Roy Schestowitz

• Social Control Media contributes to this https://www.vox.com/culture/396686/facebook-instagram-tiktok-conservative-trump    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 01:53:58

• Avoid them; diversification is the wrong approach https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/social-media-chaos-canadian-business-owners-1.7440065    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 01:54:49

• TikTok boosting fascism in the US from Day One https://jacobin.com/2025/01/trump-tiktok-ban-democrats-youth/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 01:55:27

• Cheeto Mussolini https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-01-25/trumps-q-a-on-air-force-one-goes-from-the-planes-color-scheme-to-the-fate-of-tiktok-and-canada    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 01:56:24

• TikTok nonsense as "news" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-27/tiktok-star-taking-spanish-food-scene-by-storm    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 01:56:45

• South Sudan Lifts Suspension of Facebook and TikTok https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-01-28/south-sudan-lifts-suspension-of-facebook-and-tiktok    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 01:57:09

• truthdig should quit promoting titok's propaganda then; it's not "free speech" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/romanian-election-undone-by-tiktok/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 01:58:21

• US-Born Girl Shot Dead by Father in Pakistan Over TikTok Videos, Say Police https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-29/us-born-girl-shot-dead-by-father-in-pakistan-over-tiktok-videos-say-police    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 01:58:43

• Microsoft-TikTok Edition... "rump sez" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/28/donald-trump-microsoft-tiktok-purchase-claims    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 01:59:17

• My Spitball Theory on TikTok’s Current Semi-Reprieve in the U.S. https://daringfireball.net/2025/01/my_spitball_theory_on_tiktoks_current_semi-reprieve_in_the_us    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 01:59:58

• China electing people worldwide via TikTok https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2025-01-31/worlds-most-popular-tiktok-personality-khaby-lame-joins-unicef-as-goodwill-ambassador    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 02:00:20

• Pause in US Funding Puts Ukraine Programs at Risk https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/01/29/pause-us-funding-puts-ukraine-programs-risk    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 02:02:39

• 3 journalists fear accreditation limbo after detention by Ukrainian military ttps://cpj.org/2025/01/3-journalists-fear-accreditation-limbo-after-detention-by-ukrainian-military/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 02:03:19

• Muons https://xkcd.com/3043/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 02:04:18

• Humidifier Review https://xkcd.com/3044/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 02:04:31

• AlphaMove https://xkcd.com/3045/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 02:05:07

• FSF-EEE: How South Tyrol is taking a step in the direction of software freedom https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-29.en.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 02:06:00

• Windows at 11% in India https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/india/#monthly-200901-202502    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 02:52:05

• Emmabuntüs DE6-alpha1 is released    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 03:25:31

• Solus 4.7 Released https://getsol.us/2025/01/26/solus-4-7-released/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 03:26:20

• Windows down to 16% in Pakistan https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/pakistan/#monthly-200901-202502    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 03:29:25

• Bing share is 0.6% in Belarus https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/belarus/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 03:30:47

• KaOS 2025.01 https://kaosx.us/news/2025/kaos01/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 04:27:19

• Distracts from the FACT that January layoffs at Microsoft were NOT only "performance-based" https://www.theverge.com/news/604850/microsofts-performance-based-layoffs https://www.hrkatha.com/news/layoff/immediate-dismissal-no-severance-for-underperforming-microsoft-staff/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 05:02:56

• statCounter is very bumpy    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 05:04:50

• Microsoft layoffs are ACCELERATING. Now they even looks for ways NOT to pay those whom they fire. http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Microsoft_s_Debt_Surged_by_More_Than_6_000_000_000_Dollars_in_J.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 05:27:15

• Microsoft's latest Windows 11 upgrade is breaking PCs and users are furious https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/2007965/Windows-11-KB5050009-break-PCs    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 05:29:52

• "The Birth of the American Empire" https://openpath.quest/2025/the-birth-of-the-american-empire/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 05:58:55

• "The dispensable nation — Crooked Timber" https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/01/the-dispensable-nation/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 05:59:05

• "'Canadian rye over Kentucky bourbon, stay in Canada for vacation': Trudeau's appeal after Trump imposes tariffs - The Times of India" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/canadian-rye-over-kentucky-bourbon-stay-in-canada-for-vacation-trudeaus-appeal-after-trump-imposes-tariffs/articleshow/117851093.cms    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 05:59:18

• "RFK Jr.’s Organic Crusade Has Sparked a Weird Political Realignment" https://www.wired.com/story/rfk-jrs-organic-crusade-has-sparked-a-weird-political-realignment/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 05:59:30

• "Further | Slander and Racists and Unholy Rescindments Oh My | Opinion" https://www.commondreams.org/further/slander-and-racists-and-rescindments-oh-my    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 05:59:48

• Nope, chatbots are NOT "research". This Bill Gates-bribed site is intentionally spreading lies for Scam Altman, whose younger sister sued him for sexual abuse https://www.theverge.com/news/604902/chagpt-deep-research-ai-agent    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:00:34

• "The Democrats Show Why They Lost" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/dnc-meeting/681548/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:00:59

• "Rubio pushes Panama to reduce Chinese influence over canal" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2025/0202/marco-rubio-panama-canal    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:01:14

• iophk: Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) refuses to call out NSA for having broken the law https://www.axios.com/2025/02/02/gabbard-snowden-traitor-schmitt ("Eric Schmitt won't say whether Snowden is a traitor") http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/Edward_Snowden_Has_Had_a_State_But_Not_a_Voice_for_10_Years_in_.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:01:50

• advertising ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/02/meduza-s-statement-on-the-advertising-campaign-and-the-ukrainian-community-s-reaction | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:02:53

• Poltava ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/02/see-the-aftermath-of-russia-s-deadly-missile-strike-on-ukraine-s-poltava | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:03:05

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2273294.html | Source: RTL    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:09:45

• "According to an analysis by RFE/RL’s Radio Farda" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-women-honor-killing-gender-violence/33300465.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:10:28

• "Eric Reinhart submitted a column critical of RFK Jr. to the troubled newspaper. What they printed under his byline bore little resemblance to what he submitted." ☛ https://newrepublic.com/article/191030/rfk-jr-op-ed-los-angeles-times | Source: New Republic    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:52:55

• "My original intention for this post ended above." ☛ https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/soon-shiong_la_times_propaganda_rag | Source: John Gruber    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:53:03

• "As news journalists, we follow a general convention of keeping our presence out of the stories we cover, focusing on those affected by a news event or important issue." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/From-the-Editors/2025/0202/LA-fires-Ali-Martin-Francine-Kiefer | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:57:19

• "The downfall of Quartz is really something to behold. It was launched in 2012 as a digital-only offshoot of the Atlantic specifically intended for business and economic news." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/blog/quartz-ai-slop/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:57:52

• "A settlement would be an extraordinary concession by a major U.S. media company to a sitting president" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/business/media/paramount-trump-cbs-news-settlement.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 06:58:45

• "The reports that Paramount executives are even weighing a settlement has highlighted a deepening divide between CBS News staff and its parent company." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/02/02/2025/cbs-staffers-dread-trump-settlement | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:00:30

• Look what happens in Italy https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/italy/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:01:06

• "So here is my suggestion. Any content which is more than a year old should have a high threshold of proof when it comes to its removal by a moderation team. And anything more than five years old should have an absurdly high threshold of proof." ☛ https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/02/what-a-mistake-a-to-make-a/ | Source: John J Hoare    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:01:53

• "Last week, I finished reading an advance copy of Cory Doctorow’s Picks and Shovels" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/02/there-is-an-exit/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:02:15

• "All the same, taking these sorts of meetings falls in line with Bankman and Fried's staunch support for their con-spawn" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/sbf-parents-trump-clemency | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:02:28

• "But it is an INTOLERABLE thought that our government, police, defense, hospitals, and healthcare will soon be completely unable to communicate with each other without American approval!" ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/communicating-without-musk-and-trump-cloud-kootwijk/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:10:26

• "The letter, which has circulated widely on social media, has sparked debate over whether the technology giant is simply exercising its right to manage its workforce or engaging in insensitive cost-cutting measures at the expense of employee welfare." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsofts-termination-letter-underperforming-employees-guise-corporate-cost-cutting-1730657 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:11:13

• "DOGE is not an official government department, but rather a special team within the Trump administration. It was put together by Musk under Trump’s authority, and its mission is to fan out across federal agencies in order to seek ways to cut government spending" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/02/elon-musk-cost-cutting-team-gain-access-sensitive-us-treasury-database/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:11:42

• "Few things symbolize our national dysfunction more than the inability to stop minting this worthless currency" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/02/02/penny-musk-doge | Source: Axios    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:13:18

• "India is now home to approximately 75 percent of the world’s tiger population" ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/tiger-population-india-conservation.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:14:19

• "It’s something of a relief that the Eskom electricity price increases approved by energy regulator Nersa" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/south-african-electricity-prices-doubled/258600/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:14:44

• "In a twist, the spectre of those Saharan nukes literally visited itself upon Europe in March 2022, when a desert storm blew dust clouds from the Algerian test site across the continent" ☛ https://www.404media.co/who-made-this-radioactive-saharan-dust-cloud/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:15:06

• "Among those extreme weather events to which Mann referred are those aforementioned lethal heatwaves" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/02/heatwaves_future/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:15:18

• "Earlier in the month, the FMI said that Finland's climate has been warming faster than the global average, up by 3.4 degrees since the pre-industrial era." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20140967 | Source: YLE    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:15:27

• Overpopulation ☛ https://www.telesurenglish.net/severe-food-and-water-shortages-threaten-displaced-people-in-eastern-congo/ | Source: teleSUR    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:15:45

• "USAID did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/usaid-website-goes-dark-staff-emails-deactivated-amid-doge-takeover-source-says/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:18:27

• "Donald Trump ran 6 businesses that declared bankruptcy" ☛ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/were-watching-trumps-7th-bankruptcy-unfold-171903858.html | Source: Yahoo News    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:18:34

• "opens new tab CEO and X owner tasked by Trump to slash the size" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:18:56

• [Old] "Imagine if you could choose your citizenship the same way you choose your gym membership." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyl171lyewo | Source: BBC    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:19:18

• "The staggering figure was revealed after Musk submitted new filings to the Federal Election Commission" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-2024-election-b2690735.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:19:47

• [Old] "most ambitious projects yet" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/network-school-balaji-srinivasan/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:20:12

• "Illegal VPN services are unsurprisingly illegal to sell." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/russia-vpn-crackdown-revelation-vpn-sites-hide-their-ip-addresses-250202/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:47:24

• "The old adage "the camera never lies" was dispelled even in the film days" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/in-this-new-world-of-ai-photography-will-live-and-die-by-how-transparent-we-photographers-choose-to-be-about-the-images-we-create | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:47:41

• Openwashing ☛ https://parker.micro.blog/2025/01/29/where-are-the-bluesky-clients.html |    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:53:05

• "The issue comes from the chain of logic that led police to identify Tolbert." ☛ https://futurism.com/police-facial-recognition-backfires-convict-murderer | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:54:07

• "According to Klarna, the company has saved the equivalent of $10 million annually using A.I. for its marketing needs, partly by reducing its reliance on human artists to generate images for advertising." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/business/why-is-this-ceo-bragging-about-replacing-humans-with-ai.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:54:42

• "The word "photograph" mashes the two Greek words for light and writing together, an origin that both poetically and literally means writing with light." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/can-we-please-stop-calling-ai-generated-images-photographs | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:54:59

• "The first compliance deadline for the AI Act came into force Sunday, giving regulators the power to erase entire products if they decide it’s necessary to do so." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/02/eu-now-enforcing-ai-act-banning-high-risk-ai-systems/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:55:09

• "The Contec CMS8000, also sold as the Epsimed MN-120, contains a trio of vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-12248, CVSS 9.3; CVE-2025-0626, CVSS 7.5; and CVE-2025-0683, CVSS 5.9)" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/backdoored_contec_patient_monitors_leak_data/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:56:00

• "During the autumn prior to his death, the lawsuit explains" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/unitedhealth-optum-inhaler-lawsuit | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:56:18

• Sending Electronic Mail (Email) ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2025/02/sending-electronic-mail.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:57:15

• "I think you can figure out a lot about a person if you know what books have had the most impact on them." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/15-influential-books/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 07:57:55

• "When working with statistical data, ensuring that certain assumptions are met is critical to the validity of your results." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/levene-test-in-r-for-homogeneity-of-variances-step-by-step-guide/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:03:53

• "The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered the largest known prime number, 2^136279841 — 1, having 41,024,320 decimal digits. Luke Durant, from San Jose, California, found the prime on October 12th." ☛ https://nflatrea.bearblog.dev/2136279841-is-prime/ | Source: Noë Flatreaud    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:04:11

• "Clinical trials may have to be scrapped, research applications will be pushed back, and unpaid researchers will quickly leave the sector—even if the Trump administration’s funding pause is only temporary." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/life-saving-research-risks-being-destroyed-by-the-federal-funding-freeze/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:04:26

• "Thus, the discovery of several sandstone fragments inscribed with runes at the grave field of Svingerud, Norway, is exciting" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-piecing-puzzle-world-earliest-datable.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:04:50

• "When I first started doing GTD, one thing I tried to get good at right away was noping out." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/tried | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:05:47

• "My bank uses a lot of security theatre in the way they engage with people online. Needless hoops, or obvious holes in their systems." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/02/to-be-in-charge/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:06:33

• ""Deux Filles Nues" (Two Naked Girls), a graphic novel about a Nazi-looted painting won Best Comic Book at France’s Angoulême Festival on Saturday." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250201-ex-charlie-hebdo-artist-wins-top-prize-at-comics-festival | Source: France24    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:06:46

• "I was digging through some old posts this past week, though, and came to a realization. I ran into some links of this sort of format: http://bjhess.com/b2blog/index.php." ☛ https://bjhess.com/posts/b2evolution | Source: Barry Hess    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:07:02

• "I’m currently spending around $1-$2 per post just because I am only posting once or twice per week. It is difficult to justify that cost to myself, but I do like owning a domain and a blog." ☛ https://superdavey.com/posts/more-blogging-due-to-cost |    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:15:08

• "It's 2024 now. It's been nearly three years since Sam died. I think about him often. About the relationship we had. About the person I looked up to for so much of my life. The person I didn't even know at the end." ☛ https://gkeenan.co/avgb/ive-missed-sam-for-a-very-long-time-or-pick-your-battles/ | Source: Keenan    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:15:32

• "I’m drawn to blogging because it makes me happy on several levels. I love sharing what I’ve learned. I love entertaining people and spreading joy." ☛ https://www.timbornholdt.com/blog/blog-question-challenge | Source: Tim Bornholdt    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:15:46

• "One more miserable month to go." ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/02/january-2025/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:16:48

• "In the letter, Hermann also asked that someone look for his cello and protect it from the Nazis." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2474655/cello-that-survived-the-holocaust | Source: LRT    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:16:58

• "Other key findings from the 2025 State of Java Survey & Report include: [...]" ☛ https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-research/azul-2025-state-of-java-survey-report-88-of-enterprises-consider-leaving-oracle-java-for-alternatives-as-costs-and-concerns-continue-to-soar.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:19:12

• "The main goals of software testing involve finding issues guaranteeing the quality of the software" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/introduction-to-software-testing/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:21:07

• "In some sense I am OK with choroplethr being archived" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/choroplethr-is-scheduled-to-be-archived-from-cran/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:21:22

• "As usual, I maintain lld/ELF and have added some notes" ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/2025-02-02-lld-20-elf-changes | Source: MaskRay    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:21:54

• "I have a somewhat different view." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/BuildSystemsAndAPIChanges | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:22:04

• "I was not happy with the manual process that I had been using" ☛ https://bobmonsour.com/blog/final-final-word-on-rss-entry-ids/ | Source: Bob Monsour    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:22:13

• "That question takes me back to a time before security became such a mainstream news topic" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/02/security_design_choices/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:22:18

• Linux Icon Pack Papirus Gets First Update in 8 Months ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/papirus-icon-theme-update-feb-2025    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:25:00

• "Hiding data inside Lorem Ipsum" ☛ https://nflatrea.bearblog.dev/hiding-data-inside-lorem-ipsum/ | Source: Noë Flatreaud    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:25:45

• "Today, I discovered that two IPs had asked for 1000-entry ranges today, and the blog engine provided them." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/SpidersInventUnfortunateURLs | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:26:02

• How To Install Apache Guacamole on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-apache-guacamole-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:27:38

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

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:27:49

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

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:28:18

• How To Install Telnet on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-telnet-linux-mint-22/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:28:56

• How To Install VNC Server on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-vnc-server-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:30:27

• How To Install Timeshift on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-timeshift-linux-mint-22/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:30:35

• Arch GNU/Linux Discord Voting to Ban Links to X / Ex-Twitter (Because "Nazis") ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/arch-linux-discord-voting-to-ban    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:30:45

• Dictator & Elon Force Government Programmers to Disable DEI Language Chat Bot ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/trump-and-elon-force-government-programmers    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:31:18

• Attempt to install and run DeepSeek Hey Hi (AI) on Debian Sid (Trixie Alpha) VENV ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/02/attempt-install-and-run-deepseek-ai-on.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:39:59

• 3 Months Ago Lupa Saw 4,200+ Unique Gemini Capsules; Now It Sees Nearly 4,400 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/3_Months_Ago_Lupa_Saw_4_200_Unique_Gemini_Capsules_Now_It_Sees_.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:40:44

• "I spent yesterday working on my tilde.club site, adding more pages and copying over some stuff from here." gemini://tilde.club/~hammie/tiny-gemlog.gmi    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:56:28

• "I've been brooding this for a good while now. Actually, throughout my linux journey all I ever wanted was to build my ideal dream distro, if that is at all possible. I would like to build the best I can with the tools I have available, as parametrized by my own standards; what are those?" gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1738517154    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:57:15

• "Yes capitalism is not all terrible, it is the people in it that are, regardless of how they partake in it." gemini://cyi1341.smol.pub/random47    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:57:57

• "This might sound puzzling or even wrong. "The Raft of the Medusa," "Starry Night," "Melancholy and Mystery of a Street" ... these are all paintings, right?" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jdd/phlog/20250202-artisprocess.txt    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 08:59:07

• "Hello! This is a placeholder while I figure out the best way to automate some bits." gemini://tilde.club/~hammie/gemlog/2025-02-02.gmi    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:00:15

• "I really didn't expect to use PGP again... It has always been clunky and complicated, but unfortunately it's the battle tested solution we have..." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/i-have-a-pgp-key-again.gmi    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:01:12

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1544.jpg    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:02:04

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1194.jpg    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:02:10

• "Like many here I'm trying to wean myself off the modern web and engage more with the personal internet. It's not about going back to a perceived "better time" but instead a reaction to a number of different things: The corporatisation of social media, The modern social media algorithm" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2480    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:02:51

• Artisanal code to solve an issue only I have gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/02/02.1    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:03:31

• And now some metacommentary on the artisanal code I just wrote gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/02/02.2    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:04:19

• Against psychological reductionism gemini://altesq.net/log/against_psychological_reductionism.gmi    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:05:20

• "Sure, Gemini is part of the Internet, but, well, if you read the things in here you’ll get an idea of why my Gemini stuff isn’t in here." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/internet/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:06:04

• "I use Homebrew to get a lot of random small programs that I otherwise never would have bothered to get. However, the output of `brew list | wc -l` is currently up to the mid-200s, and a lot of these are mere dependencies of things I actually care about." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/programs/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:06:35

• "I have ideas about what my ideal operating system is. On this page are ideas that got removed or never made it into the ideal-OS page, but I think are still interesting and relevant." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/ideal-os/graveyard/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:07:06

• "Lots of capsules disappear in Geminispace. These are all ones that got yanked out of my bookmarks for not responding anymore. I’m not entirely sure why I’m keeping them around. Maybe there’s a teeny chance that more than one will come back." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/gemini/rip/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:07:43

• "I haven’t owned a smartphone for nearly ten years, and I haven’t missed them one bit. I consider them to be dangerous for multiple reasons, some practical and some spiritual. Their widespread adoption is one of the sadder developments I’ve been witness to." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2481    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:09:08

• Maybe not LLM slop, for a change from this author https://betanews.com/2025/02/02/cachyos-february-2025-linux-update-nvidia-blackwell-arch/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:14:35

• Russia, Seeking to Salvage Military Bases, Goes Hat in Hand to Syria ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/europe/russia-syria-bases.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:19:07

• Monday Briefing: Convicted Felon Ends Protections for Venezuelans ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/briefing/trump-venezuela-syria-saudis-ukraine-civilians.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:19:17

• Ukraine Says at Least 18 Civilians Are Killed in Strikes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-civilians-killed.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:19:30

• Russia Accused Of Killing Own Citizens In Bombing Of Boarding School In Kursk ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-missile-strike-poltava-residential-building-ukraine-february-2024/33299439.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:19:36

• Death Toll In Poltava Strike Rises To 14 As More Bodies Pulled From Rubble ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-missile-strike-poltava-death-toll-14-children/33300261.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:19:44

• Russian air strikes leave several dead, damage energy infrastructure in Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-russia-fires-dozens-of-drones-and-missiles-at-ukraine    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:19:51

• Regional parliament speakers to discuss Russian sabotage and helping Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/02.02.2025-regional-parliament-speakers-to-discuss-russian-sabotage-and-helping-ukraine.a586149/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:20:02

• "Is Fire Conductive Enough To Power A Lamp" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/is-fire-conductive-enough-to-power-a-lamp/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:20:29

• "In August 2022, T-Mobile and SpaceX announced a bold plan to expand cellular connectivity across the US with the help of low-orbit satellites." ☛ https://www.androidauthority.com/t-mobile-starlink-satellite-connectivity-3207661/ | Source: Android Authority    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:39:31

• "Gurman isn’t wrong, but using the phrase “secretly working with SpaceX and T-Mobile” makes it sound way more nefarious than it is." ☛ https://schwarztech.net/articles/no-apple-didnt-hand-over-your-iphone-to-elon-musk-in-ios-18-3 | Source: SchwarzTech    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:39:38

• "Once I’ve determined a retrocomputer’s operating state (less I mess something up later)" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/making-an-atari-ste-chip-manifest/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:49:12

• "Back in the 2012’s, hacking radio waves had become surprisingly accessible." ☛ https://nflatrea.bearblog.dev/hijacking-radio-stations-using-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Noë Flatreaud    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:49:29

• "The updated release now includes support for several popular arm64 UEFI devices." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/void-linux-february-iso-adds-apple-silicon-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:50:07

• North Korea criticises Rubio, says it will respond strongly to US provocations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-criticises-rubio-says-it-will-respond-strongly-to-us-provocations    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:51:18

• KL sinkhole tragedy: Jalan Masjid India shopping area returns to life in time for the festive season ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-jalan-masjid-india-shopping-area-returns-to-life-five-months-after-sinkhole-tragedy    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:51:29

• Dictator plans talks over sweeping tariffs with Canada and Mexico ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250202-trump-trade-canada-mexico    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:51:49

• Trade War Heats Up After Convicted Felon Orders Tariffs and Canada Retaliates ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/us-tariffs-canada-china-mexico.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:51:58

• How things stand in China-US trade tensions as Convicted Felon 2.0 spawns tariffs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-things-stand-in-china-us-trade-tensions-as-trump-2-0-spawns-tariffs    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:52:13

• China shrugs off new Convicted Felon tariffs but bruising trade war looms ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-shrugs-off-new-trump-tariffs-but-bruising-trade-war-looms    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:52:21

• China denounces Convicted Felon tariff: ‘Fentanyl is America’s problem’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-denounces-trump-tariff-fentanyl-is-americas-problem    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:52:36

• Beijing keeps door open for talks with Washington in measured response to tariff hike ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/beijing-keeps-door-open-for-talks-with-washington-in-measured-response-to-tariff-hike    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:52:52

• Rubio Visits Panama Canal, Delivers Convicted Felon Warning on Chinese Involvement ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-trump-panama-canal-china/33300909.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:53:01

• Dictator Warns Americans Of Tariff 'Pain,' Threatens Wider Trade War With EU, U.K. ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-tariff-canada-mexico-china-eu-britain/33300913.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:53:09

• China shrugs off new Convicted Felon tariffs but bruising trade war looms ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/02/china-shrugs-off-new-trump-tariffs-but-bruising-trade-war-looms/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:53:17

• Dictator orders 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-trump-orders-25-percent-tariffs-on-canada    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:53:37

• Dictator announces tariff hike on Chinese imports over opioid crisis ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-trump-levies-tariffs-on-china-over-opioid-crisis    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:53:51

• The Arctic's 'Last Ice Area' May Vanish Even Faster Than Predicted ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-arctics-last-ice-area-may-vanish-even-faster-than-predicted    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:54:26

• Peeing Appears to Be Contagious in Humanity's Closest Relatives ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/peeing-appears-to-be-contagious-in-humanitys-closest-relatives    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:54:50

• Your Tonsils Can Actually Come Back After You've Had Them Removed ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-tonsils-can-actually-come-back-after-youve-had-them-removed    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 09:55:03

• Earth's Underworld Is Full of Life, And It Goes Deeper Than We Ever Knew ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-underworld-is-full-of-life-and-it-goes-deeper-than-we-ever-knew    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:20:37

• Physicists Confirm The Existence of a Third Form of Magnetism ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-confirm-the-existence-of-a-third-form-of-magnetism    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:20:46

• A Type of Fiber Could Have Weight Loss Benefits Similar to Ozempic ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-type-of-fiber-could-have-weight-loss-benefits-similar-to-ozempic    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:21:02

• Colossal 'Anomalies' in Earth's Mantle Aren't What We Thought ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/colossal-anomalies-in-earths-mantle-arent-what-we-thought    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:21:25

• 80% of Americans With Dementia May Not Even Know They Have It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/80-of-americans-with-dementia-may-not-even-know-they-have-it    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:21:42

• DeepSeek might not be as disruptive as claimed, firm reportedly has 50,000 Nvidia GPUs and spent $1.6 billion on buildouts ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/deepseek-might-not-be-as-disruptive-as-claimed-firm-reportedly-has-50-000-nvidia-gpus-and-spent-usd1-6-billion-on-buildouts    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:24:38

• Drifting into danger: will we ever see the independent intelligence review? ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/drifting-into-danger-will-we-ever-see-the-independent-intelligence-review/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:25:16

• Minneapolis Settles With Woman Who Says Derek Chauvin Knelt on Her Back ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/minneapolis-settlement-derek-chauvin-lawsuit.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:26:42

• Israel ban on UNRWA enters into force despite global criticism ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/israel-ban-on-unrwa-enters-into-force-despite-global-criticism/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:26:54

• China sets to file lawsuit with WTO following Convicted Felon’s US tariffs measures ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/china-sets-to-file-lawsuit-with-wto-following-trumps-us-tariffs-measures/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:27:16

• French govt may face no-confidence vote as PM plans to bypass parliament ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-french-government-may-face-no-confidence-vote-as-pm-plans-to-bypass-parliament    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:27:27

• Berlin rally draws thousands to denounce push for harsh new immigration rules ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250202-berlin-rally-draws-thousands-to-denounce-push-for-harsh-new-immigration-rules    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:27:36

• Smartwatch as in spywatch? ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/custom-smartwatch-makes-diabetes-monitoring-easier-for-kids/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:28:08

• "Wearable Tech" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/wearable-tech-tips-directly-from-the-queen/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:28:29

• Giving A Proprietary Power Supply The Boot ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/giving-a-proprietary-power-supply-the-boot/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:28:44

• Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/usaid-official-leave-musk.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:29:40

• Dictator Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/trump-tariffs-global-economic-order.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:29:48

• US top diplomat warns Panama to reduce Chinese business interests in Canal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250202-us-top-diplomat-warns-panama-to-reduce-chinese-business-interests-in-canal    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:29:58

• DRC security situation remains dire, SADC says after Goma falls to rebels ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/drc-security-situation-remains-dire-sadc-says-after-goma-falls-to-rebels/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:30:06

• Silence from Canberra on threat to national security ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/silence-from-canberra-on-threat-to-national-security/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:30:21

• "mainframe" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/how-the-main-frame-became-the-mainframe-an-etymological-dissertation/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:30:57

• "This is entrance exam season for Tokyo Junior High Schools. Good luck to those who are going through it now." ☞ http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2025-Feb-2.html.en#2025-Feb-2-14:56:37    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:31:36

• Dave Hibberd: SOTA Trip Reports: Feb 02, 2025 - Bennachie ☞ https://www.foxk.it/blog/bennachie-sota-25/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:32:13

• "Microsoft has initiated another round of layoffs, citing poor performance as the grounds for termination." https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/site/interstitial?return_to=%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fmicrosoft-layoffs-were-the-job-cuts-handled-poorly-44201    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:37:04

• "It's simply more of Microsoft's stack ranking being used to manage out employees. Shame on this trillion-dollar company for firing US employees with no severance or healthcare while importing replacements on H1B visas." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjx7vpsq Microsoft is deep in debt, but it hides this with a smokescreen    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:38:24

• Microsoft's Termination Letter For Underperforming Employees: Guise For Corporate Cost-Cutting? https://www.inkl.com/news/microsoft-s-termination-letter-for-underperforming-employees-guise-for-corporate-cost-cutting    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:45:35

• Buckle up! Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg warns employees of ‘crazy year’ ahead https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/business/buckle-up-meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-warns-employees-of-crazy-year-ahead-44209    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:46:17

• Gunnar Wolf: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot is bullshit ☞ https://gwolf.org/2025/01/chatgpt-is-bullshit.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:49:37

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppUUID 1.1.2 on CRAN: Newly Adopted Package ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/02/02#rcppuuid_1.1.2    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 11:50:40

• Polverine – A compact, mikroBUS-compatible environmental sensing platform with PM 2.5 and gas sensors (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/03/polverine-compact-mikrobus-compatible-environment-sensing-platform-with-pm-25-and-gas-sensors/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:00:09

• Fake "Review" also known as "SPAM" i.e. what is ruining tomshardware https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/gaming-keyboards/glorious-gmmk-3-review-customized-mainstream-gaming    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:00:49

• SEARCHING for "reviews" or "best of" online (these days more so) is 99% guarantees to return PAID SPAM, NOT information    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:01:36

• Lessons for the End of the World ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/essay/lessons-for-the-end-of-the-world    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:12:25

• DeepSeek Hey Hi (AI) Is a Win for China, but a Danger to Party Control ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/asia/deepseek-china-ai-censorship.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:15:39

• The news in tech site used to be full of good stories; it gets worse every year and now it's offline, full of fillers, spam, LLM slop, even Grammys BS    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:21:43

• And NO, social control media did NOT replace the news. It gave a FALSE PROMISE (illusion) of having such potential, but that never happened.    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:22:36

• statCounter: In Canada, New Lows for backdoored Windows and Bing is Perishing ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_In_Canada_New_Lows_for_Windows_and_Bing_is_Perishin.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:23:07

• Copyleft is the Way to Go (Unless You're an Unpaid Volunteer of GAFAM) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Copyleft_is_the_Way_to_Go_Unless_You_re_an_Unpaid_Volunteer_of_.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:23:15

• ICYMI: Google is killing contracts of workers, a Trojan horse, now offers them "VOLUNTARY LAYOFFS". That's like asking some 50 year old grandma if she wants "VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA" because "you are f-ing old anyway!"    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:24:30

• Society also exercise economic euthanasia or economic eugenics. No need to explain how those work; the words say it all. You are poor? DIE FASTER.    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:25:10

• In health services in Europe the person served or one to secure a doctor's appointment is 1) one who shouts loudest, making a scene. 2) one who pretends best that his or her severity exceeds all else. 3) one who is well connected or threatens bad publicity to the private contractor    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:27:20

• So going back to Alphabet Agency Gulag (Google), it now treats its very own staff, some hard-working peasants of MBAs without any tech grasp, like a game of eugenics. Everyone disposable, please stay at work till 9pm and we'll still fire you... anyway. Sorry not sorry.    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:28:51

• Kapo-rberg on GAFAM "job security".... very very formal language: ‘crazy year https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/business/buckle-up-meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-warns-employees-of-crazy-year-ahead-44209    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:29:47

• IBM Says That Half of Its "Assets" is Basically Pure Fiction ("Goodwill") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/01/IBM_Says_That_Half_of_Its_Assets_is_Basically_Pure_Fiction_Good.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:31:04

• Hiring for Tech Roles Based on Perceived Loyalty is No Better Than Hiring to Meet Diversity Quotas ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/01/Hiring_for_Tech_Roles_Based_on_Perceived_Loyalty_is_No_Better_T.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:31:12

• Windows Going South in the "Global South" (Africa and More) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Windows_Going_South_in_the_Global_South_Africa_and_More.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:31:24

• Microsoft Uses the Mindset of Drug Dealers and Pays 'News' Sites to Sell 'Drugs' ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Microsoft_Uses_the_Mindset_of_Drug_Dealers_and_Pays_News_Sites_.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:31:32

• Yandex Has Nearly Caught Up With Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Internationally, Bing Falls to Pre-LLM Hype Levels ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Yandex_Has_Nearly_Caught_Up_With_Microsoft_Internationally_Bing.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:31:46

• Kernel prepatch 6.14-rc1 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1007547/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:32:13

• 2024 Year in Review ☞ https://rickcarlino.com/2025/2024-year-in-review.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:41:25

• Adetoye Anointing: From Intern To Impact: Building A Future As An Engineer ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/yorubad-dev/2025/02/02/from-intern-to-impact-building-a-future-as-an-engineer/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:41:57

• Hamas tortured Yaren Bibas, father of youngest hostages, by taunting him about his family, but he’s still ‘clinging to hope’: report ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/world-news/hamas-tortured-father-of-youngest-hostages-by-talking-about-his-family-but-hes-still-clinging-to-hope/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:43:21

• US strikes in Somalia's Puntland kill 'key figures' from Islamic State group ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250202-us-strikes-somalia-puntland-kill-key-figures-islamic-state-group    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:43:53

• United employee, 64, critically injured after American Airlines airplane wing strikes tug vehicle at Chicago O’Hare Airport ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/us-news/united-employee-64-critically-injured-after-airplane-wing-strikes-tug-vehicle-at-chicago-ohare-airport/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:44:27

• Helicopters are loud ☞ https://rubenerd.com/helicopters-are-loud/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:45:04

• Colin Watson: Free software activity in January 2025 ☞ https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/activity-2025-01.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:45:53

• GNOME Introduces New UI & Monospace Adwaita Fonts ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/gnome-introduces-new-ui-monospace-adwaita-fonts    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:46:12

• GNU Binutils 2.44 Released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1007541/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:46:56

• Linus Torvalds Announces First GNU/Linux Kernel 6.14 Release Candidate ☞ https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-6-14-release-candidate    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:47:25

• CachyOS ISO Snapshot for February 2025 Brings GNU/Linux Kernel 6.13, NVIDIA 570 Driver ☞ https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-snapshot-for-february-2025-brings-linux-kernel-6-13-nvidia-570-driver    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:47:34

• New Craft cache 25.01 published ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/02/02/new-craft-cache-25.01-published/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:48:04

• S.E.O. SPAM by Serial Sloppers With L.L.M. Garbage is Hurting GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/01/S_E_O_SPAM_by_Serial_Sloppers_With_L_L_M_Garbage_is_Hurting_Lin.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:48:45

• Sharp Drop for Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows This Month, Based on statCounter ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Sharp_Drop_for_Microsoft_Windows_This_Month_Based_on_statCounte.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:48:57

• Germany's 'Share' of GNU/Linux Rises to All-Time High Based on This Surveyor ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Germany_s_Share_of_GNU_Linux_Rises_to_All_Time_High_Based_on_Th.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:49:06

• Docfd – TUI multiline fuzzy document finder ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/docfd-tui-multiline-fuzzy-document-finder/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:52:30

• Black – Python code formatter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/black-python-code-formatter/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:52:38

• 18 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Astronomy Apps ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/astronomy/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:52:47

• Uruk GNU/Linux – full free, simple and lightweight distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/uruk-linux-full-free-simple-lightweight-distribution/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:52:56

• massCode – code snippets manager for developers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/masscode-code-snippets-manager-developers/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:53:07

• Slop is NOT Hey Hi (AI), it's just slop https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/02/02/How-I-Use-AI-Early-2025/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 12:54:08

• Intel sound avs driver still too immature ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/intel-sound-avs-driver-still-too-immature.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:01:48

• Ansible Archive Module: Compress Files and Directories ☞ https://linuxbuz.com/devops/ansible-archive-module    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:02:11

• Famous Criminal Bill Gates is buying more PUFF PIECES from Conde Nast, whose writers actually got arrested for raping kids. Maybe Conde Nast just doesn't mind Gates being the BFF of Jeffrey Epstein. What message does that send??? https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/bill-gates-on-his-new-memoir-and-dining-with-donald-trump-at-mar-a-lago    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:04:48

• Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 5 (Jan 27 – Feb 2, 2025) ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-5-jan-27-feb-2-2025/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:05:40

• CachyOS Introduces Propeller Optimization and NVIDIA Blackwell Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/cachyos-introduces-propeller-optimization-and-nvidia-blackwell-support/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:05:49

• Joachim Breitner: Coding on my eInk Tablet ☞ https://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/815-Coding_on_my_eInk_Tablet    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:07:05

• Linux Security: Scan Your Servers for Rootkits With Ease ☞ https://thenewstack.io/linux-security-scan-your-servers-for-rootkits-with-ease/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:07:35

• Khadas Mind 2 Hey Hi (AI) Maker Kit Review – Part 3: Ubuntu 24.10 and the importance of power limits ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/02/khadas-mind-2-ai-maker-kit-review-part-3-ubuntu-24-10-and-the-importance-of-power-limits/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:08:08

• Kryptor – simple, modern, and secure file encryption and signing tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kryptor-file-encryption-signing-tool/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:08:55

• Pygments – generic syntax highlighter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pygments-generic-syntax-highlighter/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:09:04

• The Way – code snippets manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/the-way-code-snippets-manager/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:09:12

• GNU/Linux up to 4.49% this month https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:09:42

• Pluralistic: Petard, Part IV (03 Feb 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/02/rot-fungus-r-us/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:10:12

• And watch Windows in Europe https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/europe/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:10:42

• GNU/Linux 20% in Norway https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/norway/#monthly-200902-202502 7% in Greece https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/greece/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:11:45

• New all-time high in Mexico https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/mexico/#monthly-200902-202502 see http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/In_Mexico_Windows_Down_to_All_Time_Low_GNU_Linux_Up_to_All_Time.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:12:48

• Today Is EU Hey Hi (AI) Act Compliance Day — Here’s What You Can and Cannot Do ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/today-is-eu-ai-act-compliance-day-heres-what-you-can-and-cannot-do/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:14:55

• "Added another quote from around 2010 found in Levy's Hackers - Heroes of the Computer Revolution regarding Stallman's suicidal thoughts." https://stallmansupport.org/updates.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:15:49

• openwashing ☞ https://weeraman.com/deepseek-r1-at-the-cusp-of-an-open-revolution/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:19:01

• Oracle's Debt Soars to 100 Billion Dollars (12 Billion Added in Just 9 Months!) While Larry Ellison Backs Fascism for Bailouts, Graft, and "Contracts" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Oracle_s_Debt_Soars_to_100_Billion_Dollars_12_Billion_Added_in_.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:21:32

• "We've not been trained for this: life after the Newag DRM disclosure" https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-we-ve-not-been-trained-for-this-life-after-the-newag-drm-disclosure    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:23:09

• and the initial presentation from 2023: "Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains: Reverse engineering a train to analyze a suspicious malfunction" https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12142-breaking_drm_in_polish_trains    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:23:37

• Sexism linked to social ills for men and women, finds largest cross-cultural study of its kind https://theconversation.com/sexism-linked-to-social-ills-for-men-and-women-finds-largest-cross-cultural-study-of-its-kind-247183    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:35:06

• Emotions change our perception of time https://theconversation.com/emotions-change-our-perception-of-time-as-demonstrated-on-the-traitors-248254    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:35:59

• Why neglecting your brain health can make it harder to achieve physical goals https://theconversation.com/why-neglecting-your-brain-health-can-make-it-harder-to-achieve-physical-goals-248043    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:36:38

• vertical farming https://theconversation.com/five-reasons-why-vertical-farming-is-still-the-future-despite-all-the-recent-business-failures-248270    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:38:31

• Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon? https://theconversation.com/will-the-us-get-to-mars-quicker-if-it-drops-or-delays-plans-to-visit-the-moon-248046    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:39:28

• ocial media ban https://theconversation.com/australias-social-media-ban-shows-how-extreme-the-technology-debate-has-become-theres-a-better-way-245123    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:39:49

• airports https://theconversation.com/the-weird-psychology-of-airports-248357    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:40:24

• boycott Amazon https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6621896    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:41:13

• We're back with a new in-vets-tigation; Amazon closure: CBC's Marketplace cheat sheet https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-cheat-sheet-jan-26-2025-1.7440436    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:42:10

• Lawsuit Accuses Amazon of Secretly Tracking Consumers Through Cellphones https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-29/lawsuit-accuses-amazon-of-secretly-tracking-consumers-through-cellphones    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:42:52

• Amazon’s Retribution in Quebec Should Be a Wake-Up Call https://jacobin.com/2025/01/amazon-quebec-union-busting-organizing/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:43:35

• Amazon Sues State Agency to Block Release of Company Records to Bezos-Owned Washington Post https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2025-01-30/amazon-sues-state-agency-to-block-release-of-company-records-to-bezos-owned-washington-post    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:43:57

• Amazon’s Quebec Exit May Be a Strategic Miscalculation https://jacobin.com/2025/01/amazon-quebec-exit-union-organizing/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:44:24

• Illegal fake 'court' pretends it runs the whole world http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/upc-finds-that-it-has-jurisdiction-to.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:45:25

• trademarks http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/ruff-outcome-as-bad-spaniels-found-to.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:45:43

• This is an illegal 'court', but IPKat nowadays tries to legitimise the corruption which made it http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-upcs-first-decision-on-infringement.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:47:47

• The IP Kat people actively help EPO lies and injustice http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/no-delay-following-intervention-to.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:48:31

• Companies 'buying dinners' https://blogs.perl.org/users/vanhoesel/2025/01/post.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:49:49

• Sonny Piers https://danielpocock.com/arrested-albanian-outreach-whistleblowers-sonny-piers-gnome-debian-connections/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:50:34

• Is ‘coffee’ misleading for ‘tea’? EUIPO thinks so! http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/is-coffee-misleading-for-tea-euipo.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:51:48

• far-right 'firewall' https://www.dw.com/en/will-german-conservative-merz-demolish-far-right-firewall/a-71403725    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:55:02

• currency depreciation https://www.dw.com/en/why-brazil-s-currency-depreciation-is-back-to-haunt-lula/a-71391540    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:55:57

• Sudan: Attack on hospital kills 70, says WHO chief https://www.dw.com/en/sudan-attack-on-hospital-kills-70-says-who-chief/a-71412001    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 13:58:47

• 'nobody is untouchable' https://www.dw.com/en/sarkozy-corruption-trial-shows-nobody-is-untouchable/a-71394053    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 14:04:32

• propaganda https://www.dw.com/en/popular-turkish-tv-series-a-mix-of-commentary-propaganda/a-71374906    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 14:04:51

• North Korea says it tested strategic cruise missiles https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-says-it-tested-strategic-cruise-missiles/a-71411651    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 14:08:03

• India's Republic Day parade showcases military might https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-republic-day-parade-showcases-military-might/a-71413033    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 14:08:21

• UK format rights claim ends in Shambles http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/uk-format-rights-claim-ends-in-shambles.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 14:09:23

• CJEU http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/cjeu-to-decide-whether-publishers-may.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 14:10:19

• Thatchers v Aldi – is the UK moving towards a tort of unfair competition? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/guest-post-thatchers-v-aldi-is-uk.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 14:13:58

• "I didn't even suppose that I'd have to write anything like this at any point in time. Yet here we are. This is a post for a specific parts of my audience, as that part recently got surprisingly large." gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-02-03-a-message-to-copycats.txt    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 14:40:31

• Teiresias — It's Time to Eliminate the Letter X from the English Alphabet gemini://the-brannons.com/eks/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 14:41:18

• 🔤SpellBinding: CIYOPSM Wordo: TINES gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-02-03.gmi    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 14:43:22

• handcuffed in plane https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-condemns-us-after-deportees-arrive-handcuffed-in-plane/a-71411774    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 15:04:11

• Another new all-time high for GNU/Linux in Brazil https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/brazil/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 16:07:16

• "the failure of "ChatGPT" needs to be rubbed in when it is mentioned" -iophk http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 16:24:30

• "I've decided to dub this "valvepunk liberalism". Maybe "hydraulic liberalism" would also work." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-02-02_valvepunk-liberalism.gmi    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 16:31:20

• "voice of the resistance" https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/journalist-asmin-we-will-continue-to-make-the-voice-of-the-resistance-in-tishrin-heard-77675    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 16:39:01

• Journalists Cihan Bilgin and Nazım Daştan killed by Turkish airstrike https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/journalists-cihan-bilgin-and-nazim-dastan-killed-by-turkish-airstrike-commemorated-at-their-graves-77668    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 16:39:51

• Nearly 30% of Syrians Want to Go Home, up From Almost Zero, UN Refugee Chief Says https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-25/nearly-30-of-syrians-want-to-go-home-up-from-almost-zero-un-refugee-chief-says    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 16:43:26

• arrests dozens of journalists https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-arrests-dozens-of-politicians-journalists-public-figures-in-broad-crackdown-304077    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 16:45:17

• unionization declines https://bianet.org/haber/share-of-working-class-in-turkeys-population-grows-over-50-years-while-unionization-declines-304071    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 16:45:51

• A Nation on the Brink of Collapse https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/30/the-fragile-state-of-turkey-a-nation-on-the-brink-of-collapse/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 16:46:58

• Christian F.K. Schaller: "Anyway, wanted to put this blog post together talking about what we are looking at for the new year and to let you all know that we are hiring." https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2025/02/03/looking-ahead-at-2025-and-fedora-workstation-and-jobs-on-offer/ HEY HI nonsense. No, thanks, GNOME.    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:18:19

• Turkey Arrests Talent Manager Over Trying to Overthrow the Government https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-28/turkey-arrests-talent-manager-over-trying-to-overthrow-the-government    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:20:10

• Kurdish journalist sentenced to 6 years https://cpj.org/2025/01/kurdish-journalist-sentenced-to-6-years-3-months-on-terrorism-charges-in-turkey/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:20:34

• Fast food is local food, says journalist who took pictures of McDonald's all over the world https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/global-mcdonalds-photography-1.7447646    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:22:24

• censorship of science https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/396911/trump-science-nih-censorship-blackout    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:24:26

• Bitter Economic Pills https://www.projectcensored.org/economic-pills-free-press/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:25:00

• All chatbots censor https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/deepseek-chatbot-chinese-censorship-1.7443419 see https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:25:50

• censorship https://cpj.org/2025/01/journalists-covering-eastern-drc-conflict-face-death-threats-censorship/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:26:39

• It does not work for email either; false uses cases by a Ponzi scheme builders https://www.vox.com/even-better/397448/chatgpt-obituary-speech-writing-gemini-claude-deepseek    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:27:40

• (use cases) http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/Meme_Don_t_Worry_They_Say_There_s_7_Trillion_Dollars_Waiting_at.shtml    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:28:12

• Just say it's "wrong", then get it censored? https://cpj.org/2025/01/free-speech-fears-mount-as-pakistans-senate-approves-bill-criminalizing-false-news/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:29:01

• Pierre Poilievre https://jacobin.com/2025/02/poilievre-friedman-neoliberalism-canada-converatives/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:30:05

• Conservative Event in London https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-30/trump-energy-pick-wright-slated-to-speak-to-conservative-event-in-london    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:31:19

• Yes, just shut down the Ponzi scheme and let the market crash with this ludicrous bubble which destroys the planet and increases the prices of everything https://www.dw.com/en/can-we-fix-generative-ai-s-massive-energy-and-water-use/a-71459557    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:32:31

• marine animals save energy on long journeys https://theconversation.com/swimming-in-the-sweet-spot-how-marine-animals-save-energy-on-long-journeys-246833    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:32:55

• 190 climate activists arrested in Amsterdam highway protests https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/26/190-climate-activists-arrested-amsterdam-highway-protests cops for polluters    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:35:00

• Hypocrisy of Celebrities on Climate Change https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/27/how-the-l-a-wildfires-exposed-the-hypocrisy-of-celebrities-on-climate-change/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:35:16

• 393538   

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:35:44

• "far-right environmentalist" https://www.vox.com/climate/393538/rfk-jr-maha-trump-environmenta-movement-far-right    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:35:50

• Abolish Climate Disasters https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/27/abolish-climate-disasters/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:36:24

• rat-infested cities https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/more-bad-news-for-rat-infested-cities-climate-change-is-making-it-worse-1.7447368    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:37:25

• Deleted All Web References to Climate Change https://jacobin.com/2025/01/trumps-epa-has-deleted-all-web-references-to-climate-change/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:37:37

• The fracking frenzy in B.C and Texas is leading to record-breaking earthquakes https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/fracking-bc-texas-earthquakes-1.7447400    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:37:49

• Amsterdam UMC takes Ronald Plasterk to court for patent fraud https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/27/amsterdam-umc-takes-ronald-plasterk-court-patent-fraud    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:38:57

• approaches in patent obviousness: US and EU perspectives http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/guestpost-holistic-approaches-in-patent.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:39:05

• LibreOffice 25.2.0 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/libreoffice-25-2-auto-signature-odf14/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:40:19

• Apple and debt https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/23/apple-removes-2024-from-next-gen-carplay-page/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:43:03

• "Hahahahahaha that was a good one. When you cut 70 percent of ur workforce in the last 5 years and still put up abysmal financial numbers, your company is dead. Finito, finished and arrivederci." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk60emg1    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:44:54

• "When adjusted for inflation, IBM is approximately at the same market cap as it was 13 years ago. Sounds more like a come back centenarian." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk60emg1    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:45:11

• "The world may just grind to a halt even with IBM still around." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjwy6gsq    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 17:45:46

• Heroes of the Computer Revolution: "I'm the last survivor of a dead culture, and I don't really belong in the world anymore. And in some ways I feel I ought to be dead" -RMS    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 18:10:45

• This new addition yesterday: https://stallmansupport.org/debunking-false-accusations-against-richard-stallman.html#ref7-rev    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 18:11:02

• What RMS said about dead Jobs https://www.chip.com.tr/haber/steve-jobs-un-gidisi-onu-memnun-etti_29634.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 18:12:09

• "Similar to online AI detector tools, the add-on can analyse text (of 32 words or more) to identify patterns, traits, and tells common in AI generated or manipulated text. It uses Mozilla’s proprietary ApolloDFT engine and a set of open-source detection models." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/deepfake-is-an-ai-detector-firefox-addon    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 18:14:18

• "The change was reverted prior to the GNOME 47 due to various UI quirks, coverage issues, and compatibility (thus underlying the importance of testing things out prior to making wholesale changes)." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/gnome-introduces-new-ui-monospace-adwaita-fonts    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 18:14:37

• "One of my favorite parts of being a Linux user is the lively community. A big part of that community is the Linux content creators who've guided me in the Linux realm. So I'm sharing some of the YouTube channels that have changed my perspective on Linux the most." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-became-a-better-linux-user-by-watching-these-youtube-channels/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 18:16:18

• "Arch Linux-based CachyOS has a new ISO snapshot, for February 2025, available for download with the latest and greatest Linux kernel, improved support for NVIDIA GPU users, and other enhancements." https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-snapshot-for-february-2025-brings-linux-kernel-6-13-nvidia-570-driver    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 18:16:39

• How to infect one's GNU/Linux with Microsoft https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-install-powershell-on-linux/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 18:17:20

• "As with many things, a typical Linux install offers a choice of filesystems, though the Ext4 filesystem is typically the default for most distros. What are the advantages of those other filesystems, and when should you choose them instead?" https://www.howtogeek.com/filesystems-on-linux-when-should-you-not-use-ext4/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 18:17:45

• AMD’s RDNA 4 GPUs Will Get “Good Enough” RADV Support With Mesa 25.0 Release, Will Only Lack Two Components https://wccftech.com/amd-rdna-4-gpus-will-get-good-enough-radv-support-with-mesa-25-0-release-will-only-lack-two-components/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 18:19:19

• "The Sims Legacy Collection includes: The Sims, The Sims 4 Throwback Fit Kit. Plus The Sims packs: The Sims Livin’ Large, , The Sims House Party, The Sims Hot Date, The Sims Vacation, The Sims Unleashed, The Sims Superstar and The Sims Makin’ Magic." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-sims-and-the-sims-2-officially-return-with-a-legacy-collection-for-each/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 18:19:42

• "I have to be careful either way. I need a story... OK, dad's a peddler but he got sick and died. Simple enough, right?" gemini://bosque-protector.com/en/storygaming/muleboy/0006.gmi    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 18:22:24

• Windows is down almost everywhere this year https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/japan/#monthly-200902-202502 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/australia/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:16:24

• Huge fall in Egypt https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/egypt/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:17:38

• Windows has fallen to just 5% in Nigeria http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/11/After_a_Year_of_Layoffs_in_Microsoft_Nigeria_and_Microsoft_in_A.shtml latest even lower:https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/nigeria/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:19:33

• Windows fell to new all-time low in South Africa, less than 10% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/south-africa/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:20:33

• "The same thing happened with Disney when the H1Bs showed up and the current IT employees were required to train their replacements or not be eligible for any severance. There eventually were Congressional hearings on this." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjyvqkfx    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:22:22

• "No, they should have started overseas." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk5shqp7    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:22:45

• Little Sympathy https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-28/apple-finds-little-sympathy-from-german-judges-in-antitrust-appeal    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:29:24

• DeepSeek Blocked on Apple and Google App Stores in Italy https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-01-29/deepseek-app-unavailable-in-apple-and-google-app-stores-in-italy but not GAGAM chatbots?    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:30:22

• GalliumOS: The Best Linux for Chromebook https://pendrivelinux.com/galliumos-linux-for-chromebooks/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:31:34

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (04/2025): Nexx[sic!]-gen hardware by Liberux https://linmob.net/weekly-update-04-2025/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:32:19

• 5 Simple Tricks I Use to Make Good Use of Tmux in Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/tricks-use-tmux-in-linux/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:35:04

• Alpine Linux joins Open Collective https://alpinelinux.org/posts/2025-01-30-alpine-linux-joins-open-collective.html    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:35:50

• Fedora Magazine: Contribute at the Fedora Linux Test Week for Kernel 6.13 https://fedoramagazine.org/contribute-at-the-fedora-linux-test-week-for-kernel-6-13/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:36:38

• Dutch sperm donor with 550 kids pushing incest, trad life on YouTube, parents say https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/28/dutch-sperm-donor-550-kids-pushing-incest-trad-life-youtube-parents-say    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:40:48

• KDE Is Ready To Claim Its Rightful Throne https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=YsnOoxLhves    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:46:58

• I Love The COSMIC Desktop But... https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=hPN636VhRtM    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:47:20

• The Arch Linux Results Are In, It's Really The Best https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=6lqRRG6vvEY    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:47:31

• A Quick Look At Solus 4.7 "Endurance" https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=SW2B5AT-vlU    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:47:56

• elementary OS 8 Quick Overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=PtY4SMZiz7Y    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:48:06

• One Step Closer To A Fully Wayland Desktop https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=DaNSbpaoXzc    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:48:22

• Linux Lite 7.2 Quick Overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=RMcI6KnIYZk    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:48:43

• Solus 4.7 overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=OL9yEUIirIY"    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:49:01

• NTSYNC will change Linux gaming forever (and other gaming news) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=qOjXYsWZuN8    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:49:27

• Debian leaves X https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=k7QDZpAR1Gc    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:50:03

• I SWITCHED to Elementary OS 8 for 7 Days – Can It Beat My Linux Mint? (For 2025) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=haQbZgr4LXQ    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:50:18

• Useful Terminal Commands For Distro-Hoppers https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=A3csqlk8kFw    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:50:41

• 10 Useful Linux Commands Every SysAdmin Needs to Know https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=5L7QMtXOs-M    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:50:56

• FSF fund-raising now near 430k dollars https://www.fsf.org/appeal https://my.fsf.org/donate    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 19:54:59

• Facebook Flags Linux Topics As 'Cybersecurity Threats' https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/01/27/2120230/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 20:06:17

• "Smart" https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/how-garmin-watches-reveal-your-personal-data-and-what-you-can-do/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 20:08:40

• US FDA Identifies Cybersecurity Risks in Certain Patient Monitors https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-30/us-fda-identifies-cybersecurity-risks-in-certain-patient-monitors    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 20:09:37

• ArchBang 2701 and Live Raizo 16.25.01.25 are out    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 20:10:43

• OPNsense 25.1 released https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=45460.0    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 20:11:27

• CalculateLinux 20250129 is out    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 20:13:08

• TrueNAS SCALE 24.10.2 https://www.truenas.com/docs/scale/24.10/gettingstarted/scalereleasenotes/#24102-changelog    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 20:13:47

• GParted 1.7.0 https://gparted.org/news.php?item=256    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 20:14:37

• Dr.Parted 25.02 is out    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 20:15:50

• Parrot 6.3 Release Notes https://parrotsec.org/blog/2025-01-31-parrot-6.3-release-notes/    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 20:16:18

• Plague of dryness gemini://altesq.net/log/plague_of_dryness.gmi    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 20:25:55

• "Installing antiX Linux did everything I wanted it to do for my old de-googled Chromebook." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/candide/antiX.txt    

posted Monday, February 03, 2025 at 20:26:53