Roy Schestowitz

• NetBeans 25 Released! PHP 8.4 Support & Parallel Test with Gradle ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/netbeans-25-support-php-8-4-parallel-test-gradle/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 01:59:49

• Microsoft is Admitting That It Has No Viable Business Model, Starting to Experiment ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Microsoft_is_Admitting_That_It_Has_No_Viable_Business_Model_Sta.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:00:26

• Morocco Receives First Set of U.S. AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopters ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/02/morocco-receives-first-set-of-u-s-ah-64-apache-attack-helicopters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=morocco-receives-first-set-of-u-s-ah-64-apache-attack-helicopters    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:02:01

• Malware Source Servers: The Threat of Attackers Using Ephemeral Ports as Service Ports to Upload Data, (Wed, Feb 26th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31710    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:02:57

• Joint statement on emerging digital laws in Bangladesh ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/joint-statement-on-emerging-digital-laws-in-bangladesh/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:03:27

• Israel strikes Syrian military targets after Netanyahu's demilitarisation call ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250226-israel-syria-military-netanyahu    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:04:01

• Confirmed: I.C.B.M. Layoffs Will Strike Consulting Quite Hard ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Confirmed_IBM_Layoffs_Will_Strike_Consulting_Quite_Hard.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:04:17

• Israel Strikes Syria Hours After Country’s Leader Demands Withdrawal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/middleeast/israel-strikes-syria.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:04:29

• Unknown Deadly Illness Strikes Western Congo ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/africa/unknown-deadly-illness-congo.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:04:45

• Proprietary Software is Bad for Your Health, Not Just Your Finances, Privacy and So On ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Proprietary_Software_is_Bad_for_Your_Health_Not_Just_Your_Finan.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:05:00

• "It is a standard practice to use milestones to reflect on the achievements of a project, such as the anniversary of its first release or first commit. Usually, these are observed at five and ten‑year increments; the tenth anniversary of the 1.0 release" https://lwn.net/Articles/1008721/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:06:11

• Fighting the AI scraperbot scourge https://lwn.net/Articles/1008897/ Techrights went static at a good time    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:07:26

• Extending time slices for user-space locks https://lwn.net/Articles/1009509/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:10:35

• The evolution of Memcached https://lwn.net/Articles/1007303/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:13:37

• Taiwanese authorities detain fishy Chinese freighter suspected of cutting undersea Internet cable ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/taiwanese-authorities-detain-fishy-chinese-freighter-suspected-of-cutting-undersea-internet-cable    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:16:41

• Threat actors are increasingly trying to grind business to a halt ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cyberattacks-business-disruption-2025-unit-42-palo-alto-networks/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:17:32

• Speed up Qt Development with QML Hot Reload ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/speed-up-qt-development-with-qml-hot-reload    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:18:17

• "Try Ansible Automation Platform" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/role-based-access-control-enhancements-red-hat-ansible-automation-platform-25 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:19:00

• Guide to observability with Red Bait OpenShift 4.18 ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/guide-observability-red-hat-openshift-418    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:20:44

• Kubernetes   

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:21:05

• "Based on Kubernetes 1.31 and CRI-O 1.31, Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 focuses on core and virtualization enhancements, and adds further improvements in secrets and certificate management." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/what-you-need-to-know-red-hat-openshift-418 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:21:11

• How image mode for RHEL improves security ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/02/25/how-image-mode-rhel-improves-security    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:22:23

• Haiku – open source operating system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/haiku-open-source-operating-system/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:26:02

• Macron Says Russia-Ukraine Truce Could Be Weeks Away, After Talks With Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-macron-ukraine-russia-putin-war-zelenskiy-zelenskyy/33326886.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:26:58

• China says its defence spending ‘entirely necessary’ after Russia’s Putin backs mutual cuts ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/25/china-says-its-defence-spending-entirely-necessary-after-russias-putin-backs-mutual-cuts/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:27:54

• "Trump says whatever he wants" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/25/trump-says-whatever-he-wants | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:28:46

• The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Convicted Felon-Putin Drama ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opinion/trump-putin-ukraine.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:29:10

• At least four dead in South Korea highway construction collapse ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/at-least-two-dead-at-south-korea-construction-site-collapse-fire-agency-says    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:29:28

• Ukraine and US have agreed on a framework minerals deal, officials say ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250225-ukraine-and-us-have-agreed-on-a-framework-minerals-deal-officials-say    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:29:45

• Zelenskiy plans to travel to US to meet Convicted Felon on minerals deal (reports) ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250225-zelenskiy-plans-to-travel-to-us-to-meet-trump-on-minerals-deal-sources-say    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:29:59

• Ukraine will need more than $500bn to recover, World Bank estimates ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250225-ukraine-will-need-more-than-500bn-to-recover-world-bank-estimates    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:30:19

• Media report estimates 95,000 Russian troop deaths so far in Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250225-kremlin-no-comment-on-report-95-000-russian-troops-killed-in-ukraine    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:30:33

• European Council introduces 16th sanction package against Russia ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/european-council-introduces-16th-sanction-package-against-russia/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:30:57

• "After 35+ years they found a way to get rid of a great employee. FIBM 😠 hope they fold." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmr1wn7e    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:33:14

• UN General Assembly adopts competing resolutions to end Ukraine war ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/un-general-assembly-adopts-2-competing-resolutions-to-end-ukraine-war/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:34:04

• Dihydroxyacetone Man administration revokes memo preventing US weapons transfers that violate human rights laws ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/trump-administration-revokes-memo-preventing-us-weapons-transfers-that-violate-human-rights-laws/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:34:33

• Radarom! campaign raises €5.6 million to buy drones for Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2497068/radarom-campaign-raises-eur5-6-million-to-buy-drones-for-ukraine    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:35:00

• NB8 countries to start developing Ukrainian brigade this year – Lithuanian aide ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2496339/nb8-countries-to-start-developing-ukrainian-brigade-this-year-lithuanian-aide    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:35:16

• Ukraine's Lawmakers Back Zelenskyy After Convicted Felon 'Dictator' Barbs ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelensky-legitimacy-trump-russia-dictator/33327600.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:35:28

• Russia security chief in Indonesia to meet Prabowo ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/russia-security-chief-in-indonesia-to-meet-prabowo    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:35:40

• As its trust in US ebbs, Europe takes hard look at more defense spending ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0225/europe-defense-nato-trump-russia-ukraine    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:35:50

• U.S. and Ukraine Agree to Minerals Deal, Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/europe/ukraine-minerals-deal.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:36:13

• Under Convicted Felon, America’s New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/trump-diplomacy.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:36:28

• America’s Most Shameful Vote Ever at the U.N. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opinion/trump-russia-ukraine-un.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:36:40

• Facing Convicted Felon’s Hostility, Ukraine Weighs Its Options. But They Are Few. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/europe/trump-ukraine-russia-war.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:36:54

• Taiwan Watches Convicted Felon Undercut Ukraine, Hoping It Won’t Be Next ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/asia/trump-ukraine-taiwan.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:37:20

• Talk   

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:37:38

• How Can Europe Talk to Convicted Felon? Macron Tries Flattery, and Gentle Resistance. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/europe/trump-macron-starmer-ukraine.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:37:52

• What We Know About the U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/europe/ukraine-mineral-deal-trump.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:38:02

• What’s at Stake in the Ukraine-Dihydroxyacetone Man Minerals Deal? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/europe/ukraine-trump-minerals-explain.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:38:13

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Ukraine Mineral Deal Is Seen as ‘Protection Racket’ Diplomacy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/europe/trump-us-ukraine-mineral-deal.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:38:28

• "neutral" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/25/u-n-security-council-adopts-neutral-ukraine-resolution-put-forward-by-u-s | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:38:59

• "critical resources" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/25/e-u-proposes-mutually-beneficial-deal-with-ukraine-on-critical-resources | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:39:18

• "Unable to push Ukrainian troops out of Kursk, Russia may move to encircle them" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/25/enter-year-four | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:39:35

• "drops toughest demands" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/25/ukraine-agrees-to-minerals-deal-with-u-s-after-trump-administration-drops-toughest-demands-ft | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:39:51

• "Russian human rights activists conduct first monitoring mission in Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/25/russian-human-rights-activists-conduct-first-monitoring-mission-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:40:11

• Dihydroxyacetone Man: Russian oligarchs eligible for $5 million residency 'gold cards' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250225-trump-russian-oligarchs-eligible-for-5-million-residency-gold-cards    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:41:54

• ‘Russia is constant threat to Lithuania, but enemy not behind gates’ – Armed Forces ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2496776/russia-is-constant-threat-to-lithuania-but-enemy-not-behind-gates-armed-forces    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:42:10

• U.S. To Sell 'Gold Card' Visas For $5 Million ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33328458.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:42:25

• Hope And Fear In Iran As Russia's Lavrov Visits Tehran ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-russia-lavrov-oil-sanctions/33327814.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:42:41

• "U.S. and Russian delegations to hold second meeting in Riyadh" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/25/u-s-and-russian-delegations-to-hold-second-meeting-in-riyadh-on-february-25-die-zeit | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:52:39

• "‘Americacentrism’" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/25/alexander-dugin-s-plan-to-remake-political-science | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:52:58

• "Nemtsov Bridge" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/26/moscow-court-jails-nemtsov-bridge-activist-for-3-5-years-for-donating-to-anti-corruption-foundation | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:53:18

• "More than 100 Russian ex-officials and lawmakers joined the war from jail to escape punishment" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/25/more-than-100-russian-ex-officials-and-lawmakers-joined-the-war-from-jail-to-escape-punishment-bbc-news-russian | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:54:47

• More Than 1,000 Artists Are Releasing a Completely Silent Album to Protest Proposed British Hey Hi (AI) Laws ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/24/silent-album-protest-british-laws/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:55:17

• "I write for a living. I have since I was 17 - literally last century. And if one more person tries to claim that "people write to be read" or "people write for an audience," I'm going to" gemini://drmollytov.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-02-24.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:57:31

• "I've written "professionally" "for the Web" for nearly 20 years now. In some circles, that means I get to talk a lot of crap about being an "experienced SEO specialist" or whatever. (All it really did was ruin my writing.)" gemini://drmollytov.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-02-27.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:58:29

• "Been working a bunch on my Prism version control system. Today's update includes a better log command, calling out to a diff program for staged changes, a check cmd to check for repo integrity, and a few bug fixes. You can always view the latest updates at the following link, where Prism is self-hosted in a Prism repo" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/25871    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:02:09

• "For me her name was Niyati. We met when we were in the eighth grade. I was 13. She was very tall, with long dark hair, a small frame, and a voice that made my heart tremble every time I heard it. I concluded that she was totally out of my league, so I never gave her any indication of how I felt." gemini://the-brannons.com/that-one-person/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:03:22

• "I have ventured into Geminispace and so far I am loving it. It's like I can hear myself think. Deleting all my social media accounts and venturing into the "small Web" was like this, but less so. We're still a bunch of folks who love video and pixel art and spinny gifs. And I'm cool with that! I also love those things!" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2510    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:06:12

• "About a month ago, I lost a couple days to YouTube - just getting caught on the cycle of checking and watching content. I was very frustrated, so when I was feeling better, I posted the litany against YouTube to my mastodon." gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2025-02-26.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:06:52

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1568.jpg    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:07:17

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1218.jpg    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:07:24

• Meanwhile my college calling Richard Stallman https://www.reddit.com/r/Btechtards/comments/1i8pmdr/meanwhile_my_college_calling_richard_stallman/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:09:11

• MIGHT be LLM slop: Meta’s Executive Pay Hike Raises Eyebrows Amid Mass Layoffs https://be3.sk/uncategorized-en/metas-executive-pay-hike-raises-eyebrows-amid-mass-layoffs/128819/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:13:35

• "The necromancy in the story iirc, was a side effect from a project that was working to save as many people as possible from some impending doom. The project was shut down, again iirc, in favor of some other smaller, more expensive program which would save a much smaller number of extremely rich people only." gemini://tirohia.smol.pub/1740612183    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:15:04

• "I've been exploring Geminispace for approximately two days now, and words cannot express how relieved I feel when I get here." gemini://drmollytov.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-02-26.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:16:19

• Rincorsa gemini://tilde.team/~zinricky/gemlog/2025-02-26_01.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:18:24

• "Hungary threatens to block E.U. sanctions extension" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/25/hungary-threatens-to-block-e-u-sanctions-extension-if-eight-russian-nationals-aren-t-removed-from-blacklist | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:39:53

• "Russian drone strike near Kyiv" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/26/one-dead-two-wounded-in-russian-drone-strike-near-kyiv | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:40:08

• "Very nice people" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/26/very-nice-people-trump-says-new-gold-card-residence-permit-for-wealthy-foreigners-may-be-open-to-russian-oligarchs | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:40:23

• "Snickers, Twix, Alpen Gold and Oreo to become more expensive in Russia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/26/snickers-twix-alpen-gold-and-oreo-to-become-more-expensive-in-russia | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:40:39

• anti-war ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/26/apartment-belonging-to-lead-singer-of-anti-war-russian-belarusian-rock-band-bi-2-reportedly-targeted-by-arson-attack | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:41:00

• TTAB Finds "BRILLIANT ROSE" Generic for . . . Guess What? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/02/ttab-finds-brilliant-rose-generic-for.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:42:35

• Chloe Bailey, Columbia/Sony Music Slapped with Copyright Infringement Lawsuit by Songwriter ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/25/chloe-bailey-columbia-sony-copyright-lawsuit/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:43:20

• Their Album Is Wordless. Will Their Protest Against Hey Hi (AI) Resound? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/europe/uk-musicians-protest-ai-album.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:43:28

• Patent Office News and Turmoil ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/patent-office-turmoil.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:44:42

• Godot Showcase - Museum of All Things ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/museum-of-all-things/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:44:58

• Spanish Version of the Free Software Foundation's Book "Introduction to the Command Line" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Spanish_Version_of_the_Free_Software_Foundation_s_Book_Introduc.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:45:16

• Asking Journalists to Pay for Merely Reporting Violent Abuse Against Women (and Telling Them to Kill Themselves) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Asking_Journalists_to_Pay_for_Merely_Reporting_Violent_Abuse_Ag.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:45:36

• Eternal Vigilance (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Eternal_Vigilance.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:45:45

• Government Sites That Use Centralised CAs Are Still Remotely Controlled by MElon and GAFAM at the Oval Office (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Government_Sites_That_Use_Centralised_CAs_Are_Still_Remotely_Co.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:45:54

• Credit Suisse collapse obfuscated Parreaux, Thiébaud & Partners scandal (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Credit_Suisse_collapse_obfuscated_Parreaux_Thiebaud_Partners_sc.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:46:03

• This Week in KDE Apps ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/02/25/this-week-in-kde-apps/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:46:59

• Processing 23 Billion Rows of ALIEN TXTBASE Stealer Logs ☞ https://www.troyhunt.com/processing-23-billion-rows-of-alien-txtbase-stealer-logs/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:47:42

• HOW do you know it's "safer", Michael? https://www.phoronix.com/news/Zlib-rs-0.4.2    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:48:22

• "What does one do when frustrated at the lack of affordable, open source portable trackers? If you’re [OG-star-tech], you design your own and give it modular features that rival commercial offerings while you’re at it" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/25/diy-open-source-star-tracker-gets-you-those-great-night-shots/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:49:12

• MythTV 35 Released https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Release_Notes_-_35    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:49:48

• OpenSSF Announces Initial Release of the Open Source Project Security Baseline ☞ https://openssf.org/press-release/2025/02/25/openssf-announces-initial-release-of-the-open-source-project-security-baseline/ Not real security http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:50:53

• Another Fractus LTE antenna patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/2/25/fractus-lte-antenna-patent-challenged    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:51:39

• $2,000 for Eric Zautner entity, Navog, GPS patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/2/25/2000-for-eric-zautner-entity-navog-gps-patent-prior-art    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:51:50

• CJEU reopens European cross-border litigation in BSH vs Electrolux ruling ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/cjeu-reopens-european-cross-border-litigation-in-bsh-vs-electrolux/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:52:16

• "For historical reasons, the fathers of the EPC have decided that the EPO would not be competent, besides in opposition procedure for post-grant procedures and especially for infringement." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-description-of-patent-should-always.html?showComment=1740507886383#c7894529515555953526    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:52:39

• "It is thus quasi inevitable that there, has been and will be, a different approach in claim interpretation between pre- and post-grant procedures. Just look how the German Federal court assesses added matter in a granted patent." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-description-of-patent-should-always.html?showComment=1740507886383#c7894529515555953526    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:53:08

• EU system for patents is now chaotic and rewards white-collar crime    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:53:31

• "I like your notion of functional/purposive approach, but in patent monopoly matters, words play a more than eminent role. We should thus stick to the correct terminology." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-benefits-and-pitfalls-of-drug.html?showComment=1740507412176#c4093200246343288398    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:53:55

• "Thanks you anons for your comments. Possibly this is one of those examples where field of invention matters? It would be rare I believe for priority application in the pharma field to be filed with only 15 claims, for a variety of reasons. Amendments to avoid claim fees can be made at the national/regional phase where necessary."    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:54:11

• "In my experience, if you are doing anything more complicated than adding a dependent claim to an independent claim, automatic numbering fails more often than it works. An important client of mine forbids automatic claim numbering for this reason." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/review-of-ai-patent-drafting-software.html?showComment=1740497792136#c4788347582035287138    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:54:46

• As Convicted Felon Nears Patent Director Decision, Preserving PTAB, Cracking Down on TPLF Remain Critical Priorities ☞ https://patentprogress.org/2025/02/as-trump-nears-patent-director-decision-preserving-ptab-cracking-down-on-tplf-remain-critical-priorities/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:57:27

• Infill Injection Experiment Makes Stronger Parts ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/25/infill-injection-experiment-makes-stronger-parts/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:57:43

• That seems like bad news; cash is better ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/25.02.2025-cashless-payments-exceeded-1-trillion-euros-in-latvia-last-year.a589226/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:58:21

• Setup Hypland with ML4W 2.9.8.2 Dotfiles as L2 KVM Guest inside Debian SID as L1 KVM Guest ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/02/setup-hypland-with-ml4w-2982-dotfiles.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:59:08

• A change in maintenance for the kernel's DMA-mapping layer ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1011819/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 03:59:40

• Raspberry Pi drifting off towards Microsoft vapourware, hype, plagiarism ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/teaching-about-ai-teacher-symposium/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:00:29

• military ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/02/25/rheinmetall-germanys-largest-arms-company-is-converting-civilian-sites-for-military-technology/ | Source: Site36    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:00:59

• N.S.F. Cuts Raise Fears of a Reduced U.S. Presence in Polar Regions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/climate/trump-nsf-cuts-antarctica.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:01:40

• UM-Flint launching Master of Science in Applied Finance degree ☞ https://news.umflint.edu/2025/02/11/um-flint-launching-master-of-science-in-applied-finance-for-fall-2025/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:01:54

• Dismissed Education Minister plans to return to parliament ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/25.02.2025-dismissed-education-minister-plans-to-return-to-parliament.a589191/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:02:10

• Government shouldn’t run like tech companies ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/government-shouldnt-run-like-tech-companies/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:02:30

• Both Sides of Sudan War Targeting Health Care System ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/02/both-sides-of-sudan-war-targeting-health-care-system/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:02:58

• Which direction for the Church? Pope's hospitalisation puts prelates on stand-by ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20250225-which-direction-for-the-church-pope-s-hospitalisation-puts-prelates-on-stand-by    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:03:43

• Healthcare authority reorganization planned in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/25.02.2025-healthcare-authority-reorganization-planned-in-latvia.a589270/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:03:52

• North Korean Hackers Steal $1.5B in Cryptocurrency ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/north-korean-hackers-steal-1-5b-in-cryptocurrency.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:04:50

• JsonML – JSON Markup Language ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/jsonml-json-markup-language/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:06:17

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Salesfarce Tableau ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-salesforce-tableau/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:06:27

• Valent – connect, control and sync devices ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/valent-connect-control-sync-devices/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:06:38

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Subtitle Downloaders ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-subtitle-downloaders/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:06:47

• Jaeger – distributed tracing system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/jaeger/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:06:58

• Armory – 3D game engine ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/armory-3d-game-engine/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:07:07

• Jetway F35-MTU1 3.5-inch SBC features defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra 7 155U or Ultra 5 125U Meteor Lake SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/26/jetway-f35-mtu1-3-5-inch-sbc-features-intel-core-ultra-7-155u-or-ultra-5-125u-meteor-lake-soc/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:07:51

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1011764/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:08:05

• Destination Linux 408: DL408 ☞ https://destinationlinux.net/408 https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-408/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:09:49

• EXACTLY what Techrights said would happen!! https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hellwig-DMA-Helpers-Removed see http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/In_Case_Rust_Censors_It_Rust_Has_Long_Been_All_About_Censorship.shtml http://techrights.org/o/2022/09/21/going-rusty-faster/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:10:41

• 7 GNU/Linux Terminals From the Future ☞ https://itsfoss.com/modern-linux-terminals/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:11:21

• KDE Plasma 6.3.2 Released with Animated WebP and GIF Support for Spectacle ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-3-2-released-with-animated-webp-and-gif-support-for-spectacle    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:14:34

• FSF is now being attacked again by a person who works with a Serial Strangler of women. Yes, Microsoft. So "social justice warrior" now means being mates with pedophiles and endorsing crimes against women (strangulation).    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:16:08

• Demystifying geom_bar() – How ggplot2 Automatically Counts and Transforms Data ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/demystifying-geom_bar-how-ggplot2-automatically-counts-and-transforms-data/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:17:23

• YouTuber Tasha K Finalizes $1.2 Million Cardi B Payment Plan Following Defamation Legal Battle ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/25/tasha-k-bankruptcy-plan/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:18:05

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, February 28, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-02-28-irc    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:19:02

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, March 7, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-03-07-irc    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:19:17

• GNU gettext 0.24 released https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10730    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 04:19:49

• South Korea birth rate rises for first time in 9 years, marriages surge ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-birthrate-rises-for-first-time-in-9-years-marriages-surge    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:29:16

• 4 Workers Killed in Highway Bridge Collapse in South Korea ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/world/asia/south-korea-bridge-collapse.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:29:30

• South Korea’s Yoon accused in final impeachment hearing of seeking ‘dictatorship’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-court-to-hear-closing-statements-in-yoons-impeachment-trial    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:29:44

• South Korean minister heads to Washington seeking exemption from Convicted Felon tariffs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korean-minister-heads-to-washington-seeking-exemption-from-trump-tariffs    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:30:02

• South Korea political turmoil pushes companies to take tariff matters into their own hands ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-political-turmoil-pushes-companies-to-take-tariff-matters-into-their-own-hands    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:30:13

• Impeachment trial hearings conclude as support for S. Korean leader Yoon surprisingly grows ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/impeachment-trial-hearings-conclude-as-support-for-s-korean-leader-yoon-surprisingly-grows    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:30:40

• Are you living like ‘a hothouse flower’? Viral checklist sparks buzz in South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/are-you-living-like-a-hothouse-flower-viral-checklist-sparks-buzz-in-south-korea    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:31:16

• Life Is Rough Without BTS: HYBE Annual Profit Plunges 40% as Bangtan Boys Take Military Hiatus ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/25/hybe-profit-plunges-40-in-2024-with-bts-on-military-service-break/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:31:51

• Crypto analysts stunned by Lazarus Group’s capabilities in $1.46B Bybit theft ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/bybit-lazarus-group-north-korea-ethereum/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:32:27

• Cook Islands PM survives no-confidence vote over China pact ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/cook-islands-pm-survives-no-confidence-vote-over-china-pact    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:36:49

• Xi urges officials to stay calm as US raises pressure on China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-urges-officials-to-stay-calm-as-us-raises-pressure-on-china    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:37:21

• Despite Ban, The Gambia Remains Major Source of Smuggled Rosewood ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/02/despite-ban-the-gambia-remains-major-source-of-smuggled-rosewood/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:38:32

• Taiwan Detains a Chinese-Crewed Ship After Undersea Cable Severed ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/asia/taiwan-china-cable.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:38:46

• China eyes opportunities as US scales back humanitarian aid ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0225/china-usaid-freeze-doge    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:38:59

• China adviser pushes to lower legal marriage age to 18 to boost birth rate ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-adviser-pushes-to-lower-legal-marriage-age-to-18-to-boost-birthrate    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:39:13

• US Coast Guard ship in Tasman Sea did not interact with Chinese navy, commander says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/us-coast-guard-ship-in-tasman-sea-did-not-interact-with-chinese-navy-commander-says    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:39:37

• China aims to eliminate severe air pollution in 2025 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-aims-to-eliminate-severe-air-pollution-in-2025    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:39:56

• Virgin pilot alerted Australia to China navy live fire drill ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/virgin-pilot-alerted-australia-to-china-navy-live-fire-drill    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:40:13

• China says Taiwan ‘manipulating’ undersea cable cutting before facts clear ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-taiwan-manipulating-undersea-cable-cutting-before-facts-clear    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:40:27

• Dihydroxyacetone Man wants tighter Hey Hi (AI) chip export restrictions but may face staffing shortage and other issues ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/trump-wants-tighter-ai-chip-export-restrictions-but-may-face-staffing-shortage-and-other-issues    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:40:40

• North Koreans face forced labor on Chinese fishing vessels: report ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/25/north-korea-china-fishing-boat-labor/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:44:53

• Cambodia asks to renew joint drills with US amid Ream base concerns ☞ https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/02/25/us-cambodia-china-navy-ream-naval-base/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:45:10

• Taiwan detains China-linked cargo ship over severed undersea cable ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/25/taiwan-detain-china-cargo-cable/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:45:31

• Japan, Philippines boost defense ties amid ‘increasingly severe’ regional situation ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2025/02/25/philippines-japan-south-china-sea-defense-strategy/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:45:57

• China’s ships near Australia. Challenges in the South China Sea. Get used to it ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-ships-near-australia-and-its-challenges-in-the-south-china-sea-get-used-to-it/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:46:30

• "surrendering to despair" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/26/pokrovsk-mayor-urges-zelensky-to-make-peace-military-administration-warns-against-surrendering-to-despair | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:47:16

• " then to a hackspace or back to your home lab, stopping by the skull-and-cross-wrenches while commuting, naturally. You don’t bleed red, but rather #F3BF10. It’s time we talked." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/25/were-hiring-come-join-us-7/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:47:56

• Gramophone ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/25/taking-cues-from-a-gramophone-to-make-a-better-marble-music-machine/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:48:25

• "we can honestly say he’s done a very good job indeed." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/26/a-ten-band-sdr-transceiver-for-homebrewers/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:49:01

• Norway's Melting Glaciers Are Spilling Out Troves of Lost Artifacts ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/norways-melting-glaciers-are-spilling-out-troves-of-lost-artifacts    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:49:33

• US newspaper circulations 2024: LA Times loses quarter of print circulation in a year ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/top-25-us-newspaper-circulations-2024/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:50:23

• Mass resignations at DOGE after staff refuse to be part of cutting public services ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/25/mass-resignations-doge-staff-refuse-part-cutting-public-services/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:51:42

• Mars once possibly featured ‘vacation-style’ beaches, bodies of water perfect for sun-loving Martians: study ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/02/25/science/mars-was-once-home-to-vacation-style-beaches-and-bodies-of-water-study/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:52:05

• We May Have Been Wrong About Why Mars Is Red ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-been-wrong-about-why-mars-is-red    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:52:13

• What Is Alexithymia? Your Guide to The Hidden Experience of Millions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/what-is-alexithymia-your-guide-to-the-hidden-experience-of-millions    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:52:35

• Odds of 'City Killer' Asteroid Hitting Earth Plummet to 0.001 Percent ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/odds-of-city-killer-asteroid-hitting-earth-plummet-to-0-001-percent    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:52:45

• Your Dog's Blinking Could Be an Attempt to Tell You Something Important ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-dogs-blinking-could-be-an-attempt-to-tell-you-something-important    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:52:56

• NASA's New Mission Will Create The Most Colorful 3D Map of The Entire Sky ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-new-mission-will-create-the-most-colorful-3d-map-of-the-entire-sky    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:53:09

• Ontario’s rent allowance isn’t a safety net—it’s a poverty trap ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/ontarios-rent-allowance-isnt-a-safety-net-its-a-poverty-trap/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:53:49

• UC civil liberties union says racial justice infrastructure under attack following anti-DEI policies ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/uc-civil-liberties-union-says-racial-justice-infrastructure-is-under-attack-following-anti-dei-policies/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:54:39

• New wave of inflation? Food prices in Lithuania expected to rise ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2495871/new-wave-of-inflation-food-prices-in-lithuania-expected-to-rise    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 05:55:02

• Chinese company withdraws marry or be fired ultimatum ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-company-withdraws-marry-or-be-fired-ultimatum    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:31:31

• Judge Orders Tory Lanez to Face Megan Thee Stallion’s Lawyers in Prison ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/25/judge-orders-tory-lanez-to-face-megan-thee-stallions-lawyers/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:33:12

• Judge blocks Convicted Felon’s order halting the U.S. refugee admissions system ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2025/0225/trump-lawsuit-executive-order-refugee-resettlement    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:33:27

• INTERVIEW: Why an Argentine court filed a warrant for Aung San Suu Kyi’s arrest ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/02/25/myanmar-tomas-ojea-quintana-interview/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:33:40

• US federal workers amends lawsuit challenging new federal reporting requirement ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/us-federal-workers-file-lawsuit-against-new-federal-reporting-requirement/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:34:04

• Hong Kong lawmakers support new union laws, citing labour groups’ political acts during 2019 protests ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/25/hong-kong-lawmakers-support-new-union-laws-citing-labour-groups-political-acts-during-2019-protests/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:34:32

• Syrian national conference outlaws armed groups outside military ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250225-syrian-national-conference-outlaws-armed-groups-outside-military    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:34:48

• Censorship by Islamic fanatics who run entire nations ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/25/the-1975-malaysia-lawsuit/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:35:58

• misinformation? probably not. ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/asrock-issues-bios-update-to-address-ryzen-9-9800x3d-failures-warns-of-misinformation-about-failures    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:37:15

• Meet Framework Desktop, A Monster Mini PC Powered By AMD Ryzen Hey Hi (AI) Max ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/02/25/meet-framework-desktop-a-monster-mini-pc-powered-by-amd-ryzen-ai-max/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:37:48

• Framework Laptop 13 Gets A Colorful AMD Ryzen Hey Hi (AI) 300 Upgrade ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/02/25/framework-laptop-13-gets-a-colorful-amd-ryzen-ai-300-upgrade/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:38:12

• Some US allies contribute, some loaf. Here’s a numerical assessment ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/some-us-allies-contribute-some-loaf-heres-a-numerical-assessment/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:39:07

• Puntland Forces Closing In On Islamic State Leader ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/02/puntland-forces-closing-in-on-islamic-state-leader/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:39:36

• She Interrupted a Town-Hall Meeting and Was Dragged Out by Private Security ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/idaho-woman-removed-town-hall.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:39:51

• Gabbard Says More Than 100 Intelligence Officers Fired for Chat Messages ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/gabbard-nsa-firing-explicit-chat.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:40:02

• For Syria’s religious minorities, new freedoms, yet lingering insecurity ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0225/islamist-syria-religious-freedom-security    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:40:12

• Medicaid is a Lifeline for People with Disabilities. Congress Must Act to Save It. ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/disability-rights/medicaid-is-a-lifeline-for-people-with-disabilities-congress-must-act-to-save-it    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:40:47

• UN abruptly cancels Uyghur scholar’s speech at Paris language forum ☞ https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/02/25/uyghur-unesco-speech-cancelled/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:41:08

• Budget 2025: Hong Kong logs estimated HK$87.2 billion deficit, will cut spending by 7% over coming 3 years ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/26/budget-2025-hong-kong-logs-estimated-hk87-2-billion-deficit-will-cut-spending-by-7-over-coming-3-years/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:41:44

• Budget 2025: Hong Kong opposition party calls off traditional demo at gov’t HQ citing ‘immense pressure’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/26/budget-2025-hong-kong-opposition-party-calls-off-traditional-demo-at-govt-hq-citing-immense-pressure/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:42:22

• POLL: What do You Think of the Nvidia RTX5000 series? ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/poll-what-do-you-think-of-the-nvidia-rtx5000-series/index.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:43:33

• Syrian national conference asserts the state's monopoly of weapons ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250225-syrian-national-conference-asserts-the-state-s-monopoly-of-weapons    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:44:01

• 3 arrested for scalping Kai Tak opening ceremony tickets ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/26/3-arrested-for-scalping-kai-tak-opening-ceremony-tickets/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:44:33

• What We Know About Guantánamo Bay’s Migrant Camp ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000009991748/what-we-know-about-guantanamo-bays-migrant-camp.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:45:16

• ELEGOO Centauri Carbon Review – An affordable CoreXY 3D printer suitable for beginners ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/26/elegoo-centauri-carbon-review-an-affordable-corexy-3d-printer-suitable-for-beginners/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:45:50

• AAEON BOXER-6647-MTH Meteor Lake embedded Box PC features screwless SATA and M.2 M-key trays ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/25/aaeon-boxer-6647-mth-meteor-lake-embedded-box-pc-features-screwless-sata-and-m-2-m-key-trays/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:45:59

• Indonesia and Fashion Company Apple said to agree on terms to lift iPhone 16 ban ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-and-apple-said-to-agree-on-terms-to-lift-iphone-16-ban    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:46:33

• Microsoft tests ad-supported Office apps for backdoored Windows users ☞ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-tests-ad-supported-office-apps-for-windows-users/ an attack on open standards http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Microsoft_is_Admitting_That_It_Has_No_Viable_Business_Model_Sta.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:47:53

• Preserving contents ☞ https://harishpillay.com/2025/02/26/preserving-contents/ "I was reminded that I have not been backing up contents that I’ve created that sit in walled gardens like LinkedIn. Once upon a time, I did also post into that site called Facebook, but since about 2015 or so, I stopped entirely."    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:48:30

• KDE Plasma 6.3 – Pixel Perfecto! ☞ https://www.librebyte.net/en/desktop/kde-plasma-6-3-pixel-perfecto/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:49:05

• KDE Plasma 6.3.2, Bugfix Release for February ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.2/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:49:25

• Firefox Developer Experience: Geckodriver 0.36.0 Released ☞ https://fxdx.dev/geckodriver-0-36-0-released/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:50:52

• Top EU court affirms Italy antitrust decision on Surveillance Giant Google Android case ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/top-eu-court-affirms-italy-antitrust-decision-on-google-android-case/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 06:51:27

• CISA Warns of Attacks Exploiting Oracle Agile PLM Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-of-attacks-exploiting-oracle-agile-plm-vulnerability/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:07:00

• Skybox Security Shuts Down, Lays Off Entire Workforce ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/skybox-security-shuts-down-lays-off-entire-workforce/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:09:15

• Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s Twelve Proverbs (1558) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/bruegel-twelve-proverbs    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:09:52

• Gottlieb | Kanye West’s social control media rant is about more than hate speech — it’s also about mental health ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/02/25/gottlieb-kanye-west-social-media/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:11:46

• Red Hat sponsored publisher does some 'obligatory' puff pieces ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/25/red-hat-broadens-virtualization-options-latest-openshift-release/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:15:09

• FUD source and Microsoft proxy https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/25/snyk-launches-secure-developer-program-strengthen-open-source-security/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:15:34

• Import GPU: Python Programming With CUDA ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/25/import-gpu-python-programming-with-cuda/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:15:57

• What Spotify Ticketing Expansion? SoundCloud Partners With Ticketmaster on Major Integration Deal ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/25/soundcloud-ticketmaster-deal/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:16:17

• iHeartMedia and Charlamagne Tha God Announces 2025 Black Effect Podcast Festival ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/25/iheartmedia-charlamagne-tha-god-black-effect-podcast-festival/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:19:19

• Framework Unveils $2,000 Non-Upgradable "AI" PC ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/framework-unveils-2000-non-upgradable    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:20:12

• How is Mozilla Spending that $1 Million from US Taxpayers? ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/how-is-mozilla-spending-that-1-million    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:20:28

• How to Update Image or PDF Links After Changing Domain in WordPress ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-update-image-or-pdf-links-after-changing-domain-in-wordpress/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:20:50

• Nextcloud Releases Hub 10 to Take on Big Tech ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/nextcloud-releases-hub-10-to-take-on-big-tech/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:21:16

• OSI’s Continually Changing Election Story ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/osis-changing-election-story/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/Microsoft_Devoured_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Now_It_s_Just.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:21:54

• The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 880 ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/02/24/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-880/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:22:21

• “Do you not like money?” ☞ https://rubenerd.com/do-you-not-like-money/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:23:40

• Doing one of those “archetype” tests ☞ https://rubenerd.com/doing-one-of-those-archetype-tests/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:24:46

• ProPublica Updates Native American Repatriation Database ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/native-american-remains-returned-repatriation-nagpra | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:25:09

• Guillaume Kulakowski: Problème intermittent dans la résolution de mes DNS avec AdGuard Home (EAI_AGAIN) ☞ https://blog.kulakowski.fr/post/probleme-intermittent-dans-la-resolution-de-mes-dns-avec-adguard-home-eai_again    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:30:46

• Fedora Community Blog: Council Policy Proposal: DEI Events Policy ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/council-policy-proposal-dei-events-policy/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:30:58

• Event Wrap: APTLD 87 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/26/event-wrap-aptld-87/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:31:13

• Michael Ablassmeier: proxmox backup nbdkit plugin ☞ https://abbbi.github.io//nbdkit-pbs/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:36:52

• Facing Early-Onset Alzheimer’s, She Fought to Expand Assisted Suicide in Quebec ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/canada/sandra-demontigny-assisted-suicide-quebec.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:37:47

• Get me out of ‘The Room Next Door’ ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/film/get-me-out-of-the-room-next-door/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:38:02

• Gmail, removal of SMS 2FA option, and the QR code nonsense ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gmail-sms-qr-code.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:38:23

• Reverse-Engineering ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/25/reverse-engineering-sks-airspy-tire-pressure-sensors-for-custom-firmware/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:38:47

• Imagination DXTP GPU promises 20% higher power efficiency compared to DXT GPU for mobile devices and laptops ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/25/imagination-dxtp-gpu-promises-20-higher-power-efficiency-compared-to-dxt-gpu-for-mobile-devices-and-laptops/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:39:07

• Digital weapons, threat not being recognised anymore ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/25/tiktok-douyin-in-app-purchases-top-6-billion-annually/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:39:56

• "There's a lot of different stands and protective cases for the Steam Deck, all with their own unique selling point and the Steam Deck Folio looks like another interesting option" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/steam-deck-folio-is-a-slim-protective-travel-cover-that-doubles-up-as-a-stand/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:42:52

• "Framework continue doing some really impressive stuff with their modular approach to hardware, and they just had a big event to reveal the Framework Desktop, Framework Laptop 12 and an upgraded Framework Laptop 13." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/framework-announce-the-framework-desktop-framework-laptop-12-and-upgraded-framework-laptop-13/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:43:24

• "Survivor-like bullet heavens are are all the rage right now from Vampire Survivors to Brotato and everything in between. Maze Mice answers the question no one asked: what if it was like Pac-Man?" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/maze-mice-feels-like-pac-man-and-survivor-like-bullet-heavens-had-a-baby/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:44:44

• "Developed by Binogure Studio in Godot on Linux, the same developer behind City Game Studio." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/fortune-avenue-is-a-hyped-up-fast-paced-chaotic-spin-on-monopoly/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:44:55

• "GAO has a blueprint for cost savings, but so far has gotten the cold shoulder from DOGE [sic]" https://fedscoop.com/gao-watchdog-elon-musk-doge-agency-cuts/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:47:57

• "How To Protect The Baltic Sea From The Russian Shadow Fleet" https://www.rferl.org/a/baltic-sea-sabotage-russian-shadow-fleet-undersea-cables/33326301.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:48:08

• "Kremlin Casts Doubt After Trump Says Putin OK With European Troops In Ukraine" https://www.rferl.org/a/kremlin-putin-trump-european-troops-ukraine/33327524.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:48:27

• "Rare Earth Minerals Front And Center In The Push For Peace In Ukraine" https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-rare-minerals-trump/33327899.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:48:38

• "Trump touts $5 million "gold card" US residency visa plan" https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/trump-gold-card-visa    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:48:49

• "US sides with Russia against Ukraine and Europe at the United Nations" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/us-sides-with-russia-against-ukraine-and-europe-at-the-united-nations/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:48:58

• "Donald Trump’s useful fools have betrayed Ukraine" https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/02/donald-trumps-useful-fools-have-betrayed-ukraine-boris-johnson-liz-truss    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:49:12

• "AfD readmits two politicians excluded over Nazi-related remarks" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/25/afd-readmits-two-politicians-excluded-over-nazi-related-remarks    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:49:24

• "Ukraine war briefing: Calls grow to spend all of Russia’s frozen billions on Ukrainian defence" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/ukraine-war-briefing-calls-grow-to-spend-all-of-russias-frozen-billions-on-ukrainian-defence    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:49:38

• "Two Weeks of Work: Hampton Dellinger" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/26/two-weeks-of-work-hampton-dellinger/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:50:00

• "A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection" https://www.wired.com/story/edera-cloud-tech-security/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:50:47

• "Marx on Trump’s Abuses of Power" https://jacobin.com/2025/02/marx-trump-presidential-systems-executive/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:50:58

• "Saudi Arabia launches currency symbol" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/24/2025/saudi-arabia-launches-currency-symbol    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:51:09

• "Africa’s AGOA trade deal uncertain under Trump" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/24/2025/uncertainty-grows-over-future-of-africa-us-trade-deal-under-trump    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:51:20

• CHEETO "supporters among those losing U.S. jobs" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-02-26/federal-job-cuts-hit-trump-supporters    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:51:37

• "Senate confirms Daniel Driscoll as new Army secretary" https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/02/25/senate-confirms-daniel-driscoll-as-new-army-secretary/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:51:48

• "The 1st Amendment and the new sheriff in town" https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1262549/the-1st-amendment-and-the-new-sheriff-in-town    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:52:00

• "Europe is only as weak as it thinks it is" https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/europe-is-only-as-weak-as-it-thinks-it-is/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:52:07

• "Valve's upcoming MOBA shooter Deadlock has received one of the biggest updates to date, which includes a big overhaul to the map that makes it a bit less complicated. While it's in development access is still locked behind invites." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/valves-in-development-deadlock-gets-a-huge-map-overhaul/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:52:28

• "Dune: Awakening is releasing May 20th from Funcom, and surprisingly it looks like it may actually be playable on the Steam Deck. That is, unless Funcom decide to put in some anti-cheat that blocks Linux." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/dune-awakening-looks-like-it-may-be-playable-on-steam-deck-benchmark-tested/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:52:39

• "Humble Bundle have launched the Indie Allies 2025 Humble Bundle supporting BIPOC studios and creators via the Xperience Studios charity." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/support-bipoc-studios-creators-in-the-indie-allies-2025-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:52:50

• "Siberian Court Jails Ex-Wagner Fighters for Interview With Activist - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/26/siberian-court-jails-ex-wagner-fighters-for-interview-with-activist-a88170    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:53:01

• "Today in "World's Largest Metaphor Hits Ice-Berg" News:" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/today-in-worlds-largest-metaphor-hits-ice-berg-news/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:53:33

• "Is Trump or Congress lying about cutting Medicaid?" https://www.vox.com/politics/401630/is-trump-lying-about-cutting-medicaid-or-is-congress    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:53:49

• "The Peril Donald Trump Poses to Ukraine" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-peril-donald-trump-poses-to-ukraine    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:53:59

• "Beloved owner of one of Hollywood's last costume shops dies at 90" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-02-26/ursula-boschet-owner-one-of-last-hollywood-costume-shops-dies-at-90    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:54:09

• "Elon Musk Has Sucked Up $38 Billion in Aid From the Federal Government, and Now He's Slashing That Help for Others" https://futurism.com/elon-musk-38-billion-federal-government    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:54:25

• "History is in a hurry" https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1262630/history-is-in-a-hurry/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:54:36

• Cheeto "administration slashes 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts, documents reveal - The Times of India" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/donald-trump-administration-slashes-90-of-usaid-foreign-aid-contracts-documents-reveal/articleshow/118589517.cms    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:54:54

• "Trump vows again to ‘get our money back’ in ‘rare earth’ deal with Ukraine without offering ‘very much’ security guarantees" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/26/trump-vows-again-to-get-our-money-back-in-rare-earth-deal-with-ukraine-without-offering-any-security-guarantees    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:55:06

• "Regeringens kryptoproblem" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/02/26/regeringens-kryptoproblem/ http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:55:24

• "Discriminated against for being heterosexual? The war on diversity returns to the US Supreme Court" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-26/discriminated-against-for-being-heterosexual-the-war-on-diversity-returns-to-the-us-supreme-court.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:55:36

• "TikToker who called for Elon Musk to be assassinated probed by Trump loyalist US attorney" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tiktok-sarah-roberts-elon-musk-trump-b2705295.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:55:47

• "It also has Native Linux support." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/the-wipeout-like-racer-ballisticng-gets-steam-deck-verified/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:56:21

• "You should probably keep an eye on your software updater, as the X.Org X server and Xwayland have more security vulnerabilities that have been announced." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/x-org-x-server-and-xwayland-have-8-more-security-vulnerabilities-revealed/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:56:34

• "The community-made open-source PlayStation remote play client chiaki-ng has version 1.9.6 out now, bringing with it more improvements to make streaming PlayStation games to other devices even easier." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/open-source-playstation-remote-play-client-chiaki-ng-gets-improved-controller-mapping/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 07:56:46

• "Carbon Capture" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/02/26/pathways-carbon-capture-project-is-not-viable-expert-warns/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:23:01

• "Lapdog Press Corps" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/trump-white-house-builds-its-own-lapdog-press-corps/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:23:43

• “distracted,” “overwhelmed,” “paralyzed” ☛ https://fair.org/home/nyt-trump-unstoppable-opposition-futile/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:24:39

• Mozilla does NOT value privacy; it abuses data, this is just a PR stunt ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/02/24/mozilla-joins-amicus-brief-in-support-of-law-that-protects-your-private-messages/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:27:58

• "Now imagine a time when governments do have this access, plus the ability to control AI agents on people’s systems" ☛ https://walledculture.org/as-ai-agents-become-ubiquitous-expect-the-copyright-industry-to-try-to-turn-them-against-you/ | Source: Walled Culture    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:30:37

• "Automattic has since sent a cease and desist order to WP Engine to stop it from using its trademarks, while WP Engine has followed up with a lawsuit that accuses Automattic and Mullenweg of extortion." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/4/24262410/wordpress-fight-trademarks-open-source-mullenweg | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:31:10

• "Steve Wozniak's career stretches back to the 1970s, when he built his first computer, designed calculators for HP, and met Steve Jobs." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/steve_wozniak_keynote/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:31:52

• [Old] "In September of 1985, Microsoft Released Excel 1.0 for...the Apple Macintosh? It wouldn’t be until 1987 that Excel 2.0 would be brought to MS-DOS." ☛ https://www.nashvillecomputer.com/2020/09/14/a-short-history-of-microsoft-excel/ | Source: Nashville Computer Inc    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:32:31

• "This speech specifically addresses the unique opportunities for disenshittification created by Trump's rapid unscheduled midair disassembly of the international free trade system." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/# | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:32:43

• "Passing fees on to merchants or consumers would be inappropriate as credit card companies accelerate efforts to introduce Apple Pay, the country’s top financial regulator said Monday." ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/special/2025/02/175_392982.html | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:33:03

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/hp_ceo_pay_for_2024/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:33:18

• "For Nordic and other vendors like them, open source is not only the best thing for their customers" ☛ https://blog.golioth.io/the-miserable-state-of-modems-and-mobile-network-operators/ | Source: Golioth    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:34:15

• "Unfortunately Brendan is afraid of real reporters." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/26/fcc-boss-brendan-carr-wants-you-to-know-hes-having-a-great-time-trampling-free-speech-attacking-civil-rights-and-destroying-all-broadband-consumer-protection/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:34:31

• "According to Virgin Media, its 5 Gbps fibre service will transform broadband capabilities for homes and businesses" ☛ https://itwire.com/it-industry-news/telecoms-and-nbn/virgin-media-to-launch-5-gbps-fibre-broadband-in-ireland.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:34:45

• "Be the outcast, not on Facebook. Be the one who says, "I don't shop at Amazon," to your friends. Be the one that doesn't hang out in a nazi bar because you "only talk to good people there." Be the one who helps others find alternatives. Escape this tyrannical bullshit." ☛ https://grepjason.sh/2025/comfortable | Source: Jason Burk    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:35:24

• "Book cover featuring a happy dog.My friend Manuel has sent me his latest book to review - and it is a corker." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/02/book-review-web-accessibility-cookbook-creating-inclusive-experiences-by-manuel-matuzovic/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:35:36

• "Besides salary increases, the union's demands include measures to improve wellbeing at work, more rights regarding remote work, more flexible holiday practices and promotion of "genuine equality and non-discrimination in all workplaces"." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20146132 | Source: YLE    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:35:53

• "This varies by region—organizing in the USA differs from Italy, for instance." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/traditional-unions-struggle-to-understand-tech-sector-304922 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:36:21

• "The news site (known as Mail Online in the UK and DailyMail.com in the US) began restricting access to certain articles labelled as part of the Mail+ subscription for UK users at the end of January 2024." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/daily-mail-rolls-out-premium-paywall-into-us-and-canada/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:37:20

• "U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, denied the AP's request for a temporary injunction restoring its access to the Oval Office, Air Force One and events held at the White House." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/us-judge-allows-trump-s-ap-oval-office-ban-to-stand-over-use-of-gulf-of-mexico-name-/7986557.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:37:36

• "No US newspaper now has a print circulation of 500,000 or more copies a day." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/top-25-us-newspaper-circulations-2024/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:37:45

• "His latest move comes after the publication of a new expose by journalist Michael Wolff that has Trump and his team livid." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2280408.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:37:59

• "Videos posted by attendees online showed Teresa Borrenpohl of Post Falls yelling during the event before being pulled from her seat, wrestled to the ground and dragged out." ☛ https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article300919084.html | Source: McClatchy Media Network    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:38:29

• "In Trump 2.0, "free speech" only applies to those who agree with the new regime." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/02/24/men-violently-zip-tie-and-remove-woman-from-idaho-republican-town-hall-speak-up-and-you-will-suffer-the-consequences-video.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:38:46

• "404 Media previously wrote about DeFlock, an open source mapping project created by Will Freeman that tracks the locations of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) from Flock and other companies." ☛ https://www.404media.co/flock-threatens-open-source-developer-mapping-its-surveillance-cameras/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:39:58

• "The methods outlined are potentially a serious threat to the freedom of speech of Wikipedia editors. Doxxing them would clearly open them up to the kind of online attacks that have become all-too common since Elon Musk bought Twitter." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/26/heritage-foundation-presentation-details-plans-to-doxx-and-target-wikipeda-editors-it-claims-are-abusing-their-position/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:41:23

• "Carefully crafted to avoid the controversies of the failed SOPA bill in 201" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/second-u-s-piracyiblocking-bill-incoming-mpa-google-verizon-meet-to-discuss-250227/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:41:39

• "It is held on the same day as Black Friday" ☛ https://www.calendarpedia.com/when-is/buy-nothing-day.html | Source: Calendarpedia    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:51:06

• "The unofficial holiday makes a statement against the consumerism that takes over the country on Black Friday. In the rest of the world, the holiday is observed on the last Saturday of November." ☛ https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/buy-nothing-day | Source: Time and Date AS    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:51:16

• "A grassroots movement is calling on Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers on Feb. 28 as part of an "economic blackout."" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/02/25/economic-blackout-february-28-peoples-union | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:51:29

• "Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2025/elon-musk-business-government-contracts-funding/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:51:53

• [Old] "Multiplan, despite Microsoft's best efforts, is completely left in the dust." ☛ https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/microsoft | Source: ACQ LLC    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:52:32

• Some people say, "it's just some cartoon, just some jots of a pen". Well, articles are just many words put together (and LLM slop can emulate that). But the pen can be mighty and can help bring change.    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:53:41

• "In the end, Multiplan had four versions, but the last one, version 4.2, had some big changes, especially to the file format. More on that in a minute." ☛ https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2023/11/10/multiplan/ | Source: Tyler Thorsted    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:53:48

• "VisiCalc was a way of using a computer that no one had ever thought of before, especially at the time when most computers were mainframes with limited access to the “average” user." ☛ https://www.apple2history.org/history/ah18/#07 | Source: Apple II History    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:54:03

• "VisiCalc used the A1 notation in formulas" ☛ https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/22208/VisiCalc/ | Source: The Centre for Computing History    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:54:19

• "VisiCalc took 20 hours of work per week for some people and turned it out in 15 minutes and let them become much more creative." ☛ https://www.landley.net/history/mirror/timelines/inventors/html/aa010199.htm | Source: Rob Landley    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:54:36

• "No program like VisiCalc existed before. That meant the Apple II version wasn’t a toned-down, inferior version of existing software, like the console ports of arcade games used to be." ☛ https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/apple-ii-killer-app-visicalc | Source: Cult Of Mac    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:54:46

• "If a contribution gets merged, it’s a huge win for the community and for the person. It needs to be celebrated and communicated to the outside world." ☛ https://chrisholdgraf.com/blog/2025/os-support | Source: Chris Holdgraf    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:55:02

• "Using bioacoustic recordings, studies have shown that some birds shout loudly to make themselves heard in cities and that sea turtle hatchlings communicate from the nest to coordinate their hatching." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/costa-rica-forest-conservation-sounds/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:56:10

• "We also confirmed that feeding the anemonefish directly increases the growth rate of the sea anemones" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-field-clownfish-food-anemone-partners.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:56:29

• "Experts who have spent decades trying to save black-footed ferrets say these impacts threaten the broader prairie ecosystem." ☛ https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/401389/trump-doge-fish-wildife-service-black-footed-ferret | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:57:01

• "The kidnappers communicated their demands—the specifics of which have not been disclosed by law enforcement—to Éric Larchevêque, another Ledger cofounder." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/after-a-violent-kidnapping-crypto-elites-hire-bodyguards/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:57:58

• "For decades, it catered to elite travelers, offering transatlantic voyages between New York and Europe." ☛ https://spacecoastdaily.com/2025/02/tourism-legendary-ocean-liner-ss-united-states-to-become-artificial-reef-off-florida-panhandle/ | Source: Maverick Multimedia Inc    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:58:07

• "The proponents of the project, including its financial backers Deloitte and Bank of America, said last year that up to 60 million gallons of blended fuel" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/refinery-saf-sustainable-fuel-rollout-problem/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:58:30

• "As sales collapse, the automaker's usually stellar stock position has also taken a ding, despite soaring to an all-time high in the wake of Donald Trump's election victory." ☛ https://futurism.com/tesla-absolutely-destroyed-europe | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:58:44

• " these additions aim to provide better connectivity for residents and commuters in the region." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/2280478.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 08:58:58

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

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:01:21

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

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:01:49

• "One aspect I’ve gotten stuck on with the styling of this blog is code blocks. I’ve tried adding a border and/or a background color in the past, but I couldn’t stick with either of them and constantly kept changing styles." ☛ https://pjg1.site/fade-block-css | Source: Piya Gehi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:02:09

• [Old] "Because this stuff is important." ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/html-css-part-1/ | Source: Cassidy Williams    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:02:26

• How To Install Amarok Music Player on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-amarok-music-player-linux-mint-22/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:04:25

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

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:04:37

• [Old] "This is Part 2 of this tutorial, where we start from the very beginning of HTML and CSS. You don’t need to know anything about HTML and CSS or anything about code to start." ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/html-css-part-2/ | Source: Cassidy Williams    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:06:26

• "For reasons outside the scope of this entry, I'm looking for an OIDC or SAML identity provider that supports primary user and password authentication against our own data and then MFA authentication through the university's SaaS vendor." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MFAPushAuthSupportEasier | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:06:37

• How To Disable NetworkManager on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/disable-networkmanager-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:06:55

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

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:07:07

• "The dispute between the Fedora Project and the collective behind OBS Studio has been settled." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/fedora_obs_flatpak_dispute/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:10:19

• "My first foray into the Die Hard franchise was Die Hard 4, AKA Live Free or Die Hard" gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20250227-die_hard4.txt    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:25:08

• 🔤SpellBinding — BFILSUY Wordo: AGENT gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-02-27.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:26:10

• "The core principle of an invasive species is that it has not gone through millennia of coevolution with the flora" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/everyone-should-learn-plant-identification/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:26:46

• "Thanks to the momentum of European Union policies, disused dams are being removed for the purpose of restoring rivers." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-sediment-demolition-olloki.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:26:55

• "I reached out to all 271 Republican members of the House and Senate to find out" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/republicans-dictator-putin-ukraine/681841/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:27:12

• "At the center of the story is the billionaire-couple Stewart and Lynda Resnick" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/meet-the-pistachio-barons-who-control-californias-water/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:27:37

• "Underwater infrastructure is the first target" ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/02/26/baltic-tensions-rise-as-russias-phantom-fleet-strikes-cables/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:28:45

• "he wanted "all" European countries to cooperate and start cutting back visas" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/france-wants-europe-cooperation-on-visas-over-expulsion-of-undocumented-migrants/7988502.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:29:07

• "The ex-DOGE [sic] staffers, many of whom were part of the U.S. Digital Service (USDS) before Musk's takeover" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/we-swore-serve-american-people-21-doge-workers-revolt-against-elon-musk-resign-1731415 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:29:22

• "German-language propaganda site run by IS" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-26/german-police-on-alert-after-islamic-state-calls-for-carnival-attacks | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:29:40

• "I'm more afraid of the response to what's happening than I am of the events themselves" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/just-another-monday-in-a-dying-republic | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:29:56

• "The decisions were issued within 90 minutes of one another." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-court-losses-usaid-refugee-ban-b2704718.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:30:13

• "The richest man on earth is really excited that middle class families in the public sector won't be able to pay their bills" ☛ https://meidasnews.com/news/elon-mocks-the-federal-workers-he-fired-in-a-post | Source: Arena Group    

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

• "The workers, who were folded into DOGE [sic] via executive order when President Trump took office" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/02/25/doge-elon-musk-employees-quit | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:30:48

• "Open Rights Group has launched a new campaign, ‘Practice Safe Text’ which highlights the importance of end-to-end encryption in keeping our communications safe." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/practice-safe-text-campaign-launched/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:31:32

• "So let's talk about those circumstances." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/25/sneak-and-peek/#pavel-chekov | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:31:51

• "I'm confident I've missed plenty here but I'd urge you to examine the privacy policies, public stances, support and actions taken by these companies and adjust your financial interactions with and value you provide to each of them." ☛ https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/make-yourself-less-valuable-to-tech-companies | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:32:02

• "Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, both California Democrats, asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to reexamine that finding, saying Britain’s threat to compromise encryption violated the information-sharing deal between the two countries under the 2018 CLOUD Act." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/26/intelligence-chief-tulsi-gabbard-will-fight-egregious-apple-back-door-order/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:32:14

• "When I say that Mullvad takes your privacy seriously, I mean it. Unlike other VPNs, Mullvad goes so far as to disconnect your account from an email by auto-generating an account number for you." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/395038/mullvad-vpn-review-2.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:32:27

• "Attorney General Tim Griffin alleged that GM’s sale of vehicle speed, acceleration, braking, late night driving patterns and other information without informed consent was “unconscionable.”" ☛ https://therecord.media/arkansas-sues-gm-over-data-collection-sharing | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:32:38

• "The report prompted an instant backlash against the U.K.’s order. On February 21, Apple yanked its premiere data protection tool from the British market rather than comply." ☛ https://therecord.media/odni-gabbard-uk-apple-backdoor-request-grave-concern | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:32:49

• "Whittaker said Signal intends to exit Sweden should its government amend existing legislation essentially mandating the end of end-to-end encryption (E2EE), an identical position it took as the UK considered its Online Safety Bill" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/signal_will_withdraw_from_sweden/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:33:06

• "While concern about cloud data sovereignty became fashionable back in 2013 when former NSA contractor Edward Snowden disclosed secrets revealing the scope of US signals intelligence gathering and fled to Russia" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/europe_has_second_thoughts_about/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:33:20

• "For the past three or so hours, the Salesforce-owned IRC-like chat app has suffered a partial outage affecting users' ability to login and converse reliably." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/slack_outage/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:33:33

• Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) "Little did he know that the decision would totally upend his life" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/life-destroyed-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:37:50

• Also Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/infosec_bytes/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:38:19

• Windows TCO ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/cost-poor-it-project-estimation-paracon/259831/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:39:03

• Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/cyber-incident-shuts-down-cleveland-municipal-court | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:39:11

• Windows TCO ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/cyberattacks-business-disruption-2025-unit-42-palo-alto-networks/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:39:20

• Social Control Media ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/social-media-platforms-censor-journalists-accounts-at-turkeys-request-304929 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:39:57

• Social Control Media: "Our featured story for the fourth quarter" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/the-dark-side-of-social-media-avast-avert/259658/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:40:07

• "Can we make this next time you're home?" ☛ https://defector.com/glossy-gunky-and-ready-in-minutes-ai-meal-recipes-are-overrunning-the-internet | Source: Defector    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:40:31

• "Use External Apps" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/26/discord-adds-ai-image-transform-bot-that-you-cant-disable-or-opt-out-of/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:40:42

• "The irony here is rich: while Musk’s xAI and other American AI companies are desperately seeking new markets and training data" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/26/musks-usaid-cuts-may-hand-china-the-ai-race/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:40:53

• "The first exploit involves Parallels, the virtual machine that allows the Mac to run Windows, Linux, and older versions of macOS." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2620602/mac-security-researchers-expose-two-new-exploits.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:41:24

• "The release of Windows 11 24H2 has been anything but flawless, and now another problem has surfaced. If you have a specific older version of Autodesk’s AutoCAD software installed on your computer, you’ll be blocked from upgrading to Windows 11 24H2." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2620605/windows-11-24h2-now-blocked-on-pcs-running-older-autocad-software.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:41:34

• "Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/climate/epa-lynn-dekleva-formaldehyde.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:35:59

• "I'm not one who worries too much about leaving a legacy" ☛ https://louplummer.lol/mortality/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:36:08

• "Explaining things to other people is a wonderful way to test how well you understand it yourself and then to use that explaining task as a vehicle to learn more about the topic." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/explaining-it-helps-you-learn-it/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:36:41

• "This is one reason why engineers get more effective the longer they spend at a company: they get a better sense of which constraints apply and which don’t, which translates directly to the ability to ship." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/solution-space/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:36:59

• "In 2025, if you want to learn something, you can. Probably for free, and faster than ever before." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/02/at-the-speed-of-judgment/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:37:18

• "I would like to be able to say that, as a child, I was never bored. The truth is that there were occasional stretches when I found myself standing by the window, staring into the nothingness." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/The-Home-Forum/2025/0226/bored-creativity-social-media | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:37:45

• "Fueling these bans is growing research on the harmful effects of smartphone and social media use on the mental health and academic achievement of grade to high school students." ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/02/24/school-cellphone-bans-spread-across-states-though-enforcement-could-be-tricky/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:37:58

• "This doesn’t even include the AI implications of resume creation, mass application" ☛ https://kanenarraway.com/posts/ai-killed-the-tech-interview-now-what/ | Source: Kane Narraway    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:38:17

• "I generally do not listen to nonfiction as I cannot highlight or take notes. Fiction is mostly entertainment, and I already have many other ways to enjoy myself. Audiobooks were exciting, but now I feel jaded listening to them." ☛ https://www.amitgawande.com/blog/2025/no-audiobooks | Source: Amit Gawande    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:38:49

• "Little did I know that a particular type of person would evolve in the workplace. I found as years passed that it would become impossible to get some people to commit to doing anything in an email." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/the-people-who-fear-email/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:39:05

• "The circle of at least 45 wooden posts in Aars, North Jutland, has a diameter of about 30 metres" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/stonehenge-circle-unearthed-denmark-woodhenge | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:40:57

• "Archaeologists there are piecing together clues about ancient industries and trade routes across the glaciers." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/norways-melting-glaciers-are-spilling-out-troves-of-lost-artifacts | Source: Science Alert    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:41:08

• "Almost all of the talks I see at any conference fall into one of two archetypes: [...]" ☛ https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/other-kinds-of-talks/ | Source: Jamie Brandon    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:41:37

• [Old] "I guess this is a reasonable test to call the bluff that is the ooxml specification and of MS’s implementation (or alleged) of it." ☛ https://harishpillay.com/2008/04/22/ooxml-conformance-test-fails-for-ms-office-2007-well-done/ | Source: Harish Pillay    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:42:46

• [Old] "Such a test is only indicative, of course, but a few tentative conclusions can be drawn: [...]" ☛ https://web.archive.org/web/20080421051520/http://www.griffinbrown.co.uk/blog/PermaLink,guid,3e2202cd-59a3-4356-8f30-b8eb79735e1a.aspx | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:43:15

• [Old] "On this count Microsoft seems set for failure." ☛ http://adjb.net/post/Microsoft-Fails-the-Standards-Test | Source: Alex Brown    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:43:38

• "There’s just a lot going on. This can be simplified using Python’s new match statement released in Python 3.10." ☛ https://claytonerrington.com/blog/switch-python-to-match/ | Source: Clayton Errington    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:44:02

• "One of the key benefits of this framework is that it lets users give a high-level description of a model for symbolic preprocessing to analyze and enhance the model." ☛ https://info.juliahub.com/blog/a-next-gen-approach-to-modeling | Source: Julia Programming Language    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:44:37

• "The post Add Error Bars to Bar Plots in R Using ggplot2 appeared first on Data Science Tutorials" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/add-error-bars-to-bar-plots-in-r-using-ggplot2/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:45:35

• "This page contains a curated list of recent changes to main branch Zig." ☛ https://ziglang.org/devlog/2025/#2025-02-24 | Source: Zig    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:45:48

• "I’ve set up git to sign commits using an SSH key, and the procedure is pretty painless: [...]" ☛ https://jpmens.net/2025/02/26/signing-git-commits-with-an-ssh-key/ | Source: Jan Piet Mens    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:46:07

• "In order to build an effective compiler for a dynamic language such as Ruby, the compiler needs precise type information" ☛ https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/sctp/ | Source: Max Bernstein    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:46:22

• "Before exploring the pitfalls of buffer overflows and memory leaks, it’s critical to understand what secure coding entails and why it’s particularly vital in C++." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/secure-coding-in-c-avoid-buffer-overflows-and-memory-leaks/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:46:37

• "This just published SNCS article and revised and extended from a conference presentation (at ICTSS 2023 in Bergamo, see here on my efforts back then to use AI to locate the conference site)." ☛ https://bertrandmeyer.com/2025/02/26/new-paper-seeding-contradiction/ | Source: Bertrand Meyer    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:47:03

• "For me, the limitations (i.e. constraints) of HTTP imports in Deno were a feature. I loved it precisely because it encouraged me to do something different than what node/npm encouraged." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/limitations-vs-capabilities/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:47:29

• "If you ever used C++, for sure you had to face undefined behaviour. Even though it gives extra freedom for implementers, it’s dreaded by developers as it may cause havoc in your systems and it’s better to avoid it if possible." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/02/26/cpp26-better-lexing | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:47:42

• "This post breaks down how it works and why it’s useful for organizations navigating the complexities of R package approval" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/shiny-gathering-x-pharmaverse-recap-simplifying-r-package-quality-with-the-riskassessment-app/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:48:28

• "Fredrik talks to Barry O’Reilly about software architecture." ☛ https://kodsnack.se/international/631/ | Source: Kodsnack    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:48:49

• "My site generator, Aurora, also lets me create pages with custom permalinks." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/02/26/duplicate-permalink-warnings | Source: James G    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:49:12

• "For those unfamiliar with EdgeDB, it is a cutting-edge relational open-source database that uses the PostgreSQL query engine" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/edgedb-rebrands-as-gel-brings-full-sql-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:50:18

• "The reason they didn't crash was that they were not running Internet Explorer." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/steve_wozniak_engineer_keynote/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:50:46

• When Syncretism Dies, Cultures Die Fusion Food, Invented Traditions, and the Politics of Identity ☞ https://venam.net/blog/psychology/2025/02/26/cultural-syncretism.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:51:59

• In Kampala slums, Uganda's action-packed film studio Wakaliwood defies norms ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20250226-in-kampala-slums-uganda-s-action-packed-film-studio-wakaliwood-defies-norms    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:52:21

• ">There are many ways to improve your skills as a developer." ☛ https://hamatti.org/talks/i-teach-therefore-i-learn/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:52:47

• "Nextcloud unveiled Hub 10, the latest version of its open-source collaboration platform. The release includes many new features and promises a sleek and highly integrated digital workspace designed for those who prioritize privacy and prefer to avoid public cloud services, keeping everything under their own control." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/nextcloud-hub-10-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:55:03

• "Immich, an open-source self-hosted photo and video backup solution, has just released version 1.127, bringing an important security fix alongside several handy enhancements." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/immich-1-127-introduces-face-tagging-and-memory-enhancements/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:55:12

• Judgment translated to English in FINMA & Debian trademark fiasco ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Judgment_translated_to_English_in_FINMA_Debian_trademark_fiasco.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:55:53

• The Brigading (in Social Control Media) Did Not Silence the Creator of GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/The_Brigading_in_Social_Control_Media_Did_Not_Silence_the_Creat.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:56:22

• Slopwatch: Another Offending 'Linux' Site Found (Fake Articles About "Linux"), Postgres/PostgreSQL/PSQL Targeted by FUD from LLMs (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/Slopwatch_Another_Offending_Linux_Site_Found_Fake_Articles_Abou.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:56:31

• Dr.Parted Live – bootable GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dr-parted-live-bootable-linux-distribution/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:56:53

• Vesktop – custom Discord desktop app ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vesktop-discord-desktop-app/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:57:14

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Syntax Highlighters ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-syntax-highlighters/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:57:46

• TriPeaks – solitaire game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tripeaks-solitaire-game/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:58:06

• Top 21 Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Painting Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/paintingtools/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:59:38

• NewGenLib – metadata content management software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/newgenlib-metadata-content-management-software/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 14:59:57

• 6 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Console Audio Grabbers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-linux-console-audio-grabbers/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:01:39

• Machine Learning in Linux: Fooocus – image generating software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/machine-learning-linux-fooocus-image-generating-software/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:01:58

• Qccrypt – frontend for ccrypt ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/qccrypt-frontend-ccrypt/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:02:56

• From Strangling Women to SLAPPing Journalists (Microsoft in a Nutshell) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/From_Strangling_Women_to_SLAPPing_Journalists_Microsoft_in_a_Nu.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:03:47

• Asking Journalists to Pay for Merely Reporting Violent Abuse Against Women (and Telling Them to Kill Themselves) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Asking_Journalists_to_Pay_for_Merely_Reporting_Violent_Abuse_Ag.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:03:56

• Google Lays Off Employees In Clown Division Amid Restructuring https://www.bwmarketingworld.com/article/google-lays-off-employees-in-cloud-division-amid-restructuring-549244-549289    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:05:10

• "slower growth"... the media's propaganda term! https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/business/google-layoffs-cloud-division-cuts-staff-amid-slower-growth-44548    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:05:48

• Google's job cuts continue with latest layoffs in clown division: Report https://www.storyboard18.com/brand-marketing/googles-job-cuts-continue-with-latest-layoffs-in-cloud-division-report-57837.htm    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:06:18

• Eternal Vigilance ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Eternal_Vigilance.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:10:13

• Government Sites That Use Centralised CAs Are Still Remotely Controlled by MElon and GAFAM at the Oval Office ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Government_Sites_That_Use_Centralised_CAs_Are_Still_Remotely_Co.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:10:24

• Credit Suisse collapse obfuscated Parreaux, Thiébaud & Partners scandal ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Credit_Suisse_collapse_obfuscated_Parreaux_Thiebaud_Partners_sc.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:10:32

• Timeline of Microsoft's 2025 Crisis and Growing Panic ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/Timeline_of_Microsoft_s_2025_Crisis_and_Growing_Panic.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:11:07

• Rumour About I.C.B.M. Layoffs in the UK ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/Rumour_About_IBM_Layoffs_in_the_UK.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:11:16

• "This involves bypassing the smartphone’s security features step-by-step, starting with a missed call" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2330195/how-often-should-you-turn-off-your-phone-what-the-nsa-says.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:13:32

• "These adjustments to our packaging might seem minor, but they have delivered a significant reduction in our environmental impact." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/sustainable-solutions-with-raspberry-pi-reducing-packaging/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:17:12

• "Sometimes the coolest Raspberry Pi projects are simple ideas done right and that's exactly what we've got on our hands today." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-powers-custom-cyberdeck-inspired-music-player | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:17:28

• "Set to be a repairable and upgradeable 12.2-inch touchscreen convertible" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/framework_guns_for_cheap_laptops/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:17:45

• "Accustomed to making bold moves, Framework started selling repairable and upgradable laptops in 2021" ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/framework-doubles-down-on-repairable-sustainable-computing-with-2-new-pcs | Source: PC Mag    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:18:05

• "This 13-inch machine is the company’s second with AMD processors" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/618769/framework-laptop-13-2025-amd-ryzen-ai-300-strix-point | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:18:30

• "We build products to fix what we see as a broken industry" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/618784/framework-laptop-12-touchscreen-convertible-announcement-release-date | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:18:40

• "One of the central highlights of this update is introducing support for the recently released Pi-hole 6" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/dietpi-9-11-arrives-with-pi-hole-6-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:19:50

• "Even though I own Caesar III physical media and a Steam copy" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/games/reviving/caesar-iii-gog.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:20:35

• "Suppose that we have a CUDA application like llama.cpp outside Nix." ☛ https://danieldk.eu/Nix-CUDA-on-non-NixOS-systems | Source: Daniël de Kok    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:21:00

• "It’s not exactly difficult to figure out how much space you’ve got left when you’re using OpenZFS" ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/why-zfs-reports-less-available-space-space-accounting-explained/ | Source: Klara    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:21:49

• Public transport strike called for Friday https://www.dw.com/en/germany-public-transport-strike-called-for-friday/a-71670443    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:22:48

• Earth is warming, so why is it so cold? https://www.dw.com/en/earth-is-warming-so-why-is-it-so-cold/a-71661055    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:23:36

• Flying Carpet – cross-platform AirDrop alternative ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/flying-carpet-cross-platform-airdrop-alternative/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:27:25

• Mathesar – spreadsheet-like tool for Postgres data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mathesar-spreadsheet-tool-postgres-data/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:27:43

• Armbian 25.2 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1011955/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:28:06

• Ubuntu 25.04 Coming Soon ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-25.04-Coming-Soon    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:30:25

• Gentoo now offers qcow2 disk images ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1011959/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:35:17

• Risk of large asteroid striking Earth https://www.dw.com/en/risk-of-large-asteroid-striking-earth-falls-to-1-5/a-71691599    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:37:29

• The EU has doubled its solar capacity in the last three years. https://www.dw.com/en/recommended-―-the-eu-has-doubled-its-solar-capacity-in-the-last-three-years-where-s-the-funding-coming-from/a-71640144    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:37:58

• Sebastian Pölsterl: scikit-survival 0.24.0 released ☞ https://k-d-w.org/blog/2025/02/scikit-survival-0.24.0-released/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:39:18

• "Published the next strip: umbrella organizations" ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-02-26.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:39:42

• "Up extremely early; managed to clear out mail" ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-02-25.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:40:23

• IBM employee from Zurich, Switzerland arrested, jailed for tunnel mistake that may have arisen due to sign colours ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/IBM_employee_from_Zurich_Switzerland_arrested_jailed_for_tunnel.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:41:39

• Always Doing This Site for Principles, Not Money ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/Always_Doing_This_Site_for_Principles_Not_Money.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:42:06

• From Strangling Women to SLAPPing Journalists (Microsoft in a Nutshell) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/From_Strangling_Women_to_SLAPPing_Journalists_Microsoft_in_a_Nu.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:42:16

• The Free Software Foundation's Fund-raising Efforts Continue Unabated (and With Positive Results) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/The_Free_Software_Foundation_s_Fund_raising_Efforts_Continue_Un.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:42:32

• Chronological Index of Techrights (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/Chronological_Index_of_Techrights.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:43:31

• Microsoft Devoured the Open Source Initiative (OSI), Now It's Just a Chain of Blunders (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/Microsoft_Devoured_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Now_It_s_Just.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:43:40

• The Short Lifecycle of Ex-Twitter Outrage (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/26/The_Short_Lifecycle_of_Twitter_Outrage.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:43:49

• Breakfast at Jozi's gemini://villastraylight.online/gemlog/20250227-1.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:45:17

• "mime types are totes cool and all, but file extensions are still where it's at if you're human! understandable at a glance, expressive and evocative." gemini://blekksprut.net/loopback/reflections.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:45:54

• "I’ve written extensively, in French, about my quest to break my "connection addiction" by doing what I called "disconnections". At first, it was only doing three months without major news media and social networks. Then I tried to do one full year where I would only connect once a day." gemini://ploum.net/2025-02-27-engagement-rehab.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:46:42

• "When reality becomes too weird too fast one might as well take a step back and read some books, which is exactly what I have been doing. I'll comment on some recent reading, but first a thought on the things moving in the fast lane." gemini://oberdada.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-02-27_ai_fast_lane.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:47:24

• "Oh dear, #Firefox is adding some scary looking "terms and conditions" and "privacy policy". Not sure about "grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license" for uploaded content, even if it's uses may currently be limited. I can't be arsed to check every time the Ts and Cs are updated to see if it's further enshittified. Instead, I'm switching over to #LibreWolf." gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:48:23

• "Well, I got another zine finished and up here and it's still not more Lindwyrm (or other ttrpg stuff), but I think it's useful anyway" gemini://taichara.smol.pub/stitching-zines    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:50:35

• 'the ick' https://www.dw.com/en/psychologists-uncover-why-you-get-the-ick-in-relationships/a-71671957    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:57:12

• oil spills https://www.dw.com/en/nigerian-communities-take-shell-to-court-over-oil-spills/a-71633878    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:57:40

• "Why not just invite Krabanuagh to one of those "all-you can-eat" lunch joints, so the glutton can stuff his fat face with greasy burgers and fries ? Then pop the question .... and you might even be surprised with the answer." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn2hy3cd    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:00:08

• "Management had RTO last year." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn2hy3cd    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:00:28

• "Unless you just started at IBM yesterday, you should have better sense than to see only one thing at IBM as unfair. The whole corporation is built on unfairness. Alvind and the Cheapmonks need more bonus money!! Bigger salaries!!!! More perks and corporate jet flights!!!! Fair indeed." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn2hy3cd    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:00:52

• "CheapMunks Pipmunks no matter what. They’re boot lickers.. Especially Krabanaugh ... It still amazes me that bozo got 37 million in stock. And Alvind 86 million" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn2hy3cd    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:01:18

• "When they say touch someone, that is a bit sketchy especially with the release of Epstein files." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmyjj33q    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:01:56

• "buying more "revenue", great strategy, I'm sure AK way overpaid for it, just like he did with Red Hat." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn1rd036    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:04:17

• "IBM trying to replicate the Computer Associates business model of the 1990s. It’s Official... Slob Thomas sent the welcome letter to them"    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:04:42

• EU-Vietnam free trade https://www.dw.com/en/does-eu-vietnam-free-trade-break-provisions-on-human-rights/a-71685321    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:05:50

• "full-text RSS and automatic dark mode" ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1011830/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:07:57

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s trade war is a perfect time to embrace a ‘no one left behind’ strategy ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/trumps-trade-war-a-perfect-time-to-embrace-no-one-left-behind-strategy/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:08:20

• NASA's Experimental Hybrid Hydrogen Engine Could Finally Cut Flight Emissions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-experimental-hybrid-hydrogen-engine-could-finally-cut-flight-emissions    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:08:57

• Tardigrade Protein Could Soon Make Cancer Patients More Radiation Proof ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tardigrade-protein-could-soon-make-cancer-patients-more-radiation-proof    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:09:54

• Traces of a Nutrient in Brazil Nuts Could Fight Cancer, But Dosage Is Crucial ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/traces-of-a-nutrient-in-brazil-nuts-could-fight-cancer-but-dosage-is-crucial    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:10:16

• There's a Critical Thing We Can All Do to Keep Alzheimer's Symptoms at Bay ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-critical-thing-we-can-all-do-to-keep-alzheimers-symptoms-at-bay    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:10:50

• Fetus Receives Life-Saving Medication Inside Womb in Medical First ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/fetus-receives-life-saving-medication-inside-womb-in-medical-first    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:11:16

• Volaris for Desktop – wrapper for Volaris ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/volaris-desktop-wrapper/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:21:02

• Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Launches on Journey to the Moon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/science/intuitive-machines-second-moon-landing-launch-how-to-watch.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:27:27

• "VnStat PHP has been a popular choice due to its simple web-based interface, but it lacks modern features like real-time monitoring, deep packet inspection, and advanced visualizations. Moreover, it is no longer actively maintained, making it less suitable for modern network monitoring needs." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/network-bandwidth-monitoring-tools/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:29:59

• "Moreover, updating the system kernel will allow us to take advantage of new kernel functions, and also it helps us to protect ourselves from vulnerabilities that have been found in earlier versions." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/upgrade-kernel-in-ubuntu/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:30:30

• "Private mobile networks (PMN) are the answer to this problem." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/5g-without-compromise-building-mission-critical-private-networks-for-industry-4-0-with-open-source | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:31:26

• "Red Hat’s role as a CNA remains, with the company being responsible for assigning CVE identifiers to vulnerabilities that affect open source software, particularly those that impact Red Hat’s products and associated upstream projects" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-now-cve-numbering-authority-last-resort-cve-program | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:35:49

• "In this series of blogs, my fellow Red Hatters and I explore the adventurous paths and requirements service providers continue to traverse" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/what-telco-industry-needs-cloud-computing | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:35:57

• Midweek selection: Midsomer mania, Opera premiere, Ukrainian ambassador ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/video/26.02.2025-midweek-selection-midsomer-mania-opera-premiere-ukrainian-ambassador.a589112/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:55:13

• Latvia to continue providing support to Ukrainian refugees ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/26.02.2025-latvia-to-continue-providing-support-to-ukrainian-refugees.a589409/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:55:24

• 'Ukrainian flag attack' convict wanted by Latvian police ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/26.02.2025-ukrainian-flag-attack-convict-wanted-by-latvian-police.a589356/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:55:36

• Digging into the US-Ukraine minerals deal ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/fastthinking/digging-into-the-us-ukraine-minerals-deal/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:56:16

• Dihydroxyacetone Man says Ukraine can ‘forget about’ joining NATO ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250226-trump-says-ukraine-can-forget-about-joining-nato    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:56:35

• Nothing in current deal points to security guarantees or continued US military support: analyst ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250226-if-russia-is-allowed-to-retain-ukrainian-territory-international-rules-no-longer-matter-analyst    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:56:47

• What we know so far about the US-Ukraine minerals deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250226-what-we-know-so-far-about-us-ukraine-minerals-deal    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:56:57

• What we know so far about the US-Ukraine minerals deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250226-en-nw-grab-emmanuelle-chaze-from-15h-lory-marion    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:57:06

• The US-Ukraine mineral deal: A look at rare earths, their use and purposes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250226-us-ukraine-mineral-deal-look-at-rare-earths-their-use-purposes    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:57:27

• A closer look at Ukraine's mineral wealth as deal with US takes shape ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250226-a-closer-look-at-ukraine-s-mineral-wealth-as-deal-with-us-takes-shape    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:57:53

• Ukraine parliament affirms no elections during wartime under martial law ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/ukraine-parliament-affirms-no-elections-during-wartime-under-martial-law/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:58:15

• Lithuania unlawfully denies residency permits to Ukrainians without passports – Red Cross ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2497903/lithuania-unlawfully-denies-residency-permits-to-ukrainians-without-passports-red-cross    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:58:34

• European troops in Ukraine only possible with US backing, says Lithuanian MoD ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2497840/european-troops-in-ukraine-only-possible-with-us-backing-says-lithuanian-mod    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:58:47

• GPS jamming by Russia is not directed against Lithuania, says presidential adviser ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2497762/gps-jamming-by-russia-is-not-directed-against-lithuania-says-presidential-adviser    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:59:14

• Lithuanian FM welcomes Ukraine-US minerals deal, saying Europe helped get better terms ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2497561/lithuanian-fm-welcomes-ukraine-us-minerals-deal-saying-europe-helped-get-better-terms    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:59:33

• Svetlana Alexievich: ‘Today, the whole world is changed’ – interview ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2497111/svetlana-alexievich-today-the-whole-world-is-changed-interview    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:59:40

• Ann Arbor residents and UMich students hold candlelight vigil on third anniversary of Russian attack on Ukraine ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/ann-arbor-residents-and-umich-students-hold-candlelight-vigil-on-third-anniversary-of-russian-attack-on-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 16:59:55

• Does a viral online video show Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy dancing? ☞ https://rfa.org/english/factcheck/2025/02/26/afcl-zelenskyy-dancing-video/ Verdict: False    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:00:16

• The Peril The Insurrectionist Poses to Ukraine ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-peril-donald-trump-poses-to-ukraine    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:00:32

• How Convicted Felon and Biden Pursued Critical Minerals in Ukraine, Greenland and Other Countries ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/trump-biden-minerals-ukraine.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:00:56

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says Ukraine Should Look to Europe for Any Security Guarantees ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/trump-ukraine-cabinet.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:01:10

• UK’s Starmer to Meet Convicted Felon With a Boost on Defense and Pleas for Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/world/europe/uk-trump-starmer-meet-defense-ukraine.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:01:22

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Refused to Guarantee Ukraine’s Safety in Mineral Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/briefing/trump-ukraine-mineral-deal-republicans-electric-cars.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:01:33

• U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal Draft Features Vague Reference to Security Guarantees ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/world/europe/us-ukraine-minerals-deal-security.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:01:45

• Rare Protest at U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Reflects Fears Over Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/world/europe/ukraine-kyiv-protest-embassy.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:01:55

• What We Know About the U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/article/ukraine-mineral-deal-trump.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:02:53

• U.S., Russian Diplomats To Meet In Turkey To Discuss Issues At Respective Embassies ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-rubio-istanbul-ukraine-emassies-talks/33329788.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:03:10

• "rare earth" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/27/rare-earth-precious-partnership | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:06:36

• In Convicted Felon’s Washington, a Moscow-Like Chill Takes Hold ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/trump-putin-russia.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:06:47

• Jim Keller joins ex-Intel chip designers in RISC-V startup focused on breakthrough CPUs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/jim-keller-joins-ex-intel-chip-designers-in-risc-v-startup-focused-on-breakthrough-cpus    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:07:13

• NComputing RX540 Raspberry Pi CM5-powered thin client supports Citrix, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft AVD, WIndows 365, RDS, and more ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/27/ncomputing-rx540-raspberry-pi-cm5-thin-client/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:07:36

• Fedora Community Blog: Flock to Fedora CFP Extension :tada: – March 3rd ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/flock-to-fedora-cfp-extension-tada-march-3rd/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:08:14

• "U.S. State Department planning possible additional exemptions to foreign aid freeze for Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/26/u-s-state-department-planning-possible-additional-exemptions-to-foreign-aid-freeze-for-ukraine-politico | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:09:15

• "Ukraine’s 24th Brigade is holding the line" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/26/photos-from-the-kramatorsk-front-where-ukraine-s-24th-brigade-is-holding-the-line | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:10:27

• "mentions security guarantees but not all the ones Kyiv wanted" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/26/zelensky-says-u-s-ukraine-agreement-on-natural-resources-mentions-security-guarantees-but-not-all-the-ones-kyiv-wanted | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:10:39

• No major floods expected in Latvia this spring ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/weather/weather/26.02.2025-no-major-floods-expected-in-latvia-this-spring.a589374/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:11:01

• Latvia extends visa and entry restrictions on Russians ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/26.02.2025-latvia-extends-visa-and-entry-restrictions-on-russians.a589364/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:11:16

• Why the US should not lift sanctions against Russia ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/why-the-us-should-not-lift-sanctions-against-russia/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:11:33

• Romania launches criminal probe into far-right, pro-Moscow presidential candidate Georgescu ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250226-romanian-prosecutors-launch-criminal-probe-into-far-right-populist-calin-georgescu    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:11:46

• Not clear if Lithuania will extend Kaliningrad gas transit deal – minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2497692/not-clear-if-lithuania-will-extend-kaliningrad-gas-transit-deal-minister    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:11:56

• UK, allies sanction North Korean officials linked to Russia troop deployment ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/02/26/uk-russia-north-korea-sanction/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:12:08

• North Korea’s Kim calls for modern army to be ready for war ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-calls-for-modern-army-to-be-ready-for-war    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:12:21

• "Russian foreign minister announces new Russia-U.S. talks in Istanbul on February 27" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/26/russian-foreign-minister-announces-new-russia-u-s-talks-in-istanbul-on-february-27 | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:12:37

• "Inside Russia’s campaign to turn African journalists into Kremlin mouthpieces" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/26/not-so-soft-power | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:13:12

• "can hacking be treason" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/u-s-soldier-charged-in-att-hack-searched-can-hacking-be-treason/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:13:52

• "The late February update of DietPi v9.11 introduces support for Pi-hole v6 while improving system stability" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/dietpi-late-february-2025-update-version-9-11/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:14:32

• "The VPN Server by ameriDroid is a pre-configured device for secure remote access to home and small office networks." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/ameridroid-opens-preorders-for-vpn-server-with-wireguard-and-dietpi/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:15:54

• "Crowd Supply recently launched Haasoscope Pro, an upgraded version of the original open-source USB oscilloscope introduced in 2018." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/haasoscope-pro-open-source-usb-oscilloscope-with-2-ghz-bandwidth-and-3-2-gs-s-sampling/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:17:24

• Hackaday Europe 2025 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/26/hackaday-europe-2025-workshops-and-more-speakers/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:18:14

• gershkovich ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/26/conclave-director-edward-berger-to-make-film-about-formerly-imprisoned-wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovich | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:18:36

• Best Way To Fight EV Fires ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/26/ul-investigates-the-best-way-to-fight-ev-fires/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:19:01

• Mike Blumenkrantz: CLthulhu ☞ https://www.supergoodcode.com/CLthulhu/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:20:02

• A landline that does not work when power is down or the Internet is down ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-landline-switchover-and-how-to-help-your-loved-ones-aUYo68j70qBL    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:21:29

• Emacs 30.1 Released: New Features, Installation, and Usage Guide ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/emacs-text-editor/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:22:08

• Apache NetBeans 25: The Ultimate Open-Source IDE for Modern Development ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/install-netbeans-ide-in-ubuntu-debian-linux-mint/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:22:42

• DeepSeek's Pro-China Bias is Superficial: Revealing the Power of Local Hey Hi (AI) Deployment ☞ https://blog.patentology.com.au/2025/02/deepseeks-pro-china-bias-is-superficial.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:36:27

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1011928/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:37:05

• Raspberry PI Pico: The Wonder Board for IoT Applications ☞ https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/02/raspberry-pi-pico-the-wonder-board-for-iot-applications/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:38:30

• Mainflux: A Scalable IoT Platform ☞ https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/02/mainflux-a-scalable-iot-platform/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:39:48

• 'Turkey's climate law does not aim to combat climate change' ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-s-climate-law-does-not-aim-to-combat-climate-change-304909    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:41:12

• YouTube Real Stories Tees Up ‘Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson’ — HBO Declined the Sequel Under Legal Pressure ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/26/youtube-real-stories-leaving-neverland-michael-jackson/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:41:50

• American stand-up comedian Sarah Donnelly on making light of her life in Paris ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20250226-american-stand-up-comedian-sarah-donnelly-on-making-light-of-her-life-in-paris    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:42:59

• Sign Up for Appsilon’s Tiny Shiny Hackathon: Build, Compete, and Win! ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/sign-up-for-appsilons-tiny-shiny-hackathon-build-compete-and-win/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:43:37

• Best practices for building bootable containers ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/02/26/best-practices-building-bootable-containers    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:44:32

• Linus Torvalds Makefile kernel.org Kernel versions also have names ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/02/26/linus-torvalds-makefile-kernel-org-kernel-versions-also-have-names/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:45:13

• New ‘Auto-Color’ GNU/Linux Malware Targets North America, Asia ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-auto-color-linux-malware-targets-north-america-asia/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:46:08

• Enable 4-finger & Pinch Touchpad Gestures in Ubuntu 24.04 | 24.10 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/enable-4-finger-pinch-gestures-ubuntu/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:51:18

• Mozilla is Introducing ‘Terms of Use’ to Firefox ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/mozilla-introducing-terms-of-use-to-firefox    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:51:55

• Document Freedom Day @ LibreOffice ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/26/dfd-at-libreoffice/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:52:51

• "yearlong investigative editing training program, led by the newsroom’s award-winning staff." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-investigative-editor-training-program-2025 | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:53:25

• Release candidate: Godot 4.4 RC 2 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/release-candidate-godot-4-4-rc-2/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:55:04

• Corporate Shells and Legal Loopholes: The Dewberry Decision’s Trickster Legacy ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/corporate-loopholes-decisions.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:55:52

• Latvian 'Pupuchi' provides bean snacks to military ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/food-drink/26.02.2025-latvian-pupuchi-provides-bean-snacks-to-military.a589339/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 17:57:33

• Dr. Thomas Weiner’s Montana Medical License Renewed Despite Criminal Inquiry ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-medical-license-renewed | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:00:49

• "The latest point release of the LTS version of Ubuntu has been released with a new kernel and plenty of other improvements." https://www.zdnet.com/article/whats-new-in-ubuntu-24-04-2/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:05:11

• Seafarix Join Automotive Grade Linux https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/seafarix-join-automotive-grade-linux-302385623.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:06:48

• "Seal OS delivers long-term support for a wide range of Linux distributions, encompassing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine and more. This support extends to various deployment models, including containers, virtual machines, and bare metal installations." https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/02/26/seal-os/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:09:02

• Here's How I Got MS-DOS Running on My Linux Computer https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-how-i-got-ms-dos-running-on-my-linux-computer/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:09:48

• Microsoft just hijacked the term to mislead people https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-use-sudo-on-windows http://techrights.org/n/2024/05/02/Embrace_Extend_Replace_the_Original_Or_Just_Hijack_the_Word_Sud.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:15:32

• "Thing is, the Plank dock hasn’t seen any major development effort in years, and though it still works, there’s scope for some modern improvement, surely?" https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/plank-reloaded-linux-dock-cinnamon    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:18:10

• "For the best experience on Steam Deck though you do need to opt-in to the "development" Beta on Steam. This does highlight a bit of a flaw in Valve's Deck Verified rating system, as it already shows as Deck Verified on the Steam page despite needing the Beta." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/the-wipeout-like-racer-ballisticng-gets-steam-deck-verified/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:18:52

• "Another fun one is the newly announced Framework Laptop 12. This is a convertible (foldable) touchscreen notebook, that takes the repairability and upgradability they're known for and puts it all into a smaller lower-cost device. This is expected to ship mid-2025." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/framework-announce-the-framework-desktop-framework-laptop-12-and-upgraded-framework-laptop-13/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:19:14

• 4 reasons why Hyprland is the best windows manager for Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-why-hyprland-is-the-best-window-manager-for-linux/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:20:50

• "Linux is a powerful operating system and while there's still the pesky myth around the OS having no apps, there's a plethora of productivity tools available to get more done." https://www.xda-developers.com/productivity-apps-you-need-on-linux/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:21:24

• This popular Android gaming handheld can now get better emulators, thanks to Linux https://www.androidauthority.com/ayn-odin-2-linux-support-3529916/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:21:52

• RX 9070 XT: a card spotted on Linux running at 3.24 GHz and 330W! https://en.overclocking.com/rx-9070-xt-a-card-spotted-on-linux-running-at-3-24-ghz-and-330w/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:22:29

• Openwashing scams https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/02/26/3032651/0/en/Waterfall-Network-Code-Moves-to-Linux-Foundation-Decentralized-Trust-Labs.html https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/09/Linux_Foundation_is_a_Scam_Like_Crypto_So_is_the_Company_of_Jim.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 18:26:05

• "ibm is just a plantation run by goons at the top the new system is just like the old southern system" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn2hy3cd    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 19:07:12

• Domestic Violence Fatalities in Illinois Are Still Not Getting Reviewed ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/deaths-are-rising-but-illinois-domestic-violence-review-boards-have-yet-to-offer-solutions | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 19:13:16

• DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-hud-housing-discrimination-privacy-domestic-violence | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 19:13:39

• Qualcomm Extends Security Support for Android Devices to 8 Years ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/qualcomm-extends-security-support-for-android-devices-to-8-years/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 19:14:17

• 6 years is nothing; how about, stop shipping defective chips and strive for security, not performance and bug/back doors?    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 19:15:31

• Qt Tools for Android Studio 4.0 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-tools-for-android-studio-4.0-released    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 19:16:22

• IBM-funded IBM puff piece https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/26/ibm-releases-new-granite-3-2-family-models-include-reasoning-want/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/25/Red_Hat_is_Required_to_Promote_Microsoft_s_Proprietary_Stuff_an.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 19:39:04

• Kdenlive in Amsterdam ☞ https://kdenlive.org/en/2025/02/kdenlive-in-amsterdam/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 20:02:53

• An iCloud Backdoor Would Make Our Phones Less Safe ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/an-icloud-backdoor-would-make-our-phones-less-safe.html    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 20:12:57

• Swiss JuristGate: Urban Angehrn (FINMA director) announced resignation at same moment Parreaux, Thiébaud & Partners decision published ☞ https://juristgate.com/en/2025/02/26/urban-angehrn-resignation-finma-ceo-announced-simultaneously-with-redacted-ptp-judgment/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 20:15:37

• Ritesh Shah and Nestor Cartaya push back doors as some kind of 'security' feature ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/02/24/how-secure-azure-credentials-openshift-lightspeed    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 20:18:21

• Security advisories: CVE-2025-27219, CVE-2025-27220 and CVE-2025-27221 ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/02/26/security-advisories/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 20:18:45

• TouchEye dual round touch display module features Raspberry Pi RP2040 or ESP32-S3 MCU (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/26/toucheye-dual-touch-display-module-features-raspberry-pi-rp2040-or-esp32-s3-mcu/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 20:19:40

• OpenSSF Releases Security Baseline for Open Source Projects ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/openssf-releases-security-baseline-for-open-source-projects/ OpenSSF is a front group for fake security though http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 20:20:38

• "I bought a kickbike a few months ago, mainly due to my frustration with traditional bikes." gemini://hanzbrix.pollux.casa/gemlog/20250227.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 20:23:14

• Voidlinux gemini://moribundo.flounder.online/blog/void/009_xdeb.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 20:24:34

• "cgi and inetd still have their place - even here in present day, present time." gemini://blekksprut.net/loopback/transience.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 20:25:21

• Press freedom continues to decline globally, can it improve? https://www.dw.com/en/press-freedom-continues-to-decline-globally-can-it-improve/a-71703588    

posted Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 20:27:16

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