Roy Schestowitz

• culprit ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/29/something-flickered-across-his-face | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 05:30:00

• "How do you even f—?" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/29/how-do-you-even-f | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 05:30:17

• "stalling Russia’s oil trade" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/29/buyers-and-ports-in-china-and-india-steer-clear-of-sanctioned-tankers-stalling-russia-s-oil-trade | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 05:30:31

• How to Add Apps to the Dock in Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04 LTS GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-add-apps-to-the-dock-in-ubuntu-24-04-or-22-04-lts-linux/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 05:31:17

• GNU Guix: Guix User and Contributor Survey 2024: The Results (part 3) ☞ https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2025/guix-user-and-contributor-survey-2024-the-results-part-3//    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 05:31:57

• Ukraine Giving Up Nukes Was 'Absolutely Stupid, Illogical And Very Irresponsible,' Zelenskiy Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskiy-nuclear-weapons-interview-trump-putin-/33291628.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 05:32:12

• System76 Meerkat goes Meteor Lake (Linux mini PC spec bump) ☞ https://liliputing.com/system76-meerkat-goes-meteor-lake-linux-mini-pc-spec-bump/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 05:33:12

• "L6 is a job grade in AMZN, not MSFT, post it to AMZN board :-D" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjke91ar    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 05:37:46

• "Wondering if they’ll at least offer a “super commuter” option for those of us barely over the 50 mile mark from an office. I’m not moving for IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjkfstx4    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 05:38:43

• Amazon to Eliminate ‘Small Number’ of Roles in Communications Department https://www.pymnts.com/amazon/2025/amazon-to-eliminate-small-number-of-roles-in-communications-department/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 05:42:50

• Amazon Cuts Dozens of Corporate Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 05:43:15

• Legoland Florida plans to layoff 234 workers who are mostly performers https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/legoland-florida-plans-layoff-234-172316564.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 05:44:29

• "I haven’t deleted an email message since 2018. This was not my intention, but deleting messages from the INBOX doesn’t actually delete messages when you’re using the ProtonMail Bridge. I have a lot to delete, and delete wasn’t working." gemini://thatit.be/2025-01-29-12-49-48.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:05:09

• Chaos Reigns gemini://arcanesciences.com/gemlog/25-01-29/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:05:56

• Searching the GnuPG encrypted org-journal gopher://box.matto.nl/0/searching-the-gnupg-encrypted-org-journal.txt    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:07:01

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1540.jpg    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:08:23

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1190.jpg    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:08:28

• "i agree that, in general, ‘resilience’ is indeed a good thing to have and to build. But it feels to me that the increasing emphasis on ‘resilience’ is often being used to divert responsibility away from significant structural/systemic issues to individuals" gemini://flexibeast.space/gemlog/2025-01-30.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:09:22

• Analog Basics: Inverter/Amplifier (publ. 2025-01-27) gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250127-0.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:11:01

• The many names of commit 55039832f98c https://lwn.net/Articles/1005222/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:18:24

• A revamped Python string-formatting proposal https://lwn.net/Articles/1005000/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:19:18

• Reviving None-aware operators for Python https://lwn.net/Articles/1004893/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:19:38

• Week 2 2019: England and Wales 12,609 deaths. Week 2 2025: England and Wales 14,416 deaths. https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/01/30/england-and-wales-2025/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:34:28

• Bits from Debian: New Debian Developers and Maintainers (November and December 2024) ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2025/01/new-developers-2024-12.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:40:24

• "The amount of money that current and future companies will pay to start, 10x, or 1000x their business" ☞ https://danielmiessler.com/blog/ai-tam    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:45:03

• Introducing the 2025 Meerkat Mini ☞ https://blog.system76.com/post/2025-meerkat-mini    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:45:22

• MElon's ev everything as a Nazi ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/28/x-announces-visa-partnership-x-money-step-toward-becoming-everything-app/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:45:48

• How I am Moving Away From Google's Ecosystem ☞ https://itsfoss.com/leaving-google-ecosystem/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:46:33

• TTAB Reverses USPTO's Section 2(d) Refusal of PBE AWARDS & Design for Marketing Award Services ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/01/ttab-reverses-usptos-section-2d-refusal.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:47:17

• I’m absolutely sick of Microsoft’s backdoored Windows 11 24H2 update, as it’s now causing Bluetooth and webcam issues ☞ https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/im-absolutely-sick-of-microsofts-windows-11-24h2-update-as-its-now-causing-bluetooth-and-webcam-issues    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:48:03

• Microsoft: January backdoored Windows security updates break audio playback ☞ https://www.drydeadfish.co.uk/microsoft-january-windows-security-updates-break-audio-playback/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:48:54

• "breaking audio playback on some systems with external DACs" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-january-windows-security-updates-break-audio-playback/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:49:28

• UK regulator identifies competitive issues in public cloud market ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/28/uk-regulator-identifies-competitive-issues-public-cloud-market/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:50:02

• What is DeepSeek, the Chinese Hey Hi (AI) company upending the stock market? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250128-what-is-deepseek-the-chinese-ai-company-upending-the-stock-market    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:50:37

• Apple’s latest patch closes zero-day affecting wide swath of products ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/apple-security-update-zero-day-january-2025/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:51:02

• Peckish Alphabetics: The Tragical Death of a Apple-Pye (ca. 1793–1796) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-tragical-death-of-a-apple-pye    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:51:17

• Apple Patches First Exploited iOS Zero-Day of 2025 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-first-exploited-ios-zero-day-of-2025/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:52:04

• Meshtastic Designer helps you build custom Meshtastic solutions with RAKwireless Wisblock components ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/28/meshtastic-designer-helps-you-build-custom-meshtastic-solutions-with-rakwireless-wisblock-components/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:52:33

• Altair ALT1350 based HL7900 5G LPWA module supports Wi-SUN, GNSS, and NB-IoT over non-terrestrial networks ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/28/altair-alt1350-based-hl7900-5g-lpwa-module-supports-wi-sun-gnss-and-nb-iot-over-non-terrestrial-networks/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:53:02

• Chinese-made DeepSeek Hey Hi (AI) model records extensive online user data, stores it in China-based servers ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-made-deepseek-ai-model-collects-extensive-user-data-stores-it-on-china-based-servers    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:53:48

• January backdoored Windows security updates are breaking audio on PCs using external DACs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/january-windows-security-updates-are-breaking-audio-on-pcs-using-external-dacs    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:54:03

• gw01 ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2025/01/28/gw01/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:54:58

• CISA Under Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/cisa-under-trump.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:55:17

• Photos: Asia welcomes the Year of the Snake ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/28/lunar-new-year-photo/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:55:49

• Panic in Silicon Valley? China's DeepSeek challenges US supremacy over Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20250128-panic-in-silicon-valley-china-s-deepseek-challenges-us-supremacy-over-ai    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:55:59

• Fileless Python InfoStealer Targeting Exodus, (Tue, Jan 28th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31630    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:56:39

• "I'm using an acrylic riser cover so that I can use a mechanical keyboard on top of my laptop. It's called Sonshi Style, popularized by Richard Matthew Stallman, a programmer who's known for using his HHKB (Happy Hacking Keyboard) on top of his laptop." https://www.threads.net/@alex_juel/post/DFa2AzcPQYp    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:58:26

• Lawsuit claims systems behind OPM governmentwide email blast are illegal, insecure ☞ https://fedscoop.com/opm-email-federal-workforce-lawsuit-server-privacy-security/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:59:19

• Meta Hey Hi (AI) Uses Your Data Without Permission! ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/meta-ai-uses-your-data    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 06:59:37

• Federal employee lawsuit alleges security, privacy risks in new OPM communications system ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/01/federal-employee-lawsuit-alleges-security-privacy-risks-in-new-opm-communications-system/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:00:02

• Bangladesh train services hit as staff strike over benefits ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/bangladesh-train-services-hit-as-staff-strike-over-benefits    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:00:33

• Ramsey County probation officers announce strike authorization ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/28/ramsey-county-probation-officers-announce-strike-authorization/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:00:52

• Xi Jinping strikes bullish tone in speech to mark Lunar New Year as China struggles to secure economic recovery ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/28/xi-jinping-strikes-bullish-tone-in-speech-to-mark-lunar-new-year-as-china-struggles-to-secure-economic-recovery/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:01:09

• Boeing posts second-largest annual loss in its history ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250128-boeing-posts-sedond-biggest-annual-loss-in-its-history    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:01:23

• "School Threat Law" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threat-law-expulsions-data | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:01:40

• I accidently made abstract art ☞ https://rubenerd.com/i-accidently-made-abstract-art/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:01:57

• New Pebble Smartwatch Planned After Surveillance Giant Google Open Sources the OS ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/google-open-sources-pebble-smartwatch-os-new-watch-planned    

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

• Hopeful fix fstrim on USB SSD ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202501/hopeful-fix-fstrim-on-usb-ssd.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:02:37

• The GNU Manifesto Turns 40 in a Few Weeks (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/28/The_GNU_Manifesto_Turns_40_in_a_Few_Weeks.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:09:59

• gprofng-gui @ Savannah: gprofng-gui 2.0 released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10718    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:10:23

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, January 31, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-01-31-irc    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:10:32

• Gnome 48 Alpha Ready for Testing ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Gnome-48-Alpha-Ready-for-Testing    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:11:21

• Facebook Banning GNU/Linux Sites (or People Who Link to GNU/Linux Sites) is Another Symptom of the Web's Demise ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Facebook_Banning_Linux_Sites_or_People_Who_Link_to_Linux_Sites_.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:11:48

• System76’s Meerkat Mini GNU/Linux PC Is Back with defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra CPUs and Faster RAM ☞ https://9to5linux.com/system76s-meerkat-mini-linux-pc-is-back-with-intel-core-ultra-cpus-and-faster-ram    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:12:31

• KaOS GNU/Linux 2025.01 Released with GNU/Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS and KDE Plasma 6.2 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-2025-01-released-with-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-and-kde-plasma-6-2    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:13:06

• Emoji in Qt 6.9 ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/emoji-in-qt-6.9    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:13:31

• Wasting time and money jumping to Microsoft's tune instead of competing with it ☞ https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-modern-wsl/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:16:15

• Kernel 6.13: A flawless end of the year ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kernel-613-a-flawless-end-of-the-year.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:16:39

• No Keyboard Input on Some Flatpak Games ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2025/01/28/no-keyboard-input-on-some-flatpak-games/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:17:00

• nap – code snippets in your terminal ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nap-code-snippets-terminal/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:17:27

• eg – provides examples of common uses of command line tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/eg-examples-common-uses-command-line-tools/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:18:55

• dma – DragonFly Mail Agent ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dma-dragonfly-mail-agent/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:19:19

• FastFlix – GUI for encoding videos ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fastflix-gui-encoding-videos/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:19:38

• HyperHDR – ambient lighting implementation ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hyperhdr-ambient-lighting-implementation/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:19:58

• Flowkeeper – Pomodoro Technique desktop timer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/flowkeeper-pomodoro-technique-desktop-timer/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:20:22

• PCLinuxOS Recent Updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5903    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:21:22

• Great-OS – GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/great-os-linux-distribution/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:21:33

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Software KVM Switches ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-software-kvm-switches/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:21:43

• Small But Mighty: System76 Unleashes the 2025 Meerkat Mini ☞ https://linuxiac.com/system76-unleashes-the-2025-meerkat-mini/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:43:12

• Google Releases Pebble Smartwatch Code as Open Source ☞ https://linuxiac.com/google-releases-pebble-smartwatch-code-as-open-source/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:44:14

• KaOS 2025.01 Released with Plasma 6.2 and KDE Applications 24.12 ☞ https://linuxiac.com/kaos-linux-2025-01-released/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:44:33

• SPAM, SLOP! Dead site! ☞ https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/open-sources-complexities-in-2025-from-sustainability-to-security-177480.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:45:39

• Firmware updated for 6.12.x kernel ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202501/firmware-updated-for-612x-kernel.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:46:05

• Fix snapshots not saving /var ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202501/fix-snapshots-not-saving-var.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:46:57

• Thinking about covariates in an analysis of an RCT ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/thinking-about-covariates-in-an-analysis-of-an-rct/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:51:39

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

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:52:18

• How to name, version, and reference container images ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/01/28/how-name-version-and-reference-container-images    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:53:03

• Would You Get Sick in the Name of Science? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/well/human-challenge-trials.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:54:58

• China welcomes Year of the Snake, but ‘nobody is spending’ ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/28/china-hong-kong-year-of-the-snake-economy/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:55:12

• Garrett’s Space = suicidal people https://www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arbor/ann-arbor-suicide-prevention-facility-receives-373306-in-millage-funding/ sort of like GAFAM/Garrett talking about his own death?    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:56:11

• Ann Arbor suicide prevention facility receives $373,306 in millage funding ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arbor/ann-arbor-suicide-prevention-facility-receives-373306-in-millage-funding/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:56:32

• ‘The Voice’ alum Ryan Whyte Maloney dead by suicide at 44: report ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/01/28/entertainment/ryan-whyte-maloney-the-voice-alum-dead-by-suicide-at-44-report/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:57:20

• Too accustomed to the fame they've long lost? https://nypost.com/2025/01/28/entertainment/ryan-whyte-maloney-the-voice-alum-dead-by-suicide-at-44-report/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 07:59:06

• HRW: Libya laws targeting activists violate freedom of assembly and association ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/hrw-libya-laws-against-activists-violate-their-freedom-of-assembly-and-association/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:02:51

• Now Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Is In Talks To Buy Fentanylware (TikTok) — According to Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/28/now-microsoft-is-in-talks-to-buy-tiktok-according-to-trump/ Another way to bail out a corrupt, failing company    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:03:42

• "These changes have now been published as part of the 6.13 kernel release, making their way to the public." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/linux_kernel_tweak/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:08:56

• iophk: Censorship, Sweden-style: https://yle.fi/a/7-10071715    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:11:26

• "Yesterday evening, we were hit by a run of phish spam that I would call 'vaguely customized' for us" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/spam/WellPreparedPhishSpammer | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:12:31

• "Yesterday I wrote about how we got hit by an alarmingly well-prepared phish spammer." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/spam/WellPreparedPhishSpammerII | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:12:52

• "I have several posts about net-mgmt/net-snmp – this is the latest. I wrote it back in June and it’s been sitting in drafts ever since." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/01/29/configuration-of-net-mgmt-net-snmp-on-freebsd/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:13:11

• "Take charge of your network's performance and privacy by setting up your own DNS server." ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/controlling-core-infrastructure-dns-server-setup/ | Source: Klara    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:13:24

• "Depending on your party size, you’ll get a bank of sims that are linked together." ☛ https://jarunmb.com/posts/f1-arcade-experience | Source: MB    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:14:38

• "Some great news for game preservation here, as GOG have managed to revive both Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 and they've also revamped their voting feature for future games with the new GOG Dreamlist." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/dino-crisis-and-dino-crisis-2-now-available-on-gog-plus-gog-dreamlist-replaces-community-wishlist/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:15:10

• "Hardware vendor and Pop!_OS Linux distribution developer System76 have revealed the brand new upgraded Meerkat Mini PC. This new fancy refresh gives you up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor with Intel ARC graphics." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/system76-meerkat-mini-pc-gets-a-nice-upgrade-with-intel-core-ultra/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:15:42

• "The developer has steadily continued to upgrade the game since release, with this being "build 900"." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/moonring-the-awesome-free-retro-rpg-gets-another-big-update-looking-good-on-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:16:10

• "Probably one of the funniest games I've had the pleasure of playing over the last year, Lucky Tower Ultimate is a gem and worth a go. Now even more so." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/lucky-tower-ultimate-is-hilarious-and-now-steam-deck-verified-with-a-big-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:16:28

• "Michigan test scores lag again; students fall farther behind peers in reading" https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/michigan-test-scores-lag-again-students-fall-farther-behind-peers-reading    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:17:49

• old: EC writing about "Open Source" using "MICROSOFT WORD" https://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/201307/20130702ATT68998/20130702ATT68998EN.pdf    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:18:52

• "Available with Linux support, Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter has launched from Odd Bug Studio and it looks like another hit. It's also Steam Deck Verified." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/tails-of-iron-2-whiskers-of-winter-is-out-now-and-looks-fantastic/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:19:37

• "Summer Islands from Marttalin Games is a real-time strategy business simulator and after a few years of Early Access the 1.0 release is out now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/strategy-business-sim-summer-islands-a-spiritual-successor-to-holiday-island-from-1996-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:19:47

• "Even City manager Pep Guardiola sensed the bad omens, saying: "When I saw the fire before the game I thought 'the journalists have their headlines already'."" https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c78xzr20y3lo    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:20:57

• "Hello Games have given us another almighty whopper of an update to No Man's Sky here." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/no-mans-sky-worlds-part-ii-brings-gas-giants-new-story-missions-trillions-of-new-planets/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:21:07

• "An update has been released that appears to have already solved the issue. Nice to see such a quick turnaround direct from the developer on this one!" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/doom-doom-ii-adds-multiplayer-mod-support-but-its-broken-on-steam-deck-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:21:58

• "Sony have announced that their PC game releases will no longer force a PlayStation Network Account requirement. Instead it will be optional and give you certain in-game rewards." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/playstation-network-requirement-on-pc-will-now-be-optional-with-in-game-rewards/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:22:04

• "Trump’s Education Agenda Is a Big Vulnerability" https://jacobin.com/2025/01/trump-education-vouchers-privatization-democrats/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:23:37

• "Trump’s Tariff Threats Could Prompt Canada to Break Free from Oil" https://www.theenergymix.com/trumps-tariff-threats-could-prompt-canada-to-break-free-from-oil/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:23:49

• "E.U. proposes disconnecting 15 Russian banks from SWIFT as part of new sanctions package — Bloomberg" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/29/e-u-proposes-disconnecting-15-russian-banks-from-swift-as-part-of-new-sanctions-package-bloomberg    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:37:18

• "85% Greenlanders oppose joining the US — poll" https://www.dw.com/en/poll-greenlanders-oppose-us-trump/a-71440188    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:37:25

• "Linux is the Name That Shall Not be Spoken at Facebook" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/01/28/0248223    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:37:36

• "A Summary of Kash Patel's Disqualifications to Lead FBI" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/29/a-summary-of-kash-patels-disqualifications-to-lead-fbi/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:37:57

• Telling the senile criminal to bail out a PONZI SCHEME. Or else "CHINA WILL WIN OR SOMETHING!!!" "Presidential AI advisers sign off on 10 priority recommendations for Trump" https://fedscoop.com/naiac-ai-recommendations-president-trump/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:38:42

• Windows TCO: "Based on these principles, we can create a high-level reference architecture." ☛ https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/01/29/backups-drp-in-the-ransomware-era/ | Source: NVISO Labs    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:39:22

• Windows TCO: "Officials at a large energy industry and federal government contractor were locked out of company financial systems for six weeks due to a recent ransomware attack." ☛ https://therecord.media/englobal-ransomware-attack-six-weeks-disruption | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:39:36

• Windows TCO: "IT and security pros say they are more confident in their ability to manage ransomware attacks after nearly nine in ten (88 percent) were forced to contain efforts by criminals to breach their defenses in the past year." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/research_security_pros_gain_ransomware/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:39:54

• Windows TCO: "in the coming days" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2580629/powerschool-hackers-have-your-kids-info-these-3-steps-will-protect-them.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:40:04

• "But that’s not all." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-made-deepseek-ai-model-collects-extensive-user-data-stores-it-on-china-based-servers | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:42:19

• "Today, the EU's General Court held that the Irish DPC acted unlawful when it refused to investigate a noyb complaint." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/eu-court-irish-dpc-must-investigate-noyb-complaint | Source: NYOB    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:42:29

• "This is going to be a rant. It'll hopefully be very short, but no promises." ☛ https://alextheward.com/posts/big-tech-and-consent/ | Source: Alex Ward    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:42:45

• capitulation ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/29/danielle-smiths-capitulation-to-big-coal-echoes-her-fawning-interactions-with-donald-trump/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:44:07

• "We recently talked about C++26’s unnamed placeholder and how useful it will be with structured bindings." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/01/29/cpp26-attributes-structured-bindings | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:44:35

• "Today, commit author 1337 was finally announced, only three years since we announced author 1000." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/01/29/a-1337-curl-author/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:44:56

• "It is still about development and Ruby, but I allowed myself to draw some parallels with my experience as a Ukrainian." ☛ https://zverok.space/blog/2025-01-27-7things-euruko.html | Source: Victor Shepelev    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:45:05

• "Programmer time is precious. This realization should shape our approach to software development, focusing our efforts on tasks that genuinely contribute to the improvement of our code and the software ecosystem." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/01/30/programmer-time-and-the-pitfalls-of-false-positives/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:45:16

• "Developing GxP-validated applications that comply with strict regulatory requirements has been a significant challenge in the past, particularly due to the lack of tooling around good software development practices." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/from-code-to-compliance-validated-shiny-apps-with-rhino/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:45:46

• "A new maintenance release of RcppStreams is now on CRAN marking the first release in almost six years. RcppStreams brings the excellent Streamulus C++ template library for event stream processing to R." ☛ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/01/29/#rcppstreams_0.1.4 | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:45:55

• "These days, even modestly priced MIDI hardware comes stuffed with features." ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/enhancing-midi-hardware-with-perl/ | Source: Perl    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:46:30

• "Implementing this with Flask is surprisingly tricky, as it requires a combination of back and front end techniques working together." ☛ https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/dynamic-forms-with-flask | Source: Miguel Grinberg    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:47:25

• "Last week I needed quick access to Python's standard library documentation outside of work." ☛ https://mangoumbrella.com/post/operation-aim | Source: Yilei Yang    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:47:35

• "As you may have already spotted, what happened is the shell's wildcard expansion." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/FindNameWildcardGotcha | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:47:57

• "One of my pet peeves with some compact cameras is that they often skip the viewfinder entirely." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/camera-accessories/this-photographer-rigged-a-waist-level-viewfinder-from-cheap-mirrors-for-us-usd10-and-hes-sharing-how-you-can-too | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:50:59

• "Remember when I waxed lyrical about the Atari ST last year, describing it as my favourite 16-bit computer series?" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/my-atari-1040ste/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:51:04

• "Many modern video games may put your character inside of a virtual 3D environment, but you aren’t seeing that in three dimensions — your TV’s screen is only a 2D display, after all." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/01/29/displaying-games-on-a-9x9x9-led-cube/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:51:14

• debian quits twitter and the only question is, WHAT TOOK SO LONG?    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:54:40

• "Pirate site blocking orders are a step closer to becoming reality in the United States after Rep. Zoe Lofgren introduced the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act earlier today." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/new-bill-aims-to-block-foreign-pirate-sites-in-the-u-s-250129/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:55:32

• "TorrentGalaxy was taken over by new owners last year and faced repeated difficulties in the months that followed." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/torrentgalaxy-pleads-financial-difficulties-asks-users-to-chip-in-250129/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:55:40

• "Bill aiming to tackle the unauthorised use" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/government-defeated-lords-copyright-ai-scraping/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:56:17

• "common technique developers use to train AI model"... but Microsoft stole a lot of material first... thieves stealing from thieves trying to complain about theft? ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/601195/openai-evidence-deepseek-distillation-ai-data | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:57:06

• The Dead Whale ☛ https://therevelator.org/conservation-science-jan2025/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:57:30

• Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda ☛ https://fair.org/home/action-alert-when-trump-tried-to-freeze-federal-funds-wapo-saw-not-illegality-but-determination/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:58:15

• "These “Article 32” hearings end with a recommendation about whether the case should move forward, be dismissed or end in a nonjudicial punishment." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/military-courts-access-navy-propublica-lawsuit | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:58:41

• "White House rescinds memo pausing federal assistance" https://fedscoop.com/white-house-rescinds-memo-pausing-federal-assistance/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:59:09

• "Medicaid Portal Goes Dark After Trump's Federal Funding Freeze Directive" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/medicaid-portal-goes-dark-after-trumps-federal-funding-freeze-directive-1730588    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:59:19

• "In Elon Musk, Libertarianism and Authoritarianism Combine" https://jacobin.com/2025/01/musk-authoritarianism-libertarianism-afd-trump/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:00:26

• "Trump’s federal spending cutoff is authoritarian behavior" https://www.vox.com/on-the-right-newsletter/397120/trump-federal-spending-grant-pause-cutoff-democracy    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:00:40

• iophk: can one search for "Winnie the Pooh" on the CCP's RedNote?    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:00:53

• "Why Army Rangers constantly train in hand-to-hand skills" https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/ranger-hand-to-hand-combat-training/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:01:10

• "King Trump threatens to tear America apart" https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2025/01/197_391199.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:01:23

• "Microsoft rolls out DeepSeek's AI model on Azure" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-rolls-out-deepseeks-ai-model-on-azure/articleshow/117716854.cms    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:01:34

• "Year of the Snake is underway with Lunar New Year festivities" https://www.voanews.com/a/year-of-the-snake-is-underway-with-lunar-new-year-festivities/7955461.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:01:45

• "Erdogan meets with Hamas leader, delegation in Ankara" https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1260075/erdogan-meets-with-hamas-leader-delegation-in-ankara/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:02:12

• "The open web could be a superior alternative to closed, proprietary mobile operating systems that restrict interoperability and impose unjustified fees on developers and businesses" ☛ https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/digital-markets-act--europes-digital-competitiveness-at-stake/ | Source: Open Web Advocacy    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:05:18

• "Yes, Chrome is an amazing software product. Yes, it has an incredible amount of users. Yes, those users probably log usage statistics that most software products would drool over." ☛ https://chriscoyier.net/2025/01/29/a-little-arm-chair-businessin-about-chrome/ | Source: Chris Coyier    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:05:23

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/javascript-required/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:06:13

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppStreams 0.1.4: Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/01/29#rcppstreams_0.1.4    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:07:22

• A 1337 curl author ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/01/29/a-1337-curl-author/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:08:40

• EU Court: Irish DPC must investigate noyb complaint ☞ https://noyb.eu/en/eu-court-irish-dpc-must-investigate-noyb-complaint    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:09:01

• Configuration of net-mgmt/net-snmp on FreeBSD ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2025/01/29/configuration-of-net-mgmt-net-snmp-on-freebsd/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:09:58

• Controlling Your Core Infrastructure: DNS ☞ https://klarasystems.com/articles/controlling-core-infrastructure-dns-server-setup/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:10:13

• Backups & DRP in the ransomware era ☞ https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/01/29/backups-drp-in-the-ransomware-era/    

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

• "The company that produced the facial recognition report, Clearview AI, has been used in hundreds of law enforcement investigations throughout Ohio and has faced lawsuits over privacy violations." ☛ https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/01/cleveland-police-used-ai-to-justify-a-search-warrant-it-has-derailed-a-murder-case.html | Source: Cleveland    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:14:17

• "Lets just cheat and see if it flies" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/01/28/cleveland-cops-ruin-murder-case-by-using-ai-to-get-search-warrant.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:14:39

• "Body cam footage recovered from Lake County (FL) Sheriff’s Office deputy Tristan Macomber’s body cam showed him driving southbound before hitting a stopped vehicle ahead of him, deploying his airbags." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/27/florida-deputy-watching-porn-on-his-phone-crashes-into-car-stopped-for-a-school-bus/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:15:26

• "The utterance of triple talaq was declared “null and void” by a Constitution Bench in a majority judgment in August 2017." ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/how-many-firs-lodged-against-muslim-men-under-anti-triple-talaq-law-sc-asks-centre/article69153917.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:15:46

• "Now Paul Hill, who spent 37 years at The Daily Telegraph before moving into a similar public-facing police role as the one for which DeBretton-Gordon applied, told Press Gazette" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/leicestershire-police-photographer-telegraph-paul-hill-christopher-debretton-gordon/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:16:13

• "The big picture: Several tribes have issued warnings and advice to their members based on what they say have been encounters in which U.S. immigration agents have demanded proof of citizenship" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/native-american-immigration-raids-navajo-nation | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:16:45

• "When unions are outlawed, only outlaws will have unions. Unions don't owe their existence to labor laws that protect organizing activities." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/29/which-side-are-you-on-2/#strike-three-yer-out | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:17:41

• "Meta has never been a paragon of principle. From its careless handling of users’ personal data to its acquiescence in the face of foreign authoritarian governments’ censorship demands, Meta has provided many reasons to doubt its commitment to human rights." ☛ https://www.techpolicy.press/how-meta-turned-its-back-on-human-rights/ | Source: Tech Policy Press    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:18:13

• "And it’s possible for advertisers to reduce support for Meta without making a stink or drawing fire. Fortunately, Meta ads are hella expensive, and results can be unrealistic and unsustainable." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/sharpen-your-pencils-people/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:18:46

• "Donald Trump is rolling out a blitz of attacks on workers in hopes of paralyzing organized labor’s energy to fight back." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/01/trump-nlrb-unions-organizing-resistance/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:20:31

• "the son of a Cuban refugee." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/jim-acosta-leaving-cnn | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:22:00

• "BBC World Service will cut a net 130 jobs, including in the UK, as it battles to save £6m in the year ahead." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-world-service-to-cut-130-roles-to-save-6m-in-the-next-year/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:22:29

• "Asked about sensitive topics, the bot would begin to answer, then stop and delete its own work." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/world/asia/deepseek-china-censorship.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:23:11

• "Some Americans reported having their content blocked or accounts suspended for material deemed sensitive by RedNote" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0129/American-Chinese-RedNote-exchange | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:23:18

• "The sanctions reportedly entail a complete ban on broadcasting, distributing, and promoting the content of these outlets." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/30/e-u-reportedly-plans-to-ban-more-than-half-a-dozen-more-russian-media-outlets | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:25:43

• "Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova recently threaded these two propaganda lines together." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-weds-biolab-organ-harvesting-conspiracies-to-discredit-us-ukraine/7953695.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:26:05

• "There is so much wrong with this exchange that it is difficult to know where to begin." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/trump_musk_starliner/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:26:34

• "The app has gone through a series of real-time updates to the content it can display in its answers." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/truth-struggles-against-propaganda-and-censorship-on-china-s-deepseek-ai/7955109.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:26:58

• "There is a real risk under this style of moderation that only posts about things that a lot of people know about will get flagged in a timely manner" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/29/1110630/three-reasons-meta-will-struggle-with-community-fact-checking/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:27:38

• "As of January 15, the total value of claims from 17 Russian TV channels against Google for blocking their YouTube accounts has reached 1.81 duodecillion rubles" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/29/russian-court-s-fine-against-google-for-blocking-propaganda-channels-on-youtube-reaches-nearly-two-duodecillion-rubles-a-two-followed-by-39-zeros | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:28:06

• "After DeepSeek’s latest model release last week, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen echoed Lehane’s Sputnik line." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/01/28/2025/the-real-deepseek-revelation-the-market-doesnt-understand-ai | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:28:23

• "Venture capitalists plowed money into A.I. start-ups like OpenAI and Anthropic." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/technology/deepseek-ai-startups-venture-capital.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:28:38

• "The changes will not take effect until the government updates those site listings in the Geographic Names Information System" ☛ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-maps-us-gulf-of-mexico-america-denali-mount-mckinley/ | Source: CBS    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:28:57

• "Why it matters: Meta shut down Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts for about two years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/trump-meta-facebook-instagram-settlement | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:29:14

• "Meta in the settlement will not admit wrongdoing over the suspensions of Trump's accounts." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2272215.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:29:37

• "Meta Platforms Inc. today agreed to a $25 million settlement over the lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against the company in 2021" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/29/meta-back-tent-agreeing-settle-trumps-25m-censorship-lawsuit/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:30:09

• "Meta agreed to pay $25 million to resolve the legal dispute" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/29/meta-trump-lawsuit-settlement-censorship/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:30:25

• "The world’s richest man has admitted to paying to boost his online warriors into global leaderboards" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/29/elon-musk-video-games-diablo-path-exile/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:30:45

• "But when you’re organizing an incident response, is severity really what matters?" ☛ https://blog.danslimmon.com/2025/01/29/incident-sev-scales-are-a-waste-of-time/ | Source: Dan Slimmon    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:31:07

• "The Chinese firm's investment was made by its Singapore-based unit and would support activities of affiliated companies" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-to-invest-3-8-bln-in-thailand-data-hosting-project-investment-board-says/articleshow/117682971.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:31:27

• "The US has a new federal chief information officer who, based on his resume, has no prior experience as a CIO" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/the_us_governments_new_cio/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:32:07

• "The Department of Justice is investigating a lobbying firm representing ExxonMobil for [breaking into] the phones of climate activists: [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/exxonmobil-lobbyist-caught-hacking-climate-activists.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:32:49

• "former Congressman Lee Zeldin as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/sierra-club-statement-as-senate-votes-to-confirm-lee-zeldin-as-epa-administrator | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:33:13

• "I’m a historian of fire, and my reply is that we have both a narrative and an analog. The narrative is the unbroken saga of humanity and fire, a companionship that extends through all our existence as a species." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/welcome-to-the-pyrocene-180985896/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:33:25

• "Those conditions are part of what makes California attractive to 25 million residents, said study co-author John Abatzoglou, a climate and fire scientist at the University of California Merced" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/study-says-climate-change-made-conditions-that-fed-california-wildfires-more-likely-more-intense-1857405 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:33:54

• "Your first step may be to round up some important documents or get access to a computer or smartphone. If you need help getting such resources, you can visit a Disaster Recovery Center." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-29/if-you-lost-your-job-because-of-the-los-angeles-fires-here-are-a-few-options | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:34:07

• "Climate change not only affects the island of Ireland but also, experts warn, its extensive sea area." ☛ https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41564251.html | Source: Irish Examiner    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:34:37

• "Nicholas Carr argues it may be too late for regulation as platforms took hold so quickly" ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/01/book-excerpt-from-superbloom-by-nicholas-carr/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:35:07

• "Thus did Romania become the first member state in the history of the European Union to cancel an election." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/romanian-election-undone-by-tiktok/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:35:35

• "A declassified World War II-era government guide to “simple sabotage” is currently one of the most popular open source books on the [Internet]." ☛ https://www.404media.co/declassified-cia-guide-to-sabotaging-fascism-is-suddenly-viral/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:36:20

• "If ByteDance were a normal company they’d face financial pressure to capitulate" ☛ https://daringfireball.net/2025/01/my_spitball_theory_on_tiktoks_current_semi-reprieve_in_the_us | Source: John Gruber    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:36:40

• "Mr. Musk has been using the algorithmic influence of his social media platform X to place bets on far-right upstart parties" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/europe/hacking-democracy-elon-musk-europe.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:37:22

• "gang [sic] crime that has escalated over the last two decades and has seen the Nordic nation top the rankings" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-29/sweden-eyes-sending-inmates-abroad-as-prisons-full-due-to-gang-crime-wave | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:37:30

• "The investigation into the cable-breaking incident is being led by Sweden’s Security Service (SÄPO)." ☛ https://therecord.media/sweden-vezhen-ship-armed-police-boarded-helicopter | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:38:13

• "But changes are occurring before our eyes. One in five voters under the age of 45 would prefer to do away with democracy, it was reported last month." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/28/migrants-must-be-expected-to-integrate-immigration-britain/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:38:21

• Openwashing ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/why-blocking-chinas-deepseek-from-using-us-ai-may-be-difficult/articleshow/117716936.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:38:47

• Social Control Media ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/28/musk-denies-email-admitting-to-extwitters-struggles-but-banks-desperation-tells-a-different-story/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:39:45

• "But instead of supporting pro-Israeli talking points, FactFinderAI began to undermine them, as found by Israeli disinformation watchdog FakeReporter." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/29/official-israeli-ai-twitter-bot-backfires-makes-pro-palestinian-posts-trolls-other-official-accounts/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:40:14

• "erroneous data purely to catch copy-cats. I wrote about the potential for this way back in May of 2023, in the context of content producers establishing provenance of training data: [...]" ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/01/29/is-openai-using-trap-tokens.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:40:30

• "I have been using, working, and running commercial and local LLMs for years, but I never got around to sharing the tools and applications I use." ☛ https://micro.webology.dev/2025/01/29/my-big-list-of-aillm/ | Source: Jeff Triplett    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:40:45

• "Once I stopped using it I realised I wasn’t missing much, I also observed better battery life on my phone." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/01/29/stop-using-chatgpt/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:41:04

• "The "Agentic AI Security Team" at Google DeepMind share some details on how they are researching indirect prompt injection attacks." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/29/prompt-injection-attacks-on-ai-systems/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:41:18

• "OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation." ☛ https://www.404media.co/openai-furious-deepseek-might-have-stolen-all-the-data-openai-stole-from-us/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:41:34

• "But like bionic arms, they are not human, and they never will be. LLMs aren’t independent thinkers. They don’t have a heart." ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/01/29/artificial-intelligence-llms-middle-lane/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:41:48

• "Wiz, a New York-based infosec house, says that shortly after the DeepSeek R1 model gained widespread attention, it began investigating the machine-learning outfit's security posture." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/deepseek_database_left_open/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:42:06

• "Deepfake videos used to impersonate people increased sevenfold in the second half of 2024, according to data from the digital identity verification company Smile ID." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/01/28/2025/surge-in-deepfakes-heightens-fraud-risk-for-african-businesses | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:42:17

• "Big Tech is undermining itself by pouring more cash into investments in each other that are likely to yield diminishing returns." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/the-future-of-ai-may-not-be-as-revolutionary-as-we-thought/articleshow/117674658.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:42:55

• "That is a far cry from the roughly $6 million DeepSeek said it has spent to develop its AI model." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-29/microsoft-meta-ceos-defend-hefty-ai-spending-after-deepseek-stuns-tech-world | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:43:07

• "The startup claims that it created this outperforming, low-cost model within two months and with a training cost of less than $6 million ($5.58 million, to be precise)." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-openai-allege-deepseek-used-proprietary-data-to-train-now-popular-models/articleshow/117667945.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:43:21

• "T professionals who lived through the CrowdStrike fiasco in July will remember the blue screens that lit up offices worldwide when a broken update sent Windows into a crashing boot loop." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/garmin_smartwatch_faulty_update/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:43:41

• "Clearly these are major setbacks." ☛ https://theconversation.com/five-reasons-why-vertical-farming-is-still-the-future-despite-all-the-recent-business-failures-248270 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:44:06

• "As weaning teens off their smartphones hits the headlines, our writer gives it a test run on a tech-free trip to Greece" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/greece/digital-detox-mother-daughter-holiday/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:44:25

• "But I keep coming back to my belief that “being informed” is not an end in itself; it should be a means to some actual end." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/being-informed-is-not-an-end-in-itself | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:44:44

• "Michigan’s wild rice, or manoomin stewardship plan was discussed in depth on Jan. 24 during an environmental conference hosted by Ann Arbor-based nonprofit The Stewardship Network." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2025/01/michigans-tribal-experts-want-to-save-wild-rice-heres-how-theyll-do-it.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:44:58

• On https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-logs-off-twitter/ iophk: "Better late than never. Social control media does not benefit FOSS in any way. However, "the only winning move is not to play". Apparently Debian's announcement was self-censored.    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:45:31

• "System76, a well-regarded name in the Linux computing scene, has just unveiled its updated Meerkat Mini PC." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/system76-unleashes-the-2025-meerkat-mini/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:45:59

• "America’s struggling students have fallen further behind in math and reading." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2025/0129/nations-report-card-naep-us-math-reading | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:46:17

• "It’s far more effective to organize for important instead." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/01/organizing-for-urgent/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:46:25

• "By their first birthday, babies are already fine-tuning their ears to the sounds of their native language in a process called perceptual attunement." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/babies-learn-language-even-earlier-than-we-realized-study-reveals | Source: Science Alert    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:46:37

• "released national and state-by-state results Wednesday." ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/01/29/maine-students-score-lowest-in-three-decades-on-nations-report-card/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:47:07

• "discussing the analytic plan for a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a clinical collaborator" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/thinking-about-covariates-in-an-analysis-of-an-rct/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:47:37

• "After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/white_house_explains_drone_sighting/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:48:05

• "I have the fortune to review a few important blog posts every year and the biggest value I add is to call out sentences or sections that make no sense." ☛ https://notes.eatonphil.com/2025-01-29-edit-for-clarity.html | Source: Phil Eaton    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:48:19

• "Inspiration Strikes— how I’m going to restructure my blog design" ☛ https://json.blog/2025/01/29/inspiration-strikes-how-im-going.html | Source: Jason Becker    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:48:34

• "What justifies me learning and migrating to a new thing as opposed to fighting through my problems with the tools I already know?" ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/what-hard-thing-does-your-tech-make-easy/ | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:48:59

• "This worked really well, especially with practical technical blog posts like the recipe-style blog posts that I enjoy writing." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/nonlinear-writing/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:49:22

• "My first encounter with Kubuntu 24.04 was not very successful. Retro, but not in a good way." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kubuntu-24-04-third.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:55:23

• openKylin – Chinese desktop GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/openkylin-chinese-desktop-linux-distribution/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:57:15

• LXTask – lightweight task manager for LXDE ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lxtask-lightweight-task-manager-lxde/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:57:37

• KAlgebra – graphing calculator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kalgebra-graphing-calculator/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:58:38

• LibreOffice project and community recap: January 2025 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/29/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-january-2025/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:59:03

• Thunderbird Moves to Monthly Updates from March 2025 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/thunderbird-release-channel-becomes-default-march    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 09:59:47

• Confirmed: Ubuntu Dev Discussions Moving to Matrix ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/ubuntu-dev-matrix-move-confirmed    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:00:08

• "OPNsense, a renowned free and open-source firewall and routing software, is celebrating its tenth anniversary with the release of v25.1" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/opnsense-celebrates-10-years-with-the-25-1-ultimate-unicorn-release/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:01:25

• Keith Packard: picolibc-i18n ☞ http://keithp.com/blogs/picolibc-i18n/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:02:42

• "Today we're releasing Krita 5.2.9! This is a bug fix release, containing all bugfixes of our bug hunt efforts back in November." ☛ https://krita.org/en/posts/2025/krita-5-2-9-released/ | Source: Krita    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:04:15

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posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:04:53

• Krita 5.2.9 Brings Stability with Key Crash and Performance Fixes ☞ https://linuxiac.com/krita-5-2-9-digital-painting-app-released/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:04:59

• Faizul "Piju" 9M2PJU: Snap vs Flatpak: A Detailed Comparison ☞ https://hamradio.my/2025/01/snap-vs-flatpak-a-detailed-comparison/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:06:19

• Faizul "Piju" 9M2PJU: Optimizing Debian/Ubuntu for Fast Internet and Efficient Memory Management ☞ https://hamradio.my/2025/01/optimizing-debian-ubuntu-for-fast-internet-and-efficient-memory-management/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:07:14

• Enhancing your MIDI devices with Perl ☞ https://www.perl.com/article/enhancing-midi-hardware-with-perl/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:08:19

• "Whois has been the protocol to communicate domain registration for over 40 years. While the protocol is well understood" ☛ https://www.domaintools.com/resources/blog/whats-rdap-and-where-is-whois/ | Source: DomainTools    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:38:04

• "If you want to share a digital photograph, the odds are the file type that you want is a JPEG" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/photo-editing/what-is-a-jpeg-file-type-why-the-most-common-image-format-may-not-be-the-best-option-for-photography | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:38:21

• "ShinyConf 2025 is just around the corner, and we’re thrilled to invite you to be a part of it!" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/share-your-shiny-expertise-at-shinyconf-2025/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:40:07

• "Krita, a popular open-source, cross-platform digital painting app for artists" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/krita-5-2-9-digital-painting-app-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:41:15

• "Importantly, this new device will still run an open-source Pebble OS and maintain compatibility with existing Pebble apps and watchfaces." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/google-releases-pebble-smartwatch-code-as-open-source/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:43:15

• "Pebble was initially launched through a very successful Kickstarter project." ☛ https://opensource.googleblog.com/2025/01/see-code-that-powered-pebble-smartwatches.html | Source: Google    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:43:24

• "Ubuntu 24.04 "Noble" is a long-term support version, and back in September it got its first point release." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/nvidia_gpu_ubuntu_downgrade/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:44:14

• "Another noteworthy change is the experimental introduction of bcachefs" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kaos-linux-2025-01-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:44:54

• Putin Says Ready For Peace Talks, But Not With 'Illegitimate' Zelenskyy ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-ready-peace-talks-not-with-illegitimate-zelenskiy-/33294979.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:47:05

• Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Refinery In Major Attack On Energy Infrastructure ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-smolensk-putin-zelenskiy/33293717.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:47:17

• Ukraine Giving Up Nukes Was 'Absolutely Stupid, Illogical, And Very Irresponsible,' Zelenskyy Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskiy-nuclear-weapons-interview-trump-putin-/33291628.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:49:40

• Petro Poroshenko: 'We should not only win the war, we should win the peace' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250129-petro-poroshenko-we-should-not-only-win-the-war-we-should-win-the-peace    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:51:53

• Can increased energy sector sanctions pressure Putin into peace talks? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/can-increased-energy-sector-sanctions-pressure-putin-into-peace-talks/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:52:14

• Alibaba unveils Qwen 2.5-Max Hey Hi (AI) model, saying it outperforms DeepSeek-V3 ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/29/alibaba-unveils-qwen-2-5-max-ai-model-saying-outperforms-deepseek-v3/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:53:11

• The West must study the success of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-west-must-study-the-success-of-ukraines-special-operations-forces/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:55:03

• A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting from Africa to Asia to Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250129-a-us-shutdown-on-foreign-aid-is-hitting-from-africa-to-asia-to-ukraine    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:55:14

• Migration to Lithuania: more Filipinos, fewer Ukrainians ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2471733/migration-to-lithuania-more-filipinos-fewer-ukrainians    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:55:24

• Investigation: How China Feeds Critical Rare Minerals To Russia's War Machine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/china-critical-minerals-russia-weapons-ukraine-2024/33295674.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:57:25

• Zelenskyy Presses Ukraine's Cause With Gathered World Leaders In Poland ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-zelenskiy-macron-poland-auschwitz/33291354.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:59:35

• Russia Seizes Another Town in Ukraine in Push to Take All of Donetsk ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-donetsk-velyka-novosilka.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 14:59:46

• "Russia confirms capture of Australian who fought for Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/29/russia-confirms-capture-of-australian-who-fought-for-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

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

• "could face up to six years in prison" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/29/ukraine-s-defense-minister-is-being-investigated-for-abuse-of-power-and-could-face-up-to-six-years-in-prison | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:00:29

• Google report finds state-based hackers are using Hey Hi (AI) for research and content generation ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/29/google-report-finds-state-based-hackers-using-ai-research-content-generation/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:01:10

• Bigger than the Berlin Airlift: How NATO’s natural gas shut down a key Russian pipeline ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/bigger-than-the-berlin-airlift-how-natos-natural-gas-shut-down-a-key-russian-pipeline/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:05:52

• Over 700 Russians, Belarusians deemed threat to Lithuania’s security last year ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2472521/over-700-russians-belarusians-deemed-threat-to-lithuania-s-security-last-year    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:08:27

• Law firm OK to represent Russian warlord against UK editor, legal watchdog rules ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/prigozhin-slapp-eliot-higgins-sra-libel/ "Bellingcat editor Eliot Higgins lost £70,000 defending against the spurious claim."    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:09:51

• "So, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church wants to ban Satanism Meduza explains how the crackdown would expand ‘anti-extremism’ policing and expose new ideological hypocrisies" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/cards/so-the-head-of-the-russian-orthodox-church-wants-to-ban-satanism | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:12:43

• "Russian court reduces sentences of prison guards who tortured and raped inmate, allowing for their early release" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/29/russian-court-reduces-sentences-of-prison-guards-who-tortured-and-raped-inmate-allowing-for-their-early-release | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:13:02

• "Russian authorities sign contracts to send orphans and disabled children to oil-polluted Black Sea beaches" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/29/russian-authorities-sign-contracts-to-send-orphans-and-disabled-children-to-oil-polluted-black-sea-beaches | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:13:47

• "Syria’s new authorities call on Russia to ‘take past mistakes into account’ and pay compensation" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/29/syria-s-new-authorities-call-on-russia-to-take-past-mistakes-into-account-and-pay-compensation | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:13:58

• "E.U. proposes disconnecting 15 Russian banks from SWIFT as part of new sanctions package" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/29/e-u-proposes-disconnecting-15-russian-banks-from-swift-as-part-of-new-sanctions-package-bloomberg | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:15:22

• "unbalance power" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/29/kyiv-mayor-accuses-new-military-administration-head-of-trying-to-destabilize-power-in-the-city-asks-zelensky-to-intervene | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:15:45

• "The Axelera AI Metis M.2 is an edge AI accelerator designed for inference processing in compact computing environments." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/axelera-ai-metis-accelerator-m-2-now-available-for-pre-order-at-e179-00/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:18:55

• "The Metis Compute Board is a compact single-board computer designed for AI applications requiring high computational performance at the edge." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/metis-compute-board-with-rk3588-and-ai-acceleration-for-edge-applications/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:19:47

• "The Meerkat is a compact mini PC designed to deliver high performance while maintaining a small physical footprint." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/meerkat-mini-pc-supports-linux-with-intel-core-ultra-and-quad-display-output/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:20:17

• "gateway designed for applications requiring secure networking and data management" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/edgebox-blue-is-a-compact-industrial-vpn-router-and-iot-edge-gateway/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:20:44

• "In this guide, we’ll walk you through installing DeepSeek using Ollama on Ubuntu 24.04 and setting" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/run-deepseek-locally-on-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:22:23

• 16 Top Python Hacks for Data Scientists to Improve Productivity ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/python-tricks-data-scientists/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:23:13

• Kidwants KN1 is a $104 mini PC with a large touchpad on its top cover ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/30/kidwants-kn1-mini-pc-touchpad/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:24:30

• Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt Falls to Only 0.4% of the Total in Geminispace ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Certificate_Authority_Let_s_Encrypt_Falls_to_Only_0_4_of_the_To.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:25:48

• █████ http://techrights.org/feed.xml ██████████████████████ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:26:00 +0000 ███████ Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt Falls to Only 0.4% of the Total in Geminispace    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:26:04

• "As always, be sure to roll back using snapper if any issues arise." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/01/29/tw-monthly-update-january/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:27:38

• "Red Hat Insights proxy helps streamline the connectivity between your environment and Red Hat’s powerful Insights services." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/streamline-connectivity-between-your-environment-and-red-hat-insights-services | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:28:16

• "OpenShift superheroes are made up of: [...]" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/nominations-now-open-openshift-superhero-awards | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:28:24

• How golden paths improve developer productivity ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/01/29/how-golden-paths-improve-developer-productivity    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:29:36

• "Zelensky slams Putin’s claim" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/29/doing-everything-he-can-to-drag-out-the-war | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:46:34

• UK raises cloud competition concerns, names Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Amazon as dominant players ☞ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/uk-raises-cloud-competition-concerns-singles-out-microsoft-and-amazon.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:47:15

• mintCast 453.5 – Getting Docked! ☞ https://mintcast.org/453-5-getting-docked/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:47:57

• IBM: Many Thousands of Layoffs in 2025 (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/30/IBM_Many_Thousands_of_Layoffs_in_2025.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:48:42

• "SuccessFactors" (SAP) Stunts at the EPO Used to Break Laws and Constitutions, Staff Tricked Into Harming Themselves ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/28/SuccessFactors_SAP_Stunts_at_the_EPO_Used_to_Break_Laws_and_Con.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:49:03

• Welcoming the libsurvive project ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/welcoming-the-libsurvive-project.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:49:30

• The EPO's Corruption, If It Remains Untackled, Helps the Far Right and Enemies of European Unity/Solidarity ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/The_EPO_s_Corruption_If_It_Remains_Untackled_Helps_the_Far_Righ.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:50:05

• "Latest Technology News" in BetaNews Still LLM Slop and SPAM Composed by LLMs (It's Basically a Spamfarm Disguised as a News Site) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Latest_Technology_News_in_BetaNews_Still_LLM_Slop_and_SPAM_Comp.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:50:20

• Network Improvements Tomorrow ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Network_Improvements_Tomorrow.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:50:29

• Claim: Facebook (Farcebook) Deletes Posts of I.C.B.M. Red Bait Critics ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Claim_Facebook_Deletes_Posts_of_IBM_Red_Hat_Critics.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:51:07

• This is Why They're So Afraid of Richard Stallman (He Tells People the Correct History) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/This_is_Why_They_re_So_Afraid_of_Richard_Stallman_He_Tells_Peop.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:51:18

• Airplane disaster very common lately, several per week. Is this a sign that humans cannot do aviation anymore?    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:54:36

• Nazi Ex-Twitter (aka "X") Became a Troll Site That Lets People Buy a Blue Tick While Its Boss Actively Promotes Neonazi Politicians ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Nazi_Twitter_aka_X_Became_a_Troll_Site_That_Lets_People_Buy_a_B.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:55:57

• Announcements and Administrivia ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Announcements_and_Administrivia.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:57:33

• Mastodon Was Always Biased (Just Like Ex-Twitter After Abandoning Chronological and Neutral Timelines in Order to Become More Like Facebook) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Mastodon_Was_Always_Biased_Just_Like_Twitter_After_Abandoning_C.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:57:46

• Sharing is Caring (But Advocating Copyleft Makes You a "Target") (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Sharing_is_Caring_But_Advocating_Copyleft_Makes_You_a_Target.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:57:58

• Richard Stallman Speech in Bengaluru, "Silicon Valley of India" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Richard_Stallman_Speech_in_Bengaluru_Silicon_Valley_of_India.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:58:05

• The Munich-Based EPO is Still Using a Platform That Promotes the Far Right and Rehabilitates Nazism (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/The_Munich_Based_EPO_is_Still_Using_a_Platform_That_Promotes_th.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:58:13

• Alice Mikhaylenko: New Website ☞ https://nyaa.place/blog/new-website    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:58:58

• Speech at the European Parliament's Disability Intergroup ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_375    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:59:43

• “The idea that we have to choose between economic prosperity and safeguarding our children’s future is absolute nonsense” ☞ https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/01/29/the-idea-that-we-have-to-choose-between-economic-prosperity-and-safeguarding-our-childrens-future-is-absolute-nonsense/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:00:19

• Software Patent: Vague Patent Weaponized Against America’s Pastime ☞ https://patentprogress.org/2025/01/vague-patent-weaponized-against-americas-pastime/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:00:57

• Discussions of Inequitable Conduct in CAFC Decisions ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/discussions-inequitable-decisions.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:01:19

• Biologics Patent Enforcement: Regeneron Patents Block Biosimilar Entry for EYLEA ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/biologics-enforcement-biosimilar.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:01:40

• "the UPC apparently thinks an attempt to second guess" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-upcs-first-decision-on-infringement.html?showComment=1738143011037#c557446905036447041 No, UPC is totally ILLEGAL: http://techrights.org/wiki/UPC/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:02:43

• "Maybe the court just wanted to set out its stall for later cases" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/upc-finds-that-it-has-jurisdiction-to.html?showComment=1738156052577#c6635079593628786406 UPC is TOTALLY illegal, this is European corruption and a serious crime against Constitutions http://techrights.org/wiki/Unitary_Patent/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:03:43

• "And then there is the situation that the court decides that the patent monopoly can be maintained in amended form which is also infringed. What is the infringement situation in the UK - as granted it would also be infringed but such a patent monopoly is invalid and therefore no infringement?" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/upc-finds-that-it-has-jurisdiction-to.html?showComment=1738166693620#c136572171124927628    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:04:50

• EU corruption is therefore spreading to the UK even after Brexit. The crimes of the EPO infect Europe at the very core.    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:05:21

• "It seems to me that the LD was fortunate that the Defendant's counterclaim for revocation did not explicitly call out the UK equivalent. Otherwise a stay of proceedings would have been required, pending the CJEU's final ruling in C-339/22." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/upc-finds-that-it-has-jurisdiction-to.html?showComment=1738175313995#c2179279926873872719    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:05:51

• Sir, Yes, Sir. The Life of EPO Patent Examiners. ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Sir_Yes_Sir_The_Life_of_EPO_Patent_Examiners.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:06:13

• More Illegal Patents at the EPO, Legality of Granted European Patents No Longer Matters to the Office (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/More_Illegal_Patents_at_the_EPO_Legality_of_Granted_European_Pa.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:06:22

• How the EPO Pressures Staff Into Minting More Monopolies (Patents), Even Illegal Ones That Harm Europe and Ultimately Dismantle the Rule of Law (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/How_the_EPO_Pressures_Staff_Into_Minting_More_Monopolies_Patent.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:06:29

• UPC is a crime. Its very existence is a crime. Now the UPC shills try to make excuses for this illegal construct spreading outside its remit. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/long-arm-of-upc-extends-to-the-uk-fujifilm-kodak/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:07:37

• Exiled citizen journalist Li Ying is a ‘top priority’ for Beijing ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/29/china-mr-li-is-not-your-teacher-interview/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:09:47

• Meta Agrees to Pay Convicted Felon $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/technology/meta-trump-lawsuit-settlement.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:10:09

• DeepSeek’s Hey Hi (AI) Chatbot Awkwardly Navigates China’s Censors ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/world/asia/deepseek-china-censorship.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:10:16

• Mozilla Localization (L10N): 2025 Pontoon survey results ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2025/01/29/2025-pontoon-survey-results/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:10:43

• Scammers got at least €15.5 million from Latvians last year ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/30.01.2025-scammers-got-at-least-eur155-million-from-latvians-last-year.a585761/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:10:55

• SuperStationᵒⁿᵉ SoC FPGA-based retro gaming console supports MiSTer emulation platform, PlayStation controllers, CD Drive, and more ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/29/superstation-one-soc-fpga-based-retro-gaming-console-supports-mister-emulation-playstation-controllers-cd-drive/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:11:39

• HTS rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is named interim president of Syria ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250129-syria-authorities-name-sharaa-interim-president-state-media    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:12:53

• The Need For More Wilderness Preservation ☞ https://overpopulation-project.com/the-need-for-more-wilderness-preservation/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:13:08

• SAAF criticised for holding golf day amid DRC crisis ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/sandf-slammed-for-holding-golf-day-amid-drc-crisis/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:13:29

• Does a photo show Taiwan cargo officials apologizing to China for shipping US tanks? ☞ https://rfa.org/english/factcheck/2025/01/30/taiwan-evergreen-cargo-ship-tanks-china-fact-check/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:13:46

• In Photos: The Aftermath of the Maha Kumbh Mela Stampede ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/world/asia/india-maha-kumbh-mela-stampede.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:13:54

• FBI seizes major cybercrime forums in coordinated domain takedown ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/fbi-seized-cracked-nulled-sellix-cybercriminal-forum/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:14:49

• Azure Can’t Make Up For On Premise Profit Decline At Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/29/azure-cant-make-up-for-on-premise-profit-decline-at-microsoft/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:15:25

• The Deauther Watch V4S IR is a Wi-Fi hacker watch that can run up to 21 scripts via IR remote for wireless and HID attacks ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/30/the-deauther-watch-v4s-ir-is-a-wi-fi-hacker-watch-that-can-run-up-to-21-scripts-via-ir-remote-for-wireless-and-hid-attacks/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:16:00

• V-Link leverages GMSL2 to extend Raspberry Pi camera with up to 15-meter cable (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/29/v-link-gmsl2-extend-raspberry-pi-camera-with-up-to-15-meter-cable/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:17:48

• New SLAP and FLOP CPU Attacks Expose Data From Fashion Company Apple Computers, Phones ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-slap-and-flop-cpu-attacks-expose-data-from-apple-computers-phones/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:18:31

• DeepSeek Download Tops No 1 Spot in App Store ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/deepseek-overtakes-chatgpt    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:18:49

• U-M professors getting bribed by PONZI SCHEME companies to help prop up the scheme☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/u-m-professors-vary-in-approaches-to-generative-ai-in-the-classroom/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:20:00

• Apple silicon is vulnerable to side-channel speculative execution attacks "FLOP" and "SLAP" ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/apple-silicon-is-vulnerable-to-side-channel-speculative-execution-attacks-flop-and-slap    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:20:28

• SPAMNIL is promoting the Ponzi Scheme and mindless claims of Microsoft. No shame in this man. https://tfir.io/deepseek-under-microsofts-radar-for-alleged-openai-api-exploitation/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:21:12

• Tim Janik: Integrating jj-fzf into Emacs ☞ https://testbit.eu/2025/jj-fzf-in-emacs    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:22:35

• Public Knowledge, with Microsoft in its Board, insists that digital weapons should continue to target children, based on flawed logic☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-rejects-banning-kids-from-social-media/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:24:00

• Fox News reads transcript from Air Traffic Control on the aircraft collision near Reagan National Airport ☞ https://nypost.com/video/fox-news-reads-transcript-from-air-traffic-control-on-the-aircraft-collision-near-reagan-national-airport/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:24:29

• LLMs are NOT AI... stop spreading this lie https://danielmiessler.com/blog/ai-novels    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:25:03

• DeepSeek Shows Meta’s Hey Hi (AI) Strategy Is Working ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/technology/meta-deepseek-ai-open-source.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:25:34

• Dictator Threatens to Deport International Students and Scholars Who Protested the War in Gaza ☞ https://www.chronicle.com/article/trump-threatens-to-deport-international-students-and-scholars-who-protested-the-war-in-gaza    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:26:00

• Cambodian gov’t official denies role in Bangkok shooting of opposition critic ☞ https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/01/29/cambodia-lim-kimya-assassination-involvement-denial/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:26:24

• Wake up in style with this Raspberry Pi Pico Game Boy Pokémon-themed alarm clock ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/wake-up-in-style-with-this-raspberry-pi-pico-game-boy-pokemon-themed-alarm-clock    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:26:49

• AMD claims RX 7900 XTX outperforms RTX 4090 in DeepSeek benchmarks ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/amd-claims-rx-7900-xtx-outperforms-rtx-4090-in-deepseek-benchmarks    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:27:35

• AMD released instructions for running DeepSeek on Ryzen Hey Hi (AI) CPUs and Radeon GPUs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/amd-released-instructions-for-running-deepseek-on-ryzen-ai-cpus-and-radeon-gpus    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:27:47

• OpenSSF Community Day NA 2025: Call for Proposals Now Open! ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/01/29/openssf-community-day-na-2025-call-for-proposals-now-open/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:28:09

• Israel Urged to Reverse UNRWA Ban ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/middleeast/unrwa-israel-un.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:28:30

• The Citizen Scientists of Fukushima ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/world/asia/citizen-scientists-japan-fukushima.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:29:09

• Niko Matsakis: Preview crates ☞ https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2025/01/29/preview-crates/?utm_source=atom_feed    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:29:38

• 🔤SpellBinding — CYIKORH Wordo: REBEL gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-01-30.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:30:55

• "Remember how I told you about Brain Tumor Boy in my article about medical testing? See [1], if you need a refresher. Why I find that whole thing as funny as I do is that I suspect that if you look at my chart and a Physician's Desk Reference, you can easily conclude why my blood pressure is abnormally low." gemini://the-brannons.com/more-medical-bitching/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:31:40

• "Do people here know usenet, finger and other obscure protocols? I've been thinking about adding them into The Blue Pages lately and been looking into popular resources for aforementioned." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/neocities/24520    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:33:26

• "This is the third blog post about my f3s series for my self-hosting demands in my home lab. f3s? The "f" stands for FreeBSD, and the "3s" stands for k3s, the Kubernetes distribution we will use on FreeBSD-based physical machines." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-02-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-3.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:34:13

• [Old] Getting efingerd / finger working on Ubuntu with systemd gemini://gemini.smallweb.space/gemlog/20230120-efingerd.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:35:19

• "@solderpunk Updated VF-1 to 1.0.0 on 30 December. (Gopher commandline browser). I haven't check it out but figured I'd share." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/gopher/24532    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:36:09

• Peter Czanik: Running syslog-ng PE in RHEL UBI ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/running-syslog-ng-pe-in-rhel-ubi    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:38:22

• mnotify – simple Matrix CLI client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mnotify-simple-matrix-cli-client/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:38:52

• CmdCompass – collect, learn, recall terminal commands ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cmdcompass-collect-learn-recall-terminal-commands/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:39:28

• YASnippet – template system for Emacs ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/yasnippet-template-system-emacs/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:39:55

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows Clock ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-microsoft-windows-clock/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:40:13

• ehh – CLI tool to help remember commands ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ehh-cli-tool-help-remember-commands/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:40:33

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1006677/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:41:39

• iamb – Matrix client for Vim addicts ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/iamb-matrix-client-vim-addicts/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:42:48

• Facebook apparently banning people from posting GNU/Linux related content on its platform ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/facebook-apparently-banning-people-from-posting-linux-related-content-on-its-platform/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:43:01

• LLM Slop Machines Are Not a Win for "Open Source" and If They Get Cheaper, It's Even Worse (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/LLM_Slop_Machines_Are_Not_a_Win_for_Open_Source_and_If_They_Get.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:43:15

• Articles About Free Speech at Facebook (Farcebook) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Articles_About_Free_Speech_at_Facebook.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:43:32

• "Meta didn’t say what caused the crackdown in the first place. But the company has been revamping some of its content moderation and plans to replace its fact-checking methodology with a user-driven Community Notes, similar to X." https://uk.pcmag.com/social-media/156470/facebook-accidentally-blocks-users-from-posting-about-linux    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:44:24

• System76 Refreshes Meerkat Mini PC ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/System76-Refreshes-Meerkat-Mini-PC    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:44:49

• LWN in EPUB format ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1006562/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:45:56

• Incus 6.9 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1006769/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:46:35

• Top Container Monitoring Solutions: Tools to Keep Your Deployments Running Smoothly ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/container-monitoring-tools/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:47:53

• Understanding ReplicaSet in Kubernetes With Hands-on Example ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/replicaset-kubernetes/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:48:08

• LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.02: GNU/Linux Books, Watchtower, ReplicaSets and More ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-02/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:48:37

• Bootlin’s Qualiopi certification for training courses renewed ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/bootlin-qualiopi-certification-renewed/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:49:08

• If publicknowledge is spewing out pro-Microsoft (and anti-its-competition), this may be why https://publicknowledge.org/team_member/vickie-robinson/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:52:59

• FOSS Weekly #25.05: LibreOffice Tip, Launcher Customization, Moving Away from Surveillance Giant Google and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-05/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:55:42

• EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.5.7 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202501/easyos-daedalus-series-version-657-released.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:56:59

• The GNU Manifesto Turns 40 in a Few Weeks ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/28/The_GNU_Manifesto_Turns_40_in_a_Few_Weeks.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:57:31

• Ubuntu developer discussion moving to Matrix ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1006622/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:58:41

• The Kinesis mWave Keyboard ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-kinesis-mwave-keyboard/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:59:25

• genAI’s also killed irony ☞ https://rubenerd.com/genai-also-killed-irony/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 16:59:56

• Useful dreams ☞ https://rubenerd.com/useful-dreams/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:00:47

• EasyOS Scarthgap-series version 6.6 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202501/easyos-scarthgap-series-version-66-released.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:01:18

• Windows TCO: From PowerShell to a Python Obfuscation Race ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31634    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:04:40

• We Were Right About stallmansupport.org Making an Error by Joining Social Control Media. mastodon.social Suspends stallmansupport.org. ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/We_Were_Right_About_stallmansupport_org_Making_an_Error_by_Join.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:05:02

• Democrats need a MAHA makeover ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/democrats-need-a-maha-makeover/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:05:32

• Network traffic modelling approaches ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/01/29/network-traffic-modelling-approaches/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:06:05

• January 2025 News ☞ https://blog.centos.org/2025/01/january-2025-news/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:06:36

• Credential-leaking vulnerability in some Git credential managers ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1006691/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:07:05

• DeepSeek's Hey Hi (AI) breakthrough bypasses industry-standard CUDA for some functions, uses Nvidia's assembly-like PTX programming instead ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/deepseeks-ai-breakthrough-bypasses-industry-standard-cuda-uses-assembly-like-ptx-programming-instead    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:07:31

• Radxa Orion O6 Review – Part 1: Unboxing, Debian 12 installation, and first benchmarks ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/29/radxa-orion-o6-review-unboxing-debian-12-installation-and-first-benchmarks/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:14:46

• Tobor open-source, modular robotic arm features two ESP32 modules (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/29/tobor-open-source-modular-robotic-arm-platform-features-two-esp32-modules/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:16:45

• Fantazius’ Folly: Tiny Cryptic #1 ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/01/tiny-cryptic-1    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:18:50

• “Relaxations for the Impotent”: Ben Hecht’s Fantazius Mallare and the Contradictions of American Smut ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/relaxations-for-the-impotent    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:19:00

• Serverless is FICTION ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/contributed-content/from-zero-to-scale-the-power-of-serverless/ http://techrights.org/o/2019/07/13/buzzwords-confronted/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:21:57

• New Zyxel Zero-Day Under Attack, No Patch Available ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-zyxel-zero-day-under-attack-no-patch-available/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:23:50

• Aquabot Botnet Targeting Vulnerable Mitel Phones ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/aquabot-botnet-targeting-vulnerable-mitel-phones/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:24:19

• Smiths Group Scrambling to Restore Systems Following Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/smiths-group-scrambling-to-restore-systems-following-cyberattack/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:24:42

• Rockwell Patches Critical, High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Several Products ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/rockwell-patches-critical-high-severity-vulnerabilities-in-several-products/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:25:02

• SimpleHelp Remote Access Software Exploited in Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/simplehelp-remote-access-software-exploited-in-attacks/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:25:25

• Dictator reiterates Gaza expulsion plan – and stokes security fears ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250129-trump-reiterates-gaza-expulsion-plan-%E2%80%93-and-stokes-security-fears    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:26:25

• Lithuania’s intelligence chief wants tougher punishments for spying ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2472463/lithuania-s-intelligence-chief-wants-tougher-punishments-for-spying    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:26:46

• Dictator administration withdraws freeze on federal grants ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250129-%F0%9F%94%B4-trump-administration-rescinds-order-to-freeze-federal-funding    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:28:24

• Italy PM Giorgia Meloni investigated for release of Libya police chief following ICC warrant ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/italy-pm-giorgia-meloni-investigated-for-release-of-libya-police-chief-following-icc-warrant/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:28:42

• Canada judge slams youth strip-search policy as violation of charter rights ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/canada-judge-slams-youth-strip-search-policy-as-violation-of-charter-rights/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:29:42

• Philippines eyes stricter anti-spy laws as fears of foreign espionage grow ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-eyes-stricter-anti-spy-laws-as-fears-of-foreign-espionage-grow    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:29:55

• Judge AliKhan Didn’t Halt Convicted Felon’s Funding Freeze Alone, Democracy Forward Did Too ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/29/judge-alikhan-didnt-halt-trumps-funding-freeze-alone-democracy-forward-did-too/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:30:23

• Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and more ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-news/2025/01/pentagon-agency-pauses-celebrations-for-martin-luther-king-jr-day-black-history-month-and-more/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:31:01

• Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's startup chose China's DeepSeek instead of Proprietary Chaffbot Company ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ex-intel-ceo-pat-gelsingers-startup-chose-chinas-deepseek-instead-of-openai    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:38:25

• DeepSeek’s ‘Sputnik moment’ exposes holes in US chip curbs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/deepseeks-sputnik-moment-exposes-holes-in-us-chip-curbs    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:38:43

• Why Convicted Felon Picked a Science Advisor, Michael Kratsios, Who Isn’t a Scientist ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/science/trump-science-advisor-michael-kratsios.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:40:05

• Is Surveillance Giant Google Simply Asking for More Efficient Infringement? ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/google-efficient-infringement.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:41:24

• "CLOWN"? Servers are NOT clouds, they are servers https://www.phoronix.com/news/2025-XOrg-FreeDesktop-Cloud see http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Clown_Computing.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:42:09

• More calls for SANDF funding rethink and withdrawal from the DRC ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/more-calls-for-sandf-funding-rethink-and-withdrawal-from-the-drc/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:43:13

• "Bad news for democracy", analyst says as Germany's far-right 'firewall' crumbles ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250129-bad-news-for-democracy-analyst-says-as-germany-s-far-right-firewall-crumbles    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:44:00

• The Bond Market Is Flashing a Warning about Convicted Felon Tariff and Spending Plans ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/opinion/trump-inflation-bonds-debt-yield.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:44:11

• Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Birthright Citizenship? ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/quiz-how-much-do-you-know-about-birthright-citizenship    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:44:44

• Leading Cause of Death in US Claims A Life Every 34 Seconds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/leading-cause-of-death-in-us-claims-a-life-every-34-seconds    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:45:07

• Surprising Link Between Menthol And Alzheimer's Discovered in Mice ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprising-link-between-menthol-and-alzheimers-discovered-in-mice    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:45:27

• [Algorithm] Can Predict Breast Cancer Risk Years Before Diagnosis, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-can-predict-breast-cancer-risk-years-before-diagnosis-study-finds    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:45:47

• Babies Learn Language Even Earlier Than We Realized, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/babies-learn-language-even-earlier-than-we-realized-study-reveals    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:45:55

• Microbes in Your Mouth May Impact Your Risk of Cognitive Decline ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/microbes-in-your-mouth-may-impact-your-risk-of-cognitive-decline    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:46:05

• The Ocean Surface Is Warming Over 400% Faster Than in The 1980s ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-ocean-surface-is-warming-over-400-faster-than-in-the-1980s    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:46:20

• Breakthrough Discovery: Asteroid Fragments Reveal Ingredients For Life ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-discovery-asteroid-fragments-reveal-ingredients-for-life    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:46:28

• 'Unusual Find': 66-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Vomit Discovered ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/unusual-find-66-million-year-old-fossilized-vomit-discovered    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:46:35

• Watch Live as NASA Astronauts Collect Microbe Samples During Spacewalk ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-live-as-nasa-astronauts-collect-microbe-samples-during-spacewalk    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:46:42

• Tuberculosis Outbreak in Kansas Is Among Largest on Record in US ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tuberculosis-outbreak-in-kansas-is-among-largest-on-record-in-us    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:46:59

• Nazi Tesla sees sales diving    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:47:58

• FBI seizes domains of Cracked.io and Nulled.to in latest cybercrime crackdown ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/29/fbi-seizes-domains-cracked-io-nulled-latest-cybercrime-crackdown/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:48:36

• Don Marti: time to sharpen your pencils, people ☞ https://blog.zgp.org/sharpen-your-pencils-people/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:49:16

• Jewish Chronicle announces new editor, new look and revamped membership ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/jewish-chronicle-editor/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:49:38

• 'Linux' Foundation pays its critic, FOSS Force, to post 'Linux' Foundation SPAM https://fossforce.com/2025/01/deal-of-the-week-35-off-linux-foundation-learning-and-certification-courses/ buying one's critics... a very Microsoft-like move    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:51:27

• "This week, Jonathan Bennett, Doc Searls, and Jeff Massie talk about Deepseek, technical solutions to Terms of Service abuse, and more!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/29/floss-weekly-episode-818-i-dont-care-about-the-roman-empire/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:52:35

• [Microsoft-invaded front group] Opposes Censorious Site-blocking ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-opposes-censorious-site-blocking/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:53:16

• TTAB Chief Judge Gerard F. Rogers Retires; Thomas V. Shaw Appointed Acting Chief Judge ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/01/ttab-chief-judge-gerard-f-rogers.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:54:31

• Examination & Appeal Changes in Brazil: What Can We Learn from Recent Cases ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/01/29/examination-appeal-changes-in-brazil-what-can-we-learn-from-recent-cases/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:55:00

• DeepSeek is Copying Existing Al Data, Censoring Results, and Collecting Your Data for China ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/deepseek-is-copying-existing-al-data    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:55:32

• The Birth of a New Tech Myth: "Facebook Says GNU/Linux is Malware!" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-birth-of-a-new-tech-myth-facebook    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:55:42

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

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:56:44

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

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:56:55

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

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:57:08

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

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:57:47

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

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:58:11

• How To Install Krita on GNU/Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-krita-linux-mint-22/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:58:35

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

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:58:55

• mv Command in Linux: Move Files and Directories ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/linux-mv-command-move-files-and-directories/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 17:59:27

• Return to Damascus: How to build the new Syria? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20250129-return-to-damascus-how-to-build-the-new-syria    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:01:01

• Sergio Talens-Oliag: Testing DeepSeek with Ollama and Open WebUI ☞ https://blogops.mixinet.net/posts/testing_deepseek_with_ollama_and_open_webui/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:02:34

• Pluralistic: All bets are off (29 Jan 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/29/which-side-are-you-on-2/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:02:54

• Japan sees record number of suicides among students in 2024 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-sees-record-number-of-suicides-among-students-in-2024    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:03:27

• HKFP Lens: Scenes from Macau shot by Portuguese photojournalist Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/29/hkfp-lens-scenes-from-macau-shot-by-portuguese-photojournalist-goncalo-lobo-pinheiro/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:04:32

• TikTok to invest $5 billion in Thailand data hosting project, investment board says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/tiktok-to-invest-5b-in-thailand-data-hosting-project-investment-board-says    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:05:00

• American-born girl shot dead by father in Pakistan over Fentanylware (TikTok) videos ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/american-born-girl-shot-dead-by-father-in-pakistan-over-tiktok-videos    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:05:16

• TSMC founder says Tim Cook told him in 2011 that defective chip maker Intel did not know how to be a foundry ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmc-founder-says-tim-cook-told-him-intel-did-not-know-how-to-be-a-foundry    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:06:12

• SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM https://www.linuxtechmore.com/2025/01/internxt-privacy-focused-cloud-storage-promises-exciting-2025-features-and-offers-massive-85-off-all-lifetime-plans.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:06:55

• Google: Your Only Option is Surveillance Giant Google YouTube (Coming Soon: Mandatory DRM and Attestation?) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Google_Your_Only_Option_is_Google_YouTube_Coming_Soon_Mandatory.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:07:16

• Anomaly Detection of the S&P 500 ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/anomaly-detection-of-the-sp-500/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:07:48

• registration open for BayesComp 2025 ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/registration-open-for-bayescomp-2025/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:08:10

• Bangladesh train services resume after strike called off ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/bangladesh-train-services-resume-after-strike-called-off    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:08:28

• Our Moon Was Geologically Active Just a 'Hot Minute' Ago, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/our-moon-was-geologically-active-just-a-hot-minute-ago-study-finds    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:08:42

• We Were Right About stallmansupport.org Making an Error by Joining Social Control Media. mastodon.social Suspends stallmansupport.org. ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/We_Were_Right_About_stallmansupport_org_Making_an_Error_by_Join.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:35:18

• "HEY HI" is not a TECH RACE now... it's a RACE... in how to TRY to make SLOP seem MORALLY acceptable and CONVINCE businesses to replace PROPER processes with SLOP    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:45:04

• NetEase Cloud Music Inks ‘Preliminary Agreement’ to Continue Streaming SM Entertainment’s Catalog, Confirms Ongoing ‘Extended Negotiations’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/29/sm-entertainment-netease-cloud-music-deal-january-2025/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:47:39

• South Korea airplane fire leaves seven injured ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/29/south-korea-airplane-fire-leaves-seven-injured/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:47:56

• North Korea’s Kim inspects nuclear facilities, warns of ‘vicious’ hostility ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/01/29/north-kim-nuclear-facility-hostile-countries/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:48:59

• Japanese city where HK tourist died places guards around popular tourist destination ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-city-where-hk-tourist-died-places-guards-around-popular-tourist-destination    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:49:09

• South Korea begins probe into cause of Busan Air fire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-begins-probe-into-cause-of-busan-air-fire    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:49:25

• How Dozens Fled an Inferno on a South Korean Plane ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/world/asia/south-korea-busan-airplane-fire.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 18:49:34

• "IBM died the moment it lost to Microsoft on OS/2, and it went downhill from Palmisano onwards." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjt4fzet    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:18:51

• "IBM is pursuing a low-risk but predictable strategy that meets the demands of its shareholders. So...don't look to IBM to develop that new AI or that quantum computer. Maybe there's something in a lab somewhere, but IBM sold off Watson Health after its failures. Instead, look for more SW company acquisitions like Red Hat..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjt4fzet    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:19:38

• "IBM won't develop new stuff on its own, so it will try to buy any company that seems to have a chance." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjt4fzet    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:19:42

• "IBM won't develop new stuff on its own, so it will try to buy any company that seems to have a chance." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjt4fzet" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjt4fzet    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:20:22

• "Layoffs similar to 2024? That is bad news. There were massive cuts last year..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjt4fzet    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:20:28

• "I’m just glad that I didn’t sell my IBM stock after getting laid off two years ago…" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjt4fzet    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:20:53

• "What SW products roll up to "Automation"? I know Hybrid Cloud is just Red Hat and Transaction Processing is the old Z stuff like IMS/CICS. Is Automation just a catch-all for everything else?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjt4fzet    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:21:24

• "what is the ratio here stock increase/number of workers let go" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjvyqnec    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:22:28

• "No surprise... this is the playbook of any companies which are unable to grow revenue. You have to give IBM some credits though... they are surely a master at making this work to show results to shareholders. Buy some IBM stock and enjoy... JK stated on an internal call that his goal is for the IBM stock price to go to $300. Still time to buy your shares folks!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjvyqnec    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:22:48

• More layoffs coming https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/ibm_q4_2024/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:23:58

• "Next RA is likely March. Big ones were in March/April and September/October timeframe last year. And the bloodbath in 2020 was May. Likely a delay from March due to covid. So predictable. So lame. So lazy. Cut senior leader bonuses instead of the hard working people..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjcjv4yb    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:24:46

• "The RA count has already been decided, then by the time the numbers go down the chain to the lower levels and final decisions on the names are made it will be early March for notification." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjcjv4yb    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:25:12

• IBM. "There was a round of executives cut about 3 years ago as well, but it was a bit quiet unless they were in your reporting chain." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjf4kar7    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:25:45

• "Anyone with a shred of intelligence or with coding skill should stay away from the piece of tu-d company! Dont even give business to them, just stay away! They have groupthink mentality and can't even innovate anyway! Just focus on your mainframe business, IBMers! Dont even think about entering other industries! " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjwfnagq    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:26:29

• Microsoft's performance-based job cuts have started, according to termination letters sent to staff https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-performance-based-job-cuts-have-started-termination-letters-2025-1    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:27:45

• Appraisals for software engineers: Microsoft and Amazon are using performance reviews to decide who gets sacked https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/appraisals-for-software-engineers-microsoft-and-amazon-are-using-performance-reviews-to-decide-who-gets-sacked/articleshow/117755706.cms?from=mdr    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:29:07

• Microsoft and Amazon are using performance reviews to decide who gets laid off—experts warn these surefire mistakes will get you cut https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-amazon-using-performance-reviews-090000833.html    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:29:46

• Amazon trims communications team, dozens affected in cost-saving move https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/amazon-trims-communications-team-dozens-affected-in-cost-saving-move-9807784/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 22:30:55

• Circular funding at Microsoft = crime, white-collar crime. But when the president is a criminal, who cares, right? http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/30/Faking_Revenue_Increase_by_Buying_Your_Own_Products_and_Service.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/30/Microsoft_Mass_Layoffs_Without_Severance_Pay_Reported_Hours_Aft.shtml    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 23:13:20

• Bioware’s spin machine manages to make layoffs sound positive and for the benefit of all when actually… https://readwrite.com/biowares-spin-machine-manages-to-make-layoffs-sound-positive-and-for-the-benefit-of-all-when-actually/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 23:16:48

• "On my way to work I was nearly hit by a car. I was cycling, wearing high viz. The driver slowed at the junction to see if anything was coming from the left. But I was on the right. My brakes were just good enough. The driver still didn't seem to notice as they went past me, despite me yelling some rude words very loudly." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-01-30_Almost_gone.gmi    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 23:43:27

• "pesky gender thingies." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-01-30-gender-language    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 23:44:05

• But what is their real issue isn't "gendered language" but genders themselves?    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 23:45:14

• "I'm here for many of the same reasons I've seen others echo. I feel more disconnected than ever. The mainstream internet has largely become a toxic sludge that I would much rather avoid - but I miss the genuine and sincere connections that it once was a gateway to." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/skaffi/24467    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 23:45:25

• Dragon Age The Veilguard Devs Laid Off As Part Of BioWare's Mass Effect Focus https://www.dualshockers.com/dragon-age-the-veilguard-devs-laid-off-as-part-of-biowares-mass-effect-focus/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 23:55:35

• "Other game development studios like Phoenix Labs and Microsoft are also facing layoffs in 2025." https://www.dualshockers.com/dragon-age-the-veilguard-devs-laid-off-as-part-of-biowares-mass-effect-focus/    

posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 23:56:39

• layoffs? debt? don't worry, microsoft is "Worth" 700000000000000 billion sushicoin. keep investing! Godbless Trumerica. http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Microsoft_s_Debt_Surged_by_More_Than_6_000_000_000_Dollars_in_J.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 02:17:34