Roy Schestowitz

• "Working at IBM feels like a Christmas party every day!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgz1xj3r    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 03:55:07

• "Zero chance I’m telling them when I retire. I want the package. Hopefully you got that." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uy3E7Px    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 03:56:28

• "Microsoft plans to pause hiring in part of its U.S. consulting business" https://www.pymnts.com/big-tech/2025/report-meta-and-microsoft-plan-layoffs/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 03:59:54

• "cost-cutting measure" = too much debt, hard to pay salaries https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/microsoft-halts-hiring-in-us-consulting-unit-as-cost-cutting-measure-report/article69099162.ece    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:02:36

• China’s exports reached record high in 2024 ahead of second Trump term and amid threat of tariffs ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/13/chinas-exports-reached-record-high-in-2024-ahead-of-second-trump-term-and-amid-threat-of-tariffs/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:05:32

• India’s Narendra Modi opens strategic road tunnel to contested China border zones ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/13/indias-narendra-modi-opens-strategic-road-tunnel-to-contested-china-border-zones/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:05:45

• "Georgia’s rural fringe" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/13/dispatch-from-pankisi-valley | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:09:17

• "to discuss gas transit" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/13/slovak-prime-minister-fico-invites-zelensky-to-meet-near-border-to-discuss-gas-transit | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:09:32

• UEFI crap ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/13/how-nyan-cat-was-ported-to-uefi/ | Source: Hackaday http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:10:16

• PCBs ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/13/clever-pcbs-straighten-out-the-supercon-sao-badge/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:10:33

• "The seven-segment display is most well known in LED form, but the concept isn’t tied to that format." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/13/electromechanical-7-segment-display-is-high-contrast-brilliance/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:10:58

• PIC32 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/13/homebrew-retro-console-runs-on-pic32/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:11:39

• Mirror journalists given individual online page-view targets ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/mirror-page-view-targets-reach/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:11:55

• "Some projects seem to take on a life of their own. You get an idea, design and prototype it, finally build the thing and — it’s good, but it’s not quite right." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/13/fluid-simulation-pendant-teaches-lessons-in-miniaturization/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:12:24

• Climate change scepticism almost extinct from UK national press ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/climate-change-scepticism-almost-extinct-from-uk-national-press/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:12:46

• LA Now Faces Water Contamination Threat After Wildfires, Expert Warns ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/la-now-faces-water-contamination-threat-after-wildfires-expert-warns    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:13:55

• Strange Blobs Found Deep Inside Earth Where No Such Blobs Should Exist ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-blobs-found-deep-inside-earth-where-no-such-blobs-should-exist    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:14:10

• "Terahertz Laser" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/13/selectively-magnetizing-an-anti-ferromagnet-with-terahertz-laser/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:14:22

• Hilarious 'Fast-Moving Belly Flop' Lets Frogs Walk on Water ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hilarious-fast-moving-belly-flop-lets-frogs-walk-on-water    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:14:36

• These Are The Key Takeaways in The New US Alcohol-Cancer Guidelines ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/these-are-the-key-takeaways-in-the-new-us-alcohol-cancer-guidelines    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:14:46

• Breathtaking Tattoos Revealed on Peruvian Mummies From 1,200 Years Ago ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/breathtaking-tattoos-revealed-on-peruvian-mummies-from-1200-years-ago    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:14:57

• Drinking More Green Tea Each Day Cuts Risk of Dementia Brain Lesions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/drinking-more-green-tea-each-day-cuts-risk-of-dementia-brain-lesions    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:15:14

• Body Parts Have Surprisingly Similar Values Around The World Through History ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/body-parts-have-surprisingly-similar-values-around-the-world-through-history    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:15:36

• LA Fires a Catastrophic Example of Study's 'Hydroclimate Whiplash' Warnings ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/la-fires-a-catastrophic-example-of-studys-hydroclimate-whiplash-warnings    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:15:50

• Brain-Eating Amoebas Are a Real-Life Horror We Should Know About ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-eating-amoebas-are-a-real-life-horror-we-should-know-about    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:16:06

• Economy minister: Trump tariff plan is unviable ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-trump-tariffs-economy-minister/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:16:29

• Let's welcome our 2024 Qt Champions! ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/lets-welcome-our-2024-qt-champions    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:16:49

• Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the Collapse of the Hollywood #MeToo Era ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-and-the-collapse-of-the-hollywood-metoo-era    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:17:09

• Texas Sues Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/technology/texas-allstate-driver-data-lawsuit.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:18:54

• South Korea, Japan foreign ministers stress security ties amid political turmoil ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-japan-foreign-ministers-stress-security-ties-amid-political-turmoil    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:22:02

• China’s deployment of ‘monster ship’ alarming, says Philippine security official ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/chinas-deployment-of-monster-ship-alarming-says-philippine-security-official    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:22:15

• NATO Baltic Sea Leaders To Discuss Increasing Security In Region ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/baltic-sea-sabotage-undersea-cables-nato-security-rutte-stubb-michal/33274853.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:22:27

• Tackling Hey Hi (AI) threats. Advanced DFIR methods and tools for deepfake detection ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/tackling-ai-threats-advanced-dfir-methods-and-tools-for-deepfake-detection/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:23:08

• Wife and son of wanted ex-pollster questioned by Hong Kong national security police – reports ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/14/wife-and-son-of-wanted-ex-pollster-questioned-by-hong-kong-national-security-police-reports/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:23:37

• Morocco looking to buy Small Diameter Bombs, AIM-120 missiles for its F-16s ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/morocco-seeking-to-buy-small-diameter-bombs-aim-120-missiles-for-its-f-16s/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:24:20

• Trump and others want to ramp up cyber offense, but there’s plenty of doubt about the idea ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/aggressive-cyber-offense-trump-administration-us-strategy-debate/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:24:48

• Biden administration unveils export controls on Hey Hi (AI) models, chips ☞ https://fedscoop.com/commerce-ai-diffusion-rule-biden-admin-industry-security/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:25:09

• Second Biden cyber executive order directs agency action on fed security, AI, space ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/biden-administration-cybersecurity-executive-order-2025/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:25:23

• The Quad should help Indonesia achieve underwater domain awareness ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-quad-should-help-indonesia-achieve-underwater-domain-awareness/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:25:38

• Homeland Security steps up efforts to stop human trafficking ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/01/homeland-security-steps-up-efforts-to-stop-human-trafficking/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:25:54

• Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about commitment to his agenda ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/01/incoming-trump-team-is-questioning-civil-servants-at-national-security-council-about-their-loyalty/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:26:08

• 2025: The Year of COSMIC — Alpha 5 Released! ☞ https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-5-released    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:27:33

• Clocks mocks ☞ https://cukic.co/2025/01/13/clocks    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:28:10

• In 2024, What Was The Rate of TTAB Affirmance of Section 2(d) Refusals to Register? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-2024-what-was-rate-of-ttab.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:32:25

• Microsoft to force install new Outlook on backdoored Windows 10 PCs in February ☞ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-force-install-new-outlook-on-windows-10-pcs-in-february/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:33:22

• A race to corruption ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/chatgpt-for-kids-homework-in-uk    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:34:10

• Chaffbots are not the future    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:34:28

• And Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot is not viable, neither as a business nor as a working tool    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:35:02

• Lenovo led global PC shipment in 2024 with 61.8 million units — Fashion Company Apple is gaining PC market share with a 17.3% growth ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/lenovo-led-global-pc-shipment-in-2024-with-61-8-million-units-apple-is-gaining-pc-market-share-with-a-17-3-percent-growth    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:35:41

• FOSDEM PGDay 2025 - Schedule Posted and Registration Still Open! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/fosdem-pgday-2025-schedule-posted-and-registration-still-open-2998/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:36:14

• IBASE INA1607 is a fanless uCPE/SD-WAN appliance powered by an defective chip maker Intel Atom x7405C Amston Lake SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/14/ibase-ina1607-is-a-fanless-ucpe-sd-wan-appliance-powered-by-an-intel-atom-x7405c-amston-lake-soc/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:36:55

• Using Locally-Installed CLI Tools In Node Projects ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/local-cli-tools-in-node/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:37:41

• Ta’ang rebels renew vow to crush Myanmar’s junta despite earlier ceasefire offer ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/01/13/myanmar-tnla-cooperation-resistance-forces/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:38:11

• No, Microsoft is the facilitator and Microsoft puts back doors in things, causing massive security incidents; it should sue itself ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/microsoft-takes-legal-action-against-ai-hacking-as-a-service-scheme.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:39:25

• Fully enclosed ESP32-S3 board features 1.8-inch AMOLED, microphone & speaker for Hey Hi (AI) audio applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/13/fully-enclosed-esp32-s3-board-features-1-8-inch-amoled-microphone-speaker-for-ai-audio-applications/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:39:54

• Kevin Fenzi: Bits from early jan 2025 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/01/11/bits-from-early-jan-2025/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:40:06

• The CDC, Palantir and the AI-Healthcare Revolution ☞ https://unlimitedhangout.com/2025/01/investigative-reports/the-cdc-palantir-and-the-ai-healthcare-revolution/ http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/23/Privatisation_Catastrophe_Starting_with_NHS_England_Microsoft_a.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:40:46

• Wladimir Palant: Chrome Web Store is a mess ☞ https://palant.info/2025/01/13/chrome-web-store-is-a-mess/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:41:26

• Prosecuted for Protesting ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5460/prosecuted-protesting    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:42:19

• 6.8-magnitude quake strikes Japan, prompts tsunami alert ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-issues-tsunami-advisory-after-6-8-magnitude-quake    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:42:41

• New Mexico court strikes down abortion restrictions in state’s conservative counties ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/new-mexico-court-strikes-down-abortion-restrictions-in-states-conservative-cities/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:43:11

• Kentaro Hayashi: Stick to boot from 6.11 linux-image ☞ https://kenhys.hatenablog.jp/entry/2025/01/13/172405    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:44:18

• cations – habit tracker ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cations-habit-tracker/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:44:39

• fingerterm – terminal emulator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fingerterm-terminal-emulator/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:45:10

• U++ – rapid application development framework ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/uplusplus-rapid-application-development-framework/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:45:27

• A happy Linus Torvalds is offering to build a guitar pedal for one lucky GNU/Linux dev ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/a-happy-linus-torvalds-is-offering-to-build-a-guitar-pedal-for-one-lucky-linux-dev/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:45:44

• Slopwatch: Brittany Day and Brian Fagioli Are Still at It, Googlebombing "Linux" With LLM Slop (Taking Away Traffic From the Articles They're Plagiarising) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/12/Slopwatch_Brittany_Day_and_Brian_Fagioli_Are_Still_at_It_Google.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:46:00

• The Long Journey Home ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/the-long-journey-home    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:46:48

• SFC Files Amicus Brief in Support of Users' Rights under AGPLv3§7 ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jan/13/neo4j-amicus/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:48:02

• Google Got People Sort of Addicted to Android So It Can Cash in (Services, App Store, Advertising) Decades Later ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/13/Google_Got_People_Sort_of_Addicted_to_Android_So_It_Can_Cash_in.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:49:32

• Platform accountability: a rule-of-law checklist for policymakers ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/platform-accountability-dsa-part-1/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:56:52

• Platform accountability and human rights: a rule-of-law checklist ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/platform-accountability-part1-overview/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=platform-accountability-part1-overview    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:57:05

• Statement on the historic decision in the WhatsApp v NSO case ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/statement-on-whatsapp-v-nso-case-decision/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:57:36

• Adam Young: Setting column width on Apache default index pages ☞ https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/01/setting-column-width-on-apache-default-index-pages/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 04:58:12

• "Inside the Plan to Funnel Taxpayer Dollars to Religious Schools" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/school-vouchers-ohio-church-state-tax-dollars-private-religious | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:01:31

• "What Can We Really Rebuild?" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/pacific-palisades-california-wildfires-rebuilding-community | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:02:07

• Tiling Shell’s Newest Feature Speeds Up Window Snapping ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/tiling-shell-extension-suggestions-feature    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:04:47

• WSL is WINDOWS, Phoronix. You should know better, Michael.    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:05:36

• Enlightenment 0.27 Released with Bug Fixes, New Modules ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/enlightenment-0-27-released    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:06:22

• Enlightenment 0.27 Released! Easier CPU Power Tuning, New Sleep Options ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/01/enlightenment-0-27-released-easier-cpu-power-tuning-new-sleep-options/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:07:49

• Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 874 ☞ https://ubuntu-news.org/2025/01/13/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-874/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:08:02

• DXVK 2.5.3 Brings Back Exclusive Full-Screen on backdoored Windows ☞ https://linuxiac.com/dxvk-2-5-3-brings-back-exclusive-full-screen-on-windows/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:20:49

• Why would you want something? ☞ https://rubenerd.com/why-would-you-want-something/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:24:29

• "linuxbuz" became like 90% spam this year e.g. https://linuxbuz.com/best-resources/best-satisfactory-dedicated-server-hosting https://linuxbuz.com/best-resources/unturned-server-hosting-providers https://linuxbuz.com/best-resources/best-and-cheap-dayz-server-hosting    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:25:06

• c’t Open Source Spotlight interview with Neal ☞ https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2025/01/13/202501-ct-interview/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:25:44

• Results from a survey about Writer templates ☞ https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/01/13/results-from-a-survey-about-writer-templates/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:26:35

• Haiku Activity & Contract Report, December 2024 (ft. Iceweasel) ☞ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2025-01-13-haiku_activity_contract_report_december_2024/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:28:05

• Siberia ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/14/police-in-siberia-arrest-two-suspected-accomplices-in-general-igor-kirillov-s-moscow-assassination | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:29:16

• "victim of Stalinist repressions" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/14/moscow-court-issues-unprecedented-ruling-in-housing-compensation-case-siding-with-victim-of-stalinist-repressions | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:29:31

• Minister’s comments about Belarusians’ closeness to Lithuanians ‘strange’ – PM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2459110/minister-s-comments-about-belarusians-closeness-to-lithuanians-strange-pm    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:29:45

• Pluralistic: They were warned; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 4) (13 Jan 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/13/wanting-it-badly/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:30:04

• TPM Boosters Inside Debian (TPM Isn't About Security, It is About Control Over Users and Their Machines) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/13/TPM_Boosters_Inside_Debian_TPM_Isn_t_About_Security_It_is_About.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:30:13

• "No, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is probably even worse but I never bothered finding out." ☞ https://palant.info/2025/01/13/chrome-web-store-is-a-mess/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:30:39

• How “Stay-or-Pay” Contracts Are Used to Abuse Immigrant Workers ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/womens-rights/how-stay-or-pay-contracts-are-used-to-abuse-immigrant-workers    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:32:10

• Bootlin Training: In-person public sessions are back! ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/in-person-public-sessions-are-back/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:32:24

• "This time-sensitive case concerns a federal law that would require social control media giant" ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/scotus-dispatch-supreme-court-appears-skeptical-of-tiktoks-first-amendment-claims-but-may-wait-for-trump/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:33:03

• Foreign and hostile influence over culture ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/12/tiktok-live-fest-london/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:33:51

• "The developers of KLETKA, a strange co-op horror game about travelling in a hungry living elevator, have announced some stats and it seems they've done well. KLETKA has a Native Linux version that I wrote about last month." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/co-op-horror-game-kletka-managed-over-100k-sales-in-a-month/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:35:42

• "GOG made a press announcement today to note they've joined the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP)" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/gog-joins-the-european-federation-of-game-archives-museums-and-preservation-projects/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:36:06

• "Here's one missed from the Christmas break. Mighty Marbles from developer James Oliver has released with Native Linux support." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/mighty-marbles-is-a-sweet-physics-based-toy-playground-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:36:33

• "Announced back in early 2024, the Stop Killing Games campaign was launched to try and persuade governments across the world to change the law on games being shut down and taken away from you." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-stop-killing-games-petition-is-back-in-the-uk-to-sign/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:37:31

• "vkQuake is an advanced port of id Software's Quake using Vulkan instead of OpenGL for rendering. It's impressive, one of the best ways to play, and the recent update sounds pretty delightful." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/vulkan-quake-port-vkquake-132-adds-external-wad-wad3-and-half-life-format-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:37:47

• "With a demo now available, if you love turn-based dungeon crawling RPGs like something out of the 90s, be sure to go and check out Heroes of the Seven Islands." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/scribbly-comic-book-styled-heroes-of-the-seven-islands-is-a-party-based-rpg-inspired-by-90s-games/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:38:02

• old: "Changes/Unify bin and sbin - Fedora Project Wiki" x https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Unify_bin_and_sbin    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:39:50

• Bezos helping Bytedance dodge a ban" "TikTok could be banned. Here are alternatives like RedNote and Lemon8." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/14/tiktok-ban-alternative-apps-rednote-lemon8/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:40:39

• "Donald Trump's billionaire administration" https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/donald-trump-s-billionaire-administration-1.7430270    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:40:50

• "Nato vil afskrække skyggeflåde i Østersøen: 'Der er grund til stor bekymring' | Nyheder | DR" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/natos-generalsekretaer-vil-afskraekke-skygeflaade-i-oestersoeen-der-er-grund-til    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:41:05

• "Trump flies US flag at full height before end of 30-day mourning period following Carter’s death - mlive.com" https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/01/trump-flies-us-flag-at-full-height-before-end-of-30-day-mourning-period-following-carters-death.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:42:05

• "NATO announces Baltic Sentry operation to protect cables from sabotage" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/baltic-nations-patrols-cables-russia/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:42:17

• iophk: stenography, not reporting https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5084252-tiktok-sale-elon-musk/ ("TikTok denies TikTok-Musk sale report, dismisses as 'pure fiction'")    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:42:42

• Canonical pushing proprietary crap https://ubuntu.com//blog/introducing-trusted-open-source-data-containers ("Your data applications, contained and maintained")    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:44:34

• iophk: mike helps misdirect the discussion away from influence and manipulation https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/14/tiktok-users-gleefully-embrace-even-more-chinese-app-to-spite-us-tiktok-ban/ ("TikTok Users Gleefully Embrace Even More Chinese App To Spite US TikTok Ban")    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:45:26

• TSA ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/01/14/tsa-issues-new-non-rules-for-real-id/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:47:48

• "In its annual report published last week, the U.S. Government listed MagisTV as one of the most notorious piracy services." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/notorious-pirate-iptv-service-magistv-applies-for-us-trademark-and-rebrands-250114/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:48:21

• And mass layoffs, too ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/microsoft-happy-2025-heres-161-security-updates/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:49:17

• "Equinor" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/14/exclusive-norways-equinor-forced-to-withdraw-key-carbon-capture-claim/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:50:00

• "Net Zero Chief" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/14/tory-net-zero-chief-claire-coutinho-calls-for-climate-deniers-net-zero-watch-to-vet-uk-energy-policies/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:50:37

• "Denier-Backed UK Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/14/pierre-poilievre-met-with-denier-backed-uk-conservative-leader-kemi-badenoch/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:50:46

• "Our free online technology showcase is open to all young creators up to age 18, anywhere in the world. We share key dates, details of our in-person events, and more." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/entry-is-open-for-coolest-projects-2025/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:51:14

• "What's more, none of the money the labels extracted from teenagers, grandparents (and the dead) went to artists." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/contesting-popularity/#everybody-samba | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:53:33

• "As first revealed in a motion filed by attorneys for novelists Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey and comedian Sarah Silverman" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ai-meta-pirated-library-zuckerberg-1235235394/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:53:38

• "The tech giants have urged U.S. President-elect Trump to challenge European Union's regulatory scrutiny against them." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-reassesses-tech-probes-into-apple-google-and-meta-financial-times-reports/articleshow/117231998.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:53:57

• "Britain's antitrust regulator said on Tuesday it would investigate Google's search services using its new powers to see how they impact consumers and businesses, including advertisers, news publishers and rival search engines." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/uk-s-antitrust-regulator-to-investigate-google-s-search-services/7936036.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:54:09

• "A British judge issued an unusually critical rebuke against the Crown Prosecution Service of England and Wales (CPS) for its handling of freedom of information requests related to Sweden's failed attempt to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/destroyed-assange-files-why-judges-rebuke-against-crown-prosecution-service-was-so-significant/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:56:50

• "The rule change, which is consistent with one imposed by Senate President Ty Masterson three years ago, restricts reporters’ access to the legislative process and action that can be observed and heard only from the floor." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/01/13/kansas-house-speaker-bans-reporters-from-chamber-floor-doesnt-say-why/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:57:02

• "For years, the UK and Sweden stymied Freedom of Information requests to hide why prosecutors under Keir Starmer pursued the WikiLeaks founder. Finally the game may be up" ☛ https://original.antiwar.com/cook/2025/01/12/judge-threatens-to-break-the-uks-wall-of-secrecy-around-assanges-persecution/ | Source: AntiWar    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:57:28

• "So, what’s the FOIA Forum? We'll share our screen and show you specifically how we file FOIA requests. We take questions from the chat and incorporate those into our FOIAs in real-time. We’ll also check on some requests we filed last time." ☛ https://www.404media.co/our-new-foia-forum-1-23-1pm-est-2/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:57:57

• "We welcome the NPP’s dedication to a free media, as well as accountability for past crimes against journalists, as outlined in the coalition’s election manifesto. To that end, we call upon the newly elected government to: [...]" ☛ https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/joint-letter-to-President-Dissanayake-1.pdf | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:58:08

• "Today, we are excited to announce that Mastodon is taking important steps to ensure its legal and operational structures better reflect and support the pursuit of these ideals." ☛ https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/ | Source: Mastodon    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:58:42

• "Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized Instagram competitor. On Facebook, the company is labeling links to Pixelfed.social as “spam” and deleting them immediately." ☛ https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:58:52

• "Russia has for several years ordered foreign technology platforms to remove content it deems illegal, issuing small but persistent fines when it sees failures to comply." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-14/russian-court-imposes-78-million-fine-on-alphabets-google-for-non-compliance | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:59:06

• "Occasionally, however, the Americans veered into riskier territory." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51228893/over-half-a-million-tiktok-refugees-flock-to-chinas-rednote | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 05:59:47

• "This was inevitable, ever since Donald Trump and the MAGA world freaked out when social media’s attempts to fact-check the President were deemed “censorship.” The reaction was both swift and entirely predictable." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/13/ny-post-fact-checking-is-now-censorship/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:00:10

• "The timing of this change isn’t surprising: as a second Donald Trump presidency became increasingly likely over the summer and autumn, many high-profile billionaires sycophantically and transparently fell in line behind him." ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/social-media/2025/01/social-media-was-never-ethical | Source: New Statesman    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:02:54

• "Wrong information in any democratic country tarnishes the image of the country. That organization will have to apologize to the Indian Parliament and the people here for this mistake." ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/will-call-meta-for-this-wrong-information-parliamentary-panel-on-zuckerbergs-indian-elections-remark/articleshow/117230756.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:03:10

• ""Misinformation on a democratic country maligns its image. The organisation would have to apologise to the Parliament and the people here for this mistake," Mr Dubey said in a post on X." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/meta-to-get-parliamentary-panel-summons-over-mark-zuckerbergs-india-election-remark-7470510 | Source: NDTV    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:03:57

• "Several personalities took to social media to criticize Musk over the video, with California governor Gavin Newsom — a recent sparring partner for the Tesla and SpaceX exec" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/firefighter-elon-musk | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:05:01

• "The research, due to be published in the Philosophy of Science journal in January, explores when big business, corporations and trade bodies fund and share research that is accurate and high quality, but nonetheless is intended to mislead." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-big-business-factual-philosophers-issue.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:05:30

• "The world’s largest automaker has quietly spent the past several years building a powerful U.S. influence operation in an effort to delay the transition to electric vehicles" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/new-report-exposes-toyotas-years-long-effort-to-fund-climate-deniers-and-block-climate-action | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:06:30

• "near-unrestricted access" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/eu-protests-new-us-ai-chip-restrictions-some-countries-face-gpu-caps | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:08:00

• "Microsoft says it uncovered the scheme in July 2024, but the exact way in which the criminals stole the API keys is unknown." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/microsoft_sues_foreignbased_crims_seizes/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:08:32

• "Code of Conduct" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/14/microsoft-sues-cybercriminal-operation-developed-tools-bypass-ai-safety-guardrails/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:09:09

• "Meta plans to lay off up to 5 percent of its employees based on performance ratings, according to an internal memo to workers on Tuesday viewed by The New York Times." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/technology/meta-layoffs.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:10:06

• "Meta confirmed that these policies will lead to a dramatic staff cut, trimming back roughly 5 percent of the company’s workforce" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/14/meta-mark-zuckerberg-low-performers-cut/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:10:31

• "The Education Department lost two top technology executives this week. The Department of Health and Human Services filled three key technology roles" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/reporters-notebook/2025/01/technology-executives-on-the-move-at-education-opm-hhs/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:13:01

• "The reception cohosted by Zuckerberg is set for Monday evening, shortly before the inaugural balls" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-01-14/mark-zuckerberg-will-cohost-reception-with-republican-billionaires-for-trump-inauguration | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:14:00

• "“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/01/14/when-democracy-dies-in-broad-daylight/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:15:02

• "We reach the end of the conversation, and my face hurts from the forced smile. They are doing their best to relate to some of my earlier sentiments." ☛ https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/brainwash-an-executive-today/ | Source: Lucidity    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:16:08

• "Zoom in: If TikTok is banned, more than half of the ad dollars spent on the platform in the U.S. would go to Meta and Google-owned properties, eMarketer projects." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/14/meta-google-advertising-tiktok-ban | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:16:15

• Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc is losing over a million dollars https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/43091431 chief nets almost 350,000 dollars a year    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:19:56

• EFF is about 90% USA, it's not even remotely international https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/43091431/202421349349304287/full    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:22:34

• The lowest braadroom salary EFF pays is 170k a year. People who donate to EFF and are not billionaires are just subsiding the millionaires.    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:23:59

• "When one thinks of online harms – death threats, revenge porn, suicide encouragement etc." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/online_safety_act/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:25:07

• "Tim Apple cooks up 18% pay rise to $74.6M" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/tim_cook_apple_salary/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:25:44

• "it became clear that Mr. Trump had lost the election" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jack-smith-report-trump-2020-election-subversion-damning-1235234566/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:26:13

• "Smith, who has come under relentless criticism from Trump, also defended his investigation and the prosecutors who worked on it." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250114-trump-would-have-been-convicted-if-he-was-not-reelected-says-us-special-counsel-report | Source: France24    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:27:25

• "Indonesia requires 40% of parts used in certain smartphones to be produced domestically." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-indonesia-blocking-sales-of-apples-new-iphone/a-71292617 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:27:51

• "What determines importance? Importance at a tech company is whatever your directors/VPs/C-staff say it is." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/party-tricks/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:28:22

• "In the interest of this exploration, I’m not interested in colonies, which are shown as NA in the regime_category_index." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/using-gganimate-and-ggflags-to-look-at-democratic-progress/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:30:03

• "The big question, of course, is whether this is a genuine shift in Zuckerberg’s beliefs, or a canny, commercially minded way of currying favour with president-elect Trump." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/13/transformation-mark-zuckerberg-democrat-luvvie-trump/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:30:11

• Microsoft freezes new hires in U.S. consulting, minor layoffs possible: reports https://seekingalpha.com/news/4395048-microsoft-freezes-new-hires-in-u-s-consulting-unit-report    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 06:34:26

• "I wish we had a maps app like Apple Maps or Google Maps that let you order up a travel itinerary using public transit between two points" ☛ https://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2025-01-14/let-the-user-help-solve-their-own-problem | Source: Peter Hosey    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:01:05

• "But the West’s fire season keeps starting earlier and lasting longer. Today’s outlier could increasingly be tomorrow’s norm." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/la-firefighting-change-climate/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:01:39

• "The ash from the fires can also enter surface water supplies like reservoirs and aqueducts. That ash can contain toxic chemicals." ☛ https://www.vox.com/climate/394817/california-fires-water-crisis-groundwater-climate-change | Source: Vox    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:02:02

• "ECF 252 is the immunity brief Jack Smith fought hard, over Trump’s objections, to submit in October." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/14/the-january-6-report-is-substantially-the-immunity-brief-reporters-ignored-in-october/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:02:32

• "All of it is staged and re-staged" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/01/14/how-facts-matter/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:03:10

• "A ban on naming judges who oversaw proceedings related to the care of Sara Sharif before she was murdered “cannot be allowed to stand”, the Court of Appeal has been told." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/sara-sharif-judges-naming-appeal/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:04:05

• "Across the alliance, we have seen elements of a campaign to destabilize our societies through cyberattacks, assassination attempts and sabotage" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/baltic-sea-nations-seek-to-limit-further-incidents-after-cable-breaches/7936014.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:04:49

• "Hegseth’s liabilities can be divided into four categories, each of them individually disqualifying: [...]" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/pete-hegseth-hearings-evasion/681314/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:09:44

• "On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case, TikTok v. Garland, and is expected to rule soon." ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/01/is-tiktoks-time-nearly-up/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:10:03

• "Barring a 90-day extension by Biden" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/tik_tok_ban/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:10:32

• "In an internal memo obtained by The Verge, employees were told that the company is “continuing to plan the way forward” ahead of the court’s imminent decision" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343933/tiktok-employee-memo-supreme-court-us-ban | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:10:54

• "The kicker? China is reportedly mulling having President-elect Donald Trump’s favorite tech billionaire" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343507/elon-musk-tiktok-ban-china-trump | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:11:23

• "The US government’s ham-handed attempt to ban TikTok on national security grounds is not only a troubling attack on free speech and the open internet" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/14/tiktok-users-gleefully-embrace-even-more-chinese-app-to-spite-us-tiktok-ban/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:11:45

• "It's all the more fascinating that the tensions of state which usually keep the two societies separate has, in this case, driven them right into each other's arms." ☛ https://futurism.com/tiktok-refugees-rednote | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:12:17

• "the app says it is not a reference to Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong's book" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2475l7zpqyo | Source: BBC    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:12:45

• "TikTok has denied reports suggesting that Chinese officials are considering a sale of its United States operations to Elon Musk, calling the claim "pure fiction"." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-dismisses-reports-of-us-operations-sale-to-elon-musk-as-pure-fiction/articleshow/117225483.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:13:34

• "RedNote, another Chinese-owned app" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/tiktok-refugees-rednote-censorship/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:13:56

• "TikTok will not instantly disappear from a device" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/13/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-rednote-lemon8 | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:14:32

• Fiber promotes good gut bacteria gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250114-0.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:15:41

• "Ms. Lee wrote on Monday on TikTok encouraging her followers to join her" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/business/tiktok-rednote-xiaohongshu-app.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:17:08

• "GPS Is Vulnerable to Attack. Magnetic Navigation Can Help" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/google-startup-wants-to-revolutionize-satellite-navigation/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:17:34

• "flurry of comments he has made about Britain in recent weeks" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/world/europe/neo-nazi-uk-riots-elon-musk.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:18:24

• "Their names are Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, and they’re the biggest Republican donors in the state ... And now, to complete their takeover, they’re going to try to buy the Texas House." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/politics/2025/01/we-have-to-stop-them-two-billionaires-are-trying-to-purchase-texas-warns-state-rep.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:19:09

• "You can do a full disk encryption on you Linux devices and changing your Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) Full Disk Encryption Password should be a normal practice as well" ☛ https://claytonerrington.com/blog/changing-your-luks-full-disk-encryption-password/ | Source: Clayton Errington    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:20:21

• "In a White House fact sheet detailing the decision, the Biden administration Tuesday said that while connected vehicles offer advantages" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/us-finalizes-rules-banning-chinese-russian-smart-cars/7936903.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:21:16

• "data sharing between the DoD" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2025/01/14/the-cdc-palantir-and-the-ai-healthcare-revolution/ | Source: Scheerpost http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/23/Privatisation_Catastrophe_Starting_with_NHS_England_Microsoft_a.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:21:28

• Snyky spies in "security" clothing☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/snyk_npm_deployment_removed/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:22:07

• Windows TCO ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/netherlands-eindhoven-university-cyberattack/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:22:40

• Also Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/uk_ransomware_payout_ban/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:22:49

• "And as Zuckerberg said, Meta is far from the only one that's pushing for AI automation in the industry." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/zuckerberg-automate-coding-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:25:37

• "As such, three California lawmakers introduced bills last week aimed at encouraging AI data processing centers to work toward sustainable water use standards, and holding them accountable to new transparency rules." ☛ https://futurism.com/politicians-blame-los-angeles-fires-ai-data-centers | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:25:50

• "Understanding Machine Learning and Data Science, In today’s digital age, the terms “Machine Learning” and “Data Science” have become buzzwords, often used interchangeably" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/understanding-machine-learning-and-data-science/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:26:21

• "The SEC said that starting in April 2022, it authorized an investigation into whether any securities laws were broken in connection with Musk’s purchases of Twitter stock and his statements and SEC filings related to the company." ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/14/sec-sues-elon-musk-twitter/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:26:34

• "The regulatory filings are required so investors in the marketplace can monitor the moves of large investors and potential takeover bids." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/technology/sec-elon-musk-securities-violations.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:27:08

• "Before Musk agreed to buy Twitter for $44 billion, before he tried to back out of that deal, before he was forced to go through with it" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343978/elon-musk-sued-sec-twitter-acquisition | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:27:34

• "We have ample evidence to demonstrate that social media can be and very often is toxic at scale — often that's due to financial concerns outweighing what's best for users" ☛ https://coryd.dev/posts/2025/sustainability-versus-scalability | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:27:48

• "It’s all moot thesedays anyway now, at least for me. I press the phone button in LINE" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/remember-international-calls/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:28:53

• "Direct-to-consumer drug ads are prohibited in almost all countries besides the US." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/01/drug-commercials-misinformation-costs-risks/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:29:42

• "Through interviews with 29 “gig” nurses and certified nursing assistants, the researchers found a long list of poor and unsafe working conditions." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2025/01/14/the-uber-model-comes-for-nursing/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:29:58

• "Surveillance technology affects how our brains process information, increasing our awareness of other people's gaze unconsciously." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/surveillance-tech-is-changing-our-behaviour-and-our-brains/articleshow/117222344.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:30:06

• "Parallels has added support for x86 emulation in Parallels Desktop 20.2, product manager Mikhail Ushakov wrote in a blog post last week." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343774/parallels-windows-10-11-x86-apple-silicon-mac-support-preview | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:31:14

• "I’m about to share — and have probably been practicing it" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/01/14/how-networking-technology-enables-cheating-in-online-exams/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:33:47

• "The Jupyter Executive Council is the highest governing body within the Jupyter ecosystem." ☛ https://chrisholdgraf.com/blog/2025/jec | Source: Chris Holdgraf    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:34:28

• "I read 35 books this year!" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/13/reclaim-your-brain | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:35:00

• "But the most effective argument might simply be to point to the plethora of everyday items that would not exist without space research." ☛ https://www.wired.com/gallery/nasa-spinoff-space-research-technology/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:36:04

• "When I read about the nuclear clock that will test if fundamental constants change I was reminded of a similar discovery in history: that by which we learned magnetic north moves." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/discovery-of-magnetic-variation | Source: Chris    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:36:18

• 27k left for FSF to raise    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:37:12

• "Nobody knows your circumstances better than you! And yes, that includes subjective opinion as well." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/the-limits-of-advice-and-having-your-own-thoughts/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:43:49

• "Since then, my paper system has evolved and that’s what I want to take a moment to record in this post." ☛ https://heyloura.com/2025/01/14/my-productivity-system.html | Source: Loura    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:44:24

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:45:01

• "In lieu of that, I like the idea proposed by Chris and Dave where you basically new versions of these slash pages as blog posts and redirect the slash URL to the latest one" ☛ https://lmika.org/2025/01/14/on-slash-pages-verses-blog.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:45:22

• "The problem with this though and the problem with segmented inboxes is that it multiples the number of inboxes you have to check." ☛ https://coryd.dev/posts/2025/i-deleted-all-of-my-email-filters | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:46:19

• "So, to get back to the original question, if I was born in the time of modern social media, would I be blogging? The only question I can give is “Maybe?”. It’s hard to say." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/bloggers-at-the-right-time | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:46:54

• "So I really couldn't say what I would have done if I had started my Internet experience a decade later, let's say." ☛ https://contino.com/blog/why-i-blog | Source: Andrea Contino    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:47:06

• "Go 1.24 is scheduled for release in February, so it's a good time to explore what's new." ☛ https://antonz.org/go-1-24/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:49:03

• "In many cases you can catch these sort of bugs in advance" ☛ https://pythonspeed.com/articles/identifying-resource-leaks-with-pytest/ | Source: Python Speed    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:52:13

• "I have spent quite a bit of time putting it together" ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/release-of-new-module-datetime-format-relativetime/ | Source: Perl    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:53:03

• "One of the most powerful ways to achieve this is to add structured data to your site" ☛ https://perlhacks.com/2025/01/adding-structured-data-with-perl/ | Source: Perl Hacks    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:53:12

• "Why is autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor set to 0.2?” Rather than replying with a guess or a wisecrack (“Because that's the way somebody implemented it!" ☛ https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/the-power-of-open-source-in-postgresql/ | Source: Cybertec PostgreSQL International GmbH    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:54:11

• "Ever since Kirby introduced a default model in version 4, I have been handling things like the OG image and the SEO title in there." ☛ https://medienbaecker.com/articles/extending-kirby-models | Source: Thomas Günther    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:54:25

• Remember when voice recognition (turning video or audio into subtitles) was called voice recognition ... before corrupt media started hyping it up as HEY HI while pretending this is some new innovation?    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 07:59:31

• It's not HEY HI, VLC just riding the hype wave... a feature NOT for a media player to BUNDLE https://linuxiac.com/vlc-might-offer-ai-generated-real-time-subtitles/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:00:39

• "In this guide, I’m going to walk you step-by-step through the process of building your first web scraper with Python using Crawlbase." ☛ https://blog.adnansiddiqi.me/build-your-web-scraper-with-crawlbase-in-python-a-beginners-guide/ | Source: Adnan Siddiqi    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:00:58

• "Conversely, as the organization aims to provide greater value, it must intentionally manage its product surface to ensure it remains an asset, rather than becoming a liability." ☛ https://alediaferia.com/2025/01/14/product-surface-liability/ | Source: Alessandro Diaferia    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:01:19

• "As a user and an author of Frustrating Software, there’s a very particular brand of frustration caused by its awkward workflows." ☛ https://hisham.hm/2025/01/14/frustrating-software/ | Source: Hisham    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:01:32

• "The traditional wisdom is that exceptions are faster when not taken, slower when taken and lead to more bloated code." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/01/measuring-code-size-and-performance.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:02:29

• "Writing R Extensions (“WRE”) is the definitive guide for R package development." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/use-of-non-api-entry-points-in-data-table/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:02:54

• "Understanding these data structures is like learning the grammar of a language: once you grasp how they work and interact, you unlock the ability to express yourself clearly and effectively in R." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/basic-data-structures-in-r-vectors-matrices-and-data-frames/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:03:20

• "What if we want a grep that doesn’t stuck but we don’t want to resort to wild hacks like editing the source? What if there was some way to flush stdout automatically?" ☛ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/an-autoflusher | Source: Ted Unangst    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:03:57

• "The official winners of the $20,000 Raspberry Pi and Hextree RP2350 Hacking Challenge have been announced." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pis-rp2350-hacking-challenge-results-announced-four-winners-are-each-awarded-the-full-usd20k-prize | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:13:02

• "We launched our second-generation microcontroller, RP2350, in August last year." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/security-through-transparency-rp2350-hacking-challenge-results-are-in/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:13:07

• How to Install and Use ClamAV Antivirus on Debian 12 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-clamav-anti-virus-on-debian-12/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:17:29

• How to Install Supabase (Firebase Alternative) with Docker on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-supabase-firebase-alternative-with-docker-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:17:38

• How to Install Rsnapshot GNU/Linux Backup on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-rsnapshot-on-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:17:48

• How To Install Nvidia CUDA on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nvidia-cuda-debian-12/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:19:29

• How To Install Canon Printer Driver on Fedora ☞ https://idroot.us/install-canon-printer-driver-fedora/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:19:48

• How to Setup Remote Logging with Rsyslog on Debian 12 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-setup-remote-logging-with-rsyslog-on-debian-12/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:20:00

• Why on Earth are some sites telling GNU/Linux users how to add proprietary spyware that lets Microsoft and the NSA steal all user passwords? ☞ https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-edge-linux-mint-22/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:22:25

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

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:23:09

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

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:23:35

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

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:30:09

• How To Install Joomla on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-joomla-opensuse/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:30:19

• Will The 'Linux' Foundation Purchase Chrome? ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/will-the-linux-foundation-purchase    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:31:27

• GNOME 48 Expands Core Apps With New Audio Player ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/gnome-48-new-audio-player    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:41:54

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1175.jpg    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:46:07

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1525.jpg    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:46:13

• "I have been interviewed by Florian Buetow on `cracking-ai-engineering.com` about what it's like working with a Site Reliability Engineer from the point of view of a Software Engineer, Data Scientist, and AI Engineer." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-01-15-working-with-an-sre-interview.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:47:12

• The problem with modern software: Unnecessary complexity and bad practices gopher://199.180.255.36:70/0/~C7H14N2O3/phlog/modern-software-unnecessary.txt    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:48:17

• "One of the main culprits is the features obsession. Every update must introduce "something new", often at the expense of efficiency or system stability. Applications like modern text editors or web browsers have become huge conglomerates of features that few users really need, sacrificing speed and lightness."    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:49:34

• "Whilst wandering about the vi(1) codebase—that is, my mutated version which is a fork of the OpenBSD base vi—for reasons best not to ask—the O_PATH feature was discovered, which complicates opening of neither-fully-qualified-nor-relative filenames." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/01/15/vi-til.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:51:37

• Introduction to GrapheneOS gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/intro-to-grapheneos.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:54:20

• "Roth and his team were able to bypass the ACE3’s validation checks and install a modified patch into the CPU." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2575651/researcher-finds-a-vulnerability-in-the-iphone-usb-c-controller.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:56:40

• "The agency staff is also helping to manage public safety spectrum use and coordinating with government and industry on response efforts. The Commission has issued grants of Special Temporary Authority to keep communications operational." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/fcc-has-boots-on-the-ground-in-los-angeles/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 08:56:46

• "confusingly, amidst the greatest US outpouring of drone distrust in years" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343928/dji-no-more-geofencing-no-fly-zone | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:00:36

• "Since then, global regulations and user awareness have evolved significantly," ☛ https://viewpoints.dji.com/blog/geo-system-update |    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:01:27

• "This means that after May 2025, we intend to drop support for Secure Transport and BearSSL unless something changes drastically that makes us reconsider." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/01/14/secure-transport-support-in-curl-is-on-its-way-out/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:03:00

• "The Kdenlive team has just rolled out v24.12.1, the first maintenance release of the 24.12 series." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kdenlive-24-12-1-introduces-stability-and-workflow-improvements/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:04:31

• "Compared to the latest 5.1 release, this release deprecates the old settings file format in favor of the new YAML format." ☛ https://blog.powerdns.com/2025/01/14/powerdns-recursor-5-2-0-released | Source: PowerDNS    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:04:39

• "replace my 6.5 years old BQ Aquaris X" ☛ https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2025-01-12-intro-to-grapheneos.html | Source: Data Swamp    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:09:13

• "The good news is that IoT devices typically exhibit predictable network traffic patterns." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/01/15/reliable-iot-network-traffic-inference/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:10:25

• "Nearly six months after the release of Linux Mint 22 “Wilma,” the first update in the series, version 22.1 “Xia” is now available for download" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-22-1-now-available-for-download/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:11:23

• "Its project page on Sourceforge is still there, complete with downloads" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/the_end_of_absolute_linux/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:13:06

• "But as many in the gaming community have pointed out, Musk was likely paying more skilled players to level the character up — and there's ample evidence supporting that conclusion" ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-musk-poe2 | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:15:30

• "A high school student created a Doom (1993) port inside a PDF file. Ading2210 created DoomPDF, inspired by the recent release of Pdftris—Tetris (1985) in a PDF" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/doom-ported-to-run-directly-from-a-pdf-file-doompdf-port-runs-at-approximately-12-5-fps | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:16:16

• "The Portable Document Format (PDF) was developed to present documents in a manner that was independent of the software, hardware, and operating system showing them." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/doom_delivered_in_a_pdf/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:16:34

• "One of the standout features is RAIDZ Expansion, which allows users to add new devices to existing RAIDZ pools to increase storage capacity seamlessly without any downtime." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/openzfs-2-3-enhances-performance-introduces-json-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:17:52

• Georges Basile Stavracas Neto: Flatpak 1.16 is out! ☞ https://feaneron.com/2025/01/14/flatpak-1-16-is-out/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:19:48

• Microsoft Front Group Starts the Year by Championing Underage (or Child) Labour ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/13/Microsoft_Front_Group_Starts_the_Year_by_Championing_Underage_o.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:20:13

• [Meme] 13 Years a Slave of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Meme_13_Years_a_Slave_of_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:20:21

• Webspam in BetaNews ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Webspam_in_BetaNews.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:20:33

• betanews posting Microsoft spam now... anything to distract from the mass layoffs    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:21:17

• "AI Music" is Not Music and It's Hardly "AI" Either ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/AI_Music_is_Not_Music_and_It_s_Hardly_AI_Either.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:21:56

• Access to the Source Code of the Programs You're Using Matters (Even If You're Not a Coder and Cannot Fix Bugs) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Access_to_the_Source_Code_of_the_Programs_You_re_Using_Matters_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:22:09

• [Meme] How to Lose Social Life (While Pretending to Still Have It) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Meme_How_to_Lose_Social_Life_While_Pretending_to_Still_Have_It.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:22:21

• EPO Uses the Misnomer "AI" to Attack Software Developers in Europe ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/EPO_Uses_the_Misnomer_AI_to_Attack_Software_Developers_in_Europ.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:22:31

• Andy Farnell on Eating Your Own Dog Food ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Andy_Farnell_on_Eating_Your_Own_Dog_Food.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:26:28

• Dr. Miriam Bastian From the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Gives a Talk in a Couple of Weeks at FOSDEM (Brussels, Belgium) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Dr_Miriam_Bastian_From_the_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Gives_a.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:26:35

• UMich faculty panel discuss how the arts enhance research ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/umich-faculty-panel-discuss-how-the-arts-enhance-research/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:28:28

• "via Zoom" https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/umich-faculty-panel-discuss-how-the-arts-enhance-research/ there's your problem, wrong people making decisions    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:29:06

• Modder tests if waiting 14,272 years will beat the classic Oregon Trail game ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/modder-tests-if-waiting-14-272-years-will-beat-the-classic-oregon-trail-game    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:29:51

• Kate Middleton Is in Cancer Remission. It Doesn’t Always Mean the Illness Is Cured. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/health/princess-kate-middleton-cancer-remission.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:30:40

• New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/health/bmi-obesity-definition.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:30:52

• Estimated Gaza Toll May Have Missed 25,000 Deaths, Study Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/health/gaza-death-toll.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:31:40

• Johor-Singapore SEZ to give big boost to Johor healthcare sector: Chief minister ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/johor-singapore-sez-to-give-big-boost-to-johor-healthcare-sector-chief-minister    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:35:04

• Software Freedom people would never take any serious security advice from one who foolishly unloads his own medical record to the open Web, revealing physical (not counting mental, seeing a shrink is also an open admission) problems like COVID-19, TB, chest scans, needles in eyes, even chromosome dysfunction    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:35:27

• Heat lamps, hay bundles, vitamins: Chiang Mai zoo keeps animals warm in cold weather ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/heat-lamps-hay-bundles-vitamins-chiang-mai-zoo-keeps-animals-warm-amid-cold-weather    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:37:33

• UMMAP reaches tentative contract agreement with University of Michigan Health ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/news-briefs/ummap-reaches-tentative-contract-agreement-with-university-of-michigan-health/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:38:08

• Blood donors were very responsive in 2024 in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/14.01.2025-blood-donors-were-very-responsive-in-2024-in-latvia.a583611/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:40:41

• Number of people shot by police in Germany reaches all-time high since counting began in 1976 ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/01/14/number-of-people-shot-by-police-in-germany-reaches-all-time-high-since-counting-began-in-1976/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:42:01

• Announcing the LibreOffice Calc Guide 24.8 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/13/announcing-calc-guide-24-8/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:42:51

• Riding the hype wave ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-to-build-your-first-model-using-dss    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:46:59

• US intervention against Mexican cartels carries major risks. Here’s how to mitigate them. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/us-intervention-against-mexican-cartels-carries-major-risks-heres-how-to-mitigate-them/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:48:06

• How to Set Up an SFTP Server on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-set-up-an-sftp-server-on-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:48:31

• "If you’re running Ubuntu 24.04 and want to set up Android Studio for Kotlin development, this guide is for you." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/android-studio-for-kotlin-development-in-ubuntu/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:52:06

• "setting a timeout for HTTP requests can help prevent your system from hanging or waiting indefinitely" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/timeout-http-requests/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:53:05

• "AI ecosystem" LOL!!! ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/01/14/openvino-w-generative-ai/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:55:21

• "a sixth vulnerability (CVE-2024-12747)" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/rsync-remote-code-execution | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:56:47

• "Looking to get started with Ansible for Amazon Web Services?" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-cloud-automation-red-hat-ansible-certified-content-collection-amazonaws-900 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:57:51

• S. Korea’s Yoon: Embittered survivor becomes first sitting president arrested ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-yoon-embittered-survivor-becomes-first-sitting-president-arrested    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:59:14

• Explainer: What to know about the arrest of South Korea's impeached President Yoon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/explainer-what-to-know-about-the-arrest-of-south-koreas-impeached-president-yoon    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:59:28

• South Korean President Is Detained in Insurrection Inquiry ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000009917533/south-korean-president-is-detained-in-insurrection-inquiry.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:59:51

• South Korean Leader Shuns Trial as He Tries to Hold Off Detention ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/world/asia/south-korea-yoon-trial-detain.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:00:22

• South Korea President Yoon Is Detained for Questioning Over Martial Law ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/world/asia/south-korea-yoon-detain.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:00:32

• Impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon begins ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/impeachment-trial-of-south-korean-president-yoon-to-begin    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:00:50

• South Korea investigators arrest impeached President Yoon, ending weeks-long stand off ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-authorities-at-president-yoons-residence-to-execute-arrest-warrant    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:01:05

• South Korea’s Yoon: Embittered survivor becomes first sitting president arrested ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-yoon-embittered-survivor-becomes-first-sitting-president-arrested    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:01:39

• Clashes as S. Korean investigators attempt to arrest President Yoon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250114-clashes-as-s-korean-investigators-attempt-to-arrest-president-yoon    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:02:06

• South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrested over failed martial law bid ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250115-south-korea-investigators-breach-presidential-residence-in-fresh-bid-to-arrest-president-yoon    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:02:23

• 🔴 South Korean investigators say they arrested President Yoon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250115-%F0%9F%94%B4-south-korean-investigators-say-they-arrested-president-yoon    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:02:34

• South Korean investigators arrest impeached President Yoon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250115-south-korean-investigators-arrest-impeached-president-yoon    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:02:47

• Malaysia govt’s bid to shut down talk of Najib’s house arrest is pointless, say experts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-govts-bid-to-shut-down-talk-of-najibs-house-arrest-is-pointless-say-experts    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:03:23

• Hong Kong ex-professor Khaw Kim Sun found guilty in retrial of ‘yoga ball murder’ case ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/15/hong-kong-ex-professor-khaw-kim-sun-found-guilty-in-retrial-of-yoga-ball-murder-case/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:03:54

• China to cut pay by half for staff at top financial regulators, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-to-cut-pay-by-half-for-staff-at-top-financial-regulators-sources-say    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:05:07

• Economic woes not a deal breaker as China’s Lunar New Year travel rush kicks off ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/economic-woes-not-a-deal-breaker-as-chinas-lunar-new-year-travel-rush-kicks-off    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:05:34

• Why China is boosting public science education amid tech competition with the US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/why-china-is-boosting-public-science-education-amid-tech-competition-with-the-us    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:06:57

• Xi calls China-EU economic relations 'symbiotic' amid trade tensions with US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/xi-calls-china-eu-economic-relations-symbiotic-amid-trade-tensions-with-us    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:07:30

• Hong Kong police question wife, son of wanted exiled pollster ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/14/china-hong-kong-pollster-police-question-wife-son/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:08:01

• China’s exports spike ahead of Cheeto inauguration, tariff fears ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/14/exports-spike-trump-tariffs/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:08:22

• Philippine official on Chinese incursions: Not ruling out another South China Sea law ☞ https://rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/01/15/philippines-china-incursions/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:08:35

• Philippines alarmed by Chinese coast guard ships moving closer to shore ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/14/philippines-alarmed-by-chinese-coast-guard-ships-moving-closer-to-shore/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:09:15

• China is supporting the Houthis. Here’s how the Trump administration can respond. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/china-is-supporting-the-houthis-heres-how-the-trump-administration-can-respond/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:09:39

• The US, South Korea and Japan should work together on regional challenges ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-us-south-korea-and-japan-should-work-together-on-regional-challenges/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:09:56

• Commission to assess next steps for tackling discrimination in China's public procurement market for medical devices ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_252    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:10:16

• "It’s A Doughnut, In Hardware" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/14/its-a-doughnut-in-hardware/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:11:31

• "Leaning Towers" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/14/the-many-leaning-towers-of-santos-brazil/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:12:25

• OpenSCAD ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/14/procedurally-generated-terrain-in-openscad/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:12:55

• Pete Hegseth Dresses for Defense ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/style/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing-image.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:15:46

• Servos Vs Steppers ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/14/head-to-head-servos-vs-steppers/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:16:23

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RProtoBuf 0.4.23 on CRAN: Mulitple Updates ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/01/14#rprotobuf_0.4.23    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:16:55

• Microsoft January 2025 Patch Tuesday, (Tue, Jan 14th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31590 But the goal is not security http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:18:08

• Sports Illustrated has since then died, drowning in its own LLM slop https://nypost.com/2025/01/14/sports/heinz-kluetmeier-famed-miracle-on-ice-photographer-dead-at-82/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:19:09

• "75 early bird tickets as fast as you can" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/14/hackaday-europe-2025-tickets-on-sale-and-cfp-extended-until-friday/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:20:52

• "Audio On A Shoestring" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/14/audio-on-a-shoestring-diy-your-own-studio-grade-mic/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:28:32

• Newsflation: UK cover prices up by 12% in past year ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/uk-newspaper-cover-prices-2025/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:32:15

• London Live closes after ten years as broadcasting licence to change hands ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/london-live-closes-after-ten-years-as-broadcasting-licence-to-change-hands/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:32:43

• Introducing DateTime::Format::RelativeTime ☞ https://www.perl.com/article/release-of-new-module-datetime-format-relativetime/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:33:20

• ESP32-based Waveshare DDSM Driver HAT (B) for Raspberry Pi supports DDSM400 hub motors ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/15/esp32-based-waveshare-ddsm-driver-hat-b-for-raspberry-pi-supports-ddsm400-hub-motors/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:35:24

• LibreArts Weekly recap — 12 January 2025 ☞ https://librearts.org/2025/01/week-recap-12-jan-2025/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:46:46

• OpenFlexture Microscope is an open-source, 3D-printed microscope based on Raspberry Pi 4 SBC and Camera Module v2 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/14/openflexture-microscope-is-an-open-source-3d-printed-microscope-based-on-raspberry-pi-4-sbc-and-camera-module-v2/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:47:30

• Qt;Athon 2024: Meet the Winners of Our Global Student Coding Competition ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qtathon-2024-winners    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:14:09

• Fairphone’s next chapter starts now. ☞ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/01/13/fairphones-next-chapter-starts-now/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:19:07

• "I am a young cybernetic Tenzo from the Temple of 1000 Valves, and these are my thoughts." gopher://astio.zapto.org:70/1/~C7H14N2O3/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:23:19

• "I have finally mostly finished a major refactor update for SIS that will better manage certificates, hosts, and setting up servers, so the next thing I can start working on is finishing up SCGI support again, lol." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/23904    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:24:06

• 🔤SpellBinding: EIKYNUL Wordo: MAMEY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-01-15.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:24:48

• "I haven't missed a thing since leaving Windows. Maybe I don't use tools or software that depend on things in that environment, but I have everything I need in Linux. Sounds like I got out at a good time too [...]" gemini://zkbro.smol.pub/settled-in    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:26:38

• "I haven't even seen my desktop in a while because I load the terminal on startup and load GUI applications with the keyboard. I feel more engaged with the software I use too. There is intention in everything I've installed." gemini://zkbro.smol.pub/settled-in    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:28:26

• "1. gemlog.stargrave.org: 10000 URLs 2. gemini.techrights.org: 10000 URLs 3. mirrors.apple2.org.za: 10000 URLs 4. gemini.tuxmachines.org: 10000 URLs" gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:35:28

• Probably lacking "demand" (for lawsuits) so trying to converge a little ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/hoffmann-eitle-and-konig-szynka-unite-top-pharma-teams/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:52:38

• Seems like an ad disguised as "news", i.e. the usual from JUVE ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/maucher-jenkins-hires-team-from-df-mp/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:53:25

• $2,000 for Ascend Innovation entity, Accessify, communications patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/14/2000-for-ascend-innovations-entity-accessify-communications-patent-prior-art " The '640 patent monopoly relates generally to the use of identification codes in the handling and management of communications." = Software Patent    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:54:04

• Longhorn Automotive crypto-engine patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/14/longhorn-automotive-crypto-engine-patent-prior-art-found Software Patents    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:54:28

• "Independently of the fact that cooking is not allowed on the premises of the EPO, should I have been member of the OD, I would not have served as guinea pig and tasted this stuff." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/bloody-good-outcome-for-impossible.html?showComment=1736799041736#c6601169584707741964    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:55:33

• "In the early 80ies, at the inventor’s fair in Geneva, a chap proposed omelette in a tube. He had put all its money in his patent. I have never seen the product on the market. Some people accepted to taste it on his display, but they did not look convinced."    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:56:23

• The European Patent Office’s (EPO) Communication on "Reform" is "Incomplete and Misleading," Says the Central Staff Committee at the EPO ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/The_European_Patent_Office_s_EPO_Communication_on_Reform_is_Inc.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:56:33

• Publications Before Publishing and the Federal Circuit’s Temporal Gymnastics ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/publications-publishing-gymnastics.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:57:32

• Microsoft reveals macOS vulnerability that allowed System Integrity Protection bypass ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/14/microsoft-reveals-macos-vulnerability-allowed-system-integrity-protection-bypass/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:58:03

• Hans de Goede: IPU6 camera support status update ☞ https://hansdegoede.dreamwidth.org/29233.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:59:26

• Oldest Unbroken Record of Earth's Climate Pulled From Antarctic Ice Sheet ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-unbroken-record-of-earths-climate-pulled-from-antarctic-ice-sheet    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:00:48

• Dumping Seawater on LA Fires Is an Experiment Scientists Are Closely Watching ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dumping-seawater-on-la-fires-is-an-experiment-scientists-are-closely-watching    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:01:01

• Species of Deep Sea Bug The Size of a Small Dog Named For Star Wars Villain ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/species-of-deep-sea-bug-the-size-of-a-small-dog-named-for-star-wars-villain    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:01:19

• Major Study Links 15 Factors to Early Dementia Risk ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/major-study-links-15-factors-to-early-dementia-risk    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:01:29

• JWST Snaps Colossal Waves of Star Dust That Dwarf Our Own Solar System ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/jwst-snaps-colossal-waves-of-star-dust-that-dwarf-our-own-solar-system    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:01:43

• Future Risk of Stroke Could Be on Display Inside Your Eyes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/future-risk-of-stroke-could-be-on-display-inside-your-eyes    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:02:04

• Famous 1971 Prison Experiment Wasn't What Most of Us Thought ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/famous-1971-prison-experiment-wasnt-what-most-of-us-thought    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:02:20

• There's No Such Thing as a Hot Hand For Gamblers. Here's Why. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-hot-hand-for-gamblers-heres-why    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:02:35

• Quake Triggers Far Less Earth-Shattering Than We Thought, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/quake-triggers-far-less-earth-shattering-than-we-thought-study-reveals    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:02:48

• What's New In QtGraphs 6.9 ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/whats-new-in-qtgraphs-6.9    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:04:05

• Planned obsolescence by perishing firm which leaves CPUs with known back doors in them ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-retires-alder-lake-mobile-cpus-excluding-hx-series-12th-gen-goes-eol-starting-april-25    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:05:28

• Intel: buy a NEW PC... why? Well, ermmm... HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:05:50

• Just because gullible people exist does not mean that "the Hey Hi (AI) age" (hype wave) is potent, this is anecdotal ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/scammer-uses-ai-generated-images-of-brad-pitt-to-swindle-over-usd850k-from-53-year-old-french-woman    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:07:15

• Parroting buzzwords for companies that sell lies and GPUs ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/biden-administration-issues-export-restrictions-for-us-computer-chips-used-in-artificial-intelligence/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:12:42

• More nonsensical hype interjected into the White House ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/14/biden-signs-executive-order-will-make-federal-lands-available-ai-infrastructure/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:13:54

• LLMs, for examples, are being marketed as "fill the blank with chaff about some unknown thing", but that won't work and cannot work; there's no actual intelligence there    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:16:09

• Nowadays when sites claim people need more "AI skills" it's no better than arguing the industry needs better plagiarists hired; that is more or less the same thing, except the cheerleading.    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:18:16

• "It feels like we’re on a path to keep making systems harder for humans to configure, and we keep expanding our reliance on superhuman intelligence to do that for us." ☞ https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/01/14/the-configuration-crisis/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:19:13

• Word salads are not intelligence, it's just a combination of words spewed out with some grammatical constraint built in    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:20:09

• US Supreme Court denies constitutionality challenge by oil companies against lawsuits from Hawaii municipalities ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/us-supreme-court-denies-constitutionality-challenge-by-oil-companies-against-lawsuits-from-hawaii-municipalities/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:22:53

• Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission files lawsuit against former prime minister and her family for corruption ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/bangladesh-anti-corruption-commission-files-lawsuit-against-former-prime-minister-and-her-family-for-corruption/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:23:29

• Philippines alarmed after China sends ‘monster ship’ to disputed shoal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/chinas-deployment-of-monster-ship-alarming-says-philippine-security-official    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:25:19

• What to know about the second attempt to arrest South Korea’s Yoon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/what-to-know-about-the-second-attempt-to-arrest-south-korea-president-yoon    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:25:32

• "No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens ☞ https://xeiaso.net/shitposts/no-way-to-prevent-this/CVE-2024-12084/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:26:43

• Rust ALSO has security problems    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:27:04

• Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/asml-backed-university-suffers-cyberattack-institution-is-the-pipeline-for-asmls-talent-needs    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:27:38

• Xinjiang authorities begin winter campaign to ensure security before Chinese New Year ☞ https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/01/14/xinjiang-winter-operation-new-year/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:28:58

• South Korea anti-corruption agency warns against obstruction of Yoon’s arrest ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/south-korea-anti-corruption-agency-warns-against-obstruction-of-yoons-arrest/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:29:28

• Hong Kong’s first-ever giant panda twins to make public debut in February ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/14/hong-kongs-first-ever-giant-panda-twins-to-make-public-debut-in-february/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:31:59

• Hong Kong task force sent to Thailand ‘trying their best to help’ trafficking victims, leader John Lee says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/15/hk-task-force-meet/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:32:52

• SAPS foils major smuggling operation along Limpopo River ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/saps-foils-major-smuggling-operation-along-limpopo-river/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:33:08

• Zambia aiming to buy more Bell 412 helicopters ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/zambia-aiming-to-buy-more-bell-412-helicopters/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:33:37

• Fighting a common enemy: The role of private security in counterterrorism ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/fighting-a-common-enemy-the-role-of-private-security-in-counterterrorism/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:34:12

• East Asia’s energy security challenges can be mitigated by US LNG ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/east-asias-energy-security-challenges-can-be-mitigated-by-us-lng/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:34:38

• Guardian Digital (linuxsecurity.com) Publishes Fake Articles About GNU/Linux and About (for) 'Linux' Foundation Openwashing ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Guardian_Digital_linuxsecurity_com_Publishes_Fake_Articles_Abou.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:34:58

• MyNav – workspace and session management TUI ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mynav-workspace-session-management-tui/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:35:54

• LetoReader – self-hostable speed reader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/letoreader-self-hostable-speed-reader/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:36:13

• Crunchbangplusplus – minimalist GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/crunchbangplusplus-minimalist-linux-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:36:31

• Microsoft proxy Black Duck is dead yet? ttps://siliconangle.com/2025/01/14/good-news-black-duck-report-highlights-increased-focus-adversarial-testing-ai-security-risks/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/Black_Duck/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:37:15

• LLMs for ransomware ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/14/cybersecurity-strategies-cyberresiliencysummit/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:38:06

• Alfred G. Mayer’s On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies (1897) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/mayer-color-patterns    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:46:00

• Huge mistake to made official statements in MAGA Meta: "Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said in a Facebook (Farcebook) post" ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/14/hong-kong-govt-investigating-scaffolding-collapse-injuring-11-workers/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:47:21

• SEC sues Elon Musk, saying he didn’t disclose Ex-Twitter ownership on time before buying it ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/14/sec-sues-elon-musk-twitter/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:47:55

• Office of Special Counsel has ‘growing staffing concerns’ amid record caseload ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2025/01/office-of-special-counsel-has-growing-staffing-concerns-amid-record-caseload/ "That includes 1,757 new disclosures from federal whistleblowers."    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:48:33

• In 2024, How Often Did the TTAB Affirm Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness/Disclaimer Refusals? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-2024-how-often-did-ttab-affirm.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:50:47

• Microsoft MFA outage blocking access to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365 apps ☞ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-mfa-outage-blocking-access-to-microsoft-365-apps/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:51:34

• Some customers are about to see a huge rise in their Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365 subscriptions ☞ https://www.techradar.com/pro/some-customers-are-about-to-see-a-huge-rise-in-their-microsoft-365-subscriptions    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:52:26

• No peace without security: Ukraine needs guarantees against new Russian invasion ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/no-peace-without-security-ukraine-needs-guarantees-against-new-russian-invasion/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:53:17

• NATO launches Baltic Sea patrols after suspected cable sabotage ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250114-nato-launches-baltic-sea-patrols-after-suspected-cable-sabotage    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:55:49

• Ukraine 'most significant element' of Biden's US foreign policy as he sought to 'repair alliances' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250114-ukraine-most-significant-element-of-biden-s-us-foreign-policy-as-he-sought-to-repair-alliances    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:55:59

• What would still constitute Ukrainian ‘victory’? ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2454673/what-would-still-constitute-ukrainian-victory    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:56:11

• Ukraine recovers combat instructional documents from killed North Korean soldier ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/01/15/north-korea-soldier-documents-ukraine-war-russia/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:57:03

• Kallas Says Europe Should Increase Pressure On Moscow In Push To End War ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kallas-european-union-ukraine-russia-pressure/33276118.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:57:24

• Top Russian Diplomat Again Signals Readiness For Trump's Ukraine Proposals ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-lavrov-ukraine-war-trump/33275283.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:57:37

• Ukraine Targets 'Strategic Sites' With Drone Attacks In Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-official-drone-attacks-targeted-russia-strategic-sites-/33275220.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:57:46

• Ukraine Must Be In Position Of Strength Before Any Peace Talks, NATO Chief Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33274485.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:58:51

• Australia summons Russian ambassador over reports captured soldier killed ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-summons-russian-ambassador-over-reports-captured-soldier-killed    

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

• For These Teenagers in Ukraine, Hope Arrived at the Stage Door ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/world/europe/ukraine-russia-teenagers.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 13:59:19

• Ukraine Launches ‘Massive’ Drone Attacks Inside Russia, Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/world/europe/ukraine-russia-massive-drone-strikes.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:00:30

• Russian Forces Tried To Stop Removal Of Captured North Korean Soldier From Battlefield ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/north-korea-russia-ukraine-captured-soldier-kursk/33276144.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:00:44

• "RT editor-in-chief proposes Ukraine ceasefire where Russia keeps occupied territories but nothing more" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/15/reality-not-dreams | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:02:08

• FSB ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/14/fsb-arrests-russian-accused-of-plotting-to-poison-defense-industry-workers-on-ukrainian-intelligence-orders | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:02:39

• "fires and disruptions" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/14/ukraine-launches-drone-attacks-on-oil-and-chemical-facilities-in-multiple-russian-regions-causing-fires-and-disruptions | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:02:59

• "Stuck on pause Rumors of peace talks have Ukrainian politicians gearing up for potential elections" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/14/stuck-on-pause | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:03:19

• "terrorism" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/14/russian-officials-designate-separatism-meme-from-ukraine-as-terrorism | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:03:51

• "killing these subhumans worldwide" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/14/moscow-court-sentences-ukrainian-mayor-in-absentia-to-prison-for-advocating-killing-these-subhumans-worldwide-in-response-to-bucha-massacre | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:04:08

• Baltic allies meet in Helsinki for snap security summit ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/14.01.2025-baltic-allies-meet-in-helsinki-for-snap-security-summit.a583571/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:04:24

• West must keep adapting Russia sanctions and focus on enforcement, analyst says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250114-west-must-keep-adapting-russia-sanctions-and-focus-on-enforcement-analyst-says    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:05:58

• Heng Sithy, Cambodian tycoon turned dissident, arrested in Russia ☞ https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/01/14/heng-sithy-russia-cambodia-arrest/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:06:20

• Russian PM wants closer economic cooperation with Vietnam after trade rises 24% ☞ https://rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/01/14/russia-prime-minister-mishustin-hanoi/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:06:37

• U.S., Armenia Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-partnership-agreement-blinken-mirzoyan-russia/33276117.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:06:49

• NATO Launches Patrol Highlighting Baltic Sea Security Concerns ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/baltic-sea-sabotage-undersea-cables-nato-security-rutte-stubb-michal/33274853.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:07:16

• One Indian national killed, another wounded while serving in Russian army ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/one-indian-national-killed-another-wounded-while-serving-in-russian-army    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:07:26

• Russian-Backed Hackers Pose a Threat to Africa’s Online Community ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/01/russian-backed-hackers-pose-a-threat-to-africas-online-community/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:08:14

• JNIM Militants Continue Blockade of Malian Towns ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/01/jnim-militants-continue-blockade-of-malian-towns/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:08:47

• Belarusian State TV Airs Propaganda Film Featuring Jailed RFE/RL Journalists ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarusian-state-tv-propaganda-film-rferl-journalist-adnrey-kuznechyk/33275392.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:09:08

• Lithuania revokes double taxation treaty with Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2459960/lithuania-revokes-double-taxation-treaty-with-belarus    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:09:18

• "How a kitten born in a notorious Moscow jail brought comfort to an imprisoned artist — and went free to a good home" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/14/our-cell-cat-musya | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:09:42

• Apple will soon receive ‘made in America’ chips from TSMC's Arizona fab — company in final stages of quality verification ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/apple-will-soon-receive-made-in-america-chips-from-tsmcs-arizona-fab-company-in-final-stages-of-quality-verification    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:10:59

• World’s ‘largest illicit online marketplace’ is just a download away ☞ https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/01/14/illicit-marketplace-huione-apple-google/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:11:45

• Apple appears in UK court for overcharging customers in class-action lawsuit ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/apple-appears-in-uk-court-for-overcharging-customers-in-class-action-lawsuit/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:12:33

• Apple Daily did not violate lease agreement, court hears as Jimmy Lai seeks to overturn fraud conviction ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/15/apple-daily-did-not-violate-lease-agreement-court-hears-as-jimmy-lai-seeks-to-overturn-fraud-conviction/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:13:02

• Ditronix’s IPEM PiHat turns your Raspberry Pi into a mains power energy monitor (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/14/ditronix-ipem-pihat-turns-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-mains-power-energy-monitor/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:13:46

• SONOFF MINI-D Review – A Matter-enabled dry contact WiFi switch tested with eWeLink, Home Assistant, and Fashion Company Apple Home ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/15/sonoff-mini-d-review-matter-enabled-dry-contact-wifi-switch-ewelink-home-assistant-apple-home/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:14:24

• Qualcomm hires Intel's Xeon architect to lead development of server CPUs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/qualcomm-hires-intels-xeon-architect-to-lead-development-of-server-cpus    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:16:16

• So Intel CONTINUES to lose key people. This has gone on for years already, now worse than before...    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:16:43

• [$] The slow death of TuxFamily ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1004988/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:17:14

• The First Password on the Internet ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/the-first-password-on-the-internet.html    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:17:45

• risiOS – Fedora based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/risios-fedora-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:19:36

• Kalk – convergent calculator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kalk-convergent-calculator/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:19:45

• Tbmk – terminal bookmarker ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tbmk-terminal-bookmarker/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:19:55

• cbxv – high fidelity comic book viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cbxv-high-fidelity-comic-book-viewer/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:20:05

• 14 Best Free and Open Source Stacking Wayland Compositors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-stacking-wayland-compositors/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:20:13

• Linux Mint 22.1 is out! Cinnamon 6.8, New Theme, Night Light ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/01/linux-mint-22-1-is-out/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:23:50

• Plasma 6.3 Ready for Public Beta Testing ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Plasma-6.3-Ready-for-Public-Beta-Testing    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:24:27

• Linux Universal Messenger – Early Beta Access! ☞ http://www.makululinux.com/wp/2025/01/15/linux-universal-messenger-early-beta-access/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:24:59

• I Feel Like a Hacker Using These Cool GNU/Linux Terminal Tools ☞ https://itsfoss.com/hacker-like-linux-terminal-tools/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:35:52

• Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-1-xia-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:36:42

• Flatpak 1.16 Improves USB Access, Wayland Integration & Accessibility ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/flatpak-1-16-released-new-features    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:42:23

• ZFS Raidz Expansion Finally, Here in version 2.3.0 ☞ https://www.cyberciti.biz/linux-news/zfs-raidz-expansion-finally-here-in-version-2-3-0/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:42:50

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1005076/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 14:43:06

• Universities paid to promote hype! https://yle.fi/a/74-20137076 so now it LOOKS like scholars are "in" with the hype, but they're paid to do it; maybe (hopefully) some years from now nobody will treat those as anything other than another "NFT" while we can all focus on technical stuff    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 16:05:33

• The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 874 ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/01/13/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-874/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 16:14:53

• Kdenlive 24.12.1 released ☞ https://kdenlive.org/en/2025/01/kdenlive-24-12-1-released/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 16:48:47

• Supreme Court May Decide if the Government Can Childproof the Internet ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/supreme-court-may-decide-if-the-government-can-childproof-the-internet    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 16:50:08

• Neuroscience of Consciousness Paper: Why Social Control Media and Proprietary Spyware Harm Your Health ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/14/Neuroscience_of_Consciousness_Paper_Why_Social_Control_Media_an.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 16:50:29

• "The new RPi5 is quite usable when combined with an SSD. There should be some good cases on the market sometime this year which accommodate SSDs. It's on par with my notebook for speed." -Anon    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 16:52:37

• New ONS data released this morning: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales/2024 11,950 dead in Week 50 (2024). Before COVID-19 it was about 10.5k. So we're losing about 1500 more people (than before) in one week in England and Wales alone.    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 19:33:31

• "If you would not mind being laid off, then leave, so your headcount opens up for someone willing to be at the company! I definitely would not want you as employee at my company." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jh85mf7y    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 20:07:11

• "It's not a matter of which orgs, it's when. It's rolling thunder and all orgs at IBM will soon be affected with this co-location mandate. Best to prepare to either move or be laid off. Whichever hits first, or worse, you move then you are laid off. Ugh. Good luck everyone." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jh5vv8xz    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 20:16:38

• UK launches antitrust investigation into Google’s search business ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/14/uk-launches-antitrust-investigation-googles-search-business/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 20:44:36

• Latvia to support NATO's Baltic Sea surveilllance ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/14.01.2025-latvia-to-support-natos-baltic-sea-surveilllance.a583541/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 20:44:45

• Chinese fishing vessel “liberated” from Somali pirates ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/chinese-fishing-vessel-liberated-from-somali-pirates/    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 20:45:18

• Home lab gemini://christoph-luehr.com/microblog/2025-01-15-homelab.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 20:46:30

• "We are all pushed toward growth — personal growth, professional growth, growth in our network and our societal status — and the terms of this growth are often set by platforms and media outlets that are, in turn, pursuing growth." gemini://bosque-protector.com/tinylog.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 20:47:10

• Due tomorrow: Total Lock-down Ambitions - Part II - Down to the Very Core    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 21:51:18

• "Yea, I know of a couple of companies that have had the same jobs posted for a year now. They must really be having trouble finding people." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jhkng8c9    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 21:53:14

• Millions of job ads are in effect fakes http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/08/Why_Government_Data_on_Job_Openings_is_Typically_a_Lie_Perpetra.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 21:54:02

• 9k left for FSF to raise in 2+ more days https://my.fsf.org/donate    

posted Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 22:12:21