Roy Schestowitz

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/15/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/15/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:01:46

• About 2-3 weeks left for the Sirius series http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source   

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:29:39

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D475.jpg    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:32:24

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D808.jpg    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:32:30

• How Efficient Is Google's Tracking? gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~stack/gemlog/2023-01-15.tracking.gmi    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:33:04

• Another false promise and bad gimmick https://www.androidauthority.com/google-tv-remote-3265974/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:37:02

• Freenode all over again. This is intentional. https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/01/13/twitter-api-down/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:37:51

• "What a load of bullshit it is that Twitter no longer has a comms team. Apparently that’s how Musk runs all his companies, but it’s just childish." https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/01/13/end-nigh-for-third-party-twitter-clients    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:38:19

• Bubble bursting: "Several top executives at Rivian Automotive Inc., including the vice president overseeing body engineering and its head of supply chain, have left the EV startup in recent months, as the company exits a year in which it fell short of its production targets." https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-rivian-executives-depart-the-electric-vehicle-startup-11673380522    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:41:33

• Exclusive: Surveillance Footage of Tesla Crash on Bay Bridge ⚓ https://theintercept.com/2023/01/10/tesla-crash-footage-autopilot/ ䷉ Musk has said Tesla’s problematic autopilot features are “really the difference between Tesla being worth a lot of money or worth basically zero.”    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:42:53

• "As for Tesla’s system in particular, it strikes me as bizarre that it’s legal for them to enable this when they themselves still describe the feature as “beta” software." https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/01/11/tesla-full-self-driving-crash    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:43:56

• Zuckerberg PRETENDING to value privacy | Reuters ⚓ https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-lets-metas-whatsapp-pursue-pegasus-spyware-suit-2023-01-09/ ䷉ Source: uni Oxford | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-lets-metas-whatsapp-pursue-pegasus-spyware-suit-2023-01-09/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:49:04

• Prep work for my machine dungeon - Dungeon 23 https://andregarzia.com/gaming/dungeon23/007-prep-work.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:50:07

• "I say the 6502 is "mostly" Turing-complete without using registers because there are two conditions on the 6502 needed to make this true." https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-mos-6502-is-mostly-turing-complete.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:51:08

• "My face hurts." https://rubenerd.com/dismissing-criticism-with-workarounds/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 00:51:49

• "Josh and Kurt talk about the Furby source code going public. This is an opportunity to discuss what’s changed in our attitude in devices that record our audio? Our devices today are vastly more powerful and dangerous than a Furby, what does your risk appetite look like?" https://opensourcesecurity.io/2023/01/15/episode-358-furby-vs-alexa/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:00:21

• Refuting Microsoft propaganda and paid-for media PR for its plagiarism engine https://itwire.com/security/security-pro-says-unlikely-chatgpt-can-be-used-to-build-professional-ransomware.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:01:36

• "In this video I discuss the world of smart watches from the perspective of someone who doesn't want a device to spy on them and wants to be able to mod it as they wish. Pine time is probably the best option with sane defaults, let me know about other projects you're interested in" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=eKFGczcbVwc    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:08:06

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Crow Translate is a Qt Desktop Translation App for Linux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Crow_Translate_is_a_Qt_Desktop_Translation_App_for_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Crow_Translate_is_a_Qt_Desktop_Translation_App_for_Linux.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:16:09

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU diff utilities - News: diffutils-3.9 released ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/GNU_diff_utilities_News_diffutils_3_9_released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/GNU_diff_utilities_News_diffutils_3_9_released.gmi ∎   

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:16:31

• "An important part of staff+ engineering is to figure out the best way to utilise the limited available" https://blog.sulami.xyz/posts/being-a-journalist/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:19:53

• "The magnificence of the cosmos has never failed to stir up my emotions. Our perilous existence in the vanishingly thin blanket that we call the atmosphere, hurtling through space as a raindrop falls from the sky, makes our reckless conduct as denizens of that fragile world seem all the more frightening" https://blog.bithole.dev/blogposts/something-meaningful/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:20:29

• "What was the involvement of Australia's military top brass in alleged war crimes in Afghanistan? Stuart McCarthy, a veteran of two tours in Afghanistan, looks at the case of former defence minister Stephen Smith who has just been appointed High Commissioner in London." https://michaelwest.com.au/how-defence-chiefs-committed-australian-special-forces-to-the-us-drug-war-in-afghanistan/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:22:02

• "Forking out $1.2bn to build a hospital then flogging it for zero must surely make the NSW government the most hopeless dealmakers in Australian history. Letting the buyers flog it - along with another 41 hospitals to the Cayman Islands - puts the federal government in a nearby league. Michael West reports." https://michaelwest.com.au/the-nsw-government-the-feds-the-caymans-and-australias-worst-privatisation-unveiled/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:23:16

• An Origin Original: how good is insider trading! - Michael West ⚓ https://michaelwest.com.au/an-origin-original-how-good-is-insider-trading/ ䷉ Source: Michael West Media | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//michaelwest.com.au/an-origin-original-how-good-is-insider-trading/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:24:26

• Sirius Blunder: The Phone Does Not Work and There Are No Instructions https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/16/the-phone-does-not-work/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:25:09

• When it comes to management at Sirius ‘Open Source’, the glove never fits; it’s always someone else’s fault or, if it’s management’s fault, we must not talk about it or suggest managers too can be held accountable http://techrights.org/2023/01/15/wasnt-me/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:25:28

• Can Time Really Slow Down? http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2023/01/can-time-really-slow-down.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:26:35

• Naomi Novik's incredible, brilliant, stupendous "Temeraire" series https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/08/temeraire/#but-i-am-napoleon    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:27:43

• "The phrase “dynamic HTML” (DHTML) was used to describe doing interesting and dynamic things by using JavaScript to manipulate HTML live, like making animated menus — a term which has now been long forgotten" https://www.devever.net/~hl/gatekeeper    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:28:54

• "I’m sure every technical person and power user has a folder of scripts they use to automate repetitive tasks, or make their lives easier in specific use cases. I know this isn’t strictly analogous to a “standard library” in a programming language or development environment, but I like to think of it as one we carry around for our lives." https://rubenerd.com/your-own-little-standard-library/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:29:41

• #DeleteTwitter https://alexn.org/blog/2023/01/15/delete-twitter/?pk_campaign=rss    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:32:38

• Lately we’ve focused on nepotism and special treatment at Sirius ‘Open Source’; today we show how the “club” (or the clique, which is sometimes literally family members) avoids responsibility and liability http://techrights.org/2023/01/15/distortion-of-timelines/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:36:13

• The Science of Wormholes - Science Museum Blog ⚓ https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/the-science-of-wormholes/ ䷉ Source: | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/the-science-of-wormholes/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:39:07

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Review: Vanilla OS 22.10, Nobara Project 36, Nobara Project ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Review_Vanilla_OS_22_10_Nobara_Project_36_Nobara_Project.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Review_Vanilla_OS_22_10_Nobara_Project_36_Nobara_Project.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:42:46

• Winter Market https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2023/01/07/Farmers-Market    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:44:19

• "I work as a Developer Advocate for SAP, and am in the very fortunate position to work remotely. I've worked remotely (i.e. from home) for many, many years, for different companies" https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2023/01/09/working-from-a-narrowboat-internet-connectivity/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:45:51

• DSHR's Blog: Binance's Time In The Barrel ⚓ https://blog.dshr.org/2023/01/binances-time-in-barrel.html ䷉ Source: David Rosenthal | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//blog.dshr.org/2023/01/binances-time-in-barrel.html "So below the fold are updates on two of the problems facing Binance."    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:54:30

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Jeffrey Paul: Apple Has Begun Scanning Your Local Image Files Without Consent ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Jeffrey_Paul_Apple_Has_Begun_Scanning_Your_Local_Image_Files_Wi.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Jeffrey_Paul_Apple_Has_Begun_Scanning_Your_Local_Image_Files_Wi.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:55:08

• "Let’s discuss the ongoing war against physical computer storage media. It’s impact, reasons, and possible solutions." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-war-on-physical-media    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:56:20

• We've seen this before in the 90s. Apple = pure hype, marketeering https://www.engadget.com/apple-xros-mixed-reality-headset-130532613.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:58:36

• Cellphones or mobile phones don't exist to serve you https://eponymouspickle.blogspot.com/2023/01/criminal-purpose-implied-detected-via.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 01:59:26

• Kate Beaton's "Ducks" https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/14/hark-an-oilpatch/#kate-beaton    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:00:12

• "I found it interesting that after checking for a zero denominator there’s an additional check to see if the values fit into 32-bits, and if so it jumps to an instruction sequence that uses 32-bit registers." https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2023/divmod/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:00:46

• HKU Engineering and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers pioneer biocompatible all-water ‘Aquabots’ https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/hku-engineering-and-lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory-researchers-pioneer-biocompatible    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:02:30

• Stop calling ROBOTICS "hey hi" https://research.gatech.edu/cheerful-chatbots-dont-necessarily-improve-customer-service    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:03:42

• "From a comment on Bruce Schneiers post on Cellphone tracing and related technologies used by law enforcement to track suspect behavior, actual and inferre" https://eponymouspickle.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-detailed-example-of-cellphone-and.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:07:12

• "Random circuit sampling, a popular technique for showing the power of quantum computers, doesn’t scale up if errors go unchecked." https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-algorithm-closes-quantum-supremacy-window-20230109/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:08:00

• Japan boosting use of digital tools for natural disasters | The Japan Times ⚓ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/12/31/national/disaster-preparedness-tech/ ䷉ Source: | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/12/31/national/disaster-preparedness-tech/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:08:34

• Hardware companies calling everything HEY HI (CG) to sell their crap https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/rapidly-generate-3d-assets-for-virtual-worlds-with-generative-ai/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:16:20

• "For complex distributed systems that include services that constantly evolve in functionality and data, keeping overall latency to a minimum is a challenging task. Critical path tracing (CPT) is a new applied mechanism for gathering critical path latency profiles in large-scale distributed applications." https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2023/1/267978-distributed-latency-profiling-through-critical-path-tracing/fulltext    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:17:14

• "Even simple robotic grippers can perform complex tasks—so long as it’s smart about using its environment as its handy aide. This, at least, is the finding of new research from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute." https://spectrum.ieee.org/robot-gripper-extrinsic-dexterity    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:17:58

• "This article will start by explaining build systems in a little more detail. It’ll then introduce Ninja and teach you how to use Ninja to build a simple C++ project." https://earthly.dev/blog/ninjabuild-for-faster-build/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:18:55

• Nestlé pretending to be "tech" company https://consumergoods.com/news-briefs?created_1=2023-01-03T13%3A00%3A14&utm_source=omeda&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NL_CGT+Insider    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:19:33

• Better yet, just quit clown computing altogether -- it is a trap https://www.datanami.com/2022/12/12/uc-berkeley-launches-skypilot-to-help-navigate-soaring-cloud-costs/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:20:07

• The first planet found by the Kepler space telescope is doomed https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-planet-exoplanet-dying-kepler-space-telescope    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:21:19

• More like greenwashing PR https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230108-tech-at-ces-shows-how-farmers-can-save-time-money-and-the-environment    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:22:25

• "Researchers have demonstrated directional photon emission, the first step toward extensible quantum interconnects." https://news.mit.edu/2023/quantum-interconnects-photon-emission-0105    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:30:32

• Ohio University simulations on PSC supercomputer transform coal-like material to amorphous graphite and nanotubes ⚓ https://www.ohio.edu/news/2023/01/ohio-university-simulations-psc-supercomputer-transform-coal-material-amorphous ䷉ Source: Ohio    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:42:56

• China's new quantum code-breaking algorithm raises concerns in the US ⚓ https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-quantum-code-breaking-algorithm-catastrophic ䷉ Source: Interesting Engineering | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-quantum-code-breaking-algorithm-catastrophic    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 02:47:37

• Franz Dill relaying far too much Microsoft propaganda in recent months...    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 03:09:02

• This is MICROSOFT HYPE. They are marketing PLAGIARISM as a "service". https://eponymouspickle.blogspot.com/2023/01/openai-blooms.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 03:09:41

• "Intelligent". HEY HI HEY HI to you, TOO! https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/develop-intelligent-virtual-assistants-with-omniverse-ace-early-access/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 03:10:22

• Openwashing https://spectrum.ieee.org/alphabet-intrinsic-open-robotics-acquisition    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 03:11:05

• [Old] Polymorphic Wireless Receivers https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/9/263797-polymorphic-wireless-receivers/abstract    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 03:13:14

• The Rwanda Genocide’s Origins Are in Resource Extraction and US Militarism https://neritam.wordpress.com/2023/01/09/the-rwanda-genocides-origins-are-in-resource-extraction-and-us-militarism/   

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 03:14:00

• "When you write code with objects they call it "object-oriented programming". I think when you code with dataframes they should probably call it "dataframe-oriented programming". For whatever reason they tend to call it "data science" instead." https://csvbase.com/blog/1    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 03:19:00

• "Indonesia is a nation of more than 10,000 islands, so supplying the whole country with electricity is a huge challenge." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63728020    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 03:20:43

• A passing fad that makes a temporary "comeback" every decade or so https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64237620    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 03:21:53

• More 'quantomwaffle' to make bad science seem legit https://www.newscientist.com/article/2352652-quantum-money-that-uses-the-mathematics-of-knots-could-be-unforgeable/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 03:59:55

• "That's a step up from the older Camera Module 2, which cost $25 and only came in a 'standard' focal length." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/raspberry-pis-camera-module-3-adds-autofocus-and-new-sony-sensor    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:00:30

• "Besides exorbitant price gouging, Nvidia's ownership of the crown in terms of GPU performance remains in this generation, as the 4090 blows past any competing card so far." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/how-many-amd-    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:01:29

• "Besides exorbitant price gouging, Nvidia's ownership of the crown in terms of GPU performance remains in this generation, as the 4090 blows past any competing card so far." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/how-many-amd-rx-7900-xtxs-are-defective    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:01:48

• Wires and cords aren't the main problem with tech https://staceyoniot.com/podcast-more-ces-trends-including-wireless-power/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:03:20

• "Users are scrambling to download their data and tell their friends where they can be found" https://locusmag.com/2023/01/commentary-cory-doctorow-social-quitting/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:04:02

posted Monday, January 16,Techrights Bulletin for Sunday, January 15, 2023 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:05:46

• Techrights full IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:05:51

• 2023 at "They can tune your feed so that it mostly consists of media and text from people you explicitly chose to follow, or so that it consists of ads, sponsored posts, or posts they think will "boost engagement" by sinking you into a dismal clickhole" https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/09/watch-the-surpluses/#exogenous-shocks    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:15:09

• Little useless-useful R functions – Mandelbrot set https://tomaztsql.wordpress.com/2023/01/04/little-useless-useful-r-functions-mandelbrot-set/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:16:42

• shiny.benchmark - How to Measure Performance Improvements in R Shiny Apps ⚓ https://appsilon.com/shiny-benchmark-measuring-app-performance/ ䷉ Source: | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//appsilon.com/shiny-benchmark-measuring-app-performance/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:17:50

• Escaping the Malthusian Trap - kieranhealy.org ⚓ https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2023/01/08/escaping-the-malthusian-trap/ ䷉ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2023/01/08/escaping-the-malthusian-trap/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:20:08

• "F12 would map to F12 and Fn + F12 would increase the volume. 1 However, when I used the wireless receiver, the Fn key was never registered, and the keyboard would only send F12." https://nikhilism.com/post/2023/nuphy-air75-wireless-linux/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:50:38

• The 10 Best Commodore 64 Games... Ever. - by Bryan Lunduke ⚓ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-10-best-commodore-64-games-ever ䷉ Source: Bryan Lunduke | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lunduke.substack.com/p/the-10-best-commodore-64-games-ever    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:51:13

• Neat trick: get screen with speakers built in (those are cheap and not loud), split audio input to large headphones and screen, then the headphones become a second pair in stereo duo. To hear things louder you put the headphones on. Dual mode audio. Headphones also as speakers.    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:53:45

• It's good for machines but bad for humans. https://blog.cyborch.com/why-principle-of-least-privilege-is-bad/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:56:59

• The beauty of CGI and simple design, by Hales https://rubenerd.com/the-beauty-of-cgi-and-simple-design-by-hales/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 04:57:44

• "The Speaker of the House, as the post is officially called, has finally been elected on the fifteenth" https://rys.io/en/163.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 05:03:57

• "Global carbon emissions in 2022 remain at record levels – with no sign of the decrease that is urgently needed to limit warming to 1.5°C, according to the Global Carbon Project science team." https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_942954_en.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 05:04:41

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 4 Simple Ways to Take Screenshots with the Context Menu in Linux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/4_Simple_Ways_to_Take_Screenshots_with_the_Context_Menu_in_Linu.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/4_Simple_Ways_to_Take_Screenshots_with_the_Context_Menu_in_Linu.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 05:47:13

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 05:54:17

• Don't suppose theguardian will blast Bill Gates for his attacks on teachers and US schools. theguardian is a mouthpiece of this Famous Criminal, it even routinely bags bribes from that criminal. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/04/ontario-education-strike-law    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:07:09

• Joe Biden Was Instrumental in Launching the Iraq War https://neritam.wordpress.com/2023/01/11/joe-biden-was-instrumental-in-launching-the-iraq-war/   

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:07:51

• Waste of productivity https://chrishannah.me/like-buttons/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:09:14

• Names should be cute, not descriptive https://ntietz.com/blog/name-your-projects-cutesy-things/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:12:17

• "I miss services like AvantGo that would let me download news and books automatically before heading out. An iPad-sized Tungsten running classic PalmOS and AvantGo would be wonderful." https://rubenerd.com/what-happened-to-data-sims-for-tablets/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:13:17

• "Personally, I prefer to split my time between home and office, with that balance weighted toward being in the office more. So with that, I tend to have a 2:3 home vs office working week." https://kevquirk.com/home-vs-office-working/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:14:03

• "The crazy world of 8-Bit personal computing truly kicked off in 1972 with the release of the Intel 8008 microprocessor. The impact of which can still be felt today — in fact, some of the designs of modern “x86” processors are built upon the foundation that the 8008 provided." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/intel-8008-the-wild-tale-of-the-first    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:14:56

• "Another year is behind us and it’s time for the obligatory “year in review” blog post. I’ve been feeling a bit lazy, that’s why I’m getting to writing it a bit of a delay, but you’ll forgive me." https://batsov.com/articles/2023/01/08/2022-the-year-in-review/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:16:06

• "My favorite social network has been in free fall after getting acquired by Elon Musk. A lot of people jumped ship already, but I’m still hoping that the situation there will improve with time." https://batsov.com/articles/2023/01/08/2022-the-year-in-review/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:16:42

• EVERY. SINGLE. IT Jungle 'article' is IBM-sponsored IBM spam today. https://www.itjungle.com/2023/01/16/is-that-what-you-think-modernization-means/ https://www.itjungle.com/2023/01/16/thoroughly-modern-how-to-optimize-it-in-2023/ https://www.itjungle.com/2023/01/16/2023-ibm-i-predictions-part-1/ https://www.itjungle.com/2023/01/16/tune-in-to-the-2023-ibm-i-marketplace-survey-webinar/ https://www.itjungle.com/2023/01/16/ibm-i-ptf-guide-volume-25-number-3/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:21:01

• EVERY. SINGLE. IT Jungle 'article' is IBM-sponsored IBM spam today. https://www.itjungle.com/2023/01/16/is-that-what-you-think-modernization-means/ https://www.itjungle.com/2023/01/16/thoroughly-modern-how-to-optimize-it-in-2023/ https://www.itjungle.com/2023/01/16/2023-ibm-i-predictions-part-1/ https://www.itjungle.com/2023/01/16/tune-in-to-the-2023-ibm-i-marketplace-survey-webinar/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:21:13

• IBM is bribing the media like Microsoft does. They have "dedicated" so-called 'news' sites whose SOLE function is marketing (disguised as "journalism" though. E.g. https://www.itjungle.com/2023/01/16/ibm-i-ptf-guide-volume-25-number-3/ see http://techrights.org/2022/10/24/ibm-it-jungle/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:22:12

• The fight for Sydney's priceless graveyards rolls on as the powerful Catholic lobby gets the green light for a new cemetery in Varroville   

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:25:32

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:25:45

• "The 8086 documentation says this ADD instruction takes four clock cycles, and as we have seen, it is implemented with four micro-instructions. One micro-instruction is executed per clock cycle, so the timing seems straightforward" http://www.righto.com/2023/01/the-8086-processors-microcode-pipeline.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:26:41

• "Questions (without definitive answers) about how to securely manage secrets in scripts and development environments?" https://notes.volution.ro/v1/2023/01/remarks/723c5a6a/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:27:56

• "Late last year, news that Shine Lawyers was planning to take almost $100m in fees for its pelvic mesh class action against Johnson & Johnson (Ethicon) was greeted with dismay by many of the 11,000 women who had joined the action." https://michaelwest.com.au/has-shine-lawyers-left-the-asx-in-the-dark-over-its-johnson-johnson-pelvic-mesh-fee-fest/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:29:02

• "Spend any time reading about the history of 1980s home computers, and you’ll learn about Jack Trameil’s famous departure from Commodore to Atari, two of the biggest names in the industry at the time. What I didn’t realise was just how much engineering talent and design ended up being swapped between the two companies." https://rubenerd.com/the-commodore-atari-engineer-swap/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:30:05

• "In 2022 I finished 20 books spanning 15,801 pages. 3 more than I read in 2021, but about twice the number of pages. 3 fiction and 17 non-fiction. Another ~30 started but not finished." http://notes.eatonphil.com/2023-01-12-year-in-books.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:33:09

• "I suspect modern sites consider it unusual behaviour to log out, or not have their cookies. If you run your browser in private mode, or use security extensions that periodically clear your cookies, or are using VPNs for certain tasks, you know what I’m talking about." https://rubenerd.com/do-you-log-out-of-sites/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:33:12

• "In modern war the only winner is global capital. Ordinary people always lose. Remember that next time there's talk about peace being "treason."" https://neritam.wordpress.com/2023/01/12/in-modern-war-the-only-winner-is-global-capital/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:34:09

• "How many decades will you be supporting it?" https://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2023-01-12-fairphone-should-be-lauded-but-it-s-not-enough.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:37:50

• "Discord, Mastodon, and a bunch of other modern messaging platforms have some sort of "spoiler" feature or content warning. Something where you can hide your message and the reader has to click to reveal it." https://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2023-01-15-spoiler-messages-in-irc.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:38:52

• "I'm not suggesting that IRC clients implement some way of handling this. But if you as a user want to send a message that may potentially spoil the fun for someone, then why not make it difficult for everyone to read?" https://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2023-01-15-spoiler-messages-in-irc.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:39:56

• "In today's episode we will talk about an anomaly in particle physics that disappeared and an anomaly in cosmology that was confirmed." http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2023/01/science-news-jan-11.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:40:57

• "For a long, long time, you get the scraps. This is my current position, so I can show you some numbers." https://fasterthanli.me/articles/twitch-fell-behind    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:43:55

• "Advent of Code gets harder and harder, and I'm not getting any smarter. Or any more free time. So, in order to close out this series anyway, I'm going to try and port other people's solutions from "language X" to Rust." https://fasterthanli.me/series/advent-of-code-2022/part-17    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:44:33

• "gokrazy is an appliance platform for Go programs: with just a few commands, you can deploy your Go program(s) on a Raspberry Pi or a (typically small) PC." https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2023-01-15-gokrazy-instance-centric-config/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:46:47

• "Remember last year’s Prohibition Orcs Kickstarter? One of the rewards was the omnibus cased in “authentic” orc-hide leather." https://mwl.io/archives/22514    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:47:23

• Transparency https://michaelwest.com.au/the-dog-ate-my-cabinet-document-christian-porters-vanishing-rorts-advice/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:48:52

• "We don't differentiate between outcomes and outputs enough. Output is the result of a process – how many units did you produce? How long did you work? Outcome is the end goal – did you achieve your goal?" https://matt-rickard.com/output-vs-outcome    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:49:48

• Many COVID deaths and excess deaths in Australia is spite of the mostly useless and rushed-out 'vaccines' https://michaelwest.com.au/long-long-covid-australias-pandemic-performance-needs-a-booster-say-experts-as-deaths-rise/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:51:17

• "Beyond that, the fact that it was a small instance with a single moderator meant that there were some things I disagreed with (like the total defederation with mastodon.cloud, journa.host, and fosstodon.org)" https://www.roguelazer.com/2023/01/mastodon-move-again/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:53:37

• "So you want to build a navigation menu for your site, but you don’t want to add unnecessary JavaScript, or implement any checkbox hacks, which are bad for accessibility. Then this post may be for you." https://kevquirk.com/responsive-nav-menu-no-javascript/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:54:25

• Squeezing the ICBM brand https://chrishannah.me/motorola-are-making-a-lenovo-thinkphone/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:55:20

• "There are key takeaways from the post and you should read that first before continuing here." https://harishpillay.com/2023/01/09/open-source-codebases-are-the-bedrock-of-todays-enterprise-systems/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:56:00

• "We need a better way to keep Mastodon development moving forward." https://blog.cyborch.com/is-mastodon-development-sustainable/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 06:58:40

• "Why so furtive? Will Australia’s other Big Four banking majors follow suit and march into new business areas?" https://michaelwest.com.au/anz-coy-on-good-bank-bad-bank-ploy-to-launch-into-new-non-banking-businesses/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 07:02:14

• Dom’s political assassination attempt - Michael West ⚓ https://michaelwest.com.au/doms-political-assassination-attempt/ ䷉ Source: Michael West Media | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//michaelwest.com.au/doms-political-assassination-attempt/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 07:03:12

• "I'm almost done with school! I'll be taking my final CS classes this semester with a few generals. For spring and summer terms, I just need to take 3 GEs and I will be graduated! The first week has already passed, so I have a pretty good idea of how this semester will go." gemini://benjaminja.info/gemlog/2023/01/15-school_has_begun/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 07:36:25

• "I'd been working on a little script to try to keep track of Gemtext data consumption. However, between my limited free time and numerous hobbies, I had actually forgotten all about this." gemini://ainent.xyz/gemlog/2023-01-15-lagrange-hook-gemtext-data-consumption.gmi    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 07:37:03

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppArmadillo 0.11.4.3.1 on CRAN: Updates http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2023/01/15#rcpparmadillo_0.11.4.3.1    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 07:51:58

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 07:59:42

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 08:10:44

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/today_s_leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/today_s_leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 08:10:52

• 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 IRC Proceedings: Sunday, January 15, 2023 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2023/01/16/irc-log-150123/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 08:34:59

• This is a lie. It did not rule. It made an excuse to dismiss the complaint. EPO is lying. https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2023/20230112.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 08:38:07

• Carefully constructed lies and misleading statements from the EPO. Is that patented yet?    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 08:39:09

• Anyway, this shows that Germany's constitutional court isn't functioning either. It's captured by corporate interests. Just shills in robes. http://techrights.org/2022/12/23/germany-passive-corruption/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 08:41:37

• mlk day today. slow news... they will speak about race in the mainstream, oligarchs-owned media. don't mention MLK opposing capitalism and war... the rich don't like that part of him. same for nobel prize-winning malala.    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 08:43:23

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 15th, 2023 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_January_15th_2023.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_January_15th_2023.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 08:53:05

• 7 Best Story Games for Android with Thrill and Plots ⚓ https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-story-games-for-android/ ䷉ Source: Ubuntu Pit | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.ubuntupit.com/best-story-games-for-android/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 08:56:25

• $4 Sipeed M0S Dock IoT development board features BL616 WiFi 6, BLE 5.2, and Zigbee RISC-V microcontroller - CNX Software ⚓ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/01/16/4-sipeed-m0s-dock-iot-development-board-bl616-wifi-6-ble-5-2-and-zigbee-risc-v-microcontroller/ ䷉ Source: CNX Software    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 08:57:13

• EPO wiki "page has been accessed 2,999,259 times" (3 million later today?) http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/EPO    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 10:32:57

• Microsoft is using 'open'HEY HI to distract from its collapse and bombard the media with fake hype, puff pieces    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 10:40:29

• Media trying hard to omit mention of Microsoft layoffs https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qNCnaqKFs6I https://yewtu.be/watch?v=2iNpQQEaZFE    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 10:41:12

• You know it's serious when even Goldman Sachs and BlackRock lac off workers https://yewtu.be/watch?v=OqpCNkLLl0Y    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 10:42:23

• "There have been attempts to overcome these shortcomings of string templating systems via adding features like autoescaping." ☛ https://www.devever.net/~hl/stringtemplates | Source: Devever    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:01:39

• "Also, let's assume we are speaking in the context of a small company with at most 10 employees." ☛ https://notes.volution.ro/v1/2023/01/remarks/723c5a6a/ | Source: Ciprian Dorin Craciun    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:02:08

• "Logging out and back in again, and subsequent reboots from this point" ☛ https://cyberprawn.net/index.php/2023/01/15/freebsd-package-update-breaks-kde-desktop-effects/ | Source: Cyberprawn    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:03:15

• "In case you thought IBM AIX had a future, IBM's legacy proprietary Unix, IBM apparently doesn't." ☛ https://www.talospace.com/2023/01/in-case-you-thought-aix-had-future.html | Source: Talospace    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:06:08

• "Matrix" ☛ https://9to5linux.com/kodi-20-nexus-released-with-av1-hardware-decoding-on-linux-pipewire-support | Source: 9to5Linux    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:08:59

• "Since the system is now very mature, the changes and innovations are more likely to be found under the hood" ☛ https://california18.com/kodi-20-final-version-of-the-media-center-released/8966812023/ | Source: California18    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:09:56

• "Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) has issued a request for testing" ☛ http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230115095258 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:12:20

• "Here’re a couple of shell commands that permit installing Slackware Linux using the SSH daemon" ☛ https://www.tumfatig.net/2023/installing-slackware-linux-from-ssh/ | Source: TuMFatig    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:13:01

• "If you have a large collection of eBooks, you probably use Calibre" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/01/howto-fix-calibres-broken-window-borders-in-flatpak-wayland/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:13:58

• "The first thing I did was research to see what is out there." ☛ https://www.digikey.com/en/maker/projects/how-to-crack-a-safes-combination-with-a-robotic-auto-dialer-part-1/8f0aa8d36afc40b2a9bf5067424702a1 |    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:14:43

• "I have really enjoyed experimenting with the gopher protocol—and bending Jekyll to my will" ☛ https://flower.codes/2023/01/15/goodbye-gopher | Source: Zach Flower    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:15:11

• "The traditional way to run Go software on a Raspberry Pi would be to install Raspbian or some other Linux distribution onto the SD card" ☛ https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2023-01-15-gokrazy-instance-centric-config/ | Source: Michael Stapelberg    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:15:51

• Spoiler ☛ https://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2023-01-15-spoiler-messages-in-irc.html | Source: Björn Wärmedal    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:16:10

• "R users sometimes hear about the fabulous advantages of Python for advanced data science and modelling." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/01/python-for-r-users-workshop/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:18:33

• "I would know, because I re-implemented it on my own feed here recently" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/the-mysterious-textinput-rss-field/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:19:38

• quacks ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/how-social-media-feeding-children-quack-health-tips-toxic-masculinity/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:20:22

• "On December 2022, the faculty of engineering from the University of Entre Rios" ☛ https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/gnu-health/news/jerome-lejeune-foundation-adopts-gnu-health | Source: Joinup    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:35:29

• "That last action was their undoing." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/exploiting-taxi-queue-systems-for-profit/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:36:13

• Surveillance ☛ https://www.techradar.com/features/what-is-tor-and-how-does-it-work | Source: TechRadar    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:36:57

• "I use a program called Little Snitch which alerts me to network traffic attempted" ☛ https://sneak.berlin/20230115/macos-scans-your-local-files-now/ | Source: Jeffrey Paul    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:38:00

• uranium ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/15/heathrow-airport-uranium-man-arrested-suspicion-terror-offences/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:39:25

• "Operations by armed groups, violent extremists and criminal networks forced the closure of more than 10 000 schools" ☛ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/unprecedented-insecurity-in-west-africa-and-the-sahel-un-security-council-hears/ | Source: Defence Web    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:39:30

• coal ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/greta-thunberg-joins-protest-coal-mine-expansion-german-village-rcna65866 | Source: NBC    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:39:47

• "First things first, I’ll explain why any of this would make any sense." ☛ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2023/01/15/solar-farm-battery-storage-business-case-calculations/ | Source: Positech Games    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:40:07

• "When you log into Twitter, you get bombarded with political opinions that are counterproductive" ☛ https://alexn.org/blog/2023/01/15/delete-twitter/?pk_campaign=rss | Source: Alexandru Nedelcu    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:43:07

• microsoft layoffs soon ☛ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/facebook-microsoft-pulling-out-of-more-seattle-area-offices/ | Source: Seattle Times    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:43:19

• "A soft market is a phase in the economic cycle characterised by more sellers than buyers" ☛ https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/meta-microsoft-vacate-office-buildings-in-us-over-wfh-and-layoffs-123011500992_1.html | Source: Business Standard    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:43:32

• "vacating" ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/why-meta-microsoft-vacating-their-offices-in-us-3694309 | Source: NDTV    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:44:08

• "and layoffs" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-microsoft-vacating-offices-in-seattle-amid-remote-work-layoffs/articleshow/97008931.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:44:18

• "According to the report, the announcements by the two tech giants has brought more bad news to the office market in Seattle" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/seattle-meta-news-seattle-microsoft-news-why-meta-and-microsoft-are-vacating-office-buildings-in-seattle-101673778145535.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:45:11

• "breakout among “alt-tech” apps" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/rumble-spends-millions-fighting-big-tech-conspiracy-theories-1234660249/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:45:17

• ukraine ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-to-ban-russian-music-culture/31905236.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:45:24

• Misinformation ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2023/0113/An-African-defense-against-dishonesty | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:46:03

• "Nigerian authorities are struggling to stem rising violence in the north and central regions" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/catholic-priest-burned-alive-nigerias-hard-hit-north-96449254 | Source: ABC    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:46:22

• 🔤SpellBinding: BCEMURN Wordo: TESLA gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-01-16.gmi    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:47:08

• Freedom of Information ☛ https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/ukraine-ifj-calls-on-the-government-to-revise-new-media-law.html | Source: IFJ    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:47:51

• zelensky ☛ https://www.newsweek.com/zelensky-accused-censorship-over-ukraine-media-law-1770958 | Source: Newsweek    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:47:56

• "Both the European Federation of Journalists and the Committee to Protect Journalists have opposed the measure" ☛ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/01/11/nzrz-j11.html | Source: WSWS    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:48:14

• "Farmer's right to repair comes down to control - an anecdote from Kevin Kenney" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/farmer's-right-to-repair-comes-down-to:9    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:48:51

• unpaid "leave" aka furloughing https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/microsofts-new-vacation-policy-allows-employees-to-get-unlimited-time-off/articleshow/96930041.cms    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:49:11

• seattle schools vs meta (facebook), bytedance (tiktok), etc; 92 pages https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.317950/gov.uscourts.wawd.317950.1.0.pdf    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:49:27

• This HEY HI [sic] expert [sic] has 90 days to find a job — or leave the U.S. ⚓ https://text.npr.org/1148903790    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:50:01

• "Pirate streaming app PikaShow made powerful enemies in 2022, including Disney, Star India, and the MPA." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pikashow-police-arrest-student-after-free-piracy-app-drew-global-attention-230116/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:54:55

• "Google has taken a series of steps to demote" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/prominent-pirate-sites-mysteriously-vanish-from-bings-search-results-230115/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:55:00

• "It is astonishing how many people are incapable of comprehending the following phrase from the article below..." ☛ https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2023/01/twitter-ban/ | Source: Craig Murray    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:55:22

• "All this on a 15 year old blue tick account with 110,000 followers. The account still exists and is visible online, though very difficult to find because of extreme shadowbanning." https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2023/01/twitter-ban/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:58:41

• crypto ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/new-york-climate-groups-sue-over-new-energy-guzzling-crypto-mining-operation/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:01:43

• Putin's mates? ☛ https://telex.hu/english/2023/01/16/the-hungarian-state-would-have-repatriated-a-russian-opposition-member-but-the-court-blocked-it | Source: Telex (Hungary)    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:02:04

• climate ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/resident-owned-communities-are-a-step-toward-housing-and-climate-justice/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:02:18

• "volunteer"? ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/us-hospitals-rely-on-exploited-volunteer-staff-potentially-violating-labor-laws/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:02:34

• Natives ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/americas-biggest-museums-have-failed-to-return-native-american-human-remains/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:03:03

• abolition ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/record-police-killings-in-2022-show-need-to-continue-organizing-for-abolition/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:03:20

• "liberation" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/from-sncc-to-black-lives-matter-longtime-activists-discuss-black-liberation/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:03:29

• Abortion ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/jeffries-lasalle | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:03:38

• "After publishing the first two editions of the Confessions of an Economic Hit Man trilogy" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/china-is-intensifying-the-death-economy | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:03:51

• "How do you compare two files in Linux? You use the diff command." ☛ https://linuxhandbook.com/compare-directories/ | Source: Linux Handbook    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:04:35

• "This month, Vecow introduced the ECX-3000 which is a Workstation-grade fanless embedded system" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/vecow-introduces-embedded-platform-based-on-raptor-lake-s-processors/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:05:27

• "Valve released a fresh build of Proton Experimental on January 13th which include a few notable improvements across various games" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/proton-experimental-fixes-splinter-cell-final-fantasy-xiv-online-and-asian-text/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:13:24

• It will be fully optimised when you dump clown computing and quit paying rents ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/cloud-optimisation | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:15:00

• "The git rebase command allows you to adjust the history of your Git repository." ☛ https://opensource.com/article/23/1/git-reflog | Source: OpenSource.com    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:15:39

• "This article introduces how to use the MQTT plug-in in JMeter." ☛ https://opensource.com/article/23/1/mqtt-plug-in-jmeter | Source: OpenSource.com    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:15:45

• "From the Dept. of Horrible Chutzpah" ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/16/they-never-tire-of-abusing-dr-king/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:16:51

• Fake Love ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/16/this-mlk-day-save-the-fake-love/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:17:03

• War ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/16/how-to-defeat-an-army/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:18:05

• War ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/16/war-is-as-popular-as-cherry-and-apple-pie/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:18:12

• "It was the guacamole’s fault!" ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/16/how-safe-can-we-really-be/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:19:13

• "predatory" ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/16/how-private-equity-amplifies-the-abuse-of-predatory-lending/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:20:20

• Mansplaining capitalism ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/16/world-economic-forum-plutocrats-suffer-vertigo-on-contemporary-capitalisms-roller-coaster/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:21:19

• "A year to the day before his assassination, Martin Luther King publicly and decisively denounced not only the US" ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/16/beyond-vietnam-and-into-today/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:22:06

• Ukraine ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/16/how-many-ukrainian-refugees-will-return-home/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:22:17

• "Afghanistan was a war of mistakes, a war of enormous collateral damage" ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/16/who-were-the-afghans-harry-killed/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:22:37

• So-called "liberals" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/01/15/the-liberal-contempt-for-martin-luther-kings-final-year/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:23:50

• "sickening surveillance" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/01/15/rewind-sam-pollard-the-fbis-crusade-against-mlk-was-darker-than-you-think/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:24:05

• "There are few contemporary novelists who have explored the dark undercurrents of American society" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/01/16/russell-banks-john-brown-and-the-american-soul/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:24:34

• Davos = now associated with dangerous criminals and sociopaths. Sharing is not in their lexicon. ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2023/01/16/bringing-better-sharing-to-davos/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:25:14

• Atari 2600 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/01/15/inside-the-atari-2600/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:25:53

• Hackaday boosting Microsoft spam. AGAIN.    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:26:15

• stadia ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/01/15/stadia-says-goodbye-with-bluetooth-and-crap-game/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:26:29

• "We’ve seen our share of custom PCBs here on Hackaday, but they aren’t always pretty." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/01/15/designing-aesthetically-pleasing-pcbs/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:30:45

• soledar ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/01/15/putin-on-wagner-group-forces-capturing-soledar-i-hope-our-fighters-make-us-happy-a-few-more-times | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:31:18

• belgorod ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/01/15/explosion-on-a-belgorod-base | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:31:31

• "Rebecca Gordon reminds us that this country does remain all too exceptional" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/01/15/why-america-might-want-to-lower-its-expectations/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:36:38

• "terrorists" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/01/16/your-cowardly-silence-will-end-with-these-same-terrorists-coming-for-you-zelensky-addresses-russians-after-dnipro-missile-strike | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:37:26

• dnipro ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/01/15/russian-defense-ministry-says-missile-strike-that-destroyed-a-dnipro-residential-building-reached-its-target | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:37:51

• MMA ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/01/15/mma-fighter-georgiy-gagloev-found-dead-in-a-train-car | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:38:16

• "Cryptoindustry and Blockchain" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/01/16/russia-and-iran-discussing-creation-of-joint-stablecoin-backed-by-gold | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:38:42

• "Thanks to Home Assistant, automating the various systems that run your home is easier than ever" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/01/15/custom-thermostat-pcb-connects-boiler-to-home-assistant/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:39:08

• Russia and Belarus ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/01/16/russia-and-belarus-begin-joint-air-force-drills | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:39:33

• "Local publication Vlast reported on January 16 that the restaurant chain Delicious, Full Stop, which replaced McDonaldʼs in Russia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/01/16/russian-chain-delicious-full-stop-applies-for-registration-in-kazakhstan-after-mcdonald-s-exit | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:40:04

• "What better way to ring in the new year than with [iSax Laboratories]’ charming little project that replaces a doorbell with a Maneki-Neko cat figurine to ring a physical bell?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/01/16/ring-in-the-new-year-with-this-cute-cat-doorbell/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:40:42

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk MotionBuilder ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Autodesk_MotionBuilde.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Autodesk_MotionBuilde.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:52:18

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Aetina unveils NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano and Orin NX edge embedded systems ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Aetina_unveils_NVIDIA_Jetson_Orin_Nano_and_Orin_NX_edge_embedde.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Aetina_unveils_NVIDIA_Jetson_Orin_Nano_and_Orin_NX_edge_embedde.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:52:48

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 12:53:27

• Build a kiosk with Fedora Silverblue - Fedora Magazine ⚓ https://fedoramagazine.org/build-a-kiosk-with-fedora-silverblue/ ䷉ Source: Fedora Magazine | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//fedoramagazine.org/build-a-kiosk-with-fedora-silverblue/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:05:57

• Kodi 20.0 "Nexus" - Release | News | Kodi http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/15/Kodi_20_Nexus_Released_with_AV1_Hardware_Decoding_on_Linux_Pipe.shtml    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:09:09

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 109 Is Available for Download with New Unified Extensions Button ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Mozilla_Firefox_109_Is_Available_for_Download_with_New_Unified_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Mozilla_Firefox_109_Is_Available_for_Download_with_New_Unified_.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:09:20

• "The field of automation AI is rapidly growing and there are several popular programming languages that are used to develop AI and machine learning applications. These languages include Python, Java, C++, R, and JavaScript. Each language has its own strengths and weaknesses and is suitable for different types of AI projects." https://www.markaicode.com/5-popular-programming-languages-for-automation-ai-2023/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:11:31

• site reliability engineering https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2023/1/site-reliability-engineering-2023-5-exciting-predictions    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:13:07

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:16:53

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Fedora_Red_Hat_IBM_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Fedora_Red_Hat_IBM_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:17:02

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Jérôme Lejeune Foundation adopts GNU Health ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Jerome_Lejeune_Foundation_adopts_GNU_Health.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Jerome_Lejeune_Foundation_adopts_GNU_Health.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:19:54

• "Sure, that may not happen anytime soon. But it does not hurt to be optimistic about supporting new projects." https://news.itsfoss.com/ecode-editor/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:24:31

• "Access Nowʼs statement to the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Criminal Purposes." https://www.accessnow.org/un-ahc-cybercrime-fourth-session-statement-criminalisation    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:26:35

• They ought to mention GNU/Linux, which is compatible with these PCs and is still fully supported https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ybTvgDo5zUA    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:28:40

• Companies start 2023 with massive layoffs https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xdJdfwJMKZE Microsoft also http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_-_Layoffs#January_2023    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:29:23

• esp32 https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/01/16/twotrees-ts2-laser-engraver-review-part-2-lasergrbl-mkslaser/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:32:58

• Alternative headline: many administrators do not patch critical software for many months. https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/01/critical-control-web-panel-bug/ "A 9.8 severity vulnerability"    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:34:31

• Even Tom Warren, a Microsoft parrot and mouthpiece, seems upset about this https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/13/23553370/microsoft-start-menu-taskbar-shortcuts-windows-disappearing-it    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:35:44

• Microsoft's monopoly rents perish with nothing to replace them except hype and clownwashing.    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:36:59

• Bosses That Never Admit Mistakes https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/16/never-admitting-mistakes/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:37:10

• The EPO is protected by the German government no matter what it does; even the “elite” courts won’t intervene http://techrights.org/2023/01/16/bundesverfassungsgericht-meme/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:37:50

• Using stock photography that gives a false impression of lawfulness, the EPO gloats about Bundesverfassungsgericht (Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court) refusing to even hold the EPO accountable! http://techrights.org/2023/01/16/epo-not-accountable-in-fcc/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:38:04

• In Turkey, the market share of GNU/Linux has climbed up to 5% this year; in India it's about 10% http://techrights.org/2023/01/16/turkey-this-year/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:38:22

• he above was covered in Indian sites (Sunday/early Monday, MLK Day, i.e. long weekend), bringing further momentum to the rumours about Microsoft layoffs this week http://techrights.org/2023/01/15/microsoft-dropping-its-offices/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:38:45

• Sirius ‘Open Source’ has a seemingly very common problem; managers cannot be held accountable and even when shown that they failed at something, instead of apologising or taking actions against themselves they resort to accusing/blaming the reporter http://techrights.org/2023/01/16/blaming-the-reporter/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:39:06

• A plausible (consistent with other rumours) explanation of imminent Microsoft layoffs: “July 18th is the date I was told. Managers were apparently notified on Thursday and had to go through training. The purpose was how to deliver the message. Also, the number affected is supposed to be in the 5k range.” http://techrights.org/2023/01/16/microsoft-managers-layoff-training/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 13:39:24

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Kodi 20 "Nexus" Arrives After Two Years with AV1, Full HDR Support ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Kodi_20_Nexus_Arrives_After_Two_Years_with_AV1_Full_HDR_Support.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Kodi_20_Nexus_Arrives_After_Two_Years_with_AV1_Full_HDR_Support.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 14:00:54

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Tor, Security, and Clown Computing ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Tor_Security_and_Clown_Computing.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Tor_Security_and_Clown_Computing.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 14:24:46

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): BSD: OpenBSD and FreeBSD Updates/Rants ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/BSD_OpenBSD_and_FreeBSD_Updates_Rants.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/BSD_OpenBSD_and_FreeBSD_Updates_Rants.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 14:24:54

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free Software and 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Free_Software_and_Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Free_Software_and_Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 14:25:18

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Proton Experimental, Story Games for Android, and Retro ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Games_Proton_Experimental_Story_Games_for_Android_and_Retro.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Games_Proton_Experimental_Story_Games_for_Android_and_Retro.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 14:25:32

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Hardware: Vecow, Robotic Auto Dialer, RISC-V, and PCBs ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Hardware_Vecow_Robotic_Auto_Dialer_RISC_V_and_PCBs.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Hardware_Vecow_Robotic_Auto_Dialer_RISC_V_and_PCBs.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 14:25:46

• After Nearly 3 Weeks Pension Provider Finally Responds: Can't Find Pension! https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/16/aviva-as-pension-provider/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 14:40:07

• "Chris' sticky upgrade situation, and we chat with the developer behind an impressive mesh VPN with new tricks." https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/493/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 14:49:29

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (UPDATED): Linux is All Set to Disable Microsoft's RNDIS Drivers (UPDATED) ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/11/Linux_is_All_Set_to_Disable_Microsoft_s_RNDIS_Drivers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/11/Linux_is_All_Set_to_Disable_Microsoft_s_RNDIS_Drivers.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 14:59:59

• "No, do NOT modify the system. This guide shows you how to retain the system while adding package management and the things you need to make the steamdeck your desktop!" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ttOs5iWgNzk    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:01:13

• You'll never be happy with the Steam Deck 2 - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xVnkHbxXxe8 | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://auragem.space/youtube/video/xVnkHbxXxe8    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:02:21

• "Cellebrite is an cyberweapons arms manufacturer that sells smartphone forensic software to governments around the world. MSAB is a Swedish company that does the same thing. Someone has released software and documentation from both companies." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/01/hacked-cellebrite-and-msab-software-released.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:05:24

• "Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Did you know that MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities?" https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/01/16/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-day-2023-mlkday/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:06:29

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Dump LastPass for open source Bitwarden ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Dump_LastPass_for_open_source_Bitwarden.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Dump_LastPass_for_open_source_Bitwarden.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:07:43

• "I have been asked a few times by viewers of the channel: "Why do you make so many videos about Vim, Emacs, Xmonad and other nerdy software?" Well, I have my reasons why I like to urge people to try out these kinds of extremely customizable and extensible programs." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=GEv4gFgvsrw    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:08:34

• Episode 3:14: GeckoLinux and the Side Quest https://www.linuxuserspace.show/314    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:09:11

• A Quick Overview of Linux Mint 21.1 "Vera" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=dGxVEBCsZss    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:10:23

• "Be wary of pension providers. They’re mostly good at taking money." https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/16/aviva-as-pension-provider/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:11:56

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Videos/Shows: Linux Mint 21.1 "Vera", GeckoLinux, Steam Deck, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Videos_Shows_Linux_Mint_21_1_Vera_GeckoLinux_Steam_Deck_and_Mor.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Videos_Shows_Linux_Mint_21_1_Vera_GeckoLinux_Steam_Deck_and_Mor.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:33:42

• Gamers, have you been Pwned? We send our comments on the proposed amendments to the IT Rules, 2021 in relation to Online gaming ⚓ https://internetfreedom.in/comments-on-the-online-gaming-proposed-amendments/ ䷉ Source: Internet Freedom Foundation    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:35:15

• You Move, They Follow: Uncovering Iran’s Mobile Legal Intercept System - The Citizen Lab ⚓ https://citizenlab.ca/2023/01/uncovering-irans-mobile-legal-intercept-system/ ䷉ Source: Citizen Lab | Warning: links to dirty Omidyar, who does regime changes    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:36:12

• arduino https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/01/16/trash-train-putting-trash-cans-on-rails-so-move-automatically/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:36:51

• Public domain: a belated step forward, two huge steps back - Walled Culture ⚓ https://walledculture.org/public-domain-a-belated-step-forward-two-huge-steps-back/ ䷉ Source: Walled Culture | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//walledculture.org/public-domain-a-belated-step-forward-two-huge-steps-back/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:41:05

• "In the 1990s, SGI was the go-to vendor for high-end 3D graphics computers, especially for use in scientific visualization, game development, and the burgeoning field of CGI for movies and television." https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/01/16/what-can-you-do-on-a-30000-sgi-octane2-from-the-1990s/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:43:22

• The Great Search: Solder Paste Syringe for Hot Plate Rework https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/01/16/the-great-search-solder-paste-syringe-for-hot-plate-rework-thegreatsearch-esp32-digikey-digikey-adafruit/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:43:59

• JavaScript developers: Here are the top trends and tools | ZDNET ⚓ https://www.zdnet.com/article/javascript-developers-here-are-the-top-trends-and-tools/ ䷉ Source: ZDNet | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.zdnet.com/article/javascript-developers-here-are-the-top-trends-and-tools/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:46:24

• Started learning SDL v1.2 came to a stop https://bkhome.org/news/202301/started-learning-sdl-v12-came-to-a-stop.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:47:06

• Letter from WordPress’ Executive Director, 2022 https://wordpress.org/news/2023/01/letter-from-wordpress-executive-director-2022/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:47:55

• "On episode forty-seven of the WordPress Briefing podcast, Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy shares her vision and current thinking for the WordPress open source project in 2023. Rather read it? The full letter is also available." https://wordpress.org/news/2023/01/episode-47-letter-from-the-executive-director/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:49:24

• 15 Best Music Tag Editors for Linux Systems ⚓ https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-music-tag-editor-software-for-linux-system/ ䷉ Source: Ubuntu Pit | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.ubuntupit.com/best-music-tag-editor-software-for-linux-system/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:50:51

• "Static Application Security Testing (SAST), or static analysis, is a testing method that analyses your source code to find, track and fix security issues that make your application vulnerable before they become a real problem. It is a low cost way to dramatically increase the quality and security of your application, without needing to compile or run it." https://ubuntu.com//blog/getting-started-with-ros-security-scanning    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:52:47

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/today_s_howtos.2.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/today_s_howtos.2.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:52:59

• crypto: aspeed - Add ACRY RSA driver https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/cryptodev-2.6.git/commit/?id=2f1cf4e50c956f882c9fc209c7cded832b67b8a3    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:57:51

• Merge branch 'mlxbf_gige-add-bluefield-3-support' https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git/commit/?h=main&id=298bfe27d1127a8e41fbf668d3e4ce04fa7b1ecc    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 15:58:33

• GCC 13.0.1 Status Report (2023-01-16), Stage 4 in effect now https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2023-January/610004.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:02:59

• "Intel's FFmpeg Cartwheel 2022Q4 Released"... OUTSOURCED to Microsoft PROPRIETARY PRISON. Intel shills GitHub because of moles that entered the teams: http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:06:01

• "This month’s status update will be lighter than usual: I’ve been on leave for a while at the end of December." https://emersion.fr/blog/2023/status-update-49/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:11:00

• Alejandro Piñeiro: v3dv status update 2023-01 https://blogs.igalia.com/apinheiro/2023/01/v3dv-status-update-2023-01/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:13:25

• This won't tackle the ME back door problem https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xeon-Sapphire-Rapids-Coreboot    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:17:02

• Gunnar Wolf• Back to Understanding Computers and Cognition ⚓ https://gwolf.org/2023/01/back-to-understanding-computers-and-cognition.html ䷉ Source: Gunnar Wolf | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//gwolf.org/2023/01/back-to-understanding-computers-and-cognition.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:18:32

• Y'all used to call that just... SERVER https://www.spiceworks.com/tech/cloud/articles/what-is-bare-metal-server/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:19:41

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing? ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Godot_for_AA_AAA_game_development_What_s_missing.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Godot_for_AA_AAA_game_development_What_s_missing.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:27:51

• "I spent last weekend ranting about the flaws in multiple new web speedtests from cloudflare, speedtest, netflix and others. It’s not fair, scientifically, to not whinge about the flaws (and “features”) in my own network tests." http://blog.cerowrt.org/post/flaws_in_flent/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:28:51

• Googlezilla stuff dying/stagnating in so-called 'Linux' Foundation. This is their first blog post in almost 3 years! https://servo.org/blog/2023/01/16/servo-2023/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:31:19

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:31:32

• "Site Specific Hacks are pieces of WebKit code (called Quirks internally) to change the behavior of the browser in order to repair for the user a broken behavior from a website." https://www.otsukare.info/2023/01/16/webkit-quirks    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:35:24

• 2023.03 Advent Radux - Rakudo Weekly News ⚓ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2023/01/16/2023-03-advent-radux/ ䷉ Source: Rakulang | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//rakudoweekly.blog/2023/01/16/2023-03-advent-radux/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:35:54

• Uncovering the Variances Between sudo and su Commands in Linux ⚓ https://www.ubuntupit.com/sudo-and-su-commands-in-linux/ ䷉ Source: Ubuntu Pit | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.ubuntupit.com/sudo-and-su-commands-in-linux/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:36:31

• The ultimate Steam Deck starter guide - Dexerto ⚓ https://www.dexerto.com/tech/ultimate-steam-deck-starter-guide-2034053/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.dexerto.com/tech/ultimate-steam-deck-starter-guide-2034053/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:38:55

• Hidden Email Addresses in Phishing Kits | Netcraft News ⚓ https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2023/01/16/hidden-phishing-kit-emails.html ䷉| ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//news.netcraft.com/archives/2023/01/16/hidden-phishing-kit-emails.html    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:41:29

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Discover Your CPU's True Limits With Stress-Terminal UI for Linux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Discover_Your_CPU_s_True_Limits_With_Stress_Terminal_UI_for_Lin.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Discover_Your_CPU_s_True_Limits_With_Stress_Terminal_UI_for_Lin.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 16:54:09

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/today_s_howtos.3.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/today_s_howtos.3.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 17:02:06

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Graphics Work by Alejandro Piñeiro and Simon Ser ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Graphics_Work_by_Alejandro_Pineiro_and_Simon_Ser.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Graphics_Work_by_Alejandro_Pineiro_and_Simon_Ser.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 17:05:04

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/16/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:18:27

• "I sent a version of this gemlog to ~jsreed5 as an email, but I figured it'd work as a gemlog as well, with some additional thoughts." gemini://gemini.smallweb.space/gemlog/2023-01-16-re-screentime.gmi    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:25:59

• "I then checked out #qmmp from the snap store." gemini://gemini.smallweb.space/gemlog/20230113-winamp-part2.gmi    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:26:48

• "Some time around 1993 I retraced the creation and transformation of the Higher Order Calculator program presented in "The UNIX Programming Environment" by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike." gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2023/20230116-hoc-revival.gmi    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:27:24

• Everyday Games gemini://spool-five.com/gemlog/2023-01-16-everyday_games.gmi    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:28:29

• "Last night I was searching for something on Google related to a post on someone else's gemlog. On accident autocorrect on my phone filled "gemini" into my full url, to which i clicked search as I was not paying enough attention." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/log/2023-01-16_should_we_allow_spiders_in_space.gmi    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:29:46

• "Eventually I — temporary — stopped with OpenBSD. The reason is this Asushit crapbook has such poor hardware compatibility with all the major BSDs that makes the use quite uncomfortable. I tested MidnightBSD and GhostBSD: same hardware issues; NetBSD loader wasn't even recognized… " gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:30:10

• Exclusive: EPO to meet in-house critics to discuss quality https://www.managingip.com/article/2b4vilh4jetm0dododszk/exclusive-epo-to-meet-in-house-critics-to-discuss-quality    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:34:31

• systemd is NOT init systemd. Start there. https://linuxtldr.com/init-vs-systemd/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:36:43

• How to Create a Custom Web Browser with Nyxt - Make Tech Easier ⚓ https://www.maketecheasier.com/create-custom-web-browser-with-nyxt/ ䷉ Source: Make Tech Easier | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.maketecheasier.com/create-custom-web-browser-with-nyxt/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:37:56

• The World’s Thinnest Boombox https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/01/16/the-worlds-thinnest-boombox-musicmonday/    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:40:31

• Brittany Day jumped the shark a long time ago. linuxsecurity.com shilling Microsoft proprietary junk, not just relaying Linux FUD for Microsoft. https://linuxsecurity.com/news/iot-security/microsoft-applies-coat-of-rust-to-azure-sphere-iot-platform    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:41:26

• And another news example from today. linuxsecurity.com is SHILLING WINDOWS and not Linux. It's relaying Microsoft propaganda and now this. Time to delete their RSS feed! https://linuxsecurity.com/features/azure-wsl-security    

posted Monday, January 16, 2023 at 23:43:01