Roy Schestowitz

• Some things I found while resurrecting a Void installation gemini://gemini.hitchhiker-linux.org/gemlog/some_things_i_found_while_resurrecting_a_void_installation.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:08:58

• Interesting things I saw at FOSDEM 2024 (day 2) gemini://bluk.eu/j/2024-02-04.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:09:34

• "Gopher.icu talks about bad gopher practices, mainly revolving around trying to make gopher more web-like, such as gophermap content [0]." gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/response-gopher-icu-state-of-gopher.md    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:10:59

• New here, this place seems nice. gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1686    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:12:38

• Me and Rhythm Games gemini://nanako.mooo.com/gemlog/2024-02-03-a.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:13:19

• "A little while back I acquired this little handheld device kit called the Beepy. If you want to read a little bit more about what it is I'll link my initial post about it below. It is a little handheld that uses a blackberry keyboard, a monochrome reflective lcd and accepts a Pi Zero form factor board as the brains." gemini://gemini.cyberbot.space/gemlog/2024-02-04-beepypda.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:13:59

• Matrix and Discord gemini://nanako.mooo.com/gemlog/2024-02-04-a.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:14:35

• "As said above and before, I haven't been active in the gemini space lately. I barely looked into cosmos / antenna between september and December last year and while I've been browsing the space more since the new year, I'm only looking at cosmos 2 or 3 times a week" gemini://gmi.bacardi55.io/gemlog/2024/02/04/january-2024/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:15:45

• "I'm still not in the writing mood. I've catch up several games recently. Yesterday I played in Heroes of Might and Magic II on Linux. I ran the fheroes2 open source engine on the top of my GOG original version copy." gemini://szczezuja.space/tinylog.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:16:17

• EquiLend Restores Some Services After Cybersecurity Incident www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-02-02/equilend-restores-some-services-after-cybersecurity-incident    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:19:13

• Authorities investigating massive security breach at Global Affairs Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/global-affairs-security-breach-1.7099290    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:22:16

• Hong Kong moves to tighten national security laws https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-moves-to-tighten-national-security-laws/a-68117923    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:23:11

• Similar Law Crushed Dissent www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-29/hong-kong-begins-public-consultation-to-implement-domestic-national-security-law www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-29/hong-kong-leaders-start-legislative-push-to-tighten-national-security-laws    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:24:15

• OSINT in 90 seconds. Mind reading on TV https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/osint-in-90-seconds-mind-reading-on-tv    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:25:33

• Judge Certifies Apple App Store Class Action https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-02-02/judge-certifies-apple-app-store-class-action    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:30:48

• He said, she said https://www.engadget.com/xbox-president-thinks-apples-eu-app-store-plan-is-a-step-in-the-wrong-direction-130551604.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:33:01

• class action settlement https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/apple-class-action-settlement-bc-1.7098370    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:33:29

• Stupid gimmick. https://www.maketecheasier.com/should-you-buy-apple-vision-pro/ see https://techrights.org/n/2023/12/29/Web3_Blockchain_Metaverse_Hey_Hi_AI_and_Vision_Pro_What_Ever_Ha.shtml    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:35:36

• Back for more beatings https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-gamestreaming-nvidia-android-dma-1851198535    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:36:45

• Apple's rivals aren't happy about its EU App Store changes https://www.engadget.com/apples-rivals-arent-happy-about-its-eu-app-store-changes-160032585.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:37:14

• Lots of SPAM/hype/sponsored junk for Apple’s "Vision Pro"... trying to elevate sales of something that does not exist. Because demand has been slow.    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:38:16

• It took Apple almost a year to get 400,000 pre-orders. Slow. And low demand.    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:38:51

• By comparison, iPhone stuff was selling at like 250 million per year.    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:39:16

• Netflix Co-CEO Calls Vision Pro 'Subscale' and Wonders if Anybody Would Actually Use It https://gizmodo.com/netflix-ceo-calls-apple-vision-pro-subscale-1851197180    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:40:16

• Microsoft’s legal department allegedly silenced an engineer who raised concerns about DALL-E 3 https://www.engadget.com/microsofts-legal-department-allegedly-silenced-an-engineer-who-raised-concerns-about-dall-e-3-215953212.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:43:25

• Microsoft downtime is the normal www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-01-26/microsoft-teams-outage-blocks-access-limits-features-for-some-users    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:44:08

• Malvern Panalytical Inc. v. TA Instruments-Waters LLC (patent case) https://www.patentdocs.org/2024/01/malvern-panalytical-inc-v-ta-instruments-waters-llc-fed-cir-2023.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:45:54

• HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HYPE! "USPTO Contributes Patent and Trademark Data to Help Launch National AI Research Resource Pilot Program"    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:46:16

• FDA Approves Yet Another Interchangeable Biosimilar and Another Biosimilar https://www.patentdocs.org/2024/01/fda-approves-yet-another-interchangeable-biosimilar-and-another-biosimilar.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:46:48

• Greta Thunberg acquitted after London climate protest ttps://www.dw.com/en/greta-thunberg-acquitted-after-london-climate-protest/a-68156596    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:47:52

• Carbon capture tax credit could cost taxpayers $1B more than expected, budget watchdog warns https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carbon-capture-tax-credit-climate-pbo-1.7101808    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:48:17

• Old Forests are Critically Important for Slowing Climate Change and Merit Immediate Protection From Logging https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/02/01/old-forests-are-critically-important-for-slowing-climate-change-and-merit-immediate-protection-from-logging/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:49:05

• Fossil Fuel Industry Knew About Impending Climate Crisis as Early as 1954 https://truthout.org/articles/fossil-fuel-industry-knew-about-impending-climate-crisis-as-early-as-1954/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:49:33

• Solving Climate Change…or Else! https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/31/solving-climate-change-or-else/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:50:10

• The media ranks people by how much money they have because this media is owned by people who have a lot of money    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:50:59

• Rajiv Shah talks transformative change, climate crisis at book signing https://www.michigandaily.com/campus-life/rajiv-shah-talks-transformative-change-climate-crisis-at-book-signing/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:51:05

• German climate activists to stop gluing themselves to roads https://www.dw.com/en/german-climate-activists-to-stop-gluing-themselves-to-roads/a-68117564 but grandpa wants to have her Cadillac    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:52:15

• Government has blown pretence of climate leadership with ‘max out’ fossil fuels pledge say Greens https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2024/01/30/government-has-blown-pretence-of-climate-leadership-with-max-out-fossil-fuels-pledge-say-greens/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:52:41

• 4 Million People Killed by Climate Change Since 2000 https://www.truthdig.com/articles/4-million-people-killed-by-climate-change-since-2000/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:53:03

• The great American natural gas reckoning is upon us https://www.vox.com/climate/24055711/lng-export-pause-biden-liquefied-natural-gas-climate-change    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:53:26

• Recommended Best Practices for Better Sharing of Climate Data https://creativecommons.org/2024/01/29/recommended-best-practices-for-better-sharing-of-climate-data/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:54:00

• As Climate Chaos Accelerates, Governments Avert Their Eyes https://scheerpost.com/2024/01/29/as-climate-chaos-accelerates-governments-avert-their-eyes/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:54:28

• Trump White House Pharmacy Improperly Provided Drugs and Misused Funds, Pentagon Report Says www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-01-28/trump-white-house-pharmacy-improperly-provided-drugs-and-misused-funds-pentagon-report-says    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:56:24

• China Warns Local Govts Not to Misuse Tech Innovation Funds www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-01-31/china-warns-local-govts-not-to-misuse-tech-innovation-funds"    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:56:38

• SUSE BuildOPS Team https://openbuildservice.org/2024/01/31/buildops-team//    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:57:12

• Are heat pumps a climate solution in Canada's coldest cities? https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-heat-pumps-cold-cities-1.7094515    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:57:59

• Bulgaria's first-ever democratic citizen energy community is learning by doing https://www.dw.com/en/bulgaria-s-first-ever-democratic-citizen-energy-community-is-learning-by-doing/a-68067637    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:58:45

• Canadian energy producers dismayed by Biden's move to pause U.S. LNG approvals https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/biden-energy-lng-1.7096759    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:59:06

• Good News on the Green Energy Front https://www.truthdig.com/articles/theres-good-news-on-the-green-energy-front/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 00:59:39

• Biden Hits “Pause” on New Gas Exports Following Pressure From Climate Activists https://truthout.org/articles/biden-hits-pause-on-new-gas-exports-following-pressure-from-climate-activists/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:00:29

• Kiss 1.5 Celsius Goodbye. Was 2023 Our Last Year Below Key Climate Threshold? https://truthout.org/articles/kiss-1-5-celsius-goodbye-was-2023-our-last-year-below-key-climate-threshold/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:01:09

• Up too late, too many thoughts gemini://eph.smol.pub/1707087966    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:02:57

• "The figure wears a big waterproof coat which is wet from the rain outside, but doesn't take it off as they sit down in a dark corner despite it being warm and dry inside." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1687    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:03:48

• "At least sort of. It seems January 2024 is the first month without any post since I have use the gopher." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2024_02_01.txt    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:05:04

• "Logout asked on his Czech blog (he does it every year) about current computing environment of people." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2024_02_02.txt    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:05:56

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D832.jpg    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:07:00

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1182.jpg    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:07:16

• EPO leaks to be published in Techrights in a few hours    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:07:36

• Techrights on top of the list here in Gemini at the moment gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:08:31

• The new techrights is FAR easier to maintain than the old (original) techrights. No more waking up at night due to some database issue. Modern sites have far too many moving parts, too many things that can go wrong at any time.    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:10:07

• How to install Linux Mint 21.3 Xfce https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ga5GEPmH3LU    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:15:45

• he Decade The Linux Kernel Stopped "Updating" https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=szOzRkOFDC4    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:16:14

• Qtile Is Love, Qtile Is Life https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=B0MCR7_103w    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:18:05

• Humans are going back to the Moon to stay, but when that will be is becoming less clear https://theconversation.com/humans-are-going-back-to-the-moon-to-stay-but-when-that-will-be-is-becoming-less-clear-221996    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:21:16

• Why monkeys attack people https://theconversation.com/why-monkeys-attack-people-a-primate-expert-explains-221547    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:21:47

• Disney's Florida Legal Battle Continues as Free Speech Lawsuit Gets Appealed After Dismissal https://gizmodo.com/ron-desantis-disney-lawsuit-dismissed-bob-iger-florida-1851213793    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:30:06

• Disney Appeals Dismissal of Free Speech Lawsuit as DeSantis Says Company Should 'Move On' www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-02-01/disney-appeals-dismissal-of-free-speech-lawsuit-as-desantis-says-company-should-move-on    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:30:41

• journalists censored, expelled, arrested https://cpj.org/2024/01/in-guinea-journalists-censored-expelled-arrested/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:31:56

• High School Journalists are Fighting Back Against Censorship https://scheerpost.com/2024/01/26/high-school-journalists-are-fighting-back-against-censorship/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:32:37

• Disinformation https://theconversation.com/disinformation-is-often-blamed-for-swaying-elections-the-research-says-something-else-221579    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:33:40

• Fear of ageing is really a fear of the unknown https://theconversation.com/fear-of-ageing-is-really-a-fear-of-the-unknown-and-modern-society-is-making-things-worse-220925    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:36:45

• Halo effect: do attractive people really look less guilty? How the evidence is changing https://theconversation.com/halo-effect-do-attractive-people-really-look-less-guilty-how-the-evidence-is-changing-220349    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:38:08

• Cancel Your Amazon Prime Account, Coward https://gizmodo.com/amazon-prime-price-hike-cancel-original-movies-shows-1851209890    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:40:25

• Narly overpaid for garbage https://www.engadget.com/amazon-abandons-14-billion-irobot-acquisition-after-eu-veto-threat-140155112.html www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-01-29/amazon-irobot-abandon-merger-in-face-of-eu-opposition https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-01-29/amazon-calls-off-bid-to-buy-robot-vacuum-cleaner-irobot-amid-scrutiny-in-the-us-and-europe    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:41:10

• (Nearly)    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:41:23

• Relocation of .nl domain names to Amazon causing unrest in Dutch internet sector https://nltimes.nl/2024/02/01/relocation-nl-domain-names-amazon-causing-unrest-dutch-internet-sector https://netzpolitik.org/2024/biometrie-amazon-arbeitet-weiterhin-us-polizeien-zu/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:42:24

• A Rolex Seller Meets up With a Facebook Marketplace Thief. It Goes All Wrong From There www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-01-28/a-rolex-seller-meets-up-with-a-facebook-marketplace-thief-it-goes-all-wrong-from-there    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:47:16

• US Aid Office in Colombia Reports Its Facebook Page Was Hacked www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-01-28/us-aid-office-in-colombia-reports-its-facebook-page-was-hacked    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:47:39

• Sega of America to lay off 61 staff next month https://gamersgrade.com/sega-of-america-to-lay-off-61-staff-next-month/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:49:29

• SEGA to lay off 61 staff as fans lap up 90-Metacritic-rated Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth https://gamersgrade.com/sega-to-lay-off-61-staff-as-fans-lap-up-90-metacritic-rated-like-a-dragon-infinite-wealth/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:49:56

• EU deforestation law means uncertainty for African coffee https://www.dw.com/en/eu-deforestation-law-means-uncertainty-for-african-coffee/a-68095185    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:52:15

• Turkey receives lowest score to date on the Corruption Perceptions Index https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-receives-lowest-score-to-date-on-the-corruption-perceptions-index-291186    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:55:30

• 'Rule of law has ceased to exist in Turkey' https://bianet.org/haber/can-atalay-s-lawyer-rule-of-law-has-ceased-to-exist-in-turkey-291235    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:56:06

• “Sud-Ouest” http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/pgi-canard-foie-gras-du-sud-ouest.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:59:16

• CJEU http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/cjeu-on-burden-of-proof-for-exhaustion.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 01:59:32

• Preeclampsia: The deadly pregnancy complication you've never heard of https://www.dw.com/en/preeclampsia-the-deadly-pregnancy-complication-you-ve-never-heard-of/a-68096628    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:01:01

• To be protected a t-shirt design must be original and/or have individual character, recalls French court http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/to-be-protected-t-shirt-design-must-be.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:01:25

• Is Mickey Mouse in the Public Domain? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/is-mickey-mouse-in-public-domain.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:01:34

• Iran jails niece of DW journalist in ploy to silence critics https://www.dw.com/en/iran-jails-niece-of-dw-journalist-in-ploy-to-silence-critics/a-68095325    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:02:29

• How does Deutsche Bahn compare with European rail firms? https://www.dw.com/en/how-does-deutsche-bahn-compare-with-european-rail-firms/a-68091079    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:03:13

• Thatchers v Aldi trade mark case http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/when-life-gives-you-lemons-make-cloudy.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:04:29

• again   

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:05:20

• EPO Kangaroo Courts at it again http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/petition-of-review-filed-in-referring.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:05:25

• Deutsche Bahn https://www.dw.com/en/germany-what-s-wrong-with-the-deutsche-bahn-train-operator/a-68091047    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:06:02

• Germany: Anti-far right protests spread to rural areas https://www.dw.com/en/germany-anti-far-right-protests-spread-to-rural-areas/a-68083402    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:42:31

• What do India's political logos symbolize? https://www.dw.com/en/what-do-india-s-political-logos-symbolize/a-68095324    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:43:04

• Trudeau Aide: India Is Cooperating With Canada Amid Tensions Over Murdered Sikh www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-26/trudeau-aide-india-is-cooperating-with-canada-amid-tensions-over-murdered-sikh    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:43:39

• doctor shortage https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/doctor-shortage-sault-family-physicians-1.7096429    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:44:28

• Argentine lawmakers clear key hurdle in Milei's reform bill https://www.dw.com/en/argentine-lawmakers-clear-key-hurdle-in-milei-s-reform-bill/a-68160954    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:45:02

• Tesla ordered to pay $1.5 million over hazardous waste https://www.dw.com/en/tesla-ordered-to-pay-1-5-million-over-hazardous-waste/a-68161445    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:45:41

• East Germans https://www.dw.com/en/east-germans-take-a-stand-against-the-far-right/a-68153306    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:46:39

• Ethiopia's hunger crisis threatens to eclipse prior disasters https://www.dw.com/en/ethiopia-s-hunger-crisis-threatens-to-eclipse-prior-disasters/a-68156085    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:47:07

• CG, not Hey Hi, and in this case CG Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda or 'blood libel' https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-ai-generated-images-of-children-in-gaza/a-68146699    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:48:02

• German Bundestag approves controversial diesel subsidy cuts https://www.dw.com/en/german-bundestag-approves-controversial-diesel-subsidy-cuts/a-68150614    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:48:31

• Germany: Are protests hurting the far right? https://www.dw.com/en/germany-are-protests-hurting-the-far-right/a-68153218    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 02:58:24

• sustainable consumption https://www.dw.com/en/new-eu-proposal-aims-to-encourage-sustainable-consumption/a-68148929    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:05:50

• killings of journalists https://www.dw.com/en/un-urges-philippines-to-curb-killings-of-journalists/a-68153459    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:06:24

• "Gopher servers provide a menu-style interface to one or more directories." ☛ https://box.matto.nl/small-gopher-howto.html | Source: MJ Fransen    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:13:57

• "There is no trash can for the Linux CLI. rm removes the data permanently" ☛ https://ittavern.com/adding-a-trash-can-to-linux-with-trash-cli/ | Source: IT Tavern    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:14:30

• "I've already mentioned using nmcli and nmtui for managing WiFi settings" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/resolving-temporary-failure-name-resolution-on-pi-os-12-bookworm | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:14:38

• [Old] "we decided to give a glimpse on the game collections" ☛ https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1475/Leisure-Suit-Larry-III-Passionate-Patti-in-Pursuit-of-the-Pulsating-Pectorals.html |    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:16:40

• "It’s already February 2024 and it’s time to review how our predictions fo Linux Gaming in 2023 did." ☛ https://boilingsteam.com/reviewing-linux-gaming-predictions-for-2023/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:16:57

• "As a member of ACE and the MPA, Netflix is at the frontline of the global battle against online piracy" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/netflix-piracy-is-difficult-to-compete-against-and-growing-rapidly-240204/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:19:50

• esp32 ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/introducing-the-matouch-esp32-s3-spi-ips-2-8-with-camera-ov3660-by-makerfabs/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:20:22

• OpenCase - 512 Pixels https://512pixels.net/2024/02/opencase/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:21:13

• The 2024 Agenda: Goals & Dreams - rsadowski.de ⚓ https://rsadowski.de/posts/2024-02-03-2024-goals-and-dreams/ ䷉ Source: Rafael Sadowski | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//rsadowski.de/posts/2024-02-03-2024-goals-and-dreams/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:21:45

• "Turning off the newsletter" https://echoville.blog/turning-off-the-newsletter/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:22:04

• "in response" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/in-response:6    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:22:25

• "Neuralink has put its first chip in a human brain—What could possibly go wrong?" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/neuralink-has-put-its-first-chip-in-a-human-brain-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/articleshow/107396120.cms    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:22:38

• "Josh Schulte Sentenced to 40 Years" https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/02/03/josh-schulte-sentenced-to-40-years/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:23:05

• AI? Nope, splog here... BS about "HEY HI" ⚓ https://qz.com/ai-san-francisco-commercial-real-estate-boom-1851222088 ䷉ Source: Quartz | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//qz.com/ai-san-francisco-commercial-real-estate-boom-1851222088    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:23:43

• The P-book is needed https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2024/02/04/p-boka-trengst/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:24:45

• ...did not click but that other link seems to have AI splog from qz, does not pass muster... it's a lot like the fakecoins trying to do some greenwashing 2 years ago, claiming they would lessen energy consumption. Clinging onto new promises to keep the scam going for longer    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:25:52

• AI has come to the world of crochet - here's how to avoid being scammed when buying patterns https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-10050375    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:26:19

• "HEY HI" and "Clown computing" are spammy placeholder terms you just bang onto anything that's old to make it seem new and supposedly exciting, no matter the prior art, any technical details and so on    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:27:51

• If real tech journalism still existed and thrives, none of those buzzwords would have taken off; instead those having a go at them would be rightly ridiculed.    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:28:54

• Ross Gelbspan ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/02/04/desmog-remembers-ross-gelbspan-who-inspired-our-founding/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:29:47

• Digital Restrictions (DRM): "Neil Young pulled his music from Spotify in 2022 over Spotify’s exclusivity deal with Joe Rogan." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/02/02/spotify-renews-joe-rogan-sans-exclusivity/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:30:25

• "disabled since before the 7.4 release [see earlier report]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240204112905 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:31:21

• Education of a Typing Man ☛ https://registerspill.thorstenball.com/p/education-of-a-typing-man | Source: Thorsten Ball    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:31:58

• pagination ☛ https://daniel.industries/2024/02/03/the-sad-demise-of-pagination/ | Source: Daniel Miller    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:32:58

• "Arc browser is not a household name, but it has stolen a march in bringing AI to your devices." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/smart-surfing-how-ai-could-change-the-browsing-game/articleshow/107395791.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:33:11

• "The Nginx mainline branch (currently version 1.25.3) has implemented support for HTTP/3" ☛ https://blog.paranoidpenguin.net/2024/02/http3-on-nginx-be-quic-or-be-dead/ | Source: Roger Comply    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:33:23

• "A hash function maps values (e.g., strings) into a fixed number of strings" ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2024/02/04/how-fast-is-rolling-karp-rabin-hashing/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:34:25

• "One of the fundamental characteristics of a nominal type is that two separate definitions" ☛ https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/notation-and-representation/ | Source: Jamie Brandon    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:35:17

• "About six months ago, I was fed up with it." ☛ https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2024/a-reasonable-configuration-language | Source: Ruud van Asseldonk    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:35:29

• "Defaults and Deletes tend to be needlessly confusing for new C++ developers." ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/defaults-and-deletes/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:35:41

• "The following implementation leverages the reflect module to achieve the above goals." ☛ https://rednafi.com/go/retry_function/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:35:50

• "All of this is solving the problem in the obvious way and also a cool thing to (try to) do in Django." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/DjangoSolvingProblemSideways | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:37:01

• "In April of last year I released Rye to the public." ☛ https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2024/2/4/rye-a-vision/ | Source: Armin Ronacher    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:37:14

• "Within milliseconds the script extracted all the emails found in the raw dump and compiled them into a new file namely clean_emails.txt" ☛ https://cosmicqbit.dev/cleansing-email-addresses/ | Source: Shariq Raza Qadri    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:55:22

• "Today, we can still open and read text files created in the early days of computing." ☛ https://bored.horse/post/text-files-are-forever/ |    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 03:57:23

• "Some people still believe that the personal contact is obligatory to make and maintain the relationship." ☛ https://www.michalzelazny.com/far-but-close/ | Source: Michal Zelazny    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:00:45

• "This brings me to my current feeling on where things can evolve beyond the boundaries of ease or efficiency." ☛ https://tangiblelife.net/digital-relationships | Source: Steve Ledlow    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:00:57

• "We don’t use tools anymore, they use us. In the past, tools needed us to exist, to be valuable." ☛ https://www.michalzelazny.com/people-not-tools/ | Source: Michal Zelazny    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:01:05

• "That one thing is usually buying their course (at just £1995), but that’s not the point of this post." ☛ https://www.gr36.com/2024/02/04/there-is-no.html | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:01:23

• "The Federation of Finnish Entrepreneurs survey Satonen pointed to has since been called out" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072897 | Source: YLE    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:06:19

• "The research spans a variety of gaming circumstances, including home computers and consoles" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/video-games-could-put-millions-at-risk-of-permanent-hearing-loss | Source: Science Alert    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:07:25

• "One of the primary reasons for the farmers' unrest is the volatile nature of commodity prices." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/farmers-across-eu-unite-protest-costs-are-while-prices-stay-down-1723196 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:07:34

• "Among the factors driving the expected increase in cancer rates was air pollution." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20240204-air-pollution-factor-spiking-cancer-cases-who-says | Source: France24    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:07:42

• "New research led by Monash University experts used computer simulations to reveal the ancient link" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-02-ai-reveal-ancient-story-floral.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:28:10

• "I find that realization quite sobering." ☛ https://everythingchanges.us/blog/whose-risks-whose-benefits/ |    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:28:20

• "The problem at the heart of this is definitely not rocket science" ☛ https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet/archive/is-it-possible-for-general-purpose-ai-to-do-no/ | Source: Buttondown    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:29:03

• "I am so, so happy that someone wrote this piece." ☛ https://www.blast-o-rama.com/2024/02/04/when-the-hobby-becomes-a-hustle-or-goddamnit-why-do-i-need-to-be-on-another-app/ | Source: Marty Day    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:29:14

• "Corporate consolidation and streaming services have depleted artists’ traditional sources" ☛ https://www.vox.com/culture/2024/2/1/24056883/tiktok-self-promotion-artist-career-how-to-build-following | Source: Vox    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:29:28

• "Although a little sooner than expected following the missed period" ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/02/lives-risk-111-algorithms-go-wrong | Source: New Statesman    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:29:44

• "According to CNN, the victim was sent an email that claimed to be from the company’s CFO." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/02/04/scammers-used-deepfake-cfo-trick-company-employee-sending-25m/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:30:11

• "A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk/ | Source: CNN    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:30:33

• "And yet, amusing as these rhymes may be, there's still that hallucination problem." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-clock-sometimes-hallucinates | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:30:55

• "Open source projects that say they’re “Built with Docker” with no other information about the stack" ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/tech-is-annoying-me-this-week/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:31:03

• "Gerrymandering is a political technique where voting districts are drawn to advantage one group over another. In practice, it looks incredibly silly." ☛ https://chriscoyier.net/2024/02/04/gerrymandering/ | Source: Chris Coyier    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:34:47

• "Tyla’s success illustrates the power of TikTok and YouTube to help artists find fan bases" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/tiktok-african-music-global-afrobeats/239049/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:35:29

• "Yazidi woman Kovan Aidi Khourto, who was among thousands of Yazidi girls and women kidnapped by ISIS" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/ypj-liberates-a-yazidi-woman-from-isis-in-hol-camp-71612 | Source: ANF News    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:35:42

• "The October 7 attack in southern Israel by Hamas’ armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-02-03/hamas-weaponry-made-in-gaza.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:35:51

• "In this Malthusian Age, high levels of population chain-react with (and also help cause)" ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-essay/2024/02/enter-age-malthus | Source: New Statesman    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:36:51

• "Shell abandoned its target of cutting oil production" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/shell-reports-2023-profits-2825-billion-amid-market-shifts-1723185 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:43:17

• "Parisians on Sunday voted in favor of hiking parking fees for large SUVs" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/paris-votes-to-triple-parking-fees-for-suvs-champions-bikes/a-68170496 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:43:37

• "The study, published in late January" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-02-west-hot-drought-unprecedented-years.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:44:20

• "Researchers studied tree rings using a new technique called blue light intensity" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/International/north-america-unprecedented-hot-drought-last-century/story?id=106674496 | Source: ABC    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:44:28

• "In an extremely polarized country, caught somewhere between malaise and extreme anger" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-02-04/to-what-extent-can-taylor-swift-influence-the-2024-presidential-elections.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:45:21

• "Harnessing AI to bring about an equitable and human-centered future requires new" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/will-2024-be-the-year-of-responsible-ai/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:45:40

• "A 30-second Super Bowl ad cost $4 million in 2014 and $2.3 milion in 2004, according USA Today’s Ad Meter." ☛ https://qz.com/super-bowl-2024-ads-cost-1851221967 | Source: Quartz    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:45:58

• Rupert Murdoch's tabloids having a go at Swift: "tiktok lip readers" ☞ https://pagesix.com/2024/02/04/entertainment/taylor-swift-covers-mouth-with-fan-at-grammys-2024-after-viral-golden-globes-gossip-session/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:49:47

• Far too cold to be livable ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072882    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:51:04

• TWIL 251: Budgie Desktop, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Flathub, openSUSE, Purism & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-251/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:51:59

• Going GNU/Linux #450 · GNU/Linux 2023 Year in review ☞ https://goinglinux.com/shownotes.html#glp450    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:53:35

• Free Software Security Podcast/Josh Bressers: Episode 414 – The exploited ecosystem of open source ☞ https://opensourcesecurity.io/2024/02/04/episode-414-the-exploited-ecosystem-of-open-source/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:54:21

• Orange Pi Neo is a GNU/Linux handheld gaming PC with Ryzen 7 7840U ☞ https://liliputing.com/orange-pi-neo-is-a-linux-handheld-gaming-pc-with-ryzen-7-7840u/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:55:06

• Turkey Confirms Imminent Putin Visit, Without Specifying Date ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/turkey-putin-visit-russia-sweden-nato-ukraine-fidan/32804966.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:55:26

• Russia Charges Self-Exiled Ex-Duma Deputy Who Opposed War With 'High Treason' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ponomaryov-ukraine-opposition-treason-charges/32804943.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:56:34

• Baltic, Nordic politicians head to United States ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/04.02.2024-baltic-nordic-politicians-head-to-united-states.a541540/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 04:56:57

• US senators unveil $118.3 billion funding bill for Ukraine, Israel and border ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240205-us-senate-unveils-118-3-billion-funding-bill-for-ukraine-israel-and-border    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 05:06:51

• Death toll from strike on bakery in occupied Ukraine rises to more than 20, Russia says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240204-death-toll-from-strike-on-bakery-in-occupied-eastern-ukraine-rises-to-more-than-20    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 05:07:15

• Report: G7, EU Consider Plan To Use Frozen Russian Assets As Collateral To Help Rebuild Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-frozen-assets-ukraine-rebuild-g7-eu-bloomberg/32804934.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 05:07:28

• U.S. Republican Lawmakers Announce Bill That Provides More Military Aid To Israel But None For Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-aid-republican-bill-johnson-israel/32804831.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 05:07:48

• Zelenskiy Meets Soldiers On Frontline Visit; Russia Says Rescue Effort Over In Lysychansk Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-lysychansk-bakery-death-toll-rubble-russia/32804676.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 05:08:06

• Senators Release Border Deal to Unlock Ukraine Aid, but Fate Remains Uncertain ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/us/politics/senate-border-deal-immigration-ukraine.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 05:08:45

• Ukraine Goes on Defense Against a Relentless Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/world/europe/ukraine-defense-east.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 05:09:09

• Monday Briefing: A Weekend of U.S.-Led Strikes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/world/asia/us-houthi-strikes-iran-ukraine-asia.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 05:09:30

• "Moscow pediatrician charged with spreading ‘fakes’ about Russian army" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/02/05/moscow-pediatrician-charged-with-spreading-fakes-about-russian-army-after-being-accused-by-soldier-s-widow-of-calling-her-deceased-husband-a-legitimate-target-for-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 05:09:54

• Kubuntu 24.04 LTS Is Switching to the Calamares Installer by Default ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kubuntu-24-04-lts-is-switching-to-the-calamares-installer-by-default    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:15:44

• Review of Blackview MP80 Processor N97 mini PC with Fedora 39 GNU/Linux (Part 2) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/02/05/review-blackview-mp80-processor-n97-mini-pc-with-fedora-39-linux/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:17:53

• US strikes against Iran-linked groups anger Iraq, Syria as Russia calls for UN meeting ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240203-us-reprisal-strikes-against-iran-linked-groups-anger-iraq-syria-russia-calls-for-un-meeting    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:24:56

• Berlin Monitoring Targeted Disruptions To Baltic Satellite Navigation ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-baltic-satellite-navigation-disruptions-russia/32804873.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:25:12

• yekaterinburg ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/04/russian-police-raid-private-bdsm-party-in-yekaterinburg | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:25:35

• Nadezhdin ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/04/russian-presidential-hopeful-boris-nadezhdin-finds-printing-house-to-publish-campaign-materials-after-60-other-printing-companies-refused | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:25:57

• Ponomarev ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/04/former-russian-state-duma-deputy-ilya-ponomarev-reportedly-charged-with-treason-and-calling-for-terrorism | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:26:15

• Cosmonaut Sets Record For Cumulative Time In Space, Says Russian Agency ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-cosmonaut-kononenko-record-time-space-cumulative/32804732.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:26:30

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

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:27:12

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

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:27:32

• How To Install Fail2Ban on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-fail2ban-manjaro/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:27:48

• How to Use Cron on Linux: Tips, Tricks, and Examples ☞ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-use-cron-and-crontab-on-linux/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:28:02

• How to install jekyll on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-jekyll-on-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:28:28

• How to Check GNU/Linux CPU Usage? ☞ https://hecticgeek.com/how-to-check-linux-cpu-usage/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:29:56

• Small Gopher HOW-TO ☞ https://box.matto.nl/small-gopher-howto.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:30:12

• How to Enable Bluez Experimental Features in Ubuntu ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/how-to-enable-bluez-experimental-features-in-ubuntu    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:31:22

• Simos Xenitellis: How to customize Incus containers with cloud-init ☞ https://blog.simos.info/how-to-customize-incus-containers-with-cloud-init/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:31:50

• Outdated, risky Microsoft Trojan horses for outdated distros ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/02/install-net-8-old-ubuntu-18-04-16-04/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:32:40

• How to Install and Use Incus Container in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/02/use-incus-container-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:32:53

• [Meme] Leaving Money on the Table (Selling Monopolies) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/03/Meme_Leaving_Money_on_the_Table_Selling_Monopolies.shtml    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:36:48

• Tux Machines Turning 20 This Summer ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/04/Tux_Machines_Turning_20_This_Summer.shtml    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:36:57

• Techrights Will Never Surrender to Censors Who Resort to Blackmail and Violence ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/04/Techrights_Will_Never_Surrender_to_Censors_Who_Resort_to_Blackm.shtml    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:37:05

• EU/Europe memes and epo leaks up next...    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 06:50:03

• Tech layoffs in January 2024: CEO fires the whole company over 2-minute call; Google, Microsoft, Amazon continue layoffs; job cuts at TikTok, Flipkart, Swiggy, and others https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/tech-layoffs-in-january-2024-ceo-fires-the-whole-company-over-2-minute-call-google-microsoft-amazon-continue-layoffs-job-cuts-at-tiktok-flipkart-swiggy-and-others/articleshow/107399436.cms    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:06:40

• "Frontdesk, a US-based prop-tech company, has fired all 200 employees, and CEO Jesse DePinto broke the news during a two-minute Google Meet call. The company has decided to go for a state receivership instead of declaring bankruptcy."    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:09:08

• This title is a lie. Microsoft is LOSING a lot of money. https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-weekly-new-ads-in-windows-11-new-xbox-controllers-and-a-lot-of-money/ see http://techrights.org/n/2024/02/01/Microsoft_s_Total_Debt_Soars_to_111_4_Billion_Dollars_an_Increa.shtml    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:10:03

• US job cuts more than double in January https://hrme.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/us-job-cuts-more-than-double-in-january/107405639    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:11:14

• "One category of workers who are actually vulnerable to layoffs are the remote workers, and it is the actual distance from the workplace which makes it easier for the company to terminate their contracts." https://trak.in/stories/remote-workers-middle-managers-will-be-fired-first-by-tech-companies/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:12:33

• Tardigrade Genes Reveal a Strange History of Their Crazy Survival Skills ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tardigrade-genes-reveal-a-strange-history-of-their-crazy-survival-skills    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:24:01

• 'Sleepy Girl Mocktails' Might Work After All, if You Know What You're Doing ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sleepy-girl-mocktails-might-work-after-all-if-you-know-what-youre-doing    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:24:19

• Antifungal Creams Could Be Triggering a Wave of Superfungal Skin Infections ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/antifungal-creams-could-be-triggering-a-wave-of-superfungal-skin-infections    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:25:45

• Forests Break a Mesmerizing Law Found Throughout Nature ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/forests-break-a-mesmerizing-law-found-throughout-nature    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:25:57

• Bipolar Disorder Linked to a Higher Risk of Early Death Than Smoking ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bipolar-disorder-linked-to-a-higher-risk-of-early-death-than-smoking    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:26:38

• Video Games Could Put Millions at Risk of Permanent Hearing Loss ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/video-games-could-put-millions-at-risk-of-permanent-hearing-loss    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:26:53

• US Woman Receives Revolutionary Brain Implant For OCD And Epilepsy ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/us-woman-receives-revolutionary-brain-implant-for-ocd-and-epilepsy    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:27:01

• You May Not Need to Lose as Much Weight as You Think, Expert Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/you-may-not-need-to-lose-as-much-weight-as-you-think-expert-reveals    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:27:24

• Air pollution a factor in spiking cancer cases, report says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20240204-air-pollution-factor-spiking-cancer-cases-who-says    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:27:50

• China Expands Nuclear Arsenal Under Xi, Bracing for Growing Rivalry With U.S. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/world/asia/china-nuclear-missiles.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:29:45

• Welcome to ‘Dalifornia,’ an Oasis for China’s Drifters and Dreamers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/world/asia/china-dali.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:30:28

• Trump Pushes Immigration Conspiracy Theories and Mass Deportations ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/us/politics/trump-fox-interview.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:30:43

• Ground-breaking drug to be given to 1,500 Alzheimer’s patients in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/eisai-expects-1500-alzheimers-patients-in-china-launch-sees-huge-growth    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:30:56

• Welcome to ‘Dalifornia,’ an oasis for China’s drifters and dreamers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/welcome-to-dalifornia-an-oasis-for-china-s-drifters-and-dreamers    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:33:24

• YMTC denies Pentagon allegations - says it doesn't supply technology for Chinese military use ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/ymtc-denies-pentagon-allegations-says-it-doesnt-supply-technology-for-chinese-military-use    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:33:44

• Why nonviolent resistance is the key to a democratic China ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/china-nonviolent-democracy-02042024064346.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:34:05

• AUDIO: Making Sense of Multipolarity with Iain Davis & Rolo Slavskiy ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2024/02/04/audio-making-sense-of-multipolarity-with-iain-davis-rolo-slavskiy/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:34:37

• HF In Small Spaces ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/03/hf-in-small-spaces/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:35:02

• "The global issue of plastic waste has prompted scientists to seek innovative solutions for recycling. Single-use plastics, notorious for their environmental impact, require new methods for efficient and sustainable management." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/04/common-enzyme-breaks-down-pla-fast/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:35:19

• Survey cited by Finnish Employment Minister comes under fire by researchers ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072897    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:36:15

• >POP! Goes The Hydrogen Howitzer ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/04/pop-goes-the-hydrogen-howitzer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:36:51

• The role of the University of Michigan Police Department Oversight Committee ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/public-safety/the-role-of-the-university-of-michigan-police-department-oversight-committee/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:41:05

• Bundesbank goes Baltics ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/04.02.2024-bundesbank-goes-baltics.a541405/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:45:41

• EPO Presentation About the Granting of Many Invalid Patents, Some With 'Unitary' Effect (to Be Judged by an Illegitimate Kangaroo Court) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/04/EPO_Presentation_About_the_Granting_of_Many_Invalid_Patents_Som.shtml    

POSTED mONDAY, fEBRUARY 05, 2024 AT 08:45:54

• Highlights of Swiss patent monopoly litigation in 2023: Swiss Federal Patent Court on SPC for sitagliptin and metformin ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/02/04/highlights-of-swiss-patent-litigation-in-2023-swiss-federal-patent-court-on-spc-for-sitagliptin-and-metformin/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:47:21

• China #1 https://cpj.org/2021/12/map-journalists-imprisoned-worldwide-in-2021/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:51:20

• The Committee to Protect Journalists does not count Julian Assange (or so it seems)    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:52:09

• "Tortured Poets"... or poets whose images are used to craft fake pr0n videos and then spread those online? ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/02/04/grammys-2024-swifties-think-taylor-swift-is-announcing-reputation-taylors-version-heres-why/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:53:59

• Trump's attack dog Rupert Murdoch and his tabloids ☞ https://pagesix.com/2024/02/04/entertainment/taylor-swift-announces-new-album-tortured-poets-department-at-grammys-2024/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:55:48

• U.S. Vows Additional Steps -- 'Some Perhaps Unseen' -- In Attacks Against Iran-Linked Sites ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-strikes-huthi-yemen-iran-red-sea/32804759.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:56:42

• GNU World Order 550 ☞ http://gnuworldorder.info//audiophile/gnuWorldOrder_550_ogg.ogg    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:57:49

• Over at Tux Machines... ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/04/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:58:31

• Ubuntu 24.04 Will Use GNU/Linux Kernel 6.8 — If All Goes to Plan! ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/ubuntu-24-04-linux-kernel-6-8-likely    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 08:59:37

• Best Lightweight GNU/Linux Distros for Older Computers ☞ https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-lightweight-linux-distribution-for-older-computers/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 09:00:38

• Windows 11 VMs on GNU/Linux to perform faster on Intel's 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th Gen CPUs ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-11-vms-on-linux-to-perform-faster-on-intels-12th-13th-14th-15th-gen-cpus/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 09:01:30

• Intel CPUs enjoy up to 14% boost in GNU/Linux - defective chip maker Intel Thread Director works its magic on the open source OS ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/intel-cpus-enjoy-up-to-14-boost-in-linux-intel-thread-director-works-its-magic-on-the-open-source-os    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 09:01:39

• 14 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based GNU/Linux Calculators ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-terminal-based-linux-calculators/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 09:02:16

• Civilian service applications surge after Defence Minister's remarks ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20072900    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 09:52:10

• Parisians vote in referendum on raising parking fees for SUVs ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240204-parisians-called-to-vote-on-suv-parking-surcharge    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 09:53:22

• "Going to the park is a time-honored pastime for kids around the world, but what if there isn’t one nearby? COMPA Teatro Trono and the International Design Clinic have designed a park that can come to you." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/04/popup-playground-roams-around/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 09:54:49

• Altoids ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/04/altoids-tin-keyboard-is-a-breath-of-fresh-air/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 09:54:58

• HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/04/segas-ai-computer-embraces-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:04:54

• AMD creates its own edible chips, embraces Guai Guai culture to ensure smooth running Ryzens ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/amd-creates-its-own-edible-chips-embraces-guai-guai-culture-to-ensure-smooth-running-ryzens    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:05:52

• US official urges Papua New Guinea to reject Chinese security deal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/us-official-urges-papua-new-guinea-to-reject-chinese-security-deal    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:06:33

• Japan ‘rushing’ to improve defense networks amid Chinese attack concerns ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/japan-security-network-02042024214001.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:06:52

• General Timothy Haugh Takes Lead of NSA and Cyber Command ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/general-timothy-haugh-takes-lead-of-nsa-and-cyber-command/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:07:57

• Chile Wildfire Photographs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/world/americas/photos-from-a-firestorm-chiles-deadly-blazes.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:09:01

• Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 43 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/05/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-43/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:09:36

• Reading and Processing Large Files in Python ☞ https://medevel.com/reading-and-processing-large-files-in-python/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:11:35

• Oddmuse: The Flat-file Self-hosted Perl-based Wiki Engine since 2003 ☞ https://medevel.com/oddmuse/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:12:14

• Update on the APNIC Honeynet Network ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/02/05/update-on-the-apnic-honeynet-network/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:12:46

• Adam Young: Vector times Matrix in C++ ☞ http://adam.younglogic.com/2024/02/vector-times-matrix-in-c/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:13:34

• Christiano Anderson: FOSDEM 2024 ☞ https://christiano.dev/post/fosdem2024/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:14:41

• Resolving 'Temporary failure in name resolution' on Pi OS 12 Bookworm ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/resolving-temporary-failure-name-resolution-on-pi-os-12-bookworm    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:15:46

• CIA man who leaked to WikiLeaks gets 40-year sentence ☞ https://itwire.com/security/cia-man-who-leaked-to-wikileaks-gets-40-year-sentence.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:16:27

• U.S. Strikes in Yemen, Syria and Iraq: A Timeline ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/world/middleeast/us-strikes-yemen-syria-iraq.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:18:19

• Pakistan’s Military Is Swaying Elections, Now More Than Ever ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/world/asia/pakistan-election-imran-khan.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:18:34

• Middle East Crisis: U.S. Plans Further Retaliation in Mideast as Blinken Heads to the Region ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/04/world/us-strikes-israel-hamas-news    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:18:47

• U.S. Strikes Iranian-Backed Targets for Third Day in a Row ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/world/middleeast/us-mideast-strikes-blinken.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:19:01

• How 'Myanmar Witness' documented a deadly air strike denied by state-owned media ☞ https://observers.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240202-how-myanmar-witness-proved-a-deadly-air-strike-denied-by-state-own-medias    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:21:44

• Houthis vow response to US, UK strikes on Yemen targets ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240204-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-scores-killed-in-overnight-israeli-strikes-as-hamas-considers-gaza-truce-proposal    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:21:52

• "Cassia is an Android app that will allow you to play Windows games on your Android devices." https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv25724366/?jump_opus=1    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:22:58

• The voice of Microsoft ☞ https://heathermeeker.com/2024/02/04/from-project-to-profit-audiobook/ http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/18/_Video_No_Phoronix_Microsoft_is_Not_an_Acceptable_Participant_B.shtml    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:24:21

• Papirus Icon Pack Update Adds 50+ New Icons ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/papirus-icon-pack-update-adds-50-new-icons    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:26:12

• Installing Kubernetes on Ubuntu: A Beginner’s Guide ☞ https://tecadmin.net/installing-kubernetes-on-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:27:13

• The Ultimate Guide to Building a Kubernetes Cluster on Ubuntu for DevOps Professionals ☞ https://tecadmin.net/setup-kubernetes-cluster-on-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:27:45

• Setting Up Your First Pod with Kubernetes Cluster ☞ https://tecadmin.net/creating-pod-on-kubernetes-cluster/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:28:20

• fooyin – customisable music player ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fooyin-customisable-music-player/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:31:49

• Notejet: is an amazing Note-taking app for GNU/Linux Desktops ☞ https://medevel.com/notejet/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:37:27

• XOrg Server and Xwayland Patched Against Multiple Security Vulnerabilities ☞ https://linuxsecurity.com/news/security-vulnerabilities/xorg-xwayland-vulnerabilities    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:37:50

• Orange Pi Neo: Manjaro’s Move into Handheld Gaming Consoles ☞ https://linuxiac.com/orange-pi-neo-manjaro-handheld-gaming-consoles/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:39:10

• The Universim, Reviewed on GNU/Linux ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/the-universim-review/index.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:40:27

• Version 1.1.0 of NIMBLE released ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/02/version-1-1-0-of-nimble-released/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:41:23

• "I want to try to answer directly a set of questions that I keep encountering now that I publicly defend communist theory and history, legitimate questions that I have grappled with myself. I hope this particular synthesis of existing ideas sheds some light and understanding on the ongoing disputes between socialist tendencies in the imperial core, disputes that at first glance may seem needlessly sectarian." gemini://altesq.net/library/why-marxism.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:46:25

• 🔤SpellBinding — ABCHTMI Wordo: BREED gemini://altesq.net/library/why-marxism.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:47:02

• 🔤SpellBinding — ABCHTMI Wordo: BREED gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-02-05.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:47:32

• It's not asceticism, it's real life. gemini://njms.ca/gemlog/2024-02-04.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:48:25

• re: The state of gopher gopher://gopher.black/1/phlog/20240205-re-the-state-of-gopher/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:49:31

• "I got interested in typing ergonomics approximately a year ago when I first heard of the Dvorak keyboard layout. Now I use Colemak more as it feels more balanced with its many special characters and shortcuts for Finnish letters with a diaeresis (å, ä, ö)." gemini://gemini.jorl.fi/gemlog/periboard.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:50:21

• wetlands https://www.dw.com/en/what-are-wetlands/a-68024568    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:53:21

• Eurozone: inflation sinks slightly to 2.8% https://www.dw.com/en/eurozone-inflation-sinks-slightly-to-2-8/a-68146456    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:53:51

• Farmers protest in Brussels amid EU summit https://www.dw.com/en/farmers-protest-in-brussels-amid-eu-summit/a-68141511 also https://www.dw.com/en/france-farmers-unions-call-for-end-to-roadblocks/a-68146576    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:54:30

• French language... where some people cannot even speak English https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-storefront-signs-french-language-1.7094910    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:55:22

• Judge rejects injunction to stop work on EV battery plant east of Montreal https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/northvolt-injunction-rejected-1.7095920    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:55:50

• Homo sapiens made it to northern Europe 45,000 years ago https://www.dw.com/en/homo-sapiens-made-it-to-northern-europe-45-000-years-ago/a-68142867    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:58:26

• Myanmar https://www.dw.com/en/myanmar-how-much-longer-can-the-junta-stay-in-power/a-68143023    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:59:00

• refinery strike https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rogers-sugar-tentative-agreement-1.7096093    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:59:16

• Overpopulation https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-unusually-dry-winter-threatens-food-supply/a-68144699 https://www.dw.com/en/spain-catalonia-declares-drought-emergency-for-barcelona/a-68143732    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 10:59:53

• Colorectal cancer 'hype' suggests rates rising in under 50s https://www.dw.com/en/colorectal-cancer-hype-suggests-rates-rising-in-under-50s/a-68134116 maybe conduct clinical trials BEFORE forcing people to do things?    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:09:30

• abortion https://www.dw.com/en/french-lawmakers-vote-to-enshrine-abortion-in-constitution/a-68127309    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:11:47

• labor shortage? https://www.dw.com/en/germany-explores-4-day-workweek-amid-labor-shortage/a-68125506    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:13:01

• Germany tempts foreign workers, despite discrimination https://www.dw.com/en/germany-tempts-foreign-workers-despite-discrimination/a-68134320    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:14:18

• cellphones in schools https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-restrict-cellphones-schools-1.7096155    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:15:27

• EV hype https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/electric-car-charging-network-canada-marketplace-1.7094656    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:16:59

• Man Charged in 20-Plus Calls of False Threats in US, Canada Pleads Guilty https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2024-01-26/man-charged-in-20-plus-calls-of-false-threats-in-us-canada-pleads-guilty    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:18:17

• infections are surging in Canada and beyond https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/why-deadly-invasive-strep-a-infections-are-surging-in-canada-and-beyond-1.7095026    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:20:21

• Inside a recyclable, 3D-printed tiny home https://www.dw.com/en/inside-a-recyclable-3d-printed-tiny-home/a-68113180    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:20:44

• UN subsidising terrorists is'catastrophic' https://www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-un-says-unrwa-funding-halt-catastrophic/live-68127240    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:21:47

• deforestation https://www.dw.com/en/sierra-leone-freetown-under-threat-from-deforestation/a-68122027    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:23:01

• Thai court stops royal insult law reform https://www.dw.com/en/thai-court-stops-royal-insult-law-reform/a-68129335    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:23:53

• Job cuts continue in 2024: A look at recent layoffs https://www.indiatvnews.com/technology/news/job-cuts-continue-in-2024-a-look-at-recent-layoffs-2024-02-05-915337    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:32:29

• Wall Street Times is hyping up the Wall Street "AI" bubble as if that means anything for profits https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/technology/why-is-big-tech-still-cutting-jobs.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:33:39

• 1,000 layoffs at Citrix https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/google-microsoft-and-7-other-companies-cut-more-than-1000-jobs-in-the-first-month-of-2024/photostory/107428291.cms    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:34:40

• Poverty https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rv-walmart-seniors-housing-1.7097107    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:36:00

• Budget https://www.dw.com/en/budget-woes-what-can-germany-still-afford/a-68124723    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:36:54

• Bolsonaro's son https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-police-search-properties-of-bolsonaro-s-son/a-68117451    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:37:06

• German economy shrinks https://www.dw.com/en/german-economy-shrinks-in-final-quarter-of-2023/a-68119861    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:37:55

• Scam https://www.dw.com/en/germany-police-seize-bitcoins-worth-€2-billion/a-68121384 another scam with weaker storytelling: https://www.dw.com/en/kk-park-how-chinese-mafia-run-a-brutal-scam-factory/a-68113480    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:39:05

• "Welfare State" https://jacobin.com/2024/01/ed-broadbent-canada-welfare-state/ Canada gives money to people who break the law in services actual taxpayers pay for    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:41:46

• Canada not ready to help crazies end their own lives www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-29/canada-to-keep-mental-illness-excluded-from-assisted-death-la    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:42:24

• Neuralink press coverage is all "Musk says", zero actual investigation    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:42:56

• Only to discover that iRobot was quire worthless all along and faked its supposed "value" (like many companies do) https://www.dw.com/en/amazon-abandons-irobot-buyout-after-eu-objections/a-68113631"    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:45:09

• A la Evergrande https://www.dw.com/en/china-evergrande-how-would-liquidation-impact-the-economy/a-68089490    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:45:47

• Farmers https://www.dw.com/en/france-farmer-protests-block-paris-roads-in-row-over-eu-rules/a-68111025    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:46:23

• Ban on non-essential water use https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/epcor-mandatory-ban-water-treatment-plant-1.7098288    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:50:17

• Some 'technical issues'. So did they migrate to Windows or to Wayland? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trans-mountain-expansion-pipeline-further-delay-1.7098340    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:51:56

• Germany: KaDeWe department store group files for bankruptcy https://www.dw.com/en/germany-kadewe-department-store-group-files-for-bankruptcy/a-68114209    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:53:29

• Doctors to go on strike at university hospitals https://www.dw.com/en/germany-doctors-to-go-on-strike-at-university-hospitals/a-68114260    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 11:54:13

• Fossil Trees https://gizmodo.com/alien-looking-fossil-trees-uncovered-in-canada-unlike-1851218709    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:06:51

• India: Why are younger generations so stressed? https://www.dw.com/en/india-why-are-younger-generations-so-stressed/a-68112829    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:07:56

• In 2024. Saudi Barbaia even executes people for "witchcraft". https://www.dw.com/en/malawi-elderly-living-in-fear-of-being-called-witches/a-68071658    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:09:44

• Japan's SLIM 'Sniper' starts investigating the moon https://www.dw.com/en/japan-s-slim-sniper-starts-investigating-the-moon/a-66635314    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:09:59

• Calgary-based Enbridge to cut 650 jobs in effort to shrink costs https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/enbridge-job-cuts-1.7099277    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:11:06

• Right to privacy: Are you protected when using your work phone? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/data-extracting-tools-federal-canada-government-privacy-1.7069705    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:12:48

• Ponzi schemer https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/las-vegas-home-of-alleged-ponzi-schemer-greg-martel-to-be-sold-for-5-1m-us-1.7098135    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:14:48

• 4 million Canadians have a criminal record jttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/criminal-records-canada-hiring-fair-chance-1.7099489    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:15:43

• Iran launches three satellites simultaneously for first time https://www.dw.com/en/iran-launches-three-satellites-simultaneously-for-first-time/a-68105298    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:16:12

• Bayer ordered to pay $2.25 billion in latest Roundup case https://www.dw.com/en/bayer-ordered-to-pay-2-25-billion-in-latest-roundup-case/a-68099453    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:17:09

• overcompensated https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/oil-companies-nb-federal-clean-fuel-experts-claim-1.7099666    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:18:00

• montreal https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/desjardins-group-atm-service-centre-cuts-announced-1.7100310"    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:18:46

• Rent prices soared in 2023 as Canada saw lowest vacancy rate on record https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rent-prices-rose-in-2023-1.7100571    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:21:36

• Assisted Death https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-02-01/canada-to-delay-assisted-death-solely-on-mental-illness-until-2027    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:22:03

• CSIS https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/foreign-interference-inquiry-vigneault-cse-pco-1.7100577    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:22:40

• Company that had 3 secret cryptocurrency mines must pay $400K, cease operations in Alberta https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/green-block-mining-settlement-utilities-commission-1.7099790    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:23:39

• "Greener Homes" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-canada-greener-homes-grant-retrofit-application-layoffs-1.7100748    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:24:16

• It is all connected though https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tiff-macklem-boc-interest-rates-housing-crisis-1.7101890    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:25:08

• bankruptcy protection https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/investors-bankruptcy-1.7102325    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:25:55

• 'Crypto King' associate sentenced to 5 months in jail for contempt ttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/crypto-king-associate-colin-murphy-contempt-sentencing-1.7075987    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:26:08

• Pimp My Linux (Unix) Command Line https://medium.com/beyond-t3ch/pimp-my-liux-unix-command-line-ed2439f86fcf    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:28:04

• "The Orange Pi Neo has a 7 inch FHD+ 120 Hz display, an AMD Ryzen 7 7840U processor, and Steam Deck-style touchpads in addition to game controllers. You can also find more pictures and detailed specs at the Manjaro website, and on social media." https://liliputing.com/orange-pi-neo-is-a-linux-handheld-gaming-pc-with-ryzen-7-7840u/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:30:08

• "As a distro hopper who loves experimenting with Linux, here are five distributions that deserve more love" https://www.xda-developers.com/underrated-linux-distros/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:30:39

• The full list of major US companies slashing staff this year, from UPS to Google and Microsoft https://www.businessinsider.com/layoffs-sweeping-us-these-are-companies-making-cuts-2024?r=US&IR=T    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:32:30

• IP is the wrong term to use here https://variety.com/vip/gaming-layoffs-cut-costs-expense-of-fresh-ip-1235896188/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:34:16

• Snap Slashes 10% Of Workforce In Latest Tech Layoffs https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2024/02/05/snap-slashes-10-of-workforce-in-latest-tech-layoffs/?sh=5ef5f391524d    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:34:42

• Mass layoffs at Block https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:37:51

• Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/960952/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 17:40:13

• "Even after stepping away from his oversight of the HTML edition of The PCLinuxOS Magazine, YouCanToo still plans to continue his monthly recipes, as well as the occasional article for the magazine." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202402/editorial.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 19:11:42

• "I've seen a couple of things lately that might be useful to someone building some printed material. I do signs for work, plus a newsletter twice a year, so these might help me "dress things up" a bit." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202402/page06.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 19:22:42

• "After March 2024, users in the US will no longer be able to listen to podcasts in Google Podcasts." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202402/page07.html    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 19:25:14

• "I found myself in a funk, so to speak, for much of last month. A freak cold front slammed the area and sent temperatures plummeting into the negatives Fahrenheit. A friend came to visit, and while our time with him was fun, I couldn't relax the way I normally would." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2024/202402/20240205-2024-week-5-status-and-photos.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 19:55:21

• The existential horror of trying to get the whole world to suit you rather than adapting to the world gemini://njms.ca/gemlog/2024-02-05.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 19:56:22

• Are we seeing diminishing returns on large larguage models? gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2024/02-05-are-we-seeing-diminishing-returns-on-llm.gmi "Bla bla bla.. I'll ignore the introduction to LLMs since everyone knows what they are. Even my mom asked me about them. The question I want to propose is: are we seeing diminishing returns on large language model scaling?"    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 19:57:21

• "I don't like my life at war, but who does? I think of something to do if we really lose the war or life becomes really hard. Then starting a new life is a good idea, but what does it mean? Maybe, just lose your home, retrurning the SIM - which is a part of a modern human being's identity - to the cellular provider, and start living off the grid." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ayaron/planfornewlife.txt    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 19:59:02

• Microsoft seems to be giving up on XBox. Now it gives titles to any console - a path towards a POST-XBox era.    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 20:57:44

• "First, pick your algorithm well. Some are bad, especially old ones from when computers were not very powerful." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/02/05/some-random-things.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 22:14:26

• To RC from 5e gemini://idiomdrottning.org/rc    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 22:15:22

• HF Antenna in the Attic gemini://blog.raek.se/2024/02/05/hf-antenna-in-the-attic/    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 22:16:02

• "So first, ignore the previous posts about porting Benben to Common Lisp. I'm now confident that it can continue to be written in Crystal without worrying about threads and such. So uhh... yeah *Jedi mind trick hand wave*" gemini://nanako.mooo.com/gemlog/2024-01-31-a.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 22:18:15

• "then I had already transitioned and was wearing goth clothing to work, something I probably got away with since I was always in the back area doing tech stuff" gemini://nanako.mooo.com/gemlog/2024-01-29-a.gmi    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 22:19:35

• "After a long day at work i am on my way home with a mind clouded with worries, i decide that its best to make a quick stop at the pub to get at least a somewhat clear thought." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1688    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 22:20:59

• "So the idea back then was that instead of choosing a species separate from class, like choosing Dwarf Fighter, you’d just choose “Dwarf” and you’d get your class abilities that way." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/rc-character-options    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 22:44:48

• d12 gemini://idiomdrottning.org/d12    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 22:52:35

• HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI ... open AI down https://www.similarweb.com/website/openai.com/#traffic .... Microsoft: LALALALALALALLA!! HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 23:13:27

• Down it goes: https://www.similarweb.com/website/opena ... Will it ever make money or just continue losing a million bucks a day until "meraverse" scale mass layoffs?    

posted Monday, February 05, 2024 at 23:15:27