Roy Schestowitz

• "The billionaires are looking at Mars, saying that Earth might fail to keep us alive eventually. They're not wrong, as rampaging climate change indicates." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2023-12-28-the-good-news-is-we-ll-never-need-another-planet.gmi    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 00:31:09

• "Someone was commenting on Monday the 25th and recollecting that it did not happen much. I had never much noticed the particular day, as in IT one will often end up working the 25th or 1st because invariably something breaks and someone must be on-call." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2023/12/28/monday-the.gmi    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 00:31:55

• "The holiday was good, indeed one of the best I've had in years. I cherish the memories. And for everybody who struggles with the season, or went without, I hope you find peace and balance somehow else. I'd give you a slice of my peace if I could, but obviously metaphysics isn't pizza." gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~wholesomedonut/gemlog/2023-12-27.gmi    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 00:32:30

• "So, i got a C64 C case with keyboard for a few very cheap bucks on ebay and inserted the Raspberry Pi running BMC64 into it, wired the keyboard to the Raspberry GPIO and got a bit of a retro kick of it playing old games and testing software of yesteryear." gemini://sdf.org/ralfwause/gemini/c64.gmi    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 00:33:28

• "It's often hard to understand the comments under the news, but when I see one that's particularly angry about policies that are disadvantageous to the rich, and I see so many people agreeing with it, it makes me feel sad, not to mention pathetic." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1623    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 00:34:42

• "Rhino Linux is an Ubuntu-based rolling distribution that aims to offer a stable experience with the advantages of a rolling-release approach. It rose from the ashes of the now defunct Rolling Rhino Remix project and has been receiving regular updates." https://news.itsfoss.com/rhino-linux-2023-4-release/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 00:41:54

• How to boot Ubuntu into recovery mode https://www.xda-developers.com/how-boot-ubuntu-recovery-mode/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 00:43:06

• How to back up Ubuntu https://www.xda-developers.com/how-back-up-ubuntu/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 00:43:31

• Typical FUD, blaming the wrong things https://bnnbreaking.com/breaking-news/crime/wave-of-cyberattacks-targeting-linux-ssh-servers-an-in-depth-analysis/ see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/27/GBHackers_On_Security_is_Trash_and_It_Should_Probably_Be_Ignore.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:00:08

• New AMD Zen 5 CPUs Support Added with Latest PMC Linux Driver https://beebom.com/amd-zen-5-cpu-support-pmc-linux-driver/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:03:00

• DevOps — Linux — The anatomy of SSH encryption https://medium.com/@milos.vasiljevic.pro/devops-linux-the-anatomy-of-ssh-encryption-ec71d8f695e5    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:04:17

• "Nobara 39, the latest iteration of the Linux distribution, has officially been released, bringing significant advancements and a host of new features. Based on Fedora 39, this release focuses heavily on enhancing the gaming experience and refining the desktop environment." https://betanews.com/2023/12/27/fedora-linux-nobara-39-kde/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:05:00

• It is a password issue, not Linux or SSH https://securityaffairs.com/156466/hacking/threat-actors-linux-ssh-servers-attacks.html see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/27/GBHackers_On_Security_is_Trash_and_It_Should_Probably_Be_Ignore.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:05:57

• Microsoft parrots, trying to associate SSH and Linux with doom because people can choose bad passwords (or lose these) https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/warning-poorly-secured-linux-ssh.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:07:05

• "The best underrated apps that we discovered in 2023." https://news.itsfoss.com/exciting-apps-2023/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:11:04

• "Rust in production" in https://www.rust-lang.org/ quotes Microsoft staff. Rust is proudly slave of Microsoft, and that goes beyond GitHub imprisonment.    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:20:41

• "Likewise any spamming, trolling, flaming, baiting or other attention-stealing behavior is not welcome." https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/code-of-conduct OK, fair enough. But what's this: "Please keep unstructured critique to a minimum." Criticism not allowed?    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:21:47

• Rust: outsourced communication to Elon Musk and Microsoft, says do not criticise    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:22:57

• Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/956257/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:23:53

• Windows TCO? https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/anna-jaques-systems-compromised-after-cyber-issue/article_a5a6d88e-a58e-11ee-bc90-cf662aa3badb.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:25:09

• Microsoft Windows again? https://www.wwnytv.com/2023/12/28/after-cyber-attack-local-hospitals-find-stolen-patient-info-look-its-return/ see http://techrights.org/o/2020/06/09/windows-disaster-zones/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:26:03

• 4 arrested in Indian Council of Medical Research data leak case now booked in separate incident of ‘data brokering’ https://theprint.in/india/4-arrested-in-icmr-data-leak-case-now-booked-in-separate-incident-of-data-brokering/1903038/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:26:32

• Maybe Windows, maybe people of the Microsoft religion https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mortgage-firm-loancare-warns-13-million-people-of-data-breach/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:27:14

• Attorney General James Secures $300,000 from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital for Failing to Protect Patient Data https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2023/attorney-general-james-secures-300000-newyork-presbyterian-hospital-failing    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:27:52

• Recent attacks on Fred Hutch and Integris: Is attempting to extort patients directly becoming the “new normal?” https://www.databreaches.net/recent-attacks-on-fred-hutch-and-integris-is-attempting-to-extort-patients-directly-becoming-the-new-normal/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:28:36

• "As noted above. LockBit3.0 is suspected of being responsible for the attack, but as of publication, there is no claim on the threat actors’ leak site." So Windows TCO https://www.databreaches.net/german-hospital-hits-by-cyberattack/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 01:29:26

• Tech jobs bloodbath: Over 260,000 staff axed this year as industry battles to save cash https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-12907555/Tech-jobs-bloodbath-260-000-staff-axed-year-industry-battles-save-cash.html the real number is a lot higher; they don't count HR tricks and mislabelling, under-reporting    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 02:02:46

• Google, Meta, other tech giants slash DEI-related jobs, resource groups in 2023: report https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/tech/google-meta-other-tech-giants-slash-dei-related-jobs-resource-groups-in-2023-report/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 02:02:51

• It wasn't just you; things in the tech world got really weird this year https://www.kten.com/story/50285708/it-wasnt-just-you-things-in-the-tech-world-got-really-weird-this-year    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 02:02:57

• Lots of GNU/Linux in Jamaica https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/jamaica/#monthly-200901-202312    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:01:27

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1144.jpg    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:28:48

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D794.jpg    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:28:57

• "Living in such a society as that of modern times, many people have often come to believe that the gap between the adult and the child is vast and expansive. But nothing could be farther from the truth." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1624    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:33:39

• If you think Murphy's got it in for you, ponder this 'should take 10 seconds and out' snafu gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-28-18-35-56.gmi    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:35:26

• Kinda dying helped me live gemini://gemini.hearsay.tech/2023-12-28-kinda-dying-helped-me-live.gmi    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:36:22

• "Oh wow, a guy online has motivation issues" gemini://qwel.smol.pub/motivation-1    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:37:01

• "Please note that I'm about to rant about a decidely first world problem. You have been warned." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/canfood/phlog/2023-12-28    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:37:57

• ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝐱𝐦𝐚𝐬 almost over :/ ▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:45:16

• Bullshit pump and dump today: "OpenAI became the nexus of the technology world in 2023". OH really??? By losing how much money to push some useless gimmick?    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:49:09

• Good time to retire then? https://www.financialexpress.com/jobs-career/the-year-ahead-2024-fog-over-jobs-growth-deepens-3350211/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:49:46

• Clue: Microsoft layoffs in a few weeks https://www.latestly.com/quickly/technology/ex-microsoft-hr-vp-williams-highlights-layoff-timing-urges-professional-networking-5656868.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:51:20

• Apple: 130 billion in DEBT is OK. We're doing great!! Keep investing based on false data. https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:AAPL/explorer/total_debt    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 04:52:35

• "Manual pages are not restricted to a specific output format." ☛ https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=170372806726487&w=2 | Source: Mailing list ARChives    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:11:23

• "I want a dynamic site, not a static one." ☛ https://bvisness.me/luax/ |    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:11:37

• "If you have matching hardware and run current, please fetch the message" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20231227141831 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:11:46

• "Here's my workflow for setting up the Raspberry Pi 5 to boot from NVMe" ☛ https://blog.alexellis.io/booting-the-raspberry-pi-5-from-nvme/ | Source: Alex Ellis    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:26:45

• "Prometheus's Blackbox exporter (Blackbox) is the Prometheus component..." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/PrometheusBlackboxHTTPDurations | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:27:01

• "Proton translates Windows commands into code compatible with Linux systems" ☛ https://blog.system76.com/post/guide-to-gaming/ | Source: System76    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:35:28

• "Congratulations to Rafael Sadowski (rsadowski@) on the completion of this mammoth effort." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20231227120851 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:36:04

• "The case kicked off in 2020 when concerned netizens argued Chrome’s Incognito Mode" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/29/chrome_incognito_mode_case_settlement/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:39:48

• "Noticing one-character typos like this may not bring satisfaction" ☛ https://blog.josefsson.org/2023/12/29/validating-debian-copyright-licenserecon/ | Source: Simon Josefsson    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:44:23

• "Normally, a terminal draws lines of text at fixed intervals." ☛ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/terminal-smooth-scrolling | Source: Ted Unangst    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:46:02

• "This week I spent time learning about the current state of proposals for solving the "index trust" problem for the Python Package Index." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/security-developer-in-residence-weekly-report-23?date=2023-12-28 | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:46:22

• "The last time I wrote a “year in review” post was 2017, and before that in 2012." ☛ https://macwright.com/2023/12/28/year-in-review.html | Source: Tom MacWright    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:46:48

• "When I want to write a blog post but have no topic ideas in mind" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/28/writing-but-cant/ | Source: James G    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:47:17

• "I love Moodle and what you can do with it. I love that there isn’t a big money-making, data-sucking, privacy-invasive company running it." ☛ https://troypatterson.me/2023/12/28/moodlenet-thoughts/ | Source: Troy Patterson    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:48:07

• "In the smartphone era, libraries might seem less central." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/12/library-gen-z-readers/676963/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:48:20

• "Generally, the level of power you need for a fluid gaming experience is dependent on what types of game you play." ☛ https://blog.system76.com/post/buyers-guide-pc-gaming/ | Source: System76    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:49:13

• A bailout for the rich AGAIN; taxpayers pay the bill ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/28/1084686/computing-microelectronics-chips-act/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:49:48

• "Could 1960s ELIZA be adapted to work as a web service" ☛ https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/eliza-gpt-the-classic-eliza-chatbot-running-on-openai-s-chat-completions-api | Source: Miguel Grinberg    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:50:32

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/28/casino_ransomware_attacks/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:52:01

• "The surge in migration in the final months of 2023" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/verne/2023-12-28/the-united-states-and-mexico-agree-to-strengthen-their-efforts-to-disrupt-criminal-migrant-networks.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:54:08

• "Ms. Bellows found that Mr. Trump could no longer run for his prior job" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/1228/Maine-s-Secretary-of-State-bars-Donald-Trump-from-primary-ballot | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:54:30

• "Almost all the increase was driven by a surge in international migration." ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/world-population-grows-to-8-billion-20231229-p5eu75.html | Source: The Age AU    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:55:25

• "These articles cover a wide range of topics, including true crime, Harvard, Oppenheimer" ☛ https://quillette.com/2023/12/28/quillettes-most-read-2023/ | Source: Quillette    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:56:42

• "Sony & Discovery change mind on stealing from customers" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/sony-discovery-change-mind-on-stealing:1    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:57:52

• "GNOME Mess Is Not An Accident" https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-desktop-74/gnome-mess-is-not-an-accident-4175732192/ https://medium.com/@fulalas/gnome-mess-is-not-an-accident-4e301032670c look who runs it... https://web.archive.org/web/20140404082432/http://hollyshomestead.apermanentmark.com/2013/11/garden-snails-as-food/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 05:59:03

• "Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains" https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12142-breaking_drm_in_polish_trains    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:00:04

• "Energy Consumption of Datacenters" https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-11796-energy_consumption_of_datacenters iophk: cows and coal are different, separate carbon cycles    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:00:21

• hostages https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/devastated-will-not-stop-biden-on-us-israeli-hostage-killed-in-gaza-4761403    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:00:52

• "Maine Joins Colorado in Finding Trump Ineligible for Primary Ballot" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/us/maine-trump-ballot.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:01:03

• Raping and bombing buses https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/middleeast/oct-7-attacks-hamas-israel-sexual-violence.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:01:20

• "American PR Firm Edelman Enabled Oil Baron Al Jaber’s Ascension to Lead COP28" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2023/12/28/best-of-2023-carbon-capture-cop28-al-jaber-fossil-fuel-companies-atlas-network/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/Edelman/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:03:01

• Quitting ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/quitting/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:03:14

• "sophisticated computing board designed" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/vaaman-is-reconfigurable-board-with-an-efinix-trion-t120-fpga-and-rockchip-rk3399/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:03:51

• "They made $50+ million in profit." https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4458111/the-wiki-piggy-bank    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:07:21

• "Is it strange that Wikipedia donations are being sent, by the Millions, to be handled by a political orgainzation? Yes. That is, most definitely, strange. Considering Wikipedia has repeatedly stated the importantce of neutrality... incredibly so." https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4458111/the-wiki-piggy-bank    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:08:46

• "Neither Wikimedia nor The Tides Foundation publish details about how those funds are being used. It appears to be a secret. But, considering what The Tides Foundation does, it is something political. And only on one side of the political spectrum. Not neutral, like Wikipedia says they must be."    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:09:07

• "Whatever your thoughts around any of those statements, it should be noted that Wikimedia is spending $4.5 Million dollars worth of Wikipedia donations to further those goals. Money that is not being spent on running Wikipedia."    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:09:59

• "In fact... it is worth noting that the dollar figure being allocated towards this "Knowledge Equity Fund" is twice the size of the yearly Server Hosting costs for all of Wikipedia." https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4458111/the-wiki-piggy-bank    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:10:22

• "A significant portion of donations -- solicited for the stated purpose of the running of Wikipedia -- are being spent furthing political goals. Not on running Wikipedia. All while Wikipedia is claiming to be barely surviving."    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:10:46

• "A significant portion of donations -- solicited for the stated purpose of the running of Wikipedia -- are being spent furthing political goals. Not on running Wikipedia. All while Wikipedia is claiming to be barely surviving." https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4934452/wikimedia-profit-assets-and-executive-wages-explode-in-2023    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:11:48

• "The Wikimedia Foundation (the organization which runs and controls Wikipedia) has just published their annual financial report for the current year -- and they made a mountain of money."    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:12:25

• If you donate to Wikipedia, why not also donate to Bill Gates? http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/08/Wikipedia_is_Vandalism_Brought_to_You_by_Microsoft_and_Bill_Gat.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/23/Microsoft_and_Bill_Gates_Both_Bribe_Wikipedia_and_It_ll_Protect.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:13:19

• Software Patents ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/technology/apple-watch-banned-appeals-court.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:13:58

• Software Patents ☛ https://qz.com/a-us-court-says-its-actually-fine-for-apple-to-sell-its-1851127112 | Source: Quartz    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 06:14:04

• "overall compliance to Section 508" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/government-accessibility-standards-websites-gsa-report/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:31:50

• Tibet ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/mao-birthday-lhasa-12282023103946.html | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:32:09

• "Roosevelt House presented an extraordinary program" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/will-human-rights-survive/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:32:24

• "Eminov is among other journalists who worked for Kanal 13 to have been arrested" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-crackdown-independent-media-journalists-arrested/32750918.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:33:41

• "High-profile journalists in India have been targeted with the invasive spyware Pegasus" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/india-pegasus-spyware-used-to-target-journalists-reports/a-67840337 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:33:53

• "The Washington Post and human rights non-profit Amnesty International" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/is-pegasus-spyware-targeting-journalists-in-india/article67683399.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:34:20

• "fake news" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/12/29/no-longer-a-human-being | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:39:04

• "These days, much of the world's computers have free software in it." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/a-message-from-president-geoffrey-knauth-reflecting-on-the-origins-of-software-freedom | Source: FSF    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:39:30

• "Running on an electric powered motor" ☛ https://qz.com/tolulope-olukokun-thinkbikes-coolmax-fresh-farm-produce-1851058970 | Source: Quartz    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:39:48

• "Fortunately, so many people oppose KOSA that it never made it to the Senate floor for a full vote." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/kids-online-safety-shouldnt-require-massive-online-censorship-and-surveillance | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:42:11

• "We’ve come a long way since the Atlas of Surveillance launched as a pilot project with RSJ" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/atlas-surveillance-hits-major-milestones-2023-review | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:42:19

• "At a time when hundreds of millions of people in North America, Latin America, Europe" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/ace-has-prepared-a-huge-list-of-pirate-sites-it-wants-to-shut-down-in-2024-231228/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:43:13

• "Good journalism is said to be illuminating" ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/light-through-the-slats-news-frames/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:43:57

• "LGBTQ+ topics, all because some software or elected official considers these topics “harmful.”" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/protecting-students-faulty-software-and-legislation-2023-year-review | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:46:52

• So EFF decided that LGBTQ+ is a TECH topic now. OK, whatever. Maybe ACLU should also cover football and baseball because of human rights.    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:47:38

• "Atheism Plus" was a disaster because some people subverted or interjected something else to atheism, like "if you are atheist", then you must also feel THIS way on all these unrelated things. Maybe FSF Board should be limited to vegans and FSF cover animal rights? Don't joke, someone tried that!!    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:50:40

• "Heck, more than a decade ago, I taught a 79-year-old how to run Ubuntu Linux, and we didn't even share a common language! " ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/can-your-windows-10-pc-be-saved-in-2025-yes-for-free-heres-how/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:52:07

• TikTok makes users sympathetic to terrorism because the handler/controller of Byedance (CPC) stands to benefit from it    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:53:25

• Artificial Intelligence and Copyright in China: Lessons from a Recent Court Case ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/12/artificial-intelligence-copyright.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 08:10:01

• Techdirt calls plagiarism a win for public domain ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/28/generative-ai-will-be-a-huge-boon-for-the-public-domain-unless-copyright-blocks-it/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 08:10:40

• Techdirt used to be spot on when it comes to copyrights, not a Microsoft shill ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/28/the-ny-times-lawsuit-against-openai-would-open-up-the-ny-times-to-all-sorts-of-lawsuits-should-it-win/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 08:11:48

• Then again it has been running Microsoft ads in recent years    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 08:13:07

• OpenAI and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft being sued by The New York Times over Copilot and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot copyright monopoly infringement ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-and-microsoft-being-sued-by-the-new-york-times-over-copilot-and-chatgpt-copyright-infringement    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 08:57:12

• Trademark Influencers and Aspen Mountain ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/12/aspen.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 08:59:22

• How To Change Hostname on Fedora 39 ☞ https://idroot.us/change-hostname-fedora-39/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:00:54

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

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:01:11

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

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:01:30

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

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:02:18

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

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:04:48

• How to install Kotlin Programming language in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-kotlin-programming-language-in-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:05:04

• How to Install RainLoop on Debian 12 ☞ https://www.linuxtuto.com/how-to-install-rainloop-on-debian-12/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:05:15

• Jack Wallen helping this FUD: https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Machines-with-Poorly-Secured-SSH-Servers-are-Under-Attack see http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/29/Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Fear_mongering_Dramatisation_Against_Lin.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:08:09

• US, Allies Consider Seizing Russian Government Assets and Giving them to Ukraine ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/12/28/us-allies-consider-seizing-russian-government-assets-and-giving-them-to-ukraine/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:14:24

• Cargo ship hits naval mine in Black Sea en route to Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231228-cargo-ship-hits-naval-mine-in-black-sea-en-route-to-ukraine    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:14:34

• War in Ukraine: In 2023, Russian disinformation continued to dominate ☞ https://observers.france24.com/en/war-in-ukraine-in-2023-russian-disinformation-continued-to-dominate    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:14:56

• Lithuania allocates €4.6m to fund studies of over 1,000 Ukrainians ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2159382/lithuania-allocates-eur4-6m-to-fund-studies-of-over-1-000-ukrainians    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:16:51

• Orthodox Archbishop, 86, Charged With Discrediting Russian Army ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-orthodox-bishop-discrediting-army/32751087.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:17:10

• Despite Russian Invasion, Ukraine's Economy Registers Growth In 2023 ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-economy-growth-war-2023/32751000.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:17:35

• Imprisoned Russian Anti-War Activist's Health Deteriorating, Lawyers Say ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-anti-war-baryshnikov-health/32750977.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:17:54

• Two Russians Get Prison Terms For Reciting Poems Against War On Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-poets-prison-antiwar-verses-ukraine/32750887.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:18:10

• Panama-Flagged Ship Hits Russian Mine In Black Sea, Injuring Two ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/black-sea-mine-ship-russia-ukraine-grain/32750671.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:18:33

• ‘Almost Naked’ Party in Moscow Angers Russian Conservatives ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/europe/russia-naked-celebrities-party.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:18:56

• Russia Retakes Some Land Hard Won by Ukraine During Counteroffensive ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:19:21

• Foreigners Who Made Ukraine Home Stay Put, Despite War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/europe/ukraine-war-foreigners.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:19:50

• "Panama-flagged" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/28/ukraine-says-panama-flagged-cargo-ship-hit-russian-naval-mine-in-black-sea | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:20:37

• "murder of Ukrainian POWs filmed by drone" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/28/ukraine-identifies-russian-soldiers-as-suspects-in-murder-of-ukrainian-pows-filmed-by-drone | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:21:07

• Russians still have a chance to stay in Latvia if they can show why ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/28.12.2023-russians-still-have-a-chance-to-stay-in-latvia-if-they-can-show-why.a536981/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:21:58

• Navalny's penal colony in the Arctic is direct heir to Russia's Gulag ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231228-navalny-s-penal-colony-in-the-arctic-is-direct-heir-to-russia-s-gulag    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:22:23

• Russian FM on Korean peninsula: ‘knots of conflict’ in 2024 ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/russian-pm-koreas-12282023215634.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:24:22

• Siberian Lawmaker, Former Navalny Associate To Be Sentenced On Extremism Charge ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-fadeyeva-navalny-sentencing/32751310.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:24:34

• Kalmyks In Russia Mark 80th Anniversary Of Mass Deportation To Siberia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kalmyks-deportation-anniversary/32751072.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:24:54

• Navalny ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/28/alexey-navalny-transferred-to-prison-in-russia-s-far-north-fails-to-appear-by-video-at-court-hearing | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:25:26

• Russian Defense Ministry says over 640,000 contract soldiers currently serving in Russian army ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/28/russian-defense-ministry-says-over-640-000-contract-soldiers-currently-serving-in-russian-army | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:26:06

• Self-Exiled Belarusian Activist's Home Searched As Crackdown On Dissent Continues ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-activist-home-search-crackdown-dissent/32750947.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:27:52

• AMLO ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/28/us_mexico_border_talks | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:28:20

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.75.0 ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/12/28/Rust-1.75.0.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:30:23

• Climate Change: The Unsettled Science – Part 2 ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2023/12/28/climate-change-the-unsettled-science-part-2/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:37:28

• Scientists Have Found The Driving Force Behind Your Darkest Impulses ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-found-the-driving-force-behind-your-darkest-impulses    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:37:57

• Scientists Have Discovered a Way to Actually Make Coffee Taste Better ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-discovered-a-way-to-actually-make-coffee-taste-better    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:38:30

• MRI Machines Are Perfectly Safe. But Never Do The Following Things. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mri-machines-are-perfectly-safe-but-never-do-the-following-things    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:39:04

• Thriving Otters in North America Linked to Nuclear Weapons Tests. Here's Why. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/thriving-otters-in-north-america-linked-to-nuclear-weapons-tests-heres-why    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:39:18

• Mysterious Neglected Part of Our Body Is Vital to Our Health, Scientists Discover ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-neglected-part-of-our-bodies-is-vital-to-our-health-scientists-discover    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 11:25:59

• Death of Lee Sun-kyun of ‘Parasite’ Highlights South Korea’s Drug Crackdown ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/asia/lee-sun-kyun-korea-drug-policy.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 11:27:24

• North Korea aims to shake up US and South Korea votes, spy agency says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-aims-to-shake-up-us-south-korea-votes-spy-agency-says    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 11:27:47

• North Korea's Kim Jong Un 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 Friday, December 29, 2023 at 11:28:00

• Nvidia launches China-specific RTX 4090D Dragon GPU, sanctions-compliant model has fewer cores and lower power draw ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-launches-china-specific-rtx-4090d-dragon-gpu-sanctions-compliant-model-has-fewer-cores-and-lower-power-draw    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:04:14

• INTERVIEWS: 'I don't know how I'm going to survive this winter.' ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/migrant-workers-12282023100847.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:04:52

• Poll: Most Filipinos support stance of Marcos against China in sea dispute ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/southchinasea/marcos-poll-china-12282023144032.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:05:00

• China ramps up warnings against Philippines on South China Sea ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/beijing-manila-warning-12282023224013.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:05:21

• Where did Taiwan’s fake presidential election poll come from? ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/afcl/taiwan-fake-poll-12292023000620.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:05:38

• China’s defence ministry accuses Taiwan of ‘hyping up’ claims of election interference ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/28/chinas-defence-ministry-accuses-taiwan-of-hyping-up-claims-of-election-interference/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:05:57

• "Jeffrey Dastin, writing for Reuters, has dug up some very interesting information about TASER" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/28/turns-out-tasers-tragic-backstory-is-mostly-just-alternate-facts-cooked-up-by-its-founder/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:06:56

• warrantless! ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/28/every-major-pharmacy-chain-is-giving-the-government-warrantless-access-to-medical-records/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:07:23

• navalny ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/28/prosecution-requests-10-5-year-prison-sentence-for-former-navalny-associate-ksenia-fadeyeva | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:07:39

• Latvian government blocks all Yandex sites ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/28/latvian-government-blocks-all-yandex-sites | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:07:52

• "When viewed from just the right position in space, you’d be hard-pressed to think that our home planet is anything but a water world." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/28/keeping-watch-over-the-oceans-with-data-buoys/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:09:04

• reverse engineering ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/28/unbricking-trains-uncovering-shady-behavior/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:09:18

• Housing prices rise month-on-month, still down year-on-year ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20066891    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:15:09

• Filler BS https://yle.fi/a/74-20066943    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:15:27

• Copper Coating 3D Print ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/28/copper-coating-3d-prints/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:22:26

• "The BBC recently took a look at the first of these partially wooden wind turbine towers. At 105 meters tall, it features a standard V90-2.0MW turbine and blades." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/28/making-the-case-for-wooden-wind-turbines-with-swedish-modvion/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:22:38

• Moving Iron-Coated Polymer Particles Uphill Using External Magnetic Field ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/28/moving-iron-coated-polymer-particles-uphill-using-external-magnetic-field/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:22:58

• ‘Good news’ for consumers: Lithuania slips into deflation following months of price rises ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2159299/good-news-for-consumers-lithuania-slips-into-deflation-following-months-of-price-rises    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:29:28

• Court Upholds $2.1M Libel Verdict Against Ex-Wife Who Accused Husband (a Minister) of Being a Pedophile ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/12/28/court-upholds-2-1m-libel-verdict-against-ex-wife-who-accused-husband-a-minister-of-being-a-pedophile/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:35:38

• The Year in Review: Top Ten Michael Geist Substacks ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/12/the-year-in-review-top-ten-michael-geist-substacks/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:39:44

• Sheikh Said's grandson ordered to share Turkish flag on social control media as penalty ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/sheikh-said-s-grandson-ordered-to-share-turkish-flag-on-social-media-as-penalty-289911    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:49:12

• Trump Ballot Challenges: What to Know ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-ballot-remove-2024.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:49:30

• AI’s Dreadful December: Lawsuits, plagiarism and child abuse images show the perils of training on data taken without consent. ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-dreadful-december-shows-flaws-of-taking-data-without-consent    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:50:40

• Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) SPAM SPAM SPAM☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/28/friendly-face-ai-2024-meet-lgs-new-ai-agent/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:51:12

• Japan eyes lethal weapon exports to South-east Asia to boost regional security ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-eyes-lethal-weapon-exports-to-south-east-asia-to-boost-regional-security    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:55:41

• 3 Hong Kong students jailed up to 6 years for ‘terrorism’ over foiled 2021 bomb plot ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/29/3-hong-kong-students-jailed-up-to-6-years-for-terrorism-over-foiled-2021-bomb-plot/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:55:52

• "The 22-year-old announced in a social control media post" ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/29/tony-chung-ex-independence-group-leader-flees-hong-kong-seeks-asylum-in-uk-after-nat-security-jail-term/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:56:37

• National effort to curb illegal mining continues apace ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/national-effort-to-curb-illegal-mining-continues-apace/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:57:53

• Spanish university research shows Africa leads in armed conflict ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/spanish-university-research-shows-africa-leads-in-armed-conflict/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:58:22

• Little-known ransomware gang claims responsibility for cyberattack on Ohio Lottery ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/28/little-known-ransomware-gang-claims-responsibility-cyberattack-ohio-lottery/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 12:59:40

• Windows TCO: "Tracked as CVE-2023-7102, the vulnerability is an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in a third-party library, Spreadsheet::ParseExcel." ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/28/barracuda-patches-email-security-gateway-vulnerability-targeted-hackers/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:00:39

• Microsoft Windows TCO (Excel) ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/barracuda-zero-day-used-to-target-government-tech-organizations-in-us-apj/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:06:13

• LoanCare Notifying 1.3 Million of Data Breach Following Cyberattack on Parent Company ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/loancare-notifying-1-3-million-of-data-breach-following-cyberattack-on-parent-company/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:07:53

• What contractors should do now about DoD’s new cyber security rule ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2023/12/what-contractors-should-do-now-about-dods-new-cyber-security-rule/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:08:15

• Cyberattack Targets Albanian Parliament’s Data System, Halting Its Work ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-targets-albanian-parliaments-data-system-halting-its-work/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:08:59

• Desktop elevator provides a positive sensory experience for an autistic child ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/12/28/desktop-elevator-provides-a-positive-sensory-experience-for-an-autistic-child/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:15:55

• "Thanks to industry consolidation and saturated market growth, the streaming industry has started behaving much like the traditional cable giants they once disrupted." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/28/amazon-gives-giant-middle-finger-to-prime-video-customers-will-charge-3-extra-a-month-to-avoid-ads-starting-in-january/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:20:46

• Indigenous leader Raoni 'wants to make sure' Brazil's Lula will keep promises on Amazon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20231228-indigenous-leader-raoni-wants-to-make-sure-brazil-s-lula-will-keep-promises-on-amazon    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:21:08

• Blockchain-based Levana Protocol exploited for $1 million+ in crypto hack ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/28/blockchain-based-levana-protocol-exploited-1-million-crypto-hack/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:25:31

• nytimes continues to publish Microsoft spam.. for chatbots that don't work... citing so-called 'study' (who commissioned it?) and not bothering to mention this hype was in vain and there's no business model to sustain/cover operational costs    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:27:00

• WP: India government retaliated against Fashion Company Apple after government phone hacking claims ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/wp-india-government-retaliated-against-apple-after-government-phone-hacking-claims/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:31:11

• Kaspersky uses hypePhone? Or smartphone? Clearly Kaspersky isn't a security firm but more like a facade thereof. ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/mysterious-apple-soc-feature-leveraged-to-hack-kaspersky-employee-iphones/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:32:19

• $44 5G M.2 to Ethernet and USB “converter” takes M.2 5G PCIe modules ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/28/5g-m2-to-ethernet-and-usb-converter-takes-m2-5g-pcie-modules/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:33:44

• Radxa CM3S is Rockchip RK3566 SODIMM system-on-module supports up to 8GB RAM, 128GB flash, wireless module ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/29/radxa-cm3s-rockchip-rk3566-sodimm-system-on-module-8gb-ram-128gb-flash-wireless-module/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:34:23

• Unpaid wages lead Sichuan doctors to protest on window ledges ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/unpaid-wages-doctors-12282023140907.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 13:59:02

• Spotify: DEBT growing, LOSSES deepen, MASS layoffs... stock (shares) doubles. Fraud Street isn't even pretending anymore.    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 14:00:12

• AI and Lossy Bottlenecks ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/ai-and-lossy-bottlenecks.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 14:00:48

• More bloat. The editor ought not be part of the browser/page. ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2023/12/leap-into-2024-with-these-site-editor-tools/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 14:02:28

• Taiwan election: Candidates receive rock star treatment, steamed buns while campaigning ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-election-candidates-receive-rock-star-treatment-steamed-buns-while-campaigning    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 14:02:55

• Nvidia launches scaled-down version of its latest gaming GPU in China ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/28/nvidia-launches-scaled-version-latest-gaming-gpu-china/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 14:03:50

• Wisconsin University Chancellor Fired Over Pornographic Videos With His Wife ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/us/wisconsin-la-crosse-joe-gow-porn.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 14:05:01

• Hong Kong Police Targeting Overseas Activists and Speech ☞ https://reason.com/2023/12/28/hong-kong-police-targeting-overseas-activists-and-speech/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 14:05:25

• [Video] Trevor Paglen on Perception Management Online and Prior to the Net ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Video_Trevor_Paglen_on_Perception_Management_Online_and_Prior_.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 14:05:37

• "Kill off Debian with SystemD, and the whole Debian derivative tree comes crashing down." ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/28/_Kill_off_Debian_with_SystemD_and_the_whole_Debian_derivative_t.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 14:06:01

• Sounds Like Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Will Announce More Mass Layoffs in a Number of Weeks ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/29/Sounds_Like_Microsoft_Will_Announce_More_Mass_Layoffs_in_a_Numb.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 14:06:19

• Chart of the Day: Apple's Debt Grew Nearly Tenfold in the Past Ten Years ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/29/Chart_of_the_Day_Apple_s_Debt_Grew_Nearly_Tenfold_in_the_Past_T.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 14:06:30

• patents on software ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/28/lost-in-the-latest-apple-watch-patent-battle-the-itc-loophole-creates-a-mess/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:14:02

• Apple Watch Sales to Resume, for Now ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/technology/apple-watch-banned-appeals-court.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:14:11

• "Now though, after 40 years, comes the UPC, weighing in on matters of validity just as much as on what amounts to an infringement of the rights granted by the EPO." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/unambiguous-disclosure-without-patent.html?showComment=1703786328428#c2983595737904541435    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:16:20

• "I have no idea whether the EPO and the UPC will see themselves as partners, rivals or adversaries but I hope that their interaction is going to be another good thing for the development and health of the patent monopoly system in Europe." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/unambiguous-disclosure-without-patent.html?showComment=1703786328428#c2983595737904541435    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:16:25

• UPC is illegal. The EU committed a crime, with the EPO, against many constitutions. This won't end well.    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:17:00

• Bypassing the Governments, Hijacking the Courts, Bribing the Largest Media Outlets/Publishers ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/29/Bypassing_the_Governments_Hijacking_the_Courts_Bribing_the_Larg.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:20:24

• "With 2023 the year in which the UPC finally roared into life" despite is being illegal, partly because of JUVE et al advocating for a crime with fake news, lies, and reputation laundering ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/top-patent-partner-and-judge-moves-2023-juve-patent/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:21:46

• terminal smooth scrolling ☞ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/terminal-smooth-scrolling    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:22:19

• New Year’s Resolutions gemini://degrowther.smol.pub/20231229_resolutions "I know that a lot of folks don’t like New Year’s Resolutions, but I’m a fan. There’s always stuff about myself that I need to change, but I’m capable of putting projects off forever without a deadline"    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:23:46

• "There's this whitepaper I had to read, attentively, more than once. In this paper, the authors consistently write "transversal". There are 5 (FIVE) of them! (authors)" gemini://siiky.srht.site/kB45oC/why_did_the_chicken.gmi    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:24:37

• One common lobbying tactic is, bribe publishers to pen or copy-paste some bullshit piece, then pay PR agencies to stick that as a reference into Wikipedia, managing perception based on lies.    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:26:28

• "If my father were my wife, I would file for divorce." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ayaron/winninganargument.txt    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:27:47

• New Year's Math Problem gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ayaron/newyearsmath.txt    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:28:14

• Thoughts of a narcoleptic movie theatre employee gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1625    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:29:07

• 🔤SpellBinding: CHIZPRO Wordo: REAVE gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-12-29.gmi    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:29:44

• "I emailed the misfin creator not so long ago, and I don't think they ever responded, unfortunately. I want to continue working on misfin, but there is at least one or two issues that need worked on: content length, and replies." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/misfin/13186    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:30:28

• Attraction to the past gemini://sdf.org/icemanfr/2023/27.gmi    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:30:57

• "Hey Gemini! Merry Christmas! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season (though it's not really over until Theophany.) I feel fortunate to have been invited by my classmate to celebrate with his family. They are lovely people, and I hope someday they can visit my house." gemini://eph.smol.pub/1703846702    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:31:57

• Disconnected gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1626    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:32:54

• LIP booster Meeker, a Microsoft spinner ☞ https://www.fosslife.org/dual-licensing-explained see http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/18/_Video_No_Phoronix_Microsoft_is_Not_an_Acceptable_Participant_B.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:36:02

• Aper-Oculus is an open-source camera development board for AMD Xilinx’s Kria SoM (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/29/aper-oculus-open-source-camera-development-board-amd-xilinx-kria-som/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:36:35

• Samsung partners with Red Bait to verify key data center scalability tech ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/28/samsung-partners-red-hat-verify-key-data-center-scalability-tech/ Red Bait "sponsors" this site for puff pieces    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:37:31

• Best Raspberry PI Projects with Tutorials ☞ https://peppe8o.com/best-raspberry-pi-projects-with-open-source-software/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:38:16

• In Burkina Faso, Criticizing the Army Could Get You Drafted ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/africa/burkina-faso-military-conscription.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:38:30

• "They intend to sign everything with DKIM, and publish SPF records that contain every host that might possibly send mail." ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/23291    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:39:53

• Three of the best: Geoff Huston ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/29/three-of-the-best-geoff-huston-6/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:40:36

• Reliability engineering at APNIC ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/29/reliability-engineering-at-apnic/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:40:44

• "Facebook posts, an all-night search and surveillance footage helped police track the girls down, family says." ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/teenagers-vientiane-police-12282023155458.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:41:30

• Antonio Terceiro: Debian CI: 10 years later ☞ https://terceiro.xyz/2023/12/28/debian-ci-10-years-later/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:41:52

• DoD special trial counsel offices become fully operational, giving more protections to sexual assault victims ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2023/12/dod-special-trial-counsel-offices-become-fully-operational-giving-more-protections-to-sexual-assault-victims/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:42:42

• Google to settle privacy lawsuit over Chrome’s incognito mode ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/28/google-settle-privacy-lawsuit-chromes-incognito-mode/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:43:24

• Industrial Union calls more strikes in protest at government programme ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20066870    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:44:29

• Imprisoned Iranian Activist On Hunger Strike Again ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-ragheb-prison-hunger-strike/32750961.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:44:38

• Two Members Of Serbian Opposition End Hunger Strike Over Election ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-opposition-elections-hunger-strike/32751215.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:44:47

• Amnesty International report alleges Pegasus spyware targeted India journalists ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/amnesty-international-report-alleges-pegasus-spyware-targeted-india-journalists/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:45:36

• Xamalicious: Surveillance Giant Google Play Malware That Infected 330K Devices ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/xamalicious-google-play-malware-330k/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:45:59

• REALITY COMPOSER and REALITY CONVERTER Merely Descriptive of Augmented Reality Software, Says TTAB ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2023/12/reality-composer-and-reality-converter.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:46:24

• "Our final year-end Tedium award honors an open letter that hopefully encourages more creator-economy activism in 2024." ☞ https://tedium.co/2023/12/28/best-blog-post-2023-substack-open-letter/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:47:35

• alabama ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/police-body-camera-footage-alabama-restrictions | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:47:55

• Alarm After Tests Find Chemicals of “Concern” in Replacement Philips CPAP Machines ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/philips-recall-machines-chemicals-of-concern | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:48:18

• Ubuntu 23.04 support ends January 25, 2024 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/12/ubuntu-2304-support-ends-january-2024    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:48:45

• FSF Blogs: A message from president Geoffrey Knauth: Reflecting on the origins of software freedom ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/a-message-from-president-geoffrey-knauth-reflecting-on-the-origins-of-software-freedom    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:49:07

• Linux Fu: Preprocessing Beyond Code ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/28/linux-fu-preprocessing-beyond-code/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:50:24

• Raspberry Pi ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/28/raspberry-pi-does-its-best-retro-pc-impression/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:50:43

• Enlightenment 0.26.0 Has Improved Stability and New Features ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Enlightenment-0.26.0-Has-Improved-Stability-and-New-Features    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:51:21

• 10 Best Modern Screenshot Apps for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.debugpoint.com/screenshot-apps-linux/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:52:04

• Over at Tux Machines... ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/29/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:52:12

• Another Good Year for GNU/Linux ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/29/Another_Good_Year_for_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:52:20

• Checking out Tetris for BASH ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/checking-out-tetris-for-bash.46501/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:52:58

• Unveiling the Time Traveler: Plotting Time Series in R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/unveiling-the-time-traveler-plotting-time-series-in-r/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:54:03

• Linux is the only OS to support diagonal PC monitor mode — dev champions the case for 22-degree-rotation computing ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/linux-is-the-only-os-to-support-diagonal-pc-monitor-mode-dev-champions-the-case-for-22-degree-rotation-computing    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:56:37

• BSD Now 539: Query all hosts ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/539    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:57:54

• Medical Association sends letter to Ministry, urging use of masks in public transportation ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/medical-association-sends-letter-to-ministry-urging-use-of-masks-in-public-transportation-289905    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:58:45

• Number of Invasive Streptococcus Infections Surges in Sweden ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Number-of-Invasive-Streptococcus-Infections-Surges-in-Sweden-20231228-0008.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 19:58:56

• "after receiving a Fentanylware (TikTok) comment from a stranger who called my forehead a “fivehead.”" ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/ooo-messages-for-everyday-life    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:00:01

• Markdown to PDF is a Hackable CLI tool for converting Markdown files to PDF with Node.js ☞ https://medevel.com/markdown-to-pdf-is-a/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:21:56

• Hypernomicon is an open-source Philosophy Personal Database Software for Researchers ☞ https://medevel.com/hypernomicon/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:22:17

• Dompdf is a PHP Library to convert HTML pages to PDF ☞ https://medevel.com/dompdf/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:22:32

• 11 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Internet Forum Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-internet-forum-software/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:22:54

• 5 Ways to Kill a Process on a Port in Ubuntu GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/5-ways-to-kill-a-process-on-a-port-in-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:23:10

• How to Install VirtualBox 7.0.x in Ubuntu 22.04/23.10 & Keep it Updated ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2023/12/install-virtualbox-ubuntu-2204/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:23:33

• The most useful apt commands you should know for managing packages in Ubuntu, Debian and GNU/Linux Mint ☞ https://owlhowto.com/the-most-useful-apt-commands-you-should-know/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:23:47

• MyBox Easy is a Swissknife for PDF, Image Editing and More ☞ https://medevel.com/mybox/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:24:09

• Easily Extract Your Images Scans and Convert Photo Albums into Digital Images with Scanned Image Extractor [...] GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3) ☞ https://medevel.com/scanned-image-extractor/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:24:54

• Bits from Debian: Statement about the EU Cyber Resilience Act ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2023/12/debian-statement-cyber-resillience-act.md.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:26:00

• "Official support for Ubuntu 23.04 ‘Lunar Lobster’ ends on January 25, 2024 — just under a month away at the time I’m writing this post." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/12/ubuntu-2304-support-ends-january-2024    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:27:39

• This is about bad passwords, not Linux or SSH https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/linux-ssh-servers-are-under-attack-once-again see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/27/GBHackers_On_Security_is_Trash_and_It_Should_Probably_Be_Ignore.shtml    

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

• "I’ll define a preprocessor as a program that transforms its input file into an output file, reacting to commands that are probably embedded in the file itself. Most often, that output is then sent to some other program to do the “real” work." https://hackaday.com/2023/12/28/linux-fu-preprocessing-beyond-code/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:30:44

• CIA-funded site relays anti-Linux FUD https://therecord.media/linux-ssh-servers-cryptomining-ddos-bots see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/27/GBHackers_On_Security_is_Trash_and_It_Should_Probably_Be_Ignore.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:31:51

• How to add a user on Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/how-add-user-linux/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:32:14

• Parroting one another, blaming "Linux" for compromised passwords https://www.scmagazine.com/brief/vulnerable-linux-ssh-servers-targeted-for-cryptomining-ddos-attacks see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/27/GBHackers_On_Security_is_Trash_and_It_Should_Probably_Be_Ignore.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:33:05

• VPN linkspam disguised as "advice" or "news" about "Linux" https://azbigmedia.com/business/how-free-vpns-improve-linux-security/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:34:37

• PyPI sends malware due to a lack of audits https://mystartupworld.com/eset-reveals-malicious-python-targeting-windows-and-linux-systems/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:38:54

• Debian 12.4 Arrived with 65 Security Updates and 94 Bug Fixes https://tuxcare.com/blog/debian-12-4-arrived-with-65-security-updates-and-94-bug-fixes/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:39:17

• "Pro-Hamas hackers say they breached dozens of Israeli entities amid the ongoing war in Gaza, which has also extended into cyberspace." https://therecord.media/cyber-toufan-data-breaches-israel-iran-palestinians    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:51:24

• 2023 Tech Job Loss Soars: 40% Surge, 260K Workers Hit https://www.analyticsinsight.net/2023-tech-job-loss-soars-40-surge-260k-workers-hit/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:57:56

• Operating at a loss and telling shareholder, "WAIT!! We'll figure something out!!" https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/12/29/tech/software-companies-profit/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 20:59:07

• JEFF BEZOS Post: the US economy is SURGING!!! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/12/29/stock-market-2023/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 21:00:24

• Even Harvard MBA Graduates Are Finding It Tough to Land Jobs https://themessenger.com/business/harvard-mba-graduates-finding-it-tough-to-land-jobs    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 21:00:41

• Did Microsoft sack all the artists? Plagiarism now? https://fandomwire.com/xbox-has-come-under-fire-ai-generated-indie/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 21:01:35

• Companies need to fill quotas based on the SKILLS which they require, not based on skin tones they claim to require. Racism is when you focus too much on people's race, not substance or character.    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 22:01:01

• In 2023 ICBM is still trying to OVER-compensate for its proven, undeniable role helping the Nazis    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 22:01:46

• IBM's first female CEO did not do a good job. Sucking up to Donald Trump and Apple did not help, either.    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 22:03:09

• Gentoo is no longer non-binary http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/29/Gentoo_goes_Binary.shtml    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 22:04:25

• "We had clear skies on the evening of the 27th. I was rather tired due to some illness working through my family. Also, the full moon was very bright, dimming the stars considerably. But clear skies are rare around here, so I decided to head out to the boat launch anyway." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20231229-0.gmi    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 22:58:46

• A drink for the pain gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1627    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 22:59:44

• 2023: A year of financial turbulence https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/12/29/xato-d29.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:13:39

• "The pandemic may be over".... No, COVID-19 still around and spreading, excess deaths very high https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/top-news-stories-2023-18527812.php    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:14:34

• "That it is for Apple to explain if their devices are vulnerable and what triggered these notifications. Apple was asked to join the enquiry with the CERT-In and meetings have been held and enquiry is ongoing," said Chandrasekhar. https://www.latestly.com/technology/apple-state-sponsored-attacks-government-refutes-media-reports-claiming-india-targeted-apple-over-iphone-hacking-notification-5657725.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:15:35

• MHRA Threatens the Media for Speaking About Health Risks of AZ's COVID-19 Patented Vaccine https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/12/29/covid-19-censorship/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:23:35

• As 2024 Starts Millions of People (More Than in Prior Years) Die While They Tell Us Pandemic is 'Over' https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/12/29/pandemic-is-not-over/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:33:00

• The COVID-19 "parentalism" erodes trust in 1) media 2) government 3) medical profession 4) vaccines in general. In other words, it does not make us safer at all.    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:34:10

• "We look back at what has changed, what's failed us, and what's sticking around in our homelabs. Special Guest: Brent Gervais." ☞ https://feed.jupiter.zone/allshows#entry-11754    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:39:28

• Drivers of social influence in the Twitter migration to Mastodon | Scientific Reports ⚓ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-48200-7 ䷉ Source: Nature | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-48200-7    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:40:24

• "ANYONE WHO DOES NOT CENSOR EVERYTHING I ASK TO CENSOR IS A NAZI!!" https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011232/substack-nazi-moderation-demonetization-hamish-mckenzie    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:41:29

• Big LOSSES https://ethanzuckerman.com/2023/12/22/how-big-is-youtube/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:42:05

• Mozilla https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5053290/mozilla-2023-annual-report-ceo-pay-skyrockets-while-firefox-marketshare-nosedives    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:42:29

• Proprietary Chaffbot Company and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/27/24016212/new-york-times-openai-microsoft-lawsuit-copyright-infringement    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:43:07

• Microsoft polluting the planet https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435123003653#fig1 meanwhile, Sheela Microsoft and the wife Jim Zemlin: http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/22/lf-openwashing-and-greenwashing/ http://techrights.org/o/2021/09/24/spamnil-zdnet-lf-greenwashing-microsoft/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:44:08

• PLAGIARISM is the issue here, no need for acronyms https://medium.com/bits-and-behavior/more-than-calculators-why-large-language-models-threaten-public-education-480dd5300939    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:45:07

• You don't need analytics on your blog ⚓ https://blog.yossarian.net/2023/12/24/You-dont-need-analytics-on-your-blog | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//blog.yossarian.net/2023/12/24/You-dont-need-analytics-on-your-blog    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:46:06

• Using Qt for Mobile in 2023 | Cameron Gaertner | Software Developer ⚓ https://camg.me/qt-mobile-2023/ ䷉ Source: Cameron Gaertner | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//camg.me/qt-mobile-2023/ "A look at using Qt for mobile development in 2023"    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:46:49

• To Type or Not to Type: Quantifying Detectable Bugs in JavaScript https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10064729/1/typestudy.pdf    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:47:24

• Why large companies and fast-moving startups are banning merge commits ⚓ https://graphite.dev/blog/why-ban-merge-commits "As a developer creating pull requests in a git repo, you almost certainly use one of two distinct workflows for integrating changes from one branch into another: merging or rebasing."    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:48:14

• "rscss is an attempt to make sense of all these. It is not a framework. It's simply a set of ideas to guide your process of building maintainable CSS for any modern website or application." https://ricostacruz.com/rscss/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:49:45

• So You Want to Optimize Your Code? (also, a disordered, confusing and absolutely incomplete oral history of Firefox performance) ⚓ https://yoric.github.io/post/so-you-want-to-optimize-your-code/ ䷉ Source: Yorick Peterse | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//yoric.github.io/post/so-you-want-to-optimize-your-code/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:51:00

• On chains and complex systems - Surfing Complexity ⚓ https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2023/12/23/on-chains-and-complex-systems/ ䷉ Source: Lorin Hochstein | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//surfingcomplexity.blog/2023/12/23/on-chains-and-complex-systems/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:51:51

• "It’s 2004 and I’m sitting in one of the largest lecture halls at my university. I’m a computer science major but I’m taking a course on natural history — plants and animals — as one of my electives." https://dubroy.com/blog/cold-blooded-software/    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:52:42

• Beyond Technical Aspects How Do Community Smells Influence the Intensity of Code Smells? https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid%3A426a340b-83a6-480b-bbac-0d711092c704/datastream/OBJ/download    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:53:27

• Hatred is a hate crime. Love is a crime of passion.    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:55:42

• Patent quality gone into the ashtray to protect monopolies and aggressive lawyers who protect the wealth controllers ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/12/patent-grant-total.html    

posted Friday, December 29, 2023 at 23:56:47

• "LFX Mentorship is a program designed by the 'Linux' Foundation to provide developers" ☞ https://medium.com/@patronus15/a-reflection-on-the-lfx-mentorship-program-46ea3ac31366    

posted Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 00:00:20

• Linux Foundation wants to make sure it has some "business model" left when it is done selling out the brand and the projects to hostile corporations; sellouts are not long-term strategy as you quickly run out of what to sell    

posted Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 00:01:37

• Tanjuate Achaleke: Unraveling the “Needle” in OpenQA Testing: A Tale of Precision and Visual Assertions ☞ https://tanjuachaleke.wordpress.com/2023/12/28/unraveling-the-needle-in-openqa-testing-a-tale-of-precision-and-visual-assertions/    

posted Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 00:02:59

• Dorothy Kabarozi: Creating Needles Without a local OpenQA Instance: Navigating the Challenges in GNOME’s Outreachy Project ☞ https://dorothykabarozi.wordpress.com/2023/12/28/creating-needles-without-a-local-openqa-instance-navigating-the-challenges-in-gnomes-outreachy-project/    

posted Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 00:03:48

• Outreachy... funded by http://techrights.org/o/2021/12/30/outreachy-funding/    

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

• "As a newly-qualified European Patent Attorney I was advised by a well-experienced in-house EPA" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/unambiguous-disclosure-without-patent.html?showComment=1703868014386#c893791151619352514 it's ALL CORRUPTION: http://techrights.org/o/2020/03/16/doyen-for-a-yen/    

posted Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 00:05:55

• LibreOffice: "Lots of good things coming for calc online." ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2023-12-28.html    

posted Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 00:06:48