Roy Schestowitz

• Latvian central bank conference takes place Wednesday ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/07.11.2023-latvian-central-bank-conference-takes-place-wednesday.a527034/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:19:06

• Government reviews Rīga bid to become EU anti-money laundering capital ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/07.11.2023-government-reviews-riga-bid-to-become-eu-anti-money-laundering-capital.a530724/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:19:16

• Mind the gap: High street banks still shortchanging savers ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/mind-the-gap-high-street-banks-still-shortchanging-savers-az7wd0w1MTOW    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:19:36

• "patent monopoly protects the use of the disodium salt of pemetrexed in combination with vitamin B12." ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/no-damages-for-lilly-france-in-pemetrexed-dispute-with-viatris/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:20:47

• China is Moving Away From American Technology (Including Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Windows) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/08/China_is_Moving_Away_From_American_Technology_Including_Microso.shtml    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:23:33

• [Meme] Satya Nadella and Technomind Info Solutions ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/08/_Meme_Satya_Nadella_and_Technomind_Info_Solutions.shtml    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:23:39

• Between-the-Lines CNN: Famous Criminal Bill Gates 'Controls' Abusive Monopolist Microsoft CEO Satya Narayana Nadella ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/08/Between_the_Lines_CNN_Bill_Gates_Controls_Microsoft_CEO_Satya_N.shtml    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:23:45

• The Illusion of Choice: Fashion Company Apple Prison Versus Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Prison ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/08/The_Illusion_of_Choice_Apple_Prison_Versus_Microsoft_Prison.shtml    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:23:57

• The News is Drying Up, Journalism Perishing, But We Can Still Cope (Daily Links Always Adapting) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/08/The_News_is_Drying_Up_Journalism_Perishing_But_We_Can_Still_Cop.shtml    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:24:04

• Lots More Coming About Satya Narayana Nadella, Rajiv Solanki, and Technomind Info Solutions ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/08/Lots_More_Coming_About_Satya_Narayana_Nadella_Rajiv_Solanki_and.shtml    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:24:12

• Demoralising Workers ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/08/Demoralising_Workers.shtml    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:24:23

• Open Source Initiative is VOICES OF MICROSOFT ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/07/Open_Source_Initiative_is_VOICES_OF_MICROSOFT.shtml    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:24:30

• The Israel-Hamas War Is Escalating. Colleges Are Caught In the Middle. ☞ https://www.chronicle.com/article/israel-gaza-and-the-impossible-predicament-of-college-leaders    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:26:32

• "It hits me sometimes that I will never get to know some people at their best. Maybe they won't show it to me specifically, just to others, or they're simply not at their best right now. Maybe they used to be before we met, and won't be again for as long as I know them." gemini://daintyeco.smol.pub/lifetimemusings    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:31:28

• Restoring root and home Btrfs subvolumes to a new Fedora install gemini://hyperreal.coffee/tech-guides/2023-11-08-restoring-root-home-btrfs-subvolumes-to-new-fedora-install.gmi    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:32:20

• "To stop me doing this, you might make a defensive move to the left, or try to keep going around the outside of me hoping that my less-than-ideal line through the corner will give me no speed on the following straight." gemini://freeshell.de/f1/2023-11-08_How_do_I_overtake_you_on_the_racetrack_.gmi    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:33:17

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D744.jpg    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:33:41

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1095.jpg    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:33:45

• "The big feature I loved about Fossil that didn't original exist in Git was the ability to have a single local repo with multiple active workspaces. Trying to maintain multiple clones is kind of a PITA so I'd rarely keep multiples unless I had too many irons in the fire to commit a Work In Progress " gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/log/2023-11-08_re_local_repo_copies.gmi    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:34:34

• ""Deschooling Society" (Ivan Illich, 1971) is another take on the woes of modern education (other takes are linked, below). The central claim is that "universal education through schooling is not feasible"; instead "opportunities for learning, sharing, and caring" should be cultivated." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2023/11/09/more-on-education.gmi    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:35:45

• Blackbird: RAM update gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2023_10_03.txt    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:36:51

• "I've migrated my gopher hole to gophernicus, running on OpenBSD." gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/migrated-to-openbsd.md    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:37:56

• "As I slowly made you car mine, I would always look at it and try think of a reason why it was there and what it meant to you. I had all kinds of theories, from a secret girlfriend to an important gift from a friend." gemini://rooster.smol.pub/wing    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:38:54

• King's Speech: 6 law reforms that could impact your finances ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/kings-speech-law-reforms-that-could-impact-your-finances-abBdI2m5ABHX    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:39:57

• Charles Delivers A ‘King’s Speech’ He Probably Disdained ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/world/europe/kings-speech-charles-uk.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:40:26

• UK dispatch: King’s Speech outlines Sunak government’s legislative agenda for new session of Parliament ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/11/uk-dispatch-kings-speech-outlines-sunak-governments-legislative-agenda-for-new-session-of-parliament/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:40:34

• Suspect for the murder of three Syrians: 'I received a note from JİTEM' ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/suspect-for-the-murder-of-three-syrians-i-received-a-note-from-jitem-287580    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:41:18

• Kurdish politician Emine Ayna given prison sentence ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/kurdish-politician-emine-ayna-given-prison-sentence-287541    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:41:31

• King's speech: UK government to focus on crime, economy – and rolling back climate measures ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231107-live-charles-iii-sets-out-uk-government-plans-in-maiden-king-s-speech    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:42:03

• Flipped Transformer Powers Budget-Friendly Vacuum Tube Amp ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/11/07/flipped-transformer-powers-budget-friendly-vacuum-tube-amp/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:42:35

• We Like Big Keyboards And We Cannot Lie ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/11/07/we-like-big-keyboards-and-we-cannot-lie/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:43:04

• "he outlines how an advanced civilization could use a star or two to transmit power or send signals over an interstellar distance." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/11/07/using-gravitational-lensing-to-transmit-power-and-detect-aliens/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:44:09

• "some projects are a little easier to love than others" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/11/08/3d-printing-improves-passive-pixel-water-gauge/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:44:17

• "While I often disagree with Tim Wu, I like and respect him, and always find it interesting to know what he has to say. Wu was also one of the earliest folks to give me feedback on my Protocols not Platforms paper" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/07/tim-wu-asks-why-congress-keeps-failing-to-protect-kids-online-the-answer-is-that-hes-asking-the-wrong-question/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:45:05

• Freedom Of The Press Foundation still exists after attacking its very roots?? ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/07/freedom-of-the-press-foundation-calls-out-alabama-cops-for-arresting-journalists-for-committing-journalism/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:45:36

• "Kansas police department made the immediately regrettable decision to raid the office of the local paper, as well as the home of the paper’s owner." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/07/police-chief-who-headed-raid-of-kansas-newspaper-resigns-rather-than-defend-his-actions/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:45:57

• The Chinese military’s skyrocketing influence in space ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-chinese-militarys-skyrocketing-influence-in-space/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:46:26

• "There, the US is expected to make major announcements around its regional trade agreement, bilateral investment commitments, and a meeting with China's Pooh-tin Jinping." ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/what-to-expect-from-the-asia-pacific-economic-cooperation-forum/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:47:00

• China ready to hold talks with US ‘at all levels,’ Vice President Han Zheng says ahead of expected Xi-Biden summit ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/11/08/china-ready-to-hold-talks-with-us-at-all-levels-vice-president-han-zheng-says-ahead-of-expected-xi-biden-summit/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:47:24

• "COP28 summit in Dubai." What a joke right there. The polluters managing the "climate" event... ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/11/08/china-unveils-plan-to-control-methane-emissions-does-not-include-reduction-targets/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:48:23

• Beijing confirms Chinese casualties in Myanmar clashes ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/11/07/beijing-confirms-chinese-casualties-in-myanmar-clashes/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:49:17

• Hong Kong to arrange polling stations near border for mainland-based voters in ‘patriots-only’ District Council election ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/11/07/hong-kong-to-arrange-polling-stations-near-border-for-mainland-based-voters-in-patriots-only-district-council-election/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:49:50

• China owed more than US$1 trillion in Belt and Road debt: report ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/11/07/china-owed-more-than-us1-trillion-in-belt-and-road-debt-report/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:50:13

• Former Chinese state company executive gets 6 years for 'spying' ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-spying-11072023170237.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:50:23

• U.S. reports sharp rise in people fleeing China amid 'run' movement ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/run-11072023131244.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:50:35

• █████ https://www.rfa.org/english/rss2.xml ██████████████████████ Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:26:04 -0500 ███████ Survey: US beats China on economy and military, but not tech    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:51:09

• Survey is not fact, it is perception ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pew-apec-survey-11072023105656.html "A global poll of 24 countries ahead of the APEC summit in San Francisco also finds the US is viewed more favorably." Pew = Bill Gates et al: http://techrights.org/n/2023/10/29/_Public_Surveys_and_Independent_Polls_Brought_to_You_by_Jeffrey.shtml    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:52:06

• China is NOT 33 trillion in debt, the US is. But thieves like Bill Gates want you to think the US is doing well despite all the plunder.    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:53:33

• With firsthand accounts, film puts human face on Uyghur genocide ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/documentary-premiere-11072023104755.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:53:58

• "Verdict: Misleading" ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/afcl/fact-check-china-protectionism-11072023101145.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:54:16

• Myanmar’s Wa army accepts 5,000 refugees back from China ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/refugees-return-11072023063502.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:54:39

• Australia and China: Besties again? It’s complicated ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/albanese-china-11072023052848.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:55:03

• China urges Estonia to abide by 'one China principle' ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-urges-estonia-to-abide-by-one-china-principle    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:55:20

• China unveils methane control plan with no reduction target ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-releases-methane-control-plan-with-no-reduction-target    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:55:48

• China warns against maritime ‘camp’ confrontations but stops short of naming US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-warns-against-maritime-camp-confrontations-but-stops-short-of-naming-us    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:56:16

• Hospital director in China’s Hubei under investigation for selling birth certificates ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hospital-director-in-chinas-hubei-under-investigation-for-selling-birth-certificates    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:56:29

• Private schools rethink China future after flunking growth test ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/private-schools-rethink-china-future-after-flunking-growth-test    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:57:03

• US media: China lending is imperialism, US lending to nations is "spreading democracy" and "philanthropy"    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:57:54

• Techrights – IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, November 08, 2023 ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/irc-log-081123.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/irc-log-081123.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:58:08

• Pogrom by Islam ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-edition-firms-with-alleged-israel-ties-face-boycott-an-sez-with-johor-an-idea-long-overdue    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:59:21

• Malaysia telco CelcomDigi restoring services after disruptions in parts of Pahang, Terengganu ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-telco-celcomdigi-s-users-in-parts-of-pahang-and-terengganu-facing-service-disruptions    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 03:59:44

• Malaysia’s price controls keep rice production low, exacerbating shortages ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-price-controls-keep-rice-production-low-exacerbating-shortages    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:00:01

• South Korea rolls out 4-week plan to curb escalating bedbug infestations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-rolls-out-4-week-plan-to-curb-escalating-bedbug-infestations    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:00:32

• South Korea retracts ban on disposable cups at cafes, restaurants ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-retracts-bans-on-disposable-cups-at-cafes-restaurants    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:00:47

• South Korea ramps up pest control after reports of bedbugs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-ramps-up-pest-control-after-reports-of-bedbugs    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:01:19

• Hamas official says North Korea could attack US over Gaza war ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/baraka-11072023171130.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:01:42

• N Korea issues military threats after Seoul overturns leaflet ban ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/nkorea-leaflet-threats-11082023044002.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:01:56

• Shorter alcohol sales hours considered in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/08.11.2023-shorter-alcohol-sales-hours-considered-in-latvia.a530806/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:02:16

• E-health to record vaccination data in future ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/07.11.2023-e-health-to-record-vaccination-data-in-future.a530716/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:02:34

• Stradiņš Hospital moves oncology patients due to basement flood ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/07.11.2023-stradins-hospital-moves-oncology-patients-due-to-basement-flood.a530686/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:02:46

• Data brokers selling veterans’ sensitive health, financial data online, study shows ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2023/11/data-brokers-selling-veterans-sensitive-health-financial-data-online-study-shows/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:03:25

• Ohio voters approve constitutional amendment that protects access to abortion ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20231108-ohio-voters-approve-constitutional-amendment-that-protects-access-to-abortion    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:03:39

• Infants Are Born With Syphilis in Growing Numbers, a Sign of a Wider Epidemic ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/health/syphilis-babies.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:04:25

• A Controversial Superconductor Paper Has Finally Been Retracted by Nature ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-controversial-superconductor-paper-has-finally-been-retracted-by-nature    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:06:15

• A call for disruptive change in how the government assesses technology ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2023/11/a-call-for-disruptive-change-in-how-the-government-assesses-technology/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:06:21

• Alarm Bells Sounded For Greenland's Ice Sheet, After The Collapse of 3 Ice Shelves ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/alarm-bells-sounded-for-greenlands-ice-sheet-after-the-collapse-of-3-ice-shelves    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:06:58

• Incredible Experiment Reveals How Rats Use Their Imagination ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/incredible-experiment-reveals-how-rats-use-their-imagination    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:07:28

• Nature Retracts Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/science/superconductor-retraction-nature-paper.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:08:25

• Heading for #SfN23 with two posters ☞ https://bjoern.brembs.net/2023/11/heading-for-sfn23-with-two-posters/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:08:39

• "A static site is built with pages of static content or plain HTML, JavaScript, or CSS code." ☛ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-hugo-site-generator-on-rocky-linux-9/ | Source: HowTo Forge    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:11:19

• "This tool can be very useful for debugging issues that you might be having connecting to a website." ☛ https://pimylifeup.com/ubuntu-nslookup/ | Source: Pi My Life Up    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:11:26

• "Here’s a quick review of the new selectors we’ll be discussing today, and then we’ll dive into the surprising things I learned: [...]" ☛ https://cloudfour.com/thinks/surprising-facts-about-new-css-selectors/ | Source: Cloud Four Inc    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:12:23

• "Rclone is an open-source cross-platform data synchronization application focusing on cloud services." ☛ https://ittavern.com/getting-started-with-rclone/ | Source: IT Tavern    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:12:33

• "Salutations from the ReactOS project team! In previous posts" ☛ https://reactos.org/blogs/newsletter-103/ |    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:13:33

• "First, this is not about jailed ZFS datasets." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2023/11/08/jails-with-embedded-but-not-jailed-zfs-datasets-how-to-mount-umount-corrected/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:14:13

• "During research for my book, I found that using Alexa’s voice command triggers 246 contracts that we have had to accept in order to use it" ☛ https://theconversation.com/internet-of-things-tech-firms-have-become-our-digital-landlords-but-people-are-starting-to-fight-back-193181 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:15:00

• BattleBots ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/11/08/replicating-two-of-historys-most-iconic-battlebots-with-the-arduino-uno-r4/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:16:11

• Latest from olimex ☛ https://olimex.wordpress.com/2023/11/08/new-products-on-the-web-multimeters-pulleys-couplers-gt2-rubber-belts-bearings-springs-hinges-foot-pedal-switch/ | Source: Olimex    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:16:21

• "The project I'm detailing today is offline & online with MQTT to AdafruitIO." ☛ https://adafruit-playground.com/u/DJDevon3/pages/esp32-s3-mqtt-feather-weather |    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:17:08

• "The device measures 18 x 13.3 x 10 inches and can capture live 1080p HD video" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/this-raspberry-pi-powered-submarine-rov-safely-explores-the-depths/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:17:34

• "The Raspberry Pi 5 launched last month and makers are still waiting for news about a CM5 board." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-projects/maker-creates-raspberry-pi-cm5-while-waiting-for-official-release | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:17:45

• "Canonical is proud to announce that it is now a member of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF)." ☛ https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-joins-open-networking-foundation | Source: Canonical    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:18:10

• "With many people blogging about what app’s they use as their default, and being inspired by Kev Quirk’s post on it" ☛ https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/my-app-defaults-for-november-2023/ | Source: Gregory Hammond    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:24:19

• "This release is a maintenance release that fixes a few bugs and contains a few improvements." ☛ https://blog.powerdns.com/2023/11/08/powerdns-recursor-4-9-2-released | Source: PowerDNS    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:24:31

• "I bought the ncartron.org domain in November 2002 (so more than 20 years ago, time flies!)" ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/remembering-which-email-software-i-used.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:24:45

• "You can now test your websites in all Vivaldi browser versions from v1.0 to v6.4." ☛ https://catonmat.net/browserling-vivaldi-browser | Source: Peteris Krumins    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:25:15

• "You can now test your websites in all Brave browser versions from v1.0 to v1.60." ☛ https://catonmat.net/browserling-brave-browser | Source: Peteris Krumins    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:25:27

• [Old] "The company says Apple’s agreement comprises 7,314 words." ☛ https://9to5mac.com/2021/12/17/read-apples-terms-and-conditions/ | Source: 9to5Mac    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:26:05

• [Old] "Before I start to dive into the details, I want to explain what an executable paper is" ☛ https://www.nature.com/articles/s42005-020-00403-4 | Source: Nature    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:26:31

• "It’s just that if you don’t know that you can “clone” locally easily by just copying" ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/local-repo-copies | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:27:28

• "And so a lot of open source contributors seem to react accordingly, especially if they're new to the project." ☛ https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/set-contributor-expectations-to-reduce-ghosting/ | Source: Sumana Harihareswara    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:30:31

• "Scala’s coding style advised to use 2 spaces of indentation" ☛ https://alexn.org/blog/2023/11/08/in-scala-3-use-4-spaces-for-indentation/ | Source: Alexandru Nedelcu    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:30:44

• "This is another short post covering another short idea: I want to explain the mechanics required..." ☛ https://blog.yoshuawuyts.com/iterator-as-an-alias/ | Source: Yoshua Wuyts    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:31:10

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:31:45

• "Google claims that its Core Web Vitals initiative has saved users 10,000 years of collective waiting time." ☛ https://tedium.co/2023/11/08/core-web-vitals-google-criticism/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:31:59

• "Here’s the gist. The less someone knows, the less they can put you and your data at risk." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/11/decoupling-for-security.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:34:48

• "Our message is simple: it is possible to get the best of both worlds." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2023/11/decoupling-for-security.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:35:12

• "I just wrote a post about grouped sequences in dplyr" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/11/grouped-sequences-in-dplyr-part-2/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:36:40

• "Today I finally modded them to also jam that commit message through" ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/automatic-commit-message-formatting | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:36:48

• "Essentially it comes down to a couple of reasons: [...]" ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/done-is-the-engine-of-more/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:36:57

• "This is going to be an ultra-short post to share an idea I've been mulling over in my head for a while." ☛ https://blog.yoshuawuyts.com/what-is-a-team/ | Source: Yoshua Wuyts    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:37:36

• "But the main reason for my ire is that it just plain wrecks the [Internet]." ☛ https://chriscoyier.net/2023/11/08/everything-about-seo-is-obnoxious/ | Source: Chris Coyier    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:38:40

• "According to Michigan's Home Rule City Act and state election laws" ☛ https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/ranked-choice-voting-passed-three-cities-michigan-law-prohibits-it | Source: Bridge Michigan    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:38:51

• "I was invited Malmö, Sweden to present two talks at Øredev." ☛ https://adrianroselli.com/2023/11/oredev-2023-wcagmire.html | Source: Adriaan Roselli    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:40:49

• "It has been known for a long time that traditional computer keyboards are not great for our bodies." ☛ https://danieldk.eu/Posts/2023-11-07-ZSA-Voyager |    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:41:12

• "The goal of his work at Meta was to influence the design of Facebook and Instagram" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/former-meta-employee-tells-senate-company-failed-to-protect-teens-safety/articleshow/105056933.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:42:16

• "Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced the State-Based Universal Health Care Act" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/new-legislation-paves-way-for-state-based-single-payer-health-care-systems | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:42:26

• "Google's YouTube and TikTok will be asked by EU industry chief Thierry Breton to provide information on how they comply with new EU online content rules" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-to-ask-youtube-tiktok-for-details-on-measures-protecting-minors/articleshow/105077476.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:42:34

• "It appears that the robot malfunctioned and identified the man as a vegetable box." ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/man-killed-by-robot-that-confused-him-for-a-box-of-vegetables/articleshow/105081494.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:45:50

• "shitposting billionaire" ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9j7n/elon-musks-grokai-is-beating-the-competition-in-generating-cringe | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:49:17

• "Our paper shows that AI doesn't need to be a biased black box as it has been in a lot of other situations" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2023-11-ai-college-essay-complicated.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:49:25

• [Old] "Personal qualities like prosocial purpose and leadership predict important life outcomes" ☛ https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adg9405 | Source: AAAS    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:49:40

• "Use of the marketing technique increased in the years after and ultimately gained notoriety among the wider public thanks to Cambridge Analytica" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/eu-to-crack-down-on-targeted-social-media-political-ads/a-67346821 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:49:56

• "Specifically, political advertisers will need to disclose when AI is used to alter footage of a real event" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/meta-unveils-new-rules-for-ai-generated-content-in-political-ads/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:50:08

• "On Wednesday, Meta introduced a new policy to grapple with A.I.’s effects on political advertising." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/technology/meta-political-ads-artificial-intelligence.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:50:22

• [Old] "Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/senators-discuss-new-legislation-focused-on-deceptive-ai-and-elections/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:50:32

• [Old] "Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to prohibit the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio" ☛ https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=AF782E4C-C2C9-4C7C-8696-374F72C03F90 | Source: US Senate    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:50:53

• "Meta (formerly Facebook) on Wednesday announced that it will now require advertisers to disclose when they digitally create or alter a political or social issue ad in certain cases" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-to-require-advertisers-to-disclose-ads-created-via-ai-on-political-issues/articleshow/105071587.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:51:03

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/dhs-launches-new-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience-campaign/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:52:05

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.databreaches.net/southwestern-ontario-hospitals-will-rebuild-network-from-scratch-amid-fallout-from-cyberattack-more-data-leaked/ | Source: Data Breaches    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:52:14

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/transform-cyberattack-update-1.7022414 | Source: CBC    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:52:28

• "In this blog post, we’re going to look at a campaign that reveals recently created domains impersonating known Romanian gas companies" ☛ https://cybergeeks.tech/attackers-impersonate-romanian-gas-companies-osint-investigation/ | Source: Cybergeeks    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:53:27

• "This problem would not exist had someone not had the amazingly brilliant idea of stuffing HTML into email." ☛ https://unixsheikh.com/articles/are-passkeys-really-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-passwords-i-certainly-hope-not.html | Source: Unix Sheikh    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:53:40

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Google's Shameless Spin About ore Web Vitals ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Google_s_Shameless_Spin_About_ore_Web_Vitals.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Google_s_Shameless_Spin_About_ore_Web_Vitals.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:57:21

• Surveillance ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/section-702-reform-wyden/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 04:57:48

• [Old] "There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad." ☛ https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp |    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:02:53

• "Israel first began developing nuclear weapons in the 1950s." ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5ymaw/did-israel-finally-confirm-it-has-nuclear-weapons-by-threatening-gaza | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:03:04

• "Based on his revelations, some experts estimated that Israel had built between 100 and 200 nuclear weapons" ☛ https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/thats-one-way-israeli-cabinet-minister-says-nuking-gaza-is-an-option/news-story/7822218dceeb4c77e2204d30e1da292b | Source: News AU    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:03:32

• [Old] "Vanunu, a Moroccan-born Christian convert, now wants a new life abroad, but has been indefinitely barred from leaving Israel" ☛ https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/vanunu-traitor-or-prisoner-of-conscience-20040422-gdis8s.html | Source: Sydney Morning Herald    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:03:43

• "The plan by fossil fuel-producing nations to expand coal, oil, and gas would twice overshoot the planet’s carbon budget" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/environment/production-11082023165957.html | Source: RFA    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:04:09

• "production gap" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/11/08/climate-change-emissions-goals-un | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:04:24

• "Fossil fuel emissions are already causing climate chaos which is devastating lives and livelihoods" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/climate/fossil-fuels-expanding.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:04:35

• "Action on climate change is just not something which can be left to think about tomorrow." ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/climate-action-cannot-be-left-until-tomorrow-scotsman-leader-comment-4401472 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:04:49

• "comes despite 151 governments having pledged to achieve net-zero emissions – or no net emissions" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/world-will-overshoot-2030-coal-limit-to-tame-warming-by-twice-over/article67513521.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:05:02

• "The ballot language refers to funding ‘electric generating facilities’ but doesn’t say wind, solar" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/texans-vote-favor-fund-fix-faulty-grid-1851002642 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:05:23

• "Video-sharing app TikTok and social media platform X need to step up their efforts to counter illegal hate speech" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-digital-chief-urges-tiktok-x-to-increase-clean-up-efforts/articleshow/105069324.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:05:36

• "A ByteDance spokesperson confirmed the share buyback plan for employees outside the US" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-owner-bytedance-offers-to-buy-back-shares-from-staff-at-160-apiece/articleshow/105066161.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:05:48

• "Considering Amsterdam is home to just 900,000 people, the residents' dislike towards the growing number of visitors is understandable." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amsterdam-implement-highest-tourist-tax-europe-way-more-paris-barcelona-1721400 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:08:43

• "Droughts like this will continue to intensify until we stop burning fossil fuels" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/climate-change-worsened-drought-in-syria-iraq-and-iran/a-67335397 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:08:57

• "In the area of Karystos on Evia, for example, two villages (Prinia and Amygdalia) were evacuated on Saturday" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1224306/forest-fires-still-raging-in-november/ | Source: Greece    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:09:36

• "Microsoft has even investigated using nuclear microreactors" for bloatware that causes many losses ☛ https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-bing-search-calls-oracle-backup-ai-fray-1851004597 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:10:09

• "The initial 401(k) rollout had all kinds of pot-sweeteners that made them seem like a good deal" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/08/fiduciaries/#but-muh-freedumbs | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:10:44

• "downwardly rigid" ☛ https://www.vox.com/money/2023/11/8/23951098/economy-inflation-prices-job-market-sticker-shock | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:11:29

• "Armend Bekaj, Programme Manager in the Foundations’ Peacebuilding thematic area writes about the latest International Training Programme (ITP) alumni online seminar" ☛ https://www.daghammarskjold.se/blog/advancing-peace-through-national-prevention-strategies-the-right-diagnosis-sets-the-right-foundation-for-action/ | Source: DagHammarskjöld    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:12:11

• "The images for sale were submitted, and presumably generated, by users." ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akj3k/adobe-is-selling-fake-ai-generated-images-of-violence-in-gaza-and-israel | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:13:11

• "Although these images are labeled as "generated by AI" in the image library" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/08/adobe_ai_israel_hamas_war_pics/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:13:18

• "In the month since violence erupted, a second invisible battle has emerged online." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/afcl/fact-check-israel-hamas-misinformation-11082023172217.html | Source: RFA    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:13:26

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) creeping ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/08/microsoft_meta_election_disinformation/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:14:19

• "Though Chinese authorities frequently summoned and interrogated him in the past, this time he has been arrested and detained" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/monk-arrested-11082023135941.html | Source: RFA    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:15:05

• "SAG-AFTRA, short for the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/08/sagaftra_actors_union_ai/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:15:25

• "This subterranean tradition, he writes, has argued that the US government should recognize certain basic economic rights" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2023/11/the-ends-of-freedom-book-review-economic-rights-class-struggle/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:15:46

• "He’s also notoriously anti-union on a global scale." ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9jvn/tesla-strike-europe-elon-musk-uaw | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:16:41

• "During the last few hours, FBI seizure banners appeared on at least two domains linked to under-fire shadow library, Z-Library." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/fbi-austrias-c4-hit-z-library-with-a-massive-new-wave-of-domain-seizures-231108/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:17:01

• "According to Scheffler, the number of clicks required to publish a new story has dropped by 44% as a result of the new system" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-services-content/why-germanys-most-profitable-news-publisher-is-staying-free-online/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:18:24

• "Swift, who ruled against Assange on 6 June, was formerly the government’s favourite barrister." ☛ https://en.neritam.com/2023/11/08/judge-who-ruled-against-assange-built-career-as-barrister-defending-uk-government/ |    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:18:49

• [Old] "Jonathan Swift, the High Court judge who has just rejected Julian Assange’s attempt to halt his extradition to the US" ☛ http://markcurtis.info/2023/08/19/judge-who-ruled-against-assange-built-career-as-barrister-defending-uk-government/ | Source: Mark Curtis    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:18:56

• "PEN Norway’s Turkey Adviser said of the case" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/second-hearing-in-trial-of-18-journalists-to-be-held-tomorrow-70212 | Source: ANF News    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:19:23

• "Cohen was referring to the 392 job cuts Reach announced in the first three months of 2023" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/pink-news-redundancies-social-media-distribution/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:19:58

• "At least one terminated librarian has gained a measure of success." ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/librarians-turn-civil-rights-agency-oppose-book-bans-104713124 | Source: ABC    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:22:26

• "Much of the debate about “cancel culture” has focused on people targeted for offending left-wing sensibilities." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/israel-palestine-cancel-culture-free-speech/675934/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:22:43

• "Many Western governments have accused Iran's regime of taking dual and foreign nationals hostage for the sole purpose of using them in prisoner swaps" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-french-national-arnaud-prison-5-years/32676478.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:24:00

• Mohammadi ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-mohammadi-prison-hospital/32676381.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:24:07

• "asked a court to sentence to eight years in prison an artist" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-protester-prison/32676284.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:24:15

• Censorship is the whole goal of such platforms ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/platforms-must-stop-unjustified-takedowns-posts-and-about-palestinians | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:25:43

• Hilarious as York herself does NOT believe in free speech and actively attacks it. EFF has a liability in its hands. ☛ https://www.eff.org/pages/speaking-freely-david-kaye | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:26:57

• ohio ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/abortion-rights-seen-as-big-winner-in-elections-in-ohio-virginia-and-elsewhere/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:27:56

• apec ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/apec-summit-will-celebrate-corporate-power-activists-plan-to-shut-it-down/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:28:29

• Illinois Kids in Custody Go Without Basic Services, Face “Excessive” Punishments ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-kids-in-custody-go-without-basic-services-face-excessive-punishments | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:29:17

• "health insurance industry’s algorithms" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/your-right-to-know-why-health-insurer-denied-claim | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:29:34

• "You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request." ☛ https://projects.propublica.org/claimfile/ |    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:29:57

• "I learned that the reproductive health activist Andrea Miller had died suddenly in late October" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/andrea-miller-reproductive-justice-remembrance/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:30:43

• "Maybe Glenn Youngkin got a little too big for his fleece britches." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/virginia-democrats-elections/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:31:22

• "Kali Linux is arguably one of the best out-of-the-box Linux distributions available for security testing." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/kali-linux-installation-guide/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:33:20

• Tilix ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/tilix-gtk3-tiling-terminal-emulator-for-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:33:56

• Mozilla spewing out buzzwords and other garbage while making Firefox more proprietary ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/mozilla-joins-latest-ai-insight-forum/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:34:30

• "Snipe-IT is an open-source IT asset management tool built on Laravel" ☛ https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-snipe-it-on-ubuntu-22-04/ | Source: RoseHosting    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:35:31

• "Nearly 10 years after KDE Plasma 5.0, the launch of KDE Plasma 6.0 is approaching" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/kde-plasma-6-gets-a-first-alpha-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:36:17

• "The Fedora team announced the release of Fedora Linux 39 yesterday November 7th" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/fedora-linux-39-is-out-now-with-gnome-45/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:36:45

• "etwork bonding in Linux is a technique that allows you to combine multiple network interfaces (NICs) into a single logical interface for improved redundancy and performance." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/linux-network-bonding-configuration/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:37:34

• "A pretty nice month for those of you subscribing to Humble Choice" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/humble-choice-for-november-has-prodeus-hardspace-shipbreaker-friends-vs-friends/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:39:24

• "Sad news for anyone excited for Revenant Hill" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/night-in-the-woods-follow-up-revenant-hill-cancelled-due-to-developer-health-issues/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:39:48

• "This guide highlights 10 Linux distributions and aims to shed light on who their targeted users are." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/linux-distro-for-power-users/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:40:42

• "Over a week to put back a single removed file." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/over-a-week-later-apex-legends-is-still-broken-on-linux-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:41:23

• "Here's your mid-week listicle to highlight some interesting looking titles" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/steam-deck-verified-highlights-for-november-8th-2023/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:41:40

• "another small release out for Linux desktop / Steam Deck" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/ge-proton-8-23-fixes-vrchat-and-reworks-gstreamer-plugin/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:42:00

• "fresh Proton Experimental update for Linux desktop / Steam Deck after a few weeks break" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/proton-experimental-fixes-up-multiple-final-fantasy-issues-metal-gear-solid-3/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:42:18

• "This tutorial will help you configure OBS Studio to pause and resume recording with shortcut keys." ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2023/11/how-to-pause-and-resume-obs-studio-with-shortcut-keys.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:46:35

• freedumbs https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/08/fiduciaries/#but-muh-freedumbs    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:46:50

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Steam Deck, Humble Choice, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Games_Steam_Deck_Humble_Choice_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Games_Steam_Deck_Humble_Choice_and_More.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:50:18

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:50:25

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Windows TCO ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Windows_TCO.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Windows_TCO.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:50:34

• He was not arrested https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/05/trump-revenge-second-term/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:51:36

• vanunu https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=hi&tl=en&u=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/explainer/israel-hamas-war-how-whistleblower-mordechai-vanunu-trapped-in-mossad-honey-trap/1945171    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:51:47

• "Even Mate Desktop Is Working On Wayland Support!!" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/even-mate-desktop-is-working-on-wayland:e    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:52:04

• Hamas policies inside US politics https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/rashida-tlaib-congress-palestinian-resistance-river-to-sea/675932/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:52:33

• germany/eu versus privacy and dignity https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2023/geheime-liste-wie-der-sicherheitsapparat-die-chatkontrolle-praegt/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:53:23

• "Hamas Attacked Israel Over Mosque In Jerusalem, Once Liberated By Indian Soldiers" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/hamas-attacked-israel-over-mosque-in-jerusalem-once-liberated-by-indian-soldiers-4557812    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:53:50

• "Norway Suspends Participation in CFE Treaty" https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Norway-Suspends-Participation-in-CFE-Treaty-20231108-0009.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:54:04

• testimony https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/trump-ny-civil-fraud-trial-testimony/675925/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:54:12

• "Lobbyist says Right to Repair is bad for black people" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/lobbyist-says-right-to-repair-is-bad-for:6    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:54:24

• stroke https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-suffers-possible-stroke-101699493969048.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:54:37

• and yet again https://gizmodo.com/chemical-explosion-texas-plant-fire-1851004483    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:55:19

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:56:14

• "Iran, which does not recognize dual citizenship, denies taking prisoners to gain diplomatic leverage." https://www.dw.com/en/france-decries-5-year-sentence-for-citizen-held-in-iran/a-67348413    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:56:25

• "The IRS has ordered Microsoft to pay $28.9 billion in back taxes, plus interest and penalties, for the years 2004 to 2013." https://qz.com/microsofts-record-high-stock-price-more-than-openai-1851001842    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:56:47

• Microsoft is organised crime, run by actual criminals    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 05:57:12

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:01:20

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): IBM's Red Bait: The Latest Puff Pieces/Press Releases ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/IBM_s_Red_Bait_The_Latest_Puff_Pieces_Press_Releases.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/IBM_s_Red_Bait_The_Latest_Puff_Pieces_Press_Releases.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:01:28

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Latest in Browserling ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Latest_in_Browserling.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Latest_in_Browserling.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:01:33

• Microsoft https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/08/google-app-defense-alliance-linux-foundation-meta-microsoft/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:18:57

• Travis Kalanick's $15 billion ghost kitchen company lays off staff https://www.businessinsider.com/travis-kalanick-cloudkitchens-startup-cuts-jobs-2023-11?r=US&IR=T    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:19:42

• Broker Lays Off Most Staff, Leaving Carriers with Unpaid Loads https://www.truckinginfo.com/10209921/broker-lays-off-most-staff-leaving-carriers-with-unpaid-loads    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:20:06

• Amazon Music Lays Off Employees Across Continents https://www.techtimes.com/articles/298488/20231108/jobs-amazon-music-lays-off-employees.htm    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:20:28

• Amazon cuts jobs in music streaming unit https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-says-cuts-jobs-music-streaming-unit-2023-11-08/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:21:08

• Techrights – Links 09/11/2023: Kubernetes Stuff and Nature Tricked Into Publishing Superconductor Paper/Hoax ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Links_09_11_2023_Kubernetes_Stuff_and_Nature_Tricked_Into_Publi.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Links_09_11_2023_Kubernetes_Stuff_and_Nature_Tricked_Into_Publi.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:21:55

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): BSD and GNU/Linux Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/BSD_and_GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/BSD_and_GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:22:13

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:22:22

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:22:27

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KDE Plasma 6 Alpha "megarelease" is Out for Testing ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/KDE_Plasma_6_Alpha_megarelease_is_Out_for_Testing.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/KDE_Plasma_6_Alpha_megarelease_is_Out_for_Testing.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:22:32

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware and Linux Devices ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Open_Hardware_and_Linux_Devices.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Open_Hardware_and_Linux_Devices.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:22:37

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Automatic NVIDIA SFS updating ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Automatic_NVIDIA_SFS_updating.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Automatic_NVIDIA_SFS_updating.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:22:43

• activist in Russia ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/11/08/activist-who-disappeared-from-home-in-tbilisi-reportedly-found-in-russian-jail | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:31:40

• 2020 ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/11/08/putin-pardons-man-convicted-of-ex-girlfriend-s-brutal-murder-in-2020 | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:31:57

• Abortion Rights ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/8/2023_november_elections_abortion | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:32:18

• "A commercial smartphone or Linux computer can be used to crack RSA-2048 encryption" https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/11/07/0016204/scientist-claims-quantum-rsa-2048-encryption-cracking-breakthrough    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:34:57

• Openwashing: Oracle Expands Support for Open Source Community at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-expands-support-for-open-source-community-2023-11-07/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:35:32

• Windows TCO https://thehackernews.com/2023/11/sidecopy-exploiting-winrar-flaw-in.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:36:20

• Clown https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cncf-and-lf-networking-unite-to-advance-open-source-telecom-cloud-native-networking-301980248.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:37:11

• Open enterprise Linux alternatives initiative https://readwrite.com/open-enterprise-linux-alternatives-initiative/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:39:01

• "Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux are new distributions created after Red Hat announced the discontinuation of CentOS. These distributions plan to be 1-to-1 compatible with RHEL." https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/tip/Rocky-Linux-vs-AlmaLinux-Which-is-better    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:40:19

• "If you'd like to add a bit more personalization to your Linux command line efforts, there's a simple way to do so." https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-customize-the-linux-bash-prompt-and-why-you-should/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:40:40

• Traditional Unix sanity plus your choice of MATE or Xfce https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/07/ghostbsd_23_10/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:40:56

• "If you’re wondering which processes are using your bandwidth on Linux, a little utility called pktstat may be able to help. This command-line tool shows packet activity in real time, with some convenient options for common functions." https://www.makeuseof.com/network-connections-linux-track-pktstat/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:41:32

• Proton VPN Linux App Revamped! https://news.itsfoss.com/protonvpn-redesigned-linux-app/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:42:02

• "If the aesthetics of your computing environment is just as important as the efficiency and reliability, the developers of Garuda Linux have something special just for you." https://www.zdnet.com/article/garuda-kde-dr460nized-might-be-the-coolest-looking-linux-distro-available/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 06:44:48

• Security updates for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/950694/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 08:44:41

• Now that LWN is controlled by LF staff and this TAB is controlled by Microsoft and Google https://lwn.net/Articles/950737/ see http://techrights.org/o/2023/08/07/lf-technical-advisory-board-2/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 08:48:39

• "The developers of Home Assistant, which has recently been covered here, have announced that they will be removing support for Chamberlain and Liftmaster garage-door openers after being locked out by the company." https://lwn.net/Articles/950696/ smart people never buy Smart(TM) things    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 08:49:47

• "We suspect that Core Desktop might yet be the tool that validates Canonical's Snap format and helps to overcome some of the resistance it faces." https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/08/ubuntu_core_desktop_details/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 08:50:20

• Implicit keyword arguments for Python https://lwn.net/Articles/949435/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 08:52:35

• Better string handling for the kernel https://lwn.net/Articles/948408/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 08:53:13

• Deferred scheduling for user-space critical sections https://lwn.net/Articles/948870/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 08:53:52

• Some 6.6 development statistics http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/10/30/Linux_6_6.shtml    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 08:54:44

• https://lwn.net/Articles/949270/   

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 08:55:43

• "Unfortunately, the Rust-for-Linux developers are having trouble keeping up with that pace. There is, it would appear, something of a disconnect between the two communities' development practices." https://lwn.net/Articles/949270/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 08:55:51

• Windows TCO https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/ofac-russia-crypto-money-laundering-sanctions-2023/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:04:37

• Windows: "But the hospitals also say the investigation into precisely whose data was taken in the attack is expected to take months." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/transform-cyberattack-update-1.7022414    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:05:14

• "All five southwestern Ontario hospitals impacted by a cyberattack just over two weeks ago will rebuild their networks from scratch, the hospitals say in an update Wednesday." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/transform-cyberattack-update-1.7022414    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:05:47

• Attorney General James Secures $450,000 from Medical Company Providing Services in Western New York for Failing to Protect Patient Data https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2023/attorney-general-james-secures-450000-medical-company-providing-services-western    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:06:54

• Aliquippa – PA, cyberattack: Hopewell Area School District is yet another victim in the education sector https://www.suspectfile.com/aliquippa-pa-cyberattack-hopewell-area-school-district-is-yet-another-victim-in-the-education-sector/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:07:39

• Sumo Logic alerts customers about security incident; advises rotate Sumo Logic API access keys https://www.databreaches.net/sumo-logic-alerts-customers-about-security-incident-advises-rotate-sumo-logic-api-access-keys/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:08:53

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (UPDATE): Linux 6.6 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/10/30/Linux_6_6.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/10/30/Linux_6_6.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:15:53

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (UPDATE): New Horizons for EL: OpenELA Publishes Package Sources ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/03/New_Horizons_for_EL_OpenELA_Publishes_Package_Sources.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/03/New_Horizons_for_EL_OpenELA_Publishes_Package_Sources.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:16:00

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (UPDATE): Games: Godot 4.2 beta 5, Arduino Project, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/08/Games_Godot_4_2_beta_5_Arduino_Project_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/08/Games_Godot_4_2_beta_5_Arduino_Project_and_More.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:16:06

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (UPDATE): Plasma 6’s Icon Set: A Sneak Peek into What’s Coming ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/08/Plasma_6_s_Icon_Set_A_Sneak_Peek_into_What_s_Coming.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/08/Plasma_6_s_Icon_Set_A_Sneak_Peek_into_What_s_Coming.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:16:13

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Ubuntu Touch OTA-3 Out Now with OTA Support for PinePhone and PineTab Devices ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/08/Ubuntu_Touch_OTA_3_Out_Now_with_OTA_Support_for_PinePhone_and_P.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/08/Ubuntu_Touch_OTA_3_Out_Now_with_OTA_Support_for_PinePhone_and_P.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:16:21

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security, Windows TCO, and Digital Restrictions/Lock-down ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Security_Windows_TCO_and_Digital_Restrictions_Lock_down.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Security_Windows_TCO_and_Digital_Restrictions_Lock_down.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:16:32

• More restrictions do not mean greater safety or better security. More restrictions mean more restrictions, period.    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:17:36

• Republican candidates engage ... Fentanylware (TikTok) and Trump ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/11/08/news/gop-candidates-engage-in-fiery-spats-over-foreign-policy-tiktok-and-trump/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:19:15

• NY Times turns Fentanylware (TikTok) into "scum"/"spam"... gossip and nonsense people write on the toilet seat is NOT news ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/us/politics/nikki-haley-daughter-scum-ramaswamy.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:20:11

• Covid and flu patient numbers in hospitals grow ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/09.11.2023-covid-and-flu-patient-numbers-in-hospitals-grow.a530917/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:47:28

• International Excess Deaths Remain High https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/11/09/international-excess-deaths-remain-high/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:54:06

• "COVID-19 funds were improperly paid to seven former Escambia County School System employees." ☞ https://reason.com/2023/11/08/can-you-keep-a-secret/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:56:04

• Paris 'La Défense' business district looks to students to fill void left by Covid lockdowns ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/business/20231108-paris-business-district-looks-to-students-to-fill-void-left-by-covid-lockdowns    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:56:28

• Pluralistic: Biden wants to ban ripoff "financial advisors" (08 Nov 2023) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/08/fiduciaries/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:09:44

• Inside the Democratic Party Rift Over Israel and Gaza ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/inside-the-democratic-partys-rift-over-israel-and-gaza    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:13:02

• OMG!Proprietary software "apps" are so cool! ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/zoom-deb-installer-ubuntu-23-10-fix    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:13:59

• [Podcast] Negative caching of DNS resolution failures ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/11/09/podcast-negative-caching-of-dns-resolution-failures/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:14:17

• Israel-Hamas War: U.S. Says Surveillance Drone Was Shot Down Off Yemen’s Coast ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/11/08/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:15:24

• Ukraine Accuses Russia of Deadly Strike on Civilian Ship in Black Sea ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/world/europe/ukraine-russia-black-sea-ship.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:15:42

• Latvian NATO ambassador: Putin must not be allowed to create new world order ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/09.11.2023-latvian-nato-ambassador-putin-must-not-be-allowed-to-create-new-world-order.a530943/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:20:49

• Red Hat-sponsored puff pieces full of buzzwords and nothing else. ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/08/bridging-gap-red-hats-role-rise-edge-computing-kubeconna/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:23:13

• Putin Calls For Closer Russia-China Cooperation On Defense Technologies, Including Military Satellites ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-china-defense-technology-cooperation-putin-zhang/32676613.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:24:45

• Nature Retracts Controversial Room Temperature Superconductor Paper (But Not LK-99) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/superconductors/nature-retracts-controversial-room-temperature-superconductor-paper-but-not-lk-99    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:28:49

• Russia Tries to Lure Wagner Veterans Back Into Ukraine War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/world/europe/russia-wagner-fighters.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:30:07

• Russia, the ‘island of tranquility’ Putin’s new campaign will downplay the war while painting the West as rife with problems, Kremlin insiders say   

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:30:31

• The new ‘Geneva code’ for hackers on the cyber battlefield ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-new-geneva-code-for-hackers-on-the-cyber-battlefield/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:31:42

• European Commission recommends opening EU membership talks with Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231108-%F0%9F%94%B4-eu-commission-recommends-opening-membership-talks-with-ukraine-and-moldova    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:31:54

• ‘In the Rearview’: Filmmaker who drove hundreds to safety documents plight of Ukrainians ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20231108-in-the-rearview-filmmaker-who-drove-hundreds-to-safety-documents-plight-of-ukrainians    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:32:07

• EU dispatch: political accord on Crisis Regulation paves way for a new EU Migration and Asylum Pact ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/11/eu-dispatch-political-accord-on-crisis-regulation-paves-way-for-a-new-eu-migration-and-asylum-pact/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:33:06

• Ukraine’s EU accession talks: what do they really mean? ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2120493/ukraine-s-eu-accession-talks-what-do-they-really-mean    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:33:26

• Lithuania allocates €2m to Ukraine to address social consequences of war ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2120451/lithuania-allocates-eur2m-to-ukraine-to-address-social-consequences-of-war    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:35:32

• Lithuanian president welcomes EC decision on Ukraine, Moldova accession negotiations ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2120387/lithuanian-president-welcomes-ec-decision-on-ukraine-moldova-accession-negotiations    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:35:48

• 17-Year-Old Taken From Ukraine Last Year Received Draft Summons From Russian Military, Lawyer Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-deported-teenager-yermokhin-russian-military-draft/32677282.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:36:08

• Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Has Plan To Continue Fighting After Slow Counteroffensive ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-slow-counteroffensive-zelenskiy-plan-russia/32676603.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:41:02

• Ukrainian Court Sentences In Absentia Russia-Appointed Governor Of Kherson Region For Treason ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kherson-russian-governor-saldo-sentenced-treason/32676570.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:41:25

• Britain Targets Russian Gold, Oil Sectors In New Sanctions ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-oil-gold-uk-sanctions/32676303.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:41:40

• New Slovak Government Rejects Final Military Aid Package For Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/slovakia-rejects-aid-ukraine/32676296.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:41:51

• Prosecutors Seek Eight Years For Russian Artist Who Used Price Tags For Anti-War Protest ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-protester-prison/32676284.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:42:23

• Moscow-Backed Separatist Figure In Occupied Luhansk Killed In Car Bombing ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-separatist-luhansk-killed/32676098.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:42:40

• European Commission Proposes Opening EU Accession Talks For Ukraine And Moldova, 'Right Step' Zelenskiy Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-ukraine-moldova-georgia-accession/32676173.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:42:54

• Russian Missile Strike On Civilian Ship At Odesa Port Kills Pilot, Military Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-shelling-avdiyivka/32675995.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:43:12

• Ukraine Attacks on Donetsk Violate International Law - Nebenzia ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ukraine-Attacks-on-Donetsk-Violate-International-Law---Nebenzia-20231108-0024.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:43:48

• Ukraine, Moldova, Bosnia-Herzegovina Accession to EU Advances ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ukraine-Moldova-Bosnia-Herzegovina-Accession-to-EU-Advances-20231108-0013.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:43:57

• North Korea on Blinken's agenda in Seoul under shadow of Gaza, Ukraine ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korea-on-blinkens-agenda-in-seoul-under-shadow-of-gaza-ukraine    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:44:08

• Ukraine Gets an Encouraging Sign in Its Bid to Join the E.U. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/world/europe/ukraine-eu-membership.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:44:21

• This is a lie. This is a bribed-for puff piece, biased by design. "(Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA. Neither Red Hat Inc. and CNCF, the main sponsors of theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)" https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/08/evolving-security-solutions-ai-era-no-silver-bullet-cloud-native-security-kubeconna/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:47:38

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 520 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2023/11/08/this-week-in-rust-520/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:52:29

• AUDIO: Kit Knightly on Reality Check Radio ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2023/11/08/audio-kit-knightly-on-reality-check-radio/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:53:19

• signing git commits with GPG gemini://laniakea.rodoste.de/journal/2023-11-09-signing-git-commits.gmi    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:55:05

• "I’ve been a li’l frustrated in the past with how the Swedish gov’ts investment in flashy “Pave the Earth”–style climate projects like fossil free steel (that might not even work) seems to be at the expense of also doing much cheaper, high-impact, low-hanging fruit like peatland restoration." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/ff-steel    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:56:06

• "Turns out that 20% of Swedish CO2e emissions are from our diked-out peatlands, and we’ve been promising to fix this since 1971. That’s the same amount as private cars (which we also need to fix). Other countries have similar issues with their own peatlands." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/low-hanging-fruit    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:56:44

• Can the U.S. Handle China While Supporting Israel and Ukraine Wars? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/world/asia/gaza-israel-asia.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:58:29

• Odesa ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/11/08/ukraine-says-russian-forces-hit-civilian-vessel-during-attack-on-odesa-port-killing-one-person | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:58:54

• 🔤SpellBinding — DEIMRSZ Wordo: NINES gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-11-09.gmi    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 10:59:38

• Recovery gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~hexagram23/gemlog/20231109.gmi    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:00:27

• Sasha Skochilenko ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/11/08/prosecution-requests-eight-year-sentence-for-sasha-skochilenko-st-petersburg-artist-who-replaced-price-tags-with-information-about-war-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:11:49

• ukraine ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/11/08/ukraine-s-parliament-extends-martial-law-and-mobilization-period | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:12:03

• Junta-led Myanmar holds joint naval exercise with top arms supplier Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231108-junta-led-myanmar-holds-joint-naval-exercise-with-top-arms-supplier-russia    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:12:23

• NATO countries freeze participation in arms control treaty ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/11/russia-nato-withdraw-from-arms-control-treaty/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:12:54

• Junta forces, Russian navy train together off western Myanmar coast ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/russia-drills-11082023170717.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:13:21

• Russian Activist Missing In Georgia May Be In Russian Custody ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-georgia-artpodgotovka-missing/32676325.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:13:38

• Finland Says Informed Russia About Baltic Gas-Pipeline Probe ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-finland-gas-pipeline/32676314.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:13:59

• Husband Of RFE/RL Journalist Detained In Russia Says Wife Is A 'Political Prisoner' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-rferl-kurmasheva-butorin/32674535.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:14:24

• Bulgarian deported after trying to walk from Finland into Russia ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20059310    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:14:51

• Is Spotify’s 1,000-Stream Payment Threshold Legal? Songwriter Calls on CRB To Block ‘Unreasonable, Discriminatory, and Anticompetitive’ Model ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/11/08/spotify-stream-threshold-opposition-november/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:16:39

• "News Media Alliance" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/08/news-media-alliance-already-plotting-how-to-get-free-cash-payments-from-ai-companies/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:17:11

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Plasma 6.0 Alpha – What this means ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Plasma_6_0_Alpha_What_this_means.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Plasma_6_0_Alpha_What_this_means.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:22:00

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Libre Computer AML-A311D-CC “Alta” SBC features Amlogic A311D AI processor ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Libre_Computer_AML_A311D_CC_Alta_SBC_features_Amlogic_A311D_AI_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Libre_Computer_AML_A311D_CC_Alta_SBC_features_Amlogic_A311D_AI_.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:22:06

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:22:21

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Jack Wallen Compares Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux, Red Hat Continues Paying SiliconANGLE for SPAM and Placements/Puff Pieces ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Jack_Wallen_Compares_Rocky_Linux_and_AlmaLinux_Red_Hat_Continue.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Jack_Wallen_Compares_Rocky_Linux_and_AlmaLinux_Red_Hat_Continue.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:22:29

• 146 sticker packs already awarded in the Month of LibreOffice, November 2023 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/11/08/146-sticker-packs-already-awarded-in-the-month-of-libreoffice-november-2023/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:23:44

• How To Install Neofetch on Fedora 39 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-neofetch-fedora-39/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:24:55

• Mono (.NET, Microsoft) infestation) ☞ https://idroot.us/install-pinta-debian-12/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:25:04

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

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:25:14

• How to Install Deepin on Fedora 39/38/37 GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/install-deepin-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:26:17

• How to Install KDE Plasma on Fedora 39/38/37 GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-kde-plasma-desktop-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:26:25

• How to Install LibreWolf Browser on Fedora 39/38/37 GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/install-librewolf-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:26:34

• ://dan.langille.org/2023/11/08/jails-with-embedded-but-not-jailed-zfs-datasets-how-to-mount-umount-corrected/   

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:27:29

• Jails with embedded, but not jailed, ZFS datasets – how to mount/umount – corrected ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2023/11/08/jails-with-embedded-but-not-jailed-zfs-datasets-how-to-mount-umount-corrected/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:27:55

• How to Install TeXworks on Fedora 39/38/37 GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-texworks-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:28:05

• How to Install LXQt on Fedora 39/38/37 GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-lxqt-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:28:16

• How to Set Timezone on Debian 12, 11 or 10 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-set-timezone-on-debian-linux/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:28:26

• R Shiny Modules: How to Create Your First R Shiny Module ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/11/r-shiny-modules-how-to-create-your-first-r-shiny-module/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:29:39

• How to Simulate & Plot a Bivariate Normal Distribution in R: A Hands-on Guide ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/11/how-to-simulate-plot-a-bivariate-normal-distribution-in-r-a-hands-on-guide/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:30:12

• How to install Claws Mail on Ubuntu ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-claws-mail-on-ubuntu/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:30:53

• How to install LAMP Stack on Debian 12 Bookworm GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-lamp-stack-on-debian-12-bookworm-linux/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:34:25

• How to Install Snipe-IT on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-snipe-it-on-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:36:37

• GNU Octave 8.4.0 Released! How to Install in Ubuntu 22.04/23.10 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2023/11/gnu-octave-8-4-0-released-ubuntu-ppa/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:37:43

• Will be updated soon https://www.octave.org/news.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:39:49

• The Function Begins ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/11/the-function-begins/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:40:40

• How to: Install Angular CLI (and Create a New App) on GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxtldr.com/angular-cli/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:41:05

• Configuring Network Bonding In GNU/Linux For High Availability ☞ https://ostechnix.com/linux-network-bonding-configuration/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:43:45

• Plasma 6’s Icon Set: A Sneak Peek into What’s Coming ☞ https://linuxiac.com/sneak-peek-into-plasma-6-icons/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:44:12

• Techrights – Just What We Said Would Happen to Linux With Rust ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Just_What_We_Said_Would_Happen_to_Linux_With_Rust.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Just_What_We_Said_Would_Happen_to_Linux_With_Rust.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:45:06

• Fedora Community Blog: Fedora Appreciation Week 2023: Day 3 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/appreciation-week-2023-day-3/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:46:15

• BillBC promoting colonialist ideology, hijacking a country's TLD for some ".ai" BS and at the same time BillBC, infested with Microsoft staff and Bill Gates bribes, props up all this stupid hype and buzzwords    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:48:38

• BillBC: we need to excuse to keep mentioning HEY HI and pretend Microsoft, which is deep in debt and in trouble (endless layoffs), is magically "market leader". Same BillBC which fails to grasp Hamas is a terror group.    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:50:25

• 13 Best Free and Open Source Python Data Analysis ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-python-data-analysis/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:50:32

• BillBC: pay to sustain us financially, forcibly, or TV Licensing will punish you, while we hire Microsoft moles to spread propaganda for Microsoft and take bribes from Bill Gates to pretend he's not a criminal, his critics are http://techrights.org/wiki/BBC/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:52:20

• libjxl – reference implementation of JPEG XL ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/libjxl-reference-implementation-jpeg-xl/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:52:30

• Fedora fixes: Overcoming 25 common issues with ease ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/133600/fedora-fixes-overcoming-25-common-issues-with-ease.htm    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:52:46

• BleachBit Released New Stable 4.6.0 for GNU/Linux and backdoored Windows ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/bleachbit-released-new-stable-4-6-0-for-linux-and-windows/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:53:52

• Top 15 Best Password Manager Tools for GNU/Linux System ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-linux-password-manager-tools/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:54:14

• IBM: EMBRACE, EXTEND, and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft proprietary prison GitHub (With Project Leader on Microsoft's Payroll) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/08/IBM_EMBRACE_EXTEND_and_Microsoft_Proprietary_GitHub_With_Projec.shtml    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:55:26

• elementary OS 8 Has a Big Surprise In Store ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/elementary-OS-8-Has-a-Big-Surprise-In-Store    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 11:57:19

• Michael Larabel: AMD wrote a little more code today (it never does!), so I'll shitpost a little for them https://www.phoronix.com/news/RadeonSI-Cleanup-GFX11-After    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:04:12

• Michael got his tongue stuck up Bill Gates' wrinkly rectum again https://www.phoronix.com/news/CBL-Mariner-2.0-November-2023    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:10:03

• There is NO reason for Phoronix to even mention this for _many_ reasons    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:10:31

• Phoronix joined the likes of Microsoft fan club sites    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:10:59

• FEX 2311 Tagged! https://fex-emu.com/FEX-2311/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:12:43

• KDE Plasma 6.0 Alpha Released, Plus KDE Frameworks & KDE Gear ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/kde-plasma-6-0-alpha-released    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:17:50

• FOSS Weekly #23.45: Fedora 39, LibreOffice Version Control, Best GNU/Linux Websites, eBPF and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-23-45/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:18:14

• Fixing 'target not found' Error in Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://itsfoss.com/target-not-found-arch-linux/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:18:27

• Variscite SoM supports dual GbE +10GbE ports ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/variscite-som-supports-dual-gbe-10gbe-ports/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:19:19

• HEY HI is not a passing fad but VERY old "news" and basically a term adopted by criminals like Microsoft (run by criminals, commits crimes for money) to pretend it has some exciting future and is "ahead" somehow... and by the way, chatbots are NOT "HEY HI"... they even misuse the terms    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:20:48

• KDE's 6th Megarelease - Alpha ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/kdes-6th-megarelease-alpha/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:22:22

• Linux Plumbers Conference: BBB Training Session for Virtual Presenters and Attendees ☞ https://lpc.events/blog/current/index.php/2023/11/08/bbb-training-session-for-virtual-presenters-and-attendees/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:23:14

• KDE Releases Alpha Versions of Plasma 6, Frameworks 6, and Gear 24.02 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-releases-alpha-versions-of-plasma-6-frameworks-6-and-gear-24-02    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:23:31

• Ubuntu Touch OTA-3 Out Now with OTA Support for PinePhone and PineTab Devices ☞ https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-ota-3-out-now-with-ota-support-for-pinephone-and-pinetab-devices    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:23:45

• Clonezilla Live 3.1.1 Bumps Kernel to GNU/Linux 6.5, Adds Many Disk Cloning Improvements ☞ https://9to5linux.com/clonezilla-live-3-1-1-bumps-kernel-to-linux-6-5-adds-many-disk-cloning-improvements    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:24:01

• Many issues can be resolved by deleting Windows and avoiding DRM https://feeds.maketecheasier.com/link/12555/16436636/steam-captcha-not-working-windows    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:35:53

• Canonical joins Open Networking Foundation ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-joins-open-networking-foundation    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:37:47

• Jonathan Riddell: qqc2-breeze5-style 6 Alpha ☞ https://jriddell.org/2023/11/08/qqc2-breeze5-style-6-alpha/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:45:21

• █████ https://planet.ubuntu.com/rss20.xml ██████████████████████ Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:47:08 +0000 ███████ Jonathan Riddell: Oxygen Icons 6 Alpha Released    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:45:29

• "Oxygen Icons is an icon theme for use with any XDG compliant app and desktop." ☞ https://jriddell.org/2023/11/08/oxygen-icons-6-alpha-released/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:45:46

• Dropper Service Bypassing Android Security Restrictions to Install Malware ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/dropper-service-bypassing-android-security-restrictions-to-install-malware/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:49:15

• Latvian Armed Forces participate in 'Neptune Strike 2023' ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/08.11.2023-latvian-armed-forces-participate-in-neptune-strike-2023.a530902/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:52:05

• Hollywood actors agree deal with studios to end strike ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20231109-hollywood-actors-agree-deal-with-studios-to-end-strike    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:52:22

• Activists Say Nobel Winner Mohammadi Finally Allowed Hospital Visit After Launching Hunger Strike ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-mohammadi-prison-hospital/32676381.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:52:38

• Unions Are Finally Teaching Elon Musk a Lesson in Europe, and the U.S. Could Be Next ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5d9jvn/tesla-strike-europe-elon-musk-uaw    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:53:18

• SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood Studios Agree to Deal to End Actors’ Strike ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/business/media/actors-strike-deal.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:53:33

• A Mixed Mood as Hollywood Strikes Finally End ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/business/media/hollywood-strike-actors-writers.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:53:43

• U.S. Strikes Iran-Linked Facility in Syria in Round of Retaliation ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/us/politics/us-iran-airstrikes.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:53:58

• Tesla Faces Blockade in All Swedish Ports, Union Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/world/europe/sweden-tesla-strike.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:54:24

• Public Knowledge President and CEO Chris Lewis Testifies Before Senate Hey Hi (AI) Insights Forum on Privacy and Liability ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-president-and-ceo-chris-lewis-testifies-before-senate-ai-insights-forum-on-privacy-and-liability/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:55:57

• UK MPs Asleep at the Wheel as Facial Recognition Technology Spells The End of Privacy in Public ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5155/uk-mps-asleep-wheel-facial-recognition-technology-spells-end-privacy-public    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:56:12

• Decoupling for Security ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/11/decoupling-for-security.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:57:03

• Data Brokers Sell Military Family Info For Pennies ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/08/report-unregulated-data-brokers-sell-military-family-info-for-pennies/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:57:30

• HEY HI is a sign of "VERY DODGY" (charlatans and liars) ☞ https://www.netcraft.com/blog/the-rise-of-ai-cyber-criminals-and-anguilla-look-to-profit/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 12:58:15

• Houthi Rebels Shot Down a U.S. Drone Off Yemen’s Coast, Pentagon Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/world/middleeast/yemen-houthi-us-drone.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:01:07

• Sending data to GAFAM through back doored pieces fo crap ☞ https://blog.chromium.org/2023/11/a-new-way-to-seamlessly-browse-across.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:01:52

• Mr Olivér Várhelyi addresses the participants of the Balkans Forum against Antisemitism in Tirana, via video message ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_23_5652    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:03:27

• Remarks by Commissioner Várhelyi in AFET to present the 2023 "Enlargement Package" ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_23_5647 "Enlargement Package" from the people who enable corruption and crime at the EPO    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:04:33

• Pablo Iranzo Gómez: OpenShift Layered Images for patching ☞ https://iranzo.io/blog/2023/11/08/openshift-layered-images-for-patching/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:05:10

• ICBM will give you a worthless NFT if you help pretend that Fedora is still a community https://badges.fedoraproject.org/badge/fedora-appreciation-week-2023    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:08:32

• How we measure: RPKI ROA signing and Route Origination Validation ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/11/09/how-we-measure-rpki-roa-signing-and-route-origination-validation/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:09:35

• NetBSD 10-RC1 is out. Big 10 soon. http://blog.netbsd.org/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:11:19

• GAFAM front group responds to US Federal Government RFI on Open Source Software Security ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2023/11/08/openssf-responds-to-us-federal-government-rfi-on-open-source-software-security/ https://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/ not proponent of real and potent security but imperialism    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:14:07

• An Open-Source Ebike Motor Controller ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/11/08/an-open-source-ebike-motor-controller/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:15:12

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (UPDATE: System Cleaner BleachBit Sees First Release in 2 Years ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/06/System_Cleaner_BleachBit_Sees_First_Release_in_2_Years.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/06/System_Cleaner_BleachBit_Sees_First_Release_in_2_Years.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:16:13

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (UPDATE): Plasma 6’s Icon Set: A Sneak Peek into What’s Coming ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/08/Plasma_6_s_Icon_Set_A_Sneak_Peek_into_What_s_Coming.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/08/Plasma_6_s_Icon_Set_A_Sneak_Peek_into_What_s_Coming.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:16:19

• GitHub still losing money. Microsoft loses lots of money on GitHub. It won't last - ALREADY there are SEVERAL waves of layoffs and permanent office closures. This will NOT end well for GitHub users. Mozilla is corrupt enough to have walked into this trap. Avoid Mozilla.    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:17:48

• Mozilla: we use the word "privacy" a million times in our communications while we violate the privacy of 100 million users.    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:18:49

• Mozilla Banker made Mozilla a success story... for her. She make a bank out of it. http://techrights.org/n/2023/10/11/Mitchell_Baker_Running_a_Bank_in_Silicon_Valley.shtml    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:19:47

• banking and banks fuel the laughable bubble that is today's "tech" companies. The big majority of them never earned a dime but borrowed lots of money from banks (deep in debt, paying interest on the debt)    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:20:46

• US debt is now $100,000 per citizen or $260,000 per taxpayer. For a family of 5 that's like a million bank just in NATIONAL debt, NOT counting their mortgage, credit cards etc. (personal debt). Yeah, tell us all about how Chinese and Russian economies "collapse"... https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt https://www.usdebtclock.org/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:22:53

• Pure spam disguised as article or "recommendation" from then rogue site JUVE, which took bribes to basically promote and then whitewash serious crimes ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/ones-to-watch-in-german-patent-litigation-2023/ UPC is illegal, but some sites made money by promoting illegalities and hope we forget simple facts    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:25:52

• Another Fortress entity, Entropic, broadcast cable patent monopoly reexam granted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2023/11/7/another-fortress-entity-entropic-broadcast-cable-patent-reexam-granted    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:26:07

• FTC Finally Goes After Big Pharma And Its Fraudulent Orange Book Patent Listings ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/08/ftc-finally-goes-after-big-pharma-and-its-fraudulent-orange-book-patent-listings/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:27:46

• Another week nearly over gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-11-09-07-03-02.gmi    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:29:36

• Living with one's mind/sight looking 1 year or at most 10 years ahead makes sense, but amid crises and soaring national debts it makes no sense to make assumptions about 50 years from now. Wars, currency resets and pension Ponzi schemes are inevitable, set aside nuclear conflicts.    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:32:51

• For slaves and peasants they even make up religion with an "afterlife" to justify suffering a lot at present and even future... for a distant future that does not even exist    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:33:46

• Presentation of the State of the Energy Union Report 2023 by Commissioner Simson in the European Parliament ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_23_5654    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:46:59

• 'A Tyranny of the Minority': Why This College Dropout Wants To Cancel Cancel Culture ☞ https://reason.com/2023/11/08/a-tyranny-of-the-minority-why-this-college-dropout-wants-to-cancel-cancel-culture/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:47:24

• Yes, Anti-Israel Protests Are Free Speech ☞ https://reason.com/2023/11/08/yes-anti-israel-protests-are-free-speech/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:49:55

• Inside the Israeli Crackdown on Speech ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-human-rights/inside-the-israeli-crackdown-on-speech    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:50:15

• Israel-Hamas War Has Stifled Speech At Google, Employees Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/business/israel-palestine-google-employees.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:50:25

• Vivek Ramaswamy Knows That Republicans Who Embrace Cancel Culture Are Fools ☞ https://reason.com/2023/11/08/vivek-ramaswamy-cancel-culture-students-campus-israel/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 13:52:07

• Severe bug already? That was fast. ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2023/11/wordpress-6-4-1-maintenance-release/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 14:04:31

• Misinformation/Disinformation is the very business model of Facebook though ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/08/meta-introduces-disclosure-requirement-ai-generated-political-ads/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 14:10:01

• Hong Kong gov’t spends less than 1% of HK$20 billion budget on purchase of welfare premises ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/11/09/hong-kong-govt-spends-less-than-1-of-hk20-billion-budget-on-purchase-of-welfare-premises/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 14:10:48

• Patch now: Unauthenticated attackers target severe Atlassian Confluence vulnerability ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/08/patch-now-unauthenticated-attackers-target-severe-atlassian-confluence-vulnerability/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 14:57:21

• Giveaway Week 2023 – GL.iNet GL-S200 Thread Border Router devkit ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/11/09/giveaway-week-2023-gl-inet-gl-s200-thread-border-router-devkit/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 14:58:18

• STMicro launches Bluetooth 5.3/5.4 LE STM32WB09 MCU and STM32WB1MMC wireless module ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/11/09/stmicro-bluetooth-5-3-5-4-le-stm32wb09-mcu-stm32wb1mmc-wireless-module/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:00:06

• PGConf.dev 2024 - Call for Speakers and Sponsors ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgconfdev-2024-call-for-speakers-and-sponsors-2748/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:01:28

• Techrights – Mozilla Pays Public Relations Firms to Pretend Mozilla and Firefox Value Privacy, Even When They Don't ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Mozilla_Pays_Public_Relations_Firms_to_Pretend_Mozilla_and_Fire.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Mozilla_Pays_Public_Relations_Firms_to_Pretend_Mozilla_and_Fire.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:03:52

• Seeking Pen Pals ☞ https://kevquirk.com/seeking-pen-pals    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:05:01

• When Fashion Company Apple built MacOS... for Solaris and HP-UX. In 1994. ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/when-apple-built-macos-for-solaris    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:05:49

• Microsoft is still perturbing Mesa. Larabel: cool! ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenGL-4.3-D3D12-Mesa Reality: http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/30/embrace-extend-extinguish-phoronix/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:08:12

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KDE Gear 23.08.3 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/KDE_Gear_23_08_3.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/KDE_Gear_23_08_3.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:11:43

• Which of These Three Section 2(d) Refusals Was/Were Reversed? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2023/11/which-of-these-three-section-2d.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:13:28

• Marseille is Islamic hotbed. The French are realising that their culture isn't being embraced but rejected. Blame Amazon. ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231108-amazon-under-fire-over-homophobic-slurs-in-broadcast-of-psg-game    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:15:55

• "In 2014, an estimated 40% of Marseille is now Muslim, and it is predicted that Marseille will become the first Muslim-majority city in France." That was 9 years ago. https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/marseille-population    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:18:32

• Plasma 6.0 Alpha – What this means ☞ http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/plasma-6-0-alpha-what-this-means/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:21:41

• Replicating two of history’s most iconic BattleBots with the Arduino UNO R4 ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/11/08/replicating-two-of-historys-most-iconic-battlebots-with-the-arduino-uno-r4/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:26:17

• "Arturo182 has created a Raspberry Pi CM5 from scratch using a custom PCB with the form factor of a CM4." ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-projects/maker-creates-raspberry-pi-cm5-while-waiting-for-official-release    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:27:39

• "probably an A300, and it was the first time I had used an operating system with a desktop GUI. The computer was the first consumer application of the ARM processor architecture which has since gone on to conquer the world" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/11/08/jennys-daily-drivers-riscos-5-28/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:28:17

• █████ https://publicdomainreview.org/rss.xml ██████████████████████ Wed, 08 Nov 2023 12:39:00 GMT ███████ The Reluctant Levitator: Teresa of Avila’s Humble Raptures    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:30:13

• "Levitation was the last thing Teresa of Avila wanted. It drew the wrong kind of attention and embarrassed her in public." ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-reluctant-levitator    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:30:30

• "An examination of the three books that Frankenstein's monster reads to educate himself about human life" ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/frankenstein-monster-reading-list    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:30:48

• Five things to watch as Pentagon prepares to issue CMMC rule ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/acquisition-policy/2023/11/five-things-to-watch-as-pentagon-prepares-to-issue-cmmc-rule/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:32:15

• 3 ways to mitigate cybersecurity risks in critical infrastructure ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2023/11/3-ways-to-mitigate-cybersecurity-risks-in-critical-infrastructure/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:33:00

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Review: System76 Lemur Pro Laptop ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Review_System76_Lemur_Pro_Laptop.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Review_System76_Lemur_Pro_Laptop.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:39:13

• Techrights – The Last Digitally-Free Nation on Earth ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/The_Last_Digitally_Free_Nation_on_Earth.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/The_Last_Digitally_Free_Nation_on_Earth.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:39:44

• DHS Launches New Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Campaign ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/dhs-launches-new-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience-campaign/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:41:16

• Sumo Logic Urges Users to Change Credentials Due to Security Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/sumo-logic-urges-users-to-change-credentials-due-to-security-breach/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:42:16

• FBI Highlights Emerging Initial Access Methods Used by Ransomware Groups ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-highlights-emerging-initial-access-methods-used-by-ransomware-groups/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:42:52

• Marina Bay Sands Discloses Data Breach Impacting 665k Customers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/marina-bay-sands-discloses-data-breach-impacting-665k-customers/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:43:11

• DOJ announces arrests in ‘high-end brothel network’ used by elected officials, military officers and others ☞ https://kentwired.com/105256/world-nation/doj-announces-arrests-in-high-end-brothel-network-used-by-elected-officials-military-officers-and-others/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:44:10

• Islamists target the Sahel’s gold mines as a source of financing ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/terrorists-target-the-sahels-gold-mines-as-a-source-of-financing/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:47:27

• Iran sentences Frenchman Louis Arnaud to five years on national security charges ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231108-iran-sentences-french-consultant-to-five-years-in-prison-on-national-security-charges    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:47:40

• Can the Palestinian Authority lead a post-Hamas Gaza Strip? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231108-can-the-palestinian-authority-lead-a-post-hamas-gaza-strip    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:47:48

• Iranian Security Agents 'Violently' Arrested At Least 9 Baha'i Followers Amid Crackdown ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-bahai-violent-arrests-crackdown/32676700.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:49:41

• Family Says French Traveler Sentenced By Iranian Court To 5 Years In Prison ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-french-national-arnaud-prison-5-years/32676478.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:50:14

• Israel Raises Alarms by Suggesting ‘Indefinite’ Role in Gaza ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-security-hamas.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:50:35

• NATO defence plans include protection of Lithuanian strategic facilities – committee chair ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2120512/nato-defence-plans-include-protection-of-lithuanian-strategic-facilities-committee-chair    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:51:04

• Ventana's 192-Core RISC-V CPU Takes Aim At AMD Epyc Genoa And Bergamo ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/ventanas-192-core-risc-v-cpu-takes-aim-at-amd-epyc-genoa-and-bergamo    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:52:03

• New Jersey Secretly Stores Your Newborn's Blood for Decades ☞ https://reason.com/2023/11/08/new-jersey-secretly-stores-your-newborns-blood-for-decades/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:54:00

• Music Executive L.A. Reid Is Accused of Sexual Assault in Lawsuit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/arts/music/la-reid-drew-dixon-sexual-assault-lawsuit.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:54:37

• Minnesota court dismisses 14th Amendment case seeking to block Trump from primary ballot ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/11/09/news/minnesota-court-dismisses-14th-amendment-case-seeking-to-block-trump-from-primary-ballot/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:54:45

• More Than a Dozen Judges "Have Released Official Guidance on Using Hey Hi (AI) Tools in Litigation" ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/11/08/more-than-a-dozen-judges-have-released-official-guidance-on-using-ai-tools-in-litigation/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:55:59

• University Builds Robot-Designing AI, Churns Out Designs in Seconds ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/university-builds-robot-designing-ai-churns-out-designs-in-seconds    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:56:43

• Meta to Require Political Advertisers to Disclose Use of Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/technology/meta-political-ads-artificial-intelligence.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:57:21

• Latvian 'Patriot Week' online film selection to be available worldwide ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/07.11.2023-latvian-patriot-week-online-film-selection-to-be-available-worldwide.a530723/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:57:53

• How Internet Exchange Points are Expanding and Improving Internet Access in Morocco ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2023/11/how-internet-exchange-points-are-expanding-and-improving-internet-access-in-morocco/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:58:43

• "Since the very early 1990s, we have become used to ubiquitous digital mobile phone coverage for both voice and data." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/11/08/2g-or-not-2g-that-is-the-question/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 15:59:49

• How digitalization can improve climate resilience in the Global South ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/how-digitalization-can-improve-climate-resilience-in-the-global-south/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:03:36

• Selling proprietary Qt ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/the-felgo-journey-to-qt-6    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:05:01

• Hunter Biden Sues for Libel Over Claims That He Tried to Sell Influence to Iran ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/11/08/hunter-biden-sues-for-libel-over-claims-that-he-tried-to-sell-influence-to-iran/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:06:10

• Latvia's annual inflation in October at 2.1% ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/08.11.2023-latvias-annual-inflation-in-october-at-21.a530518/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:07:07

• Car insurance premiums hit another record high – how can you save on your cover? ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/car-insurance-premiums-hit-another-record-high-how-can-you-save-on-your-cover-aRIsm5U7bFSH    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:08:06

• More spam from siliconangle, sponsored by companies, and this headline does not even make sense; siliconangle is primarily a spamfarm for hire this year https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/08/laptop-vs-cloud-two-leading-software-engineers-assess-where-developers-will-choose-to-work-kubeconna/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:11:35

• Following San Francisco accident, Cruise recalls 950 of its robotaxis ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/08/following-san-francisco-accident-cruise-recalls-950-robotaxis/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:13:29

• Shares of Twilio move higher on solid earnings and revenue beat ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/08/shares-twilio-move-higher-solid-earnings-revenue-beat/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:14:55

• Arm’s stock sinks on lower guidance following first post-IPO earnings call ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/08/arms-stock-sinks-lower-guidance-following-first-post-ipo-earnings-call/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:15:21

• This is an IBM-sponsored puff piece. It seems like publishers such as these just sell marketing disguised as "journalism" and barely disclose what they really do. ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/11/08/medical-research-team-relies-on-kubernetes-based-ibm-solution-for-sharing-critical-data-kubeconna/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:21:03

• siliconangle + "kubeconna" = SPAM SPAM SPAM, sponsored garbage. This is where LF money goes: bribing spamfarms to seed search engines with SPAM.    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:27:54

• Employment minister pushes for upper limits on pay rises; unions sceptical ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20059319    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:28:45

• Pet food recall expands, Musti & Mirri to pay vet fees ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20059271    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:29:52

• Tax data: Wolt founder records Finland's biggest income in 2022 ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20059178    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:33:32

• US Marines training on the beaches of southernmost Finland ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20059246    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:33:45

• "After the Pi 4 released, a discovery was quickly made that the internals of the popular single-board computer use PCIe to communicate with each other." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/11/08/getting-pcie-working-on-the-new-pi-5/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:35:11

• "Collectively, we have a long-term memory problem. Paper turns to mulch, dyes in optical disks degrade, iron oxides don’t last forever, and flash memories will eventually fade away." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/11/08/forever-writing-on-monofilament-fishing-line/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:36:21

• "Recently NASA announced earlier this month that the 12 kW Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) – which is scheduled to form an integral part of the Lunar Gateway when it is launched – has passed a number of qualification tests" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/11/08/lunar-gateways-advanced-solar-electric-propulsion-engine-passes-initial-qualification-tests/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:36:41

• A deadly impasse Meduza’s combat map shows the latest developments around Avdiivka and the Dnipro ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/11/08/a-deadly-impasse | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:38:44

• "Aging satellite TV provider Dish Network is supposed to be undergoing a major transformation from tired old satellite TV provider to streaming and wireless juggernaut, but it’s… not going well." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/08/dish-network-the-trump-era-fix-for-the-sprint-t-mobile-merger-looks-increasingly-doomed/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:40:00

• "Adding to the unearned wins racked up by cops is this decision [PDF] from the Eleventh Circuit Appeals Court." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/08/appeals-court-bad-cloud-data-warrant-good-enough-to-jail-someone-for-crime-cops-werent-even-investigating/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:40:36

• Tracking Changes and Version Management with LibreOffice ☞ https://itsfoss.com/libreoffice-version-control/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:41:52

• Mexico beats Canada and China again as top US trade partner ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/mexico-beats-canada-and-china-again-as-top-us-trade-partner/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:43:57

• The PLA Strategic Support Force: future-proofing China’s military ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-pla-strategic-support-force-future-proofing-chinas-military/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:44:34

• US-led Indo-Pacific framework isn’t shifting regional trade away from China ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/us-led-indo-pacific-framework-isnt-shifting-regional-trade-away-from-china/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 16:47:38

• Much of the "RUST" hype is a thing is the past, but many now depend on this thing still existing... how long for?    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:09:35

• Techrights – Links 09/11/2023: Amazon Layoffs, Broker Lays Off Most Of Its Staff ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Links_09_11_2023_Amazon_Layoffs_Broker_Lays_Off_Most_Of_Its_Sta.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/09/Links_09_11_2023_Amazon_Layoffs_Broker_Lays_Off_Most_Of_Its_Sta.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:21:48

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:22:09

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux Foundation and Openwashing ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Linux_Foundation_and_Openwashing.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Linux_Foundation_and_Openwashing.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:22:22

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Proprietary Traps and Microsoft ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Proprietary_Traps_and_Microsoft.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Proprietary_Traps_and_Microsoft.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:22:27

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): LibreOffice: Month of LibreOffice, It's FOSS, and FOSS Weekly ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/LibreOffice_Month_of_LibreOffice_It_s_FOSS_and_FOSS_Weekly.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/LibreOffice_Month_of_LibreOffice_It_s_FOSS_and_FOSS_Weekly.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:22:40

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): IBM/Red Hat: Fedora Appreciation Week, OpenShift, and Sponsored (Fake) 'Articles' Aplenty ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/IBM_Red_Hat_Fedora_Appreciation_Week_OpenShift_and_Sponsored_Fa.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/IBM_Red_Hat_Fedora_Appreciation_Week_OpenShift_and_Sponsored_Fa.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:22:59

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:23:04

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:23:09

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware and Linux Devices, Including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and a 192-Core RISC-V CPU ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Open_Hardware_and_Linux_Devices_Including_Arduino_Raspberry_Pi_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Open_Hardware_and_Linux_Devices_Including_Arduino_Raspberry_Pi_.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:23:20

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): FEX 2311 Tagged! ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/FEX_2311_Tagged.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/FEX_2311_Tagged.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:23:26

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): PGConf.dev 2024 - Call for Speakers and Sponsors ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/PGConf_dev_2024_Call_for_Speakers_and_Sponsors.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/PGConf_dev_2024_Call_for_Speakers_and_Sponsors.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:23:33

• In a fractured world, does Biden’s trade policy measure up? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/in-a-fractured-world-does-bidens-trade-policy-measure-up/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:24:08

• Time for some kung fu, panda ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/cartoons/panda-back-to-china-11082023145748.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:24:25

• Baby boom for Hongkongers who fled crackdown to live in Britain ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/baby-boom-11082023111655.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:24:52

• What about Taiwan, Pooh? ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/China-Calls-for-Immediate-Cessation-of-Hostilities-in-Gaza-20231108-0010.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:25:25

• ST Picks: Significance of Australian PM’s T-shirt diplomacy in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/st-picks-significance-of-australian-pm-s-t-shirt-diplomacy-in-china    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:26:00

• "Privately I have always been using some sort of GNU/Linux system, Debian for the most part. But I have gotten a growing, albeit faint feeling, that Linux (both the kernel and the distribution ecosystem) is increasingly facing the risk to drown due to its own weight." gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2023/20231109-re-small-operating-systems.gmi    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:27:44

• Thoughts on learning languages gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1699545698    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:28:50

• "PEP 668 is a change that breaks pip by allowing setting an "externally managed environment" option that prevents pip from being used by the user." gemini://zelena.flounder.online/gemlog/2023-11-08_Thoughts_On_Python_PEP_668.gmi    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:29:57

• the plaster cast of life gemini://daintyeco.smol.pub/theplastercast    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:30:50

• NeoVim vs Helix gemini://gemini.hitchhiker-linux.org/gemlog/neovim_vs_helix.gmi    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:31:38

• Starting a blog... gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1580    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:32:09

• The disillusioned, enlightened climated delayists gemini://idiomdrottning.org/the-disillusioned-enlightened-climate-delayists    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:32:53

• "“Socialism” can mean a couple of different things, thanks to the life-changing magic of semantics." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/socialism    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:33:41

• Wait, WHAT? Wall Street Times now portrays prices coming back down as a BAD THING?? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/business/china-deflation-cpi.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:35:39

• As Pandas Leave National Zoo, Is Panda Diplomacy Over? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/us/politics/panda-zoo-china.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:35:57

• Japan PM Kishida considering holding talks with China's Pooh-tin around Nov 16: NHK ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-pm-kishida-considering-holding-talks-with-chinas-xi-around-nov-16-nhk    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:36:31

• LOL, caning. primitive Malaysia.... ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-court-finds-former-youth-and-sports-minister-guilty-of-corruption    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:37:08

• Hong Kong distributes bedbug warning leaflets at airport amid outbreaks in South Korea, France and the UK ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/11/09/hong-kong-distributes-bedbug-warning-leaflets-at-airport-amid-outbreaks-in-south-korea-france-and-the-uk/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:39:00

• For the first time since 1948, North Koreans given a choice in an election ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/election-11082023155605.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:39:23

• Cancer patients raise alarm over long chemotherapy lines ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/08.11.2023-cancer-patients-raise-alarm-over-long-chemotherapy-lines.a530876/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:40:01

• HHS launches its promised health innovation network ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2023/11/hhs-launches-its-promised-health-innovation-network/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:40:12

• F.D.A. Approves New Obesity Drug Tirzepatide That Will Compete With Wegovy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/health/fda-tirzepatide-obesity-zepbound-wegovy.html    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 17:40:19

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 23:17:48

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/09/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 23:17:56

• 7.3 Months Without Alcohol Lets Brains Repair Damage From Heavy Drinking, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/7-3-months-without-alcohol-lets-brains-repair-damage-from-heavy-drinking-study-finds    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 23:18:57

• New Island Emerges Off Japan After Powerful Underwater Volcano Eruption ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-island-emerges-off-japan-after-powerful-underwater-volcano-eruption    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 23:19:48

• October Shatters Global Heat Record: 2023 Near Certain to Be Hottest Year in History ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/october-shatters-global-heat-record-2023-near-certain-to-be-hottest-year-in-history    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 23:20:02

• Ketamine Can Ease Depression And PTSD Within 1 Day, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ketamine-can-ease-depression-and-ptsd-within-1-day-study-finds    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 23:21:04

• Putting a microscope to science journalism ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/putting-a-microscope-to-science-journalism/    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 23:21:12

• Blood Tests Can Reveal Crohn's Disease 8 Years Before Diagnosis ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/blood-tests-can-reveal-crohns-disease-8-years-before-diagnosis    

posted Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 23:21:26