Roy Schestowitz

• Finnish police to quit using X for operational communications ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20064928 very good; others must follow....    

posted Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 23:28:17

• typewriters ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/when-is-a-typewriter-a-printer-when-it-has-a-parallel-port/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 23:38:19

• Unbricked Their Train ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/polish-train-manufacturer-threatens-hackers-who-unbricked-their-trains/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 23:38:54

• Payments industry faces rising fraud challenges as crypto fraud drops ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/13/au10tix-payments-industry-faces-rising-fraud-challenges-crypto-fraud-drops/    

posted Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 23:39:42

• Self-driving? Pipe dream. ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/13/tesla-rolls-autopilot-update-2m-vehicles-nhtsa-safety-investigation/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 00:45:43

• EU agrees to rules that will give gig workers employee rights ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/13/eu-agrees-rules-will-give-gig-workers-employee-rights/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 00:46:33

• Adobe’s stock falls on soft guidance and news of FTC investigation ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/13/adobes-stock-falls-soft-guidance-news-ftc-investigation/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 00:46:55

• Bank of England Keeps Interest Rates at 5.25%, a 15-Year High ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/business/bank-of-england-interest-rates.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 00:47:18

• Drop in electricity prices keeps inflation at 3.3% year-on-year during November ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20065060    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 00:47:28

• Trump Waived Presidential Immunity Defense in Jean Carroll's Libel Case Against Him ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/12/13/trump-waived-presidential-immunity-defense-in-jean-carrolls-libel-case-against-him/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 00:48:58

• Qt for MCUs 2.2.5 LTS Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-mcus-2.2.5-lts-released    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 00:49:29

• Qt Design Studio 4.3.2 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-design-studio-4.3.2-released Still proprietary, KDE not worried    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 00:50:12

• 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) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2023/12/dia-to-release-new-ai-strategy/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 00:51:03

• OF COURSE we have a strategy. Our strategy is a buzzword, a fu--ing meme!    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 00:51:56

• When our buzzword strategy fall flat on its face, we'll roll over for the next one. Smart, IoT, AR, metaverse, Web3, blockchains, NFTs, "advanced" (or "generative") "HEY HI"... what comes next?    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 00:53:40

• Amazon 160+ Billion Dollars in Debt and They Tell Us Jezz Bezos is Worth... What? https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/12/15/amazon-160-billion-dollars-in-debt/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:19:27

• India police file terrorism charges against four over Parliament security breach ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/india-police-file-terrorism-charges-against-four-over-parliament-security-breach    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:22:48

• Iraq links some US embassy attackers to security services ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/iraq-links-some-us-embassy-attackers-to-security-services    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:28:43

• Iranian Professor Resigns After Being Questioned Over Support Of Protesters ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-university-professor--resigns-protests/32729311.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:28:52

• Motorcycle protester appears in 'confessional' video ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hong-kong-confessional-video-12132023164926.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:29:06

• Intelligence chief says Lithuania should limit migration or ramp up screening capabilities ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2149192/intelligence-chief-says-lithuania-should-limit-migration-or-ramp-up-screening-capabilities    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:29:16

• Upholding national security to become ‘core value’ in Hong Kong’s updated civil service code ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/14/upholding-national-security-to-become-core-value-in-hong-kongs-updated-civil-service-code/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:29:34

• Man jailed under security law says he was swayed by society’s atmosphere in Hong Kong police-promoted TV show ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/14/man-jailed-under-security-law-says-he-was-swayed-by-societys-atmosphere-in-hong-kong-police-promoted-tv-show/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:29:51

• Hong Kong national security police issue arrest warrants, HK$1 million bounties for 5 overseas activists ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/14/breaking-hong-kong-national-security-police-issue-arrest-warrants-hk1-million-bounties-for-5-overseas-activists/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:30:12

• Open access to Hey Hi (AI) foundational models poses various security and compliance risks, report finds ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/ai-open-access-foundational-models-security/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:38:48

• Introducing SBOMit: Adding Verification to SBOMs ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2023/12/13/introducing-sbomit-adding-verification-to-sboms/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:39:03

• Zemlin PAC needs to "DROP THE SBOM". It's NOT the solution to security woes.    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:39:41

• Then again, Zemlin follows the religion of Bill Epstein Maxwell Gates http://techrights.org/o/2022/10/12/jim-zemlin-applauding-bill-gates/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:40:09

• The migration dividend: Unlocking new opportunities for migrants’ labor force integration ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/event-recap/the-migration-dividend-unlocking-new-opportunities-for-migrants-labor-force-integration/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:02:22

• Biden’s trade policy U-turn bodes ill for Indo-Pacific security ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/bidens-trade-policy-u-turn-bodes-ill-for-indo-pacific-security/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:03:01

• Australia must act now to develop a national security strategy ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-must-act-now-to-develop-a-national-security-strategy/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:03:21

• New cyberthreat actor GambleForce targets websites in eight countries ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/14/group-ib-new-cyber-threat-actor-gambleforce-targets-websites-eight-countries/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:05:09

• Proprietary junk ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/dell-urges-customers-to-patch-vulnerabilities-in-powerprotect-products/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:06:44

• Did Project Disco take money from Bezos? ☞ https://www.project-disco.org/competition/amazons-motion-to-dismiss-shows-the-factual-and-legal-weaknesses-of-the-ftcs-case/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:09:00

• Luiz Barroso, Who Supercharged Google’s Reach, Dies at 59 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/technology/luiz-barroso-dead.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:09:39

• Wikipedia is a large set of linked advertisements everyone is invited to enhance. You can also become a sponsor ("influencer") http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/08/Wikipedia_is_Vandalism_Brought_to_You_by_Microsoft_and_Bill_Gat.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/23/Microsoft_and_Bill_Gates_Both_Bribe_Wikipedia_and_It_ll_Protect.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:11:14

• Microsoft defends Edge’s predatory practices with cringe and audacious reply on X ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-defends-edges-predatory-practices-with-cringe-and-audacious-reply-on-x/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:12:31

• But Microsoft is also a crime group, so the underlying issue is unresolved ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-seizes-infrastructure-of-top-cybercrime-group/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:13:25

• Microsoft committed many vastly worse crimes ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-disrupts-cybercrime-service-that-created-750-million-fraudulent-accounts/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:14:12

• "It’s a perennial debate: whether American tech companies are contributing to government control of the internet in China." ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/13/1085146/yahoo-china-responsibility-tech-companies/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:14:44

• China blasts UK’s ‘malicious intentions’ after foreign sec. meets son of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/13/china-blasts-uks-malicious-intentions-after-foreign-sec-meets-son-of-hong-kong-media-mogul-jimmy-lai/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:15:22

• Utopia Distribution Services Touts ’Record-Breaking’ November ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/13/utopia-distribution-services-november-record/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:16:37

• Did Spotify Just Score a Major Victory Against Fashion Company Apple in the EU? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/13/did-spotify-just-score-a-major-victory-against-apple-in-the-eu/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:17:01

• Apple is always in (remote) control of all these devices. That is not a plus. ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-testing-new-stolen-device-protection-feature-for-iphones/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:17:42

• Many people still enter a lot of very personal information/data into devices they neither truly own nor control    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:18:35

• Apple is trustworthy, according to untrustworthy people who are unable to judge the very concept of trust    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:19:19

• ESP32 Qwiic Pro Mini is an ESP32 board in Arduino Pro Mini form factor ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/14/esp32-qwiic-pro-mini-esp32-board-arduino-pro-mini/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:19:33

• Think twice before abandoning Xorg. Wayland breaks everything! https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:21:28

• Chinese University of Hong Kong fires vice-president with immediate effect, citing ‘loss of confidence’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/14/chinese-university-of-hong-kong-dismisses-vice-president-with-immediate-effect-citing-loss-of-confidence/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:42:02

• There is no "era of HEY HI". This is no era of "HEY HI". This is a lie. It's hype. It a pump-and-dump plot - the latest among several.    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:43:59

• T-shooting Terraform for DShield Honeypot in Microsoft trap Azure, (Wed, Dec 13th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30484 Azure is a giant back door for surveillance on tenants    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:45:29

• Philippines ‘wargaming’ Chinese hostilities as South China Sea stand-offs intensify ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-wargaming-chinese-hostilities-as-sea-standoffs-intensify    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:46:21

• AI-driven algorithm AI-driven algorithm AI-driven algorithm AI-driven algorithm AI-driven algorithm AI-driven algorithm HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI ALGORITHM! ALGORITHM! ALGORITHM! ALGORITHM! ALGORITHM! ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/samsungs-new-monitor-sets-oled-refresh-rate-record-of-360-hz-thanks-to-ai-driven-algorithm    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 02:46:49

• Microsofter talking about "Linux" in YouTube https://yewtu.be/watch?v=H6t8eeXlADY    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:07:17

• Mozilla openly admitting it turned Firefox into spyware ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/performance/2023/12/13/new-sheriffing-feature-and-significant-updates-to-kpi-reporting-queries/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:25:09

• Tesla recalls 2 million US vehicles to fix autopilot safety problems ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/business/20231213-tesla-recalls-2-million-us-vehicles-to-fix-autopilot-safety-problems    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:26:02

• Canned Responses and Moderator Decisions ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2023/12/13/canned-responses-and-moderator-decisions//    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:26:28

• Turkey’s ‘Ekşi Sözlük’ social control media site banned again ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/turkeys-eksi-sozluk-social-media-site-banned-again-289287    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:26:57

• Arizona Private Schools Surge Tuition ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/arizona-schools-hiking-tuition/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:27:37

• The Most Dangerous Canadian Internet Bill You’ve Never Heard Of Is a Step Closer to Becoming Law ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/12/the-most-dangerous-canadian-internet-bill-youve-never-heard-of-is-a-step-closer-to-becoming-law/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:28:22

• fracking ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/exposing-the-jewish-national-fund-and-radioactive-fracking/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:29:03

• "Education Investment" ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/californias-education-incarcerated-youth/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:29:27

• Lack of Funding for Rural School Districts ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/legislation-lack-funding-rural-school/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:29:40

• speech ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/13/missouri-ag-announces-bullshit-censorial-investigation-into-media-matters-over-its-speech/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:40:31

• "horrific suppression of free speech and activism regarding Palestinian human rights." ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/michigan-in-color/the-middle-east-and-um/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:41:12

• GDPR complaint against X (Twitter) over illegal micro-targeting for chat control ads ☞ https://noyb.eu/en/gdpr-complaint-against-x-twitter-over-illegal-micro-targeting-chat-control-ads    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:41:38

• "The European tech industry is booming. From hyper-growth start-ups like GitLab, to profitable fintech like TransferWise, to IPO successes like Spotify, you’ll find innovation spanning all areas of technology." https://siliconcanals.com/news/startups/kai/guestblog/4-european-cities-best-quality-of-life/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:56:04

• Embracer Strikes Again as Layoffs are Reported at 3D Realms https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/embracer-strikes-again-as-layoffs-are-reported-at-3d-realms    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:56:24

• Workers picket Game Awards amid industry layoffs ⚓ https://therealnews.com/workers-picket-game-awards-amid-industry-layoffs "Game Workers of Southern California say the industry has laid off 8,000 workers in 2023"    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 03:57:01

• YouTube (Google) does not measure how many people view a video, it displays how many people (or bots) loaded the page and maybe started playing a video (before closing the tab/browser, even midway through playback). So the supposed "importance" of YouTube is misleading; same in Twitter and FB with "impressions".    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:00:30

• well, removed your your employer and paymaster, not anybody else. ☞ https://who-t.blogspot.com/2023/12/xorg-being-removed-what-does-this-mean.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:01:38

• IBM does not mind breaking the experience of desktops/laptops/DEs and users; it helps make sales (of support contracts)    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:02:53

• IBM's CEO was told by a Red Hat employee "I love you", but the CEO heard "I loveJEW" and got fired on the spot. http://techrights.org/o/2021/04/25/ibm-germany-history/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:04:09

• IBM left Twitter over racism. The hypocrisy is astounding. http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:04:45

• "Rolling out to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and 23.10 this week is an update to the Noto Color Emoji font that’s includes full support for all of the new emoji in Unicode 15.1." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/12/ubuntu-noto-emoji-font-update-unicode-15-1    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:07:54

• How to find a file in Linux https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-find-a-file-in-linux    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:08:24

• "IBM engineers working on Open Horizon within the Linux Foundation begin a Vault fork as challenges continue for HashiCorp, which also addressed Terraform Cloud pricing angst." https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366563095/IBM-engineers-hatch-Linux-Foundation-HashiCorp-Vault-fork    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:09:46

• "They wouldn't actually need to put it onto Steam for it to work on Linux / Steam Deck though, there's various ways to get the Epic Games Store on Linux and Fortnite already loads with Proton, it's just the anti-cheat blocking you actually playing it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/fortnite-on-linux-steam-deck-not-until-tens-of-millions-of-users/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:10:08

• Busy riding hype waves https://venturebeat.com/ai/linux-foundation-advances-open-source-vision-with-g    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:11:09

• Linux is a kernel https://finance.yahoo.com/news/linux-operating-system-market-reach-054500713.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:11:31

• "Dump and restore are two Linux utilities that help ensure reliable backups. From utility installation to restoring file systems, this tutorial is for Linux users of all levels." https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/tutorial/Dump-and-restore-Helpful-backup-utilities-for-Linux-users    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:11:52

• "Frustrated by an app's absent or lagging support for your preferred distro? Like magic, Distrobox runs applications from different Linux distributions right on your Linux computer. They’re running on your computer, yet they’re in their own native distribution. We show you how it works." https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-app-on-any-linux-distro-with-distrob    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:12:29

• How to rename a file in Linux https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-rename-a-file-in-lin    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:13:04

• "This tutorial walks users through using the Linux tar utility. Readers will learn a few commands to create files, then how to back up and restore them."    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:13:33

• Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/955130/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:17:33

• 25 years of Postfix https://lwn.net/Articles/955248/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 04:18:58

• They do not delete Windows https://theconversation.com/why-federal-efforts-to-protect-schools-from-cybersecurity-threats-fall-short-216866    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:44:02

• Windows. "DataBreaches has sent an inquiry to NCN about the currently alleged attack. No reply has been received by publication." https://www.databreaches.net/neurology-center-of-nevada-allegedly-attacked-by-qlin/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:44:51

• "his administrative access to deactivate and delete thousands of Apple IDs from the school’s Apple School Manager account" https://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-high-school-computer-network-cyberattack-guilty-plea/46123098#    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:45:36

• Windows TCO https://windsornewstoday.ca/windsor/news/2023/12/14/hospital-systems-slowly-coming-back-online-after-october-cyberattack    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:46:09

• Windows? news.err.ee/1609194952/10-000-people-s-data-stolen-in-genetic-testing-company-asper-biogene-leak    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:46:56

• Windows TCO: "The temporary folder path that’s created is dependent on the archiving utility, such as WinRAR, that’s used to unpack the archive file." https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/detecting-disrupting-malvertising-backdoors    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:48:44

• They stop short of deleting Windows https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/fcc-approves-major-updates-to-data-breach-notification-rules-a-23870    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:49:16

• Windows strikes again? https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/prolonged-internet-outage-forces-henry-county-schools-to-return-to-basics/DB5H634NBRERDNMPOUUYTEGKAE/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:49:47

• "A school has apologised for sending an email to parents which listed the personal data of 69 pupils who were being disciplined for bad behaviour." https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-67698037    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:50:34

• "On its leak site, DragonForce claims it exfiltrated 55.78 GB of data. They also provide a link to what they call “publicated files,” but the connection to what is supposed to be a data tranche has timed out on multiple attempts to connect to it." https://www.databreaches.net/new-leak-site-reveals-yet-two-more-u-s-medical-sector-victims/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:51:20

• Ubuntu Blog: Canonical joins the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-joins-the-openairinterfacesoftware-alliance    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:57:43

• Coffee-themed Xmas tree ☞ https://rubenerd.com/coffee-themed-xmas-tree/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:57:52

• Performance engineering on Ubuntu leaps forward with frame pointers by default in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-performance-engineering-with-frame-pointers-by-default    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:58:19

• Mixtile Core 3588E development kit review – Part 1: Unboxing and first boot ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/14/mixtile-core-3588e-development-kit-review-unboxing-first-boot/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 05:59:34

• "preloaded with backdoored Windows 11 Pro operating system" but we "review" it anyway because we goy YET ANOTHER 'gift' from GEEKOM ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/14/geekom-mini-it12-core-i7-12650h-mini-pc-review-part-1-unboxing-teardown-and-first-boot/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:00:31

• Optimising Ubuntu performance on amd64 architecture ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/optimising-ubuntu-performance-on-amd64-architecture    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:02:11

• Peter Hutterer: Xorg being removed. What does this mean? ☞ http://who-t.blogspot.com/2023/12/xorg-being-removed-what-does-this-mean.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:02:44

• Six ways to make your headphones sound better ☞ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2023/12/13/six-ways-to-make-your-headphones-sound-better/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:06:52

• Ex-vice-president of state-run China Development Bank Zhou Qingyu arrested for alleged bribery ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/14/ex-vice-president-of-state-run-china-development-bank-zhou-qingyu-arrested-for-alleged-bribery/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:07:12

• SVT-AV1 1.8 out https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1/-/releases thankfully not using Microsoft for code hosting. Nobody should.    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:08:10

• UPC is an illegal, fake "court"; it was lobbied for, using bribed, by this corrupt publisher, essentially telling lies to advance an ongoing crime, then reporting on the outcome of this crime ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/reel-and-hogan-lovells-repel-fives-damages-claim-at-the-upc/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:09:34

• And yet more marketing disguised as journalism, with sponsorship from the firms covered ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/lederer-keller-and-kraus-weisert-announce-merger/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:10:21

• Vertex will pay tens of millions to license a controversial CRISPR patent monopoly ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/13/1085209/vertex-license-controversial-crispr-patent-editas/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:10:35

• The EU collapsing (being abolished by right-wing parties) is one way the UPC will go away; the UPC was a case of crime, which in turn serves to discredit the EU and helps its critics.    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:12:09

• Graphite Charging power supply patent monopoly reexam granted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2023/12/13/graphite-charging-power-supply-patent-reexam-granted    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:12:22

• Unified Patent Court is totally illegal, but firms that promoted this huge crime, at the expense of the EU's legitimacy, are going out of their way trying to legitimise the crime ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2023/12/13/unified-patent-court-conflicting-decisions-arent-something-of-the-past/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:13:23

• Federal Circuit Continues to Apply Strict Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Analysis ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/12/continues-obviousness-patenting.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:13:35

• More Than Just “Inventory”: Some Professional Responsibility Implications of Third Party Patent Assertion Entity Funding

     

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:14:04

• "Law is a noble profession destined to be marred by the activities of attorneys behaving badly." ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/12/professional-responsibility-implications.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:14:13

• FreeRDP 3.0 is out, but it is controlled by Microsoft and ProprietaryPrison, so no link    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:15:34

• 10 Guidelines for Secure Software Development from OpenSSF ☞ https://www.fosslife.org/10-guidelines-secure-software-development-openssf    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:16:45

• NSA puts back doors in things and CISA is partly controlled by Microsoft, so don't listen to them ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2023/12/nsa-cisa-call-on-software-developers-suppliers-to-improve-open-source-software-management-practices/ http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/ http://techrights.org/o/2023/03/21/microsoft-stacking-panels-2023/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:18:53

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D780.jpg    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:25:44

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1130.jpg    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:25:49

• "Although hate speech and disinformation with potentially dangerous consequences do not need to be encouraged in any way, the most zealous efforts to stop such speech also have negative consequences." gemini://rawtext.club/~oxymoronist/tinylog.gmi    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:26:33

• "I'm not particularly clever, but even I recognize this for what it is: a deniable call to action, to violence, a more subtle form of what Henry II gave when he gave his famous "Will nobody rid me of this turbulent priest?" speech." gemini://rawtext.club/~winter/gemlog/2023/12-14.gmi    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:27:30

• "And what's all this over, anyway? The FCC ruling to deny $900M in subsidies for rural Starlink broadband. That's it! Just a denial for free government money, the kind that rich call subsidies when applied to themselves, and handouts should we poors get the same." gemini://rawtext.club/~winter/gemlog/2023/12-14.gmi    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:27:56

• "It sounds like if Musk wants public funds, his company needs to actually do the necessary work. Instead of buying a social media company and running it into the ground, tweeting erratically, he could focus on the work of doing work instead. But he can never, will never log off." gemini://rawtext.club/~winter/gemlog/2023/12-14.gmi    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:28:29

• "New non-stick pans were purchased. The old ones were not very non-stick, and had been observed atop red-hot burners boiling something or the other. This is not so good a use? Warnings were issued not to turn the heat up on the new non-stick pans, a warning that probably was and will be forgotten." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2023/12/15/pans.gmi    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:28:59

• VOGUE VEGAN for Cosmetics Dilutes Famous VOGUE Marks, Says TTAB ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2023/12/vogue-vegan-for-cosmetics-dilutes.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:30:11

• [disinformation] Pro-China YouTube Network Used Hey Hi (AI) to Malign U.S., Report Finds ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/business/media/pro-china-youtube-disinformation.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:30:53

• Copr: CPT - look back at 2023 ☞ https://fedora-copr.github.io//posts/look-back-2023    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:31:20

• Météo-France Open Data ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/meteo-france-open-data/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:31:46

• Ulaa: A Secure and Private Browser Based on Chromium ☞ https://linuxtldr.com/ulaa-browser/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:32:57

• Microsoft people now speak for the OSI and write the official OSI blog ☞ https://blog.opensource.org/osi-end-of-year-review-2023/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:39:24

• Russell Coker: Fat Finger Shell ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2023/12/14/fat-finger-shell/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:42:36

• Many people 'inside' the community work against it and work for Microsoft. Similarly, as seen in EFF, instead of crushing the offenders it it "working WITH them", then declares "VICTORY!" (when it is NOT). OSI and EFF are both actively hostile against their original mission.    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:48:30

• How Open Source instruction set architectures are transforming security ☞ https://opensource.net/open-source-isas-transform-security/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:49:15

• New R/Insurance Webinar Series: The Journey from Excel to High-Performance Programming in R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/new-r-insurance-webinar-series-the-journey-from-excel-to-high-performance-programming-in-r/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:49:29

• Peer-reviewed publication: Regulating Transnational Dissident Cyber espionage ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2023/12/regulating-transnational-dissident-cyber-espionage/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:50:47

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients with CrossRoad OS and GridRoad - 2023-12-13 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2023-12-13-edition/index.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:52:16

• Excel does not even get the maths right; don't use Excel, just use R instead, maybe with LibreOffice Calc    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:53:50

• Blog: Kubernetes v1.29: Mandala ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/12/13/kubernetes-v1-29-release/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:53:58

• CISA Seeks Public Opinion on Surveillance Giant Google Workspace Secure Configuration Baselines ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-seeks-public-opinion-on-google-workspace-secure-configuration-baselines/ http://techrights.org/o/2023/03/21/microsoft-stacking-panels-2023/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:55:13

• "Posts on Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn are fueling speculation that the massive U.S. retailer may expand operations to Mexico." So what? Is that hearsay or fact? ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/is-target-coming-to-mexico/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:55:44

• Did Surveillance Giant Google Just Defeat Every Geofence Warrant? ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/12/13/did-google-just-defeat-every-geofence-warrant/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:55:58

• How Meta’s New Face Camera Heralds a New Age of Surveillance ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/technology/personaltech/meta-ray-ban-glasses.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:56:13

• Etebase simplifies building encrypted apps for GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and FERPA compliance. ☞ https://medevel.com/etebase/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:56:32

• Barking up the wrong tree; the issue here is Microsoft and also Active Directory, which is proprietary ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/13/microsoft-details-three-oauth-focused-hacking-campaigns/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:57:39

• chatbots do NOT boost engagement [sic], they just waste people's valuable time ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/news-chatbots-generative-ai-forbes-search/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:58:50

• Schneier from the Facebook Foundation (EFF) on Surveillance by the US Postal Service ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/surveillance-by-the-us-postal-service.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:59:26

• No, Kevin Fenzi, Fedora is not a community and its Council is controlled by IBM employees ☞ https://www.scrye.com/wordpress/nirik/2023/12/13/time-off-when-youre-paid-to-work-in-a-community/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:00:40

• Álex Sáez: Bundling Delve on Fedora ☞ https://alexsaezm.com/2023/12/13/bundling-delve-on.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:01:12

• Models of trust for the RPKI ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/14/models-of-trust-for-the-rpki/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:01:46

• Charting APNIC’s course for the next four years ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/14/charting-apnics-course-for-the-next-four-years/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:01:58

• Rajnesh Singh appointed APNIC Foundation CEO ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/14/rajnesh-singh-appointed-apnic-foundation-ceo/    

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

• Making it harder to do wrong ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/12/13/making-it-harder-to-do-wrong/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:03:01

• 25: Shoes with Wheels on the Heels ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/23277    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:03:23

• PeerChat: A terminal-based P2P chat application using libp2p and Golang ☞ https://medevel.com/peerchat/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:04:08

• Jonathan Dowland: equivalence problems with StreamGraph ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/type_design/equivalence/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:07:48

• 2023 Holiday Season API Report reveals spike in cyberthreats to retailers ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/13/2023-holiday-season-api-report-reveals-spike-cyberthreat-retailers/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:09:20

• Galacteek is a Free Multi-Platform Browser for the Distributed web ☞ https://medevel.com/galacteek/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:09:59

• CyberDragon Browser is a Privacy-focused Portable Browser ☞ https://medevel.com/cyberdragon-browser/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:10:43

• Trade union: Thursday's strikes will go ahead ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20064803    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:11:07

• Thursday's papers: Strikes, border reopened, holiday post ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20064976    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:11:15

• Photo gallery: Industrial action has striking effect on Helsinki ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20065056    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:11:24

• Jailed Cambodian-American hospitalized amid hunger strike ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/theary-seng-appeal-hospital-12132023163036.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:11:40

• Kubernetes: The Silent Hero of Our Daily Digital Dependence ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/social-x/kubernetes-the-silent-hero-of-our-daily-digital-dependence/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:12:11

• Malicious Python Script with a TCL/TK GUI, (Wed, Dec 13th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30478    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:12:45

• IBM pays this spamfarm to publish trash like this - mindless puff pieces ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/13/digital-dangers-kyndryl-looks-safeguard-orgs-rising-tide-cybersecurity-threats-delldataprotection/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:13:22

• Chinese APT Volt Typhoon Linked to Unkillable SOHO Router Botnet ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-apt-volt-typhoon-linked-to-unkillable-soho-router-botnet/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:13:40

• Android is Peaking in the Republic Of South Korea (Windows Down Sharply in East Asia) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/13/Android_is_Peaking_in_the_Republic_Of_South_Korea_Windows_Down_.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:13:57

• apple ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/13/things-that-make-no-sense-epic-lost-its-fight-over-apples-closed-ios-platform-but-won-it-over-googles-more-open-android-platform/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:14:14

• Government powers overdrawn ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/government-powers-overdrawn/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:14:38

• Ardour 8.2 Open-Source DAW Adds Note Tupling, Support for Solid State Logic UF8 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/ardour-8-2-open-source-daw-adds-note-tupling-support-for-solid-state-logic-uf8    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:15:07

• "The following year, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed a task force to study the state’s juvenile justice system. It recommended changes to state law, policy and funding, many of which advocates had been calling for." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-enacts-laws-reform-juvenile-justice-system | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:50:43

• How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/how-police-undermined-promise-body-cameras | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 07:51:03

• Locked Up Kids ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/knoxville-youth-detention-center-locked-up-kids-alone-1000-times-in-three-months | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 08:30:52

• Lawmaker Calls for Reform of Louisiana Mayor’s Courts ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-mayors-courts-lawmaker-reform | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 09:25:56

• Nonsensical clickbait from Richard Speed, pushing Microsoft's proprietary traps and plagiarism like it is "Linux" (WSL is also Windows) https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/14/windows_ai_studio_preview/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 09:30:12

• Fix Firefox second instance will not start ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202312/fix-firefox-second-instance-will-not-start.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 09:30:37

• Orbbec’s Persee N1 is an all-in-one 3D camera-computer system ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/orbbecs-persee-n1-is-an-all-in-one-3d-camera-computer-system/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:11:06

• FOSS Weekly #23.50: BSOD on Linux, Mint 21.3 Beta, Xonsh Shell and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-23-50/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:19:35

• Linux To Drop Support For 15 Year Old, Never-Shipped defective chip maker Intel "Carillo Ranch" ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Drop-Intel-Carillo-Ranch    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:19:54

• Why the fork did LINUX adopt this crap in the FIRST PLACE? Any quality control? Burial ground for anything from GIAFAM?    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:20:32

• GNU is getting CoCed https://www.phoronix.com/news/Glibc-Code-of-Conduct see http://techrights.org/n/2023/09/29/Objections_to_binutils_CoC.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:21:42

• IBM/Red Hat Adds Code of Censorship to an Important GNU Project, GCC (the Compiler), Despite Longstanding Opposition From RMS and FSF (the Origins of GNU) http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/22/ibm-red-hat-vs-community/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:21:59

• Over at Tux Machines... ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:33:58

• If Gulagboy wants to redeem his reputation he needs to call out the BS that UEFI 'secure' boot actually is, not sent threatening E-mails to people who have said that for over a decade. http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/09/Microsoft_People_Control_People_From_Within_Secure_Boot_and_BSO.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:34:54

• Microsoft Windows: Security Patches for a Fee. Flee to GNU/Linux (Many Already Do). ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/14/Microsoft_Windows_Security_Patches_for_a_Fee_Flee_to_GNU_Linux_.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:35:07

• Comeback? This implies many wrong things. Also, the malware is not Linux itself but something that just happens to run on GNU/Linux if someone installs it. ☞ https://unixmen.com/advanced-linux-malware-makes-a-comeback/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:38:38

• 7 Reasons Why You Should Prefer GNU/Linux OS ☞ https://unixmen.com/7-reasons-why-you-should-prefer-linux-os/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:39:16

• My personally handcrafted desktop wallpapers for free as a thank you to all visitors of RealLinuxUser ☞ https://www.reallinuxuser.com/my-personally-handcrafted-desktop-wallpapers-for-free-as-a-thank-you-to-all-visitors-of-reallinuxuser/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:39:43

• 14 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux CRM Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/crm/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:45:36

• Lichee Console 4A RISC-V mini laptop sells for $252 and up ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/14/lichee-console-4a-risc-v-mini-laptop/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:45:56

• █████ https://wemakefedora.org/rss20.xml ██████████████████████ Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:24:06 +0000 ███████ Peter Czanik: The syslog-ng Insider 2023-12: compressed HTTP; packages; OpenObserve; duplicates;    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:46:52

• "This is the 115th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news." ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2023-12-compressed-http-packages-openobserve-duplicates    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:47:07

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RProtoBuf 0.4.21 on CRAN: Updated Upstream Support! ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2023/12/13#rprotobuf_0.4.21    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:47:23

• 25 Free and Open-source Data Backup Solutions for Windows, Linux, and macOS ☞ https://medevel.com/25-data-backup/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:49:32

• Whonix: An Anonymous Operating System for Privacy and Security ☞ https://medevel.com/whonix/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:49:54

• How to Save and Exit in Nano ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/nano-save-and-exit/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:50:48

• Incus Project Affected by LXD’s Shift to AGPLv3 License ☞ https://linuxiac.com/incus-project-affected-by-lxds-shift-to-agplv3/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:51:08

• gopeed – modern download manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gopeed-modern-download-manager/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:51:32

• 22 Best Free Open Source Cloud File Sharing Platforms ☞ https://www.geeksmint.com/open-source-cloud-file-sharing-platforms/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:51:56

• LibreOffice Security Backgrounder ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/12/13/libreoffice-security-backgrounder/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:53:15

• EPA Requirements for Monitoring Buried Carbon Emissions Are Too Weak: New Report ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2023/12/13/epa-requirements-for-monitoring-buried-carbon-emissions-are-too-weak-new-report/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:56:03

• anxieties ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2023/12/13/fossil-fuels-can-go-extinct-if-we-take-our-climate-anxieties-seriously/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:56:19

• "The Day Before" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/13/1-week-after-the-day-before-launches-fntastic-closes-its-doors-for-business/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:57:00

• Novgorod ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/13/russia-s-novgorod-region-bans-coercing-women-to-have-abortions | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:57:38

• abortions ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/13/bill-to-ban-abortions-in-private-clinics-at-federal-level-submitted-to-russian-state-duma | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:57:43

• Cassation court upholds Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin’s sentence for ‘fakes’ about Russian army ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/13/cassation-court-upholds-russian-opposition-politician-ilya-yashin-s-sentence-for-fakes-about-russian-army | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:57:53

• "super prison" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/12/13/to-build-or-not-to-build | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:58:09

• In first, Russia revokes citizenship of two men for drug charges ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/13/russia-revokes-citizenship-of-two-men-for-drug-charges-in-first-application-of-new-law | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:58:17

• "Let’s have another example with cubic and quadratic beziers." ☛ https://svg-tutorial.com/svg/bell | Source: Hunor Márton Borbély    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 11:59:03

• "If you thought that cubic Béziers are the most complicated parts of an SVG then I have bad news for you." ☛ https://svg-tutorial.com/svg/arc | Source: Hunor Márton Borbély    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 11:59:19

• "One of the machines I wanted to migrate for a while was my Synology NAS, as I explained in that article." ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/assembling-my-own-nas.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:00:23

• "As Ryūji discovered, web performance really matters, and is about making websites fast." ☛ https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/14/ | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:00:39

• "the flow of thinking about what you want to say and how you want to say it and lose sight of how long both sentences" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/14/run-on-sentences/ | Source: James G    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:01:58

• ">Suppose, not hypothetically, that you use systemd-resolved and you have a long standing practice of specific DNS search path" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdResolvedSingleNamesDNS | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:02:04

• Mastering Linux Command Line File Editing: A Comprehensive Guide - VITUX ⚓ https://vitux.com/mastering-linux-command-line-file-editing-a-comprehensive-guide/ ䷉ Source: Vitux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//vitux.com/mastering-linux-command-line-file-editing-a-comprehensive-guide/    

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

• How to Install VNC Server on CentOS - VITUX ⚓ https://vitux.com/vnc-server-centos/ ䷉ Source: Vitux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//vitux.com/vnc-server-centos/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:03:42

• Linux gzip Command Explained with Examples - VITUX ⚓ https://vitux.com/linux-gzip-command/ ䷉ Source: Vitux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//vitux.com/linux-gzip-command/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:04:06

• "In this article, we’ll find out about the Linux kill process and how to find and terminate a process using different tools and commands in Linux." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/how-to-kill-a-process-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:05:01

• debian discussion: latest https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/general-10/the-collapse-of-debian-4175731419/page10.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:10:21

• old: "The Web Is Now Too Complex To Allow The Creation of New Browsers" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/03/24/0249201    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:11:18

• "Broadcom ends VMware perpetual license sales, testing customers and partners" https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/12/broadcom-ends-vmware-perpetual-license-sales-testing-customers-and-partners/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:11:35

• xmas https://rubenerd.com/coffee-themed-xmas-tree/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:11:58

• Don’t roll out the red carpet for them. - David Revoy ⚓ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1009/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-for-them ䷉ Source: David Revoy | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.davidrevoy.com/article1009/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-for-them    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:12:16

• abortion https://revealnews.org/article/how-anti-abortion-pregnancy-centers-in-florida-get-taxpayer-funds-with-almost-no-oversight/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:12:41

• ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231214-%F0%9F%94%B4-eu-leaders-agree-to-open-accession-talks-with-ukraine    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:13:10

• norway https://www.janes.com/defence-news/uk-norway-launch-new-naval-coalition-to-support-ukrainian-navy/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:13:35

• Putin's aggression with human fodder continues https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/14/finland-to-close-both-border-crossings-with-russia-that-it-reopened-today    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:14:24

• civil war https://www.vice.com/en/article/epv8za/i-lived-in-texas-for-35-years-heres-why-alex-garlands-civil-war-makes-perfect-sense    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:16:04

• ukraine https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2151231/start-of-ukraine-eu-accession-talks-is-new-page-in-history-says-lithuanian-president    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:16:24

• ukraine https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/14/e-u-decides-to-open-accession-negotiations-with-ukraine    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:16:33

• Max Schrems complains about Elon Musk: Illegal advertising on X https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/max-schrems-klager-over-elon-musk-reklamerer-ulovligt-paa-x    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:17:21

• Library and Copyright - Light at the end of the Tunnel? https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2023/12/14/bibliotek-og-opphavsrett-lys-i-tunnelen/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:17:51

• Mozilla, which spies on Firefox users, talks again about "ensure privacy and security." All about appearances and shallow impressions. ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/tech-gifts-holiday-guide-2023-christmas/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:20:07

• "to users on Firefox for Android at Mozilla..." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/new-extensions-youll-love-now-available-on-firefox-for-android/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:20:15

• Canonical Kubernetes 1.29 is now generally available | Ubuntu ⚓ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-kubernetes-1-29-is-now-generally-available ䷉ Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:20:51

• Kubernetes 1.29: Cloud Provider Integrations Are Now Separate Components | Kubernetes ⚓ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/12/14/cloud-provider-integration-changes/ ䷉ Source: Kubernetes Blog | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//kubernetes.io/blog/2023/12/14/cloud-provider-integration-changes/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:21:19

• Kubernetes 1.29: VolumeAttributesClass for Volume Modification | Kubernetes ⚓ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/12/15/kubernetes-1-29-volume-attributes-class/ ䷉ Source: Kubernetes Blog | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//kubernetes.io/blog/2023/12/15/kubernetes-1-29-volume-attributes-class/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:21:46

• Kubernetes 1.29: CSI Storage Resizing Authenticated and Generally Available in v1.29 | Kubernetes ⚓ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/12/15/csi-node-expand-secret-support-ga/ ䷉ Source: Kubernetes Blog | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//kubernetes.io/blog/2023/12/15/csi-node-expand-secret-support-ga/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:22:25

• "Valve sure like their code-names recently for Steam Deck SteamOS updates, and now SteamOS 3.5.11 Preview 'Until Morale Improves' is now available" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/steam-deck-steamos-3511-preview-until-morale-improves-now-available/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:25:51

• Tetris Effect: Connected ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/tetris-effect-connected-adds-hdr-for-steam-deck-oled-plus-optimizations/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:26:46

• Unvanquished ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/foss-strategy-shooter-unvanquished-update-brings-better-bots-improved-server-browser/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:27:24

• "A copyright lawsuit filed by DISH Network in a New York court this week targets pirate IPTV provider Glo TV and several alleged resellers." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptv-service-glo-tv-faces-25m-lawsuit-resellers-feet-held-to-the-fire-231215/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:29:24

• "Lawmakers saw a live demonstration of popular pirate movie streaming site Fmovies at a House Subcommittee Hearing yesterday." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-site-blocking-demands-intensify-as-u-s-lawmakers-get-fmovies-walkthrough-231214/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:29:48

• Times of Progress ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/times-of-progress-is-an-upcoming-city-builder-set-during-the-industrial-revolution/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:30:43

• "Death Stranding from Kojima Productions is being turned into a movie, with A24 (Everything Everywhere All at Once) taking on the job." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/death-stranding-from-kojima-is-getting-the-live-action-movie-treatment/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:31:51

• "Recently, I have had more energy. It feels strange. I have some things to say about the strangeness, but maybe some context would help." gemini://gemini.hearsay.tech/2023-12-14-reflections-on-energy-1.gmi    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:33:25

• 🔤SpellBinding — EFGILNX Wordo: YAWNS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-12-15.gmi    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:34:02

• Emplacement ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/mixing-ideas-from-chess-and-base-building-strategy-games-protect-your-king-in-emplacement/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:38:23

• MIT license ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/amd-fidelityfx-super-resolution-3-fsr3-is-now-open-source/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:41:09

• Same name, different places https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena_(given_name)#/media/File:Popularity_of_name_Magdalena.svg    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:45:05

• "Blending together elements of the likes of Terraria and Rimworld, the open world survival craft and colony sim game Necesse has a big update out now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/necesse-a-terraria-rimworld-blend-gets-big-update-graphics-overhaul-coming/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:45:23

• "Long-awaited sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories to launch in first half of 2024" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/read-only-memories-neurodiver-gets-a-new-extended-trailer/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:45:53

• "Pine Studio are doing some great stuff with Escape Simulator. Not only did it get a Portal themed DLC earlier this year, it just got a free Among Us DLC out now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/escape-simulator-gets-a-free-among-us-dlc-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:46:17

• [Old] "But the copyright on the Steamboat-Willie-version will run out in 2024 after 95 years. Initially, copyrights only lasted 28 years." ☛ https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2023/04/07/the-copyright-expires--mickey-mouse-goes-public |    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:50:20

• "U.S. law allows a copyright to be held for 95 years after Congress expanded it several times during Mickey’s life." ☛ https://time.com/6498261/mickey-mouse-disney-copyright-public-domain-minnie-tigger/ | Source: Time    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:50:30

• "Copyright differs from trademarks, which are meant to protect a company’s identity and differentiate one product from another in the marketplace." ☛ https://carey.jhu.edu/articles/mickey-public-domain-copyright-holders |    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:53:35

• "The first federal copyright law came into existence in 1790. This law guaranteed protection of a copyright for 14 years" ☛ https://blogs.luc.edu/ipbytes/2023/08/13/is-disney-losing-mickey-mouse-because-of-copyright-law/ |    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:53:53

• "Now, the audience is going to set the terms" ☛ https://fortune.com/2023/12/14/mickey-mouse-disney-copyright/ | Source: Fortune    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:54:05

• "A situation in which generative AI creations are unequivocally in the public domain could unleash a flood of pent-up creativity." ☛ https://walledculture.org/generative-ai-will-be-a-huge-boon-for-the-public-domain-unless-copyright-blocks-it/ | Source: Walled Culture    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:54:14

• "Today we conclude the Open Culture Voices series, which over two years has showcased more than 65 open culture experts and practitioners from around the world." ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2023/12/15/celebrating-two-years-of-ccs-open-culture-voices/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:54:35

• "That sad state of affairs came about after the likes of OpenAI built models by scouring the [Internet] for material to analyze." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/15/sfwa_ai_idea/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:54:42

• "this particular ruling will only focus on Apple’s anti-steering rules and only for music streaming services" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/13/did-spotify-just-score-a-major-victory-against-apple-in-the-eu/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:57:47

• "Prior to his time at Internet Society, Raj spent time in the business sector developing technology startup companies as both a founder and investor." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/14/rajnesh-singh-appointed-apnic-foundation-ceo/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:07:17

• "The Internet has largely allocated all of the IPv4 addresses it has traditionally relied on" ☛ https://www.domaintools.com/resources/blog/ipv6-you-may-already-be-using-it/ | Source: DomainTools    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:08:13

• "The story of APNIC’s last 30 years wouldn’t be complete without mentioning the Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia)." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/15/apnic-celebrates-30-years-part-8-the-information-society-innovation-fund/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:08:19

• "We’re so used to reverb effects being simply another software plugin that it’s easy to forget the electromechanical roots of the effect." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/15/its-a-microphone-and-a-spring-reverb-all-in-one/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:10:03

• "eliminate the distinct linguistic" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/eu-tibet-boarding-schools-resolution-12142023155148.html | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:10:44

• "Parliament strongly condemns the repressive assimilation policies in place throughout China" ☛ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/de/press-room/20231208IPR15785/human-rights-breaches-in-belarus-tanzania-and-tibet | Source: European Parliament    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:11:21

• NYPD ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/14/all-cams-are-private/#spoil-the-bushel | Source: CoryDoctorow https://theintercept.com/2018/09/06/nypd-surveillance-camera-skin-tone-search/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:11:41

• "Tesla has been in trouble with the country’s unions since it failed to ratify an agreement with the IF Metall workers in October." ☛ https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-sweden-union-fight-trash-collection-labor-1851096499 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:11:56

• "Beginning today, Shadowproof memberships will transition to supporting The Dissenter newsletter." ☛ https://shadowproof.com/2023/12/14/shadowproof-is-shutting-down/ | Source: Shadowproof    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:12:54

• "This change will present new challenges. Kevin Gosztola will continue his journalism at The Dissenter newsletter but without much of the supportive infrastructure that was built through Shadowproof." https://shadowproof.com/2023/12/14/shadowproof-is-shutting-down/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:13:36

• ""China has announced plans to take its court records offline, creating a limited-access database that excludes members of the public ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-court-records-12142023132626.html | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:14:04

• "Institutions have been captured, institutions have been manipulated, and media freedom is under full-scale attack…of course" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/veteran-journalists-writers-take-part-in-panel-discussion-on-prabir-purkayasthas-new-book/article67639355.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:14:11

• "Chinese critics of Beijing living in America are surveilled, intimidated and harassed by U.S.-based agents of the Chinese Communist Party" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ccp-transnational-repression-12142023122113.html | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:14:36

• ">When asked if this broad wording could subject all books at the elementary level to scrutiny and potential removal" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2023/12/13/kansas-school-district-turns-against-books-that-mention-nudity-sexual-orientation-gender-identity/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:15:07

• Misinformation from Club Pooh ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/business/media/pro-china-youtube-disinformation.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:16:41

• "After years of battles over Bills C-11 and C-18, few Canadians will have the appetite for yet another troubling Internet bill." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/12/the-most-dangerous-canadian-internet-bill-youve-never-heard-of-is-a-step-closer-to-becoming-law/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:17:22

• "Broadcom Inc. recently closed its $61 billion acquisition of VMware Inc., and it now plans to lay off hundreds of VMware employees in Austin." ☛ https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2023/12/07/vmware-lays-off-577-in-austin.html | Source: The Business Journals    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:18:06

• "In the letter, Broadcom said the layoffs would begin Jan. 26. The company did not immediately respond to a request for additional comment." ☛ https://eu.statesman.com/story/business/2023/12/07/broadcom-vmware-layoffs-austin-texas-warn-act-notice/71840183007/ | Source: Gannett    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:18:31

• "China's regulatory approval came through on Tuesday after ongoing tensions with the U.S. around tougher chip export control measures" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/broadcom-closes-69-bln-vmware-deal-after-china-approval-2023-11-22/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:19:01

• "Snowden warned us about “turnkey tyranny” over ten years ago. When you’ve got cameras, facial recognition, satellites, drones..." ☛ https://johan.hal.se/wrote/2023/12/14/the-goat-of-tyranny/ | Source: Johan Halse    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:19:37

• "Very little is known of the actual text of the deal." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/explainer-whats-next-for-the-eu-ai-act/articleshow/106007679.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:19:56

• "IT departments are facing a talent shortage" becaue HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI? ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/ai-accelerating-disruption-widens-it-skills-gap-says-survey/articleshow/106016591.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:20:36

• HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/15/ai_implementation_challenges/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:20:57

• "Learning to play an instrument takes a certain level of dedication" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/laser-cut-zither-instrument-kicks-it-old-world-style/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:22:42

• "Heavy vehicles like semi trucks pose a bigger challenge in electrifying the transportation fleet than smaller, more aerodynamic passenger cars." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/charging-while-driving-now-possible-in-michigan/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:23:44

• "Power outages in the face of natural disasters or more mundane grid failures can range from a mild inconvenience to a matter of life or death if you depend on electrical medical equipment." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/sneakernet-power-transmission/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:23:53

• "The FreeBSD community is proud to herald the release of FreeBSD 14" ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/security-performance-and-interoperability-introducing-freebsd-14/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:24:46

• "ESP32-H2 is an ultra-low-power Internet of Things (IoT) solution offering multiple protocol support on a single chip." ☛ https://olimex.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/esp32-h2-devkit-lipo-open-source-hardware-board-is-ready-for-prototyping/ | Source: Olimex    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:25:08

• "An Arduino Mega 2560 board controls those solenoids through FETs (field-effect transistors)." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/12/14/a-glockenspiel-that-plays-itself/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:25:36

• "Buying a used Amiga 1200 – a computer launched by Commodore in 1992 just two years before it filed for bankruptcy" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/this-amiga-is-not-an-amiga-the-magpi-137/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:25:48

• "phasing out Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone connectivity on its new EVs" ☛ https://www.motortrend.com/news/general-motors-removing-apple-carplay-android-auto-for-safety-tim-babbitt/ |    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:26:21

• "The decision to do so obviously resulted in public backlash. Consumers are way too accustomed to Apple CarPlay to change to an entirely new interface" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/gm-appleplay-android-auto-removal-chevy-blazer-1851099258 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:26:48

• "The security angle of this project is one of the most crucial ones and an area where I spend a lot of time and effort." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/12/13/making-it-harder-to-do-wrong/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:27:22

• "Simply unticking the box fixed my problem!" ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/why-i-love-firefox-its-customisability.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:27:58

• [Old] "provides better support for non-latin languages" ☛ https://darksi.de/13.sqlite-fts5-structure/ |    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:45:59

• "If so, you might find the SQL Polyglot — an online tool I've built — useful." ☛ https://antonz.org/sql-polyglot/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:46:31

• "This task force has started its activities since 2022 and currently consists of 10 members from pharmaceutical companies." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/introduction-of-r-activities-in-japan/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:48:07

• "In a strategic move aimed at transforming virtualisation and cloud computing firm VMware into a subscription-based business" ☛ https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4156147/broadcom-shifts-vmware-subscription-model-perpetual-license-sales | Source: Computing UK    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:48:40

• "from a perpetual license to a subscription" ☛ https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevemcdowell/2023/12/10/vmware-customers-cautious-after-recent-broadcom-actions/ | Source: Forbes    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:49:00

• "I'm Ian Kelling, a member of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) tech team." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/thank-you-for-supporting-the-fsf-tech-team | Source: FSF    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:49:37

• "Thanks to modern compiler technology in the Go toolchain" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoPartialIfdefWithConsts | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:50:26

• "To that end, at this critical hour he's decided to write a Perl script that will automatically assign a toy to a child" ☛ https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-13.html | Source: Perl    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:51:43

• "After the release, I wanted to try new class feature but never got the opportunity to play with it." ☛ https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-14.html | Source: Perl    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:51:50

• "Well, not anymore. This year we updated all our test code to use the magical Test2-Suite." ☛ https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-15.html | Source: Perl    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:51:59

• "It’s functional, but there’s a lot to improve upon — it doesn’t use the screen real estate particularly well" ☛ https://raku-advent.blog/2023/12/13/day-13-networks-roasting-on-an-open-fire-part-3-feeling-warm-and-looking-cool/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:52:07

• "There are two other adverbs that haven’t been covered yet, and there’s a new one if you’re feeling brave. Let’s start with the two already existing ones: [...]" ☛ https://raku-advent.blog/2023/12/14/day-14-the-magic-of-q-part-2/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:52:13

• "Most databases support creating and working with views, which, if you’ve never encountered them before, are like a virtual table" ☛ https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2023/dec/13/django-database-views/ | Source: James Bennett    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:54:59

• "And Django’s ORM supports a lot of standard functions, making it easy to use them in ORM query expressions." ☛ https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2023/dec/14/django-database-functions/ | Source: James Bennett    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:55:06

• "More support will be needed to migrate Python's extensive packaging ecosystem from memory-unsafe languages to memory-safe languages." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/security-developer-in-residence-weekly-report-21?date=2023-12-14 | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:55:20

• "FXGL is a framework to easily create JavaFX-based game applications." ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/2023-12-14-jbang-fxgl/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 13:55:44

• "The text adventure Xmaton running on a emulated microblazeel machine" "Size of download is 4.5M bytes." ☛ https://qemu-advent-calendar.org/2023/#Day13 | Source: Qemu    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:25:31

• "Super Grub2 Disk is a versatile recovery disk for grub systems" ☛ https://qemu-advent-calendar.org/2023/#Day14 | Source: Qemu    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:25:49

• "Qemu Advent Calendar: sectorlisp is a seriously minimal i8086 boot sector lisp implementation" ☛ https://qemu-advent-calendar.org/2023/#Day15 | Source: Qemu    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:26:06

• Thoughts about Threads gemini://gemini.dimakrasner.com/threads-ap.gmi "Finally, Meta has announced initial testing of ActivityPub support in Threads, and people discuss the potential threat to the fediverse (again)."    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:27:25

• "Repeatedly see commitments and/or other matters requiring sustained focus as above-average fun/rewarding, genuinely/earnestly seeking out evidence of how/why they are (above-average fun/rewarding) while enjoying that fun/reward until they - just like magic!" gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-15-08-22-54.gmi    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:28:28

• "To me, individuality is a mental illness driving antisocial behavior, and thus social misery in a given space is necessarily proportional to number of sick participants. The words "Eternal September" describe a moment in time when a critical mass of anti-socials accumulated in a social space. Kaboom! Kadoom!" gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-15-07-28-43.gmi    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:29:09

• ""Dress up like a slightly conservative IT management guy! That will make it easier to cross the US border." That was what a friend said. I actually considered it for a while." gemini://gem.hack.org/mc/log/2023-12-15.gmi    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:30:31

• "I've felt it in Gemini spaces as well, e.g.: tech elitism" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/oldernow/12667    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:31:44

• "The jury from the SlechteSlogans.nl platform created a shortlist of 10 contenders from which the public could choose their favorite" ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2023/12/14/put-fun-legs-named-worst-brand-slogan-2023 | Source: NL Times    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:32:28

• "But on the 11th anniversary of Sandy Hook, I won’t share any space with sadist carnival barker Alex Jones." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/x-twitter-alex-jones-sandy-hook/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:32:42

• "According to Bloomberg's insider sources, the company is projected to bring in about $2.5 billion in ad revenue for this year" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/twitter-billions-ad-losses | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:33:06

• "The approval by Pennsylvania, which occurred on Monday according to a public licensing database, has not been previously reported." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/elon-musks-x-receives-pennsylvania-money-license-in-push-toward-payment-features/articleshow/106005927.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:33:30

• "For the most part, these changes have not gone over well." ☛ https://gizmodo.com/twitter-year-in-review-x-elon-musk-enshittification-1849687943 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:33:43

• "Why am I leaving? Over the past few months I realised that there’s still many, many things that I want to learn as an engineer." ☛ https://registerspill.thorstenball.com/p/leaving-sourcegraph | Source: Thorsten Ball    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:34:15

• "NOAA scientists determined Thursday's X-class flare as not only the largest of the current Solar Cycle 25" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/15/sun-strongest-solar-flare-years-radio-frequencies-blackouts | Source: Axios    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:35:03

• "Scientist Luigi Petraccone, a chemistry researcher at the University of Naples in Italy, looked at planetary entropy." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/entropy-could-be-the-secret-to-alien-worlds-being-habitable | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:35:26

• "The next morning, the pair found the crater left by the object, and dug the meteorite out of the newly formed ditch." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/man-uses-strange-rock-as-doorstop-for-decades-it-was-worth-a-fortune | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:35:52

• "To help you shop for tech-obsessed loved ones, I present the wish list I'm sharing with my own family." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/gift-guides-seasonal-sales/i-try-all-the-latest-tech-as-editor-in-chief-of-toms-hardware-heres-whats-on-my-holiday-wish-list | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:36:33

• "Often called "black diamonds", the truffles can fetch up to 1,500 euros ($1,600) per kilogram." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2023-12-black-truffle-production-booms-spain.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:37:20

• "Our ancestors only started facing this type of weather about 50,000 to 60,000 years ago" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-ancient-neanderthal-dna-could-be-why-youre-an-early-riser | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:37:28

• "In addition, over 77% of today’s eligible population doesn’t qualify for military service without some kind of a waiver" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2023/12/military-struggles-to-bring-gen-z-into-the-armed-forces/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:37:51

• "Teslas are not fully autonomous vehicles yet, but the company allegedly advertised them as though they are." ☛ https://gizmodo.com/tesla-elon-musk-claims-false-advertising-free-speech-1851093603 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:40:33

• "We cannot presume a priori that its development will make a beneficial contribution to the future of humanity and to peace among peoples" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/15/pope_francis_ai_treaty/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:40:40

• "The Vatican released the text of the message this morning." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pope-francis-joins-calls-treaty-regulate-artificial-intelligence-1722189 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:42:42

• "For Aschenbrenner and others at the company, models with human-like abilities are just around the corner." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/14/1085344/openai-super-alignment-rogue-agi-gpt-4/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:47:06

• "If confirmed, this might be NCN’s second ransomware attack in about a year." ☛ https://www.databreaches.net/neurology-center-of-nevada-allegedly-attacked-by-qlin/ | Source: Data Breaches    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:47:43

• Windows TCO: "If confirmed, this might be NCN’s second ransomware attack in about a year. In September 2022, they disclosed that between June 12 and July 17, 2022, there was unauthorized access that resulted in files being locked."    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:48:18

• Windows TCO: "The cyberattack in late October impacted patient care and forced the cancellation of thousands of appointments." ☛ https://windsornewstoday.ca/windsor/news/2023/12/14/hospital-systems-slowly-coming-back-online-after-october-cyberattack |    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:48:32

• "It’s incredibly disheartening that Congress decided to extend an easily-abused law with zero of the reforms needed to protect all of our privacy." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/aclu-slams-congress-for-ndaa-vote-extending-mass-surveillance-program-with-no-reforms | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:49:21

• "It's a massive piece of legislation that will fund among other things pay raises for soldiers, and new ships, aircraft, and weapons." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/14/congress_renews_fisa_section_702/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:49:28

• "Today, noyb filed a complaint against X (Twitter) for unlawfully using the political views and religious beliefs of its users for targeted advertising." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/gdpr-complaint-against-x-twitter-over-illegal-micro-targeting-chat-control-ads | Source: NYOB    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:49:37

• "f true, it would mean X isn't only violating its own targeted advertising rules" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/14/x_illegally_targeted_ads_suit/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:50:19

• "The complaint, lodged Thursday by Austrian Max Schrems' campaign group Noyb with the Dutch data protection authority" ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/14/musks-x-hit-with-complaint-alleging-it-broke-europes-privacy-laws.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:52:53

• [Old] "Bill C-11, the government’s online streaming bill, is rightly garnering increasing attention" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2022/02/age-verification-requirements-for-twitter-or-website-blocking-for-reddit-my-appearance-on-bill-s-210-at-the-senate-standing-committee-on-legal-and-constitutional-affairs/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:53:01

• "One winner is the NCA, which apparently now has 200 staff tracing people associated with alarms raised automatically by Big Tech’s content surveillance" ☛ https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2023/12/14/grasping-at-straw/ | Source: Light Blue Touchpaper    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:53:11

• "Artist Karla Ortiz and celeb Justine Bateman, who like Vogels have significant social media followings" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/15/dropbox_ai_training/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:53:47

• "The key issue here is that people are worried that their private files on Dropbox are being passed to OpenAI to use as training data for their models—a claim that is strenuously denied by Dropbox." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2023/Dec/14/ai-trust-crisis/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:53:54

• "Parents, schools and even attorneys general have increasingly been raising concerns about how TikTok may be hooking children to the app and serving them inappropriate content." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/business/media/tiktok-changes-user-terms.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:55:01

• "That spending comes from TikTok’s in-app purchase of “coins,” which are used to buy gifts for influencers on the platform." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/13/tiktok-crosses-10-billion-in-consumer-spending/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:55:10

• "Among these pacts are tie-ups with Disney, Live Nation/Ticketmaster, DistroKid, Rotana Music, and, perhaps most notably, Warner Music Group." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/14/tiktok-add-to-music-app-expansion/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:58:07

• "The government has denied allegations of stifling dissent online, saying it wanted to curb provocative posts that touch on race, religion and royalty." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2023-12-14/meta-tiktok-report-jump-in-malaysia-govt-requests-to-remove-content-in-2023 | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:58:19

• "Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's administration, which came to power in November 2022 on a reformist platform" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-tiktok-report-jump-in-malaysia-govt-requests-to-remove-content-in-2023/articleshow/106008400.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:58:44

• "Denmark and Germany announced Thursday arrests of several terror suspects, including alleged Hamas members suspected of plotting attacks" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-14/denmark-and-germany-announce-arrests-of-terror-suspects-including-suspected-hamas-members.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:59:14

• "Three suspects were arrested in Denmark, and a fourth was arrested in the Netherlands." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/denmark-says-4-arrested-over-suspected-terror-plot/a-67723150 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 20:59:41

• "It also says a president must notify Congress 180 days before undertaking a withdrawal plan, among other conditions spelled out in the bill." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/congress-trump-proofs-nato-1.7059768 | Source: CBC    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:00:00

• "Last month, the protest group announced the blockade." ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2023/12/15/mayor-extinction-rebellion-blockade-a10-ring-road-will-completely-disrupt-amsterdam | Source: NL Times    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:06:22

• "On this episode, we’ll be hearing a dispatch from Indigenous activist Eriel Deranger from the United Nations climate negotiations." ☛ https://breachmedia.ca/cop-28-dubai-climate-summit/ | Source: Breach Media    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:06:40

• "It makes for cleaner, greener cities, opens up possibilities for those who can't afford a car" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/14/public-trasnportation-transit-america-recovery-pandemic-covid | Source: Axios    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:07:18

• "So with this in mind, I would like to impart a few simple rules that I’ve picked up to help us all enjoy our journeys." ☛ https://cphpost.dk/2023-12-13/life-in-denmark/opinion/s-train-etiquette/ | Source: Copenhagen Post    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:07:59

• "The sheer, astonishing waste." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/bitcoin-miner-buying-four-power-plants | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:08:18

• "US regulators have identified the use of artificial intelligence as a vulnerability in the financial system for the first time" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/us-identifies-use-of-ai-as-risk-in-financial-system/articleshow/106005224.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:08:52

• "A federal appeals court in Canada breathed new life into a youth-led constitutional climate lawsuit against the Canadian government" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2023/12/15/canada-youth-climate-lawsuit-climate-policy-trial/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:11:17

• "But these findings are highly misleading, according to a new study in Environmental Research Letters." ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2023/12/14/the-livestock-industrys-climate-neutral-claims-are-too-good-to-be-true/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:11:27

• "Social media influencers were paid to boost the UAE’s climate credentials in and around COP28 in what appears to be a coordinated PR effort by the oil-dependent host nation, DeSmog can reveal" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2023/12/14/instagram-influencers-paid-to-boost-uaes-climate-credential-over-cop28/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:11:38

• "How Amazon Is Ripping You Off" ☛ https://robertreich.org/post/736707512756256768 | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:13:40

• "In a blog published on Electronic Facebook Foundation’s website on Wednesday" ☛ https://fossforce.com/2023/12/will-geofence-warrants-soon-be-a-thing-of-the-past-maybe-but-dont-hold-your-breath/ | Source: Unicorn Media http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation_Incorporated_is_Run_by_for_Corpo.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/The_EFF_Should_Know_Better_But_It_Is_Promoting_Mass_Surveillanc.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:14:55

• "Are you one of those people who regularly overclocks your CPUs and GPUs to get more bang for your bucks?" ☛ https://fossforce.com/2023/12/overclocking-amd-blows-a-fuse/ | Source: Unicorn Media    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:15:20

• "wide-ranging computer intrusion that compromised more than 40 million customer payment" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/12/ten-years-later-new-clues-in-the-target-breach/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:17:27

• "I will admit, after my last post on Russian game developer Fntastic shutting down operations days after the release of the much-hyped The Day After" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/14/the-fntastic-shut-down-gets-weird-vulgarities-to-customers-and-a-rebrand/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:18:08

• "QAnonCasualties" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/colleges-gen-z-right/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:19:16

• Cultural landgrab by hostile party ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/14/tiktok-add-to-music-app-expansion/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:24:12

• TikTok Quietly Changes User Terms Amid Growing Legal Scrutiny ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/business/media/tiktok-changes-user-terms.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:24:26

• Fentanylware (TikTok) misinformation. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/style/north-sea-tiktok.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:25:02

• Techdirt blasts court for blocking a Chinese weapon ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/14/judge-upholds-texas-ban-of-tiktok-on-state-owned-devices/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:25:35

• Pluralistic: How the NYPD defeated bodycams (14 Dec 2023) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/14/all-cams-are-private/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:26:13

• The Consequences of Police in Schools: A North Carolina Case Study ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/the-consequences-of-police-in-schools-a-north-carolina-case-study    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:27:15

• "Thomas Massie discusses his "no" votes on foreign aid, COVID-19 relief, and labeling anti-Zionism antisemitism" ☞ https://reason.com/podcast/2023/12/14/thomas-massie-why-not-vote-no/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:28:17

• Retail sales remain sluggish in China, as world’s second-largest economy confronts ‘difficulties and challenges’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/15/retail-sales-remain-sluggish-in-china-as-worlds-second-largest-economy-confronts-difficulties-and-challenges/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:28:40

• Teen drug use remains below pre-pandemic levels ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/teen-drug-use-remains-below-pre-pandemic-levels/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:29:21

• Security, Performance, and Interoperability; Introducing FreeBSD 14 ☞ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/security-performance-and-interoperability-introducing-freebsd-14/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:33:33

• NetBSD: Wayland Has Moved Away From the Modularity, Portability, and Standardization of the X Server ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/15/NetBSD_Wayland_Has_Moved_Away_From_the_Modularity_Portability_a.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:33:41

• The threat spectrum ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-threat-spectrum-63/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:37:01

• Enterprise WordPress uncovered: 9 out of 10 users plan to keep open-source CMS ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-services-content/press-release/enterprise-wordpress-uncovered-9-out-of-10-users-plan-to-keep-open-source-cms/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:40:56

• Bad Advice: Ukraine Then and Now ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2023/12/14/bad-advice-ukraine-then-and-now/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:42:45

• Canonical and Intel's strategic collaboration brings you confidential computing with Intel® TDX on Ubuntu ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/confidential-computing-intel-tdx-ubuntu confidential computing is a cynical ploy: http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/03/_Confidential_Computing_More_Like_a_Giant_Back_Door.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:45:16

• Putin raises doubts Russians will participate as neutrals at Paris Olympics ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231214-putin-raises-doubts-russians-will-participate-in-paris-olympics    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:45:34

• Putin vows 'victory' in Ukraine during annual press conference ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231214-putin-says-russia-can-move-forward-despite-western-sanctions-political-isolation    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:45:44

• Rocket men: Kim and Putin fire up their alliance ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/northkorea-russia-beareast-12142023094458.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:45:53

• Lawmakers Urge Putin To Provide Imprisoned Moscow City Council Member With Medical Assistance ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-gorinov-medical-assistance-putin-lawmakers-urge/32730942.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:46:03

• A Congressional Christmas Gift to Putin ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/a-congressional-christmas-gift-to-putin    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:46:51

• Putin Suggests He Has a Winning Hand in His War in Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/world/europe/putin-news-conference-russia-ukraine.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:47:00

• Evan Gershkovich ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/14/the-american-side-must-listen-to-us-vladimir-putin-on-negotiations-over-the-release-of-wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovich | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:47:37

• "gave his first comments about Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter detained in Russia." ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/world/europe/putin-speech-russia.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:47:51

• Commissioner Johansson's speech at the Global Refugee Forum on Ukraine refugee response ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_23_6636    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:48:16

• Donate your bottle cap, buy drone for Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/15.12.2023-donate-your-bottle-cap-buy-drone-for-ukraine.a535533/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:48:26

• Latvian PM: Starting talks on Ukraine joining EU a historic moment ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/14.12.2023-latvian-pm-starting-talks-on-ukraine-joining-eu-a-historic-moment.a535459/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:48:36

• How long can U.S. weapons and ammunition stockpile last? ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2023/12/how-long-would-the-armed-forces-ammunition-last-anyway/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:48:49

• Historic breakthrough for Ukraine as EU agrees to begin membership talks ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/historic-breakthrough-for-ukraine-as-eu-agrees-to-begin-membership-talks/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:49:28

• Russia and China are part of the same problem for the United States ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russia-and-china-are-part-of-the-same-problem-for-the-united-states/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:49:44

• Hungary blocks 50 billion euros in EU aid for Ukraine following approval of membership talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231215-hungary-s-orban-blocks-eu-aid-for-ukraine-following-membership-discussions    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:49:55

• Zelensky hails 'victory for Ukraine' as EU agrees to open accession talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231214-%F0%9F%94%B4-eu-leaders-agree-to-open-accession-talks-with-ukraine    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:50:32

• Japan expands sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231215-japan-expands-sanctions-over-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:50:43

• Start of Ukraine EU accession talks is ‘new page’ in history, says Lithuanian president ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2151231/start-of-ukraine-eu-accession-talks-is-new-page-in-history-says-lithuanian-president    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:50:55

• Slovak Truckers End Blockade At Ukraine Border Crossing ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/slovak-truckers-end-blockate-ukraine-border/32732069.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:51:29

• EU Summit Moves On From Historic Ukraine Decision, As Orban Leans Into Role Of Spoiler ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-fails-consensus-ukraine-aid-hungary-veto/32731725.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:51:46

• Ukrainian Air Force Says Drone Attacks Continue Into Evening After Widespread Daytime Alerts ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-drone-attacks-daytime-alerts/32731695.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:52:08

• U.S. Congress Departs Without Deal On Ukraine Aid, But Senate Plans To Work Next Week ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-congress-departs-ukraine-aid/32731121.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:52:18

• Japan expands sanctions over Russia’s Ukraine invasion ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-expands-sanctions-over-russias-ukraine-invasion    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:52:33

• Ukraine Military Recruiters Use Harsh Tactics to Fill Ranks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/world/europe/ukraine-military-recruitment.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:52:46

• Ukraine Declares Third Air Raid Alert On The Same Day Amid Reports Of Explosions In Kyiv Region ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-air-alert-explosions/32730793.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:52:55

• Kyivstar Says Internet Access Restored To More Than 90 Percent Of Subscribers ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyivstar-hack-attack-internet-access-restored/32730835.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:53:04

• Prosecutor Seeks 10 Years In Prison In Absentia For Film Director Over His Anti-War Stance ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-director-vyrpayev-anti-war-prosecutor-10-years-prison/32730967.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:53:30

• EU Agrees To Open Membership Negotiations With Ukraine And Moldova ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-moldova-eu-membership-talks-european-council-georgia-bosnia/32731037.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:53:41

• Hungary Blocks E.U. Aid for Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/world/europe/eu-ukraine-hungary-aid.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:53:54

• E.U. Accession Talks Lift Morale in Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/world/europe/ukraine-eu-membership.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:54:46

• Friday Briefing: U.S. Urges Israel to Scale Back Its War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/briefing/israel-hamas-ukraine-eu-china-youtube.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:55:06

• Hungary ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/15/hungary-blocks-55-billion-e-u-aid-package-for-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:55:23

• E.U. decides to open accession negotiations with Ukraine ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/14/e-u-decides-to-open-accession-negotiations-with-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:56:00

• Video shows Russian soldiers may have used Ukrainian POWs as human shields ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/14/video-shows-russian-soldiers-may-have-used-ukrainian-pows-as-human-shields | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:56:08

• Russian Court Releases Father Whose Daughter Killed Classmate And Herself ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-court-releases-father-daughter-school-shooting/32732075.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:58:36

• Navalny's Allies Say Authorities Continue To Refuse To Reveal His Whereabouts ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navalny-whereabouts-unknown/32732061.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:58:51

• Ex-FBI Counterintelligence Official Sentenced To Prison For Aiding Russian Oligarch ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ex-fbi-prison-aiding-russian-oligarch/32731829.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:59:02

• Finland Will Again Shut Russian Border Over Asylum Seekers, Minister Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-finland-border-opened/32730462.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:59:12

• Last Month MEP Nils Torvalds, the Father of Linus Torvalds, Gave a Talk About EU Sanctions Against Russia. Almost Nobody Attended. ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/15/Last_Month_MEP_Nils_Torvalds_the_Father_of_Linus_Torvalds_Gave_.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 21:59:22

• Whereabouts of Russia's Navalny still unknown: Ally ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/whereabouts-of-russias-navalny-still-unknown-ally    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:00:19

• Finland announces new Russian border closure ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20065117    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:00:29

• German Spy Official Goes on Trial Accused of Selling Secrets to Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/world/europe/germany-spy-trial-russia.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:00:43

• Garanimals in a SCIF: David Weiss’ Attempt to Sheep Dip Bill Barr’s Hunter Biden Prosecution ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/12/14/garanimals-in-a-scif-david-weiss-attempt-to-sheep-dip-bill-barrs-hunter-biden-prosecution/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:01:04

• Finland Closes Border With Russia Again ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/world/europe/finland-border-russia.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:01:16

• Belarusians in Lithuania are not getting residence permits – Tsikhanouskaya ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2150764/belarusians-in-lithuania-are-not-getting-residence-permits-tsikhanouskaya    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:02:07

• Finland expected different outcome this time around? Why? ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/14/finland-to-close-both-border-crossings-with-russia-that-it-reopened-today | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:02:53

• "wartime repressions" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/12/15/these-are-the-new-criminal-liabilities-and-steeper-penalties-the-russian-authorities-introduced-in-2023-to-keep-the-kremlin-s-wartime-repressions-rolling | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:03:08

• Navalny ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/15/russia-s-federal-penitentiary-service-says-navalny-transferred-to-prison-outside-of-vladimir-region | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:03:25

• father too? ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/15/father-of-russian-eighth-grader-who-opened-fire-on-classmates-released-from-pre-trial-detention | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:03:43

• citizenship in putinland ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/15/two-brothers-stripped-of-russian-citizenship-for-evading-military-registration | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:04:08

• "Moms for Liberty" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/moms-for-liberty-public-schools/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:09:26

• Journalists' Association condemns journalist & columnist of government-affiliated newspaper ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/journalists-association-condemns-journalist-columnist-of-government-affiliated-newspaper-289311    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:09:44

• West Antarctica Glacier's Retreat Unstoppable: Study Says Tipping Point Crossed ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/west-antarctica-glaciers-retreat-unstoppable-study-says-tipping-point-crossed    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:10:26

• JCB and Manitou settle litigation over telehandler patents ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/manitou-jcb-settle-european-litigation-telehandler-patents/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:11:02

• This is SPAM. This publication, which helped some cabal commit a crime (for a bribe), is pretending some single person aged 46 taking some job is major news rather than marketing spam. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/thum-ip-office-lake-constance-daub-patent-attorney/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:12:15

• A System Designed for 'Legalised' Plunder (Only by the Rich, Making Themselves Even Richer as Long as This System Exists) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/15/A_System_Designed_for_Legalised_Plunder_Only_by_the_Rich_Making.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:12:23

• Emergency Motion Sheds some Light on the Litigation Funder – Law Firm Relationship ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/12/emergency-litigation-relationship.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:13:08

• Acadia: Easy Tricks to Skirt Double Patenting Challenges ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/12/acadia-patenting-challenges.html http://techrights.org/wiki/Acacia/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:13:40

• [Video] Lessons to be Learned From Gandi's Death (Total Webhosting Solutions B.V. Shaking Down Customers) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/14/_Video_Lessons_to_be_Learned_From_Gandi_s_Death_Total_Webhostin.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:13:55

• Amazon: Almost 150 Billion Dollars in Debt in Just 5 Years (or 30 Billion Per Year, on Average) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/15/Amazon_Almost_150_Billion_Dollars_in_Debt_in_Just_5_Years_or_30.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:14:01

• Wayland is Perfect, Just Perfect ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/15/Wayland_is_Perfect_Just_Perfect.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:14:07

• OSI Promoting Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub (Microsoft, Proprietary), Courtesy of the Microsoft-Funded Person Who Took the OSI's Blog ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/15/OSI_Promoting_GitHub_Microsoft_Proprietary_Courtesy_of_the_Micr.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:14:20

• [Video] The Fake Economy and the Pump-and-Dump Scheme With Useless Gadgets and False Promises/Prophecies From Companies With Fake Valuations ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/14/_Video_The_Fake_Economy_and_the_Pump_and_Dump_Scheme_With_Usele.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:14:27

• Eben Moglen in 2012: “Facebook Will Not Have Success for 10 More Years.” ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/14/Eben_Moglen_in_2012_Facebook_will_Not_Have_Success_for_10_More_.shtml    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:14:35

• Fairphone just went platinum… again! ☞ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2023/12/15/fairphone-just-went-platinum-again/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:27:22

• Arturo Borrero González: OpenTofu: handcrafted include-file mechanism with YAML ☞ https://ral-arturo.org/2023/12/14/opentofu.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:32:46

• "confirmed the news on Facebook"??? Bad way to announce deaths.. ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/14/singer-guitarist-jeffrey-foskett-of-the-beach-boys-dies-at-67/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:34:09

• The Invincible: Walking on a Lifeless Planet, on the Steam Deck ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/the-invincible-review/index.html    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:48:48

• Luminate Moves Ahead With Indie Retailer Sales Calculation Changes Despite Vinyl Sector Opposition ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/14/luminate-vinyl-sales-calculation-changes/    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:49:56

• Small businesses in Indonesia gain steam as campaign season jacks up demand for giveaways ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/small-businesses-in-indonesia-gain-steam-as-campaign-season-jacks-up-demand-for-giveaways    

posted Friday, December 15, 2023 at 22:50:04