Roy Schestowitz

• "We’ve long known the Fifth Circuit is the worst circuit to hear your case involving rights violations by law enforcement. Despite one particularly blistering dissent from Judge Don Willett calling qualified immunity a “rigged game” litigants almost always lose" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/01/retiree-arrested-for-criticizing-local-officials-will-have-her-case-heard-by-the-supreme-court/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:41:47

• Honeypot ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/01/investigation-exposes-yet-another-small-town-that-is-little-more-than-a-law-enforcement-honeypot/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:42:03

• Telegram ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/01/fake-label-appears-on-anti-mobilization-telegram-channel-run-by-draftees-wives | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:42:24

• "first-ever gender discrimination case" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/01/uzbekistani-journalist-wins-country-s-first-ever-gender-discrimination-case | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:42:52

• Tajikistan ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/12/01/redeveloping-dushanbe | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:43:19

• Skochilenko ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/01/st-petersburg-artist-sasha-skochilenko-who-replaced-store-price-tags-with-antiwar-messages-appeals-seven-year-prison-sentence | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:43:37

• Ye have a lawyer? ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/02/tv-channel-fined-by-st-petersburg-court-for-showing-music-video-with-lgbt-propaganda | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:43:56

• Radio ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/radio-emissions-over-sunspots-challenge-models-of-stellar-magnetism/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:44:40

• Friday's papers: Government cuts fight, Tampere school violence and an even colder spell

  The government is looking to reduce public spending deficits.

   

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:45:29

• Sunspots ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/the-sunspots-are-coming-again/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:45:49

• Weather-related "fillers" in Yle, which is being defunded and probably understaffed (unable to do actual investigations, instead 'editorialising' weather data) https://yle.fi/a/74-20063114    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:47:31

• Very high GNU/Linux usage in Nigeria https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/nigeria/#monthly-200901-202312    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:49:18

• 10% in Greece https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/greece/#monthly-200901-202312    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:50:00

• 17% in Norway (GNU/Linux) https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/norway/#monthly-200910-202312    

posted Saturday, December 02, 2023 at 23:50:44

• Octavius Black steps down as MindGym boss in ‘challenging’ market https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/black-steps-down-as-mind-gym-ceo-in-challenging-market-qtrsdbh0w    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:00:35

• Feline Masters ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/cat-o-matic-3000-serves-your-feline-masters/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:15:47

• MRI ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/print-your-own-brain-lamp-from-mri-data/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:16:08

• LED ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/02/led-tester-also-calculates-resistor-for-target-voltage/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:21:27

• Turku court reduces Burger King knife wielder's sentence ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20063198 Abderrahman Bouanane, possibly Jihad-isnpired https://yle.fi/a/3-11521684    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:26:14

• Broadcom to let go 1,800+ VMware employees amid push for increased profitability ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/01/broadcom-let-go-1800-vmware-employees-amid-push-increased-profitability/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:28:18

• Trekking, Mexico style ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/trekking-mexico-style/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:31:01

• Cable TV Fees ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/01/fcc-to-vote-on-new-rules-cracking-down-on-shitty-cable-tv-fees/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:31:52

• Popular Uzbek Blogger Gets Eight Years In Prison On Charges He Rejects ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-blogger-haidarov-prison-politically-motivated-charges/32710252.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:32:20

• "A court in Uzbekistan's eastern region of Ferghana sentenced blogger Olimjon Haidarov on December 1 to eight years in prison on charges of extortion, defamation, and libel." https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-blogger-haidarov-prison-politically-motivated-charges/32710252.htm    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:32:53

• Maintaining Online Copy of Court Opinion Isn't Libelous, Even When It's Reversed ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/12/01/not-libel-to-decline-to-update-copy-of-court-opinion-to-reflect-dismissal-of-case/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:33:25

• "Commerce is in better shape to understand cost, benefits of moving to the clown". No, "clown" is meaningless nonsense. ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/ask-the-cio/2023/12/commerce-is-in-better-shape-to-understand-cost-benefits-of-moving-to-the-cloud/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:35:27

• A high school’s deepfake porn scandal is pushing US lawmakers into action ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/01/1084164/deepfake-porn-scandal-pushing-us-lawmakers/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:40:25

• IMT shows Hey Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/imt-shows-ai-and-vr-developments-to-senior-sandf-acquisition-personnel/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:40:41

• Corporate media: on the first date, say "HEY HI", get laid    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:41:09

• Open Sesame!    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:41:30

• U.S. government sanctions prolific North Korean cyber espionage unit ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/u-s-government-sanctions-prolific-north-korean-cyber-espionage-unit/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:43:06

• This past week siliconangle was rented to HP as a spamfarm. siliconangle is a great example of what's wrong with the Web. Companies rent domains for SEO spam. If this is the future of the Web, it's a very short future.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:44:23

• The Hey Hi (AI) circus makes the "CLOWN" cult envy. People forgot the blockchain "bros" by now...    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:45:27

• "The Faculty Senate and VPSA's lack of transparency around nominations to the Academic Integrity Working Group harms student interests, Strawser writes." ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2023/12/01/strawser-the-faculty-senate-and-vpsa-are-keeping-secrets-at-students-expense/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:46:29

• Give your money to the Koch brother instead, directly (one is dead). They seem to be paying sites like this and techdirt to keep oligarchs happy, under the guise of "FREEDOM". https://reason.com/2023/12/01/how-reason-changes-minds-lives-and-laws-by-covering-criminal-injustice/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:47:40

• Hamas sympathisers... mental problems? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/protester-fire-israeli-consulate-atlanta.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:48:48

• Director Of Kyrgyz Opera And Ballet Theater Arrested For Alleged Abuse Of Office ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-opera-ballet-istambaev-arrested/32709866.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:49:12

• Former Kazakh Security Chief's Cousin's Appeal Against 10-Year Prison Term Rejected ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-masimov-cousin-security-chief-appeal-rejected/32710239.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:49:21

• Guinea-Bissau army says holding leader of rebel security unit after clashes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20231201-heavy-gunfire-heard-in-south-of-guinea-bissau-s-capital    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:49:47

• Scrap metal ban is not working and should not be extended – SEIFSA ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/scrap-metal-ban-is-not-working-and-should-not-be-extended-seifsa/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:50:21

• CISA’s? Or Microsoft's ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-goldstein-secure-by-design/ see http://techrights.org/o/2023/03/21/microsoft-stacking-panels-2023/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:50:49

• This won't work if they still allow people to deploy proprietary backdoorware such as Windows ☞ https://fedscoop.com/federal-cybersecurity-workforce-expansion-act/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:52:10

• Pure spam by NCC Group (marketing) parroted by spamfarm, siliconangle ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/01/sporting-related-businesses-suffer-immature-cybersecurity-practice-according-new-report/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:53:00

• GAI isn't gay. It's just hype. It's not even a real thing. They just made up new buzzwords and acronyms.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:54:00

• The "modern" (remaining) media seems to be facilitating and covering up crimes... for a fee. The same goes for disinformation and hype campaign, making up stuff and in effect helping their client's PUMP AND DUMP efforts. The latter is certainly a crime, but nobody in AG level will treat it accordingly.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:55:35

• Cloudbrink’s co-founder takes his company to court over allegations of financial fraud ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/01/cloudbrinks-co-founder-takes-company-court-allegations-financial-fraud/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:56:45

• US Sanctions North Korean Cyberespionage Group Kimsuky ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-sanctions-north-korean-cyberespionage-group-kimsuky/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:57:03

• "Killnet leader unmasked" ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-utilities-targeted-by-hackers-aerospace-attacks-killnet-leader-unmasked/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 00:57:39

• Staples Confirms ‘Cybersecurity Risk’ Disrupting Online Stores ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/staples-confirms-cybersecurity-risk-disrupting-online-stores/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:02:54

• Congressmen Ask DOJ to Investigate Water Utility Hack, Warning It Could Happen Anywhere ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/congressmen-ask-doj-to-investigate-water-utility-hack-warning-it-could-happen-anywhere/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:03:14

• Faster, cheaper storage is heading to the Raspberry Pi 5 with Pimoroni's NVMe Base ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/faster-cheaper-storage-is-heading-to-the-raspberry-pi-5-with-pimoronis-nvme-base    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:04:07

• Real-time notifications and much more in the new Arduino IoT Cloud Remote app ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/12/01/real-time-notifications-and-much-more-in-the-new-arduino-iot-cloud-remote-app/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:08:05

• Building a minimalist network-updated digital clock with an Arduino Nano ESP32 ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/12/02/building-a-minimalist-network-updated-digital-clock-with-an-arduino-nano-esp32/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:08:49

• Scarlett Gately Moore: KDE neon and snaps, Debian Weekly report. ☞ https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-neon-and-snaps-debian-weekly-report/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:10:26

• The only revolution is the misuse of buzzwords    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:13:31

• US dollar: the BTC that can be BAILED out by BAILOUT BIDEN. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:14:29

• Stop talking down the dollars! That's HATE SPEECH.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:14:49

• he says she says... type "reporting" ☞ https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-question-of-consent    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:15:45

• ...if journalism gets this bad, sooner or later chatbots will be no worse than the "journalism" we nowadays have (because standards were considerably lowered)    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:16:42

• Phoronix back to making more benchmarks lately, but no disclosure whatsoever about who sends heaps of gifts free of charge and what for...    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:17:55

• "Will write HTML for food"; "will do 'benchmarks' for chips"    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:18:35

• Jack Wallen has stopped spamming BlueMail puff pieces: https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/jack-wallen/ see http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/29/Is_BlueMail_a_Client_of_ZDNet_Now.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:20:05

• Hunter Biden Gets a Step Closer to Vindicating Twitter’s Takedown Decision ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/12/01/hunter-biden-gets-a-step-closer-to-vindicating-twitters-takedown-decision/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:22:17

• Still a lot of work to do to gain the trust of VA whistleblowers ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2023/12/still-a-lot-of-work-to-do-to-gain-the-trust-of-va-whistleblowers/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:24:38

• Robot Pianist ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/robot-pianist-runs-on-arduino-nano/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:29:48

• Microsoft’s $3.2 bln UK investment to drive Hey Hi (AI) growth ☞ https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsofts-32-bln-uk-investment-drive-ai-growth-2023-11-30/ how to bribe a government to permit criminal activity to carry on http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/01/It_s_Cheaper_to_Pay_Bribes_and_Produce_Press_Releases_Than_to_P.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:32:52

• Simple Attack Allowed Extraction of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Training Data ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/simple-attack-allowed-extraction-of-chatgpt-training-data/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:35:28

• New iOS and iPad zero-day vulnerabilities spur yet another update ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/01/new-ios-ipad-zero-day-vulnerabilities-spur-yet-another-update/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:43:17

• New ‘Turtle’ macOS Ransomware Analyzed ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-turtle-macos-ransomware-analyzed/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:43:28

• Valhalla's Things: Modern XMPP Server ☞ https://blog.trueelena.org/blog/2023/12/01-modern-xmpp-server/index.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:44:25

• AI Decides to Engage in Insider Trading ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/ai-decides-to-engage-in-insider-trading.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:45:10

• he should have hired a Rick Allen Jones like Bill Gates did... ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/criminal-complaint-filed-against-man-sharing-child-abuse-images-on-eksi-sozluk-288716    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:47:00

• Nepal registers its first same-sex marriage ☞ https://kentwired.com/106789/uncategorized/nepal-registers-its-first-same-sex-marriage/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:48:37

• Apple Patches Exploited WebKit Vulnerabilities in iOS/iPadOS/macOS, (Thu, Nov 30th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30444    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:49:17

• It's far smaller than GNU/Linux https://www.tomshardware.com/software/macos/32-bit-mac-holdouts-will-find-games-like-half-life-2-and-metro-2033-unplayable-soon-as-valve-ceases-steam-support-for-older-versions-of-macos    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:53:31

• Valve hardly cares about Apple. Apple doesn't care about anyone. Its sales fall while the stock (shares) DOUBLE. Hallmark of Ponzi.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:54:18

• mAIcrosoft. Rebrand. Like Facebook did. So how did Metaverse work out anyway?    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:54:56

• Microsoft fired ALL the "metaverse" staff and SHUT DOWN the unit months ago.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:55:19

• Good thing Intel did not rebrand as Itanium.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:55:34

• ROG Ally (Windows and Microsoft ally) seems to be failing badly. Now they try to change the specs. The problem is the OS.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 01:58:54

• "Root Causes: After the deployment of this line of code, the delayed job that creates notifications based on the latest events..." ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2023/12/01/post-mortem//    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:00:05

• On SUSE's ex-CEO and "risky deals" ☞ https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4941277/suses-ex-ceo-ousted-after-greenlighting-risky-deals    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:01:44

• Corruption at SUSE, run bu corrupt (bribes) SAP https://www.reuters.com/technology/how-suse-deviated-its-internal-controls-while-warning-about-sales-risk-2023-11-30/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:04:24

• Free speech ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/01/yes-the-first-amendment-protects-displaying-the-thin-blue-line-flag-even-in-publicly-owned-buildings/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:07:21

• DC Circuit Rules that a President’s Speech as Candidate Is Not Official ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/12/01/dc-circuit-rules-that-a-presidents-speech-as-candidate-is-not-official/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:07:43

• The annual PRIVATE JET summit, run by OIL sheikhs ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_23_6261    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:08:33

• European Commission. Whose? What Europe? Europe at all? Not American?    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:09:08

• European Commission, a branch of the foreign office or foreign embassy stationed in Brussels, which is outnumbered by Muslims (the media does not talk about this)? Either way, as seen in the case of the EPO, the European Commission openly fosters and covers up crimes, abolishes constitutions etc. It's a threat to the EU.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:10:45

• EU is a concept. EC is corruption. EU Parliament has too many enablers by now. Something must be done to redeem its name, and censoring/silencing those who point out the problems is not the solution.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:11:57

• Felix Häcker: #124 Fixes and Improvements ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/12/twig-124/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:12:30

• 18 Well-Established and Time-Honored Content Management Systems (CMS) that were unable to rival WordPress ☞ https://medevel.com/18-old-cms-from-the-dawn-of-internet/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:13:27

• MIT licensed ☞ https://medevel.com/stitcher/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:13:58

• No, TypeScript is not JavaScript but Microsoft's attack on it. Avoid. TypeScript was used by Elana HAMASMAN and others to do an anti-RMS attack, hosted by Microsoft with proprietary software. HAMASMAN now works for Apple. Apple pays HAMASMAN to tell LGBT people to advocate for people who want to execute them. ☞ https://medevel.com/etro-vide-js/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:15:59

• The anti-RMS petition became just a long list of names of people with severe reading comprehension (or fact-checking) skills. Some of them contacted Techrights, asking for their names to be removed from that list. Too late.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:17:40

• "Cinnamon 6.0 is the latest version of Linux Mint's in-house desktop, which is based on GNOME but reshaped to provide a more familiar, Windows-like experience. Linux Mint maintainer Clement Lefebvre released two separate versions yesterday, one for Mint 21 and another for LMDE 6." https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/01/cinnamon_6_kde_6b/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:45:03

• "All it does it hide the “Activities” button, and replace it with left and right arrows to switch workspaces" https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/12/workspace-switch-buttons-gnome-extension    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 02:46:01

• Manjaro at the start https://pplware.sapo.pt/linux/top-5-distribuicoes-linux-mais-populares-em-dezembro-de-2023/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 03:49:22

• "Hilariously, if you’re into weird recursive situations, you can go deeper and run Darling within Windows Subsystem for Linux, itself running within Windows. Why? Well, you’re probably bored or just trying to for the sake of it." https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/wine-is-for-windows-and-darling-is-for-macos/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 03:50:06

• WSL is an ATTACK on GNU/Linux. Do not use it or mention it. It's a distraction from VMs, dual boot, or proper GNU/Linux.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 03:51:01

• "Just because you know something needs JavaScript, doesn't mean it still does." ☛ https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/2/ |    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 03:54:08

• "Somehow my students are allergic to semantics and shit. And they’re not alone." ☛ https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/1/ |    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 03:54:17

• "Qemu Advent Calendar 2023: Bootable PDF holiday card" ☛ https://qemu-advent-calendar.org/2023/#Day02 | Source: Qemu    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 03:54:45

• "I’m doing something a bit different today" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/live-in-sydney-want-a-retrocomputer/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 03:56:49

• "Fourteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of November 29, 2023): [...]" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/november-gnu-spotlight-with-amin-bandali-fourteen-new-gnu-releases | Source: FSF    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 03:57:19

• "When talking about calendars, dates, and times it’s easy to get disoriented without clear terminology." ☛ https://scorpil.com/post/you-dont-need-datetime/ |    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 03:58:15

• "Day 1 was a tricky start for most people." ☛ https://arjenwiersma.nl/posts/aoc-2023-day-1/ | Source: Arjen Wiersma    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 03:58:30

• "I am sure I will not be able to complete all challenges this year, but so far so good." ☛ https://arjenwiersma.nl/posts/aoc-2023-day-2/ | Source: Arjen Wiersma    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 03:58:53

• "A maintenance release of the tidyCpp package arrived on CRAN this morning." ☛ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2023/12/02/#tidycpp_0.0.7 | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 03:59:04

• Why we need legislation requiring more transparency in breach notices, Saturday edition (Bluefield University) https://www.databreaches.net/why-we-need-legislation-requiring-more-transparency-in-breach-notices-saturday-edition-bluefield-university/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:00:42

• The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act Has Now Been Agreed https://www.insideprivacy.com/cybersecurity-2/the-eus-cyber-resilience-act-has-now-been-agreed/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:01:07

• Windows TCO https://therecord.media/credit-unions-facing-outages-due-to-ransomware    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:01:46

• "According to an article by local news outlet Le Monde, Platypus hackers Mohammed M and Benamar M have been released by the Court as “French criminal law doesn’t technically forbid hacks of protocol.”" https://www.cryptotimes.io/paris-criminal-court-dismissed-charges-against-platypus-hackers/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:02:27

• Windows TCO https://www.databreaches.net/nys-comptroller-audit-north-tonawanda-city-school-district-information-technology-2023m-102/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:03:26

• Windows TCO https://www.databreaches.net/nys-comptroller-audit-brentwood-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2023m-83/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:04:35

• HAMAS Grateful4Greta. Thank you, Greta, for supporting oil tycoons in places like KSA and Qatar. "We couldn't do this terror operation without useful idiots..."    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:16:44

• "This is a full video player, fit with a screen and speaker, that played this company's commercial immediately upon opening it." ☛ https://www.sparkfun.com/news/8985 | Source: SparkFun Electronics    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:18:52

• "Over the next 24 days, I am going to share one lesson I have learned when writing technical documents." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/02/advent-of-technical-writing/ | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:19:07

• "As you write and organize technical documentation, there is an important muscle to build up: creating effective navigation link text." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/02/navigation-links/ | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:33:54

• "It’s multiple images, stitched together using Coates’ iPhone 12’s “pano” feature." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/2/23985299/iphone-bridal-photo-three-poses-explanation-panorama-photoshop-generative-ai | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:34:14

• "Why did seven-string guitars become a nu-metal staple in the late 1990s?" ☛ https://tedium.co/2023/12/01/korn-seven-string-guitar-history/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:34:31

• "My friend mentioned that his kid had been unhappy with the associated discussion of uncountable sets" ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2023/11/27/#uncountable-hotel | Source: Mark Dominus    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:36:04

• "These "sub-Neptune" exoplanets — planets with a radius larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune — revolve in precise ratios" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/star-system-so-perfect | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:36:37

• Azure is a success story. It is SUCCEEDING at CONNING people into sinking their money in a black hole of debt. All by rebranding.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:37:44

• "a shift from a raw diet to one that included food items already partially broken down by microbes" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/preparing-food-with-microbes-could-be-why-we-now-have-such-impressive-brains | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:38:05

• "Make yourself a blog, write, share, connect with others." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/more-new-mindsets-fewer-new-technologies | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:39:16

• "I'd be much wealthier if I could just take peoples money and give them what they ask for" ☛ https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/log/0042/ | Source: Jamie Brandon    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:39:40

• "The project to use robots in airport baggage and shelving has research challenges that need to be addressed." ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/society/1226202/robots-trained-to-be-porters/ | Source: Greece    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:40:51

• "According to the notification" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/government-bans-dark-patterns-on-ecommerce-platforms-notifies-guidelines/articleshow/105676365.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 04:41:41

• [Old] "This year, the district went a step further, expanding to the high school level" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/09/school-cellphone-ban-yondr/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:24:03

• "the PFAS chemicals that do degrade often break down into the more recalcitrant PFAS types" ☛ https://theconversation.com/pfas-forever-chemicals-found-in-english-drinking-water-why-are-they-everywhere-and-what-are-the-risks-217594 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:24:25

• "For much of the 20th Century, utilities were permitted to install lead service lines" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2023/12/01/kansas-and-missouri-have-256000-lead-pipes-epa-wants-them-removed-within-10-years/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:24:45

• "Still, details surrounding this supposed Q program haven’t been shared by the company" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/sam-altman-openai-q-machine-learning-artificial-intelli-1851062584 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:25:45

• CG, not "AI-Generated" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/uber-eats-ai-generated-food-menu | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:25:53

• So-called media helps Microsoft (close d "HEY HI" with vapourware again, "Q"-unknown; nobody can say what it is, but it is "AMAZING"... Microsoft is a pump-and-dump company with organised crime elements such as BRIBERY    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:28:07

• The existential crisis in in PRETENDING that chatbots are both revolutionary and useful, thus creating a hype cycle encouraging their misuse    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:28:59

• "The controversial contract is set to last up to seven years. [...]" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/01/nhs_palantir_legal_challenge/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:29:47

• It's 2023. You can scan access logs (e.g. ssh) for mere taps from North Korean, Russian and Chinese IP addresses, then allege (to the media, where no technical person is employed anymore) that you are suffering cyberattacks from North Korea, Russia and China.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:32:58

• "Nausėda said that “Russia's brutal war in Ukraine has caused enormous damage to the environment" ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2139497/lithuanian-president-urges-to-stop-ecocide-at-cop28 | Source: LRT    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:34:26

• "The Kremlin began preparing these genocidal policies well in advance of the full-scale invasion." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/western-leaders-must-choose-arm-ukraine-or-enable-putins-genocide/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:34:34

• "Chinese conglomerate ByteDance's TikTok has asked Europe's second highest court to suspend its designation as a gatekeeper under onerous new EU tech rules" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-asks-eu-court-to-suspend-eu-gatekeeper-label-until-its-ruling/articleshow/105672075.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:34:43

• "Their increasingly luxurious lifestyles and escalating opulence are wreaking havoc on our planet" ☛ https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/11/20/sacrificing-us-at-the-altar-of-their-greed-richest-10-in-eu-emit-more-carbon-than-poorest- | Source: EuroNews    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:35:17

• "Amazon aims to build a constellation of 3,236 satellites by 2025 in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to beam broadband [Internet] globally" ☛ https://www.businessworld.in/article/Amazon-Signs-Deal-With-Musk-s-SpaceX-To-Launch-Internet-Satellites-/02-12-2023-500868/ | Source: BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:35:41

• "The Norwegian data centre will be in the town of Hamar where TikTok will store data spread over three buildings" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-takes-first-steps-in-turning-on-norwegian-data-centre/articleshow/105643105.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:36:11

• "He said his father did not like to talk about his work for the military too much, but was always proud of his service." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/former-caf-interpreter-arrest-afghanistan-1.7047195 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:36:51

• "Roblox, a virtual universe gaming platform where users can program games for others to play" ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/technology/video-games/roblox-used-by-extremists-to-recruit-children-police-warn-20231202-p5eohy.html? | Source: The Age AU    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:37:24

• "A Canadian rapporteur said there was “well-grounded suspicion” that Han Dong, a member of Parliament from Toronto" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/world/americas/canada-elections-china.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:42:05

• "The pledge was among a slew of COP28 announcements on Saturday aimed at decarbonizing the energy sector" ☛ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-12-02/over-110-countries-set-to-join-cop28-deal-to-triple-renewable-energy | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:46:50

• "Top Saudi Arabian officials, led by Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/report-saudi-arabia-plans-to-get-african-countries-hooked-on-fossil-fuels/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:47:47

• "The investigation has been carried out by the Centre for Climate Reporting and Channel 4 News, a British TV channel." ☛ https://www.wionews.com/world/riyadh-covertly-working-on-plans-to-artificially-boost-oil-demand-globally-report-663609 | Source: Essel Group    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:47:58

• "The reason is the sharp reaction of the public to the 36 flights made by current Minister of Foreign Affairs Krišjānis Kariņš" ☛ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/30.11.2023-officials-use-of-private-jets-at-public-expense-to-be-tightened-up.a533702/ | Source: Latvia    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:50:02

• "Now U.S. and other Western governments have refocused on the problem." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2023/1201/Is-cryptocurrency-enabling-Hamas-Efforts-to-halt-terror-funding-revive | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:57:52

• "That might not be a problem for the super tiny black holes Mai and Yang describe, since they don’t spin" ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9q8b/physicists-propose-way-to-harvest-incredible-energy-from-black-holes-in-wild-paper | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:58:09

• "Britain, Canada, France, Ghana, South Korea, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates were among the 22 countries" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/climate/cop28-nuclear-power.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:58:16

• "The boats, inspired by traditional Indigenous designs, vary in size and can carry up to 20 passengers." ☛ https://text.npr.org/1216263306 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:58:51

• "Firstly there's the space saved in terms of land: apparently" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/china-is-building-an-epic-underwater-data-center-with-performance-equal-to-6-million-pcs | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:59:28

• "The UK uses around 12 million tonnes of steel each year. And in 2022, it produced just under 6 million tonnes" ☛ https://theconversation.com/electric-arc-furnaces-the-technology-poised-to-make-british-steelmaking-more-sustainable-214756 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 05:59:55

• "The Guiana dolphin’s electroreceptive abilities led Guido Dehnhardt" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-12-01/bottlenose-dolphins-have-a-seventh-sense-they-can-feel-electricity.html | Source: El País    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:00:51

• "The CRA will impose a range of obligations for manufacturers and importers of “products with digital elements” (“PDEs”)" ☛ https://www.databreaches.net/the-eus-cyber-resilience-act-has-now-been-agreed/ | Source: Data Breaches    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:03:34

• "Although the CRA applies broadly to PDEs, it is focused particularly on certain “Important” or “Critical” PDEs." ☛ https://www.insideprivacy.com/cybersecurity-2/the-eus-cyber-resilience-act-has-now-been-agreed/ |    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:05:01

• "At the time, Meta formed a child-safety task force to address the glaring issue — but even after five long months" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-pedophilia-problem | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:05:09

• "The funding, first announced at a summit hosted by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsofts-3-2-billion-uk-investment-to-drive-ai-growth/articleshow/105643697.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:05:17

• "That, dear reader, is the story of OpenAI." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/openais-sam-altman-sugarcoating-the-apocalypse/articleshow/105684928.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:05:29

• It's Cheaper to Pay Bribes (and Produce Press Releases) Than to Pay Fines (After Lots of Negative Publicity) http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/01/It_s_Cheaper_to_Pay_Bribes_and_Produce_Press_Releases_Than_to_P.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:06:53

• "Social media users have seized on these tensions to spread disinformation." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/fact-check-x-users-falsely-portray-footage-from-colombia-as-venezuela-guyana-border-clash/7379154.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:07:29

• "[...] Haidarov, who was arrested in late July, has rejected the charges as politically motivated. [...]" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-blogger-haidarov-prison-politically-motivated-charges/32710252.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:08:05

• "rehabilitating Nazism" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/02/russian-singer-who-burned-id-in-protest-against-war-in-ukraine-to-be-held-until-late-january-on-charges-of-rehabilitating-nazism-and-insulting-believers-feelings | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:08:21

• "Shaker was last heard from on November 19, when he spoke to his mother at around 5:30 a.m. from the southern city of Aden." ☛ https://cpj.org/2023/12/cpj-alarmed-by-disappearance-of-yemeni-journalist-naseh-shaker/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:09:31

• "Disputes over working conditions, pay disparities and concerns regarding safety protocols have failed to find a resolution" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nine-days-rail-disruption-unleashed-aslef-industrial-action-takes-hold-1721949 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:10:31

• "Qisas punishments are for offenses seen as violations of the boundaries set by God such as murder, theft, and adultery" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-sharia-punishements-400-taliban-afghan-witness/32710300.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:10:44

• "Andhra Pradesh High Court Judge K. Manmadha Rao on December 2 (Saturday) emphasised the need to create a society free from oppression of rights." ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/call-for-a-society-free-of-rights-violations/article67598475.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:10:58

• "In this respect, I could ironically say that all generative AI stuff can be considered derivative of my work" ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1007/my-brushstrokes-against-ai-art | Source: David Revoy    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:12:43

• "After a couple of months of the Linux user share on Steam dropping" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/linux-share-on-steam-back-to-nearly-2-thanks-to-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:14:27

• "Valve released a fresh SteamOS update into Preview for Steam Deck, with SteamOS 3.5.8 out now fixing up various problems since the big 3.5 update." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/steam-deck-steamos-358-now-in-preview/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:14:36

• "the platform offers the convenience of streaming" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/download-youtube-videos-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:16:02

• "Today, we will discuss about one of the post installation steps in Fedora desktop." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/how-to-enable-minimize-and-maximize-buttons-in-fedora/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:16:10

• debian https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/general-10/the-collapse-of-debian-4175731419/page2.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:16:55

• "Ambassador: Finland closing eastern border is an important turning point" https://news.err.ee/1609181452/ambassador-finland-closing-eastern-border-is-an-important-turning-point    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:17:05

• "Judge Tanya Chutkan Had to Tell Trump That, “There is no ‘Presidential Immunity’ Clause”" https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/12/02/judge-tanya-chutkan-had-to-tell-trump-that-there-is-no-presidential-immunity-clause/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:18:06

• "NATO Chief Tells Turkey's Erdogan 'Time Has Come' To Let Sweden Join The Alliance" https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-turkey-erdogan-stoltenberg-sweden-membership/32710325.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:18:42

• KSA also funds extremism https://climate-reporting.org/undercover-saudi-arabia-keep-burning-oil/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:19:05

• Social control media bad for kids in many ways https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-facebook-instagram-pedophiles-enforcement-struggles-dceb3548    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:19:24

• christmas trains https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2139361/lithuanian-railways-launches-four-christmas-trains    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:19:43

• "The Most Dangerous Conflict No One Is Talking About" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/12/south-china-sea-philippines-dispute-explained/676218/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:20:03

• "Saudi Arabia's PIF to buy 10% stake in Heathrow airport holding company - SPA" https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/saudi-arabias-pif-buy-10-stake-heathrow-airport-holding-company-spa-2023-11-29/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:20:47

• "Saudi Arabia buys into London's Heathrow Airport" https://www.axios.com/2023/11/29/saudi-arabia-buys-into-londons-heathrow-airport    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:21:12

• "Stepping down from rakudo packaging for Debian" https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.users/2023/12/msg11061.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:21:30

• "Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant's Grid Connection Cut In Another Reminder Of 'Precarious' Safety Situation" https://www.rferl.org/a/zaporizhzhya-nuclear-power-plant-safety-ukraine/32711212.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:21:45

• far-right https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231202-far-right-protesters-gather-in-paris-to-call-for-justice-after-french-teenager-s-death    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:22:04

• iophk: 1A is a strawman in this case and these people of all should know it, they just want to tear down the nation and help Red China do it if necessary https://reason.com/volokh/2023/12/02/montana-tiktok-ban-likely-violates-first-amendment-intrudes-on-federal-foreign-affairs-power/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:23:14

• "Millions of people have moved away from traditional broadcasters and embraced the world of pirate IPTV" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/80-pirate-iptv-sellers-face-3-5m-bill-after-failing-to-charge-customers-vat-231202/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:24:12

• Mozilla ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/02/mozilla-lets-folks-turn-ai-llms-into-single-file-executables/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:25:08

• citizenship ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/02/estonian-prime-minister-says-residents-obtaining-russian-citizenship-after-start-of-full-scale-war-are-security-threat-could-face-deportation | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:26:32

• Re: A vision for Gemini applications (solderpunk) gemini://mozz.us/journal/2020-06-21.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:31:40

• "I have created a live chat in Gemini. This is obviously not the first time this has been done, but it was a fun project! It does save a history, but only for a day. After 24 hours, the whole history is cleared." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/12156    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:32:25

• "I had a long weekend, so I coded some accessibility and performance improvements for this blog. I also decided to start a Gemini mirror. I finally settled on a Pixelfed instance, and joined several online things." gemini://darylsun.smol.pub/week-16-accessibility-speed-cliques-fanlistings    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:33:25

• Many "Line Managers" are just LIE 'managers' (spreaders)    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:34:09

• "The original version of this blog is undergoing a long overdue overhaul; please bear with me." gemini://darylsun.smol.pub/under-construction    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 06:34:31

• whej TikTok trash as "news" ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/02/central-cee-girlfriend-madeline-argy/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 09:49:53

• Montana Fentanylware (TikTok) Ban Likely Violates First Amendment, Intrudes on Federal Foreign Affairs Power ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/12/02/montana-tiktok-ban-likely-violates-first-amendment-intrudes-on-federal-foreign-affairs-power/ see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/02/Montana_s_TikTok_Ban_Was_to_Protect_Free_Speech_and_the_United_.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 09:51:15

• Montana’s Fentanylware (TikTok) Ban Was to Protect Free Speech and the United States' First Amendment ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/02/Montana_s_TikTok_Ban_Was_to_Protect_Free_Speech_and_the_United_.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 09:52:16

• Pneumonia, bird flu, other outbreaks prompt concerns of new contagion in Asia ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/asia-contagion-12022023103024.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 09:54:27

• TWIL 244: PipeWire 1.0, Red Bait Dropping Xorg, openSUSE, Nextcloud & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-244/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 10:14:13

• My brushstrokes against AI-art ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1007/my-brushstrokes-against-ai-art    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 10:39:17

• Retrocomputer FPGAs, featuring Wouter of Brain Baking ☞ https://rubenerd.com/retrocomputing-fpgas-featuring-wouter-of-brain-baking/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 10:41:55

• Ukraine blocks ex-president from leaving country amid alleged plan to meet pro-Putin Hungary’s Orban ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231202-ukraine-blocks-ex-president-from-leaving-country-amid-alleged-plan-to-meet-pro-putin-hungary-s-orban    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 10:42:22

• 'Confidential Computing'? More Like a Giant Back Door. ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/03/_Confidential_Computing_More_Like_a_Giant_Back_Door.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 10:42:38

• Davidlohr Bueso: LPC 2023: CXL Microconference ☞ http://blog.stgolabs.net/2023/12/lpc-2023-cxl-microconference.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 11:00:09

• 170,000 ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/02/putin-signs-decree-to-increase-russian-military-by-nearly-170-000-personnel | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 11:00:44

• Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant's Grid Connection Cut In Another Reminder Of 'Precarious' Safety Situation ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zaporizhzhya-nuclear-power-plant-safety-ukraine/32711212.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 11:55:16

• Caancel culture in Hungary :-) ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-security-service-cancels-poroshenko-orban-trip/32711185.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 11:55:54

• Russian Shelling, Drone Strikes Cause Death, Damage In Ukraine's Donetsk, Kherson, And Odesa Regions ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-shelling-drone-strikes-ukraine-donetsk-kherson-odesa/32711052.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 11:56:09

• Congress Must Pass Aid For Ukraine To Avoid Interruption Of U.S. Support, White House Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-congress-ukraine-aid-support-white-house/32711006.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:06:44

• Ukraine Repels Russian Drone Attack On Odesa Region ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-repels-russian-drone-attack-odesa/32710923.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:06:56

• Second Batch Of Ukraine Troops Finish Training On Patriot In Germany ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-troops-training-patriot-germany/32710915.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:11:45

• Niinistö: China plans to cooperate in gas pipeline investigation ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20063242    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:11:54

• Crossing the Dnipro: What a Ukrainian Military Operation Might Mean ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/world/europe/ukrainian-military-dnipro-river-battle.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:18:49

• "Plane with left engine failure makes emergency landing at Moscow airport" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/02/plane-with-left-engine-failure-preparing-for-emergency-landing-at-moscow-airport | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:19:15

• How to Install UrBackup on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-urbackup-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:21:48

• How to fix ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cv2' error ☞ https://owlhowto.com/modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-cv2/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:22:25

• How To Install PHP on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-php-opensuse/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:22:59

• How To Install Roundcube on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-roundcube-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:23:07

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

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:23:21

• How to fix "no module named pip" error on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-fix-no-module-named-pip-error-on-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:24:50

• [Updated] How To Enable Minimize And Maximize Buttons In Fedora 39 Workstation And Fedora Silverblue ☞ https://ostechnix.com/how-to-enable-minimize-and-maximize-buttons-in-fedora/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:33:36

• How to Convert FBX files to OBJ for 3D Printing ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/how-to-convert-fbx-files-to-obj-for-3d-printing    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:33:57

• Do You Have Mouth Cancer Symptoms? An Expert Explains How to Check ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/do-you-have-mouth-cancer-symptoms-an-expert-explains-how-to-check    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:34:19

• Data Engineering in R: How to Build Your First Data Pipeline with R, Mage, and Surveillance Giant Google Cloud Platform (in under 45 Minutes) ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/data-engineering-in-r-how-to-build-your-first-data-pipeline-with-r-mage-and-google-cloud-platform-in-under-45-minutes/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:34:59

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: dang 0.0.16: New Features, Some Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2023/12/02#dang_0.0.16    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:35:31

• How to Still Be Reminded of Your Insignificance Even When Light Pollution Makes It Impossible to See the Stars ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/how-to-still-be-reminded-of-your-insignificance-even-when-light-pollution-makes-it-impossible-to-see-the-stars    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:41:07

• Finding the most unique land cover spatial pattern ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/finding-the-most-unique-land-cover-spatial-pattern/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:59:10

• gssr Update ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/gssr-update/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 12:59:18

• Sparky news 2023/11 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2023-11/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:02:03

• Proxmox Backup Server 3.1 Brings Secure Boot Compatibility ☞ https://linuxiac.com/proxmox-backup-server-3-1-brings-secure-boot-compatibility/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:02:23

• Baserow: A No Code, Open Source Alternative to Airtable ☞ https://thenewstack.io/baserow-a-no-code-open-source-alternative-to-airtable/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:03:32

• 40 Practical and Useful awk Command in GNU/Linux and BSD ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/useful-awk-command-in-linux-and-bsd/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:13:56

• Apt vs Apt-get Commands Explained: Which One To Use? ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/apt-vs-apt-get-commands-explained-and-which-one-to-use/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:14:48

• Over at Tux Machines... ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/02/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:15:58

• Professor Eben Moglen: In 1991 Richard Stallman Thought GNU/Linux Was Doomed Due to Software Patents ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/02/Professor_Eben_Moglen_In_1991_Richard_Stallman_Thought_GNU_Linu.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:16:22

• GNU/Linux Surges to Almost 4% Worldwide on Desktops/Laptops, 2% in Latest Steam Survey (Ubuntu Not the Top Distro) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/02/GNU_Linux_Surges_to_Almost_4_Worldwide_on_Desktops_Laptops_2_in.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:16:34

• digiKam 8.2.0 is released ☞ https://digikam.org/news/2023-12-03-8.2.0_release_announcement/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:18:13

• GNU Taler news: Launch of the TALER NGI PILOT ☞ https://taler.net/en/news/2023-12.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:20:52

• Rox Customise Menu entry removed ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202312/rox-customise-menu-entry-removed.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:23:00

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Fashion Company Apple Pages ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-apple-pages/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:38:05

• NVMe Base for Raspberry Pi 5 with M-Key NVMe SSD Support ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/nvme-base-for-raspberry-pi-5-with-m-key-nvme-ssd-support/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:38:17

• ...it's way too hard to judge people by web sites, social control media profiles etc. because those are easy to fake, nothing is verified, glitter distracts from substance. sadly, too many people willfully neglect or fail to judge people by direct real-time contact (doesn't have to be IRL).    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:40:28

• 40 Important Docker Commands for Software Developers ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/important-docker-commands-for-software-developers/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:50:24

• In Sydney? Want a free Compaq retrocomputer? ☞ https://rubenerd.com/live-in-sydney-want-a-retrocomputer/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:50:43

• You can read audiobooks ☞ https://rubenerd.com/you-can-read-audiobooks/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:53:11

• Goodbye to Inasoul, and Banh and Boba ☞ https://rubenerd.com/goodbye-to-inasoul-and-banh-and-boba/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:53:23

• Fix abort loading NVIDIA SFS in initrd ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202312/fix-abort-loading-nvidia-sfs-in-initrd.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:54:32

• usr-merge fix for kirkstone container ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202312/usr-merge-fix-for-kirkstone-container.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:54:39

• October/November in KDE Itinerary ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2023/12/02/kde-itinerary-october-november-2023.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:54:58

• Silicon Valley’s $445 million robot pizza revolution that wasn’t https://www.fastcompany.com/90979001/zume-pizza-silicon-valley-445-million-robot-revolution-that-wasnt "asked CNBC’s Jim Cramer—shirtsleeves rolled up, wagging his finger at the camera"    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 13:56:59

• "The fallout from Sarandon's remarks was swift and significant. The actress, known for her roles in films such as Dead Man Walking, Rocky Horror Picture Show and Clue, was dropped as a client by her Hollywood agency, UTA." https://radaronline.com/p/susan-sarandon-apologizes-anti-jewish-rant-nyc-pro-palestinian-rally/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:00:34

• Will Israel repeat its military tactics in southern Gaza? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231202-will-israel-repeat-its-military-tactics-in-southern-gaza    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:01:49

• ‘Khan Yunis is now a combat zone’: Bombardments resume across the Gaza Strip ☞ https://observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231201-khan-yunis-is-now-a-combat-zone-bombardments-resume-across-the-gaza-strip    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:02:00

• Israel-Hamas War: Israel Launches Strikes and Orders Evacuations in Southern Gaza ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12/02/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:02:12

• 7.6-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Philippines but Tsunami Warnings Are Lifted ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/world/asia/earthquake-philippines-mindanao.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:02:48

• Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD": Vit aliases to view tasks over different periods ☞ https://ankursinha.in/2023/12/02/vit-aliases-to-view-tasks-over-different-periods.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:03:52

• Iranian Rapper's Violent Re-Arrest For Comments In Video Sparks Outrage ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iranian-rapper-violent-re-arrest-video-outrage/32711015.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:04:13

• U.S. Expels Ex-Chile Army Officer to Face Charges in Killing of Víctor Jara ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/world/americas/chile-deportation-killing-victor-jara.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:04:38

• Let’s learn how modern JavaScript frameworks work by building one ☞ https://nolanlawson.com/2023/12/02/lets-learn-how-modern-javascript-frameworks-work-by-building-one/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:06:50

• Bootlin at Open Source Experience and SIDO in Paris, Dec 6-7 ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/bootlin-at-open-source-experience-and-sido-in-paris-dec-6-7/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:07:22

• IRC Proceedings: Saturday, December 02, 2023 ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/03/irc-log-021223.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:08:33

• The hypocrite in chief, making assurances and promises for a year when she is already retired and not even accountable in the reputation sense ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_23_6258    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:09:57

• Bill Gates says he will give away all his wealth... -press releases and puff pieces 20 years ago. His wealth has since then quadrupled or more.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:11:37

• Henry Kissinger promises to visit The Hague and face trial when he reaches age 101    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:12:19

• OpenMV CAM RT1062 camera for machine vision is programmable with MicroPython ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/03/openmv-cam-rt1062-camera-for-machine-vision-micropython/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:14:19

• AMD makes CPU and GPU comeback in latest Steam Hardware Survey — Red Team regains lost ground from Nvidia and defective chip maker Intel ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-makes-cpu-and-gpu-comeback-in-latest-steam-hardware-survey-red-team-regains-lost-ground-from-nvidia-and-intel    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:37:54

• siliconangle now takes Amazon bribes to do spamfarming for proprietary trap AWS    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:38:57

• North Korea begins reconnaissance satellite operations: KCNA ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-begins-reconnaissance-satellite-operations-kcna    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:39:16

• If You Want To Sell Hey Hi (AI) To Enterprises, You Need To Sell Ethernet ☞ https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/01/if-you-want-to-sell-ai-to-enterprises-you-need-to-sell-ethernet/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:43:39

• Clownflare marketing promoted/boosted by Phoronix, a site outsourced to and in effect served by Clownflare (except the shower of ads) https://www.phoronix.com/news/Clownflare-Gen12-Server    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:44:44

• good   

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:46:32

• Dear Molly, we heard you are good at selling invisible things that don't exist. We at GNOME strive to sell "CLOWN" and "HEY HI". You would be a "SMART" choice. Regards, ICBM and Gulag Microsoft.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:46:37

• Dear Molly, don't worry about qualifications, we'll just bait your critics and various sceptics, calling them "sexist". Regards, ICBM and Gulag Microsoft.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:47:30

• Dear Holly, don't worry if you don't know what Wayland is. Neither do we.    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 14:49:09

• Orange Pi teams up with Huawei to create a SBC for Hey Hi (AI) development — Huawei Ascend chip delivers 8/20 TOPS of Hey Hi (AI) performance ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/orange-pi-teams-up-with-huawei-to-create-a-sbc-for-ai-development-huawei-ascend-chip-delivers-820-tops-of-ai-performance    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:08:34

• "23% of undergraduate students nationwide experienced some form of food insecurity" ☞ https://kentwired.com/106884/latest-updates/cares-center-works-to-address-food-insecurity-on-campus/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:10:08

• Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 41 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/03/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-41/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:11:08

• UN Security Council votes to end mission in Sudan after ‘disappointing’ results and rising violence ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/un-security-council-votes-to-end-mission-in-sudan-after-disappointing-results-and-rising-violence/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:11:43

• BLUFFS ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/02/update-on-the-bluffs-bluetooth-vulnerability/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:12:02

• Breaches by Iran-Affiliated Hackers Spanned Multiple U.S. States, Federal Agencies Say ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/breaches-by-iran-affiliated-hackers-spanned-multiple-u-s-states-federal-agencies-say/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:12:09

• Iran loves Windows http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/28/Media_Cannot_Tell_the_Difference_Between_Microsoft_and_Iran.shtml    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:13:04

• A Radical New Drug Is Poised to Extend The Life of Large Dogs ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-radical-new-drug-is-poised-to-extend-the-life-of-dogs MinceR, woofwoof    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:20:48

• First-of-Its-Kind Trial Gives New Hope For Treating Multiple Sclerosis ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its-kind-trial-gives-new-hope-for-treating-multiple-sclerosis    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:21:04

• Plastic Waste Is Turning Tiny Marine Animals Off Sex ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/plastic-waste-is-turning-tiny-marine-animals-off-sex    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:21:36

• Latvia develops healthy food quality label ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/food-drink/02.12.2023-latvia-develops-healthy-food-quality-label.a533874/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:22:17

• Don't ask questions as headlines. Examine the evidence, then report the conclusive facts. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/world/americas/canada-elections-china.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:23:53

• The Wall Street Times is STILL doing puff pieces for this mobster ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/opinion/kissinger-china-gaza.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:24:45

• China combats surge of respiratory illnesses of known pathogens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-combats-surge-of-respiratory-illnesses-of-known-pathogens    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:25:08

• Village vloggers in China cash in on livestreaming ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/village-vloggers-in-china-cash-in-on-livestreaming    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:25:50

• COP 28: The G77+China Summit Inaugurated ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/COP-28-The-G77China-Summit-Inaugurated-20231202-0002.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:26:07

• GOP senators urge Biden to restrict travel between US and China amid child pneumonia outbreak ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/12/02/news/gop-senators-urge-biden-to-restrict-travel-between-us-and-china-amid-pneumonia-outbreak/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:26:26

• Nitinol ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/02/generating-motion-via-nitinol-wires/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:27:02

• "If you’re into radio frequency electronics, you’re probably thinking that I mean getting all your circuit elements working to a common characteristic resistance for maximum power transfer." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/02/the-physics-lesson-i-keep-re-learning/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:27:56

• "Wheels and tracks are common choices for robot propulsion, but they’re not the only game in town. You can do some nifty things with long extruded screws , and they work pretty well in soft terrain." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/02/build-yourself-a-screw-propelled-robot-to-tackle-the-dirt/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:28:25

• Are Fake Christmas Trees the New Normal? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/style/fake-christmas-tree-home-depot.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:30:43

• Orpo: Finland contributes €3 million to new climate fund for developing countries ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20063249    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:30:56

• Locals furious at ‘pathetic’ Christmas tree display ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/12/02/lifestyle/pathetic-locals-furious-at-council-decorated-christmas-tree/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:33:38

• Doja Cat Makes the Leap From the Internet to the Arena Stage ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/arts/music/doja-cat-scarlet-tour-review.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:34:19

• Israeli Intelligence Errors Over Hamas Attack Plan Prompt Scrutiny, but Little Backlash ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:35:05

• George Santos Reveals One Truth: It’s Easy to Abuse Campaign Finance Laws ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/us/politics/george-santos-campaign-finance.html    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:35:57

• Federal appeals court finds Trump is not immune from January 6, 2021 Capitol riot civil lawsuits ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/federal-appeals-court-finds-trump-is-not-immune-from-january-6-2021-capitol-riot-civil-lawsuits/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:36:16

• 🔤SpellBinding: ULNOPSF Wordo: EXACT gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-12-03.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:37:40

• "One thing I used to do all the time and almost forgot about it when markdown-mode introduced the whole “commands work one way if you have an active region and another if you don’t” thing is this: [...]" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/old-school-emacs-regions    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:38:47

• The self-balancing mathematics of D&D gemini://idiomdrottning.org/the-self-balancing-mathematics-of-dnd    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:40:00

• Blending the Seams gemini://idiomdrottning.org/blending-the-seams    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:40:55

• New characters are level one gemini://idiomdrottning.org/new-characters-are-level-one    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:41:46

• "Some people are like “it’s only the system, you don’t have to do anything, keep nomming those cheeseburgers, the only problem is the 100 richest corporations or the 0.1% richest people”." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/you-or-system    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:43:12

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D768.jpg    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:43:28

• "OK, first of all, if you’re not the project lead, and the project lead has opinions, those are gonna be more important than what some rando Gemini capsule like this has to say. When in Rome, merge or rebase like the Romans do." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/merging-vs-rebasing    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:44:12

• "Some time ago, I stumbled into std[1], a batteries-included development stuff." gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2023/12/02/enforcing-standards-with-nixos/    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 15:45:32

• Prepping gemini://rawtext.club/~winter/gemlog/2023/12-03.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 22:39:40

• File Divergence gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2023/202312/20231203-file-divergence.gmi "A few years ago I wrote a "microblogging" script to keep an offline, Twitter-style micro-journal."    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 22:40:46

• The Many Benefits of Anti-Consumerism gopher://alexkarle.com/0/phlog/036.txt    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 22:41:36

• Pondering Pomegranates gemini://thrig.me/blog/2023/12/03/pondering-pomegranates.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 22:42:22

• "We're talkin' filenames now devoid of meaning, filenames suggesting "attempt iterations" without clarity as to which was actually used in whatever circumstance/situation." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/oldernow/12186    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 22:43:14

• "sftp'ing to tilde.club has been touch and go from the get go. It occasionally happens licketty split. But mostly the sftp invocation hangs for many minutes before connection and put's." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/oldernow/12131    

posted Sunday, December 03, 2023 at 22:44:02