Roy Schestowitz

• "I first discovered Radiohead when my parents were having a tidy. My mum had overturned the entire CD rack and pulled out a stack of discs to get rid of, which included a copy of OK Computer. Not really sure why she wanted to throw it out, but regardless I took it, played it, enjoyed it, and then bought more." gemini://deafeningcreationearthquake.flounder.online/gemlog/2023-12-27.gmi    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 02:39:26

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D793.jpg    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 02:39:53

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1143.jpg    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 02:40:00

• On the "Glory" of the IP Protocol Suite gemini://gmi.rohlicek.at/gemlog/2023-12-27-the-glory-of-the-ip-protocol-suite.gmi    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 02:49:20

• Thin and to the point gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-27-15-01-24.gmi    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 02:50:10

• want   

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 02:50:48

• "I'm trying to keep things decently simple for 2024 in terms of habits or projects I want to do. Of course there will be more things I plan to do, but the following are 3 things I certainly want to make progress on." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/hopes-resolutions-for-2024    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 02:50:55

• New York Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI for Copyright Infringement https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-27/new-york-times-sues-microsoft-and-openai-for-copyright-infringement    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 02:53:22

• With all those lawsuits, might Open HEY HI just file for bankruptcy and claim it cannot pay? Too broke?    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 02:54:33

• Microsoft hiding behind proxies, as usual https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/ny-times-sues-open-ai-microsoft-over-copyright-infringement/ see https://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 02:55:47

• "sideloading" just means installing https://www.ghacks.net/2023/12/27/new-japanese-law-may-force-apple-to-allow-sideloading-in-ios/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 02:57:49

• Note this publisher takes bribes from both Microsoft and Bill Gates (for bias), just like OSI, which took the role of Microsoft advocate, calling plagiarism "HEY HI" https://www.npr.org/2023/12/27/1221821750/new-york-times-sues-chatgpt-openai-microsoft-for-copyright-infringement    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 03:01:53

• It was utterly foolish of Simon Phipps to take bribes from Microsoft (at OSI) and now we see how things pan out.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 03:03:03

• "i've been an ‘owner’, in the kink sense, for well over a decade now, across two different relationships. In one relationship, a former partner (now friend) was my ‘property’: [...]" gemini://flexibeast.space/gemlog/2023-12-28.gmi    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 05:38:12

• "The whole family's together for Christmas. Tonight, the move's been rum or bourbon and coke, but I've been hittin' the gin and brandy and slivovicha." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1622    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 05:38:55

• Still unsolved https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/merry-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year-from-covid/ turning FIVE soon. The vaccine monopoly cartel (patents) still unable to produce a working solution that is safe and reliable. All about money, not problem-solving.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 07:14:54

• How to Find a File in Linux https://linuxstans.com/find-file-linux/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 07:29:10

• "We reflect on how our work has changed over the last year and get some sage advice from buff Uncle Jeff." ☞ https://feed.jupiter.zone/allshows#entry-11747    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 07:33:16

• Setup ownCloud Infinite Scale Real Quick ☞ https://dragotin.codeberg.page/posts/quickocis/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 07:34:07

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, December 29, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-20231229-irc    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 07:34:53

• Fed Cir affirms PTAB decision Invalidating 1996 Patent on Mobile Base Stations ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/12/decision-invalidating-stations.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 07:35:44

• "further I believe UPC case law , supported by the influence of the EU, will become intertwined with EPO case law, leading to much more leniency at the EPO" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/unambiguous-disclosure-without-patent.html?showComment=1703683343898#c1364721314176234273    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 07:36:56

• "The leniency will come from the UPC realising it needs to be less formalistic than the EPO when acting judicially and deciding on huge amounts of money to be given in damages. At the moment the EPO doesn't really see see the financial implications of its decisions and therefore has become too abstract and academic"    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 07:37:30

• UPC is both illegal and unconstitutional. This blog promoted this crime for many years and now it takes stock of the "accomplishments" of this crime. ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2023/12/27/kluwer-upc-blog-opinion-piece/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 07:39:36

• automatically   

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 07:40:42

• Patent extremists are pushing for automatically-generated patents which breed nothing but lawsuits and reward nobody https://ipwatchdog.com/2023/12/27/from-ai-inventors-to-design-reform-and-frand-what-mattered-in-eu-ip-for-2023/id=171017/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 07:40:47

• Federal Circuit Appellate court Grants Emergency Stay of Fashion Company Apple Watch Ban ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/12/federal-appellate-emergency.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 07:42:09

• Way to distract from MASS LAYOFFS at Microsoft... the REAL story https://www.pocketgamer.biz/feature/83044/paige-cook-top-stories-of-the-year/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 08:36:36

• Microsoft sued again. "STEALING" disguised as "HEY HI!" https://www.pymnts.com/legal/2023/new-york-times-sues-microsoft-openai-over-content-use/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 08:37:26

• There was no "rise of AI"; it's just the latest pump-and-dump fraud. https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1228/1422586-job-cuts-the-rise-of-ai-and-record-data-fines/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 08:38:40

• They need people who get work done, not people who fill quotas https://www.aol.com/google-meta-other-tech-giants-231312118.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 08:39:31

• Filling "insane people" quotas at Microsoft https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/04/16/microsoft-bing-hides-news-regarding-microsoft-stabber-joseph-cantrell/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 08:39:54

• Popular Slay The Spire mod Downfall was hijacked to spread malware through Steam https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/popular-slay-the-spire-mod-downfall-was-hijacked-to-spread-malware-through-steam    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 08:41:29

• All this "era of AI", "year of AI", "AI revolution" nonsense is good way to filter out "journalists" who are basically corporate spammers, assisting a fraudulent scheme for a payment. There's no revolution, it's just loads of buzzwords and hype - a self-feeding loop, which will implode.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 08:43:04

• India in 2023: 15.6% GNU/Linux on desktops and laptops? Impressive. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india/#monthly-200901-202312    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 08:50:53

• And Microsoft (Windows) sagged to 63% of laptops/desktops in Canada https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/canada/#monthly-200901-202312    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 08:52:40

• GNU/Linux at 3.5% in the US (desktops, laptops) https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/united-states-of-america/#monthly-200901-202312    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 08:54:18

• "Apple does not allow Floccus to manage the bookmarks on Safari for iOS"˜› https://www.tumfatig.net/2023/create-a-start-page-using-html-and-css/ | Source: TuMFatig    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:22:49

• "I've been using exmh to read and handle my email for what is now a very long time"˜› https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/EnvironmentsAndImmitations | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:23:01

• "I briefly mentioned this ongoing project in my post about which BSD did you start on, as well as in this other post about moving all the things to (Free|Open)BSD." ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/finally-migrated-my-email-to-openbsdamsterdam.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:41:40

• Open Hardware ☛ https://rubenerd.com/reflashing-an-sii-3114-sata-controller/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:42:09

• "I've written papers about it, and I've tried to put together a prototype license" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/27/bruce_perens_post_open/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:43:01

• Open Access ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/27/another-reason-why-diamond-access-makes-sense-no-economic-barriers-to-publishing-rebuttals/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:43:23

• "An acquantance wrote about John Romero and John Carmack but missed" ☛ https://two-wrongs.com/john-the-toolmaker | Source: Chris    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:45:54

• "At least for now, the repo will stay public" ☛ https://www.brycewray.com/posts/2023/12/testing-testing-ending-fools-errand/ | Source: Bryce Wray    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:46:02

• "He also mentions LibraryThing as an example of a site that has achieved critical mass" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/jon-udell-discusses-critical-mass/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:49:12

• "Let’s start by seeing how I did with this year in regard to my hopes from 12 months ago: [...]" ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/year-in-review-2023/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:49:29

• "technology jobs" ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/dice/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:50:38

• "There's enormous potential for getting people together and doing something interesting" ☛ https://notes.eatonphil.com/2023-12-26-make-your-own-way.html | Source: Phil Eaton    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:50:48

• "Taliban's hard-line Islamist government in Afghanistan" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-education-layoffs-fears/32749748.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:52:57

• "Carl wrote a lovely post the other day, listing 20 things he learned this year." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/reflecting-on-learned-things | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:53:26

• "According to FDA guidance" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/fda-cisa-medical-devices-cybersecurity-agreement-updated-gao/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:54:18

• "Cyber threats that target medical devices could delay critical patient care" ☛ https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106683 | Source: USGAO    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:54:33

• "On Christmas Day, Brandt Bucher, a CPython core developer" ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/ai-and-wonder?date=2023-12-27 | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:56:17

• "Temu isn’t done with you when you close it" ☛ https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/05/is-temu-the-future-of-buying-things.html | Source: NYMag    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:56:29

• "Russian-speaking BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group has claimed to have carried out a cyberattack" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/cyberattack-on-ultra-intelligence-and-communications/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:59:35

• "While the details of the incident remain undisclosed" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/yakult-australia-data-breach/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 09:59:46

• "A ransomware group named Akira has taken credit for the attack on Nissan" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-group-claims-100-gb-of-data-stolen-from-nissan/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:00:00

• "There was some feedback from social media intermediaries on the process to be followed if law enforcement agencies seek data of such accounts after these three years." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-companies-may-have-to-delete-data-of-users-away-for-three-years/articleshow/106329402.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:03:29

• "GitHub users are now required to enable two-factor" ☛ https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/github-reminds-users-to-enable-2fa-or-lose-account-functionality | Source: TechRadar    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:03:41

• "Enabling 2FA on GitHub could be performed through security keys, authenticator apps, GitHub mobile" ☛ https://www.scmagazine.com/brief/immediate-2fa-activation-urged-by-github | Source: CyberRisk Alliance LLC    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:03:51

• "According to experts, the SAR satellites provide images with a resolution of 50 centimetres." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2023/12/27/bundeswehr-now-spying-from-space-a-musk-rocket-has-launched-the-last-two-sarah-satellites/ | Source: Site36    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:05:17

• "To illustrate this, I put together a very basic CGI in Python and Go" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/CGINotSlow | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:05:28

• "How (not) to sign a JSON object" ☛ https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/signing-json.html | Source: David Buchanan    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:05:43

• "kick them out" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/indonesia-aceh-rohingya-attacked-12272023152709.html | Source: RFA    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:08:51

• "The procurement's terms include accessories, spare parts and maintenance repair" ☛ https://news.err.ee/1609202587/estonia-opens-25-million-drone-procurement-process | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhääling    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:09:32

• "They were there to collect what today we would call open-source materials" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/how-librarian-spies-helped-win-world-war-ii-/7406071.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:10:01

• "In this digital age, as our dependence on technology grows" ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30514 | Source: SANS    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:11:47

• "But the optimism comes with a warning." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/27/1085892/six-takeaways-climate-tech-boom/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:12:15

• "All of this is to say that I am definitely not a Car Guy." ☛ https://petewarden.com/2023/12/28/why-i-love-my-chevy-bolt-ev/ | Source: Pete Warden    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:12:52

• "Conventional solar PV installations are installed on a rooftop or in a field." ☛ https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/12/how-to-build-a-small-solar-power-system/ | Source: Low Tech Mag    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:13:05

• "But the SPLC’s report hardly confines itself to such unassailable liberal principles" ☛ https://quillette.com/2023/12/27/the-splcs-new-enemy/ | Source: Quillette    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:15:08

• "I’m going to go out on a NOT limb here: this man is not a Christian" ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4379039-kinzinger-says-christians-who-back-trump-dont-understand-their-religion/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:15:27

• [Old] "the 2nd Penal Chamber of the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/appeals-court-overturns-fashion-designer-s-sentence-for-insulting-erdogan-with-gollum-photo-272514 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:17:15

• "Nearly 40 years later, when Smothers was awarded an honorary Emmy for his work on the show" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1221824145 | Source: NPR    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:18:20

• [Old] "Tommy and Dick Smothers challenged the censors at CBS" ☛ https://text.npr.org/2010/10/15/130569467/the-uncensored-story-of-the-smothers-brothers | Source: NPR    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:18:41

• "Now, just as censorship on the Internet is becoming a hot issue" ☛ https://eu.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/1997/06/08/smothers-brothers-censored-segments-surface/50611362007/ |    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:19:43

• "Battling the CBS censors and landing themselves on Nixon’s list of enemies" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/1968-when-nixon-said-sock-it-me-laugh-tv-was-never-quite-same-again-180967869/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:19:54

• "The show’s content led to frequent clashes with CBS censors and infuriated then-President Johnson" ☛ https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/4379398-tommy-smothers-famed-for-political-satire-dies-at-86/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:20:59

• "The Wire news website’s editor Siddharth Varadarajan and another journalist in India" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pegasus-infection-found-on-indian-journalists-phones-after-apple-alert-amnesty-international/article67682427.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:21:53

• "A reoccuring message in these events was that in a globalised world" ☛ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/28/middle-east-is-at-the-verge-of-volcano-burst/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:24:08

• "Cut as a child herself, Diallo, 35, talks about her work practicing female genital mutilation (FGM) in a rather introverted manner" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-27/the-guinean-nurse-who-stopped-performing-genital-mutilation-on-girls-in-an-environment-where-everyone-does-one-thing-it-is-very-difficult-not-to-do-the-same.html | Source: El País    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:24:19

• "They call it the Swedish Model, a way of life that has defined the country’s economy for decades." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/tesla-sweden-strike-labor.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:24:37

• "This year in IPv6, we learned a lot about IPv6 extension headers" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/28/three-of-the-best-ipv6-7/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:27:04

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/27/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-records/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:27:45

• "First, Spotify occasionally greys out tracks on a regional basis due to licensing-agreement terms." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/26/why-are-some-songs-greyed-out-on-spotify/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:27:59

• Software Patents: "In 2020, Masimo filed a lawsuit in the US District Court" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/24006607/apple-watch-series-9-ultra-2-itc-import-ban | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:29:45

• Software Patents: "Apple filed an emergency appeal Tuesday against the USITC" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/apple-watch-ban-itc-appeals-court-pause | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:31:49

• Software Patents: "The ITC had barred imports and sales of Apple Watches with blood-oxygen level reading technology." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-resumes-sales-of-smartwatches-post-appeals-court-win-heres-what-you-need-to-know/articleshow/106337724.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:31:59

• Software Patents: "Apple appealed the ban to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/explainer-what-is-next-after-pause-of-us-apple-watch-import-ban/articleshow/106334060.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:32:07

• Software Patents: "the appeals court said it would halt the ban" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-wins-bid-to-pause-apple-watch-ban-at-us-appeals-court/articleshow/106329063.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:32:19

• "after setting a hard pullout deadline in response to copyright law changes" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/26/spotify-france-price-increase-streaming-tax/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 10:35:35

• "The forthcoming legal battle could set a precedent" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/nyt-microsoft-openai-lawsuit-copyright-infringement | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:05:38

• "And now, the newspaper has done just that" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1221821750 | Source: NPR    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:05:47

• "the Times’ suit is the first among major news publishers to take on OpenAI and Microsoft" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/27/tech/new-york-times-sues-openai-microsoft/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:06:02

• "Defendants’ unlawful use of The Times’s work" ☛ https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2023/12/NYT_Complaint_Dec2023.pdf |    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:06:45

• "The complaint calls out Microsoft, not just for the investment it has made in OpenAI, but also for assistants such as Microsoft 365 Copilot" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/27/the_new_york_times_files/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:07:02

• "The Times is the first major American media organization to sue the companies" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:08:13

• "The Times is not seeking a specific amount of damages" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/new-york-times-sues-openai-microsoft-for-copyright-infringement/articleshow/106326685.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:08:33

• "There is nothing 'transformative' about using the Times's content without payment to create products that substitute for the Times and steal audiences away from it." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/new-york-times-openai-lawsuit-copyright-1.7069701 | Source: CBC    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:09:15

• "Strike 3 Holdings continues to raise the bar when it comes to the number of piracy lawsuits filed in U.S. federal courts." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/strike-3-files-record-number-of-piracy-lawsuits-in-2023-231227/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:21:02

• economy ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/doddering/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:21:35

• tiktok https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12890583/americans-osama-bin-laden-poll-gen-zers.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:22:19

• "Dear fheroes2 project supporters and Heroes of Might and Magic II fans!" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/heroes-of-might-and-magic-ii-game-engine-fheroes2-v1011-released/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:23:59

• checksums also ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2023/12/download-zorin-os-17-with-mirrors-torrents-and-checksums.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:25:14

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

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:25:45

• "Legal expert says Jack Smith can get "devastating" Trump evidence: Juries "eat it up"" https://www.salon.com/2023/12/26/legal-expert-says-jack-smith-can-get-devastating-evidence-juries-eat-it-up/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:26:36

• mexican regime https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-delegation-meet-mexican-government-talks-surge-migrants-105933375    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:29:39

• Gollum still in NATO https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sweden-moves-step-closer-nato-membership-after-turkish-105921975 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdo%C4%9Fan%E2%80%93Gollum_comparison_trials    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:30:59

• volcano https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/28/middle-east-is-at-the-verge-of-volcano-burst/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:31:42

• dictatorship https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/trump-word-cloud-revenge-dictatorship-second-term    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:33:16

• steve martin https://www.vintag.es/2023/12/steve-martin-juggling-skills.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:33:22

• EU https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2023/12/27/eu-ratten-till-privatliv-och-yttrandefriheten/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:39:13

• FAKE "security" in NSA-controlled platform where it gets ALL the data and passes it on https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/github-tvinger-brugerne-til-tofaktor-autentificering    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:39:44

• iophk: bloat for the sake of selling more hardware, this time with TPM https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/12/27/ai-in-windows-investigating-windows-copilot/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:41:11

• EFF trying to fool people into thinking it serves people, not corporations, in recent years ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/just-little-does-whole-lot see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/The_EFF_Should_Know_Better_But_It_Is_Promoting_Mass_Surveillanc.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation_Incorporated_is_Run_by_for_Corpo.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:42:44

• EFF now markets itself as "LGBTQ+ Rights"; digital rights apply to all, men/women, black/white, young/old... so what is the EFF aiming for here? It's NOT ACLU, is it? ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/international-threats-freedom-expression-2023-year-review | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:44:12

• EFF needs to talk more about patents (it barely does anymore) and less about genitals    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:44:38

• EFF barely covers patent-related corruption or even bad patents anymore    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:51:14

• When asked about why it won't cover EPO scandals, the EFF would not even respond    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:52:12

• One might guess that before doing anything EFF needs to ask its biggest shareholders.. Google, Facebook, Craigslist etc. It only needs to hand over a token of appreciation to actual people, so it seems like EFF works for THEM. Sometimes is accidentally does... when interests overlap these rich people's.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:52:57

• democracynow needs to rebrand as hamasNOW. Hamas = democracy.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:53:56

• democracynow even calls terrorism "Resistance”. very disappointing.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:55:15

• So DN seems like the Chicago offshoot of BLM now, where democracy generally means not equality but "kill those fuckers"    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:56:01

• g20 ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2023/12/27/possibly-two-g20-trials-against-police-in-germany-after-all-but-brutal-racist-cop-still-faces-no-consequences/ | Source: Site36    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:00:04

• Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/27/body-cam-report-shows-fewer-agencies-are-allowing-cops-to-view-footage-before-making-statements/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:00:24

• srebrenica ☛ https://thegrayzone.com/2023/12/27/mass-graves-britains-srebrenica/ | Source: The Gray Zone    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:00:46

• patents on.. yes, indeed. "This is especially true of software patents, an area EFF has been speaking out about for more than 20 years now." And then stopped to focus on whackdoodles and prostitutes. ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/27/stupid-patent-of-the-month-selfie-contests/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:02:41

• EFF Takes Money From US Nazis to Speak for Prostitutes and Frame Privacy (or Net Liability) as a Sex Issue http://techrights.org/o/2023/04/19/framing-privacy-as-sex-issue/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:03:02

• "Platform Liability for Violent Extremist Content" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/2023-year-review-us-supreme-courts-busy-year-free-speech-and-tech-cases | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:04:29

• Thew Free speech person at EFF, who gets paid MILLIONS for the contract (see IRS filings), is trying to silence Wikileaks. So you know whose speech EFF is protecting and why...    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:05:18

• "Who Funds Canary Mission?" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/27/canary_mission | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:06:33

• DN: we know whose side to take when we see buses blown up. The "resistance" bombers.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:09:47

• Democracy Now Productions takes money from the Ford Foundation. Yes, that Ford. https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/aug/20/julianborger1    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:11:04

• But then again, the WWW has become full of oligarch-funded misinformation. To them it's slush funds and they stand to gain from a fractured, baffled society.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:11:36

• Social control media is the pinnacle of online disinformation, further curated in a top-down fashion by the platform owners/handlers https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-34474798    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:12:33

• Raspberry Pi ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/27/raspberry-pi-pico-parallel-mandelbrot-computation/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:14:03

• Fentanylware (TikTok) sending more info about you to Beijing☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/tiktok-asking-for-passcode/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:27:42

• "This blog is part of our Year in Review series. Read other articles about the fight for digital rights in 2023" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/equitable-access-law-got-stronger-year | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:28:33

• The First Secret Asteroid Mission Won’t Be the Last ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/science/secret-asteroid-mission-astroforge.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:33:37

• Intermittent Fasting Seems to Result in Dynamic Changes to The Human Brain ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/intermittent-fasting-seems-to-result-in-dynamic-changes-to-the-human-brain    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:33:55

• Incredible Videos Take Us Inside a Centrifuge For The First Time ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/incredible-videos-take-us-inside-a-centrifuge-for-the-first-time    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:35:12

• In Canada, Assisted Death May Soon Be Available for the Mentally Ill ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/canada/medical-assisted-death-mental-illness.html DeamonFC    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 12:43:11

• A Game-Changing Vaccine Could Lower 'Bad' Cholesterol by 30% ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-game-changing-vaccine-could-lower-bad-cholesterol-by-30    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:05:22

• Revolutionary Vibrating Weight Loss Pill Could Reduce Food Intake by 40% ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/revolutionary-vibrating-weight-loss-pill-could-reduce-food-intake-by-40    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:05:35

• Hong Kong launches new mental health hotline offering 24-hour counselling services ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/28/hong-kong-launches-new-mental-health-hotline-offering-24-hour-counselling-services/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:06:31

• Popular Type 2 Diabetes And Weight Loss Drug May Protect Against Colorectal Cancer ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/popular-type-2-diabetes-and-weight-loss-drug-may-protect-against-colorectal-cancer    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:13:48

• Corruption cops examine possible information leak ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/28.12.2023-corruption-cops-examine-possible-information-leak.a536900/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:15:15

• General practitioners concerned about service maintenance ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/28.12.2023-general-practitioners-concerned-about-service-maintenance.a536905/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:18:43

• ‘Parasite’ Actor Lee Sun-kyun Found Dead at 48 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/asia/lee-sun-kyun-parasite-dead.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:18:58

• South Korean loan for Poland arms deal does not exist, says PM ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korean-loan-for-poland-arms-deal-does-not-exist-says-pm    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:19:49

• North Korea’s Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations: State media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-koreas-kim-orders-military-to-accelerate-war-preparations-kcna    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:19:57

• Japan protests South Korean court ruling on colonial-era workers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-protests-south-korean-court-ruling-on-colonial-era-workers    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:20:44

• In South Korea, ticket scalping expands beyond music to almost anything that can be bought ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/ticket-scalping-expands-beyond-music-to-anything-that-can-be-bought-in-south-korea    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:21:23

• South Korea police defend probe of 'Parasite' actor who was found dead ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-police-defend-probe-of-parasite-actor-who-was-found-dead    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:22:16

• North Korean leader Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231227-north-korean-leader-kim-orders-military-to-accelerate-war-preparations    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:28:54

• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un orders military to accelerate war preparations: state media ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/news/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-orders-military-to-accelerate-war-preparations-state-media/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:29:02

• WHEN SOCIAL CONTROL MEDIA JUNK becomes "news" source.. he says, she says... CANCEL CULTURE: "posted the controversial video on his account on social media platform X on Dec 25." Any context? No? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/childhood-memory-malaysian-politician-slammed-for-romanticising-floods    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:31:08

• For politicians, presence in social control media can be more of a liability than an advantage    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:31:34

• Thursday Briefing: Chinese Spies Compete With U.S. Spies ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/china-us-times-openai-india.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:35:52

• Jiang Ping, the ‘Conscience of China’s Legal World,’ Dies at 92 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/asia/jiang-ping-dead.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:36:34

• China pressures influential Taiwanese band Mayday ahead of elections: Sources ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-pressures-influential-taiwanese-band-ahead-of-elections-sources    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:36:48

• Running companies at a loss while Wall Street insists you are worth trillions and people should "invest" in the bubble, benefiting only the insiders (top of the pyramid) https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/software-companies-finally-had-to-care-about-profit-in-2023-1.2016046    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:42:48

• Next wave of layoffs in January before the results? https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/ex-microsoft-hr-vp-says-nobody-likes-firing-people-during-holidays-layoffs-are-common-at-the-start-of-a-year-2481513-2023-12-28    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:43:41

• Vietnam's 'bamboo diplomacy' shifts into higher gear ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/vietnams-bamboo-diplomacy-shifts-into-higher-gear    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:44:30

• 🔤SpellBinding: CHIPRTY Wordo: POSER gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-12-28.gmi    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:46:00

• "It was fun creating a 3x5 card post. Handwriting and degrees of rudimentary drawing felt truer to the moment than pure text. Also, there seemed to be more value to it for having felt the expenditure of energy over time." gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-28-07-03-24.gmi    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:47:06

• China says Taiwan is 'hyping up' military threat for its own gain ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-says-taiwan-is-hyping-up-military-threat-for-its-own-gain    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:47:50

• Three Hong Kong students jailed over ‘terrorist’ bomb plot ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/three-hong-kong-students-jailed-over-terrorist-bomb-plot    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:48:12

• China urges regional alert as US military steps up forward deployment ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-urges-regional-alert-as-us-military-steps-up-forward-deployment    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:48:34

• China sanctions US compliance firm over Uyghur research ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kharon-countermeasure-sanctions-12272023135142.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:49:31

• Indonesia: Workers protest at China-owned smelter after deadly fire ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/indonesia-fire-protest-12272023151642.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:49:58

• China deletes leaked stats showing plunging birth rate for 2023 ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-birth-rates-plunge-12272023160425.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:50:15

• Possible Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing summit ‘in discussion’: report ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/trilateral-summit-discussion-12272023221525.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:50:50

• Xi Jinping appoints China’s top naval commander ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-naval-commander-12272023231908.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 13:51:20

• Canada offers financial settlements to two men detained in China in 2018 ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/canada-offers-financial-settlements-to-two-men-detained-in-china-in-2018/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:00:50

• Xi vows to prevent anyone 'splitting Taiwan from China in any way' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231227-xi-vows-to-prevent-anyone-from-splitting-taiwan-from-china-in-any-way    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:01:08

• Hong Kong's pro-democracy Civic Party disbands after China cracks down on dissent ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231228-jailed-unseated-exiled-hong-kong-opposition-party-shuts-its-doors    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:01:32

• "The “donation”, as it was billed in some reports" ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/new-chinese-equipment-for-zimbabwe-defence-forces/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:02:14

• The US and China at Year’s End ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/michael_klare/2023/12/27/the-us-and-china-at-years-end/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:02:44

• Greece: 1 in 10 laptops is "GNU/Linux" and 7 out of 10 Windows? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/greece/#monthly-200901-202312    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:07:12

• "extremism" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/ambulance-called-for-former-navalny-staffer-facing-extremism-charges-after-hours-long-court-session-with-no-food-or-breaks | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:13:26

• Insulin ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/27/an-insulin-injection-that-lasts-for-days-a-new-hope-for-diabetics/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:17:44

• "Heat-Treating Steel" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/28/a-guide-for-heat-treating-steel-at-home/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:18:48

• Emoji for bus-bombing rapists... if there's one for pregnant men, why not occupy the other 2^32 or whatever unicode slots? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/style/watermelon-emoji-palestine.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:22:38

• Emoji is not a language, it's just a bloated charset    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:23:07

• Good luck loading emoji charsets on 486 PCs with 4 MB of RAM    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:23:41

• 15 MB or RAM for krunner just sitting there, doing absolutely nothing, just in case you hit alt+f2 and it brings up a one-line widget. How much would that be under Qt6?    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:25:16

• "Confidence" is not facts, show actual data... or not... because it is gloomy https://yle.fi/a/74-20066701 Chinese media standards    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:32:59

• Finland slashes net electricity imports in 2023 ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20066815    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:33:43

• Customs: US trade link growing more important ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20066734    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:33:59

• Landlords raked in two billion euros of rental income last year ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20066704    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:34:08

• Spamfarm siliconangle back to life now, shilling BS and lies while openly admitting it is done for the sponsors/hosts. Why be so blatant?    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:37:10

• Then again, when you shill and lie for money you DO need to say so sometimes... in order to attract the next/future customers. Just remind them they too can hire a pay2sayer.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:38:12

• 82,000 affected in hack of Paramount and CBS parent company National Amusements ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/27/82000-affected-hack-paramount-cbs-parent-company-national-amusements/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:39:24

• "for the children." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/27/utah-finally-sued-over-its-obviously-unconstitutional-social-media-but-think-of-the-kids-law/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:40:59

• Jailed Kazakh Activist's Appeal Rejected ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-activist-appeal-rejected/32749644.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:41:30

• charge of calling on the Internet for an anti-government rally.   

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:41:49

• While laying off loads of workers in other countries (and in this case, the taxpayers are subsiding a FOREIGN company) ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/middleeast/intel-israel-factory-expansion.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:44:51

• Lean on 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/nga-leans-in-on-ai-machine-learning-to-improve-data-analysis/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:47:18

• "facing antitrust lawsuits and sexual harassment allegations" ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/realestate/national-association-realtors-real-estate.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:48:10

• "Two women reported attacks and threats from abusive ex-partners to the police" ☞ https://reason.com/2023/12/27/fresno-police-ignored-claims-of-domestic-violence-now-the-city-will-pay-500000/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:49:45

• Critics of "gender roles" seem to intentionally 'not understand' that men and women are physically different, so tasks are done better by women or by men, depending on the task. But everything seems to "offend" someone, even basic facts. Annie, Get Yo Gun.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:52:18

• CoCs help drive out competent engineers, making way for buzzword-slinging marketers who obey orders from the oligarch up above, relaying his (sometimes her) lies too. CoCs, in practice, reduce the technical strength of projects. They make them submissive, supine, easier to wrest control over (from an actual community or unionised workers).    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:54:16

• The EPO made a CoC for union-busting purposes. The CoC maker violated his own CoC all the time, but it's only meant to be _enforced_ by him.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:55:01

• Drumming up for war with China? Wall Street Times relaying CIA talking points again? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/us/politics/china-cia-spy-mss.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:56:08

• Gaston Glock, Inventor of the Gun That Bears His Name, Dies at 94 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/gaston-glock-dead.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:56:29

• China asks citizens to leave Myanmar border district, citing security ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-asks-citizens-to-leave-myanmar-border-district-citing-security    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:57:22

• China urges nationals to leave north Myanmar region amid unrest ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-urges-nationals-to-leave-north-myanmar-region-amid-unrest    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:57:44

• Hong Kong’s freedoms ‘better protected’ under national security law, government tells UN ahead of human rights review ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/27/hong-kongs-freedoms-better-protected-under-national-security-law-government-tells-un-ahead-of-human-rights-review/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:58:38

• Chinese embassy in Myanmar tells citizens to leave border district as battles between rebels, junta flare ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/28/chinese-embassy-in-myanmar-tells-citizens-to-leave-border-district-as-battles-between-rebels-junta-flare/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 14:58:56

• Integris Health Data Breach Could Impact Millions ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/integris-health-data-breach-could-impact-millions/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:00:01

• CBS Parent National Amusements Discloses Year-Old Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cbs-parent-national-amusements-discloses-year-old-data-breach/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:00:39

• Police Warn Hundreds of Online Merchants of Skimmer Infections ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/police-warn-hundreds-of-online-merchants-of-skimmer-infections/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:00:59

• Top 10 Most Read Pieces from 2023 ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2023/12/top-10-most-read-pieces-from-2023    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:01:15

• Parents reminded of need for youngsters' cyber security ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/27.12.2023-parents-reminded-of-need-for-youngsters-cyber-security.a536784/    

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

• Cyberattack Disrupts Operations of First American, Subsidiaries ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-disrupts-operations-of-first-american-subsidiaries/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:02:02

• "Last time, we looked at some powerful trigger modes found on many modern scopes, including the Rigol DHO900 series we used as an example. Those triggers were mostly digital or, at least, threshold-based." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/27/beyond-the-basics-exploring-more-exotic-scope-trigger-modes/ "You can find the Raspberry Pi code to create the test waveforms online."    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:02:51

• "What’s to be done with what’s essentially a piece of junk? Remove its brain and replace it with one that can be controlled, of course!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/27/a-high-end-studio-multiplexer-surrenders-to-an-arduino/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:03:35

• How To Install Apache Kafka on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-apache-kafka-debian-12/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:05:37

• How to Add Directory to PATH in GNU/Linux ☞ https://idroot.us/add-directory-path-linux/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:05:52

• Operating OpenShift the SRE way ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2023/12/28/operating-openshift-sre-way    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:10:25

• How To Install Plex Media Server on Fedora 39 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-plex-media-server-fedora-39/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:10:50

• How To Install Nano Text Editor on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nano-text-editor-opensuse/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:11:09

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

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:11:33

• How to Verify SHA-256 Checksum File in GNU/Linux ☞ https://idroot.us/verify-sha-256-checksum-linux/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:11:49

• How to Install Firewalld on CentOS Stream 9, 8 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-firewalld-on-centos-stream/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:13:07

• How to Install Memcached on AlmaLinux 9, 8 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-memcached-on-almalinux/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:13:33

• How to Install PostgreSQL 16 on Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-postgresql-16-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:13:56

• How to Install ImageMagick on GNU/Linux Mint 21, 20 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-imagemagick-on-linux-mint/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:14:15

• ZeroSSL: How to Secure Your Website with a Free SSL Certificate ☞ https://linuxiac.com/zerossl-how-to-install-ssl-certificate/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:14:46

• How to shutdown Ubuntu via the terminal ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-shutdown-ubuntu-via-the-terminal/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:15:09

• Imprisoned Belarusian Opposition Politician Reportedly Placed In Harsher Conditions ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/imprisoned-belarus-opposition-politician-kazlou/32732194.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:18:03

• "sexual" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/moscow-court-says-almost-naked-party-aimed-at-propaganda-of-non-traditional-sexual-relationships | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:18:41

• Russia’s Supreme Court ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/russia-s-supreme-court-denies-yekaterina-duntsova-s-appeal-after-election-commission-rejects-her-application-to-run-for-president | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:19:50

• "seven-year prison sentence for poet who was reportedly raped by police" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/russian-prosecutors-request-seven-year-prison-sentence-for-poet-who-was-reportedly-raped-by-police | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:20:09

• Russian diplomat: Finland would be the first to suffer in Nato conflict ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20066844    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:20:31

• Russia tells South Korea not to be surprised if Moscow retaliates over sanctions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-tells-south-korea-not-to-be-surprised-if-moscow-retaliates-over-sanctions    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:21:42

• US proposes G7 explore ways to confiscate $300 billion in Russian assets: FT ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-proposes-g7-explore-ways-to-confiscate-300-billion-in-russian-assets-ft    

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

• Russia, India 'Closer' To Joint Military Equipment Production ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-india-military-production/32749662.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:22:29

• What has Latvia planned for Ukrainian integration in 2024? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/28.12.2023-what-has-latvia-planned-for-ukrainian-integration-in-2024.a536906/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:57:19

• Editors’ picks for 2023: ‘RAAF Wedgetail to protect vital supply lines to Ukraine’ ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2023-raaf-wedgetail-to-protect-vital-supply-lines-to-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:57:39

• US releases final tranche of authorised military aid for Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20231227-us-releases-final-tranche-of-authorised-military-aid-for-ukraine    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:57:50

• Russia attacks Ukraine’s Kherson with dozens of drones in deadly overnight strike ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231227-russia-attacks-ukraine-s-kherson-with-dozens-of-drones-in-overnight-strike    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:57:59

• Lithuanian MPs head to Poland to investigate hold-ups of Ukraine support shipments ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2159186/lithuanian-mps-head-to-poland-to-investigate-hold-ups-of-ukraine-support-shipments    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 15:58:14

• Defeat, counteroffensive, negotiations? Ukraine war in 2024 ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2158777/defeat-counteroffensive-negotiations-ukraine-war-in-2024    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:01:29

• AP Concludes Hundreds Died In Floods After Ukraine Dam Collapse, Far More Than Russia Said ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ap-investigation-kakhovka-dam-death-toll/32750535.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:01:48

• U.S. Announces Final Drawdown Of Military Aid For Ukraine; Future Assistance Up To Congress ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-us-last-aid-drawdown/32749847.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:02:07

• Moscow Theater Cancels Plays Of Anti-War Author Akunin ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-akunin-plays-canceled/32749735.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:02:18

• Russia Charges Six Danes With Being Mercenaries Fighting For Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-denmark-ukraine-mercenaries/32749734.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:02:31

• Prosecutors Seek Prison Terms For Two Russian Anti-War Poets ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-anti-war-poets-prison/32749653.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:02:44

• Putin equates peace with "defeat"    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:03:24

• Russian Supreme Court Confirms Anti-War Journalist Cannot Run For President ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-duntsova-president-barred/32749523.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:03:32

• Ukraine Prepares Chemical Weapons Provocation, Russia Warns ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ukraine-Prepares-Chemical-Weapons-Provocation-Russia-Warns-20231227-0007.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:03:44

• Reuters corrects translation error, Russia not sending artillery to Finnish border ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20066771    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:04:04

• Indian Envoy Hails Ties With Russia, Despite Western Pressure ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/asia/india-russia-ukraine-energy.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:04:36

• Bill Gates gave awards to Putin allies. Nobody will hold him accountable for it.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:05:11

• "Over 30 Russian sailors reportedly missing after Ukraine’s strike on Russian landing ship in annexed Crimea" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/over-30-russian-sailors-reportedly-missing-after-ukraine-s-strike-on-russian-landing-ship-in-annexed-crimea | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:05:52

• Over 1,200 Russians might have to be expelled from Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/27.12.2023-over-1200-russians-might-have-to-be-expelled-from-latvia.a536843/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:06:03

• Russian spice? No thanks! ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/food-drink/27.12.2023-russian-spice-no-thanks.a536819/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:06:22

• From Russia with Lviv, The Spice Who Loved Me...    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:07:55

• Moscow Court Says Blogger's 'Almost Naked' Party Propagated 'Nontraditional' Sexual Relations ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-celebrity-party-gay-charges/32749673.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:08:23

• Russian Queer Blogger Gets Three Years In Prison On Pornography Charges ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-gay-blogger-prison/32749667.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:08:35

• "charged with violating protest rules after sending video message to Putin" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/russian-woman-reportedly-charged-with-violating-protest-rules-after-sending-video-message-to-putin-for-presidential-q-a-show | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:09:18

• Indian envoy meets Putin, bypassing Western pressure ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indian-envoy-meets-with-putin-bypassing-western-pressure    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:09:45

• "snow maiden" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/russian-school-apologizes-after-male-teacher-s-performance-as-cartoon-wolf-wearing-snow-maiden-costume-at-holiday-event-sparks-backlash | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:10:26

• "belonging to LGBT movement" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/28/regional-russian-justice-ministry-department-says-statement-about-belonging-to-lgbt-movement-equivalent-to-participation | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:10:38

• “Whether Others … Said Untrue Things on the Internet Does Not Exonerate” Trump ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/12/27/whether-others-said-untrue-things-on-the-internet-does-not-exonerate-trump/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:10:58

• Israel’s National Library Reopens After Delay From Hamas’s Oct. 7 Attacks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/world/middleeast/israel-national-library-hamas-attacks.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:11:49

• [Video] 2024 Will Continue a Lessened Focus on the World Wide Web and HTTPS (a Steadily Perishing Protocol) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/27/_Video_2024_Will_Continue_a_Lessened_Focus_on_the_World_Wide_We.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:12:47

• Say No to Hate ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Say_No_to_Hate.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:12:54

• OSI Co-Founder Has Plan B, Seeing That OSI is Basically Defunct (Nowadays a Propaganda Arm of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft et al) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/OSI_Co_Founder_Has_Plan_B_Seeing_That_OSI_is_Basically_Defunct_.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:13:04

• OpenAI, Running Out of Places to Borrow Money From (Deep in Debt, Losing About a Million Dollars Per Day), is Sued Again for Plagiarism (LLMs Are Just 'Efficient', Disguised Plagiarism) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/OpenAI_Running_Out_of_Places_to_Borrow_Money_From_Deep_in_Debt_.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:13:18

• Free Software is 'Food for the Soul' (and for Perfectly Fine But Supposedly "Old" PCs) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Free_Software_is_Food_for_the_Soul_and_for_Perfectly_Fine_But_S.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:13:34

• Gulagboy's Army of Online Militants Now Cracking Accounts of (or Subscribing to SPAM) Myself, My Wife, and People Associated With Techrights ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Gulagboy_s_Army_of_Online_Militants_Now_Cracking_Accounts_of_or.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:13:43

• John the Toolmaker ☞ https://two-wrongs.com/john-the-toolmaker    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:14:32

• Israeli embassy in South Korea takes down video imagining Hamas attack in Seoul ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/israeli-embassy-in-south-korea-pulls-video-imagining-hamas-attack-in-seoul    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:15:39

• David Bremner: Added a derived backend for org export ☞ https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//blog/posts/web-stacker2/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:18:44

• David Bremner: Generating links to a web IDE from org-beamer ☞ https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//blog/posts/web-stacker/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:18:50

• "Reports are surfacing of a local area man who has thrown out his box of cables. Witnesses describe the scene as "deeply unsettling" and "panic enducing."" https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5016649/local-man-throws-out-box-of-cables    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:19:44

• "(And yet Wikipedia claims to desperately need your donations.)" https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4934452/wikimedia-profit-assets-and-executive-wages-explode-in-2023 http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/26/Lies_That_Wikipedia_Tells.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:21:58

• Wikimedia profit, assets, and executive wages explode in 2023 ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/wikimedia-profit-assets-and-executive http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/26/Lies_That_Wikipedia_Tells.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:22:22

• "The Eternal Cycle of Software Bloat" - Lunduke's Big Tech Show - October 6th, 2023 - Ep 049 https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4684550/the-eternal-cycle-of-software-bloat-lundukes-big-tech-show-october-6th-2023-ep-049    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:28:06

• Understanding the Realm of ROS, Harnessing Gazebo, and Pioneering the Simulation of Intelligent Machines ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/understanding-realm-ros-harnessing-gazebo-and-pioneering-simulation-intelligent-machines    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:36:13

• Many of these were fake news or bribed-for lobbying for a crime, the UPC. JUVE isn't reporting, it's posting SPAM (ads) for some firms and pushes illegal agenda. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/top-10-most-read-articles-of-the-year-2023/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:38:41

• Carucel Investments wireless automotive patent monopoly affirmed invalid by Federal Circuit ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2023/12/27/carucel-investments-vehicle-communications-patent-affirmed-invalid-by-federal-circuit    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:38:58

• [Video] The Current, Contemporary Patent System Seems to Be Failing Even Very Large Companies ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Video_The_Current_Contemporary_Patent_System_Seems_to_Be_Faili.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:39:09

• Create a start page using HTML and CSS ☞ https://www.tumfatig.net/2023/create-a-start-page-using-html-and-css/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:50:37

• Court pauses import ban on Apple’s latest smartwatches ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/27/court-pauses-import-ban-apples-latest-smartwatches/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:51:10

• Will schneier now dub REMOTE KILL SWITCHES "Security Features"?☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/new-iphone-security-features-to-protect-stolen-devices.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:52:53

• Hongkongers’ outlook for future of city’s development takes ‘very significant drop,’ survey finds ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/28/hongkongers-outlook-for-future-of-citys-development-takes-very-significant-drop-survey-finds/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:53:39

• Tourist, 39, dead after plunging 70 feet off cliff at New York state park while taking pics with husband ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/metro/singapore-tourist-nur-aisyah-binte-md-akbar-dead-after-plunging-70-feet-off-cliff-at-new-york-state-park/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:54:13

• Extremely Rare Rainbow Clouds Lit Up Arctic Skies For 3 Days: The Photos Are Breathtaking ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/extremely-rare-rainbow-clouds-lit-up-arctic-skies-for-3-days-the-photos-are-breathtaking    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:56:13

• Windows TCO ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30514    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:57:14

• LILYGO T4-S3 board combines 2.41-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with ESP32-S3R8 microcontroller ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/27/lilygo-t4-s3-board-2-41-inch-amoled-touchscreen-display-esp32-s3r8/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 16:58:28

• "Hard to read for fun when I am trying to write a non-fiction book at the same time." ☞ https://zach.oglesby.co/2023/12/27/had-a-goal.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:09:29

• Writing a book is a helluva lot easier -- not harder -- than getting to people to care about and actually read your book (more so if they need to justify purchasing it). Publishing or self-publishing a book was maybe a "Trophy" a century ago - back then there was competition over that. Not every person with LATEX or LibreOffice did that.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:11:40

• People who read many books want to write a book. People who love to cook also like to eat.    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:12:41

• Three of the best: IPv6 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/28/three-of-the-best-ipv6-7/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:13:12

• Inflating their fictional market "value" by shovelling up BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS BUZZWORDS https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/27/pitchbook-tech-giants-invested-generative-ai-startups-vcs-year/    

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

• "It began life in a totally unregulated form as a component of President George W. Bush's unconstitutional STELLAR WIND electronic mass surveillance..." ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/patrick_eddington/2023/12/27/the-quaint-fisa-surveillance-debate/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:15:16

• Integris Health patients receive Christmas Eve demand for money to delete stolen data ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/27/healthcare-provider-patients-receive-christmas-eve-demand-money-delete-stolen-data/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:15:48

• Eiffel Tower Closes for Labor Action on Creator’s Anniversary ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/europe/eiffel-tower-strike-closed.html    

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

• Israel, Citing Hezbollah Rocket Strikes, Warns of War in Lebanon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-hezbollah.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:17:59

• Ground offensive intensifies: Israeli strikes Gaza's refugee camps ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/1227/Ground-offensive-intensifies-Israeli-strikes-Gaza-s-refugee-camps    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:20:31

• Iran's supreme leader leads prayers during funeral of senior Guards adviser: State TV ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/irans-supreme-leader-leads-prayers-during-funeral-of-senior-guards-adviser-tv    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:21:01

• Iran's Supreme Leader Leads Prayers During Funeral Of Senior IRGC Adviser ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-khamenei-prayers-mousavi-death/32750540.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:21:34

• Eiffel Tower shut as workers go on strike ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20231227-eiffel-tower-shut-as-staff-goes-on-strike    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:21:48

• Chinese Hackers Deliver Malware to Barracuda Email Security Appliances via New Zero-Day ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-hackers-deliver-malware-to-barracuda-email-security-appliances-via-new-zero-day/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:22:17

• India targeting high-profile journalists with spyware: Amnesty International ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-targeting-high-profile-journalists-with-spyware-amnesty    

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

• Only iDiots expect iPhones to protect privacy and security, given ample evidence to the contrary ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/27/operation-triangulation-previously-unknown-feature-iphones-exploited-spyware/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:24:23

• DRM ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/27/polish-indie-repair-shops-had-to-hire-hackers-to-tackle-pointless-train-crippling-drm/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:25:10

• The System76 Guide to Gaming on Pop!_OS ☞ https://blog.system76.com/post/guide-to-gaming    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:26:12

• Nobara GNU/Linux 39 Released, Ditches GNOME in Favor of Plasma ☞ https://linuxiac.com/nobara-linux-39-released/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:26:26

• Use Chimera OS to Turn Your PC Into a Steam Deck ☞ https://www.maketecheasier.com/pc-to-steam-deck-conversion/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:26:58

• Over at Tux Machines... ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:27:49

• When 'Linux' Foundation Says "Community" It Means Mark Zuckerberg and the Intelligence Community (Spies, or Companies That Put Back Doors in Billions of Chips) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/27/When_Linux_Foundation_Says_Community_It_Means_Mark_Zuckerberg_a.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:27:57

• GBHackers On Security is Trash and It Should Probably Be Ignored (It Trash-talks GNU/Linux and SSH Based on Nothing at All) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/27/GBHackers_On_Security_is_Trash_and_It_Should_Probably_Be_Ignore.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:28:05

• [Video] Microsoft's TPM Position is a Wake-up Call About Canonical (Which Helps Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Push and Promote TPM) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Video_Microsoft_s_TPM_Position_is_a_Wake_up_Call_About_Canonic.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:29:19

• Cops. Still trust armed cops? ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/police-reponse-mass-shooting-reports-questions | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:29:49

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 527 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2023/12/27/this-week-in-rust-527/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:30:49

• TTAB Affirms Refusal of CONCRETE PORN for Advertising Services Due to Inadequate Specimen of Use ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2023/12/ttab-affirms-refusal-of-concrete-porn.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:31:16

• "post-pandemic change"?? COVID-19 is far from over and "wishing" it away worsens public health https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2023-in-review/an-exhausting-year-in-and-out-of-the-office    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:32:56

• No _healthy_ public -> no workers -> no economy    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:33:20

• "VM Brasseur"... garden variety of corporate shills and openwashing liars ☞ https://www.fosslife.org/10-ways-build-your-future-open-source    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:34:44

• How to Build a Small Solar Power System ☞ https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/12/how-to-build-a-small-solar-power-system/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:36:01

• Climate change? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67832205 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67832471    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:38:33

• Not The Name That You Call Me With ☞ https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16510827/elliott-smith-stranger-than-fiction-best-feature-article-2023    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:41:07

• "2023 was my most prolific writing year here since 2011, and certainly a high over the mid-2010s when I hit a mental lull." ☞ https://rubenerd.com/an-annual-retrospective-by-numbers/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:42:25

• Logic Analyzer ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/27/modern-control-of-a-logic-analyzer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:43:19

• FOSS Weekly #23.52: Winning Distros and Apps of 2023, GNU/Linux Books and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-23-52/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:43:42

• mesa 23.3.2 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2023-December/226088.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:45:15

• 50 Useful GNU/Linux IP Commands for Network Administrators ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/useful-linux-ip-commands-for-network-administrators/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:45:47

• Synology Hyper Backup Tutorial ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/synology-hyper-backup/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:46:03

• AMD starts prep work for Zen 5 CPUs — multiple Linux patches signal Zen 5's upcoming arrival ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/amd-starts-prep-work-for-zen-5-cpus    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:46:30

• Top 16 Best News Aggregators for GNU/Linux Desktop ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-news-aggregator-for-linux/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:46:52

• Steam Deck's custom AMD processor exposed — Van Gogh die shots reveal CPU, GPU core designs, and unused hardware ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/steam-decks-custom-amd-processor-exposed    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:48:22

• New York Times Sues Proprietary Chaffbot Company and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Over Use of Copyrighted Work ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:49:04

• ChatGPT Developer Faces Massive Copyright Lawsuit from the New York Times — ‘Microsoft and Proprietary Chaffbot Company Acted Jointly in the Large-Scale Copying of The Times’s Material’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/27/new-york-times-openai-lawsuit/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:49:52

• New York Times sues Microsoft, Proprietary Chaffbot Company over Hey Hi (AI) training copyright monopoly infringement ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/27/new-york-times-sues-microsoft-openai-ai-training-copyright-infringement/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:50:35

• "This week Jonathan Bennett and Dan Lynch talk once again with Neal Gompa of Fedora, CentOS, openSUSE and more." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/27/floss-weekly-episode-763-fedora-fixes-everything/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:52:10

• AI In Windows: Investigating backdoored Windows Copilot ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/12/27/ai-in-windows-investigating-windows-copilot/ more bloat, buzzwords, and utter junk sold by false marketing/hype    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:53:26

• "But what are we going to do about HEY HI?" = "But what if the UFOs landed?"    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:54:08

• Linux Out Loud 80: Ready for an Upgrade ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-80/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:54:58

• 2023 Brought More Evidence That Pandemic School Closures Damaged Students ☞ https://reason.com/2023/12/27/2023-brought-more-evidence-that-pandemic-school-closures-damaged-students/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 17:56:22

• Creating Time Series in R with the ts() Function ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/creating-time-series-in-r-with-the-ts-function/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 18:03:21

• Things that Beijing's Bytedance (or tiktok) compels idiots to do to their neighbours https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/french-man-put-orbeez-bathtub-213909076.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 18:04:12

• Covid Variant JN.1 Now Accounts for Nearly Half of U.S. Cases ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/well/live/jn1-covid-variant.html    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 18:04:46

• I can’t help but miss the headphone jack, Bluetooth is not a worthy successor ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2023/12/cant-help-missing-headphone-jack-bluetooth-not-worthy-successor/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 18:05:40

• "It’s the hundreds of people willing to document police activity at all times everywhere with smartphones." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/27/law-enforcement-officers-crash-suv-into-local-bar-arrest-bar-owner-for-being-angry-about-it/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 18:06:15

• "$250 million military aid" = bailout for weapons companies that are in the US ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/28/u-s-announces-250-million-military-aid-package-for-ukraine-as-funds-run-low | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 18:06:56

• "reportedly killed in Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/at-least-three-reportedly-killed-in-ukraine-after-overnight-russian-drone-attack | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 18:07:17

• "E.U. preparing contingency plan to fund Ukraine without Hungary’s participation" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/financial-times-e-u-preparing-contingency-plan-to-fund-ukraine-without-hungary-s-participation | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 18:07:30

• Russian soldiers executing three Ukrainian POWs ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/27/new-video-reportedly-shows-russian-soldiers-executing-three-ukrainian-pows | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 18:07:44

• This New X-Fly drone mimics a bird’s flight (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/28/x-fly-drone-mimics-a-bird-flight/    

posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 18:08:22