Roy Schestowitz

• Harvard Gutted Initial Team Examining Facebook Files Following $500 Million Donation from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Whistleblower Aid Client Reveals https://live-whistleblower-aid.pantheonsite.io/joan-donovan-press-release/    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:30:15

• How Colombia's dirty coal fuels Germany's energy transition https://www.dw.com/en/how-colombia-s-dirty-coal-fuels-germany-s-energy-transition/a-67583407    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:31:47

• Feds give $31.7 million to convert ex-coal plant in Detroit to clean energy https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/feds-give-317-million-convert-ex-coal-plant-detroit-clean-energy    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:32:32

• Elon Musk’s Crusade Against Free Speech https://www.truthdig.com/articles/elon-musks-crusade-against-free-speech/    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:34:00

• Musk Uses Expletive to Tell Audience He Doesn't Care About Advertisers That Fled X Over Hate Speech www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2023-11-29/musk-uses-expletive-to-tell-audience-he-doesnt-care-about-advertisers-that-fled-x-over-hate-sp    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:34:07

• Syrian human rights activist Ahmed Katie reportedly detained in Turkey https://bianet.org/haber/syrian-human-rights-activist-ahmed-katie-reportedly-detained-in-turkey-288664    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:35:46

• South Africa turns to Gulag in bid to curb crime https://www.dw.com/en/south-africa-turns-to-google-in-bid-to-curb-crime/a-67598440    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:38:11

• WTO https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/11/27/how-the-global-south-managed-to-call-for-change-in-the-wto-leadership-race-implications-on-africa/    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:39:19

• Freedoms https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/11/29/a-nuclear-assault-on-south-africas-freedoms/    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:40:17

• Prosecco http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/11/prosecco-plant-variety-or-geographical.html    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:42:01

• Crompouce® http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/11/guest-post-dutch-ip-battle-about-hyped.html    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:42:12

• How distinctive are faces? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/11/how-distinctive-are-faces.html    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:42:25

• collective mark protections http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/11/grana-padano-pdo-and-collective-mark.html    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:48:23

• geometric signs http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/11/can-geometric-signs-on-footwear-be.html    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:48:31

• military pact https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-quits-military-pact-with-seoul-what-next/a-67541707    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:49:14

• Robert Fico https://www.dw.com/en/slovakia-robert-fico-s-cabinet-includes-some-controversial-appointments/a-67539940    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:49:21

• fresh strikes https://www.dw.com/en/german-rail-union-warns-of-fresh-strikes-after-talks-fail/a-67542525    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:49:46

• contracts https://www.dw.com/en/german-economy-contracts-in-3rd-quarter/a-67539835    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:50:06

• Only Amazon? https://www.dw.com/en/german-activists-launch-black-friday-campaign-against-amazon/a-67540370    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:50:23

• Salmonella https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/fruit-recall-1.7039643    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:51:18

• 900 foreign workers https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/canada-trades-union-foreign-workers-insult-ev-battery-plant-1.7039366    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:51:38

• NFT bubble has truly burst, but do they have a future? https://www.dw.com/en/nft-bubble-has-truly-burst-but-do-they-have-a-future/a-67599615 next: LLMs, which they wrongly label "HEY HI"    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:52:27

• South China Sea https://www.dw.com/en/philippines-opens-south-china-sea-monitoring-base/a-67609055    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:52:55

• Vietnam reels from historic €11.4 billion corruption scandal https://www.dw.com/en/vietnam-reels-from-historic-€11-4-billion-corruption-scandal/a-67606137    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:55:10

• Canada Says Google Will Pay $74 Million Annually to Canadian News Industry Under New Online Law www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2023-11-29/canada-says-google-will-pay-74-million-annually-to-canadian-news-industry-under-new-online-law    

posted Monday, December 04, 2023 at 23:58:06

• Google won't block news links in Canada after all https://www.engadget.com/google-wont-block-news-links-in-canada-after-all-180258909.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:04:01

• Well, "net-zero" is greenwashing propaganda and CBC should know better https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/petrochemical-project-alberta-investment-billions-1.7043889    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:05:19

• No, they should not even be there. Polluting country (UAE), many lobbyists, and greenwashing https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/oilsands-executives-cop-28-carbon-capture-1.7044163    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:06:19

• 'lipstick index'?? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/lipstick-index-beauty-sales-1.7041218    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:06:55

• How will Signa's insolvency affect Germany? https://www.dw.com/en/how-will-signa-s-insolvency-affect-germany/a-67600415    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:09:05

• Austrian real-estate giant Signa to file for bankruptcy https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-real-estate-giant-signa-to-file-for-bankruptcy/a-67582944    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:12:20

• Do computers make children 'dumber, not smarter'? https://www.dw.com/en/do-computers-make-children-dumber-not-smarter/a-67573787    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:13:12

• Gulag https://www.dw.com/en/google-accused-of-placing-ads-on-sanctioned-web-pages/a-67584045    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:14:13

• debt brake https://www.dw.com/en/what-exactly-is-germany-s-debt-brake/a-67587332    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:15:35

• over 300% increase https://www.dw.com/en/germany-records-over-300-increase-in-antisemitic-incidents/a-67569427    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:15:56

• It kept COVID-19 secret in 2019 https://www.dw.com/en/is-china-muddling-its-response-to-cold-and-flu-spike/a-67576386    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:17:52

• "Net zero by 2050", but the people who say this are so old and this year is so far that this promise is meaningless "vapourware" https://www.dw.com/en/net-zero-by-2050-9-charts-showing-the-world-s-progress/a-59684637    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:18:13

• How to install Ubuntu in VirtualBox https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-ubuntu-in-virtualbox/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:19:24

• "One issue that concerned players, that was reported a lot, was the performance overlay GPU speed flipping between a low and high number which this should solve, on top of improving performance in some areas and general bug fixing." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/steam-deck-steamos-358-now-in-preview/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:20:47

• GNU/Linux a lot faster than Vista 11 https://nl.hardware.info/nieuws/87763/drie-gamingdistros-van-linux-verslaan-windows-11-in-gamebenchmarks    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:21:13

• Bad advice. Better to move to GNU/Linux or use a VM. WSL is an ATTACK on GNU/Linux. Sane people would not bother with it... https://www.xda-developers.com/tweaks-developer-make-windows-11/#setup-wsl-integrations    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:22:18

• https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/12/03/0315224/the-annual-emacs-conference-emacsconf-is-livestreaming-now   

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:23:28

• "It's "the conference about the joy of Emacs and Emacs Lisp." Started in 2013, the volunteer-run EmacsConf accepted 44 talks for this year — and Day Two has just started streaming online now." https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/12/03/0315224/the-annual-emacs-conference-emacsconf-is-livestreaming-now    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:23:38

• "Reco is a free, open-source audio recording app for Linux, written in Vala and GTK. Although it’s designed for elementary OS it works well on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, and doesn’t look too conspicuous on the modern GNOME desktop, either." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/12/reco-record-system-audio-microphone-same-time-ubuntu    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:24:01

• "So now that Firefox Nightly, Beta, and Developer Edition are all available as official Debs on Ubuntu (and Debian) the question is: will an official Firefox Deb for the sable release be coming too?" https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/12/mozilla-firefox-beta-developer-edition-debs    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:24:27

• "As we approach the end of 2023, the Linux community receives a delightful surprise: the December refresh of Mabox Linux 23.12. This update is not just a routine upgrade; it introduces the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) kernel 6.6, ensuring enhanced stability and longevity for users." https://betanews.com/2023/12/03/mabox-linux-23-12-december-update-lts-kernel-customization/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:26:54

• The issue here is proprietary bloat of VMware, not Linux, but Microsoft-connected sites present this as something wrong with Linux, as usual https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linux-version-of-qilin-ransomware-focuses-on-vmware-esxi/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:27:55

• 'new reality' https://www.dw.com/en/scholz-says-top-court-s-budget-ruling-means-new-reality/a-67568774    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:31:08

• debt brake https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-cabinet-agrees-to-lift-debt-brake-again-for-2023/a-67564655    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:31:58

• North Korea rebuilds border posts after scrapping deal https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-rebuilds-border-posts-after-scrapping-deal/a-67559968    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:32:54

• LPC 2023: CXL Microconference https://blog.stgolabs.net/2023/12/lpc-2023-cxl-microconference.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:37:07

• Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/953702/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:37:53

• Windows https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-775843    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:40:11

• Probably Windows also, but shallow articles say nothing technical https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/04/sellafield-nuclear-site-hacked-groups-russia-china    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:41:22

• "Conor LaHiff, 30, was charged in an Information with one count of unauthorized damage to protected computers. He will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date." https://www.databreaches.net/former-public-school-information-technology-manager-charged-with-damaging-schools-computer-network/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:42:03

• Sponsoring the crackers https://www.databreaches.net/on-september-2nd-the-u-s-branch-of-great-star-industrial-co-disbursed-a-ransom-of-1-million-dollars-to-a-ransomware-group/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:42:55

• Windows TCO https://doublepulsar.com/what-it-means-citrixbleed-ransom-group-woes-grow-as-over-60-credit-unions-hospitals-47766a091d4f    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:44:12

• "The empirical analysis thus reveals a significant gap between what legislators intend privacy protection to do (and what privacy statutes provided for on their face), and the actual landscape of privacy protection as interpreted by courts." https://www.databreaches.net/research-privacy-as-pretense-empirically-mapping-the-gap-between-legislative-judicial-protections-of-privacy/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:45:16

• Windows TCO https://www.databreaches.net/alphv-claims-they-have-started-contacting-some-of-tipaltis-clients/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 00:46:15

• China demands more fever clinics amid pneumonia surge https://www.dw.com/en/china-demands-more-fever-clinics-amid-pneumonia-surge/a-67555016    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:10:40

• budget crisis https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-greens-hold-intense-convention-amid-budget-crisis/a-67554462    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:11:26

• 'journalism is no longer considered safe' https://www.dw.com/en/in-georgia-journalism-is-no-longer-considered-safe/a-67512993    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:11:42

• Iran sues newspaper for publishing morality guard documents https://www.dw.com/en/iran-sues-newspaper-for-publishing-morality-guard-documents/a-67558567    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:11:56

• Last Generation https://www.dw.com/en/germany-last-generation-activists-blockade-berlin-streets/a-67552555    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:14:16

• Orban https://www.dw.com/en/hungary-s-viktor-orban-launches-anti-eu-campaign/a-67552795    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:14:37

• 'Make Amazon Pay' https://www.dw.com/en/amazon-eu-workers-stage-strikes-to-make-amazon-pay/a-67548603    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:15:28

• Cheap labor: Are tech giants exploiting Ugandans? https://www.dw.com/en/cheap-labor-are-tech-giants-exploiting-ugandans/a-67529209    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:15:44

• "China claims"... "Bill says...." https://www.dw.com/en/china-claims-all-clear-on-child-respiratory-disease/a-67543021    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:16:13

• EU: Air pollution killed hundreds of thousands in 2021 https://www.dw.com/en/eu-air-pollution-killed-hundreds-of-thousands-in-2021/a-67549612    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:16:36

• PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202312/page12.html December...    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:37:12

• "We thought the snuggly penguins made a really good non-secular holiday cover image, especially for a Linux magazine." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202312/editorial.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:38:38

• "ChatGPT quickly authored 100 blogs full of healthcare disinformation" https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202312/page01.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:41:26

• Inkscape Tutorial: Create A Text Design https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202312/page02.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:42:06

• Windows in China. A year ago 87%, now 79%. Seems like foreign policy playing a role. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/china/#monthly-202209-202312    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 01:56:51

• In Europe, Windows fell to 74% on desktops and laptops, i.e. less than three quarters (GNU/Linux at almost 3% now) https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/europe/#monthly-202209-202312    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 02:05:36

• GNU/Linux rose to 4.2% in Ukraine https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/ukraine/#monthly-202209-202312    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 02:27:48

• Over time, based on reactions from Microsofters, a GNU/Linux advocate learns what strikes a nerve and is a thorn on Microsoft's side. Then, AMPLIFY and REPEAT. You know THIS hurts them most.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 02:39:45

• Victims of Sirius pension fraud prepare for legal action against the 2+ perpetrators of the crime, maybe before Christmas. This isn't over. Far from it.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 02:40:39

• SFLC pays Mishi Choudhary (Senior Counsel) $200,000 per year. Seems like a quarter of the org's budget. Too high? https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/412165986    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:18:07

• Same salary since 2018, only the bonus changed https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/412165986    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:19:04

• And in the past 2 years SFLC operated at a loss. Maybe reduce the salaries a little? Seems steep.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:19:45

• Revenue of SFLC used to be twice as high, but the imposter hijacking the name (SFC, taking money from Microsoft) tried to use the deceit to grab the SFLC's money https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/412203632    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:21:13

• Software Freedom Conservancy Inc (SFC) even copied the salary of the chief (Mishi), Karen M Sandler takes the same. They even do a copycat in the salaries.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:22:17

• See page 11. SFLC running out of money in the bank. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/412165986/202243439349300924/full    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:24:46

• SFC: from cancel RMS to muzzle Moglen (and SFLC). Funded by... check out who pays SFC.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:25:16

• https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/412165986/202243439349300924/full   

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:26:54

• The official description of SFLC contains the term "Open Source" NINE times https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/412165986/202243439349300924/full    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:27:00

• The "shift" from SFLC to the hostile copycat (SFC) represents an attack on community-centric activity, moving activities to corporations-controlled labour mills (mostly unpaid work)    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:28:06

• Vitamin A and mystery pneumonia https://yewtu.be/watch?v=AIo8rtpD_LM    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:30:44

• Another BS company with no solid business model, just speculations and promises https://www.reuters.com/technology/twilio-cut-about-5-total-workforce-2023-12-04/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:33:56

• Fraud Street: you FIRED 1500 workers, the "market" says you are then worth MOAR. LOL. BS machine. https://www.investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-today/dow-jones-dips-as-uber-stock-soars-cathie-wood-sells-this-stock-up-109-percent-nvidia-stock-microsoft-stock-tesla-stock/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:36:50

• By this logic, so-called tech companies should just FIRE 50% of their workforce, then WALL STREET will.......... QUADRUPLE overnight    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:38:11

• Spotify: we struggle SO badly that the company might DOUBLE in fictional "worth"    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:38:55

• EA Lays Off Developers at Codemasters https://gamerant.com/ea-codemasters-layoffs/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:40:04

• This means they are doing GREAT, right? RIGHT, Wall Street? https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/twilio-cut-5-total-workforce-144822744.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:40:48

• Don't worry, Uncle Joe is coming 'round the corna' with another wheelbarrow of borrowed cash    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:41:23

• Top headlines: Canadian banks have never had job cut 'carnage' like this, David Rosenberg says https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/live-news-brookfields-12-8-123001675.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:41:44

• Eventually you get companies that "VALUE" themselves (fake) at 1 million per head (staff) or even a BILLION per head. Then Wall Street measures "GDP" (fake) based on such a fiction. Oh, those companies have debt as large as their alleged "worth"...    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:43:17

• Spotify 2 billion in debt. How much are 1500 staff paid per year? 0.15 billion? https://finbox.com/NYSE:SPOT/explorer/total_debt/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:45:04

• Spotify: don't worry, we GOT THIS!    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:45:21

• Maybe Spotify should fire 100% of its staff and save a billion dollars per year. Then do it again another year to pay off the debt? No, it doesn't work like that. Or do a Musk and fire 85% of the staff, then wonder why nazis take over and clients (advertisers) flee "FASTER THAN ENRON" (Stephen King)    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:47:08

• Spotify's company debt TREBLED since the pandemic. And Rogan, whom they paid 0.1 BILLION, dismissed the pandemic consensus, costing them a lot in business. Why are the CHIEFS not fired??    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:50:13

• Apple's debt ROSE by FOURTEEN billion in just TWO months. Wall Street is happy! DOUBLE the "worth"! https://finbox.com/NYSE:SPOT/explorer/total_debt/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:52:12

• We should all just call is FRAUD STREET. Blunt, but true. That's what it is at this point. Enron has become the new norm.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:52:47

• Despite MASS layoffs (about 30,000 staff removed) Facebook's DEBT continues to surge. Up 8 billion (additional) debt in half a year. What does FRAUD STREET say? https://finbox.com/NYSE:SPOT/explorer/total_debt/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:54:12

• S&P "worth" is like 30% made up by companies that are about a trillion dollars in debt    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:54:57

• Tesla's debt INCREASED 2.2 BILLION dollars in TWO months. What a genius mElon is! https://finbox.com/NYSE:SPOT/explorer/total_debt/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 03:56:16

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG 120 billion in debt. But don't worry, the automobile industry does fine when people have no jobs to drive to... https://finbox.com/OTCPK:MBGA.F/explorer/total_debt    

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

• No update here in 4 months https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/ last one was https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/workshop-video-editing-with-kdenlive/ wish FSF did a lot more advocacy. We need that!    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 04:33:49

• "Wow! It's been a full 365 days since my blog went under the lock [1]! And it's been a full 8,766 days since I started blogging [2]. Here's to another 8,766 days!" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2023/12/04.1    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 04:36:11

• "Given "me" and "the system" are arguably nothing more than mental constructs, it seems "it is" whatever gives mere mental constructs more value than they're arguably worth." gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-04-08-58-15.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 04:36:54

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1120.jpg    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 04:38:00

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D770.jpg    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 04:38:06

• A lot of the loudest RMS critics and blasters are emoji/anime/loli aficionados who fancy cartoons of underage characters, even adopting these arcane characters as avatars. Maybe all those empty accusations of "pedo" are merely an act of projection.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 04:40:02

• Like closeted gay man who become homophobic to disguise inner desires.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 04:40:30

• Still having to delete mailing list spam that the extremists of Gulagboy et al subscribe my _private_ address to. These aren't normal people. These are criminally-minded fanatics. http://techrights.org/wiki/Free_Software-Hostile_Militants/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 06:56:48

• The hatred in the hearts of minds of Microsoft militants cannot be neatly put in words as any words would be spun by them, painting THEM as the victims. ISIS: They hate us because our marvelous tents. Envious Westerners!    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 06:58:23

• No wonder the Microsoft militants openly sympathise with Hamas. Remember: these aren't normal people. They don't think like healthy people.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 06:59:00

• The only positive thing is, the whole "highest form of flattery" canard, which in this case gets derived from being in the same "target list" as Torvalds, Tso, RMS, and Moglen (the same people behind the attacks, same tactics too). We know who backs them financially. And they think lawyers/police is "for the lols".    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 07:01:20

• Advice for bully/bullies: do not openly taunt the legal system, saying lawyers are for "lols" or "funny". Judges don't looks kindly at people who use their courts "for lols".    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 07:02:15

• At the end the catspaw will be tossed under the bus (too big a liability), just like http://techrights.org/wiki/Peter_Bright/ ref: http://techrights.org/o/2023/08/31/catspaw-meme-dirty-work/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 07:03:36

• "Microsoft went berserk; tried unsuccessfully to get me fired as co-editor, and then launched a vicious, deeply personal extended attack in which they tried to destroy my career and took lethal action against a small struggling company because my wife worked there." http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2007/01/24/Mixup    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 07:04:17

• [Meme] It Was Never the Same After Bill Gates Paid the Sirius CEO Under a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) http://techrights.org/o/2023/01/18/bill-gates-nda/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 07:05:07

• The 'Grand' Series About Sirius will resume this month, as it is connected to the Microsoft militants who harassed Rianne Schestowitz and committed crimes against her http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 07:06:05

• There is a connection between the Microsoft battalion ( http://techrights.org/wiki/Free_Software-Hostile_Militants/ ) and what happened at Sirius in 2022 http://techrights.org/wiki/Crimes_of_Sirius_Open_Source/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 07:06:50

• "I am autistic" is a weak legal defence when you write a ton of self-incriminating stuff online, even if you delete it later (copied were taken already)    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 07:07:52

• Linus Torvalds flags holiday-mode changes to next kernel merge window https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/linux_kernel_6_7_rc4/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 07:56:43

• It is starting to look like makeuseof laid off ~5 people who covered GNU/Linux, 3 of them regularly https://www.makeuseof.com/search/?q=linux still no activity. See http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/04/GNU_Linux_Popularity_Surging_So_Why_Did_MakeUseOf_Quit_Covering.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 08:05:28

• Microsoft trolls cannot win the war. They can win a little battle here and there, but still, overall, they lose the war very very badly and it costs them everything. Money, credibility.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 08:56:18

• Microsoft did not embrace the "if you can't beat them, join them" mantra. Instead, to Microsoft, it's "if you cannot destroy them from the outside, then try to infiltrate them and cause chaos from within". Neither approach would work. People still have access to accurate assessment of Microsoft's true (and evil) strategy.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 08:58:25

• Taking Techrights offline will never work. It's designed in a way that makes it virtually impossible and those who try to take it offline get their hands burned. So no point trying unless you're sadistic.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 09:01:22

• The only time Techrights took down an article (in 17 years) was a case where two companies had identical name and one was mistaken for another (a patent troll).    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 09:02:29

• "First up, some notation. The "x" in the following indicate when noise is made, and the "." indicate silence (or, sometimes, that there is an onset, but it is much quieter than those marked with an "x"). What makes the noise or how long that sustains for are not indicated." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2023/12/05/random-rhythm-generation.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 09:25:06

• "Over the past few days, I've been battling a pernicious bug in my gopher server [1] wherein it becomes CPU (Central Processing Unit) bound and cause other issues on the server. I then have to go in and kill the gopher process (and the one time I couldn't even do that—I had to have the virtual server restarted)." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2023/12/04.2    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 09:25:55

• England and Wales Deaths 12.5% Higher Than Before the Pandemic, Even Half a Year After WHO Declared the Pandemic ‘Over’ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/12/05/england-and-wales-deaths-12-5-pct-higher/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 09:43:53

• bigger than london underground! The gaza terror tunnels exceed in size the london tube. legoland built with child labour https://www.ft.com/content/92757153-7aa1-473a-8be9-f862b4e4d065 They could instead buy condoms and improve their lifestyles    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 09:53:25

• China’s Health Authorities (Communist Party) Parroted by WHO, We Need More Data https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/12/05/we-need-more-data/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 09:57:58

• China’s Health Authorities (Communist Party) Parroted by WHO, We Need More Data https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/12/05/we-need-more-data/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 10:40:00

• 🔤SpellBinding — BEHNOUY Wordo: USING gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-12-05.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 11:15:27

• Notes on an overheard conversation at 4:15 am gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2023/12/05.1    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 11:16:14

• "Here’s a li’l completing-read that asks you to select one line from all the lines piped into it, and pipes that one line out. So you can use it in the middle of pipes, it doesn’t have to be at the end." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/zshbrev-completing-read    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 11:17:02

• * You can now specify what the index files are with the new `index-files` option in the config." gemini://nanako.mooo.com/gemlog/2023-12-04-a.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 11:17:59

• cd ~/ii/ && ii -s irc.techrights.org -i techrights3 -n techrights-news && sleep 20 & echo '/j #techrights' > ~/ii/techrights3/irc.techrights.org/in & echo '/j #tuxmachines' > ~/ii/techrights3/irc.techrights.org/in & echo '/j #boycottnovell-social' > ~/ii/techrights3/irc.techrights.org/in & echo '/j #techpol' > ~/ii/techrights3/irc.techrights.org/in    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 11:19:17

• "Aya is now written in Common Lisp and uses the CL-RemiGemini library. This provides better conformance, as well as support for client certificate handling. You can now specify what the index files are with the new `index-files` option in the config." gemini://nanako.mooo.com/gemlog/2023-12-04-a.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 11:20:20

• Desktop Operating System Market Share Sao Tome And Principe https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/sao-tome-and-principe/#monthly-200901-202312    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 11:34:57

• Desktop Operating System Market Share Seychelles https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/seychelles/#monthly-200901-202312    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 11:36:05

• "damaging hospitals" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/03/russia-shells-ukraine-s-kherson-killing-at-least-one-and-damaging-hospitals | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:43:17

• "The Linux kernel's dcache subsystem is its implementation of a name cache of directory entries; it holds dentries." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/DCacheGettingStats | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:44:34

• "RPKI data can be transported in two ways — an HTTPS-based distribution protocol called RRDP, and via RSYNC." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/04/using-timestamps-inside-rpki-objects-to-optimize-rrdp-rsync-transport-switchovers/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:45:22

• "In the fast-paced world of web development, it's easy to get caught up in the latest frameworks" ☛ https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/4/ | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:46:12

• "Well I came across an article by Phuoc Nguyen about them called Build an OTP input field." ☛ https://chriscoyier.net/2023/12/04/html-css-for-a-one-time-password-input/ | Source: Chris Coyier    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:46:41

• "A web-based, wiki-like notepad that you host yourself." ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/adopting-a-very-simple-wiki.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:47:10

• "Kubernetes follows an N-2 support policy (meaning that the 3 most recent minor versions receive security and bug fixes)" ☛ https://matduggan.com/why-kubernetes-needs-an-lts/ | Source: Mat Duggan    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:48:39

• "I have some jails already updated to FreeBSD 14 – let’s get a list of what needs to be updated." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2023/12/03/excluding-some-jails-from-upgrade/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:50:01

• "Stuff goes wrong. I like to check. Trust. But. Verify." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2023/12/03/post-upgrade-checking-the-jails/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:50:11

• "I was upgrading a jail (dns1) on r730-01 and I noticed this output from mkjail: [...]" ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2023/12/03/freebsd-14-upgrade-files-not-removed-by-delete-old/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:50:22

• "The device contains an Arduino Mega 2560 board and it receives utilization data through serial from a PC running a custom Rust program." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/12/04/analog-gauge-array-helps-evaluate-compilation-efficiency/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:55:43

• "Raspberry Pi's Eben Upton has hinted that a successor to the company's wildly popular RP2040 dual-core microcontroller" ☛ https://www.hackster.io/news/eben-upton-hints-at-an-rp2040-successor-promises-a-raspberry-pi-compute-module-5-in-2024-ec331994aca3 | Source: Hackster    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:55:52

• [Old] "The Raspberry Pi 5 is at once more of the same and something entirely new." ☛ https://www.hackster.io/news/raspberry-pi-5-review-hands-on-with-the-most-powerful-raspberry-pi-yet-57efaf61b10f | Source: Hackster    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 12:56:03

• "The OpenZFS development team have put out not one but two new releases of the open-source cross-platform filesystem for Linux" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/two_new_versions_of_openzfs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:01:12

• "Over the past few days, I've been battling a pernicious bug in my gopher server wherein it becomes CPU bound" ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2023/12/04.2 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:01:25

• "Further, CNN is lying about what the EU’s GDPR privacy law actually requires." ☛ https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/12/05/cnn-testing-block-for-brave-browser-users-of-anti-cookie-notification-lists-lies-about-privacy-law/ | Source: DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer)    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:01:54

• "A maker and roboticist known commonly as Odd Jayy, Jorvon creates cool stuff for Digi-Key." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/meet-jorvon-moss-magpimonday/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:03:13

• "Self taught robot maker" ☛ https://www.digikey.co.uk/en/maker/profiles/55b96932eee744aaa472df702557cac3 |    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:03:21

• "The difficulty is going up and down. This day was quite easy in comparison to yesterday." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/chi-square-distribution-and-test-in-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:04:23

• "Tool sharpening in computing comes in various guises." ☛ https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2023/how_often_should_we_sharpen_our_tools.html | Source: Lawrence Tratt    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:04:30

• "Size of download is 344k bytes." ☛ https://qemu-advent-calendar.org/2023/#Day04 | Source: Qemu    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:04:44

• "This is the first time that I’m attempting all of the puzzles, and my aim is do them roughly within the same day." ☛ https://chrishannah.me/4-days-of-advent-of-code | Source: Chris Hannah    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:05:28

• "There are a few ways to profile Rust programs, but my favorite is flamegraph (also called cargo-flamegraph)." ☛ https://ntietz.com/blog/profiling-rust-programs-the-easy-way/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:05:41

• "Created by Niklaus Wirth in 1970, Pascal is a small and efficient procedural programming language that is easy to use" ☛ https://bytecellar.com/2023/12/04/thinking-back-on-turbo-pascal-as-it-turns-40/ | Source: Byte Cellar    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:07:44

• "Turbo Pascal was released in 1983 and represented a shift from the traditional way programming tools worked in the early days" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/40_years_of_turbo_pascal/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:08:12

• [Old] "Borland is Microsoft's largest and most acclaimed competitor in the development tools market." ☛ https://www.eetimes.com/borland-sues-microsoft-for-unfair-competition/ | Source: EE Times    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:08:50

• [Old] "Borland claims that in the past 30 months, Microsoft has hired 34 of the ailing software developer's key employees" ☛ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/borland-sues-microsoft-over-brain-drain/ | Source: CNET    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:09:01

• "Ho, ho, ho! In this hilarious Christmas-themed Dancer2 web app tutorial" ☛ https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-05.html | Source: Perl    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:09:46

• "On the plus side, all the addresses came in via emails and pdf attachments as computer readable unicode text." ☛ https://raku-advent.blog/2023/12/05/the-elves-go-back-to-grammar-school/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:10:18

• "As my own twist on this, I’m going to try to publish one short blog post each day of Advent 2023" ☛ https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2023/dec/03/python-enums/ | Source: James Bennett    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:13:58

• "This is part of a series of posts I’m doing as a sort of Python/Django Advent calendar for Advent 2023" ☛ https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2023/dec/04/python-http-status-codes/ | Source: James Bennett    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:14:15

• "You may be wondering: what does the average day in the life of a technical writer look like?" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/05/technical-writer-day-in-the-life/ | Source: James G    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:15:38

• ""Technical writing" is a broad umbrella. It can mean everything from scientific communication to writing instruction manuals." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/04/types-of-documentation/ | Source: James G    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:19:18

• "During their encore, the band’s current lineup — founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons as well as guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/kiss-farewell-live-touring-become-us-band-virtual-105335952 | Source: ABC    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:19:27

• "But I’ve yet to write about how I take and publish notes to it." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2023/how-i-take-and-publish-notes/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:19:39

• "Called the Quantum Internet Alliance" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/technology/2023-12-04/the-race-is-on-for-a-new-internet-based-on-quantum-physics.html | Source: El País    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:26:56

• "One thing he points out is that mindfulness isn’t achieving a zen-like state on a mountain top" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/noticing-the-ground-beneath-my-feet/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:42:15

• "Trust is essential to society. Humans as a species are trusting." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/ai-and-trust.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:43:51

• Windows TCO: "The provider is Trellance Cooperative Holdings Inc." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/04/new-citrix-bleed-ransomware-threat-hits-many-credit-unions/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:45:48

• Windows TCO: "Trellance-owned Ongoing Operations told affected credit unions it was the target of a ransomware attack on Nov. 26" ☛ https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/credit-unions-outages-ransomware/701442/ | Source: Industry Dive    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:48:48

• Windows TCO: "Trellance did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday." ☛ https://abc7chicago.com/ransomware-attack-in-us-credit-union-outages-trellance-cyberattack-ncua/14133374/ | Source: ABC    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:48:56

• Windows TCO: "Credit union technology firm Trellance own Ongoing Operations LLC, and provide a platform called Fedcomp" ☛ https://doublepulsar.com/what-it-means-citrixbleed-ransom-group-woes-grow-as-over-60-credit-unions-hospitals-47766a091d4f | Source: Kevin Beaumont    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:49:23

• Windows TCO: "The US designated the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization in 2019." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/iran_terrorist_us_water_attacks/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:49:32

• Windows TCO: "Goldstein did not provide exact figures on the impacted water facilities, but an alert from CISA, the FBI..." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-fbi-epa-water-unitronics/ | Source: Scoop News Group | see http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/28/Media_Cannot_Tell_the_Difference_Between_Microsoft_and_Iran.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:49:57

• "Why is there not an in-place upgrade from one Amazon Linux to another?" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/david_nalley_interview/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:50:38

• "This goes way beyond the NSA’s metadata collection program." ☛ https://off-guardian.org/2023/12/04/the-white-houses-secret-surveillance-program-breaks-all-the-laws/ | Source: Off Guardian    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:52:18

• "noyb has filed a lawsuit against the credit reference agency CRIF GmbH and the address trader AZ Direct." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-sues-crif-and-az-direct-illegal-and-secret-data-processing | Source: NYOB    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:52:28

• "23andMe, the world’s leading consumer DNA harvesting enterprise" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/23andme-dna-test-hackers-stolen-data-6-million-users-1851071432 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 13:56:23

• "A U.N. report last month recommended a "near total phase-out" of coal production by 2040" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/04/cop28-al-jaber-fossil-fuel-phase-out-science | Source: Axios    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:17:41

• "Climate scientists have emphasized that Jaber’s statements are inaccurate" ☛ https://www.vox.com/climate/2023/12/4/23988430/cop28-climate-fossil-fuels-jaber | Source: Vox    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:18:03

• "In reality, scientists warn that the only paths to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius require phasing out fossil fuels" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1216935780 | Source: NPR    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:18:21

• "They are literally telling us their plans, all we have to do is listen." ☛ https://off-guardian.org/2023/12/04/cop28-the-globalist-agenda-has-never-been-more-obvious/ | Source: Off Guardian    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:25:52

• "The remarks, which were made by Al-Jaber during a live online event on Nov. 21" ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/03/climate-john-kerry-responds-to-cop28-presidents-fossil-fuel-comments.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:25:59

• "The approval last week by Iraq’s Oil Ministry for Inpex – the major oil company of key U.S. ally Japan" ☛ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/04/russia-takes-control-of-iraqs-biggest-oil-discovery-for-20-years/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:26:35

• "It's clear that drones and other weapons based on autonomy can replace tanks, artillery and mortars" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/04/artificial-intelligence-us-military-weapons | Source: Axios    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:27:58

• "The robot is being controlled by a different engineer wearing a set of VR goggles nearby" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/video-boxing-robot | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:44:35

• "During a search, a China-made quadcopter was found in a field." ☛ https://thenorthlines.com/drone-found-near-ib-in-punjabs-amritsar/ | Source: The North Lines IN    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:44:45

• "Days before the attack, traders appeared to anticipate the events to come" ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-investigates-possible-trading-knowledge-ahead-of-october-7-hamas-attack/articleshow/105733193.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:45:17

• "Leaders meeting at COP28 will have to agree rapid cuts in fossil fuel emissions even to keep the 2°C target alive." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/05/global-carbon-budget-report-fossil-fuel-emissions-record-high-cop28 | Source: Axios    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:45:33

• "If global emissions and fossil fuel burning continue at their current rates, this warming level will be breached by 2030." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/its-crucial-we-phase-out-fossil-fuels-despite-outrageous-cop28-claims | Source: Science Alert    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:45:46

• "I’m not alone in struggling with the prospect of motherhood." ☛ https://www.vox.com/features/23979357/millennials-motherhood-dread-parenting-birthrate-women-policy | Source: Vox    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:46:07

• "Black carbon concentrations have risen 55% on an annual basis, mostly due to the wildfires, researchers found." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/05/wildfires-air-quality-progress-western-us | Source: Axios    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:53:31

• "That grim finding comes from a new study, published in the journal Science, which took a look at CO2's effects in the stratosphere." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/carbon-dioxide-more-fearsome | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:53:39

• "Over ten years, the cost for waste management and dealing with its impact on marine ecosystems is projected to reach $186 billion." ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/why-pollution-from-cigarettes-costs-26-billion-a-year/articleshow/105732674.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:53:51

• "The supply side (a.k.a. the drilling side, the pipelines, the cigar-smoking megarich CEOs) is one side of the problem." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/you-or-system | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 14:53:57

• "The Irish carrier has issued a statement after several reports suggested that passengers have been asked to pay a fee" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ryanair-passengers-asked-pay-scandalous-fee-download-boarding-pass-airline-offers-update-1721997 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:22:16

• "There has been significant governmental activity around AI, driven especially by the G7 Hiroshima process." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/12/04/ask-the-chefs-the-us-executive-order-on-artificial-intelligence/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:28:48

• "Among the impressive lines on his resume include Peter Thiel Fellow and Forbes 30 Under 30 member." ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2023/12/04/red-cat-management-george-matus/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:28:58

• "UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has laid out how porn sites could verify users’ ages under the newly passed Online Safety Act." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/4/23987821/uk-online-safety-act-age-verification-pornography-privacy | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:31:45

• "The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of nine cents per share on revenue of $149.7 million" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/04/gitlab-beats-expectations-delivers-first-ever-profit-stock-jumps/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:32:00

• "Rosendale said that subcommittee members received the VA response to Bost’s letter less than an hour before Monday’s hearing." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/va-hires-unnamed-senior-executive-to-clean-up-website-benefits-issues/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:32:29

• "The Canadian government tried to salvage the Online News Act" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/12/law-bytes-podcast-episode-187/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:33:07

• "Once in force, which will happen 20 days after its adoption by Parliament and the Council" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/infosec_in_brief/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:33:32

• "Spotify head Daniel Ek announced the layoffs in a publicly published message today" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/04/spotify-layoffs-december-2023/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:34:38

• "The company has already conducted two rounds of layoffs this year. In January, when Spotify axed 6% of its global payroll..." ☛ https://qz.com/spotify-is-ending-2023-with-its-third-and-biggest-layof-1851069804 | Source: Quartz    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:35:48

• "Ek admitted that this would come as a surprise to the nearly one in five staff being cut" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/spotify-lays-off-1500-revenues-climb-works-1851069988 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:37:03

• "The layoffs at the Stockholm-based music streaming service, which employs about 9,200 people" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/Business/spotify-cut-17-workforce-ceo/story?id=105351562 | Source: ABC    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:37:59

• "Across the tech industry, tens of thousands of positions have been cut in the last year as a pandemic-era boon continues to fade." ☛ https://text.npr.org/1216950219 | Source: NPR    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:38:25

• "For example, self worries this transmission won't make some other self's grade, therein finding this self to be less than this self would want to be found." gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-05-07-10-05.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:40:07

• "I write these notes about Linux over Gemini, a protocol with a similar do-it-yourself attitude among its users. Gemini isn't a perfect protocol, as the endless debates about its features and weaknesses show." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2023/202312/20231205-the-end-of-good-enough.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:41:14

• "Seeing the recent spike in users and reading some interesting posts, I felt really curious as to the ways people came across this bit of the internet. So to put it clearly" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1599    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:42:12

• It is starting to look like makeuseof laid off ~5 people who covered GNU/Linux, 3 of them regularly https://www.makeuseof.com/search/?q=linux still no activity. See http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/04/GNU_Linux_Popularity_Surging_So_Why_Did_MakeUseOf_Quit_Covering.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:43:24

• File/directory entropy warrior gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-03-07-39-25.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:43:45

• "Do I really want to create yet another account somewhere now that tilde.club seems permanently dead?" gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-03-19-08-47.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:44:26

• "The latest round of cuts equates to roughly 1,500 jobs, according to a CNBC source familiar with the matter" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/spotify-lay-17-employees-read-full-memo-ceo-daniel-ek-sent-staff-rcna127868 | Source: NBC    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:46:34

• "North Korean threat actors are believed to have stolen more than $3 billion in cryptocurrency to date" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/north-korean-hackers-have-stolen-over-3-billion-in-cryptocurrency-report/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:46:50

• "I want Indian developers to be at the forefront of protocol development." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/want-india-to-lead-protocol-development-in-web3-says-polygons-sandeep-nailwal/articleshow/105728025.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:47:06

• "Spotify had previously cut 6% of its staff — roughly 600 employees — earlier this year. And it cut 200 roles after consolidating" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/04/spotify-layoffs-staff-profits-losses | Source: Axios    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:47:36

• "Spotify has laid off 17% of its employees, or about 1,500 people" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/spotify-to-reduce-staff-by-17-in-second-layoff-this-year/articleshow/105721966.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:50:20

• "EU lawmakers cannot agree on how to regulate systems like ChatGPT, in a threat to landmark legislation" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/generative-ai-a-stumbling-block-in-eu-legislation-talks/articleshow/105716156.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:50:52

• "extremism researcher Joan Donovan is" ☛ https://futurism.com/facebook-accused-pressuring-harvard | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:52:16

• "Beginning in 2018, Donovan worked for the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/04/tech/facebook-disinformation-whistleblower/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:52:23

• "Joan Donovan, a leading scholar of online-disinformation campaigns, is going public about why she believes she was recently forced out" ☛ https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-star-misinformation-scholar-says-harvard-pushed-her-out-for-criticizing-meta | Source: Chronicle Of Higher Education    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:52:33

• "Following the meeting, [Kennedy School] Dean [Douglas] Elmendorf began a two-year campaign to purge Dr. Donovan" ☛ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/12/04/metro/misinformation-expert-files-whistleblower-complaint-against-harvard/ | Source: Boston Globe    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:55:15

• "So I messaged him and asked him what was going on. That was a terrible idea." ☛ https://connortumbleson.com/2023/12/04/a-lost-friend/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:55:25

• "This week, Emerson T. Brooking joins Matthew and Emily to explain how online discussion shapes the reality on the ground" ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjb9n/how-online-fights-affect-real-world-battlefields | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:55:46

• "I just wanna say one thing, the beginning of my speech was edited, cut out I didn't know about it, and wanna read it" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/donald-trump-lashes-out-at-robert-de-niros-gotham-award-speech-he-has-become-a-total-loser-101701690964837.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:56:19

• "The revision to the electronic information and transaction law (ITE) includes tighter requirements for the law's defamation article" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-12-05/indonesia-softens-internet-law-after-critics-complain-of-misuse | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 15:57:41

• Gershkovich case ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/world/europe/evan-gershkovich-russia-detained.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:00:34

• "It’s not hard to imagine Trump breaking laws to go after journalists" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/01/trump-reelection-media-coverage-journalism/676126/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:01:17

• ">All criminal prosecution of police officers who violently assaulted people at the 2017 G20 summit in Hamburg came to nothing" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2023/12/04/last-investigations-closed-hamburg-g20-police-violence-in-2017-remains-completely-unpunished/ | Source: Site36    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:01:43

• "The deputy governor of Qom, Abolghasem Moghimi Araghi, emphasized in the directive the need for female employees to comply" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-qom-women-chador/32713444.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:02:01

• "As of 31 December 2023, due to our content licensing arrangements with content providers" ☛ https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/playstation-sony-tv-shows-delete/ | Source: Comic Book    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:03:44

• "It is not an instant 100 percent cutoff. The client, and the games, will keep working for now" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/steam_mac_lin_changes/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:04:01

• "Instant Ink is a subscription in which ink or toner cartridges are dispatched when needed" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/hp_printer_lockin/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:04:55

• "If you’ve benefited from this blog and other licensing material I’ve published, please consider donating to Blue Oak Council’s license" ☛ https://writing.kemitchell.com/2023/12/04/Fund-Blue-Oak-License-List | Source: Kyle E Mitchell    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:05:02

• "While Ticketmaster event links’ ability to turn TikTok users into ticket customers is unclear" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/04/tiktok-ticketmaster-partnership/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:07:44

• "A coalition representing 83 prominent Spanish media outlets has launched a legal offensive against Meta, parent company of social media giant Facebook" ☛ https://www.businessworld.in/article/Meta-To-Face-550-Mn-Lawsuit-By-Spanish-Media-Outlets-Over-Unfair-Competition/04-12-2023-501041/ | Source: BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:07:52

• "The lawsuit was filed by the AMI newspaper publishing association in a commercial court on Friday, the association said." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/spanish-media-association-files-598-million-lawsuit-against-facebook-owner-meta/articleshow/105722825.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:08:06

• "After a career spanning over 50 years, KISS is marking the official end of its “physical existence” as a band" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/03/kiss-announces-the-end-of-its-physical-existence-with-avatars/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:10:11

• "In this vein, lead singer Paul Stanley and bandmates Gene Simmons" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/kiss-to-live-on-as-avatars-retire/236309/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:10:26

• Fake economy: stocks of companies SURGING when there are MASS LAYOFFS    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:19:10

• Enron-style FRAUD STREET: companies doing SO WELL that they FIRE their staff. Explain this logic, please?    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:19:47

• "Clownflare applauds a recent decision from a Higher Court in Germany, which ruled that DNS resolvers are not liable for online piracy." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-applauds-court-for-rejecting-dns-piracy-blocking-order-231205/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:20:00

• "In 2022, a group of major recording labels won $47 million in damages from Internet provider Grande Communications." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/record-labels-urge-court-to-uphold-47-million-piracy-liability-verdict-231204/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:20:07

• "Movie companies behind The Expendables, Olympus Has Fallen, and The Hitman's Bodyguard, have built a reputation for tracking down thousands of BitTorrent users" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/movie-companies-sue-lawyer-in-dispute-over-piracy-settlement-cash-231204/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:20:14

• "Today, we welcome the latest addition to our growing onion services community: Amnesty International, the international human rights non-profit" ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/amnesty-international-launches-onion-service/ | Source: Tor    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:25:13

• "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor client in Rust. Now we're announcing the latest release, Arti 1.1.11." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/arti_1_1_11_released/ | Source: Tor    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:25:24

• "We lay out 10 areas of opportunity to help Computing teachers make the subject more relevant and engaging for all learners in their classroom." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/culturally-relevant-pedagogy-areas-opportunity-adapting-lessons/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:27:09

• "For our Cape Town meetup with Global Clubs Partners, we brought together organisations from across Africa to learn and collaborate." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/2023-global-clubs-partner-meetup-africa/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:27:16

• Orange Pi SBC adopts Huawei Ascend AI processor ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/orange-pi-sbc-adopts-huawei-ascend-ai-processor/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:28:22

• December 2023 Update: Armbian 23.11 Topi Release ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/december-2023-update-armbian-23-11-topi-release/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:29:07

• More Microsofters ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-foundation-welcomes-four-new-board-members/ | Source: Mozilla | see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/05/Yet_More_Microsofters_Inside_the_Board_of_Mozilla_Which_Has_Jus.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:30:03

• "This detailed guide will help you understand what a Webapp is, its advantages, difference between the traditional apps and webapps" ☛ https://ostechnix.com/linux-mint-webapp-manager/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:30:26

• Florida ☛ https://thedissenter.org/police-secrecy-snag-florida-supreme-court-decision/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:31:53

• UAE Blasted by HRW ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/4/uae_hrw | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:32:23

• "Just Transition" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/4/asad_rehman | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:32:29

• "Darren Woods, the CEO of Exxon, celebrates the potential of carbon capture to dramatically reduce global emissions." ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2023/12/05/reuters-new-york-times-top-list-of-fossil-fuel-industrys-media-enablers/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:33:28

• "Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi is attending the COP28 climate summit as a guest of the United Arab Emirates, DeSmog can reveal" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2023/12/04/telegraph-sale-middleman-nadhim-zahawi-is-a-guest-of-uae-at-cop28/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:33:49

• "Fully Functional" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/05/mini-apple-iie-now-fully-functional/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:34:25

• "In this article, we explore the benefits and key considerations of this essential deployment and operating paradigm." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openshift-disconnected-installations | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:36:09

• "Some more games to start your week? Okay then! Here's two newer selections from Humble Bundle." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/get-a-bunch-of-jrpgs-and-uplifting-adventures-in-these-game-bundles/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:36:53

• "EA (Electronic Arts) have added a few more patents to their Patent Pledge for Increasing Accessibility to help game developers." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/ea-opens-up-more-patents-for-increasing-accessibility-in-gaming/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:37:06

• "Kitfox and Bay 12 Games have revealed that the new Adventure Mode for Dwarf Fortress (Steam) will arrive in April 2024 with a new trailer." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/adventure-mode-for-dwarf-fortress-arrives-april-2024/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:37:29

• "Sons Of The Forest is one game that was sadly a little too much for the Steam Deck to handle at the release" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/sons-of-the-forest-adds-fsr-20-and-better-settings-for-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:43:23

• "Occasionally, you might want to modify your PDF and maybe add text, and images, fill forms, append a digital signature, and so on." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/pdf-editors-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:45:24

• "Developer and game porter Ryan "Icculus" Gordon has created a new library named ControllerImage for game developers" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/controllerimage-provides-easy-on-screen-prompts-for-game-developers/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:45:42

• "Snacktorio from APICO developer TNgineers now has a demo available, and it's quite a fun game that blends factory building" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/check-out-the-demo-for-snacktorio-a-factory-cooking-sim-where-you-feed-monsters/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:46:27

• "Songs of Conquest is an impressive Early Access turn-based strategy adventure game and it has a new Beta available" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/songs-of-conquest-working-on-improved-steam-deck-gamepad-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:46:46

• raids. ye have a lawyer? https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/12/04/police-raids-preemptive-closures-and-an-18-label-for-my-little-pony    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:48:13

• windows tco https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/haard-kritik-af-statens-it-500-aktive-servere-kan-ikke-sikkerhedsopdateres    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:48:25

• ukraine https://www.axios.com/2023/12/04/white-house-congress-ukraine-funding    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:48:37

• cop28 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:48:48

• Sweden https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2023/12/04/justitieministern-balanserar-pa-slak-lina/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:50:01

• Ukraine's morale issues https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-04/ukraine-needs-more-soldiers-but-few-want-to-go-to-war.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:50:39

• baltic sea https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/large-fifthmillennium-bc-cemetery-in-the-subarctic-north-of-the-baltic-sea/42223CBE5EB7F6157FE0DF100078C3F3    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:50:56

• santos https://jacobin.com/2023/12/george-santos-expulsion-lies-us-congress-corruption/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:51:09

• "immunity" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/1204/Trump-claims-immunity-in-Jan.-6-lawsuits.-Federal-court-disagrees    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:51:28

• "A Warning: America survived the first Trump term, though not without sustaining serious damage. A second term, if there is one, will be much worse." https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/01/warning-second-trump-term/676117/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:51:39

• digital services act https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2023/nach-100-tagen-grosse-internetkonzerne-ignorieren-digital-services-act/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:52:40

• "Amidst a time where people saw every square inch/cm of their homes, two openSUSE members founded an innovative way to foster camaraderie" ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2023/12/04/community-plans-virtual-bar-anniversary/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 16:53:01

• TPM is not security and these fingerprint things are futuristic gimmicks rather than a mechanism for authentication https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/68537.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:01:58

• "Some people have taken to renaming GM-less roleplaying games “GM-full games”, maybe because they think “less” is a dirty word. But I think “GM” is an even dirtier word and that less is more when it comes to that! GM-less should be a selling point for these games, you don’t need no GM to play them!" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/gm-less    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:18:20

• "I feel it's a bit of a rite of passage, because it crowns a string of achievements: eating alone, putting on clothes, playing alone, etc." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1600    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:19:07

• "Over my time here i have gauged that im a lot younger than most of the users here. Im a teenager, I still go to school. I've had a privileged childhood. My parents are goverment workers overseas and I have sepnt a big portion of my childhood moving about, it's a double edged sword." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1601    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:19:41

• Getting crap curated by Beijing to harm people ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/re-release-traktok/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:21:25

• "Defendant Noshirvan is a Fentanylware (TikTok) creator." ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/12/04/plaintiff-sues-defendant-alleging-defendants-niche-is-cancel-culture/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:22:01

• OxyContin's Reformulation Linked to Rising Suicides by Children ☞ https://reason.com/2023/12/04/oxycontins-reformulation-linked-to-rising-suicides-by-children/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:22:44

• "U.S. citizen reportedly found dead in Russian migrant center after apparent suicide" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/04/u-s-citizen-reportedly-found-dead-in-russian-migrant-center-after-apparent-suicide | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:23:02

• China’s Health Authorities (Communist Party) Parroted by WHO, We Need More Data ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/12/05/we-need-more-data/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:23:18

• Outbreaks of Pneumonia Are Now Affecting Children in Multiple Countries ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/outbreaks-of-pneumonia-are-now-affecting-children-in-multiple-countries    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:23:50

• Infographic: Who's Moved to Florida Since COVID Started? ☞ https://reason.com/2023/12/04/infographic-whos-moved-to-florida-since-covid-started/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:24:24

• Molly White on Hey Hi (AI) and effective altruism ☞ https://rubenerd.com/molly-white-on-ai-and-effective-altruism/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:25:18

• Chinese censors delete news report probing return of COVID tracking ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-health-code-12042023154207.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:25:54

• Philippines' MarcUS tests positive for Covid-19 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-marcos-tests-positive-for-covid-19    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:26:30

• GPU market sees impressive recovery as desktop graphics cards sales rocket up 37% — JPR says 'the post-Covid black death is over' ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/report-shows-desktop-graphics-cards-sales-up-nearly-37-as-total-gpu-market-increases-17-from-last-quarter    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:26:47

• Can Boris Johnson Keep His Cool at U.K.’s Covid Inquiry? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/world/europe/boris-johnson-uk-covid-inquiry.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:26:59

• "Trust in science and vaccines is declining." ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2023/12/04/trust-in-science-and-vaccines-is-declining-is-it-too-late-to-reverse-the-decline/ |    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:27:38

• All vaccines must be properly tested, not just patented and sold in bulk with SECRET back door deals, hoarding taxpayers' money    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:28:31

• England and Wales Deaths 12.5% Higher Than Before the Pandemic, Even Half a Year After WHO Declared the Pandemic ‘Over’ ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/12/05/england-and-wales-deaths-12-5-pct-higher/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:28:49

• "struggle to recover from the pandemic." ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/theater/new-york-theater.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:29:23

• "exodus earlier in the pandemic" ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/nyregion/nyc-working-class-tax-rich.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:29:41

• Math Scores Dropped Globally, but the U.S. Still Trails Other Countries ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/us/math-scores-pandemic-pisa.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:30:04

• 349: Software License to Thrill plus New All AMD Laptop from Tuxedo Computers ☞ https://destinationlinux.org/episode-349/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:31:19

• Mozilla is all buzzwords now. One can tell Microsoft is in the board, hyping up nonsense and vapourware. ☞ https://irlpodcast.org/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:32:52

• Pluralistic: Francis Spufford's "Cahokia Jazz" (04 Dec 2023) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/04/cahokia/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:33:00

• LHS Episode #524: The Weekender CX ☞ https://lhspodcast.info/2023/12/lhs-episode-524-the-weekender-cx-2/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:34:00

• Tyler Goodson of ‘S-Town’ Podcast Is Shot Dead in Police Standoff ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/us/tyler-goodson-dead-s-town-podcast.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:34:17

• Late Night GNU/Linux – Episode 258 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-258/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:34:48

• EU wetting itself over buzzword and hype ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_23_6362 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_23_6246    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:35:59

• How To Install Abusive Monopolist Microsoft SQL Server on Fedora 39 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-sql-server-fedora-39/ It is proprietary and it does not really run on GNU/Linux, it's just some lousy compatibility layer    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:38:04

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

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:38:42

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

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:38:48

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

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:39:14

• How to Create Swap Partition in GNU/Linux ☞ https://idroot.us/create-swap-partition-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:39:21

• How To Install Jupyter Notebook on Fedora 39 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-jupyter-notebook-fedora-39/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:39:30

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

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:40:07

• How to Install ExifTool on GNU/Linux Mint 21 or 20 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/install-exiftool-on-linux-mint/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:40:20

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

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:40:32

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

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:40:45

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

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:41:11

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

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:41:28

• How to Create a backdoored Windows 10/11 Bootable USB on GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-create-a-windows-bootable-usb-on-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:45:15

• How to install java 17 on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-java-17-on-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:45:31

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

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:45:55

• How to Install MySQL 8.2 on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mysql-innovation-release-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:46:06

• How to Install MySQL 8.0 on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mysql-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:46:18

• How to fix "hostname: the specified hostname is invalid" error ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-fix-hostname-the-specified-hostname-is-invalid/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:46:41

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

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:47:01

• How to Install Waterfox Browser on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/install-waterfox-browser-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:47:53

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

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:48:04

• How to quickly reinstall the Ubuntu Software Center ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/134767/how-to-quickly-reinstall-the-ubuntu-software-center.htm    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:48:21

• geeksmint is now RE-cycling very very old articles... presenting them as "new" ☞ https://www.geeksmint.com/peppermint-os/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:49:50

• 14 Best GNU/Linux System Monitoring Tools [GUI+CLI] ☞ https://www.geeksmint.com/best-linux-system-monitoring-tools/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:50:18

• When Bluetooth on GNU/Linux fails, this command can come to the rescue. Here's how to set it up ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/when-bluetooth-on-linux-fails-this-command-can-come-to-the-rescue-heres-how-to-set-it-up/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:51:13

• How to Install Waterfox from official tarball in Ubuntu ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2023/12/install-waterfox-tarball/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:51:54

• digiKam 8.2.0 Released, Updated Frameworks & Few Hundred Bug-fixes ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2023/12/digikam-8-2-released/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:53:16

• █████ http://techrights.org/feed.xml ██████████████████████ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 08:45:00 +0000 ███████ Web Monopolist, Google, 'Pulls a Microsoft' by Hijacking/Overriding the Name of Competitor and Alternative to the Web    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:58:40

• "Gulag 'hijacking' 'Gemini'" ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/04/Gulag_hijacking_Gemini.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:59:06

• Using Gemini to Moan About GNU/Linux and Spread .NET ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/04/Using_Gemini_to_Moan_About_Linux_and_Spread_NET.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:59:17

• "There's a handful of different tools, settings, and apps that can help better secure your kid’s device, depending on their needs. We've broken them down into four categories: Parental Monitoring, Security, Safety, and Privacy." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/how-secure-your-kids-android-device | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:59:39

• "Since August, we've spent much of our time discovering and making contact with existing relays." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/tor-university-challenge-first-semester-report-card | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 17:59:58

• EFF managers too inexperienced to even noticed 1) their own hypocrisy. 2) cases wherein their own mission is undermined.    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:00:38

• LibreOffice community interview: Robert Cabane, QA project ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/12/05/libreoffice-community-interview-robert-cabane-qa-project/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:02:08

• Apache Groovy’s Ternary operator: Simplifying conditional expressions ☞ https://opensource.net/ternary-operator-apache-groovy-7/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:05:09

• Study Confirms That PREVAIL Act, Patent Office ANPRM Proposals Will Hurt the Economy ☞ https://www.patentprogress.org/2023/12/study-confirms-that-prevail-act-patent-office-anprm-proposals-will-hurt-the-economy/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:15:23

• Lack of Actual Actual Confusion Leads to Dismissal of FICO Challenge to FIDO for Fraud Prevention Software and Services ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2023/12/lack-of-actual-actual-confusion-leads.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:15:56

• Major Labels Have the Fight of Their Lives Against Hey Hi (AI) Tech Giants — Elon Musk Says It’s Already Too Late ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/04/ai-copyright-major-label-platform-lawsuits-musk/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:18:38

• Uruguayan President “In Talks” with Spotify to Prevent Departure ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/04/will-spotify-leave-uruguay-in-2024/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:19:02

• Who Will Hold the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Accountable for Taking Bribes From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Selling Out to Enable/Endorse Massive Copyright Infringement? ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/04/Who_Will_Hold_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Accountable_for_Ta.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:19:28

• "Bullshit DMCA Complaint" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/04/google-takes-down-downloader-app-again-after-bullshit-dmca-complaint/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:20:30

• copyright ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/04/if-creators-suing-ai-companies-over-copyright-win-it-will-further-entrench-big-tech/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:20:35

• Ogre set to ban Moscow-time fireworks on New Year's eve ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/04.12.2023-ogre-set-to-ban-moscow-time-fireworks-on-new-years-eve.a533991/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:21:01

• Lithuanian intelligence chief says Belarusian expats get targeted by KGB, pose security challenges ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2140782/lithuanian-intelligence-chief-says-belarusian-expats-get-targeted-by-kgb-pose-security-challenges    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:21:41

• labor shortage ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/04/analysts-predict-russian-labor-shortage-to-reach-2-4-million-workers-by-2030 | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:25:30

• Police capture Russian organized crime leader in İstanbul ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/police-capture-russian-organized-crime-leader-in-istanbul-288818    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:25:46

• Evan Gershkovich Is Still Awaiting Trial in Russia, 250 Days Later ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/world/europe/evan-gershkovich-russia-detained.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:26:20

• NYT Covers Up the Still-Ongoing Trump-Russian Effort to Frame Joe Biden ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/12/04/nyt-covers-up-the-still-ongoing-trump-russian-effort-to-frame-joe-biden/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:26:40

• No, Russia sent many Muslims across the border. This headline is spin. ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20063396    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:28:30

• Nepal urges Russia not to recruit its citizens into army; says six killed ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/nepal-urges-russia-not-to-recruit-its-citizens-into-army-says-six-killed    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:34:23

• In New Case, Russian Prosecutors Seek 12 Years For Jailed Ex-Governor ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-belykh-new-charges/32713381.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:34:33

• Russian ruble falls ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/05/russian-ruble-falls-as-moscow-exchange-opens-tuesday | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:34:57

• Putin to Visit Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. on Wednesday ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/world/europe/putin-visit-saudi-arabia-uae.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:35:32

• A Prison at War: The Convicts Sustaining Putin’s Invasion ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/world/europe/russia-prison-wagner-ukraine.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:35:42

• Putin blames ... Bill Gates says... his is journalism?☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/putin-blames-nord-stream-blasts-for-disruption-of-russia-germany-relations    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:36:35

• Putin to visit UAE, Saudi Arabia this week: Russian news outlet ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/putin-to-visit-uae-saudi-arabia-this-week-russian-news-outlet    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:37:02

• Putin To Make Rare Trip Abroad With Visit To Middle East ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-uae-saudi-arabia/32714349.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:37:32

• Melbourne duo working on using GNU/Linux phones as general computing devices ☞ https://itwire.com/open-source/melbourne-duo-working-on-using-linux-phones-as-general-computing-devices.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:38:12

• Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://venturebeat.com/programming-development/ibm-advances-quantum-computing-ambitions-with-generative-ai-power-for-software-development/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:38:54

• "the I.C.B.M. unveiled the Quantum System Two" ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/04/ibm-unveils-next-gen-133-qubit-heron-quantum-processor-first-modular-quantum-computer/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:39:23

• Robustel introduces EG5101 and EG5200 Debian 11 industrial IoT gateways with 4G LTE cellular connectivity ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/05/robustel-eg5101-and-eg5200-debian-11-industrial-iot-gateways-4g-lte-cellular-connectivity/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:40:01

• Zorin OS 17 Beta Unveiled with Striking Improvements ☞ https://linuxiac.com/zorin-os-17-beta-unveiled-with-striking-improvements/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:41:20

• I Contributed to Badger Cruelty ☞ https://kevquirk.com/i-contributed-to-badger-cruelty    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:42:53

• 1 charged, 1 wanted by Hong Kong anti-graft watchdog after allegedly inciting boycott of ‘patriots’ District Council race ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/05/1-charged-1-wanted-by-hong-kong-anti-graft-watchdog-after-allegedly-inciting-boycott-of-patriots-district-council-race/    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:45:24

• "Anti-Abortion Movement" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/ohio-abortion-constitutional-amendment/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:49:01

• Humanitarian Aid ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/humanitarian-aid/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:49:19

• Books for students of Russian gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1701792976 does anyone but Russians learn it now?    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:50:28

• What It Takes to Save the Axolotl ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/science/mexico-axolotl-biology.html    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:57:17

• World's Largest Iceberg on The Loose After Being Stuck For Decades ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-largest-iceberg-on-the-loose-after-being-stuck-for-decades    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:57:57

• A Man Drank So Much Radium His Skull Literally Disintegrated ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-man-drank-so-much-radium-his-skull-literally-disintegrated    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:58:49

• Tinnitus Could Be Our Brain's Way of Coping With Nerve Damage ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tinnitus-could-be-our-brains-way-of-coping-with-nerve-damage    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:59:02

• It's Crucial We Phase Out Fossil Fuels, Despite Outrageous COP28 Claims ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/its-crucial-we-phase-out-fossil-fuels-despite-outrageous-cop28-claims    

posted Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 18:59:12