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  • Smoking Kills. What Else? https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/26/smoking-kills/    

posted Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 23:55:54

  • ONS Defends Integrity of Data on Deaths Registered Weekly in England and Wales https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/27/deaths-registered-weekly-in-england-and-wales/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 00:29:33

  • Sirius Open Source series: about 5 days left now. http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source   

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 02:40:41

  • Fuck GitHub gemini://hyperreal.coffee/gemlog/2023-01-26-fuck-github.gmi Microsoft lying again, using false numbers    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 02:48:28

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D818.jpg    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 02:49:04

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D485.jpg    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 02:49:16

  • Hackers Accessed 34,942 PayPal Accounts - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=rhmFCivils4 | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://auragem.space/youtube/video/rhmFCivils4    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 02:52:01

  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/27/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/27/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 02:53:05

  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/27/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/27/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 03:01:21

  • "19,986 (16.0%) more than the historical average." https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/26/smoking-kills/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 03:12:15

  • "I am now satisfied that ONS did not tinker with the mortality data. That’s a relief." https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/27/deaths-registered-weekly-in-england-and-wales/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 03:12:51

  • Sirius ‘Open Source’, emboldened by ISO ‘paperwork’ (certification), lost sight of what it truly takes to run a business securely, mistaking worthless gadgets for “advancement” while compelling staff to sign a new contract in a hurry (prior contract-signing scandals notwithstanding) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/27/enhanced-worker-surveillance/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 03:13:07

  • Sirius ‘Open Source’ wasted hours of workers’ time just testing the phone after it had moved to a defective system of Google (proprietary); instead of a rollback (back to Asterisk) the company doubled down on the faulty system and the phones still didn’t work properly, resulting in missing calls and angst http://techrights.org/2023/01/26/cannot-get-a-phone-to-work/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 03:13:37

  • Sirius ‘Open Source’ is mistaking “modern” for better; insecurity and a lack of tech savvy typically leads to that http://techrights.org/2023/01/26/modern-phones/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 03:13:56

  • "Why do you think the new market direction is Hybrid cloud? Seeing a number of companies got sticker shock, are overbudget and are going back to premise for a large number of their applications.to manage cost." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kQvvViD#replies    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 03:19:54

  • Techrights Bulletin for Thursday, January 26, 2023 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 04:05:13

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

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 04:05:21

  • People who only ever collect money judge everybody else... by money. Missing so much of what there is to life. Pity the fools. Many work themselves to (early) death.    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 04:35:13

  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): OPNsense 23.1 is released with the nickname “Quintessential Quail” ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/27/OPNsense_23_1_is_released_with_the_nickname_Quintessential_Quai.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/27/OPNsense_23_1_is_released_with_the_nickname_Quintessential_Quai.gmi ∎    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 06:38:21

  • Sirius ‘Open Source’, emboldened by ISO ‘paperwork’ (certification), lost sight of what it truly takes to run a business securely, mistaking worthless gadgets for “advancement” while compelling staff to sign a new contract in a hurry (prior contract-signing scandals notwithstanding) http://techrights.org/2023/01/26/mobile-critics-not-paranoid/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 06:39:52

  • Sirius Outsourced to Google and Everything Broke https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/27/sirius-outsourced-to-google/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 06:41:41

  • The expansion of Geminispace is worth noting again because another milestone is approached, flirted with, or will be surpassed this coming weekend http://techrights.org/2023/01/27/2300-active-capsules/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 06:42:09

  • In my final year at Sirius ‘Open Source’ communication systems had already become chaotic; there were too many dysfunctional tools, a lack of instructions, a lack of coordination and the proposed ‘solution’ (this past October) was just more complexity and red tape http://techrights.org/2023/01/27/sirius-technical-hell/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 06:42:54

  • Are Microsofters trying to generate bad press for Linux? https://chicagomaroon.com/37872/news/servers-for-computer-science-classes-shut-down-students-unable-to-complete-work/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 07:35:04

  • "Earlier this week we reported that Battlefield 1, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Titanfall 2, and The Sims 4 have become playable on Steam Deck. Now, we can confirm that the following EA games are now playable on Steam Deck, thanks to Gaming on Linux." https://overclock3d.net/news/software/more_ea_games_receive_valve_s_steam_deck_playability_rating_-_including_mass_effect_legendary_edition/1    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 07:37:16

  • Microsoft plagiarism toy for spamming of the media (distracing from layoffs, shutdowns etc.). Don't waste time on that. https://medium.com/tonys-tech-corner/chatgpt-tells-fibs-about-me-2147860ce83f    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 07:38:46

  • Windows is NOT a modern OS https://www.makeuseof.com/reasons-why-people-stick-with-linux-on-steam-deck/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 07:41:43

  • They just say "Ubuntu" instead of GNU/Linux https://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/news/e-ink-epson-werock-msolutions-announce-display-technology/    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 07:53:02

  • JASON PERLOW from Microsoft is posting Microsoft spam on behalf of the 'Linux' Foundation to help his 'former' employer, Microsoftt https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/what-chatgpt-learned-about-the-lfx-mentorship-showcase    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 08:22:11

  • Microsoft Counting Old Office Installs - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ziDwNslxP_s | ♾ "why we should look to use FOSS office software instead."    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 08:25:27

  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The Simple, Fast, And Lightweight Linux Distro for Beginners ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/27/The_Simple_Fast_And_Lightweight_Linux_Distro_for_Beginners.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/27/The_Simple_Fast_And_Lightweight_Linux_Distro_for_Beginners.gmi ∎    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 09:54:28

  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux Candy: pyjokes – one line jokes for programmers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/27/Linux_Candy_pyjokes_one_line_jokes_for_programmers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/27/Linux_Candy_pyjokes_one_line_jokes_for_programmers.gmi ∎    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 09:54:44

  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/27/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/27/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 09:57:09

  • "Rules within a container query only apply to descendants of that container" ☛ https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2023/100daysof-day90/ | Source: Manuel Matuzovic    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 10:58:27

  • "If you’re a fan of Tailwind or similar utility frameworks" ☛ https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2023/100daysof-day89/ | Source: Manuel Matuzovic    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 10:58:33

  • "ZFS on Linux has two ways to periodically TRIM your pool(s)" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/ZFSOnLinuxTrimNotes | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 10:58:40

  • "Ubuntu Pro, Canonical’s comprehensive subscription for secure open source and compliance" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-pro-enters-ga | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 10:59:41

  • [Old] "Right before that message appeared, I saw a header and table briefly flash on my screen." ☛ https://eaton-works.com/2022/06/20/hacking-into-the-worldwide-jacuzzi-smarttub-network/ | Source: Eaton Works    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:01:31

  • thinkpad ☛ https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2023/01/27/thinkpad-as-server-followup/ | Source: Herman Õunapuu    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:03:05

  • "The die photo below shows the 8086 microprocessor under a microscope." ☛ http://www.righto.com/2023/01/reverse-engineering-intel-8086.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:03:20

  • "Today I hit the “release” button on v1.0.0 of Quamina, a fast open-source pattern-matching library in Go. Gotta keep doing some coding to keep me honest!" ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2023/01/25/Quamina-1.0 | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:04:53

  • ">The Mastodon dashboards I’ve been developing and describing in this series are backed by a Steampipe plugin that translates SQL queries to Mastodon API calls. Like all Steampipe plugins you can use this one to run those queries in all sorts of ways: from psql or another Postgres CLI (perhaps via cron, perhaps in a CI/CD pipeline); from Metabase or Grafana or any Postgres-compatible BI tool; from Python or JavaScript or any programming language. The Steampipe core is a versatile software component that you can plug into just about any environment." ☛ https://blog.jonudell.net/2023/01/26/images-considered-harmful-sometimes/ | Source: Jon Udell    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:05:04

  • "Obviously I'm making a fork. I don't know what it is about Open Source." ☛ https://blog.cyborch.com/open-source-contribution-is-interesting/ | Source: Anders Borch    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:05:23

  • "The Mastodon dashboards I’ve been developing and describing in this series are backed by a Steampipe plugin that translates SQL queries to Mastodon API calls. Like all Steampipe plugins you can use this one to run those queries in all sorts of ways" ☛ https://blog.jonudell.net/2023/01/26/images-considered-harmful-sometimes/ | Source: Jon Udell    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:07:14

  • "Many of my Firefox addons have some sort of configuration settings" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FirefoxAddonsBackUpSettings | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:12:28

  • “Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) which could be exploited by a remote attacker to gain elevated privilege and bypass security restrictions on the targeted system" ☛ https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/enterprise-services-and-applications/government-has-issued-an-important-warning-for-these-microsoft-users/97364749 | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:13:15

  • "As before linking still requires patching for bug 1775202 using this updated small change or the browser won't link on 64-bit Power ISA (alternatively put --disable-webrtc in your .mozconfig if you don't need WebRTC)" ☛ https://www.talospace.com/2023/01/firefox-109-on-power.html | Source: Talospace    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:14:13

  • Smithsonian Open Access ☛ https://www.si.edu/openaccess/ |    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:15:07

  • "Are there any modern programming languages which allow the use of semantically correct Unicode symbols as operators?" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/01/unicode-operators-for-semantically-correct-programming/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:15:52

  • "When I first started programming, I clearly remember feeling I had to add comments" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/01/why-comment-your-code-as-little-and-as-well-as-possible/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:16:06

  • "I find some funny rabbit holes sometimes." ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2023/01/26/shadow/ | Source: Rachel    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:17:40

  • "I've been writing a lot of AArch64 assembly, for reasons" ☛ https://www.mattkeeter.com/blog/2023-01-25-branch/ | Source: Matt Keeter    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:17:56

  • "In Compiled and Interpreted Languages: Two Ways of Saying Tomato" ☛ https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2023/distinguishing_an_interpreter_from_a_compiler.html | Source: Lawrence Tratt    

posted Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:18:19

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