Roy Schestowitz

• "This is going to be a very short post announcing a major thing. This capsule will have some content in English too. That's the main gist of it." gemini://bosque-protector.com/en/regarding-this-capsule/now-in-english.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 00:49:29

• as we will gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2453    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 00:50:13

• "Over the years of using Oddmuse (the predecessor software I started maintaining in 2003), I tried sidebars for my site and never liked it for long. When I visit other sites, I almost never use the sidebars." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-01-11-blog-platform    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 00:50:59

• "I am sure that they were never in our street and dropped it off directly at the post office. I can walk that 700 m, but this is not what I am paying for and in this case this was the only option the vendor provided for delivery." gopher://sdfeu.org:70/0/users/glaciurso/phlog/2025-01-11__Num_ab_domo_absum.md    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 00:52:45

• "I’ve come back to doing more HackTheBox lately, which I first started back in November. At this point I’m through with most of the guided machines (the free ones, anyway) and I’ve completed two of the active machines which are entirely unguided but reward points." gemini://moddedbear.xyz/logs/2025-01-11-week-notes-007.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 00:54:56

• "If you know, you know. The `ffmpeg` command line options. 🤨 Let me collect some function definitions on this page. I'll be adding more over the years to come, for sure." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-01-11-ffmpeg    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 00:55:56

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1172.jpg    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 00:57:41

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1522.jpg    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 00:57:56

• Sodding Gout gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20250111.txt    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 00:59:44

• "But the source code AVM provided in response to his request was incomplete – it lacked the scripts necessary to compile and install modified libraries on the router." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/10/german_router_maker_avm_lgpl/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:02:44

• "Software patents are tempting (I have two, neither of which rewarded the investors who filed the patents) but they almost never pay off. Like a hit song, software does better when more people are part of it" ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/01/the-magic-of-the-commons/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:03:36

• "moral goal of giving users control over their computing, what we call software freedom -- and specifically to support developing the GNU operating system that would make software freedom a practical possibility." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/news/anchoring-the-fsf-in-its-values | Source: FSF    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:04:04

• 'Linux' Foundation for "Microsoft Edge" (proprietary, spyware) ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/10/linux-foundation-launches-initiative-support-chromium-based-browsers/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:06:46

• "Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation"... who does not even use Linux!! ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/10/google_linux_foundation_chromium/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:06:52

• "Less than a month after its previous 7.23 release" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-7-24-ebook-reader-debuts-new-series-name-transformation-tools/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:11:20

• "The file isn’t being appended, meaning tail won’t exit, so we don’t expect the pipeline to ever finish, but we would like to see the current results." ☛ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/a-grep-that-doesnt-stuck | Source: Ted Unangst    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:11:26

• "These hours will likely go towards security and critical updates" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/10/24340717/automattic-wordpress-contribution-hours-cut-wp-engine | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:12:01

• "Judging by the amount of companies and services Automattic is buying up, WordPress is doing all right - it's certainly not "just a single company" that benefits from WordPress." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/aligning-automattic-s-sponsored-contributions-to-wordpress | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:12:34

• "Rogan and Zuckerberg then detoured into a segment where they awkwardly Google’d to determine if RCS was encrypted" ☛ https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/10/mark-zuckerberg-joe-rogan-apple-innovation/ | Source: 9to5Mac    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:13:51

• "A second reason for why I'm writing this piece is because, after I wrote my Slimbook Executive report 7, which wasn't very happy, lots of people emailed me" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/opensuse-tumbleweed-kde.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:15:47

• "About 1 year ago I shared a video on YouTube and Vimeo showing how a busy FreeBSD 12.2 handles the suspend/resume cycle" ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/freebsd-suspend-resume/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:16:32

• "I tried to view these files on my Slimbook Executive, which runs Kubuntu 22.04, and I had no success." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/heic-linux.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:17:38

• "System76 strongly emphasizes performance" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-alpha-5-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:18:55

• Back doors in the chip ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/aaeon-unveils-556-gar-a750e-graphics-card-with-intel-arc-gpu-architecture/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:23:12

• A buzzwords PC ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/pandora-compact-ai-computer-powered-by-nvidia-jetson-orin-nx-super/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:23:56

• "The I-Pi SMARC Amston Lake is a prototyping kit built on Intel’s Amston Lake architecture, designed to accelerate embedded system development" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-upcoming-i-pi-smarc-embedded-prototype-kit-adopts-intel-amston-lake-cpu/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:24:45

• "Virtium, in collaboration with Embedded Artists, has introduced the DEEPX iMX8M Mini AI Kit" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/deepx-imx8m-mini-ai-kit-delivers-25-tops-for-edge-ai-performance/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:25:30

• An introduction to using tcpdump at the GNU/Linux command line ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introduction-using-tcpdump-linux-command-line    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:27:40

• A biographer celebrates Benjamin Franklin’s curiosity and joy in science ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author-Q-As/2025/0110/richard-munson-ingenious-benjamin-franklin    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:28:52

• LLM Slop and Bot-Generated Marketing for the 'Linux' Foundation and Its Openwashing ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/LLM_Slop_and_Bot_Generated_Marketing_for_the_Linux_Foundation_a.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:29:08

• Guardian Digital, Inc (linuxsecurity.com) is Again Spamming or Googlebombing "Linux" and "Security" Using LLM Slop ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/Guardian_Digital_Inc_linuxsecurity_com_is_Again_Spamming_or_Goo.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:29:19

• statCounter Sees GNU/Linux Tripling in Share in 3 Years in Iran ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_Tripling_in_Share_in_3_Years_in_Iran.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:29:27

• Seems like a real article, FOR A CHANGE https://betanews.com/2025/01/11/linux-mint-221-beta-ends/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:32:23

• 'Linux' Foundation Increasingly Reliant on Paid Press Releases, Paid-for Stenography, and Even LLM Slop (Fake 'Articles') (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/Linux_Foundation_Increasingly_Reliant_on_Paid_Press_Releases_Pa.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:38:19

• Social Control Media and 'Linux' Foundation Accelerate the Death of the Web (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/Social_Control_Media_and_Linux_Foundation_Accelerate_the_Death_.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:38:26

• Unix Men (or UnixMen) Has Turned Into LLM Slop With Embedded Linkspam, Piggybacking "Linux" for SEO (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/Unix_Men_or_UnixMen_Has_Turned_Into_LLM_Slop_With_Embedded_Link.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:38:37

• Search Engine-Optimised (SEO) Googlebombs Target "Linux", "Ubuntu", and "RISC-V", Still Composed by Bots (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/Search_Engine_Optimised_SEO_Googlebombs_Target_Linux_Ubuntu_and.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:38:50

• Budgie 10.10 Scheduled for Q1 2025 with a Surprising Desktop Update ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Budgie-10.10-Scheduled-for-Q1-2025-with-a-Surprising-Desktop-Update    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:39:47

• My fast food tier list ☞ https://rubenerd.com/my-fast-food-tier-list/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:49:41

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

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:50:42

• Meta: Ending DEl, Ending "Fact Checking", Allowing LGBT Criticism & Vaccine Skepticism ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/meta-ending-del-ending-fact-checking    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:51:02

• "Because doing something about "Linux" just isn't the 'Linux' Foundation's style." ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-foundation-launches-pay-to    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:51:39

• Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 02 2025 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-02-2025/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:53:32

• Bulgaria: GNU/Linux at 5.5% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bulgaria/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:54:37

• Also good trends in Romania https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/romania/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 01:59:21

• Windows sank https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/romania/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:00:18

• Pharmacists to help tackle health disparities at tribal clinics ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/pharmacists-to-help-tackle-health-disparities-at-tribal-clinics/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:12:07

• Indigenous Philippines communities endure human rights violations amid nickel mining expansion: Amnesty International ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/indigenous-philippines-communities-endure-human-rights-violations-amid-nickel-mining-expansion-amnesty-international/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:12:27

• EU selling our medical data away https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_226 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_25_227    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:13:09

• Windows only about 12% in Uganda https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/uganda/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:14:26

• Windows CONTINUES to fall in UAE https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/united-arab-emirates/#monthly-200902-202501 compare to http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/11/In_United_Arab_Emirates_UAE_Microsoft_Now_on_One_in_8_Internet_.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:16:21

• What is this "Unknown"? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/yemen/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:18:19

• 53% unknown? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/zambia/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:19:05

• Windows down to 7% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/zambia/#monthly-200902-202501 compare to http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/02/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_Rising_in_Zambia_Android_Rises_Above_72_.shtml http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/06/04/Zambia_Microsoft_Falls_Android_Linux_Surging.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:20:46

• Vista 10 still used more than "11" in the UK https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/united-kingdom/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:22:20

• Bing share LOWER now than before the LLM hype https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/united-kingdom/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:23:29

• Firefox only about 2% in the UK. Gecko already disregarded by many sites. https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/united-kingdom/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:25:55

• GNU/Linux 5.5% in Morocco https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/morocco/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:27:46

• Two weeks in, South Korea's latest leader Choi walks political tightrope ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/two-weeks-in-south-koreas-latest-leader-choi-walks-political-tightrope    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:28:36

• White House's Sullivan sees risk of North Korea exploiting Seoul political turmoil ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/white-houses-sullivan-sees-risk-of-north-korea-exploiting-seoul-political-turmoil    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:28:49

• Frigid temperatures grip South Korea as mercury dips to minus 20 deg C ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/frigid-temperatures-grip-south-korea-as-mercury-dips-to-minus-20-deg-c    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:29:07

• Thousands of South Koreans protest as president digs heels in ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/thousands-of-south-koreans-protest-as-president-digs-heels-in    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:29:30

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

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:30:40

• Windows below 10% in Afghanistan https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/afghanistan/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:31:39

• Malaysia’s top judge calls for greater independence as spectre of interference rises again ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-top-judge-calls-for-greater-independence-as-spectre-of-interference-rises-again    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:32:28

• Malaysia says it has no record of documents granting ex-PM Najib home detention ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/malaysia-says-it-has-no-record-of-documents-granting-ex-pm-najib-home-detention    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:32:40

• MetMalaysia warns of danger-level continuous rain in Johor, Pahang over the weekend ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/metmalaysia-warns-of-danger-level-continuous-rain-in-johor-pahang-over-the-weekend    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:32:56

• Najib’s bid for house arrest rattles Malaysian govt, but is seen as unlikely to topple PM Anwar ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/najibs-bid-for-house-arrest-rattles-malaysian-govt-but-seen-as-unlikely-to-topple-pm-anwar    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:33:23

• Malaysian minister’s aide lodges police report against ex-minister Khairy for defamation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-ministers-aide-lodges-police-report-against-ex-minister-khairy-for-defamation    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:33:43

• U-M to end partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-to-end-partnership-with-shanghai-jiao-tong-university/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:33:57

• China's deadliest earthquakes since 2008 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-deadliest-earthquakes-since-2008    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:34:08

• People clash with police in northwest China, videos show ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/people-clash-with-police-in-northwest-china-videos-show    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:34:21

• ‘Talk till my mouth forms ulcers’: Tough times for China live streamers as Hangzhou hub loses shine ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/too-oppressive-too-depressing-once-favoured-home-for-live-streamers-in-hangzhou-loses-shine    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:34:53

• Abducted Chinese actor’s rescue from scam centre spurs families of those missing to act ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/abducted-chinese-actors-rescue-from-scam-centre-spurs-families-of-those-missing-to-act    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:35:23

• UK’s Reeves seeks ‘pragmatic’ relations with China to boost trade ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/uks-reeves-seeks-common-ground-with-china-on-trade-ties    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:35:39

• A hole to China ☞ https://rfa.org/english/cartoons/2025/01/09/china-backed-hackers/ "U.S. lawmakers are demanding answers after it was revealed that China-backed [cr]ackers"    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:36:13

• Greedy sociopaths fighting other greedy sociopaths, the media helps them with clickbait. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/elon-musk-is-worried-about-jeff-bezos-ex-wife-mackenzie-scotts-rs-136000-crore-donation-heres-why/articleshow/117128687.cms    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 02:38:59

• Lithuania needs functioning embassy in Beijing, says foreign minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2457374/lithuania-needs-functioning-embassy-in-beijing-says-foreign-minister    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:00:45

• China says mpox outbreak ‘effectively handled’ after recording 5 cases of new strain ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/10/china-says-mpox-outbreak-effectively-handled-after-recording-5-cases-of-new-strain/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:01:12

• Outgoing US ambassador to Japan calls China, North Korea and Iran ‘axis of autocrats’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/10/outgoing-us-ambassador-to-japan-calls-china-north-korea-and-iran-axis-of-autocrats/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:03:51

• In China, vigilante hunters go in search of wild boar and fame, even as animal rights groups call them ‘cruel’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/11/in-china-vigilante-hunters-go-in-search-of-wild-boar-and-fame-even-as-animal-rights-groups-call-them-cruel/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:04:18

• Tents arrive for survivors of quake that killed 126 in freezing, high-altitude Tibet ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250110-tents-arrive-for-survivors-of-quake-that-killed-126-in-freezing-high-altitude-tibet    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:04:48

• From Trump to Hey Hi (AI) & climate change: What does 2025 have in store for the world economy? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/people-profit/20250110-from-trump-to-ai-climate-change-what-does-2025-have-in-store-for-the-world-economy    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:05:12

• Namibia acquires Y-9 transport aircraft from China ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/namibia-acquires-y-9-transport-aircraft-from-china/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:05:38

• "The Engineer Behind Mine Detection" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/10/the-engineer-behind-mine-detection/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:06:10

• "AA Battery Performances Tested, So Get The Most For Your Money" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/10/aa-battery-performances-tested-so-get-the-most-for-your-money/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:06:55

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

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:07:17

• 'Stop the steal': Understanding MAGA-style protests in South Korea ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20250110-stop-the-steal-understanding-maga-style-protests-in-south-korea    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:07:38

• Daily Glass of Milk May Reduce Bowel Cancer Risk by Up to 14%, Study Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/daily-glass-of-milk-may-reduce-bowel-cancer-risk-by-up-to-14-study-shows    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:08:00

• Fossil Discovery Rewrites Global Dinosaur History ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/fossil-discovery-rewrites-global-dinosaur-history    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:08:32

• Earth's Rotation Is Slowing Down, And Could Explain Why We Have Oxygen ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-rotation-is-slowing-down-and-could-explain-why-we-have-oxygen    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:08:42

• Scientists Calculated The Ultimate Lifespan of Earth's Biosphere ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-calculated-the-ultimate-lifespan-of-earths-biosphere    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:08:51

• It's Dry January: Here's What Happens When You Quit Alcohol For 1 Month ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/its-dry-january-heres-what-happens-when-you-quit-alcohol-for-1-month    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:08:59

• Ellen Gabriel: to imagine a better world, we must challenge colonialism ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/ellen-gabriel-colonialism-memoir/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:09:26

• The sun sets on Justin Trudeau’s faux progressivism ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/the-sun-sets-on-justin-trudeaus-faux-progressivism/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:09:45

• Annual inflation at 3.3% in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/10.01.2025-annual-inflation-at-33-in-latvia.a582490/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:09:56

• AnduinOS – Debian-based GNU/Linux operating system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/anduinos-debian-based-linux-operating-system/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:15:46

• File Shredder – file deletion software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/file-shredder-file-deletion-software/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:15:53

• Time Tracker – simple time-tracker program for GNOME ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/time-tracker-simple-time-tracker-program-gnome/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:16:32

• wxDownload Fast – download manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wxdownload-fast-download-manager/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:16:45

• 11 Best Free and Open Source Web Hosting Control Panels ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/webhostingcontrolpanels/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:17:24

• TUXEDO OS – Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tuxedo-os-ubuntu-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:17:36

• 'Linux' Foundation & Surveillance Giant Google Form New Group to Manage the OPENWASHING OF Chromium ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/supporters-of-chromium-based-browsers-linux-foundation    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:18:07

• FSF News: Anchoring the FSF in its values ☞ http://www.fsf.org/news/anchoring-the-fsf-in-its-values FSF basically gives the finger to the trolls, who appear to be PEDOPHILES    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:19:14

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

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:21:40

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1004701/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:22:39

• Scribus 1.6.3 Released! 3 New Script Functions & Various Fixes ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/01/scribus-1-6-3-released-new-script-functions/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:23:26

• The slaves work 7 days a week for Mark Shuttleworth regardless https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Considers-Light-Weekends http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/30/What_Mark_Shuttleworth_and_Canonical_Can_to_Remedy_the_Damage_D.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:24:16

• "The door is closing on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s chance to fulfill many of her campaign promises after Democrats couldn’t coalesce around a legislative agenda in the final days of 2024." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/governor-gretchen-whitmer-legacy-michigan-botched-legislative-session | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:26:13

• "Child Care" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/childcare-rural-illinois-challenges | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:26:31

• Basket for trike luggage rack ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202501/basket-for-trike-luggage-rack.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:27:20

• Apps That Are Spying on Your Location ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/apps-that-are-spying-on-your-location.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:27:47

• iophk: they raise the core question related to Software Freedom https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/artificial-intelligence-predictions-1.7427024 ("Will we control AI, or will it control us? Top researchers weigh in")    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:29:48

• Myanmar military air strike kills dozens in Rakhine village, UN says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-military-air-strike-kills-dozens-in-rakhine-village-un-says    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:35:00

• Myanmar junta air strike killed 40, say ethnic armed group, rescue worker ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-junta-air-strike-kills-40-ethnic-armed-group-rescue-worker    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:35:08

• Israel Strikes Ports and a Power Plant in Houthi-Controlled Parts of Yemen ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/world/middleeast/israel-strikes-yemen-houthis.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:35:17

• Rakhine rebels seize first police station in Myanmar’s heartland ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/01/10/myanmar-aa-captures-police-station-ayeyarwaddy/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:35:47

• "You never know when inspiration is going to strike, and for [Ekaggrat Singh Kalsi], it struck while he was playing with one of his daughter’s hair ties. The result is a clock called “Bezicron” and it’s a fascinating study in mechanical ingenuity." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/10/springs-and-things-make-for-a-unique-timepiece/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:36:10

• CentOS Board Meeting Recap, January 2024 ☞ https://blog.centos.org/2025/01/centos-board-meeting-recap-january-2024/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:37:13

• Jhon Wlaschin: Fentanylware (TikTok) might know you better than you know yourself. Beware, Americans ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/10/jhon-wlaschin-tiktok-might-know-you-better-than-you-know-yourself-beware-americans/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:37:54

• TikTok lawyers ask Supreme Court to delay ban ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/10/china-supreme-court-tiktok-lawsuit-trump-biden/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:38:04

• The Global Impact of a US Fentanylware (TikTok) Ban ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/01/the-global-impact-of-a-us-tiktok-ban/ didn't ISOC give AWARD to Trump's DAUGHTER??    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:38:59

• TikTok Ban in the US? Latest Updates Inside! ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/us-ban-tiktok    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:39:18

• Supreme Court reportedly leaning toward upholding Fentanylware (TikTok) ban ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/10/supreme-court-reportedly-leaning-toward-upholding-tiktok-ban/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:39:35

• Supreme Court Seems Poised to Uphold Law That Could Ban Fentanylware (TikTok) ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/supreme-court-tiktok-ban-law.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:39:43

• Can You Still Use Fentanylware (TikTok) if It’s Banned? What Users Should Know About the App. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/technology/tiktok-ban-app-users.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:39:53

• 4 Takeaways From the Arguments Before the Supreme Court in the Fentanylware (TikTok) Case ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/takeaways-tiktok-supreme-court.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:40:02

• "RFE/RL breaks down the story behind a bizarre video featuring Apti Alaudinov and Alexey Milchakov" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/11/general-tiktok-and-his-neo-nazi-freak | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:40:28

• Pluralistic: Occupy the Democratic National Committee; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 2) (10 Jan 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/10/smoke-filled-room-where-it-happens/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:40:49

• Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED UX5304MA laptop ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202501/asus-zenbook-s-13-oled-ux5304ma-laptop.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:41:30

• Commission disburses first €3 billion to Ukraine of its part of the G7 loan, to be repaid with proceeds from immobilised Russian assets ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_223    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:42:20

• Tributes paid to Latvian volunteer killed in defense of Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/10.01.2025-tributes-paid-to-latvian-volunteer-killed-in-defense-of-ukraine.a583247/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:42:28

• Drone Coalition led by Latvia and UK to send 30,000 drones to Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/10.01.2025-drone-coalition-led-by-latvia-and-uk-to-send-30000-drones-to-ukraine.a583244/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:42:45

• Moldova is the real loser from the end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/moldova-is-the-real-loser-from-the-end-of-russian-gas-transit-through-ukraine/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:43:04

• US intensifies sanctions on Russia in bid to give Ukraine, Trump leverage ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250110-us-sets-sanctions-russian-oil-worth-billions-bid-give-ukraine-trump-leverage    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:43:15

• 'Poland is a benchmark for Europe on defence': France's ambassador to Warsaw ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250110-poland-is-a-benchmark-for-europe-on-defence-france-s-ambassador-to-warsaw    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:43:27

• FSF now 33 thousand dollars away from fund-raising target    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:44:36

• Android at over 70% in Somalia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/somalia/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:45:47

• Windows all-time low in Senegal: 11% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/senegal/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:46:45

• Android all-time high this year in Saudi Arabia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/saudi-arabia/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 03:47:42

• Security, competitiveness, Trump: Will 2025 be make-or-break for Europe? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250110-security-competitiveness-trump-will-2025-be-make-or-break-for-europe    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:19:16

• Ukraine parliament bans organ harvesting from war casualties for transplantation ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/ukraine-parliament-bans-organ-donation-from-war-casualties/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:19:33

• Japan imposes sanctions on Russia and other foreign entities over war in Ukraine ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/japan-imposes-sanctions-against-russia-and-other-foreign-entities-over-war-in-ukraine/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:19:53

• Lithuania’s electronics maker Teltonika insists it’s not exporting to Russia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2457001/lithuania-s-electronics-maker-teltonika-insists-it-s-not-exporting-to-russia    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:20:11

• Biden Slaps Broad Sanctions On Russian Energy Sector In Final Bid To Punish Kremlin ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-oil-sanctions-lng-revenue-war/33270689.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:20:22

• "Would you rather work harder, or work SMARTER? Many managers aren't bright enough to get their employees to work smarter, so they try to force them to work harder instead. There is a reason that a lot of people are looking towards AI." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jh85k6zm automation and "AI" aren't the same; the latter a misused buzzword now.    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:30:30

• Russia Blames Ukraine For Deadly Supermarket Strike; Kyiv, Pokrovsk Blasted ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-accuses-ukraine-missile-strike-donetsk-supermarket-drone-attacks/33271068.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:30:52

• Do Russians Really Support the War in Ukraine? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/do-russians-really-support-the-war-in-ukraine    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:31:04

• Russia accuses Ukraine of striking supermarket in Donetsk ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-accuses-ukraine-of-striking-supermarket-in-donetsk    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:32:53

• Biden Issues Sweeping Deportation Protections Before Trump Takes Office ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/biden-temporary-protected-status-immigration.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:33:11

• Injuries Reported In Western Russian Town After Drone Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-kursk-drones-voronezh-kotovsk/33271991.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:33:28

• "Ukrainian scammers" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/10/they-terrorized-him | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:33:52

• "The war has become routine in people’s minds" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/10/the-war-has-become-routine-in-people-s-minds | Source: Meduza    

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

• Five questions (and expert answers) about Biden’s final round of sanctions on Russia ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/five-questions-and-expert-answers-about-bidens-final-round-of-sanctions-on-russia/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:34:27

• Russian nationals charged with operating crypto mixers that masked cybercrime funds ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/russians-crypto-mixers-doj-charges/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:34:50

• The fall of Syria’s Assad regime is bad news for Libya ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/the-fall-of-syrias-assad-regime-is-bad-news-for-libya/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:35:18

• Lithuania’s deputy finance minister faces backlash over Soviet Victory Day celebrations ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2457515/lithuania-s-deputy-finance-minister-faces-backlash-over-soviet-victory-day-celebrations    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:35:28

• Moscow accuses Lithuanian president of ‘territorial claims’ on Kaliningrad ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2457472/moscow-accuses-lithuanian-president-of-territorial-claims-on-kaliningrad    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:35:43

• Russia aims to erase Lithuanian identity by renaming Donelaitis museum – minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2457320/russia-aims-to-erase-lithuanian-identity-by-renaming-donelaitis-museum-minister    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:36:02

• Lithuania, other Western countries continue to export war technology to Russia – study ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2457026/lithuania-other-western-countries-continue-to-export-war-technology-to-russia-study    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:36:14

• North Korean postage stamp announcement includes Russian for the first time ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/01/10/north-korea-stamps-russia-friendship/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:36:35

• Thousands Of Pro-Russian Candidate's Supporters Protest Halt In Romanian Presidential Vote ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/pro-russian-candidate-supporters-protest-halt-romanian-presidential-vote/33271306.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:36:53

• The China TikTok effect https://www.rferl.org/a/pro-russian-candidate-supporters-protest-halt-romanian-presidential-vote/33271306.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:37:12

• "Moscow residents discouraged from divorce when filing at city service centers" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/10/moscow-residents-discouraged-from-divorce-when-filing-at-city-service-centers | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:37:42

• "Russia’s cash circulation growth likely hit nine-year low in 2024" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/10/russia-s-cash-circulation-growth-likely-hit-nine-year-low-in-2024 | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:38:45

• "hammer and knives" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/10/russian-teenager-arrested-after-storming-school-with-hammer-and-knives-says-kursk-governor | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:39:07

• The Microsoft front group OSI pushes the usual "generative Hey Hi (AI)" PR that Microsoft pays for ☞ https://opensource.net/copyright-conundrum-artificial-intelligence/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:40:12

• "Author Written by opensource.net [...] Disclaimer: All published articles represent the views of the authors, they don’t represent the official positions of the Open Source Initiative, even if the authors are OSI staff members or board directors."    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:41:22

• But opensource.net IS [Microsoft] OSI    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:41:44

• The Microsoft-occupied or Microsoft-controlled OSI (or "Microsoft OSI" for short is at it again    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:43:09

• 🔤SpellBinding: CHIYRTP Wordo: ROVED gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-01-12.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:44:01

• "A new alpha update to System76’s COSMIC desktop environment has arrived with a clutch of interactive improvements." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/cosmic-desktop-alpha-5-new-media-player    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:46:17

• "Powered by Mechanix OS (Debian Linux based) it has an interesting modular snap-on front-face that allows you to change the inputs on the device. Extensions for the front include a gamepad, keyboard and GPIO (general-purpose input/output) for you to make your own." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/mecha-comet-looks-like-a-fun-little-modular-linux-handheld/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:48:05

• "Steam Deck, Mac, and Linux" https://www.polygon.com/civilization-7-guides/507027/system-requirements-steam-deck-specs-pc-mac-linux-civ-7 as the Deck runs GNU/Linux it seems odd a title    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:48:52

• Thanks to Nvidia, there's a new generation of PCs coming, and they'll be running Linux https://www.zdnet.com/article/thanks-to-nvidia-theres-a-new-generation-of-pcs-coming-and-theyll-be-running-linux/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:49:17

• "And, just today, another patch went up to fix various issues." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/thoroughly-charming-adventure-game-the-night-of-the-rabbit-added-linux-steam-deck-support/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:49:47

• Killing Firefox is killing choice. LF kills choice. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/google-and-the-linux-foundation-team-up-for-supporters-of-chromium-based-browsers/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:50:19

• "With the update on 23 December 2024, x noted these changes" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-dark-eye-chains-of-satinav-adventure-game-from-daedalic-added-linux-steam-deck-support/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:50:41

• "How to tell what should work and be supported will be different across each store. This guide will focus on the stores that do in some way offer up Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-check-game-compatibility-for-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:51:01

• How to install Joplin Server on Raspberry Pi (or other Linux servers) https://www.xda-developers.com/install-joplin-serven-raspberry-pi-other-linux-servers/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:55:30

• "The first big addition is the new COSMIC Media Player that's now the default, which uses Vulkan for rendering and VAAPI for decoding (where available) for efficient video playback." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/system76-cosmic-alpha-5-is-here-with-a-new-media-player-vrr-improvements-and-lots-of-fixes/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:56:01

• I Was Never More Excited to Work and Play on This 3.4″ Display https://www.howtogeek.com/i-was-never-more-excited-to-work-and-play-on-a-3-4-inch-display/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:56:47

• Federal Circuit Rejects Invalidation Based on After-Arising Technology ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/federal-invalidation-technology.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:58:13

• Is RTÜK’s pressure on newspapers for YouTube licenses new threat to freedom of expression? ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/is-rtuks-pressure-on-newspapers-for-youtube-licenses-new-threat-to-freedom-of-expression-303511    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:58:31

• Titles referring to “my stuff”, not just “stuff” ☞ https://rubenerd.com/titles-referring-to-my-stuff-not-stuff/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:59:06

• "Inaccuracies in government’s missing persons list outrage refugees in Russia’s Kursk region" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/10/inaccuracies-in-government-s-missing-persons-list-outrages-refugees-in-russia-s-kursk-region | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 04:59:58

• "an arrangement with the Russians" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/10/vucic-says-new-u-s-energy-sanctions-on-gazprom-assets-necessitate-an-arrangement-with-the-russians-to-resolve-fate-of-serbia-s-sole-refiner | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:00:13

• "The Nature of Love" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/10/russian-streaming-services-censor-canadian-film-the-nature-of-love-to-remove-a-scene-that-mentions-ramzan-kadyrov-as-a-dictator | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:00:35

• Setup KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/01/setup-kde-plasma-63-beta-on-arch-linux.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:02:51

• BS. "Microsoft is apparently handing out big bonuses to prevent poaching of AI talent". This is just more BUBBLE-BUILDING by scammers like Nadella.    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:18:30

• ALso, to distract from the MASS LAYOFFS: "400+ Fully Remote Jobs at Microsoft You Can Apply for in January". How many are REAL? http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/08/Why_Government_Data_on_Job_Openings_is_Typically_a_Lie_Perpetra.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:19:57

• Way to distract from wars: "royal" gossip ('Amid divorce buzz, Prince Harry admits his current life with Meghan Markle 'isn't what he imagined'')    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:20:48

• "US corporate bankruptcies hit a 14-year high in 2024 amid high rates and record debt levels"    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:21:35

• 'Black boxes' stopped recording 4 minutes before disaster https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/south-korea-jeju-air-flight-crash-black-boxes-stopped-recording-4-minutes-before-disaster/amp_podcast/117148820.cms    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:25:02

• Fastfetch 2.34 Brings Long-Awaited Pretty Name Support for GNU/Linux Distros ☞ https://linuxiac.com/fastfetch-2-34-system-information-tool/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:33:48

• Auto-cpufreq 2.5 Introduces Fedora 41 Support and Bug Fixes ☞ https://linuxiac.com/auto-cpufreq-2-5-released/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:34:14

• Calibre 7.24 Debuts New Series Name Transformation Tools ☞ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-7-24-ebook-reader-debuts-new-series-name-transformation-tools/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:34:29

• Paolo Mantegazza RIP ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1004774/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:35:58

• Linux kernel 6.12.9 compiled in Scarthgap ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202501/linux-kernel-6129-compiled-in-scarthgap.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:51:59

• Sergio Talens-Oliag: Testing New User Tools ☞ https://blogops.mixinet.net/posts/user_tools/testing_new_user_tools/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:52:20

• Garbage or LLM slop again https://medevel.com/from-prompts-to-queries-exploring-ai-driven-sql-generation-the-future-of-data-retrieval/ https://medevel.com/why-defensive-medicine-is-a-growing-danger-to-patient-safety-in-egypt-2/ this site is dead basically... https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/11/Hazem_Abbas_of_medevel_is_Ruining_His_Site_With_LLM_Slop.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:53:05

• Private chat and messaging server with Rocket.chat and Raspberry PI ☞ https://peppe8o.com/private-chat-and-messaging-server-with-raspberry-pi-and-rocket-chat/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:56:33

• The New Season of “Severance” Is All Work and No Play ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/20/severance-tv-review-apple-tv-plus    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:57:04

• Microsoft being painted as anything but the culprit, the enabler etc. ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-generative-ai-lawsuit-hacking/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:58:18

• Microsoft fixes OneDrive bug causing macOS app freezes ☞ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-onedrive-bug-causing-macos-app-freezes/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:58:55

• Vim updated ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Vim    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 05:59:33

• Hong Kong home affairs chief defends community care units after report suggests teams inflated numbers ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/10/hong-kong-home-affairs-chief-defends-community-care-units-after-report-suggests-teams-inflated-numbers/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:01:12

• A City on Fire Can’t Be Photographed ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-appearances/a-city-on-fire-cant-be-photographed    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:01:24

• Joost/Karim Fork ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2025/01/jkpress/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:02:28

• 'The Resilience Myth': Looking at new ways to cope with trauma ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-51/20250110-the-resilience-myth-looking-at-new-ways-to-cope-with-trauma    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:02:54

• Vietnamese court jails lawyer for 3 years over Facebook (Farcebook) posts ☞ https://rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/01/10/lawyer-sentenced-article-331/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:03:07

• Internet freedom has plummeted under Myanmar’s junta: report ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/01/10/myanmar-internet-freedom/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:03:39

• Biden Officials Say the Truth About Havana Syndrome Is Still Unknown ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/havana-syndrome-causes.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:03:51

• Constellation Energy to Buy Power Producer Calpine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/business/energy-environment/constellation-energy-calpine.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:04:04

• Nvidia and SIA fire back at US gov's new export restrictions on Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) GPUs to China ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-and-sia-fire-back-at-u-s-govs-new-export-restrictions-on-ai-gpus-to-china    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:04:32

• US DOJ sues landlords over rent price-fixing [Proprietary] algorithms ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/us-doj-sues-landlords-over-rent-price-fixing-algorithms/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:05:34

• Jay-Z Pushes for Dismissal and Sanctions in Jane Doe Sexual Assault Suit: ‘A Cavalier Effort to Destroy Another Person’s Reputation’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/10/jay-z-lawsuit-dismissal-push-january-2025/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:06:14

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: nanotime 0.3.11 on CRAN: Polish ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/01/10#nanotime_0.3.11    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:06:53

• UPC propaganda again from a site paid to spread lies and promote an illegality ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/powell-gilbert-receives-trophy/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:08:44

• Patent Dispute Report: 2024 in Review ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/10/patent-dispute-report-2024    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:09:03

• A straggling kernel update ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1004704/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:09:28

• Pete Zaitcev: Looking for a BSSID ☞ https://zaitcev.livejournal.com/268217.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:09:56

• We're Fighting Back Against Efforts to Intimidate Professors into Silence ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/were-fighting-back-against-efforts-to-intimidate-professors-into-silence    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:10:43

• Vietnam jails ex-lawyer over Facebook (Farcebook) posts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-jails-ex-lawyer-over-facebook-posts    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:10:51

• Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/technology/meta-mark-zuckerberg-trump.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:11:04

• 3D Printing ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/10/life-without-limits-a-blind-makers-take-on-3d-printing/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:11:26

• Not everything is being censored (yet). ☞ https://harishpillay.com/2025/01/10/not-everything-is-being-censored-yet/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:11:47

• European Commission rejects Mark Zuckerberg censorship claims ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/european-commission-rejects-mark-zuckerberg-censorship-claims/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:12:09

• HKFP Lens: All of Hong Kong’s 2,549 outdoor basketball courts as captured by photographer Austin Bell ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/11/hkfp-lens-all-of-hong-kongs-2549-outdoor-basketball-courts-as-captured-by-photographer-austin-bell/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:38:28

• Akdeniz District Municipality Co-Chairs Hoşyar Sarıyıldız and Nuriye Aslan detained ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/akdeniz-district-municipality-co-chairs-hosyar-sariyildiz-and-nuriye-aslan-detained-303506    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:40:47

• Wine 10.0-rc5 https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-10.0-rc5    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:41:29

• Latvia might tighten entry requirements for residents of CIS countries ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/10.01.2025-latvia-might-tighten-entry-requirements-for-residents-of-cis-countries.a583145/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:42:00

• Automattic reduces WordPress contributions ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1004705/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:42:31

• Report: Chinese hackers breached US government office that reviews foreign investments ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/10/report-chinese-hackers-breached-us-government-office-reviews-foreign-investments/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:43:14

• To help build the new Syria, the US needs to better understand the Kurds and Arabs of the northeast ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syria-northeast-kurds-and-arabs/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:43:30

• Another season, another release. {survivoR} v2.3.5 now on CRAN ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/another-season-another-release-survivor-v2-3-5-now-on-cran/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:43:58

• A look back at the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250110-a-look-back-at-the-coronavirus-pandemic-in-2020    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:44:58

• How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/10/1109888/how-us-preparing-bird-flu-pandemic/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 06:45:21

• NIH explores the world of quantum sensors and how they can help medicine ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/01/nih-explores-the-world-of-quantum-sensors-and-how-they-can-help-medicine/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:51:31

• Kremlin Confirms Readiness for Putin to Meet Trump ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/world/europe/trump-putin-meeting.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:51:46

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Now Works on the HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V Development Board ☞ https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04-lts-now-works-on-the-hifive-premier-p550-risc-v-development-board    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:52:04

• Mr. Bankrupt https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/live-updates/general-election/real-time-fact-checking-and-analysis-of-the-first-presidential-debate/fact-check-has-trump-declared-bankruptcy-four-or-six-times/ https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20200929/111078/HMKP-116-JU00-20200929-SD003.pdf    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:53:20

• iophk: he's doing that to the country again, but this time will cause much more damage https://www.bondnbotes.com/blog/did-donald-trump-really-file-bankruptcy-multiple-times-truth-behind-headlines    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:53:27

• prigozhin ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/10/yandex-founder-arkady-volozh-says-he-hired-a-security-detail-after-putin-called-him-a-talented-person-the-same-phrase-he-used-when-commenting-on-prigozhin-s-violent-death | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:54:31

• "extremists" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/10/russia-refuses-to-remove-late-opposition-politician-alexey-navalny-from-official-list-of-extremists-and-terrorists | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:55:30

• CISA report touts cyber hygiene enrollment surge for critical infrastructure orgs ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-cyber-hygiene-critical-infrastructure-report/ http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/17/U_S_Department_of_Homeland_Security_Cybersecurity_and_Infrastru.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:56:12

• Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/saps-upping-crime-fighting-skills-mchunu/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:57:22

• Paris says Algeria 'seeking to humiliate France' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250110-paris-says-algeria-seeking-to-humiliate-france    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:57:51

• Venezuela opposition claims leader briefly detained in Caracas protest ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250110-venezuela-opposition-claims-leader-briefly-detained-in-caracas-protest    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:58:07

• Venezuela government arrests prominent opposition leader during anti-government protests ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/venezuela-government-arrests-prominent-opposition-leader-during-anti-government-protests/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:59:18

• U.S. Makes Romania Part Of Its Online Visa Waiver Program ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/romania-travel-visa-waiver-esta/33271970.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 10:59:37

• Windows TCO ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/chinese-hackers-target-us-treasury-computers-used-for-sanctions-committee-on-foreign-investment-specifically-targeted    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:00:01

• Japan foreign minister to visit S.Korea to shore up security cooperation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-foreign-minister-to-visit-s.korea-to-shore-up-security-cooperation    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:01:09

• South Korean leader’s security chief warns against violent attempts to arrest Yoon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-leaders-security-chief-warns-against-violent-attempts-to-arrest-yoon    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:01:27

• AMD chips now comprise 55 percent of Puget Systems orders — AMD makes big inroads in professional systems ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-chips-now-power-55-percent-of-puget-systems-systems-amd-makes-big-inroads-in-professional-systems    

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

• Stanford Health Care agrees to pay nurses $10 million settlement in class action lawsuit ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/01/09/stanford-health-care-settles-lawsuit/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:04:58

• "A little later than I planned, but here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/prime-gaming-january-11th-2025-edition-round-up-for-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:13:01

• "Carter ushered in new era of race relations after Georgia’s long racially segregated history" https://alabamareflector.com/2025/01/10/carter-ushered-in-new-era-of-race-relations-after-georgias-long-racially-segregated-history/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:13:39

• "Trump sentencing: Unconditional discharge, but a felon label" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0110/trump-merchan-hush-money-sentence-felon    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:13:51

• "Trump, Zuckerberg meet at Mar-a-Lago" https://www.semafor.com/article/01/10/2025/trump-zuckerberg-meet-at-mar-a-lago    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:14:01

• "In terms of popularity and daily usage, the mighty gTLD .com and the lesser-known ccTLD .to sit in stark contrast." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/tonga-tonga-tonga-online-piracys-unusual-attraction-to-cctld-to-250111/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:15:07

• "He thinks Apple is making up for falling iPhone sales by charging app makers too much money. "They do it by basically like squeezing people and having this 30 percent tax on developers," he explained." ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/facebook-founder-mark-zuckerberg-angry-says-that-apple-is-making-them-pay-for-failing-iphone-sales-by-/articleshow/117141172.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:15:58

• "Trudeau says he suggested trading 'Vermont or California' in meeting with Trump" https://thehill.com/policy/international/5079400-trump-canada-51st-state-trade/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:18:45

• iophk: the poll is about /beliefs/ and /opinions/ not facts https://thehill.com/policy/5078947-7-in-10-see-serious-threat-to-future-of-democracy-survey/ ("7 in 10 see serious threat to future of democracy: Survey")    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:19:49

• "Aaron Swartz - Internet in crisis | Digging the Digital" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&u=https://frankmeeuwsen.com/2025/01/11/aaron-swartz-internet-in-crisis.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:20:07

• "Trump’s vow to save TikTok unsettles lawmakers backing ban-or-sale law" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/11/tiktok-ban-trump-supreme-court-law/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:20:28

• "Trump gets no-penalty sentence in his hush money case, while calling it 'despicable'" https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/01/501_390173.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:20:48

• PowerSchool (powerschool) is a Microsoft proxy of sorts https://www.powerschool.com/company/partners/microsoft-education/ see https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cyberattacks-k12-schools-1.7416966 https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/01/10/school-software-provider-is-the-latest-target-of-major-hack-of-personal-data/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:22:44

• "General TikTok and his Neo-Nazi freak RFE/RL breaks down the story behind a bizarre video featuring Apti Alaudinov and Alexey Milchakov" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/11/general-tiktok-and-his-neo-nazi-freak    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:40:53

• "Facebook risikerer bøder fra EU ved at droppe faktatjek | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/facebook-risikerer-boeder-fra-eu-ved-droppe-faktatjek    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:41:17

• "Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia, Zelensky says" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/11/ukraine-north-korean-soldiers-captured-kursk/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:41:29

• "Trump’s Greenland gambit, explained | Vox" https://www.vox.com/world-politics/394464/trump-greenland-purchase    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:41:40

• "Jack Smith resigns from DOJ amid fight over Trump reports" https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5080916-jack-smith-resigns-from-doj-court-document/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:42:07

• "Jack Smith, Who Led Prosecutions of Trump, Resigns" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/politics/jack-smith-special-counsel-resigns.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:42:20

• "‘Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders,’ says Danish PM as Donald Trump Jr. arrives" https://www.politico.eu/article/greenland-not-for-sale-danish-pm-mette-frederiksen-us-donald-trump-jr/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:42:31

• "So I pulled the trigger on a MacBook Pro with an M4 processor, trading in the Studio for a fair price." ☛ https://chrisglass.com/2025/01/10/two-to-one/ |    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:50:54

• "So yeah, I don’t plan on abandoning my Apple TV or anything, but actively using Android TV" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/this-remote-has-me-questioning-everything/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:52:43

• "The Nebraska Association of Public Employees, known to many in the state as NAPE/AFSCME, is set to meet and vote on the proposed contract for 2025-2027 starting Jan. 13." ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/nebraska-state-employees-union-reaches-tentative-agreement/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:54:56

• "Call me old-fashioned, but when someone in power aims to deprive someone of their liberty, privacy, or property, they’d better have the legal backing to do so." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/10/court-to-cops-if-you-cant-prove-a-warrant-existed-you-cant-expect-us-to-consider-it-valid/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:56:35

• "Last month, 461 video game workers with Microsoft’s ZeniMax Online Studios announced they were unionizing with the Campaign to Organize Digital Employees–Communications Workers of America (CODE-CWA)." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/01/video-game-workers-unions-layoffs/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:56:51

• "complicit in the killing or rendition" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/opinions/2025/01/11/opinion-cambodia-opposition-thailand-lim-kimya-assassination/ | Source: RFA    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:58:57

• "First implemented in the United States and then in the rest of the world" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/hispanic-fact-checkers-react-meta-disinformation/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:59:40

• "Scam Altman and Meta both announced $1 million donations" ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/09/google-donates-1-million-to-trumps-inauguration-fund.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:04:29

• "But the primary way they’ll please Wall Street is via more pointless and destructive mergers like the disastrous Time Warner" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/10/prepare-for-a-whole-bunch-of-pointless-harmful-mergers-in-streaming-by-media-executives-all-out-of-original-ideas/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:05:45

• "The program is overseen by the US Federal Communications Commission." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/white_house_smart_device_security_label/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:06:06

• "Shame on me for giving Zuck a second chance." ☛ https://houseofkyle.com/2025/01/10/despicable-meta/ | Source: Kyle Ford    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:06:19

• "Mark Zuckerberg still doesn’t get it." ☛ https://thehill.com/opinion/5080067-fact-checkers-meta-zuckerberg/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:06:36

• "I don’t know what that’s all about, it’s completely contrary to what America is about" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5080678-joe-biden-mark-zuckerberg-meta-fact-checking/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:06:49

• "On Tuesday, exactly four years later, Zuckerberg sang a different tune." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/11/trump-big-tech-inauguration-zuckerberg-bezos-google/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:07:41

• "We are witnessing the rise of a completely new computing era." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/11/nvidia-creating-1-4t-data-center-market-decade-ai/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:10:27

• "Prices of batteries, the most expensive part of an electric vehicle, are falling fast." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/business/energy-environment/trump-republicans-electric-vehicles-automakers.html | Source: New York Times    

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

• "a fusion reaction generating more energy" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/the-race-to-harness-nuclear-fusion/257486/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:11:11

• "U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released its annual list" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/01/11/chinese-company-involved-in-fords-marshall-ev-battery-plant-added-to-pentagon-blacklist/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:11:29

• "The planet’s record-high average temperature last year reflected the weekslong, 104-degree-Fahrenheit spring heat waves that shuttered schools in Bangladesh and India." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/09/climate/2024-heat-record-climate-goal.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:12:58

• "The mine waste is often disposed of in large, open piles at the mine." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-acid-dissolution-eco-friendly-method.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:13:11

• "Ming Pan, a hydrologist at the University of California-San Diego’s Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, tracks the state’s water supplies. He put Southern California’s dryness into perspective using charts and maps." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/these-maps-show-just-how-dry-southern-california-is-right-now/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:13:33

• "I should pause here to say I’m just getting acquainted with ADS-B Exchange" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/01/11/aviation-vs-fire/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:15:45

• "The 26-year-old techie was found dead in his San Francisco apartment last year after speaking up against OpenAI’s policies." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/elon-musk-reacts-to-openai-whistleblowers-mothers-nonprofit-claims-101736604575863.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:16:07

• "Jean-Jacques Rousseau offers a different explanation. This is taken from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/11/individuality-is-a-big-deal/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:18:25

• "Trump was never likely to get jail time, which would have been unusual for any defendant faced with these charges" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/11/trump-sentencing-trials | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:18:44

• "The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party set out a radical programme on Saturday at a party congress" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2266256.html | Source: RTL    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:19:14

• "It remains to be seen whether that will have a big impact, Schaake said" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/elon-musk-hosts-x-talk-with-german-far-right-afds-weidel/live-71245966 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:19:31

• "dissemination of illegal content" ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/01/501_390163.html | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:21:53

• When "X" is abandoned or banned many unis/police PDs/politicians/businesses/'influencers' etc will regret telling everybody "follow me on Twitter" (instead of, here's my RSS feed for my site)    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:23:02

• "Even after it became obvious that Facebook was an invasive cancer on not just the Internet" ☛ https://louplummer.lol/how-to-internet-2025/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:23:11

• Microsoft rules out layoffs in India amid global job cuts https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/microsoft-rules-out-layoffs-in-india-amid-global-job-cuts/article69088362.ece so it's about salaries, Microsoft becoming too debt-saddled (about 100 billion dollars in debt) to pay wages    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:27:22

• "Harm could also be caused through the disclosure of sensitive personal information such as names" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/sex-toys-hacked-remote-control-b2677845.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:34:41

• "The lawsuit was filed in 2020 and accused Google of illegally invading the privacy of millions" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/09/judge-rejects-googles-motion-dismiss-privacy-lawsuit-trial-set-august/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:34:57

• "Hooglee LLC" ... called after UGLY scarface Eric Schmidt ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/09/former-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-reportedly-working-new-ai-video-social-media-startup/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:36:27

• "the 15 companies from which Texas has demanded answers by next week" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/texas-social-media-investigation-children-privacy/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:37:51

• "Some of the world’s most popular apps are likely being co-opted by rogue members of the advertising industry" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/gravy-location-data-app-leak-rtb/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:38:56

• Windows TCO: "break this past Monday to classrooms with no [Internet]" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cyberattacks-k12-schools-1.7416966 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:40:27

• Windows TCO: "The names, phone numbers and emails of parents and guardians were also potentially compromised" ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/01/10/school-software-provider-is-the-latest-target-of-major-hack-of-personal-data/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:40:38

• Windows TCO: "The breach happened at the end of December" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/01/10/school-software-provider-is-the-latest-target-of-major-hack-of-personal-data/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:41:17

• "I have a not-terribly-strong preference for the by-hand version." ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/01/10/Photo-Noise-Reduction | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:43:26

• "There’s no limit to the promise of artificial intelligence. Or at least, there’s no limit to the promises that the powerful make about AI" ☛ https://futurism.com/ai-tinkerbell | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:44:15

• "We're told by tech companies and their investors that AI has the capacity to transform everything, making us more productive workers and more efficient learners — before eventually making us obsolete by AI agents that “won’t complain about work-life balance” while they automate away the majority of our jobs."    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:44:58

• Microsoft Like Tinkerbell: It Only Works If We Keep Clapping So It Doesn't Die https://futurism.com/ai-tinkerbell    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:46:10

• "no matter what, observers in the field say the topic should be among the highest priorities for world leaders." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/artificial-intelligence-predictions-1.7427024 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:46:22

• "federated" ☛ https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/01/framing-federation | Source: Adam Newbold    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:48:19

• "Leave all commercial social media." ☛ https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/blog/a-new-plan/ | Source: Simone Silvestroni http://techrights.org/o/2022/02/10/social-control-media-bubbles/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:49:54

• "The December letter, per Mashable, was prompted by two alarming lawsuits — the first filed in Florida in October" ☛ https://futurism.com/american-psychological-association-ftc-chatbots | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:50:20

• "1964 marked the government’s arrival to the non-smoking movement." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-the-us-surgeon-general-shocked-americans-by-announcing-that-smoking-kills-180985726/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:50:33

• "We’re into our third and final post in my PlayStation 3 shaggy-dog story." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/replacing-our-ps3-with-a-ps3-slim/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 13:07:07

• "These seem to be the most common/talked about in the last year. Let me know if you know of others!" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/tiny-kvms-for-one-off-colocation/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 13:07:56

• "then they started adding computers to everything, and this is when I lost my interest." ☛ https://crys.site/blog/2025/i-may-never-buy-a-new-electronic-device/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 13:08:40

• "For the first time ever in our country's history, we are making leading-edge 4-nanometer chips on American soil" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/taiwan-chipmaker-starts-making-4-nanometer-chips-in-us-official-says/7933080.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 13:09:56

• "That was the heyday of the Power Mac, and that first Mac mini came with a choice between 1.25 and 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4" ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2025/01/11/a-brief-history-of-the-mac-mini/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 13:11:02

• "On January 11, no Taliban were present among the representatives of some 50 Muslim-majority countries" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/taliban-shuns-girls-education-summit-muslim-malala/33272162.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 13:23:05

• "Denying education to girls is tantamount to denying their voice and their choice" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250111-malala-yousafzai-overwhelmed-and-happy-to-be-back-in-pakistan-1 | Source: France24    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 13:23:30

• "Representatives from Muslim-majority countries, where tens of millions of girls are out of school" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/nobel-laureate-malala-in-pakistan-for-girls-education-talk/a-71271124 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 13:24:00

• "The hardest part of transitioning into management is becoming comfortable with people doing things differently from you" ☛ https://www.elliotcsmith.com/manage-risks-not-methods-2/ | Source: Elliot C Smith    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 13:24:16

• "The real promise" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/new-superconductive-materials-have-just-been-discovered/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 13:29:07

• "Luckily, this won't happen until at least 1.6 billion years from now" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-calculated-the-ultimate-lifespan-of-earths-biosphere | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 13:30:02

• About 32k US dollars left for FSF to raise in 6 days    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 13:30:51

• "Someone made this point on Mastodon this week, and I thought it was an excellent point. I think what most of us want is a social network, but social networks don't scale to billion-dollar corporations" ☛ https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/social-networks-social-media.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 14:56:44

• "The idea is that the prose will still be Markdown" ☛ https://lmika.org/2025/01/12/still-bouncing-around-things-to.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 14:57:32

• "One activity to work towards that is exploring more of the newsletter realm. Over the years I’ve written a short-lived What’s up with Juhis? newsletter" ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/introducing-from-juhis-with-love/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 14:57:53

• "Something I've gotten used to as the New Year rolls in: make a checklist of things to do and things I'm looking forward to" ☛ https://roytang.net/2025/01/2025-checklist/ | Source: Roy Tang    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 14:58:14

• "By far the most popular things I write about are my thoughts on how to ship projects, what makes an engineer strong (or weak)" ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/on-writing/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 14:58:39

• "The idea was not to catch the arsonist or the mythical cow that kicked over the lantern in Chicago" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-11/fire-experts-asses-los-angeles-blazes-amid-changing-times | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 14:58:54

• "Today, I use two different shells depending on context." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/which-shell-do-i-use-on-freebsd/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:04:39

• "I came across a weird shell syntax today—dynamic shell variables." ☛ https://rednafi.com/misc/dynamic_shell_variables/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:04:44

• "When you create a data visualisation using R (or any other software), a set of default colours is used." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/working-with-colours-in-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:06:26

• "Best Git Books, Git is an essential tool for version control and collaboration in software development." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/best-git-books/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:06:34

• "And now to something quite interesting – for almost two decades" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/git-2-48-is-out-with-faster-sha-1s-meson-takes-the-stage/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:06:41

• "In the last episode—Is software engineering a thing?" ☛ https://www.sicpers.info/2025/01/in-which-things-are-not-known/ | Source: SICP    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:06:47

• "One of the projects I wanted to do with my new 486 PC was to try out a Roland MT-32 with it. The MT-32 is a MIDI synthesiser that was used to help compose many late-80s games." ☛ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/the-roland-mt-32-the-ultimate-late-80s-gaming-sound/ | Source: Andrew Hutchings    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:12:57

• "Once sanded, I took it out of the regular chuck and put it on a jam chuck to remove the tenon." ☛ https://cagrimmett.com/2025/01/12/from-firewood-to-oak-dish/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:13:37

• "Last October, I got back into 3d printing. After doing a bit of research, I decided on the Bambu Lab A1, with AMS Lite which allows you to print in 4 different colors." ☛ https://aj.bourg.family/3d-printing/ | Source: AJ Bourg    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:13:57

• How to Use Ping Module in Ansible with Examples ☞ https://linuxbuz.com/devops/how-to-use-ping-module-in-ansible    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:15:51

• Mecha Comet: A GNU/Linux Handheld Built for Customization ☞ https://linuxiac.com/mecha-comet-linux-handheld-computer/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:21:03

• Git 2.48 Is Out with Faster SHA-1s, Meson Takes the Stage ☞ https://linuxiac.com/git-2-48-is-out-with-faster-sha-1s-meson-takes-the-stage/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:22:17

• "writing custom static site builde" ☛ https://crys.site/blog/2025/crys-builder/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:23:32

• "Krita brushes 2025-01 bundle" ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1060/krita-brushes-2025-01-bundle | Source: David Revoy    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:23:50

• "If you’ve been keeping your system updated through security.debian.org" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/debian-12-9-rolls-out-with-security-and-stability-improvements/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:24:52

• "You just select Auto (ZFS) and then select GPT (BIOS+UEFI) for Partition Scheme" ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/01/12/freebsd-desktop-part-2-2-install-freebsd-13/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:26:41

• "YES for Encrypt Disks option" ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/01/12/freebsd-desktop-part-2-3-install-freebsd-14/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:26:51

• "The new release addresses several minor inconsistencies." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/amarok-3-2-1-music-player-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:27:52

• "I recently sat down with Brodie Robertson again to appear on his Tech Over Tea show" ☛ https://pointieststick.com/2025/01/11/interview-on-tech-over-tea-about-fundraising-money-and-design/ | Source: Nate Graham    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:27:59

• "A famous issue when setting up DNS records for domains is that you can't combine a CNAME record with any other type" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/DNSCNAMEAndOthersWhyNot | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:28:23

• "Some weeks ago I reported about an apoapsis raise manoeuvre done by Tianwen-1, the Chinese Mars orbiter." ☛ https://destevez.net/2025/01/tianwen-1-second-apoapsis-raise/ | Source: Daniel Estévez    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:28:32

• "Ripping CDs was a popular activity around 15 to 20 years ago." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/how-to-rip-your-audio-cds-to-mp3-from-the-linux-terminal-with-abcde | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:29:09

• "For reasons outside of the scope of this entry, we recently modified our IMAP server so that it would only return 20,000 results from an IMAP LIST command (technically 20,001 results)." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/IMAPClientErrorReactionsVary | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:29:20

• 2025 Predictions ☞ https://macwright.com/2025/01/11/predictions.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:30:00

• This Week in Plasma: Final Plasma 6.3 Features ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/01/11/this-week-in-plasma-final-plasma-6.3-features/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:30:55

• Massive Memory Leaks in System76's Cosmic Desktop (Written in "Memory Safe" Rust) ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/massive-memory-leaks-in-system76s http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/What_Would_Dennis_Ritchie_Say_About_the_Memory_Safe_Hype_or_Car.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/Meme_Swallow_Microsoft_GitHub.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 15:42:52

• {SLmetrics}: scalable and memory efficient AI/ML performance evaluation in R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/slmetrics-scalable-and-memory-efficient-ai-ml-performance-evaluation-in-r/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:26:52

• EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.5.4.1 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202501/easyos-daedalus-series-version-6541-released.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:31:07

• Linux Mint Monthly News – December 2024 ☞ https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4790    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:32:27

• With SteamOS Expanding Beyond Steam Deck, Is It Game Over For Bazzite? ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/01/11/with-steamos-expanding-beyond-steam-deck-is-it-game-over-for-bazzite/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:32:44

• How to Use Tags in Ansible Playbooks with Examples ☞ https://linuxbuz.com/devops/ansible-tags-examples    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:34:07

• Obviously SPAM. "Rust Server" barely even means anything. It's like saying "Golang server", i.e. some serve with Go installed on it. https://linuxbuz.com/best-resources/cheap-rust-server-hosting-providers    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:35:16

• Debian 12.9 “Bookworm” Arrives with 72 Bug Fixes and 38 Security Updates ☞ https://9to5linux.com/debian-12-9-bookworm-arrives-with-72-bug-fixes-and-38-security-updates    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:36:48

• Andrew Cater: 20250111 Release media testing for Debian 12.9 ☞ http://flosslinuxblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/20250111-release-media-testing-for.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:37:18

• Voyager GNU/Linux Offers a User-Friendly, Customized GNOME ☞ https://thenewstack.io/voyager-linux-offers-a-user-friendly-customized-gnome/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:38:30

• FSF now 31k away from target.    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:39:19

• NuTyX – flexible GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nutyx-flexible-linux-distribution/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:43:40

• GitFourchette – the comfortable Git UI for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gitfourchette-comfortable-git-ui-linux/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:44:55

• NERDTree – tree explorer plugin for Vim ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nerdtree-tree-explorer-plugin-vim/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:45:52

• Fruit Credits – keep plain text accounts ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fruit-credits-keep-plain-text-accounts/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:46:12

• Fast Reader – read text quickly and effectively ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fast-reader-read-text-quickly-effectively/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:49:41

• 11 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Download Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-graphical-download-managers/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:49:48

• Linux Mint 22.1 is nearly here, the stable ISO is undergoing last-minute checks ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-mint-221-is-nearly-here-the-stable-iso-is-undergoing-last-minute-checks/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:51:18

• GNU/Linux Surges to All-Time Highs in Greenland, backdoored Windows Sinks to All-Time Lows (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/11/GNU_Linux_Surges_to_All_Time_Highs_in_Greenland_Windows_Sinks_t.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:51:33

• After a Year of Layoffs in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Nigeria (and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft in Africa at Large) backdoored Windows Falls to New Lows and Bing Falls to 0.46% "Market Share" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/11/After_a_Year_of_Layoffs_in_Microsoft_Nigeria_and_Microsoft_in_A.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:51:44

• Search Engine-Optimised (SEO) Googlebombs Target "Linux", "Ubuntu", and "RISC-V", Still Composed by Bots ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/Search_Engine_Optimised_SEO_Googlebombs_Target_Linux_Ubuntu_and.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:56:09

• Unix Men (or UnixMen) Has Turned Into LLM Slop With Embedded Linkspam, Piggybacking "Linux" for SEO ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/Unix_Men_or_UnixMen_Has_Turned_Into_LLM_Slop_With_Embedded_Link.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:57:01

• Social Control Media and 'Linux' Foundation Accelerate the Death of the Web ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/Social_Control_Media_and_Linux_Foundation_Accelerate_the_Death_.shtml    

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

• 'Linux' Foundation Increasingly Reliant on Paid Press Releases, Paid-for Stenography, and Even LLM Slop (Fake 'Articles') ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/Linux_Foundation_Increasingly_Reliant_on_Paid_Press_Releases_Pa.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:57:17

• Kdenlive 24.12.1 is out with more than a dozen of bug-fixes ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/01/kdenlive-24-12-1-dozen-fixes/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 16:58:11

• Shortwave Now Supports Play Internet Radio in the Background ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/01/shortwave-play-radio-background/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:00:15

• "As 2025 begins, Pine64 has provided a community update for January" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/pine64-starts-2025-with-january-community-updates-on-pinevox-and-more/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:03:20

• free speech legend gulagboy mjg: it's great when i curse all the time, it's free speech, except others cannot use "bad words" (only i can, lols it's so funny)... also ensure communication is polite and friendly to women... ignore when i write "motherfucker" at the very top of my social control media. BE NICE!    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:05:37

• "This motherboard features the Intel 14th Gen Core Ultra 7 155U and Core Ultra 5 125U processors, formerly known as Meteor Lake-U" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/upcoming-jf35-mtu1-low-profile-3-5%E2%80%B3-motherboard-with-intel-14th-gen-core-ultra-processors-and-dual-2-5gbe-lan/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:05:46

• "Olimex has announced that the highly anticipated PICO2-XL and PICO2-XXL open-source hardware boards are now available for pre-order" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/cost-efficient-pico2-xl-and-pico2-xxl-oshw-boards-now-available-for-pre-order/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:05:54

• RMS and Daniel Pocock never wrote "motherfucker", their critics DO    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:06:38

• Indigenous Philippines communities face rights violations amid nickel mining expansion: Amnesty International ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/indigenous-philippines-communities-endure-human-rights-violations-amid-nickel-mining-expansion-amnesty-international/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:08:54

• Far From the Fires, the Deadly Risks of Smoke Are Intensifying ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/climate/wildfire-smoke-risks.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:09:03

• France: Flu surge triggers 'white plan' in dozen of hospitals ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250111-france-flu-surge-triggers-white-plan-in-dozen-of-hospitals    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:09:25

• Boeing has a lot of explaining to do after its landing gear failed twice in 2 days in the same country (and airline!) and now there's erased record ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/world/asia/jeju-air-crash-black-box.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:11:20

• How the hell does this happen? Like cops turning off the bodycam before murdering someone? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-jeju-air-jet-black-boxes-stopped-recording-4-minutes-before-crash-ministry-says    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:12:01

• An Important Lesson About Patents and Patent Maximalism (They Drive People and Companies Away) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/11/An_Important_Lesson_About_Patents_and_Patent_Maximalism_They_Dr.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:12:20

• BetaNews is Now Officially a Spamfarm With Phantom Authors and Fake Text (SPAM and Linkspam Made With LLM Slop) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/11/BetaNews_is_Now_Officially_a_Spamfarm_With_Phantom_Authors_and_.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:18:05

• Free Software Foundation: Anchoring the FSF in its values (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/11/Free_Software_Foundation_Anchoring_the_FSF_in_its_values.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:18:14

• Microsoft in Trouble as Microsoft trap Azure Breaks and Only Days After Promising Investment in "Datacentres" Construction of Actual Datacentres Paused (Expect More Microsoft trap Azure Layoffs Very Soon) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/11/Microsoft_in_Trouble_as_Azure_Breaks_and_Only_Days_After_Promis.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:18:21

• [Meme] Real and Fake (or "several influential "open source" organizations [which] have come to be dominated by large companies") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/11/Meme_Real_and_Fake_or_several_influential_open_source_organizat.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:18:30

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

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:18:41

• Using a Popular Ponzi Scheme to Sell Expensive Hardware Mislabelled as "Hey Hi" (AI) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/10/Using_a_Popular_Ponzi_Scheme_to_Sell_Expensive_Hardware_Mislabe.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:18:48

• Microsoft's "Donald Trump First" Doctrine ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/11/Microsoft_s_Donald_Trump_First_Doctrine.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:19:03

• Amarok 3.2.1 released ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/01/11/amarok-3.2.1-released/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:20:49

• JavaScript hashing speed comparison: MD5 versus SHA-256 ☞ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/01/11/javascript-hashing-speed-comparison-md5-versus-sha-256/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:22:02

• Skrooge 25.1.0 released ☞ https://skrooge.org/news/2025-01-11-skrooge_25.1.0_released/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:23:26

• Maker builds Raspberry Pi jukebox and loads it full of custom music ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/maker-builds-raspberry-pi-jukebox-and-loads-it-full-of-custom-music    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:25:32

• GNU World Order 598 ☞ http://gnuworldorder.info//audiophile/gnuWorldOrder_598_ogg.ogg    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:27:17

• Sigil 2.4 Open-Source EPUB Ebook Editor Released with New Features and Bug Fixes ☞ https://9to5linux.com/sigil-2-4-open-source-epub-ebook-editor-released-with-new-features-and-bug-fixes    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:28:02

• UK treasurer Rachel Reeves says London ‘natural home’ for Chinese finance ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/11/uk-treasurer-rachel-reeves-says-london-natural-home-for-china-finance/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:29:35

• In Malaysia and Indonesia, Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba builds bridges as China’s influence looms large ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/in-malaysia-and-indonesia-japan-pm-shigeru-ishiba-builds-bridges-as-chinas-influence-looms-large    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:29:51

• Thousands of South Koreans protest as President Yoon Suk Yeol digs heels in ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/thousands-of-south-koreans-protest-as-president-digs-heels-in    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:34:13

• Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/business/scott-bessent-treasury-divest.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:34:27

• Don Marti: Click this to buy better stuff and be happier ☞ https://blog.zgp.org/click-this-to-buy-better-stuff-and-be-happier/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:35:08

• Ukraine forces arrest two North Korean soldiers ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250111-ukraine-forces-arrest-north-korean-soldiers    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:35:46

• Ukraine questioning two North Korean soldiers captured in Kursk, Zelensky says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250111-en-nw-grab-gulliver-from-16h-on-north-korean-soldiers-mercier-guillaume    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 17:35:57

• Ukraine questioning two North Korean soldiers captured in Kursk, Zelensky says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250111-ukraine-questioning-two-north-korean-soldiers-captured-in-kursk-zelensky-says    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:12:06

• From eBay to Vilnius: Ukrainian's journey in fashion retail ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2457168/from-ebay-to-vilnius-ukrainian-s-journey-in-fashion-retail    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:12:19

• N. Korean Soldier Claims He Thought He Was On Training Mission, Ukraine Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-interrogates-captured-north-korean-soldiers-kursk/33272225.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:12:32

• German Foreign Minister Says Stricken Tanker In Baltic Sea Belongs To Russia's 'Shadow Fleet' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-baerbock-tanker-russia-oil-baltic-sea-ukraine/33271968.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:12:50

• Ukraine Says It Captured 2 North Korean Soldiers Fighting for Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/world/europe/ukraine-north-korea-kursk.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:13:04

• Photograph Revives Ukraine-Russia Culture War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/world/europe/ukraine-photo-painting-culture-war.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:13:15

• Russia says it will continue oil and gas projects despite US sanctions ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/01/11/world-news/russia-says-it-will-continue-oil-and-gas-projects-despite-us-sanctions/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:13:36

• Bad Apple!! But it’s a fluid simulation ☞ https://rubenerd.com/bad-apple-but-its-a-fluid-simulation/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:14:16

• Walking down Brain Lane ☞ https://rubenerd.com/walking-down-brain-lane/    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:22:52

• Microsoft closing four Bethesda game studios as part of layoffs - report    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:29:27

• Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/tulsa-race-massacre-report.html    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:48:53

• "Since I got back into gemini I've been tweaking my writing workflow and this morning I finished extracting my python scripts from my capsule into a proper python command line tool. Still working on it, but here it is anyway" gemini://station.martinrue.com/erick/0834113722c8424c8c1aa5189f7ca9f8    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:54:54

• New Capsule Generator: 💎 Stargem gemini://erick.is/posts/2025-01-12-new-capsule-generator-stargem.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:55:30

• "I don't know how many times I've seen Starship Troopers. Too many. It's arguably a pretty crap movie, but it has its moments. Who doesn't like big bugs spewing colourful plasma, after all? Watched it again today and noticed something that I've somehow missed all these years." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2025-01-12-planet-p-is-clean.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:56:11

• "It's that time of the year again. How to get back disk space? Open the Files application and empty the trash. (How to do this from the command line?)" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-01-12-space    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:57:20

• "out of the three recent purchases of 22+ year old cameras, the last camera i'll be posting about is also the first of the three i purchased, the olympus e-1. this camera has had more of a boost in popularity than the others i've purchased, due to the kodak ccd sensor contained within." gemini://x.smol.pub/1736669500    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:58:19

• "If wishing you were intelligent was a sign of intelligence, would it be stupid not to; or would the stupid just not? Is this the wave/particle duality of blight?" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2454    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 19:59:54

• "I spent some time this weekend creating an init.lua from scratch in order to find the holes in my understanding. This is partly because I was trying to prepare notes to share with friends and partly because I know Neovim can do more than what I was asking of it." gemini://thatit.be/2025-01-11-23-19-24.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 20:00:47

• "I might write about some of these individually. I love music, and the Witcher series is awesome. I get a lot done in Python. But C++ is just a super-fun programming language." gemini://lantashifiles.com/gemlog/entries/2025-01-11.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 20:01:41

• "I finally got around to downloading the Adventurer, Conqueror, King System, Imperial Imprint (ACKS II) PDFs from the Kickstarter, and I have been very pleased with what I found on a quick scan." gemini://consp.org/blog/2025/2025-01-11-i-downloaded-the-acks-ii-kickstarter-pdfs-finally.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 20:02:39

• My typical setup in Fantasy Grounds D&D 5E gemini://consp.org/blog/2025/2025-01-11-my-typical-setup-in-fantasy-grounds-dandd-5e.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 20:03:42

• "Moved house. The raspberry pi was disconnected and thrown in a box for a while." gemini://cwave.site/gemlog/2025-01-12.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 20:04:37

• keyd is aweseome, but…: "I have mouse= in vim so the random mouse activity didn’t have much of an affect while using the terminal, but it made it nearly impossible to use any web site where I had to type. So I’ve had to disable it for now." gemini://thatit.be/2025-01-10-22-20-35.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 20:06:30

• Boring gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/poetry/boru    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 20:07:47

• "Found out that 4 of my friend's houses burned down. :'( Unfair." gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20250111_LA_fires_D5    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 20:10:40

• No Country For Old Men gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20250112.txt    

posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 20:11:43