Roy Schestowitz

• The domain of ThunderBrowse has been hijacked. What a sad end for an excellent extension that made Thunderbird a decent browser. Mozilla had to end it. It lowered Firefox share and didn't phone home.    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 01:01:19

• How to change root password in Ubuntu https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-change-root-password-in-ubuntu/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 01:23:53

• 10 Fun Linux Commands to Try When You’re Feeling Bored https://www.howtogeek.com/fun-linux-commands/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 01:28:06

• Enlightenment 0.26.0 Linux desktop environment released -- enhanced stability and new features https://betanews.com/2023/12/24/enlightenment-linux-26/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 01:28:42

• "HandBrake 1.7.2 has been released today for this open-source, free, and cross-platform video transcoder app that you can use to convert and encode between numerous digital video files." https://9to5linux.com/handbrake-1-7-2-improves-automatic-selection-of-dolby-vision-level    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 01:29:19

• Perpetuates the utter falsehood Microsoft got rid of about 10,000 people this year. More like 30,000. https://bnnbreaking.com/breaking-news/economy/tech-giants-turbulence-a-wave-of-layoffs-sweeps-across-the-industry/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 01:31:01

• "Capitalizing on this turmoil, Canada launched an ambitious pilot program on July 16, offering up to 10,000 U.S. H-1B visa holders a chance at stability with a three-year open work permit." https://bnnbreaking.com/world/canada/canada-capitalizes-on-us-tech-layoffs-a-strategic-move-for-global-tech-talent/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 01:31:44

• St Vincent’s unable to confirm if medical records stolen https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/st-vincents-unable-to-confirm-if-medical-records-stolen/news-story/704f324efb76bce82594d904817da292?amp    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 01:36:19

• A Lump of Coal: Users Report Getting DMCA Notices After Downloading Leaked Wolverine Build https://gamerant.com/marvels-wolverine-insomniac-leaked-build-download-dmca-notices/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 01:37:06

• AudioThing Outer Space 2, updated Space Echo emulation now on Linux https://synthanatomy.com/2023/12/audiothing-outer-space-2-updated-space-echo-emulation-now-on-linux-and-ios.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 01:38:17

• Spin, spin and more spin ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202312/spin-spin-and-more-spin.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 02:08:39

• How to Disable Bluetooth at GNU/Linux Startup ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/disable-bluetooth-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 02:15:16

• Wow. Phoronix took an actual day off? Almost.    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 02:16:03

• "You can do all kinds of things with a Raspberry Pi — learn programming" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/if-you-found-a-raspberry-pi-in-your-christmas-stocking-read-this/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:11:26

• "In a comment on my entry on what I think SMTP Smuggling enables" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/StandardsAndBadContent | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:11:33

• "The traditional way to have systemd stop starting a service is for it to have a 'Restart=' setting" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/ | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:11:43

• Display Animated Christmas Tree ☛ https://ostechnix.com/display-animated-christmas-tree-terminal/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:12:48

• "This tutorial will show you how to turn off Bluetooth at the beginning of the Linux startup" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/disable-bluetooth-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:12:57

• "Creating a VM is an easy procedure and takes just a few steps to have one on your Proxmox environment." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/proxmox-create-vm/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:13:04

• iophk: she also blocked the right to repair bill last year, as well https://apnews.com/article/noncompete-agreement-bill-veto-new-york-61e53ad13f41f1da574740438ee34e63    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:13:21

• inflation https://jacobin.com/2023/12/bidenomics-inequality-inflation-ira-joe-biden-climate/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:13:43

• blogger bye bye https://rubenerd.com/migrate-your-legacy-blogger-accounts-now/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:14:32

• lincoln project https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4376646-lincoln-project-releases-trump-smells-ad/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:18:27

• doctors' advice https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/do-not-send-children-to-school-if-they-are-ill-caution-doctors/article67674159.ece    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:22:09

• yellowstone https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/22/zombie-deer-disease-yellowstone-scientists-fears-fatal-chronic-wasting-disease-cwd-jump-species-barrier-humans-aoe    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:22:21

• Encrypting ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/year-review-last-mile-encrypting-web | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:24:33

• "D3’s DesignCore RS-2944A mmWave Radar Sensor Evaluation Kit leverages Texas Instruments’ AWR2944" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/d3s-production-intent-embedded-platform-with-radar-sensing-capabilities/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:25:07

• "'The Last of Us' is the most-pirated TV show of 2023. The popular series dethroned ‘House of the Dragon’" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/the-last-of-us-is-the-most-pirated-tv-show-of-2023-231225/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:25:53

• "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/25/mickey-minnie-mouse-copyright-disney | Source: Axios    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:26:06

• "On Piracy and DRM" ☛ https://chuck.is/pirating/ |    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:26:30

• "The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/25/yip_harburg_tribute | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:31:29

• "As interactive fiction, it’s like an e-book, but the reader is also the player" ☛ https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10618-the-grumpy-cricket-and-other-enormous-creatures | Source: John Goerzen    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:33:12

• "On FreeBSD, you can jail a ZFS dataset – that is, the jail can manipulate the ZFS dataset as if it was a host (more or less)." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2023/12/25/freebsd-jailed-zfs-datasets-how-do-i-find-the-zfs-snapshot-directory/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 07:33:56

• "‘Tis the season" ☛ https://bytecellar.com/2023/12/24/have-a-helping-of-8-bit-holiday-cheer-2023-edition/ | Source: Byte Cellar    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 08:07:04

• Today Wikipedia (in every article): "Wikipedia still can't be sold." (in MASSIVE fonts). LIARS. They already got sold!! 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 Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 08:13:07

• "But is that really true? Time to re-evaluate!" ☛ https://valentin.willscher.de/posts/sql-api/ |    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:07:47

• "It's Christmas Day, marking the end of year 24 of the Perl Advent Calendar." ☛ https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-25.html | Source: Perl    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:08:19

• "I want to dive deeper into the how behind the experience that I had with Digital Ocean's experience." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/25/reviewing-digital-ocean-documentation/ | Source: James G    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:09:45

• "Code snippets are an essential part of technical documentation that involves commands and code." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/25/code-snippets/ | Source: James G    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:09:57

• "Effective examples make technical writing more intuitive." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/25/effective-examples/ | Source: James G    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:10:08

• "One category of content I write is a feature release." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/25/feature-releases/ | Source: James G    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:10:20

• "When you are writing documentation, there may be some important information that you want to highlight to readers." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/25/callout-boxes/ | Source: James G    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:10:29

• "It's time for some end of the year feedback." ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2023/12/25/feedback/ | Source: Rachel    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:10:37

• "Social media encourages bad thinking and promotes bad mental hygiene." ☛ https://chuck.is/stupid/ |    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:11:19

• "Similar reductions are only expected to grow across the country" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2023/12/25/flagship-public-universities-likely-to-cut-more-humanities-staff-especially-in-rural-states/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:11:27

• "Besides bending cables at the correct angle with a gentle heat source" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies/seasonic-officially-recommends-using-a-hair-dryer-to-bend-your-rtx-4090-power-cables-before-installing | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:12:44

• "Nothing new indeed, but I thought it was time to stop that." ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/focusing.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:55:59

• "The Life2Vec tool was developed by researchers at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/25/danish-researchers-create-llm-will-predict-someone-might-die-78-accuracy/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:56:08

• "In the report, the professor of network and complex systems from the Technical University of Denmark" ☛ https://nypost.com/2023/12/20/tech/ai-death-calculator-predicts-when-youll-die-its-extremely-accurate/ | Source: NYPost    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:56:26

• "Here we represent human lives in a way that shares structural similarity to language" ☛ https://www.nature.com/articles/s43588-023-00573-5 | Source: Nature    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:56:40

• "Oh, right. Yeah. That totally makes sense. And it did make sense." ☛ https://chronicles.mad-scientist.club/tales/27-years-of-linux/ |    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:59:48

• "The security measures and social media monitoring comes at a time when the state is witnessing several Maratha reservation rallies during the past couple of months." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/police-monitor-social-media-posts-ahead-of-battle-of-koregaon-bhima-anniversary-101703531140647.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:00:08

• Democratic Republic of Congo ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/24/world/africa/congo-election.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:04:47

• "Denver Police Department spokesperson told Axios' on Monday" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/25/colorado-supreme-court-threats-fbi-trump-ballot-ruling | Source: Axios    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:05:20

• "Of the more than 3,000 Christians who were counted in Gaza in 2007" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/gaza-christmas-christian-communities/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:05:28

• TikTok ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktok-now-wants-creators-post-longer-videos-get-paid-1722359 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:07:23

• "The Wintel Duopoly Plans to Send 240 Million PCs to the Landfill" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=23/12/25/1722209    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:18:38

• "TikTok use eclipsed that of YouTube two years ago and has continued to grow faster" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/time-us-adults-spend-tiktok-closes-netflix-market-tracker-1713601 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:33:21

• suicides ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktok-accused-encouraging-suicide-amongst-teens-1721369 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:33:32

• "The Texas facility, a large computing center, was not purchased with dollars." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/technology/bitrush-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-china.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:39:41

• "At this point, the nuclear lobby will start whinging about subsidies" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/12/electricity-thats-too-cheap-to-meter/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:39:48

• "For believers and non-believers alike, the holidays are a time for expressing gratitude." ☛ https://quillette.com/2023/12/24/merry-christmas-little-wolf/ | Source: Quillette    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:44:02

• "number of qualified cybersecurity personnel has lagged far behind" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2023/12/wil-2024-bring-some-resolutions-for-the-cyber-workforce-problem/ | Source: Federal News Network http://techrights.org/o/2023/03/21/microsoft-stacking-panels-2023/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:44:10

• "Bloomberg late Friday cited people with knowledge of the matter" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/24/openai-reportedly-discussing-new-funding-round-raise-value-100b/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:46:59

• "the release of Ferret on GitHub in October went completely under the radar" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/25/apple-quietly-launched-open-source-multimodal-llm-called-ferret/> | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:47:06

• "Altman has now shared a list of things" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sam-altman-drops-truth-bombs-shares-game-changing-insights-life-business-1722366 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:47:19

• "These tools have a tendency to mess up, to get facts wrong, to hallucinate" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/news-media-ai-danger-risk-1234935089/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:54:30

• "People buy into bad information for different reasons, said Andy Norman" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/why-people-still-believe-climate-disinformation/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:55:19

• "It started with livestreamed massacres, and continued with a deluge of disinformation" ☛ https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-12-25/ty-article-opinion/.premium/how-telegram-twitter-and-tiktok-have-become-lethal-tools-of-hamas-psychological-warfare/0000018c-a0ae-d502-af9f-b2ff5f050000 | Source: Haaretz    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:55:28

• "The United States on December 25 said it welcomed that the 47-year-old Kremlin critic" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navalny-prison-arctic-whereabouts/32746617.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:59:10

• "For the previous 19 days" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/25/navalny-resurfaces-at-prison-in-russia-s-far-north-after-19-days-missing | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 11:59:35

• "Navalny was tracked down to the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alexei-navalny-arctic-penal-colony-1.7069337 | Source: CBC    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:00:08

• Media is doing revisionism again. Fake nudes are a 90s issue, nothing to do with so-called (buzzwords) "GenAI". Any idiot with mediocre skills and an image editor can match a face with a body of similar size/pose, plus some colour/lightening adjustment. It's NOT. A. NEW. ISSUE!    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:02:36

• "The veto is a blow to labor groups" ☛ https://apnews.com/article/noncompete-agreement-bill-veto-new-york-61e53ad13f41f1da574740438ee34e63 | Source: Associated Press    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:03:20

• "In a three-page opinion denying the company’s motion to dismiss the case" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/24/business/twitter-x-employee-bonuses-lawsuit.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:03:30

• "Below are three of the most popular guest posts in 2023: [...]" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/26/three-of-the-best-guest-posts-6/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:04:30

• Radiochat ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/25/radiochat-is-a-simple-lora-interface-over-wifi/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:16:39

• surveillance ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/recent-surveillance-revelations-enduring-latin-american-issues-2023-year-review | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:17:34

• "Firefox reports that over 80% of the web is encrypted, and Google reports 95% over all of its services. The last 5%-20% exists for several reasons:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/year-review-last-mile-encrypting-web    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:18:43

• Meat preservative added to list of ‘suicide hazardous materials’ in South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/meat-preservative-added-to-list-of-suicide-hazardous-materials-in-south-korea    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:37:59

• "Post-pandemic"? COVID-19 is still here and thriving. ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/01/has-gratuity-culture-reached-a-tipping-point    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:40:10

• Korea: let's ban how people commit suicide instead of finding out why people commit suicide. Good luck banning bridges, tall buildings, power cords etc.    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:42:16

• Christmas in Tehran: Bringing the Holidays to Hostages ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/christmas-in-tehran-bringing-the-holidays-to-hostages    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:47:20

• Destination GNU/Linux 352: Interview with Randy Parker of DreamWorks, Open Sourcing MoonRay ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-352/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:48:04

• Late Night GNU/Linux – Episode 261 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-261/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:48:30

• Russia says it seized town of Maryinka in eastern Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231225-russia-says-it-seized-town-of-maryinka-in-eastern-ukraine    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:52:31

• Russia moved 'missing' Putin critic Navalny to Arctic prison colony, spokeswoman says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231225-russia-moved-missing-putin-critic-navalny-to-arctic-prison-colony-spokeswoman-says    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:52:45

• Hundreds Gather In Moscow To Support Nationalist Putin Critic Girkin’s Presidential Hopes ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-girkin-supporters-moscow-presidential-campaign/32746309.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:53:02

• Ukraine court overturns acquittal verdict of policeman for allegations of torture during Revolution of Dignity ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/ukraine-court-overturns-acquittal-verdict-of-policeman-for-allegations-of-torture-during-revolution-of-dignity/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:53:54

• Ukraine Seeks To Terminate Free Trade Deal With Belarus ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-belarus-free-trade-terminate-deal/32746880.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:54:08

• Latvia Gives Ukraine 270 Vehicles Confiscated From Drunk Drivers ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/latvia-gives-ukraine-vehicles-drunk-drivers/32746520.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:54:28

• Ukraine Received $1.34 Billion Under World Bank Project, Says Finance Ministry ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-world-bank-funding-1-34-billion/32746439.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:54:43

• Ukraine Says Forces Holding Out In Strategic Town Of Maryinka Despite Russian Claims ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-christmas-russia-maryinka-captured/32746254.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:54:56

• Ukraine Says It Downed 5 Russian Planes, as Moscow Claims It Seized a Town ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/world/europe/ukraine-downs-planes-russia-claims-town.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:56:47

• Christmas Moves to Dec. 25 in Ukraine, Another Rebuff of Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/world/europe/ukraine-russia-christmas-ukrainian-orthodox-church.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:56:59

• Alexei Navalny found weeks after disappearance in remote penal colony ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/alexei-navalny-found-weeks-after-disappearance-in-remote-penal-colony/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:57:22

• Russia Does Not Interfere in Serbia's Internal Affairs: Peskov ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Does-Not-Interfere-in-Serbias-Internal-Affairs-Peskov-20231225-0010.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:58:21

• Foreign Shareholders Freeze Participation In Russia's Arctic LNG 2, Says Kommersant ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-arctic-lng-foreigh-shareholders-participation-sanctions/32746765.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:58:50

• Russian-backed union signs free trade pact with Iran ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russian-backed-union-signs-free-trade-pact-with-iran    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:59:04

• Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Found in an Arctic Prison ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/world/europe/russia-navalny-found-prison.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 12:59:15

• Russia Sees a Western Hand Behind Serbian Street Protests ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/world/europe/russia-us-serbia-street-protests.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:00:09

• Armenia’s Pashinian Vows To Focus On Economics, Not Politics As Chair Of Eurasia Grouping In 2024 ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-pashinian-european-econonomic-union-chair-politics-economics/32746923.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:00:38

• How To Install ImageMagick on GNU/Linux Mint 21 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-imagemagick-linux-mint-21/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:01:28

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

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:01:52

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

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:02:45

• Alzheimer's Study Reveals How Toxic Clumps Warp Neurons at Their Core ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-study-reveals-how-toxic-clumps-warp-neurons-at-their-core    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:03:43

• How to Install Pip on Debian 12 ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-pip-on-debian/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:03:56

• How to install Blender on Ubuntu ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-blender-on-ubuntu/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:04:23

• How to Find a Hard Disk Serial Number in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/find-hard-disk-serial-number-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:06:19

• HandBrake 1.7.2 Released with Encoding Fixes & GNU/Linux Performance Improvement ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2023/12/handbrake-1-7-2-released-with-encoding-fixes-linux-performance-improvement/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:06:48

• Enlightenment 0.26.0 Released with New Features & Lots Bug-fixes ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2023/12/enlightenment-0-26-0-released/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:08:48

• Is This 3D Printed Third Arm Useful? Maybe? ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/25/is-this-3d-printed-third-arm-useful-maybe/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:14:02

• 2023’s Moments That Marked the Open-Source World ☞ https://linuxiac.com/2023s-moments-that-marked-the-open-source-world/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:21:02

• "It is Christmas!! On behalf of OSTechNix, I wish you all a Merry Christmas! Today, I will show you how to display animated Christmas tree in Terminal in Linux." ☞ https://ostechnix.com/display-animated-christmas-tree-terminal/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:21:57

• Season’s Greetings from LinuxLinks.com ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/seasons-greetings-christmas-linuxlinks/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:22:44

• Ruby 3.3.0 Released ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2023/12/25/ruby-3-3-0-released/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:23:00

• 50 Simple and Useful dmidecode Commands for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/simple-and-useful-dmidecode-commands-for-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:23:36

• 50 Practical Examples of SED Command in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/practical-examples-of-the-sed-command-in-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:23:51

• Over at Tux Machines... ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:24:22

• Marcia Having Fun With the Most Sought-After Distro of GNU/Linux, According to DistroWatch ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/25/Marcia_Having_Fun_With_the_Most_Sought_After_Distro_of_GNU_Linu.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:24:31

• Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Made Better With These Clipboard Managers in GNU/Linux ☞ https://itsfoss.com/linux-clipboard-managers/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:25:18

• Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 819 ☞ https://ubuntu-news.org/2023/12/25/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-819/ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2023/12/25/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-819/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:26:58

• "If you have an old Blogger account, migrate your posts off it NOW. Passing this on in case you missed it too." ☞ https://rubenerd.com/migrate-your-legacy-blogger-accounts-now/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:27:39

• Google: we try to minimise backlash while we delete "old" accounts (or accounts of people who died and wanted their work to remain online). Dead people cannot protest.    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:28:36

• Merry Xmas 2023, and a (positive!) status update ☞ https://rubenerd.com/merry-xmas-2023/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:28:49

• The Tech That Died In 202 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/25/the-tech-that-died-in-2023/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:29:58

• US retaliates in Iraq after 3 US troops wounded — 1 critically — in drone attack by Iran-aligned terrorists ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/12/25/news/us-retaliates-in-iraq-after-three-us-troops-wounded-in-drone-attack-by-iran-aligned-militants/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:31:17

• Live: Iran says Israel behind strike that killed Iranian commander in Syria ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231226-live-iran-accuses-israel-of-strike-that-killed-high-ranking-iranian-general-in-syria    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:31:25

• Israeli Air Strike In Syria Kills Commander Of Iran's Revolutionary Guard ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-mousavi-revolutionary-guards-killed-israel/32746803.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:32:00

• Indian navy to deploy guided missile destroyer ships after strike off its coast ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/indian-navy-to-deploy-guided-missile-destroyer-ships-after-strike-off-its-coast    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:32:30

• U.S. Strikes Iran-Backed Groups in Iraq After Attack on Base Injures 3 Americans ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/us/politics/airstrikes-christmas-iran-iraq.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:32:59

• The curl activity of 2023 ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/12/25/the-curl-activity-of-2023/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:33:27

• Sergio Talens-Oliag: GitLab CI/CD Tips: Automatic Versioning Using semantic-release ☞ https://blogops.mixinet.net/posts/gitlab-ci/semantic-release/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:34:35

• 17 Free and Open-source UML (Unified Modeling Language) Design Tools for 2024 ☞ https://medevel.com/17-os-uml-designers/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:36:01

• FreeBSD jailed ZFS datasets – how do I find the .zfs/snapshot directory? ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2023/12/25/freebsd-jailed-zfs-datasets-how-do-i-find-the-zfs-snapshot-directory/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:38:39

• Rakudo Weekly 2023.52 Final Magic ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2023/12/25/2023-52-final-magic/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:39:24

• Doxygen 1.10 https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/changelog.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:40:01

• "This method was refined and later patented by Samuel Jones in 1828" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/25/promethean-matches-the-ancestor-to-modern-matches/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:47:32

• 2023: The Year Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Raced Towards Zero (But the Stock Did Not, It's Like the Cusp of a Ponzi Scheme) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/25/2023_The_Year_Microsoft_Raced_Towards_Zero_But_the_Stock_Did_No.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:48:06

• SEC Consult is Irresponsible, Publishes Attack Code for Postfix a Week Before Christmas (When Developers Need Rest and Administrators Are Away, Won't Patch) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/25/SEC_Consult_is_Irresponsible_Publishes_Attack_Code_for_Postfix_.shtml    

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

• How the Snakes Stole Christmas! (Classic Seuss) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/25/How_the_Snakes_Stole_Christmas_Classic_Seuss.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:48:45

• Setting up Wayland on openSUSE Tumbleweed ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2023/12/setting-up-wayland-on-opensuse.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:49:44

• Four more news articles of bianet censored concerning former lawyer of President Erdoğan ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/four-more-news-articles-of-bianet-censored-concerning-former-lawyer-of-president-erdogan-289750    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:50:58

• Second censorship for Ekşi Sözlük in 10 days ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/second-censorship-for-eksi-sozluk-in-10-days-289740    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:51:08

• ReBoi Raspberry Pi Game Boy project blends classic gaming with modern tech (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/26/reboi-raspberry-pi-game-boy-project/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:51:45

• Steam Deck OLED Limited Edition: First Impressions Are Quite Underwhelming ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/steam-deck-oled-impressions/index.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:52:12

• Wallet lost 65 years ago returned to stunned family after being found in Atlanta movie theater wall: ‘A flood of memories’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/12/26/news/atlanta-movie-theater-wallet-lost-65-years-ago-returned-to-stunned-family/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:56:01

• HKFP Lens: Photographers capture vibrant marine life in Hong Kong waters ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/26/hkfp-lens-photographers-capture-vibrant-marine-life-in-hong-kong-waters/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 13:56:27

• AAEON COM-R2KC6 – A COM Express Module featuring the AMD Ryzen Embedded R2000 Series ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/26/aaeon-com-r2kc6-a-com-express-module-featuring-the-amd-ryzen-embedded-r2000-series/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:06:58

• pgBadger v12.4 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgbadger-v124-released-2772/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:09:19

• CloudNativePG 1.22.0, 1.21.2 and 1.20.5 Released! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/cloudnativepg-1220-1212-and-1205-released-2771/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:09:28

• VERY little. Awful. ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/25/apple-reportedly-expects-ship-500000-vision-pro-headsets-2024/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:11:47

• Change the OS ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/setting-up-a-new-windows-laptop-or-desktop-change-these-dumb-defaults-right-away    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:12:46

• When a Comedy Historian Googles “Disgusting Comedian” ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/01/when-a-comedy-historian-googles-disgusting-comedian    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:13:29

• "Mercer said he believes the hotline was created in response to “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” (DEI) ideology and will be abused by woke students complaining about things they disagree with." ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/12/26/news/saint-marys-university-prof-rips-whistleblower-hotline/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:15:00

• Russ Allbery: krb5-strength 3.3 ☞ https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2023-12/002.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:19:21

• Europe Celebrates Christmas Amid Lingering Security Concerns ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Europe-Celebrates-Christmas-Amid-Lingering-Security-Concerns-20231225-0004.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:22:12

• "IP theft" is nonsensical language that lacks any legal meaning; this is terrible framing, the summary also☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/micron-settles-ip-theft-lawsuit-with-the-chinese-state-owned-chipmaker-jinhua-integrated-circuit-co    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:23:39

• Microsoft-sponsored SPAMFARM now pushing absolute HORSESHIT disguised as "science" to make it look like LLMs do something useful and investors should keep sinking money into this FRAUD https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/25/danish-researchers-create-llm-will-predict-someone-might-die-78-accuracy/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:26:11

• LO! OMG!! LLMs save lives! NOT! Enough with this SPAM, Microsoft. Wind down the business, you've no plan going ahead. Clown computing failed too.    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:29:55

• GTA V source code allegedly leaked in a tribute to jailed Lapsus$ hacker ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/25/gta-v-source-code-allegedly-leaked-tribute-jailed-lapsus-hacker/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:36:49

• Some Heka tenants face 12 percent rent increases despite 17m euro funding boost ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20066601    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:38:00

• 3D Printing With Plastic Cutlery ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/25/3d-printing-with-plastic-cutlery/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:38:45

• Building A Rad Super Capacitor RC Plane ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/25/building-a-rad-super-capacitor-rc-plane/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:38:53

• Squadron commanding officer on US aircraft carrier removed ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/southchinasea/squadron-commanding-officer-12262023002320.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:41:30

• Taiwan detains one for ‘fabricated’ January election polls ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/25/taiwan-detains-one-for-fabricated-january-election-polls/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:41:49

• Taiwan man charged over arranging voter trips to China ahead of January election ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-man-charged-over-arranging-voter-trips-to-china-ahead-of-january-election    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:42:02

• N Korea set to hold meeting this week to outline policy goals for 2024 ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/nkorea-plenary-meeting-12252023235008.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:43:20

• The Future of Depression Diagnosis Is Already Here, Expert Says ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-future-of-depression-diagnosis-is-already-here-expert-says    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:44:05

• We Need a Global Immune System to Stop Future Public Health Crises ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/opinion/global-immune-system-public-health.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:44:18

• Study Finds How Much Exercise You Need Weekly To Control Your Blood Pressure ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-finds-how-much-exercise-you-need-weekly-to-control-your-blood-pressure    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:44:31

• More complete nonsense and crock. It is not feasible and it exaggerates capabilities to hype of the "HEY HI" BS wave. https://www.sciencealert.com/study-finds-how-much-exercise-you-need-weekly-to-control-your-blood-pressure    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:46:30

• measuring moods and "reading thoughts" is massively different. Like measuring time versus time travel.    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:47:08

• Strange, Trilobite-Shaped Molecules Created in Lab For The First Time ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-trilobite-shaped-molecules-created-in-lab-for-the-first-time    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:48:06

• Scientists Counted Every Species in Their Home, And Got a Huge Surprise ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-counted-every-species-in-their-home-and-got-a-huge-surprise    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:48:24

• There are words in the dictionary like "Trump". Do you want those removed too, Wall Street Times? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/science/taxonomy-beetle-insects-hitler.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:49:31

• Philippines not provoking conflict in South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-not-provoking-conflict-in-south-china-sea-military-spokesperson    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:50:26

• Chinese media report prompts probe into illegal baby surrogacies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-media-expose-prompts-probe-into-illegal-baby-surrogacies    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:50:49

• Taiwan not seeing signs of large-scale Chinese military activity pre-election ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-not-seeing-signs-of-large-scale-chinese-military-activity-pre-election    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:51:25

• China unveils a new naval chief as maritime tensions in South China Sea climb ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-unveils-a-new-naval-chief-as-maritime-tensions-in-south-china-sea-climb    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:51:46

• China warns rocket remnants to hit South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-warns-rocket-remnants-to-hit-south-china-sea-maritime-safety-authority    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:52:06

• This N.Y.U. Student Owns a $6 Million Crypto Mine. His Secret Is Out. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/technology/bitrush-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-china.html    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:52:21

• China expects searing heat, more weather extremes in 2024 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-expects-searing-heat-more-weather-extremes-in-2024    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 14:52:42

• "I've been an user on the Fediverse since 2018, and I've tried running my own instance several times, though it has always been kind of a messy endeavor due to my lack of technical knowledge and money. I found out about Tootik this week just as I migrated my neocities log to sourcehut's Gemini service." gemini://ilo.sankase.la/pages/2023-12-25.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 15:15:42

• The meaning of a property to "belong" to an entertainment conglomerate gemini://isoraqathedh.pollux.casa/franchises.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 15:16:18

• Raspberry Pi home server gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/johngodlee/posts/2023-12-24-rpi_server.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 15:17:05

• "...And I'm not speaking of the Gemini blogs and capsules. It's not new but some of the bloggers that I loved to read, just stopped. Ok, I have done quite the same on the french part of my blog, because I thought I had nothing more to say and needed a new challenge. I hope this one here is good." gemini://sdf.org/icemanfr/2023/26.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 15:18:27

• "Americans are obsessed with bathrooms, and my house has four. To be fair, it has (conservatively) 10 bedrooms, so it's not really excessive. I think it was a whorehouse in the early 1900's." gemini://tilde.cafe/~stack/gemlog/2023-12-26.toilets.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 15:19:30

• "toki pona is a minimalist constructed language created by Sonja Lang and published back in 2001; it started out proposing 120 core words (in the original book known as pu) and adding 61 afterwards (in the follow-up dictionary known as ku)." gemini://ilo.sankase.la/pages/toki-pona.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 15:20:29

• Gemini could use a logo gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/gemini/could-use-a-logo/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 15:21:39

• BDWNOUI Wordo: ALONE🔤SpellBinding — BDWNOUI Wordo: ALONE gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-12-26.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 15:22:19

• "He has a poor opinion of vaccines in general and this may stem from related illnesses he's had because of vaccines during his lifetime. It may also stem from other things, but those are matters I'd rather not discuss as no thing political has any place in this blog." gemini://thurk.org/blog/609.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 15:23:31

• "A friend of mine, when we were kids and trying to learn about Linux and stuff, he hated questions. He always wanted to learn on his own through HOWTOs and books and man pages and docs." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/knowledge-sharing    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 15:24:13

• Reviewing your own year in Geminispace with jq and a JSON Feed gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/gemini/year-in-review/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 15:24:48

• The awesomeness of require gemini://idiomdrottning.org/the-awesomeness-of-require    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 15:25:26

• WE ARE SAVED!! HEY HI!! https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amid-layoffs-paytm-ceo-vijay-shekhar-sharma-shares-2024-to-do-list-featuring-big-ai-upgrades-4743071 spew out some buzzwords, hope for the best    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 17:00:40

• Media and Tech Industries Hit by Record Layoffs in 2023 https://bnnbreaking.com/world/us/media-and-tech-industries-hit-by-record-layoffs-in-2023/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 17:01:33

• Word spew/spam? https://www.thehrdigest.com/google-to-fire-30000-employees-after-success-of-its-ai-powered-services/ HEY HI nonsense... spoken by chatbots?    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 17:03:03

• Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/956156/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 17:37:05

• Abdali Hospital Cyberattack: Hackers Demand 10 BTC Ransom After Breach https://thecyberexpress.com/abdali-hospital-data-breach/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 17:38:53

• CBS, Paramount owner National Amusements says it was hacked https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/26/cbs-paramount-owner-national-amusements-hacked/    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 17:39:31

• Troves Of Iranian Hacked Insurance Customer Data On Sale https://www.iranintl.com/en/202312264629    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 17:40:15

• Sometimes diversity is not about people's race and gender but about people's employers. The employers can then seek to occupy key positions by hiring accordingly and looking to fill positions based on quotas, unseating those employers' opponents.    

posted Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 18:20:28