Roy Schestowitz

• Berlin's football community joins protests against far right https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-s-football-community-joins-protests-against-far-right/a-68140584    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:47:12

• How do we fight wildfires as temperatures rise? https://www.dw.com/en/how-do-we-fight-wildfires-as-temperatures-rise/a-62725149    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:48:10

• Forcing people to take experimental, barely tested vaccines has done damage to the reputation of vaccination in general https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/measles-has-exploded-in-europe-clinicians-say-it-s-only-a-matter-of-time-before-outbreaks-hit-canada-1.7102005    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:50:04

• Lufthansa ground staff to go on strike https://www.dw.com/en/germany-lufthansa-ground-staff-to-go-on-strike/a-68171175    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:50:30

• China: Australian blogger given suspended death sentence https://www.dw.com/en/china-australian-blogger-given-suspended-death-sentence/a-68171291    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:51:49

• Cannabis cravings: Why smoking weed makes you hungry https://www.dw.com/en/cannabis-cravings-why-smoking-weed-makes-you-hungry/a-68153228    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:52:24

• Red Sea https://www.dw.com/en/yemen-s-houthis-claim-attack-on-uk-owned-ship-in-red-sea/a-68181490    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:53:21

• threat to aid https://www.dw.com/en/yemen-houthi-terrorist-label-a-threat-to-aid/a-68186063    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:53:53

• projects stall https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/real-estate-receiverships-1.7102448    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:55:00

• Familial DNA searches come with risks, rewards in solving MMIWG cold cases https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/familial-dna-searches-mmiwg-potential-harms-1.710317    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:55:52

• My 18-year-old son pays us rent, and I couldn't be more proud of him https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-money-talks-with-my-son-1.7102264    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:56:27

• unexpected leap in factory orders https://www.dw.com/en/germany-sees-unexpected-leap-in-factory-orders/a-68184084    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:57:43

• AfD youth group https://www.dw.com/en/germany-afd-youth-group-can-be-classified-as-extremist/a-68186617    

posted Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 23:59:00

• European Commission pushes to slash emissions by 2040 https://www.dw.com/en/european-commission-pushes-to-slash-emissions-by-2040/a-68182130 https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-carbon-capture-and-storage/a-68037973    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:00:23

• transport policy https://www.dw.com/en/critics-decry-berlin-s-behind-the-times-transport-policy/a-68186857    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:01:40

• water shortages https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-oil-gas-water-shortages-drought-1.710167    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:02:50

• 'greenwashing' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/greenwashing-canada-europe-c59-1.7101845    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:04:27

• Nord Stream https://www.dw.com/en/sweden-drops-nord-stream-explosions-investigation/a-68192734    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:05:29

• internet restored https://www.dw.com/en/senegal-internet-restored-after-election-postponement-unrest/a-68194365    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:06:14

• labor crisis https://www.dw.com/en/japan-bets-on-tech-immigration-as-labor-crisis-worsens/a-68194372    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:07:18

• wave of strikes https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-trade-unions-what-s-behind-the-wave-of-strikes/a-68154583    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:08:21

• 27-hour strike https://www.dw.com/en/germany-lufthansa-ground-staff-begin-27-hour-strike/a-68189890    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:09:03

• staffing crisis https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/developmental-services-staffing-recruitment-1.7105102    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:10:26

• rapid passenger growth https://www.dw.com/en/can-india-s-airports-cope-with-rapid-passenger-growth/a-68192870    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:14:53

• seafood sustainability https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/marine-stewardship-council-pauses-seafood-standard-1.7105691    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:16:24

• Red Sea: German frigate sets sail to join planned EU mission https://www.dw.com/en/red-sea-german-frigate-sets-sail-to-join-planned-eu-mission/a-68205762    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:17:22

• mandatory military service for women https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-party-urges-mandatory-military-service-for-women/a-68204041    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:17:31

• "Suppose that you're interested in using BQN but you're troubled by not having any. Well, if you're an Arch linux and using emacs, the following should see you through" gemini://l-3.space/log-240211-1.gmi    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:19:23

• "The terminal is configured for RGB 24 bit colors, when using terminal multiplexers (screen, tmux) you might not get 24bit colors." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2024-02-11-my-tuis.gmi    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:20:03

• "When I was in my first year, I lived on campus. It was... strange. This was during the time people still cared about COVID transmission, so things were quiet. Maybe or maybe not quieter than they otherwise would have been; it's hard to tell. But if nothing else, having a home on the same property as all my classes was incredibly valuable." gemini://njms.ca/gemlog/2024-02-11.gmi    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:20:54

• "So, today I spent part of my day generating (part of) a labyrinth for The Fantasy Trip using the die drop chart in the bottom of the TFT Legacy Edition Box." gemini://consp.org/blog/2024/2024-02-10-generating-random-tft-labyrinths-using-the-drop-chart-in-the-bottom-of-the-tft-legacy-edition-box.gmi    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:21:54

• "i've taken my fridge for granted all these years. a little introspection mixed with some spirituality and i've started looking for more primitive; more natural ways of doing things. food storage is tricky though, if you live in a Victorian-era town and don't own land that a smoking hut could be built on. guess i'm lucky i don't eat meat." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1697    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:22:52

• "This is my first ever post on the small net. This feels like a nice quiet place. Happy to be here!" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1698    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:23:57

• Totally stale for 2.2 months already (9 weeks) https://www.omglinux.com/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:27:56

• And one post since November is also not much https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:28:31

• "With the right command, you can do anything from simple math to fairly complex calculations on Linux." https://www.networkworld.com/article/1303332/doing-math-on-the-linux-command-line.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:32:38

• "The Linux stat command gives you more detailed file information than ls does. Here's how to use it." https://www.howtogeek.com/451022/how-to-use-the-stat-command-on-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:37:59

• "The Linux dig command allows you to query DNS servers and perform DNS lookups. You can also find the domain an IP address leads back to. We'll show you how!" https://www.howtogeek.com/663056/how-to-use-the-dig-command-on-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:38:27

• "The Linux timedatectl command lets you set your time, date, and timezone for your system clock and your real-time clock. Spare a moment, and we'll show you how it all works." https://www.howtogeek.com/782032/how-to-use-the-timedatectl-command-on-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:38:58

• "Some Linux commands are so familiar, we don't even notice we're using them. The cd command for changing directories is one of these. There are some tricks that can help you become more efficient with cd—or you can ditch it, altogether." https://www.howtogeek.com/666127/how-to-use-the-cd-command-on-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:39:47

• "Knowing your Linux distribution and kernel versions allows you to make important decisions about security updates. We'll show you how to find these, no matter which distribution you're using." https://www.howtogeek.com/691214/how-to-check-the-linux-kernel-and-operating-system-version/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:40:35

• "SUID, SGID, and Sticky Bits are powerful special permissions you can set for executables and directories on Linux. We'll share the benefits—and potential pitfalls—of using them." https://www.howtogeek.com/656646/how-to-use-suid-sgid-and-sticky-bits-on-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:41:11

• How to Use curl to Download Files From the Linux Command Line https://www.howtogeek.com/447033/how-to-use-curl-to-download-files-from-the-linux-command-line/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:41:53

• "You can now configure the laptop with an i9-14900HX and RTX 4070." https://www.howtogeek.com/system76-serval-ws-linux-laptop-14th-gen-intel-cpu/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:43:57

• "Want to game on your Linux machine? Here are six of our favorite apps that can improve your gaming experience" https://www.xda-developers.com/gaming-apps-for-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:45:03

• How to install Anaconda on Ubuntu https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-anaconda-on-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:45:40

• "With Proton, Valve unleashed PC gaming on Linux" https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-play-windows-games-on-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:46:10

• "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 12, 2024 at 00:47:23

• "Customization is one of the key benefits of the Linux ecosystem. Using themes, you can change the look of your Ubuntu machine to suit your style." https://www.makeuseof.com/ubuntu-how-change-gnome-themes/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:48:14

• "Gaming on Linux is getting better all the time. Here are five Linux gaming distros you should try, for current and retro gaming." https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-linux-gaming-operating-systems/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:48:33

• "While more companies are using open source technologies, not everyone may realise it" https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366569553/The-outlook-for-open-source-Growing-but-there-are-challenges    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:53:07

• "Public sector bodies may find their policy decisions are stymied due to the inflexibility of the software they deploy. Is open source the answer?" https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366569099/The-challenges-of-open-source-in-government    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:54:27

• Microsoft executives encourage employees to commit felonies... and then they get promoted. https://conservativenerds.locals.com/post/5168459/microsoft-executives-encourage-employees-to-commit-felonies-and-then-they-get-promoted    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 00:59:23

• How to Check the Size of a File in Linux https://linuxhint.com/check-size-file-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 01:01:23

• How to Kill a Process Running on Port in Linux https://linuxhint.com/kill-process-running-port-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 01:01:56

• How to Prompt Bash for User Input https://linuxhint.com/prompt-bash-user-input/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 01:02:17

• How to Run a Process in the Background in Linux https://linuxhint.com/run-process-in-background-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 01:03:07

• How to Resolve the “Is Not in the Sudoers File. This Incident Will Be Reported” Error https://linuxhint.com/resolve-is-not-in-the-sudoers-file-error/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 01:03:46

• How to Rename a Directory in Linux https://linuxhint.com/rename-directory-linux-2/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 01:04:29

• How to Install Cisco Packet Tracer on Debian 12 https://linuxhint.com/install-cisco-packet-tracer-debian-12/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 01:09:01

• This has nothing to do with "HEY HI"; it is about a rotting economy and large companies in massive debt and high interest rates on their debt https://www.ft.com/content/9bace2e9-3ecb-4651-a6c0-b16f0226c0e0    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 02:35:13

• This headline is a deliberate lie. It's not booming at all. Hence the mass layoffs. https://theconversation.com/the-video-game-industry-is-booming-why-are-there-so-many-layoffs-222685    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 02:36:40

• Gaslighting in the media benefits nobody, not even the media owners, who will see their audience fuming and walking away    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 02:37:49

• This has nothing to do with the "HEY HI" bubble, the go-to excuse after misleading and false narratives such as "new normal", "quiet quitters", and "great resignation" https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/tech-layoffs-become-contagious-amid-ai-investments/ https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 02:39:23

• Latest in mass layoffs? Bell. MASSIVE layoffs.    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 02:40:18

• The economy is so good that many companies have no choice but to shed off workers, says the media funded by oligarchy.    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 02:41:04

• Amazon accused of “union-busting” in Midlands warehouses https://www.whatjobs.com/news/amazon-news/amazon-accused-of-union-busting-in-midlands-warehouses/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 02:41:52

• "That article is from March 11, 2008 (Associated Press)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1r1mU9pQ#replies    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 02:45:00

• Tech Employers Lay Off Workers, but Get New Rounds of H-1Bs https://cis.org/North/Tech-Employers-Lay-Workers-Get-New-Rounds-H1Bs    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 02:45:53

• An extensible programming language gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/02/11.1    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 02:54:32

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D839.jpg    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 02:55:54

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1189.jpg    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 02:56:00

• "I had the police 'round a couple of times" https://yewtu.be/wwdRfbPrGIY?t=1868 harassing people who talk about COVID-19 blunders in the UK    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 03:19:26

• "I maintain two builds of the Linux kernel, a linux/arm64 build for gokrazy, my Go appliance platform" ☛ https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2024-02-11-minimal-linux-bootloader-debugging-story/ | Source: Michael Stapelberg    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:19:46

• "inconvenient truth" ☛ https://computer.rip/2024-02-11-the-top-of-the-DNS-hierarchy.html | Source: Computers Are Bad    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:21:11

• "Last time when I wrote Tiny UPS for Tiny NAS – I fucked up." ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/02/11/tiny-ups-for-tiny-nas-reloaded/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:21:19

• "In theory, what I should do to back up my home desktop is fairly straightforward." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/HomeBackupPlans2024 | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:21:31

• "It makes little sense to give any random board game that occupies a spot in your shelf the personal uplifting treatment—no" ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2024/02/pimp-your-boardgame/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:22:16

• "It looks like one last hurrah was premature for the "Nexus" line: we find ourselves back again already" ☛ https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-20-4-nexus-release/ | Source: Kodi Foundation    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:29:19

• "In the 1950s, many fighter planes used the Bendix Central Air Data Computer (CADC) to compute airspeed" ☛ http://www.righto.com/2024/02/reverse-engineering-analog-bendix-air.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:30:08

• "My power budget for this machine is around 100W idle, and right now it sits just over 150W." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/building-efficient-server-grade-arm-nas | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:30:17

• "I was curious whether R could identify her lipstick color." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/02/taylor-swift-and-data-analysis/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:55:06

• "The thesis of this talk is that we've unknowingly shipped an effect system as part of the language in since Rust 1.0." ☛ https://blog.yoshuawuyts.com/extending-rusts-effect-system/ | Source: Yoshua Wuyts    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:56:17

• "This simple but verbose error handling works okay and makes us painfully aware of all the possible error paths." ☛ https://rednafi.com/go/anemic_stack_traces/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:56:26

• "one of the biggest changes" ☛ https://tedium.co/2024/02/09/intel-pci-standardization-history/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:57:53

• "I already have a /bookmarks page where I capture links and highlights; it even has its own RSS feed!" ☛ https://www.josemunozmatos.com/blog/automating-a-monthly-link-roundup-january-2024 | Source: Jose Munoz    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:58:44

• "What does all of this mean for my no-syndication experiment? As of now, nothing has changed." ☛ https://www.amitgawande.com/2024/02/11/update-on-nosyndication.html | Source: Amit Gawande    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:59:00

• "On Tuesday, the Vilnius Academy of Arts announced that one of its lecturers and an alumna discovered Three Muses" ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2192355/stained-glass-work-discovered-in-vilnius-strip-club-to-be-given-state-protection | Source: LRT    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:59:17

• "This is the 24th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-phil-gyford | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 06:59:35

• "Nikodemos hoped to correct this by collecting and printing texts that would otherwise fall to dust." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-02-digital-technologies-ancient-manuscripts-accessible.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 09:49:27

• "preliminary experiment, Kyoko Yamaguchi and her student Faith Erin Cain from Liverpool John Moores University" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-color-of-your-eyes-could-actually-affect-your-reading-ability | Source: Science Alert    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 09:49:53

• "For the first time ever, I was laid off, and had to find a new software developer job." ☛ https://henrikwarne.com/2024/02/11/finding-a-new-software-developer-job/ | Source: Henrik Warne    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 09:51:09

• "Putting it another way, your work can only be as interesting as your problems." ☛ https://danielmiessler.com/p/fulfillment-work-problems | Source: Daniel Miessler    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 09:51:19

• "What is your current goal? You may have a professional, or personal one." ☛ https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/making-progress-on-your-goals/ | Source: Gregory Hammond    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 09:51:28

• "I have been reading through a book on Theology recently." ☛ https://cosmicqbit.dev/more-logical-fallacies/ | Source: Shariq Raza Qadri    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 09:54:08

• "This puts a whole new perspective on the term sustainable business and makes it feel like even more of an oxymoron" ☛ https://tomgreenwood.substack.com/p/should-we-abolish-busyness | Source: Tom Greenwood    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 09:55:05

• "For years, I would hear people say that it takes 100 days to develop a new habit. I didn’t set out to do that." ☛ https://mandarismoore.com/2024/02/09/the.html | Source: Mandaris Moore    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 09:56:14

• "z/Architecture is a mainframe computer architecture supporting 24-bit, 31-bit, and 64-bit addressing modes." ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/2024-02-11-toolchain-notes-on-z-architecture | Source: MaskRay    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 09:57:30

• "However, two years of using tactile switches led me to reconsider what I wanted in a switch." ☛ https://abf.li/posts/from-tactile-to-linear-keyboard-switches/ | Source: Andre Franca    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 09:57:46

• "With EyeControl technology, the medical team can detect when a patient has regained consciousness" ☛ https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/2024-02-11/ty-article-magazine/the-israeli-startup-making-communication-with-patients-under-anesthesia-possible/0000018d-97b1-d443-a19f-ffb1711f0000 | Source: Haaretz    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 09:58:30

• "Autonomous murderbot tries to drive through Chinese New Year street party, gets whole entire ass handed to it." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/02/burn-robot-burn/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:01:35

• "There were thousands and thousands of people" ☛ https://sfstandard.com/2024/02/10/waymo-robotaxi-goes-up-in-flames-in-chinatown-after-crowd-attacks-vehicle/ | Source: The San Fancisco Standard    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:02:40

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.databreaches.net/cyberattack-at-armentieres-hospital-emergency-rooms-closed-for-the-day/ | Source: Data Breaches    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:03:34

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2002/11/21/ms_paper_touts_unix/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:03:44

• "Received this official-looking document in the mail by virtue of having my address associated with my failed startup." ☛ https://www.jonathanychan.com/blog/corporate-processing-service-scam/ | Source: Jonathan Y Chan    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:04:25

• "Aside from the privacy and implementation concerns noted in the last post" ☛ https://chrismcleod.dev/blog/more-words-on-webmentions-and-backfeed/ | Source: Chris McLeod    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:04:53

• "But Ido said Hamas appeared to have evacuated in the face of the Israeli advance" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-02-10/hamas-had-command-tunnel-under-u-n-gaza-headquarters-israeli-military-says | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:06:28

• "We cannot flip a coin about our security every four years depending on this or that election" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-europe-nato-1.7111860 | Source: CBC    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:07:03

• "Worldwide, families are shrinking" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cousins-decline-canada-1.7103338 | Source: CBC    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:07:41

• [Old] "Roaring Penguin's David Skoll has written a fine rebuttal to the ADTI whitepaper." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2002/06/11/antiopen_source_whitepaper_devastated/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:08:39

• "But if electoral commissions are now pondering ideas to better include their overseas nationals in the democratic process" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/southeastasia-parliamenrs-02112024050740.html | Source: RFA    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:09:35

• "Funny, isn’t it? The Canadian government seems to not have any security expert to consult with." ☛ https://alirezahayati.com/2024/02/11/canada-to-ban-flipper-zero/ | Source: Ali Reza Hayati    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:09:48

• "There's nothing inherently wrong or illegal about that, though it will alarm civil libertarians and does need to be regulated." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-02-late-great-election-disinformation-campaigns.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:10:34

• "Silvia Viñas is the co-host of a new podcast about Bukele, Bukele: El señor de Los Sueños." ☛ https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/2024/2/11/24067962/el-salvador-vote-democracy-bukele-dictator-gangs-crypto | Source: Vox    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:11:24

• "The guidelines are being drafted under Article 35 of the DSA" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/02/european-commission-begins-drafting-new-guidelines-to-combat-election-disinformation/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:12:29

• "The palace said its legal team was investigating a report that a number of books are being sold on Amazon with false claims" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-cancer-ai-books-b2494197.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:12:51

• "Jeff Bezos' platform takes up to 65 per cent of the books' sale price." ☛ https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/ai-made-books-with-sick-lies-about-king-charles-cancer-prompt-furious-response-f/ | Source: LBC    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:13:21

• "Under Labor’s planned workplace reforms, workers will soon have the right to ignore unreasonable calls and emails" ☛ https://michaelwest.com.au/right-to-disconnect-changes-require-common-sense-labor/ | Source: Michael West Media    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:14:28

• €700 fines for illegal taxis ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1231328/cyprus-eyes-e700-fines-for-illegal-taxis/ | Source: Greece    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:14:57

• "In addition to the polygamy ban, the new code sets a minimum marriageable age for both genders and guarantees equal shares" ☛ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/indian-states-polygamy-ban-divides-some-muslim-women | Source: The Straits Times    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:15:31

• "Across Europe, platform workers have won a series of court cases ruling that they are employees" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/02/eu-platform-work-uber-macron/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:15:55

• "Students who “fail” the test are being reported to police and security services, according to an educational worker" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-virginity-tests-morality-security-services/32814240.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:16:22

• "Anderson tells the history of the Protestant Work Ethic and how it gave rise to dueling interpretations." ☛ https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area/24034358/gray-area-work-labor-miserable-protestant-ethic | Source: Vox    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:16:49

• "Some massive bad news is coming out of the south of Limpopo relating to Starlink." ☛ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2024/02/starlink-deactivates-350-400-accounts-in-south-africa-should-zim-users-be-worried/ | Source: Zimbabwe    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:18:23

• "signed an agreement" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-to-settle-trade-secrets-lawsuit-against-chip-startup-rivos/articleshow/107572135.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:18:44

• "Supervision will be undertaken by the National Council for Radio and Television" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1231304/bill-seeks-to-bring-order-to-the-internet/ | Source: Greece    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:19:07

• "Get into big science and machine learning with Anaconda on Ubuntu" https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-anaconda-on-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:20:25

• "Ubuntu's popularity often makes it the default choice for new Linux users. But there are tons of other Linux operating systems that deserve your attention. As such, I've highlighted some Ubuntu alternatives so you can choose based on your needs and requirements—because conformity is boring." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-isnt-your-only-option-in-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:20:46

• "Here's how it went with the switch to Fedora." https://news.itsfoss.com/fedora-ubuntu-switch/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:21:09

• Navigating the EOL of PHP 8.0: Immediate Actions and Long-Term Strategies https://tuxcare.com/blog/navigating-the-eol-of-php-8-0-immediate-actions-and-long-term-strategies/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:22:38

• "This releases fixes two issues in the Dolphin file manager, including a crash that occurred when using kio-admin to do privilege escalation." https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-5-115-improves-copy-move-of-large-number-of-files    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:23:03

• "The chroot command creates virtualized copies of a software system, and Atom allows you to do so within a GUI." https://thenewstack.io/linux-manage-chroot-environments-with-atoms/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:23:57

• "At time of writing HELLDIVERS 2 has 100,768 players online just on Steam, so it's clearly another big early hit for 2024. And it seems the most popular Sony PlayStation release on Steam so far." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/proton-hotfix-updated-to-support-helldivers-2-on-steam-deck-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:24:39

• "This 14-inch Linux laptop is light, thin, powerful, and full of battery-saving customization options. It's one of the best Linux laptops we've tested." https://www.wired.com/review/tuxedo-infinitybook-pro-14-linux-laptop/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:25:03

• "NASA’s efforts are similar, with Ingenuity in particular heavily using OTS parts, along with NASA’s open source, C++-based F’ (F Prime) framework. The chopper also uses some version of the Linux kernel on a Snapdragon 801 SoC, which as we have seen over the past 72 flights works very well." https://hackaday.com/2024/02/10/the-usage-of-embedded-linux-in-spacecraft/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:25:33

• Day X ☛ https://thedissenter.org/countdown-to-day-x-applying-us-espionage-act-assange/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:40:41

• "As the creator of the Weight Lifting Simulator series, among others, Christopher Boomer is one of the most successful game developers on Roblox." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/roblox-weight-lifting-sim-dev-gains-muscle-from-dmca-counter-notice-240211/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:42:46

• oleksandr syrskyi ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/11/ukraine-says-russia-waging-disinformation-campaign-to-paint-new-afu-commander-in-chief-oleksandr-syrskyi-as-russian | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:43:09

• musk internet ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/11/ukrainian-intelligence-says-russia-using-starlink-satellite-internet-system-for-comba t-operations-in-occupied-territory | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:43:32

• Oleksandr Pavliuk ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/11/zelensky-appoints-oleksandr-pavliuk-as-new-commander-of-ukraine-s-ground-forces | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:43:59

• "Last Friday, I wrote about a cancer cure testimonial that had gone viral by a man named Kevin Hennings." ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2024/02/12/are-ivermectin-and-fenbendazole-the-new-laetrile-part-two-ivermectin/ |    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:44:24

• "Close Down UNRWA" https://quillette.com/2024/02/07/close-down-unrwa/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:45:10

• old: "linuxbashing jihad" https://www.theregister.com/2002/11/21/ms_admits_its_linuxbashing_jihad/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:52:48

• amazonOut? https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/jeff-bezos-sells-roughly-2-billion-of-amazon-shares/articleshow/107594980.cms    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:54:27

• finland https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/02/11/making-or-breaking-finlands-future-a-behind-the-facade-look-at-the-2024-election/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:54:50

• "Eighty years ago, 150 Soviet bombers aimed to destroy Kotka — but failed" https://yle.fi/a/74-20074031    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:55:09

• A quote from Eric Lehman, internal Google email in 2018 https://simonwillison.net/2024/Feb/11/eric-lehman/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:55:53

• kalmykia ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/11/man-dies-after-setting-off-explosive-device-in-psychological-assistance-center-in-russia-s-republic-of-kalmykia | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:57:19

• The heat death policy is not funny for the moderates https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=http://martenssonsmeningar.se/2024/02/varmdopolitiken-ar-inte-rolig-for-moderaterna/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 10:57:59

• "I think I heard that the Translate team decided to go “all in” on large-scale ML some years ago, which seems wise in retrospect. I’m skeptical of such an extreme step around relevance today, because we might sacrifice significant gains by traditional means between now and the time a deep-ML approach really takes over" https://www.techemails.com/p/google-ai-elon-musk-tesla-comp#%C2%A7google-engineer-ai-is-a-serious-risk-to-our-business    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 11:03:34

• zelensky ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/11/zelensky-appoints-ihor-plahuta-as-new-commander-of-ukraine-s-territorial-defense-forces | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 11:04:17

• 3D Printed DIN Rail Mount Is Attractive ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/11/3d-printed-din-rail-mount-is-attractive/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 11:05:30

• Latency ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/11/benchmarking-latency-across-common-wireless-links-for-mcus/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 11:10:50

• 3D Printed Basketball ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/11/3d-printed-basketball-could-be-a-game-changer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 11:12:31

• "We’ve used wood filament before, and we hazily remember a Cura plugin that changed temperatures to create wood grain." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/11/printing-a-log/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 11:55:55

• "New technologies bring with them the threat of change. [chatbot] tools are one of the latest such developments." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/11/ais-existence-is-all-it-takes-to-be-accused-of-being-one/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 11:56:50

• Target Lifting Mechanism Goes Wireless ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/02/11/target-lifting-mechanism-goes-wireless/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 11:57:47

• BS spin. They are in debt. It's nothing to do with "investment" or "HEY HI". The media will lie for its corporate masters. https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/02/37062601/tech-giants-including-microsoft-alphabet-paypal-slashed-34-000-positions-for-generative-ai-investmen    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 12:47:00

• Nothing to do with "HEY HI". It is about long-standing financial perils. https://www.fudzilla.com/news/ai/58424-ai-takes-its-toll-on-big-tech    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 12:47:36

• NOTHING to do with "HEY HI" https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-management/lay-off/cisco-to-cut-thousands-of-jobs-report-549617    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 12:49:43

• They just cannot sell enough https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/116316/mass-layoff-looming-at-cisco-due-to-lower-orders/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 12:50:22

• It must be many thousands if they refuse to say how many https://www.uctoday.com/collaboration/cisco-reportedly-plans-restructure-with-layoffs-affecting-thousands/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 12:50:55

• UK Employers Plan Lower Pay Rises as Economic Growth Slows https://en.econostrum.info/uk-employers-pay-rises-economy/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 12:51:24

• Work: full time? Half life. The job has a cost, killing the mind if not the body. Some jobs don't do that, but those are few. That's why the word "compensation" became a synonym of salary in many contexts.    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 12:59:48

• The bytedance election: Dance moves and deepfakes: Indonesia’s presidential candidates duke it out on Fentanylware (TikTok) ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/dance-moves-and-deepfakes-indonesia-presidential-candidates-duke-it-out-on-tiktok With Fentanylware, Beijing gets to interfere and may decide who takes power    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:01:32

• Of course they also blame "bad users" for spreading lies, even if the platform actively participates in the dissemination and does control trends (throttling and "viral" effects to choose winners or losers). They're never hands-off because all social control media has censorship.    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:03:43

• Josh Bressers: Episode 415 – Reducing attack surface for less security ☞ https://opensourcesecurity.io/2024/02/11/episode-415-reducing-attack-surface-for-less-security/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:06:00

• Will it Nixcloud? | LINUX Unplugged 549 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/549/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:07:43

• How to Create Amazon EC2 Instance Using Terraform ☞ https://tecadmin.net/create-amazon-ec2-instance-using-terraform/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:12:58

• SCSI isn't dead yet — new SSD for old or obsolete systems is a boon for retro computing fans ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/scsi-isnt-dead-yet-new-ssd-for-old-or-obsolete-systems-is-a-boon-for-retro-computing-fans    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:14:07

• Pashinian Declines To Say Whether Armenia Would Arrest Putin Under ICC Warrant ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-pashinian-putin-icc-arrest-warrant/32814560.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:14:36

• Will Ukraine Survive? ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/will-ukraine-survive/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:15:59

• Trump is NOT an elected politician, what is france24 doing here? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240211-us-senate-advances-ukraine-israel-and-taiwan-aid-bill-despite-trump-opposition    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:16:29

• Ukraine army accuses Russia of using chemical weapons in attacks ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/02/ukraine-army-accuses-russia-of-using-chemical-weapons-in-attacks/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:17:22

• Ukrainian Man Accused Of Espionage, Participation In Terror Group Dies In Russian Detention ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukrainian-man-dies-in-detention/32814522.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:17:40

• Japan Expected To Pledge $106 Million In Reconstruction Aid At Tokyo Conference ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/japan-ukraine-aid-reconstruction/32814437.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:18:20

• 🔤SpellBinding: ABUILTH Wordo: GLANS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-02-12.gmi    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:20:43

• Kyiv Claims Russian Military Using Musk's Starlink In Occupied Areas ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-starlink-musk/32814348.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:24:56

• Zelenskiy Steps Up Leadership 'Reboot' As Russian Drone Assaults Hit Kyiv, Kharkiv ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drones-kharkiv-shahed-ports/32814209.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:25:38

• ‘There to die’: Nepali mercenaries fight for Russia in Ukraine ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/there-to-die-nepali-mercenaries-fight-for-russia-in-ukraine    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:26:23

• Armenia's PM: 'We are not Russia's ally' in war against Ukraine ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/armenias-pm-we-are-not-russias-ally-in-war-against-ukraine    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:26:49

• Ukraine-Israel Aid Bill Clears Critical Hurdle in the Senate ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/us/republican-senators-ukraine-israel-bill.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:27:11

• Monday Briefing: Pakistan’s Stunning Election Results ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/world/asia/pakistan-election-khan-trump-ukraine-asia.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:27:37

• Latvian Russian Union's leaders summoned by security service ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/12.02.2024-latvian-russian-unions-leaders-summoned-by-security-service.a542532/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:29:17

• Former PM Stubb wins Finland’s presidential election as rival Haavisto concedes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240211-finns-go-to-the-polls-for-presidential-run-off-amid-tensions-with-russia    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:29:49

• france24 is foolishly doing "TRUMP SEZ" pieces that are vexatious. Good service for French taxpayers? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240211-you-gotta-pay-trump-threatens-to-urge-russian-attack-of-nato-allies-behind-on-payments    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:31:38

• Russia media regulator begins investigation into language learning service Duolingo for alleged ‘LGBT propaganda’ ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/02/russia-media-regulator-begins-investigation-into-language-learning-service-duolingo-for-alleged-lgbt-propaganda/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:37:03

• European Leaders, White House Denounce Trump's Remarks On Russia, NATO ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-nato-russia-attack-white-house-appalling-unhinged/32814229.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:37:23

• Favoring Foes Over Friends, Trump Threatens to Upend International Order ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/us/politics/trump-nato.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:37:46

• Mr. TTIP, working for the oligarchy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/world/europe/finland-election-nato.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:38:28

• An Outburst by Trump on NATO May Push Europe to Go It Alone ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/world/europe/trump-nato-analysis.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:38:49

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

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:40:10

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

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:40:27

• How To Install OBS Studio on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-obs-studio-opensuse/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:40:44

• How to install TeamViewer on GNU/Linux ☞ https://net2.com/how-to-install-teamviewer-in-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:41:10

• How to install KVM on Almalinux 9 or Rocky GNU/Linux 9 to create VMs ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-kvm-on-almalinux-9-or-rocky-linux-9-to-create-vms/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:41:35

• How to make your own docker container and persist changes ☞ http://knowledgebasement.com/how-to-make-your-own-docker-container-and-persist-changes/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:42:15

• 8 Best MySQL/MariaDB GUI Tools for GNU/Linux in 2024 ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/mysql-gui-tools-for-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:46:38

• 31 Best File Managers and Explorers [GUI + CLI] for GNU/Linux in 2024 ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/linux-file-managers/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:47:56

• 8 Best SSH Clients for GNU/Linux in 2024 ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/ssh-clients-linux/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:48:23

• Wine Dev 9.2 Released with Mono Engine Updated to 9.0.0 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/02/wine-dev-9-2-released-with-mono-engine-updated-to-9-0-0/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 13:51:10

• Documentary on Indonesian elections ‘slanderous’, says Prabowo’s campaign team ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/documentary-on-indonesian-elections-slanderous-says-prabowo-s-campaign-team    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:04:34

• YouTuber accused of recording motorcycle ride going 150 mph in Colorado arrested in Texas ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/02/12/news/youtuber-rendon-dietzmann-arrested-after-recording-motorcycle-ride-going-150-mph-in-colorado/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:05:01

• Taylor Swift and Data Analysis ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/02/taylor-swift-and-data-analysis/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:08:19

• More EPO leaks out soon    

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

• New Linux Kernel Security Flaw Leads to Information Disclosure ☞ https://linuxsecurity.com/news/security-vulnerabilities/linux-kernel-flaw-leads-to-info-disclosure    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:13:25

• I wish Go had a retry block ☞ https://xeiaso.net/blog/2024/retry-block/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:16:14

• "Mind-blowing numbers for X-ray astronomy." ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-what-the-sky-looks-like-in-x-ray-vision    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:20:46

• Obesity Disrupts Mitochondria, And We May Have Figured Out How ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/obesity-disrupts-mitochondria-and-we-may-have-figured-out-how    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:21:03

• North Korea tests new rocket launcher control system ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-tests-new-rocket-launcher-control-system    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:21:33

• "battling over the estate of possibly Malaysia's richest man." ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/feud-over-ex-sarawak-governor-s-estate-and-health-shines-spotlight-on-family-s-wealth    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:22:28

• Rare Human Case of Bubonic Plague in Oregon Confirmed by Authorities ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-human-case-of-bubonic-plague-in-oregon-confirmed-by-authorities    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:24:09

• Groundbreaking New Response to Cardiac Arrest Expected to Save Lives ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/groundbreaking-new-response-to-cardiac-arrest-expected-to-save-lives    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:27:27

• Strange Meteorite Fragments That Exploded Over Berlin Now Identified ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-meteorite-fragments-that-exploded-over-berlin-now-identified    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:27:56

• Unsolved Case of Lone Pregnant Stingray Offers Surprising Explanation ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/unsolved-case-of-lone-pregnant-stingray-offers-surprising-explanation    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:29:56

• First Look at Asteroid Hints It's a Fragment of a Lost Ocean World ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/first-look-at-asteroid-hints-its-a-fragment-of-a-lost-ocean-world    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:30:35

• Surprise Discovery Shows Blue Whales Have Been Mating With Another Species ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-discovery-shows-blue-whales-have-been-mating-with-another-species    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:31:04

• Critically Endangered Parrot Bounces Back in Huge Conservation Victory ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/critically-endangered-parrot-bounces-back-in-huge-conservation-victory    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:31:10

• How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/business/byd-china-electric-vehicle.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:31:38

• Xinjiang doubles down on telling its story, countering narratives and courting trade, tourism ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/xinjiang-doubles-down-on-telling-its-story-countering-narratives-and-courting-trade-tourism    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:34:32

• Finland chooses its 13th president ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20074006    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:37:41

• As it happened: Stubb wins presidency ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20074022    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:38:09

• Eighty years ago, 150 Soviet bombers aimed to destroy Kotka — but failed ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20074031    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:38:43

• US announces chip investment plans after Japan progress revealed ☞ https://itwire.com/technology-regulation/us-announces-chip-investment-plans-after-japan-progress-revealed.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 14:40:01

• Slovakia parliament approves criminal law reform amid public protests and EU concerns ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/02/slovakia-parliament-approves-criminal-law-reform-amid-public-protests-and-eu-concerns/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:06:05

• Malaysia federal court declares Kelantan state Shariah laws unconstitutional ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/02/malaysia-federal-court-declares-kelantan-state-shariah-laws-unconstitutional/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:35:14

• Letter from ThinkTankLand: Foreign Influence in American Politics ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/james-carden/2024/02/11/letter-from-thinktankland-foreign-influence-in-american-politics/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:37:23

• Mayorkas Says He’s Undeterred by Republicans’ Impeachment Drive ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/us/politics/mayorkas-impeachment.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:37:48

• Thoroughly Modern: From Tradition To Transformation For I.C.B.M. i In The Era Of Cloud And Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.itjungle.com/2024/02/12/thoroughly-modern-from-tradition-to-transformation-for-ibm-i-in-the-era-of-cloud-and-ai/ WOW!!! So many buzzwords from this IBM shill in IBM sponsored site. Transformation!! CLOWN! HEY HI!    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:38:50

• UN Experts Investigating 58 Suspected North Korean Cyberattacks Valued at About $3 Billion ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/un-experts-investigating-58-suspected-north-korean-cyberattacks-valued-at-about-3-billion/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:39:24

• Marco d'Itri: Extending access to the systemd RuntimeDirectory with a POSIX ACL ☞ https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_468    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:41:34

• Building an efficient server-grade Arm NAS ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/building-efficient-server-grade-arm-nas    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:43:47

• Blood Clots the Media Barely Talks About ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2024/02/12/blood-clots/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:44:07

• ‘Tomorrow never knows’: Hong Kong indie collective seeks community, history for the city’s alternative music scene ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/12/tomorrow-never-knows-hong-kong-indie-collective-seeks-community-history-for-the-citys-alternative-music-scene/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:44:59

• Static Actor–Motivation Forecasting: Peace in Middle East ☞ https://two-wrongs.com/static-actor-motivation-forecasting-peace-in-middle-east    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:50:23

• Steam Deck 1200p screen replacement goes under scrutiny – better than the original but outshined by the latest OLED model ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/steam-deck-1200p-screen-replacement-goes-under-scrutiny-better-than-the-original-but-outshined-by-the-latest-oled-model    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:51:34

• CG, not "Hey Hi (AI)" ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/world/asia/imran-khan-artificial-intelligence-pakistan.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:59:14

• This is CG ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/imran-khan-s-victory-speech-from-jail-shows-ai-s-peril-and-promise    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:00:10

• The Incredible Demise of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows (the Cash Cow That Once Indirectly Accounted for About 80% of Profits) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/11/The_Incredible_Demise_of_Microsoft_Windows_the_Cash_Cow_That_On.shtml    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:07:04

• [Meme] Shaking His Willy at Rutte ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/11/Meme_Shaking_His_Willy_at_Rutte.shtml    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:07:14

• [Meme] [Teaser] Not Everyone in The Netherlands Pays Tax ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/12/Meme_Teaser_Not_Everyone_in_The_Netherlands_Pays_Tax.shtml    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:07:26

• Mozilla's Baker Dethroned, But It's 'Too Little, Too Late' ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/12/Mozilla_s_Baker_Dethroned_But_It_s_Too_Little_Too_Late.shtml    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:07:35

• When Misogynists Who Assault and Dox Innocent Women Resort to Committing Perjury in a Desperate Attempt to Silence Their Victims ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/12/When_Misogynists_Who_Assault_and_Dox_Innocent_Women_Resort_to_C.shtml    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:07:50

• Techrights as Morse Code? (updated) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/10/Techrights_as_Morse_Code.shtml    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:08:09

• Don’t Judge a Range by its Cover: Federal Circuit Sides with Patentee on Written Description Support ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/02/circuit-patentee-description.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:12:46

• This Month's Statement From Staff of the EPO in Den Haag (Rijswijk), Composed on Behalf of Thousands of Europeans Working in The Netherlands Under Unlawful Conditions and Work Demands (Patent 'Production') ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/11/This_Month_s_Statement_From_Staff_of_the_EPO_in_Den_Haag_Rijswi.shtml    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:13:03

• IBM Patches New Security Vulns In I.C.B.M. i Components, Power Firmware ☞ https://www.itjungle.com/2024/02/12/ibm-patches-new-security-vulns-in-ibm-i-components-power-firmware/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:13:44

• Prabowo’s foreign policy and what it may mean for Australia ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/prabowos-foreign-policy-and-what-it-may-mean-for-australia/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:14:14

• NomadBSD 140R-20240126 Errata released ☞ https://nomadbsd.org/index.html#20240211    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:14:44

• Lazy Reading for 2024/02/11 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2024/02/11/lazy-reading-for-2024-02-11/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:14:58

• "Next NYCBUG meeting, March 6: NetBSD for the Advanced Minimalist.  Traveling and working with only a Pinebook. Anatomy of a Hollerith Card. "    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:15:16

• 15 Top Open-source Free Remote Desktop Solutions for 2024 ☞ https://medevel.com/os-15-remote-desktop/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:16:01

• Unbloating the buffers ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/02/12/unbloating-the-buffers/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:17:23

• Caolán McNamara: coverity 2022.6.0 and LibreOffice ☞ http://caolanm.blogspot.com/2024/02/coverity-202260-and-libreoffice.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:18:05

• March-In Rights ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/02/march-in-rights.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:18:54

• "I have a poll running Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn about whether the Federal Government should more aggressively use its march-in rights to ensure public access to federally funded inventions." Obviously those who respond to it are patent maximalists who follow him in Microsoft's prison.    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:19:48

• Israel Says It Struck Rafah as a Diversion to Rescue Hostages ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/world/middleeast/israel-rafah-strikes.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:20:05

• Hamas says two Israeli hostages killed by air strikes in Gaza ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240211-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-netanyahu-pledges-safe-passage-to-palestinian-civilians-ahead-of-rafah-operation    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:20:50

• 🔴Live: Heavy strikes hit Gazan city of Rafah, two Israeli hostages rescued ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240212-%F0%9F%94%B4live-heavy-israeli-strikes-hit-gaza-s-southern-city-of-rafah    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:21:07

• A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Your Own Ubuntu Container with Podman on Mac and Persisting Changes ☞ http://knowledgebasement.com/a-beginners-guide-to-creating-your-own-ubuntu-container-with-podman-on-mac-and-persisting-changes/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:26:43

• Firefox Devs Working on Tab Previews ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/firefox-devs-working-on-tab-hover-previews    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:26:58

• GNU World Order 551 ☞ http://gnuworldorder.info//audiophile/gnuWorldOrder_551_ogg.ogg    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:27:39

• AMD Zen 5 support arrives with five new instructions — GNU compiler collection posted ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-zen-5-support-arrives-with-five-new-instructions-gnu-compiler-collection-posted    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:28:16

• hwclock fail in easyVoid 6.0.3 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202402/hwclock-fail-in-easyvoid-603.html    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:28:51

• PeaZip 9.7 Open-Source File Archiver Utility Adds Native ARM64 GNU/Linux Support ☞ https://9to5linux.com/peazip-9-7-open-source-file-archiver-utility-adds-native-arm64-linux-support    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:30:31

• HandBrake 1.7.3 Open-Source Video Transcoder Released with GNU/Linux Fixes ☞ https://9to5linux.com/handbrake-1-7-3-open-source-video-transcoder-released-with-linux-fixes    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:30:46

• GNOME Shell and Mutter 46 Beta Released with Numerous Improvements ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gnome-shell-and-mutter-46-beta-released-with-numerous-improvements    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:31:10

• Linux Plumbers Conference: GNU/Linux Plumbers Conference CFP announced ☞ https://lpc.events/blog/current/index.php/2024/02/11/linux-plumbers-conference-cfp-announced/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:32:06

• Affordable Radxa ZERO 3W Featuring Up to 8GB RAM and Onboard eMMC Storage ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/affordable-radxa-zero-3w-featuring-up-to-8gb-ram-and-onboard-emmc-storage/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:32:31

• PeaZip 9.7 Archive Tool Now Supports ARM64 GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/peazip-adds-arm64-linux-support    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:32:49

• Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) is NOT security!! It's outsourcing of trust to truly dodgy companies that profit from imperialism in the digital realm. https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrenchBoot-Status-2024    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:33:55

• Phoronix is never interested in looking DEEPER at things if that might upset the corporate sponsors of the site. That's a problem.    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:34:44

• Cautionary Tale About Software Patents and Their Impact on GNU/Linux Distros in Europe ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/12/Cautionary_Tale_About_Software_Patents_and_Their_Impact_on_GNU_.shtml    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:34:58

• Over at Tux Machines... ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/02/12/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:35:07

• CrossOver GNU/Linux 23.7 on openSUSE Tumbleweed ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2024/02/11/crossover-linux-23-7-on-opensuse-tumbleweed/ "I was a bit surprised by this as I do recall recently struggling with getting something to run in GNU/Linux recently."    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:36:05

• 12 Best Free and Open Source Load Balancers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-load-balancers/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:37:00

• 11 Free Cloud Media Players for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android ☞ https://medevel.com/11-cloud-media-player/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:37:35

• "Add up all the money that users with low-stakes/fault-tolerant applications are willing to pay; combine it with all the money that risk-tolerant, high-stakes users are willing to spend; add in all the money that high-stakes users who are willing to make their products more expen­sive in order to keep them running are willing to spend." https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:43:34

• "Just take one step back and look at the hype through this lens. All the big, exciting uses for AI are either low-dollar (helping kids cheat on their homework, generating stock art for bottom-feeding publications) or high-stakes and fault-intolerant (self-driving cars, radiology, hiring, etc.)." https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:44:18

• "Our policymakers are putting a lot of energy into thinking about what they’ll do if the AI bubble doesn’t pop – wrangling about “AI ethics” and “AI safety.” But – as with all the previous tech bubbles – very few people are talking about what we’ll be able to salvage when the bubble is over." https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:44:58

• Misleading as the layoffs happen when Microsoft is 111 billion dollars in debt (unprecedented) https://www.businessinsider.com/layoffs-happening-at-tech-firms-that-are-doing-just-fine-2024-2    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:46:52

• Microsoft tells people to plagiarise other people's code and use Microsoft to do the plagiarism (the lawsuits come later) https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/microsoft-encourages-game-developers-to-have-ai-write-their-code-in-dystopian-super    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:50:20

• Microsoft #1 for tech layoffs in 2024 https://www.thewindowsclub.com/list-of-tech-layoffs-in-2024    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:53:25

• "Government Debt in the United States increased to 34191150 USD Million in January from 34001494 USD Million in December of 2023." 200 billion increase per month would be 2.5 trillion each year. NOT sustainable. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 16:57:31

• Amanda Whalen amanda@pkpr.com, working on behalf of shitty Mozilla, has just SPAMMED spyware. She sent loads of spyware to people's inboxes on behalf of Mozilla. Ironically, this pretends to care for privacy. Mozilla has lost it. This is STILL happening: http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/25/Mozilla_Continues_to_Spam_Yours_Truly_For_Black_Friday_the_E_ma.shtml    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 18:33:02

• Mounting video ram on Linux gopher://dataswamp.org:70/1/~solene/article-mount-vram-on-linux    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 18:52:03

• APL-likes as a notation for thought gemini://l-3.space/log-240212-1.gmi    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 18:52:43

• "Getting tech just right can be tricky; on the one had you have the type that spends hours on IRC asking how to make a read(2) call not block" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/02/12/tech-goldilocks.gmi    

posted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 18:53:37

• "Some colleagues of mine had the wild idea to try saying no to any added sugar for a month." gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~captain/posts/2024-02-12-no-sugar-for-a-month.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 00:45:04

• "A great thing about gemtext is it is so simple I don't need a CMS. But it was still taking me a minute or two to create the new gemtext file on the server, as I had to login, navigate to the correct directory, and type a file name with the correct date and sequence number." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20240212-0.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 00:46:08

• removing dead bodies from the process list gemini://gemini.thebackupbox.net/~epoch/blog/zombies    

posted Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 00:48:04

• A eulogy for smartphones I'll never understand gemini://njms.ca/gemlog/2024-02-12.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 00:49:18

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D840.jpg    

posted Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 00:49:56

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1190.jpg    

posted Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 00:50:02

• "I've long experienced a sensation while I'm working on a problem. My strongest early memory of it (though I am certain it was around before then) was always associated with my Java programming class as a first-year Computer Science major." gemini://ennui_institute.smol.pub/apoptosis    

posted Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 00:51:24

• "A fragment, like a miniature work of art, has to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world and be complete in itself like a porcupine." gemini://aidn.flounder.online/gemlog/2024-02-12.gmiv    

posted Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 00:51:58