewhere ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/what-googles-c100m-payout-to-canada-news-industry-means-for-publishers-elsewhere/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:45:03

• The Top Ten TTAB Decisions of 2024 (Part I) ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-top-ten-ttab-decisions-of-2004-part.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:47:33

• "Climate Action" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/09/the-wrong-lesson-from-trudeaus-fall-is-that-climate-action-is-unpopular/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:49:01

• Lunduke's Retro DOS BBS is On-Line ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/lundukes-retro-dos-bbs-is-on-line    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:50:02

• Exclusive: Top French banks and the dirty gas business in Peru’s Amazon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporters/20250109-exclusive-how-top-french-bank-profits-from-dirty-business-of-gas-in-peru-s-amazon    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:51:09

• Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM launched for $120 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/09/raspberry-pi-5-16gb-ram/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:51:44

• GAFAM surveillance inside the airplanes https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/08/delta-is-adding-free-youtube-premium-youtube-music-to-inflight-screens/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:53:13

• Valhalla's Things: Poor Man Media Server ☞ https://blog.trueelena.org/blog/2025/01/09-poor_man_media_server/index.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:55:00

• From Aleppo to Damascus: Scenes of a post-Assad Syria ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250109-from-aleppo-to-damascus-scenes-of-a-post-assad-syria    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:55:15

• Why Every Python Dev Needs Virtual Environments Now ☞ https://thenewstack.io/why-every-python-dev-needs-virtual-environments-now/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:55:48

• Windows Defender it itself a security problem and it runs on back doors at the OS level ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31574    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:57:03

• powa-archivist 5.0.1 is out! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/powa-archivist-501-is-out-2992/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 17:58:58

• Adetoye Anointing: Demystifying SVG2 Text Layout: Understanding Librsvg ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/yorubad-dev/2025/01/09/demystifying-svg2-text-layout-understanding-librsvg/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:00:58

• Raspberry Pi 5 16GB Model Is Now Available at $120 USD ☞ https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-5-16gb-model-is-now-available-at-120-usd    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:02:28

• Tails 6.11 Anonymous GNU/Linux OS Released with Critical Security Fixes ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tails-6-11-anonymous-linux-os-released-with-critical-security-fixes-and-new-features    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:02:35

• KDE Gear 24.12.1 Is Out to Improve Dolphin, Kate, NeoChat, and Other KDE Apps ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-24-12-1-is-out-to-improve-dolphin-kate-neochat-and-other-kde-apps    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:02:44

• Calibre 7.24 Open-Source Ebook Manager Released with New Features and Bug Fixes ☞ https://9to5linux.com/calibre-7-24-open-source-ebook-manager-released-with-new-features-and-bug-fixes    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:20:21

• Rust-Based COSMIC Desktop Gets 5th Alpha Release with COSMIC Media Player ☞ https://9to5linux.com/rust-based-cosmic-desktop-gets-5th-alpha-release-with-cosmic-media-player    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:20:27

• Flatpak 1.16 GNU/Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officially Released ☞ https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-16-linux-app-sandboxing-and-distribution-framework-officially-released    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:20:39

• KDE Plasma 6.3 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-3-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing-heres-whats-new    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:20:47

• KDE Frameworks 6.10 Adds Support for Converting Between “Rack Units” in KRunner ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-10-adds-support-for-converting-between-rack-units-in-krunner    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:20:53

• Remembering Usenet - The OG Social Network that Existed Even Before the World Wide Web ☞ https://itsfoss.com/remembering-usenet/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:21:58

• FOSS Weekly #25.02: Absolute Linux, ShredOS, Hey Hi (AI) in Kdenlive, Fossify File Manager and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-02/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:22:09

• System76 Release COSMIC DE Alpha 5: What’s New? ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/cosmic-desktop-alpha-5-new-media-player    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:22:28

• Truth concealed through repression from all sides targeting journalists ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/truth-concealed-through-repression-from-all-sides-targeting-journalists-303488    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:23:05

• Too late. The DRM pig is technically behind GNU/Linux. https://www.drydeadfish.co.uk/microsoft-is-finally-fighting-back-against-the-rise-of-steamos-by-overhauling-windows-11-to-be-better-on-handhelds/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:24:59

• But wait, Microsoft loves Linux, no? Why does it try to REPLACE it?    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:25:21

• "Musk [HEART] Biden"    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 18:25:55

• Did this rate fall because more American gave up trying? https://www.barrons.com/articles/jobs-microsoft-blackrock-bridgewater-ally-washington-post-61a6324f    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:31:02

• (Americans)    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:31:16

• "When a firm is struggling, layoffs come as little surprise. But culling staff when things are flush is another story." BUT MICROSOFT _IS_ STRUGGLING.    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:31:53

• Microsoft, The Washington Post, BlackRock: Full list of major US companies laying off staff in the new year https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/layoffs-2025-microsoft-the-washington-post-amazon-blackrock-ally-bridgewater-full-list-of-major-us-companies-laying-off-staff-in-the-new-year/articleshow/117117002.cms    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:32:37

• "After 8 years of tinkering I think I have finally found a recipe for lemon poppy seed muffins that I am happy with. Here is what I do for one dozen muffins: [...]" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/emily/20250109.gmi    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:44:30

• Gopher hole cleanup gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-01-10_cleanup.txt    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:45:05

• Linux Desktop Setup gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-01-10_linuxDesktop.txt    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:45:48

• The Soft Science of Oppositional Defiant Disorder gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-01-10_softScienceODD.txt    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:46:32

• "So it's 2025. I'm not sure how much time I will have for my phlog or for any other tree-time computer stuff." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2025_01_01.txt    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:47:21

• Analog stuff in 2024 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2025_01_02.txt    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:47:57

• TCS Reports Drop in Employee Headcount by 5,370 in Q3 FY25 After 2 Consecutive Quarters of Growth in Numbers https://www.latestly.com/technology/tcs-reports-drop-in-employee-headcount-by-5370-in-q3-fy25-after-2-consecutive-quarters-of-growth-in-numbers-6553782.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:52:31

• "Big Blue remains a top beneficiary of the program, receiving the 10th-most nationally, despite recently conducting layoffs." https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article298237723.html    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:54:33

• IBM and PIPs in the news today https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/employment-pip-jobs/2025/01/07/id/1194224/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:56:52

• "Several leading companies are reducing their workforce, signaling a shift in the job market. Tech giants like Google and IBM have made headlines with significant layoffs. This trend raises questions about the future of employment in these industries." https://news.faharas.net/221925/u-s-job-growth-excels-but/    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:57:01

• Room ('channel') dead since November https://app.element.io/#/room/#dei:fedoraproject.org    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 19:58:40

• Microsoft trolls exercise a lot of the method of provoking a target, trying to trigger some response with which to attack the target. But it backfires badly. Microsoft has resorted to all sorts of illegal tactics. Then they need to pay fines.    

posted Friday, January 10, 2025 at 20:15:34

• iophk: neritam still has an expired TLS certificate    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:44:36

• "If you have an older MacOS device lying around, why not install Linux to give it a new life?" https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-rescued-my-dying-2017-macbook-pro-with-ubuntu-and-it-works-like-a-charm-mostly/    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:46:18

• "A engorged-memory model had been oft-rumoured since the launch of the raspberry Pi 5 in 2024 – and long-desired by fans of this particular single-board computer (SBC)." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/raspberry-pi-5-16gb-ram-announced    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:47:05

• Lobbying for Google monoculture www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/linux-foundation-announces-the-launch-of-supporters-of-chromium-based-browsers-302346688.html    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:48:10

• Because who needs Gecko on the Web anyway? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/google-meta-microsoft-and-opera-agree-on-something-supporting-chromium/    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:48:39

• "The Tails project released today Tails 6.11 as the latest version of this portable operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux that protects users against surveillance and censorship." https://9to5linux.com/tails-6-11-anonymous-linux-os-released-with-critical-security-fixes-and-new-features    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:48:59

• ""I want to switch to Linux, but does it have so-and-so software?" If that's you considering Linux, then web apps are something you should look into. They make switching to Linux easier than you might think." https://www.howtogeek.com/web-apps-make-switching-to-linux-much-easier/    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:49:28

• "If you're just now jumping onto the Linux train, you might be wondering what apps to install first. Here are the first 10 I find should be installed by all." https://www.zdnet.com/article/10-linux-apps-i-always-install-first-and-you-should-too/    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:49:52

• With 7 days left (midnight ET, Boston), $35k for FSF to raise    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:53:47

• "This guy sounds like a psychopath. [...] we have seen this before Narayana Murthy is just an uncreative skillless plantation owner and we all know how their futures turned out" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jh85k6zm    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:55:22

• "Please understand that when you're told to relocate or be let go that if you relocate there is a very strong chance that you still get RA'ed 12-18 months in the future. Consider whether you really want to go through the trouble of moving your family across the country only to get laid off anyway." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jh5vv8xz    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:56:24

• "IBM management has been thrashing for decades. They operate on a quarter-by-quarter basis, having endless all-hands meetings in many departments when it looks like they won't make their quarterly financial numbers." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jh5vv8xz    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:56:39

• "What this means to the average employee is that management will say anything and threaten anything to the staff in order to save the department(s) and the organization at large."    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:57:25

• "Yeah, tell them they'll be let go if they don't move...they'll probably be let go even if they do move, but management only cares about today and this quarter...not tomorrow, not next quarter and not next year. The axe blade swings at managers too...remember that. They'll say whatever they must to save themselves."    

posted Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 04:57:30