Roy Schestowitz

• Tea Tea Deluxe 1.4.1 Released gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2024-04-02-tea-tea-deluxe-1-4-1-released.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:43:33

• "GROWING LIGHT OST is out, so lyrics have been added for Athena, the Tireless One." gemini://vath.click/updates.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:44:22

• April 2, 2024 - Tuesday of Easter Week(W) gemini://leetaur.com/tlm-propers/entries/2024-04-02.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:46:22

• "I saw someone saying the dodo didn't go extinct because of human hunting, and Wikipedia agrees on that. So I'm guessing everyone taught me BS again. Like, there wasn't the slightest sliver of controversy on that. All of TV, my school, artists, even politics perfectly agreed on the hunting narrative." gemini://qwel.smol.pub/dodo    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:47:48

• "I mean it's not the first time. But it's always amazing to see. I wonder who started it. I feel like every time I learn about this kind of fake historic fact, it's from a guy in the 17th..18th century." gemini://qwel.smol.pub/dodo    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:48:15

• "Then apparently failed to provide a convincing source to Wikipedia. " Wikipedia, like a marketing agency, gravitates towards what the sponsors of Wikipedia want, i.e. companies like Microsoft and people like Bill Gates.    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:50:06

• Microsoft to fire some employees https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/microsoft-fired-some-employees-working-on-its-teams-chat-app-to-focus-on-ai-tools-2522367-2024-04-02    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:50:20

• Microsoft funded "media" skips many of the Microsoft layoffs https://www.computerworld.com/article/1617283/tech-layoffs-in-2023-a-timeline.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:51:22

• Microsoft fired (mass layoffs) its workers every month this year, not just in January    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:52:10

• "BYJU'S has laid off over 10,000 employees in the past two years" https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/business/byju-s-layoffs-edtech-company-fires-100-to-500-employees/story    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:54:23

• Retirement planning enters era of renewed inflation ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/retirement/2024/04/retirement-planning-enters-era-of-renewed-inflation/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:55:51

• The Tale of Daniel ☞ https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/tale-of-daniel/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:57:59

• No Right to Be Forgotten for Defendant in Civil Case ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/01/no-right-to-be-forgotten-for-defendant-in-civil-case/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:58:16

• The Quiet Power of Supply Chain Diplomacy in Latin America ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/opinion/intel-costa-rica-semiconductors.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:58:43

• HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/putting-the-technology-into-practice/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:59:09

• Faculty members consider the role of Hey Hi (AI) in the classroom ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/faculty-members-consider-the-role-of-ai-in-the-classroom/ HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 21:59:29

• HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI !!!! US and UK governments agree deal to collaborate on Hey Hi (AI) safety testing ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/01/us-uk-governments-agree-deal-collaborate-ai-safety-testing/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:00:03

• gmail is NOT desirable; it's an attack on email as a protocol, too ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/01/twenty-years-ago-google-did-the-only-good-tech-april-fools-joke-it-launched-gmail-for-real/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:01:20

• The People’s Party | April 11 ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/the-peoples-party-april-11-2024/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:01:47

• Antitrust or Anti-truth? Jim Jordan’s Latest Attack on the “War on Disinformation” ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/antitrust-or-anti-truth-jim-jordans-latest-attack-on-the-war-on-disinformation/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:02:10

• The Brazilian Special-Forces Unit Fighting to Save the Amazon ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/04/08/the-brazilian-special-forces-unit-fighting-to-save-the-amazon    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:02:32

• So they will need to dump Microsoft for good ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2024/04/hhs-looks-to-create-one-stop-shop-for-healthcare-cybersecurity/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:03:13

• Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 45 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/01/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-45/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:04:13

• Karakalpak Activist Wanted In Uzbekistan Detained In Kazakhstan ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-arrests-karakalpak-activist-zhumaniyazov-uzbekistan/32886136.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:04:24

• Netanyahu Says Israel Will Shut Down Al Jazeera in Israel ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/world/middleeast/al-jazeera-israel-netanyahu.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:04:54

• DEM contests election results in Kurdish cities amid 'voter transfer' claims ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/dem-contests-election-results-in-kurdish-cities-amid-voter-transfer-claims-293726    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:05:12

• Cataloguing some Melbourne trams ☞ https://rubenerd.com/cataloguing-some-melbourne-trams/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:06:10

• We found the Fern Gully again ☞ https://rubenerd.com/we-found-the-fern-gully-again/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:07:29

• Strict Housing Requirements Are Keeping Some Kids Longer in Georgia’s Foster Care System ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/in-georgia-inadequate-housing-can-mean-longer-stays-in-foster-care | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:08:06

• US govt wants to talk to tech companies about Hey Hi (AI) electricity demands — eyes nuclear fusion and fission ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/us-govt-wants-to-talk-to-tech-companies-about-ai-electricity-demands-eyes-nuclear-fusion-and-fission    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:09:11

• Exclusive: Federal Judge Unseals Eight Mile Style v. Spotify Docket — Date Set for Oral Argument on Summary Judgement Motions ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/01/eight-mile-style-spotify-lawsuit-docket-unsealed/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:10:00

• Bandai Namco Copyright Strikes YouTubers Showing Off Game Mods ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/01/bandai-namco-copyright-strikes-youtubers-showing-off-game-mods/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:10:06

• American YouTuber Freed After Kidnapping in Haiti ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/world/americas/maalouf-release-haiti-kidnap.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:10:27

• Technical Writing Chat with Ally Sassman ☞ https://jamesg.blog/2024/04/01/technical-writing-chat/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:11:11

• How Chinese Students Experience America ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/04/08/how-chinese-students-experience-america "COVID, guns, anti-Asian violence, and diplomatic relations have complicated the ambitions of the some three hundred thousand college students who come to the U.S. each year."    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:11:45

• "Back in 2000 in the brief lull between COVID lockdowns in the UK, I found myself abruptly on the move, with a very short time indeed to move my possessions into storage." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/how-star-trek-breached-the-defences-of-a-major-broadcaster/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:12:05

• Don’t betray NY workers who braved pandemic ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/04/01/opinion/dont-betray-ny-workers-who-braved-pandemic/ "The state faced a crisis four years ago as the COVID pandemic wreaked havoc."    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:12:28

• The science (or not) behind smartphones and anxiety ☞ https://rubenerd.com/smartphones-and-teenage-mental-illness/ "uninstall certain social control media applications, turned off notifications"    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:13:00

• Don Marti: trying to think about European tech policy in context ☞ https://blog.zgp.org/trying-to-think-about-european-tech-policy-in-context/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:13:41

• Fentanylware (TikTok) crap disguised as newsworthy stuff ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/04/08/mannequin-pussy-set-loose-from-big-tech-jail    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:14:56

• Sony Music Entertainment CEO Won’t Rule Out a Fentanylware (TikTok) Catalog Removal—Especially Given ‘Astonishingly Small’ Payouts ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/01/sony-music-ceo-on-music-removal-from-tiktok/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:15:14

• Fentanylware (TikTok) Ban Bill Reportedly Faces Slower Senate Journey — Including a Hearing and Possible Changes — As the App’s Media Blitz Continues ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/01/tiktok-ban-bill-senate-update/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:15:52

• China court jails 'tortured' rights activist Xu Qin for four years ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tortured-rights-activist-04012024122823.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:16:41

• Inmate’s lawsuit seeks to block Alabama’s bid to arrange 2nd execution using nitrogen gas ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/04/01/inmates-lawsuit-seeks-to-block-alabamas-bid-to-arrange-2nd-execution-using-nitrogen-gas/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:17:40

• Somalia state of Puntland rejects constitutional amendments and withdraws from federal government ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/04/somalia-state-of-puntland-rejects-constitutional-amendments-and-withdraws-from-federal-government/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:18:04

• Scotland’s controversial new hate crime law comes into effect ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/04/scotlands-controversial-new-hate-crime-law-comes-into-effect/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:18:25

• Microsoft trains Unified Patent Court judges to count to 5 with its new Hey Hi (AI) assistant ☞ https://ffii.org/microsoft-trains-unified-patent-court-judges-to-count-to-5-with-its-new-ai-assistant/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:19:42

• Unified Patent Court has an EU treaty legality problem, said ex-CJEU judge Melchior Wathelet ☞ https://ffii.org/unified-patent-court-has-an-eu-treaty-legality-problem-says-ex-cjeu-judge-melchior-wathelet/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:20:06

• ASDA (UK) had adopted OpenSUSE and now lets staff use some GNU/Linux terminal for some purposes. No more Windows monoculture?    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:28:36

• The interpersonal side of the xz-utils compromise ☞ http://dilfridge.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-interpersonal-side-of-xz-utils.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:30:17

• $2,000 for Leigh M. Rothschild entity Electronic Edison Transmission power patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/4/1/2000-for-leigh-m-rothschild-entity-electronic-edison-transmission-power-patent-prior-art IBM et al let this troll off the hook, failing to take away the software patents and now even trying    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:31:58

• Obviousness and Pharmaceutical Method of Treatment Claims ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/04/obviousness-pharmaceutical-treatment.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:32:25

• Kernel prepatch 6.9-rc2 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/967792/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:33:24

• Smargaft harnesses EtherHiding for stealthy C2 hosting ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/04/01/smargaft-harnesses-etherhiding-for-stealthy-c2-hosting/ "New botnet uses the Binance Smart Chain to host command and control servers and infect shell scripts like a virus to achieve persistence."    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:33:54

• Lying to Canadian Authorities to Harass People, Even to Harass Their Spouses ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/01/Lying_to_Canadian_Authorities_to_Harass_People_Even_to_Harass_T.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:34:45

• Techrights Now in Morse ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/01/Techrights_Now_in_Morse.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:34:53

• "Removed 4% of CPU from a week-long profile of our demo servers: avoiding lots of extension querying with a one line change: fun." ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2024-04-01.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:35:29

• "got Minetest setup again for the babes with their old map included. Applied slugging." ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2024-03-31.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:36:01

• Journal of Free Speech Law: "Distrust, Negative First Amendment Theory, and the Regulation of Lies," by Prof. Helen Norton ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/01/journal-of-free-speech-law-distrust-negative-first-amendment-theory-and-the-regulation-of-lies-by-prof-helen-norton/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:36:44

• Journal of Free Speech Law: "Anonymity, Identity, and Lies," by Prof. Artur Pericles L. Monteiro ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/01/journal-of-free-speech-law-anonymity-identity-and-lies-by-prof-artur-pericles-l-monteiro/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:36:50

• "While some view freedom of speech as detrimental to minority groups, others champion it as a necessary condition for protecting underrepresented voices." ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/01/voices-for-liberties-papers-on-freedom-of-speech-civil-rights-and-social-progress/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:37:27

• Scottish Hate Crime Law Takes Effect as Critics Warn It Will Stifle Speech ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/world/europe/scotland-hate-crime-law.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:37:56

• "And then earlier this year, he funded Gina Carano’s SLAPP suit against Disney." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/01/why-are-so-many-free-speech-elon-musk-lawsuits-about-suppressing-speech/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:38:29

• Climate-Con and the Media-Censorship Complex – Part 1 ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2024/04/01/climate-con-and-the-media-censorship-complex-part-1/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:39:03

• Defending Pornography on Feminist Grounds: A Q&A With Nadine Strossen ☞ https://reason.com/2024/04/01/defending-pornography-on-feminist-grounds-a-qa-with-nadine-strossen/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:39:14

• 6-channel ESP32-S3-based WiFi relay module offers RS485 interface, supports Raspberry Pi Pico HATs ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/04/02/6-channel-esp32-s3-wifi-relay-module-rs485-raspberry-pi-pico-hat/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:39:59

• "ESP32-CAM module for control and a first-person view." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/fire-up-the-3d-printer-and-build-yourself-a-spiderbot/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:40:13

• Don't Cite Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot as Authority in Legal Filings ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/01/dont-cite-chatgpt-as-legal-authority/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:42:06

• Lots of fake news from Microsoft and its bribed publishers lately    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:42:57

• Sparkfun’s Pulsed Coherent Radar Sensor features Acconeer XM125 60 GHz module, works through walls, offers up to 20-meter range ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/04/01/sparkfun-pulsed-coherent-radar-sensor-acconeer-xm125-60-ghz-module-works-through-walls-20-meter-range/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:43:37

• Cincoze DA-1200 fanless industrial embedded computer features defective chip maker Intel N97 CPU, operates in -40 to 70°C temperature range ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/04/01/cincoze-da-1200-fanless-industrial-embedded-computer-intel-n97-cpu-40-to-70c-temperature-range/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:44:04

• Magic Security Dust ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/04/magic-security-dust.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:44:40

• Ross Anderson ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/03/ross-anderson.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:44:53

• Venting Doesn't Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/venting-doesnt-reduce-anger-but-something-else-does-study-finds    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:45:47

• ‘Vultur’ Android Malware Gets Extensive Device Interaction Capabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vultur-android-malware-gets-extensive-device-interaction-capabilities/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:46:25

• Dougie Richardson: Update Plesk Docker Images ☞ https://dougiewougie.com/2024/03/31/update-plesk-docker-images/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:47:08

• Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 833 ☞ https://ubuntu-news.org/2024/04/01/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-833/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:47:32

• parallel @ Savannah: GNU Parallel 20240322 ('Sweden') released [stable] ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10619    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:48:02

• QV strategies to reduce SSD writes ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202404/qv-strategies-to-reduce-ssd-writes.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:48:35

• QV snapshot management ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202404/qv-snapshot-management.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:48:51

• There is no such thing as "Hey Hi (AI) servers"; this is hype. ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/make-ai-servers-in-mexico-us-tech-firms-tell-taiwanese-manufacturers    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:52:46

• No, this video isn’t proof that Earth is flat ☞ https://observers.france24.com/en/no-this-video-isn-t-proof-that-earth-is-flat    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:53:02

• In Pictures: Hong Kong book lovers bid farewell to independent store Mount Zero ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/02/in-pictures-hong-kong-book-lovers-bid-farewell-to-independent-store-mount-zero/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:53:58

• The amazingly scary xz sshd backdoor, (Mon, Apr 1st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30802    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:54:59

• What Are Python Lambda Functions and How Do You Use Them? ☞ https://thenewstack.io/what-are-python-lambda-functions-and-how-do-you-use-them/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:56:12

• "organizations are continuing to struggle in several areas, which challenges the effectiveness of the incorporation of these technologies and processes: [..." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/level-your-automation-event-driven-ansible-and-red-hat-consulting | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:57:21

• Red Hat outsources to other companies ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openshift-service-aws-video | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:57:40

• Google to Delete Billions of Chrome Browser Records in Latest Settlement ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/technology/google-chrome-browser-data.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:58:00

• Social control media giant Facebook (Farcebook) shuts news tab in Australia ☞ https://itwire.com/technology-regulation/social-media-giant-facebook-shuts-news-tab-in-australia.html Social control media giant Facebook (Farcebook) to allow only gossip, rumours, and speculations    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:59:24

• Google to delete or anonymize billions of data points to settle Chrome lawsuit ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/01/google-delete-anonymize-billions-data-points-settle-chrome-lawsuit/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 22:59:40

• Two senior commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards killed in Israeli strike on Damascus ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240401-%F0%9F%94%B4live-thousands-of-israelis-take-part-in-second-night-of-anti-government-protests    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:00:48

• Suspected Israeli Air Strike 'Flattens' Iranian Consulate In Damascus, Kills Top Quds Commander ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/syria-iranian-commader-killed-damascus-israeli-strike/32886686.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:01:03

• Australia says it is trying to confirm death of citizen in Gaza ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-says-it-is-trying-to-confirm-death-of-citizen-in-gaza    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:01:13

• Iran's Revolutionary Guards: Powerful group with wide regional reach ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/irans-revolutionary-guards-powerful-group-with-wide-regional-reach    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:01:32

• World Central Kitchen Workers Killed in Gaza Airstrike, José Andrés Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/world/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-strike-gaza.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:01:50

• Israeli Strike in Syria Kills 7, Including 3 Iranian Commanders ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/world/middleeast/iran-commanders-killed-syria-israel.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:02:00

• Turkey’s Opposition Strikes Elections Blow to Erdogan’s Party ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/world/middleeast/turkey-election-results.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:02:20

• Florida’s Top Court Allowed a Six-Week Abortion Ban ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/briefing/florida-court-abortion-israel-strike-iran-commanders.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:02:27

• Middle East Crisis: Airstrike in Damascus Kills Several Top Iranian Commanders, Iran Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/01/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:02:42

• Watching Movies on Ubuntu Distros ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/watching-movies-on-ubuntu-distros.47703/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:04:07

• How to Host Your Own bit.ly Server with Shlink in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.maketecheasier.com/host-link-shortening-service-with-shlink-in-linux/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:04:26

• Microsoft puts back doors in thing; the last thing anyone needs to turn to Microsoft for is security ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-has-a-preview-of-its-offline-security-intelligence-update-for-linux-endpoints/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:05:30

• Steam survey for March: GNU/Linux is up    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:07:04

• Linux Candy: ASCII Art Converter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-candy-ascii-art-converter/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:07:37

• Linux Mint 22 Adopts PipeWire, New GNU/Linux Kernel Cadence ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/linux-mint-22-adopts-pipewire-hwe-kernels    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:09:45

• Linux Mint 22 Will Adopt PipeWire as Default Sound Server ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-22-will-adopt-pipewire-as-default-sound-server/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:10:34

• Flowblade 2.14 Multitrack Non-linear Video Editor Released ☞ https://linuxiac.com/flowblade-2-14-multitrack-non-linear-video-editor-released/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:11:51

• Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/967851/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:12:23

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Dart Static Site Generators ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-dart-static-site-generators/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:13:02

• Orange Pi Teases Upgraded Orange Pi 5 Pro SBC with LPDDR5 and M.2 Key Slot ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/orange-pi-teases-upgraded-orange-pi-5-pro-sbc-with-lpddr5-and-m-2-key-slot/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:13:25

• The xz-utils backdoor in security advisories by national CSIRTs, (Mon, Apr 1st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30800    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:14:14

• Episode 422 – Do you have a security.txt file? ☞ https://opensourcesecurity.io/2024/03/31/episode-422-do-you-have-a-security-txt-file/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:15:25

• Late Night Linux – Episode 275 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-275/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:16:30

• "RFA social control media editor 'Wilsom'" ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/rfainsider/episode3    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:17:01

• The xz Backdoor Exposed 🚨 | LINUX Unplugged 556 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/556/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:17:48

• "the hackers plastered a photo of Navalny on the hacked prison contractor’s website [...]" ☞ https://kentwired.com/117986/world-nation/exclusive-hackers-stole-russian-prisoner-database-to-avenge-death-of-navalny/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:19:35

• Report: Anti-Kremlin Hackers Stole Russian Prisoner Database To Avenge Navalny ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navalny-hackers-prisoner-database-stolen-anti-kremlin/32886625.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:19:42

• Latest CachyOS Release Fixes Crucial XZ CVE, Transitions Back to X11 ☞ https://linuxiac.com/latest-cachyos-release-fixes-crucial-xz-cve-transitions-back-to-x11/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:20:15

• Nitrux Moves to Maui Shell, Bids Farewell to KDE Plasma ☞ https://linuxiac.com/nitrux-moves-to-maui-shell-bids-farewell-to-kde-plasma/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:20:39

• Fedora 40 Beta Released with Impressive Speed & New Security Features ☞ https://linuxsecurity.com/news/vendors-products/fedora-40-beta    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:21:02

• Google to Purge Billions of Files Containing Personal Data in Settlement of Chrome Privacy Case ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-to-purge-billions-of-files-containing-personal-data-in-settlement-of-chrome-privacy-case/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:21:29

• Key highlights of our results from 2023 ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5294/key-highlights-our-results-2023    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:21:42

• Florida Supreme Court Allows 6-Week Abortion Ban, but Voters Will Weigh In ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/us/florida-abortion-law-supreme-court.html    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:21:55

• Supply Chain Attack: Major GNU/Linux Distributions Impacted by XZ Utils Backdoor ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/supply-chain-attack-major-linux-distributions-impacted-by-xz-utils-backdoor/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:22:21

• adhan package: retreiving and aligning the prayer times in R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/04/adhan-package-retreiving-and-aligning-the-prayer-times-in-r/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:24:26

• gssr Update ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/04/gssr-update-2/    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:24:33

• "There are differences though—my site only brings up the requested material, whereas Sefaria implements a bidirectional “Scroll Of Doom” where additional material appears when you go up or down. I can't say I'm a fan of that, but it apparently works for them." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/04/02.1    

posted Tuesday, April 02, 2024 at 23:32:44

• "Yes, Hamas terrorists hide out in hospitals" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20240402-0.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 00:01:09

• Richard Stallman Was Right and What Happened in XZ Wasn't a "Linux" or Free Software Problem, It Was Social Engineering (This Happens in Proprietary Software Too and, in This Case, It Was Enabled by Microsoft's Proprietary Social Control Media Disguised as 'Codeforge') http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Richard_Stallman_Was_Right_and_What_Happened_in_XZ_Wasn_t_a_Lin.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:00:30

• Windows share in Africa about 50% now, used to be near 100% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/south-africa/#monthly-200902-202404    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:03:43

• "A slew of modernisation are set to ship in next version of Linux Mint, which will be based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/linux-mint-22-adopts-pipewire-hwe-kernels    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:22:55

• WSL2 is not Linux, it's Windows, and this is the wrong way to do things; use VirtualBox or dual boot or whatever. https://www.howtogeek.com/how-and-why-to-run-ubuntu-apps-on-windows-11/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:23:54

• This kind of satire is serving Microsoft's agenda, even if it's mere humour https://news.itsfoss.com/microsoft-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:25:00

• "Linux Mint 22 will also ship with PipeWire as the default sound server and support the new Deb822 format in the Software Sources tool." https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-devs-to-ship-thunderbird-as-a-native-deb-package-in-linux-mint-22    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:28:41

• "If you think your operating system is fast, wait until you get a load of the latest release from Fedora." https://www.zdnet.com/article/fedora-40-beta-is-fastest-operating-system-ive-tested-and-its-full-of-useful-features/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:29:13

• "KDE's new app Marknote is a simple-looking note-taking app with the essentials." https://news.itsfoss.com/kde-marknote/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:29:34

• Proprietary https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/amazon-eks-optimized-amazon-linux-2023-amis-now-available/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:33:50

• No, social engineering attack https://www.securityweek.com/supply-chain-attack-major-linux-distributions-impacted-by-xz-utils-backdoor/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:34:20

• This is a Windows issue, and the holes are not in "Linux", but Microsoft-sponsored media wants to blame "Linux" https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/linux-servers-targeted-by-dangerous-espionage-malware-as-windows-threat-makes-the-jump    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:35:28

• "The Linux-powered notebook can now be configured with up to 96GB dual-channel DDR5 5200 MHz RAM." https://9to5linux.com/system76s-oryx-pro-linux-laptop-gets-14th-gen-intel-hx-class-cpu-and-more-ram    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:35:49

• Actually Windows too, so the issue is clearly not Linux https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/dinodasrat-backdoor-targeting-linux-machines-worldwide-a-24748    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:36:40

• "Are you tired of the limitations and issues of Microsoft Windows 11? If yes, then it’s time to explore the exciting world of Linux with the latest release of Nitrux 3.4.0 “pl.” This new version promises a refreshing and powerful alternative to traditional operating systems." https://betanews.com/2024/04/01/nitrux-linux-3-4-0-pl/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:37:07

• Understanding Linux Kernel Security for Embedded Systems https://tuxcare.com/blog/understanding-linux-kernel-security-for-embedded-systems/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:37:52

• Microsoft partners echoing the anti-Linuc FUD again https://research.checkpoint.com/2024/29676/ http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/26/_Check_Point_Microsoft_Partnerships_Extend_to_Anti_GNU_Linux_FU.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:39:23

• The veracity or aggression of Microsoft's anti-Linux media campaign is not hard to see.    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:40:02

• Openwashing Systems https://tech.einnews.com/pr_news/697717843/opennebula-systems-joins-the-linux-foundation-s-project-sylva    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:40:58

• "The archinstall menu-based installer received better support for unified kernel images and the KDE Plasma desktop environment." https://9to5linux.com/latest-arch-linux-iso-release-brings-linux-kernel-6-8-updated-installer    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:43:37

• "This release is powered by Linux kernel 6.7.11 and includes four new apps, namely saferm, GeoClue, Ethtool, and Powercap." https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-3-4-released-the-systemd-free-distro-now-uses-kde-software-from-debian    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:44:12

• No, Microsoft employee, just a day after Microsoft came under severe fire for its poor security practices https://www.itnews.com.au/news/curious-engineer-catches-backdoor-in-linux-compression-package-606599    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:46:04

• Even Microsoft's own site is quick to smear "Linux", citing "Software Engineer" without noting he works for Microsoft https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/software-engineer-stops-attempt-to-add-backdoor-to-linux-operating-systems/ar-BB1kTgAx    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:46:57

• It's not just for Linux https://www.webpronews.com/linux-xz-utils-supply-chain-attack-what-you-should-know/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:47:24

• That almost no distro actually used https://www.techzine.eu/news/privacy-compliance/118300/dangerous-backdoor-discovered-in-xz-packages-for-linux/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:47:53

• XZ is not Linux https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/cyber-security-today-april-1-2024-an-alert-about-a-critical-linux-vulnerability-a-warning-about-password-spray-attacks-on-cisco-vpns-and-more/560338    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:48:23

• That almost no GNU/Linux users actually used https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/dev-uncovers-doomsday-level-linux-backdoor-.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:49:01

• A widespread package but not this version of it; some OpenSSL flaws got caught after releases that distros were still reluctant to adopt and did not adopt within days or a week https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/13/63    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:50:58

• Microsoft employee stops the media calling out Microsoft on actual bug doors in Exchange etc. https://uk.pcmag.com/security/151666/software-engineer-stops-attempt-to-add-backdoor-to-linux-operating-systems    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:52:34

• No, none of the major one is impacted https://www.oodaloop.com/briefs/2024/04/01/supply-chain-attack-major-linux-distributions-impacted-by-xz-utils-backdoor/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:53:30

• Shows downsides of Microsoft systemd, GitHub, and projects with only one active maintainer https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366577602/XZ-backdoor-discovery-reveals-Linux-supply-chain-attack    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:54:23

• Not enough to distract from Microsoft's latest security blunders? https://www.scmagazine.com/brief/significant-compromise-likely-with-exploitation-of-new-linux-vulnerability    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:55:35

• Social engineering rather than mere "supply chain" (GitHub, account at Microsoft) https://www.crn.com/news/security/2024/nightmare-scenario-linux-supply-chain-hack-was-an-inside-job    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:56:31

• CISA is occupied by Microsofters https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2024/04/cisa-sounds-alarm-deep-seated-vulnerability-linux-tool/395374/ see http://techrights.org/o/2023/03/21/microsoft-stacking-panels-2023/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:57:30

• xz is not Linux https://cisoseries.com/cyber-security-headlines-att-data-leak-linux-backdoor-discovery-dhs-phone-data-policy/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:57:59

• Actually it targets Windows, and this is a way to distract from it in Microsoft-connected sites https://gbhackers.com/dinodasrats-linux-malware-attack/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:59:01

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

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:59:26

• Israeli LGBTQ App Atraf Faces Data Leak, 700,000 Users Affected https://www.hackread.com/hacker-leak-atraf-database-700k-users/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:22:07

• Hackers stole Russian prisoner database to avenge death of Navalny https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/31/politics/navalny-russian-prisoner-database-hack/index.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:22:33

• "This case is an absolute nightmare. When the victim tried to report the theft of his identity in 2019 to a bank, the bank asked him some security questions he couldn’t answer and then believed the fake documents the identity theft (Kierans) sent them. The real victim was then arrested on felony charges." https://databreaches.net/this-may-be-the-worst-id-theft-case-youve-ever-read-about/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:23:11

• Stallman on Windows. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=aUDQ18RMnvM    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:33:51

• Microsoft Accidentally Leaks Key to Windows Backdoor https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/08/microsoft_accid.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:36:52

• 22 years ago: Stallman spreading free software gospel in India now https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/stallman-spreading-free-software-gospel-in-india-now/articleshow/3592919.cms    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:38:13

• TechBytes Episode 79: Richard Stallman Speaks About Back Doors http://techrights.org/o/2013/06/27/techbytes-episode-79/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:40:46

• 23 years ago: "It could have features, deliberately put in that you wouldn't like if you knew about them, like it might have a backdoor to let the developer get into your machine." https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/rms-nyu-2001-transcript.txt    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:43:10

• Microsoft Admits To Backdoor In IIS https://slashdot.org/story/01/05/14/1858201/microsoft-admits-to-backdoor-in-iis-updated    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:45:26

• "There's a backdoor in Microsoft Webserver software. The Wall Street Journal article isn't very technical, so we don't know yet exactly which software is affected: IIS, FrontPage, or both. It apparently doesn't affect Windows 2000 or FrontPage 2000. The workaround Microsoft "urges" is to delete dvwssr.dll." https://slashdot.org/story/00/04/14/0619206/backdoor-in-microsoft-web-software    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:45:52

• TechBytes Episode 80: Richard Stallman on Universal Back Door in Microsoft Windows and His Search Engine Habits https://techrights.org/o/2013/07/04/techbytes-episode-80-richard-stallman-on-universal-back-door-in-microsoft-windows-and-his-search-engine-habits/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:49:15

• Bribe Wikipedia, get the critics DECOUPLED from the page about you, then water is down some more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:53:24

• Former Microsoft Employees Don't Like Talking About Past and Present Microsoft Back Doors (Designed for Spy Agencies) http://techrights.org/o/2020/02/20/no-back-doors-to-see-here-move-along/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:53:41

• RMS (Richard M. Stallman) Lecture at KTH, 1986 https://www.landley.net/history/mirror/gnu/stallman-kth.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 02:58:58

• "Then after GNU Emacs was reasonably stable, which took all in all about a year and a half, I started getting back to other parts of the system. I developed a debugger which I called GDB which is a symbolic debugger for C code, which recently entered distribution." https://www.landley.net/history/mirror/gnu/stallman-kth.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 03:01:39

• "I recently came a cross a x509 P(rivate)KI Root Certificate which had a pathLen constrain set on the (self signed) Root Certificate. Since that is not commonly seen I looked a bit around to get a better understanding about how the pathLen basic constrain should be used." http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/pkix_pathlen_rootca/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 03:18:59

• ulid 0.3.1 on CRAN: New Maintainer, Some Polish http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2024/04/02#ulid-0.3.1    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 03:20:42

• Freenode usercount average has fallen below 6k https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=freenode    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 03:24:19

• Volta Charging Industries, LLC layoffs https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 03:25:46

• "This is such a bunch of tripe. For over 25 years I have had "average persons" with no prior Linux experience start using Linux. Do you know how many of those people had issues with Linux? None. It has simply never been an issue at all." https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1453838-llamafile-0-7-brings-avx-512-support-10x-faster-prompt-eval-times-for-amd-zen-4/page2    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 04:26:15

• Microsoft trolls inside Phoronix? "I used to be Israeli Intelligence but now I am a member of a hacker group." https://www.phoronix.com/forums/member/101372-sophisticles    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 04:29:00

• Dear LinkedIn, why are you still asking me these questions? gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/04/02.2    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 07:32:54

• Feeding the Machine gemini://rawtext.club/~winter/gemlog/2024/4-02.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 07:33:33

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1239.jpg    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 07:33:59

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D890.jpg    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 07:34:05

• A step towards: Openwashing + DRM https://arnaudr.io/2024/04/03/firefox-moving-from-the-debian-package-to-the-flatpak-app-long-term/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 07:47:23

• "In this post, I describe how I’m hosting my own music streaming service with NixOS, Jellyfin and Manet on Hetzner for €6 / month." ☛ https://arne.me/blog/diy-music-streaming-with-nixos-and-jellyfin | Source: Arne Bahlo    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:42:37

• "All you need to do is point a device to your DNS server, which will block any ad provider requests." ☛ https://pimylifeup.com/pi-hole-synology-nas/ | Source: Pi My Life Up    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:42:53

• "I promise you that if you follow the steps below, your technology problems will get solved faster and with better results than if you don’t." ☛ https://amerpie.lol/2024/04/01/how-to-talk.html | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:43:07

• "Dotfiles are used to configure many parts of operating systems and tools." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/documentation-pages-from-dotfiles-with-config-renderer/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:43:21

• "Theming, huh? There’s millions of ways to do it with various levels of complexity." ☛ https://piccalil.li/blog/how-were-approaching-theming-with-modern-css/ | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:43:38

• "Today, for reasons beyond the scope of this entry, we wanted to find out how much disk space /var/log/amanda was using on all of our servers." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/QueryingServersForRandomThings | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:43:48

• "An Arduino Nano board controls a small brushless DC motor that spins the reaction wheel." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/04/02/a-three-year-journey-to-build-a-reaction-wheel/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:46:39

• "Intel said the manufacturing unit had $7 billion in operating losses for 2023" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/intel-discloses-7-billion-operating-loss-for-chip-making-unit/articleshow/108988807.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:46:57

• "Once the CPU was delidded and Ivan had exposed the Broadcom BCM2712 SoC with its four ARM Cortex-A76" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/peltier-cooler-for-raspberry-pi-5-magpimonday/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:47:04

• "Static site generators have gained popularity due to their simplicity, speed, and security benefits." ☛ https://lubieniebieski.pl/posts/2024/04/dynamic-content-with-static-site-generators/ | Source: Adam Nowak    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:48:40

• "the fediverse" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/a-simple-explainer-on-federation-and-threads/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:48:47

• "Bibliography of this mini-tragedy for systemd and the “provocative” vindication of zstd" ☛ https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/2024/04/02/384/ | Source: Systemd Free    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:49:14

• "It was an incredibly complex backdoor. Installing it was a multi-year process" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/04/xz-utils-backdoor.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:49:39

• "not all the identified national or governmental CSIRTs" ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30800 | Source: SANS    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:50:23

• "The vulnerability perturbs the Linux community, posing a substantial risk to systems relying on XZ Utils" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/xz-utils-backdoor-cve-2024-3094/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:50:56

• "his might be the best-executed supply chain attack we've seen described in the open" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/xz-backdoor-everything-you-need-to-know/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:51:26

• "Version 4.20.0 of the Samba Windows interoperability suite has been released. Changes include better support for group-managed service accounts, an experimental Windows search protocol client, support for conditional access control entries, and more." ☛ https://lwn.net/Articles/966996/ | Source: LWN    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:55:00

• "Fear not! This comprehensive guide aims to equip you with the tools and knowledge you need to prepare, thrive, and make the most out of your ShinyConf experience." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/04/navigating-shinyconf-2024-a-first-timers-guide-to-virtual-conferences/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:57:52

• "gotten a few bits of feedback asking for my thoughts and/or reactions" ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2024/04/02/autoconf/ | Source: Rachel    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 08:59:33

• "I'm not touching that shit!" ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2024/04/aesthetics-matter.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:00:08

• "The Programmer’s Brain" ☛ https://mmapped.blog/posts/26-good-names-form-galois-connections.html | Source: Roman Kashitsyn    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:00:19

• "This PEP proposes adding Android as a supported platform in CPython." ☛ https://peps.python.org/pep-0738/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:01:37

• "At a high level, the attack is split in two pieces: a shell script and an object file." ☛ https://research.swtch.com/xz-script | Source: Russ Cox    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:01:57

• "It's not quite a time zone like those on Earth, but an entire frame of time reference for the moon." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/science/nasa-wants-to-come-up-with-a-new-clock-for-the-moon-where-seconds-tick-away-faster-101712095345523.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:02:46

• "Due to Einsteinian relativity, time passes differently on the Moon than it does on Earth." ☛ https://gizmodo.com/white-house-nasa-coordinated-lunar-time-clocks-artemis-1851382618 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:02:54

• "Under its Artemis program" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/science/white-house-directs-nasa-create-time-standard-moon-2024-04-02/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:03:01

• "Swaggering and purposely outrageous with a flair for theatrics, Sinclair was a natural-born leader." ☛ https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/02/john-sinclair-detroit-poet-cannabis-activist-and-counterculture-icon-dead-at-82/73179306007/ | Source: Gannett    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:04:27

• "John Sinclair, a poet, music producer and counterculture figure" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/john-sinclair-a-marijuana-activist-who-was-immortalized-in-a-john-lennon-song-dies-at-82-101712089259193.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:06:24

• "Sinclair was an influential activist who was best known for his fight toward legalizing marijuana" ☛ https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/people/2024/04/02/obit-john-sinclair-marijuana-activist-detroit-radical/73178795007/ | Source: Digital First Media    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:06:42

• "In the mid-Sixties, he became the manager of the MC5" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/john-sinclair-dead-obit-1234997977/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:07:00

• "founding member of the White Panther Party, an anti-racist socialist" ☛ https://www.metrotimes.com/weed/rip-john-sinclair-dead-at-82-35899529 | Source: Metro Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:07:25

• "He was as a very important part in what the MC5 became" ☛ https://variety.com/2024/music/news/john-sinclair-former-mc5-manager-dead-1235958404/ | Source: Variety    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:07:40

• "An April Fool’s Day video posted to YouTube by the chat platform Discord wracked up well over a billion page views" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/discord-april-fool-video-billion-youtube-views-in-a-day-1851381682 | Source: Gizmodo http://techrights.org/n/2024/03/26/Discord_Does_Not_Make_Money_It_s_Spying_on_People_and_Selling_D.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:08:37

• "Now, in a post-pandemic remote work world, where hybrid work and flex work are common, meetings are turning into something like an ongoing crisis" ☛ https://www.computerworld.com/article/2075599/kill-meetingsbefore-meetings-kill-your-company.html | Source: Computer World    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:09:20

• Managers who have no real friends call "meetings" to pretend to be popular. Managers without any valuable skills love calling "meetings" to pretend to be powerful. Managers who do nothing all day call "meetings" to pretend to be necessary and productive. At whose expense???    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:11:04

• "This year’s joke was rather technical and would make sense to anyone who has a good understanding of service" ☛ https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/slo-joke | Source: Alex Ewerlöf    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:11:37

• "In 2015 we were honoured to have him deliver the opening keynote address at VB2015" ☛ https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2024/04/memoriam-prof-ross-anderson/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:12:16

• "I thought I'd have some fun and make cards to hand out to people who ask any of these common height questions" ☛ https://dillonmok.com/articles/tall-business-cards/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:12:31

• "The parable tells us that if we worry less about making perfect work and just make a lot of work" ☛ https://austinkleon.substack.com/p/on-quantity-and-quality |    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:13:09

• "But Christian mentioned Sefaria as using my method, and true enough, it does!" ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2024/04/02.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:13:21

• "So why is it being retired now?" ☛ https://82mhz.net/posts/2024/04/goodbye-lenna/ | Source: Andreas    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:14:39

• "I learned such a lot from those conversations." ☛ https://memex.naughtons.org/monday-1-april-2024/39303/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:15:23

• "I have been having weird feelings about my boss taking on a new, much higher" ☛ https://gabz.blog/post/afraid-of-missing-out-uyvihdbx | Source: Gabriel    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:15:33

• "Ross Anderson died unexpectedly in his sleep last Thursday, leaving a large group of us devastated." https://memex.naughtons.org/monday-1-april-2024/39303/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:18:51

• At 11,367 deaths in week 11 (numbers just released days ago), we're looking at about 10% more deaths than 5 years ago. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales/2024    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:22:25

• "Naura Technology is already a successful manufacturer of etching and chemical vapor deposition tools." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/china-aims-to-break-chokehold-of-us-chipmaking-sanctions-naura-technology-to-develop-lithography-tools-for-the-first-time | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:23:50

• "While some folks, including me, don't find Copilot on Windows helpful" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-copilot-key-is-secretly-from-the-ibm-era-but-you-can-remap-it-with-the-right-tools | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:23:58

• MICROSOFT COMEBACK!! ANOTHER KEY ON THE KEYBOARD BABY!! WALL STREET VALUATION UP BY A TRILLION! That's the KEY!    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:24:54

• Throw away your "old" PC and buy a "new" one with "COPILOT!!" key on the keyboard    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:25:31

• "fuck you money." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/3-tips-build-your-fk-you-fund-when-you-want-quit-1724102 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:26:30

• "world’s first genome-edited babies" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/chinese-scientist-genome-editing-babies-back-work-1851379146 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:26:53

• "The report The Future of Sex Report, launched by Ian Pearson" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-04-02/sex-with-robots-how-artificial-intelligence-will-be-able-to-read-our-arousal.html | Source: El País    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:27:30

• "Fines and public awareness campaigns are not having any effect on Netherlands residents' tendency" ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2024/04/02/75-percent-motorists-cyclists-use-phones-road | Source: NL Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:27:42

• "I didn’t want to buy them, so I took an chipped terra cotta pot and siliconed a saucer in it." ☛ https://cagrimmett.com/2024/03/31/week-of-march-25-2024/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:31:10

• "An analysis of artery-clogging plaques in 257 patients found that the presence of these microplastics" ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/microplastics-nanoplastics-heart-attacks-strokes-health | Source: Science News    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:31:22

• "including Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj and the Jonas Brothers" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4569830-billie-eilish-nicki-minaj-among-artists-warning-against-ai-use-in-music/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:33:20

• "So much of this is baffling: Apple knows the distinction between NaN and Error" ☛ https://notes.neatnik.net/2024/04/apples-calculator-apps-considered-harmful | Source: Adam Newbold    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:33:35

• "So, I'll be taking one after the next episode." ☛ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/02/taking-ai-existential-risk-seriously/ | Source: Reason    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:35:15

• "I've written before about embedding music into my site and I've largely used Last.fm to do so." ☛ https://coryd.dev/posts/2024/building-a-scrobbler-using-plex-webhooks-edge-functions-and-blob-storage/ | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:35:30

• "The two sides declined to share the cost of the acquisition" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24118436/yahoo-news-artifact-acquisition | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:35:45

• ...many failing "HEY HI" companies will be 'bought' for HYPE, as they simply FAILED to actually make money or find a business model. This is just an exit strategy, faking "success" when actually perishing    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:36:56

• "As AI companies keep building bigger and better models, they're running down a shared problem" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-training-data-shortage | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:37:16

• "Grok, the edgy generative AI model developed by Elon Musk's X" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/02/elon_musk_grok_ai/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:38:12

• "But over five years later, the system has seemingly become more of a burden." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/amazon-abandons-ai-stores | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:38:19

• "Just over half of Amazon Fresh stores are equipped with Just Walk Out." ☛ https://qz.com/amazon-fresh-grocery-stores-just-walk-out-checkout-1851381866 | Source: Quartz    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:38:28

• Not HEY HI at all! ☛ https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:38:35

• iophk: "now the feedback loop I warned about looms as AI-generated "synthetic data" is being seriously considered as a substitute for real information when training newer AI models. Such BS behind all that, and more BS being produced by that; yep mad cow disease is an apt metaphor" https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-training-data-shortage    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:39:22

• iophk: "It turns out that Amazon's "AI" stores, where you just walk out and it figures out how much to charge you were not AI but mechanical turks, meaning in this case outright fraud."    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:39:41

• "Just Walk Out program that lets customers leave" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24119199/amazon-just-walk-out-cashierless-checkout-ending-dash-carts | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:40:04

• "The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped." https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:40:44

• "Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts." https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:41:03

• "April 30th on changes to the rule" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/1/24118030/ftc-impersonation-rule-businesses-government-artificial-intelligence | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:46:11

• Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and British Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/us-britain-announce-partnership-on-ai-safety-testing/articleshow/108958485.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:46:19

• Turned out to be an attack on email, a bit EEE-like ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/02/gmail_turns_20/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:46:41

• "single biggest breach of public trust by Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta, Facebook" ☛ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/facebook-let-netflix-see-user-dms-was-planning-to-start-own-streaming-service-claims-lawsuit-13754100.html | Source: Firstpost    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:48:00

• "The Register has been in touch with Amazon asking whether it can clear up two issues." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/20/amazon_selling_crockpot_recipe_books/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:48:21

• Windows TCO: "The Cyber Safety Review Board, created in 2021 by executive order" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/scathing-federal-report-rips-microsoft-for-shoddy-security-insincerity-in-response-to-chinese-hack-101712109761090.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:51:35

• Windows TCO: "The CSRB lays the blame for the incident squarely on Microsoft" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/microosft-csrb-china-hacking/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:51:44

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/04/02/small-business-owners-cyberattack-fears | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:51:58

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/CSRB_Review_of_the_Summer_2023_MEO_Intrusion_Final_508c.pdf | Source: CISA    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:52:06

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/cisa_microsoft_exchange_attack_report/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:52:16

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/02/inc_ransom_leicester_council/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 09:52:26

• "AI-enhanced evidence" ☛ https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4571309-washington-judge-bans-use-of-ai-enhanced-video-as-trial-evidence/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:12:51

• "Al-enhanced evidence would lead to a confusion" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/ai-image-chatgpt-court-ban-video-evidence-enhanced-llm-1851382045 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:13:04

• "The ruling, signed Friday by King County Superior Court Judge Leroy McCullogh" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/washington-state-judge-blocks-use-ai-enhanced-video-evidence-rcna141932 | Source: NBC    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:13:26

• [Repeat] "The security defect, tracked as CVE-2024-28085 and dubbed ‘WallEscape’" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/wallescape-linux-vulnerability-leaks-user-passwords/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:14:39

• "The Federal Ministry of the Interior has decreed complete secrecy towards parliament" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2024/04/02/surveillance-now-completely-secret-german-government-takes-a-new-approach-towards-parliament/ | Source: Site36    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:31:12

• "splash page" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-incognito-mode-data-deletion-settlement/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:39:13

• "Here's a selection of our biggest achievements from last year." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5294/key-highlights-our-results-2023 | Source: Privacy International    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:39:30

• "Polish government officials may face criminal charges following an investigation" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/02/polish_pegasus_inquiry/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:40:15

• "NATO was part of the postwar architecture of multilateral organizations" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2024/0402/NATO-has-united-the-West-for-75-years.-Here-s-why-it-still-matters?icid=rss | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:41:32

• "Good Morning America" ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4571015-nyc-mayor-says-women-being-punched-in-his-city-shows-corrosiveness-of-tiktok/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:41:42

• "Josie’s story is not unique." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/teenagers-social-media-regulation/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:42:02

• "Rowling took to X (formerly Twitter)" ☛ https://reason.com/2024/04/02/will-j-k-rowling-do-time/ | Source: Reason    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:44:47

• "under modern conditions" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2024/04/03/navies-are-obsolete-but-no-one-will-admit-it/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:46:02

• "its Chinese owner, ByteDance" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/tiktok-came-up-biden-and-xi-discuss-the-chinese-app-sale-in-us-during-call-says-white-house-101712084936040.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:46:20

• "overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill giving ByteDance..." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/joe-biden-reiterated-us-concerns-over-tiktok-in-call-with-xi-jinping-white-house/articleshow/108989045.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:46:44

• "Corruption has long been a favorite weapon in Vladimir Putin’s arsenal." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-is-weaponizing-corruption-to-weaken-europe-from-within/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:47:23

• "compel ByteDance to sell or shut down TikTok" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/01/tiktok-ban-bill-senate-update/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:48:03

• "Beijing recently came out with a map renaming 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh in Chinese." ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam-cm-proposes-tit-for-tat-naming-of-places-in-tibet/article68019646.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:48:14

• "The March 22nd’s spectacular complex terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall" ☛ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/04/02/how-the-taliban-have-inspired-global-terrorism-and-what-to-do-about-it/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:48:36

• "I was stunned by Dr. Gartner’s professional analysis." ☛ https://thehill.com/opinion/4568794-press-top-psychologist-says-trump-likely-to-fall-off-mental-cliff/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:49:02

• "The warning had the right venue but imprecise timing, suggesting that the attack could come within days." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/us/politics/moscow-attack-us-warning.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:50:38

• "Through a 2010 FOIA request (yes, it took that long)" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/04/declassified-nsa-newsletters.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:51:12

• "A now-declassified DoD document shows US military officials believed backing AQ and ISIS in Syria could help" ☛ https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-us-and-isis-its-complicated/287169/ | Source: Mint Press News    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:51:35

• "The former U.S. president's lawsuit, which was filed on March 24 in Florida state court" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-04-02/trump-sues-two-trump-media-co-founders-seeking-to-void-their-stock-in-the-company | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:52:05

• US Government Review Finds Microsoft Responsible for Multiple Errors Leading to Chinese Hackers Breaching Senior Officials’ Emails https://globeecho.com/us-government-review-finds-microsoft-responsible-for-multiple-errors-leading-to-chinese-hackers-breaching-senior-officials-emails/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:55:01

• "Seeds of honest governance in Africa" https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2024/0402/Seeds-of-honest-governance-in-Africa    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:56:03

• "Klaus Mäkelä named next music director of the CSO" https://cso.org/experience/article/18131/klaus-makela-named-next-music-director-of-the "Klaus Mäkelä to Lead Chicago Symphony Orchestra" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/arts/music/klaus-makela-28-to-lead-chicago-symphony-orchestra.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:56:22

• "Goodbye Craig Maloney. - David Revoy" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1021/goodbye-craig-maloney    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:56:47

• "Genocide Scholar: 'I Do Think That Russia's Violence In Ukraine Is Genocidal'" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-genocide-ukraine-scholar-war-crimes-prosecution-hague/32888386.html    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 03, 2024 AT 10:57:41

• windows tco, paywall in the way https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/it-nedbrud-hos-statens-it-rammer-en-lang-raekke-offentlige-systemer    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:58:03

• "Forced Arbitration Opt-Outs: The Priority Mail Scam Explained" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/forced-arbitration-opt-outs-the-priority:8    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:58:15

• "'Thoughts and prayers' extended to creditor behind Trump's $175M civil fraud bond" https://www.rawstory.com/trump-bond-creditor/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:58:30

• chat control https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2024/04/02/chat-control-2-ministerradet-trampar-vatten/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 10:59:04

• Truly terrible idea. What next? Pot? "Limited cell phone usage to be allowed for recruits in Navy boot camp" https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/04/02/limited-cell-phone-usage-to-be-allowed-for-recruits-in-navy-boot-camp/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:00:38

• ALMOST. "The XZ Backdoor Almost Compromised Every Linux System" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/the-xz-backdoor-almost-compromised-every:0    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:01:49

• "FedEx founder credits Marine Corps for giving him the tools to succeed" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/veterans/2024/04/02/fedex-founder-credits-marine-corps-for-giving-him-the-tools-to-succeed/ iophk: the opposite of today's priorities taught to and practiced by MBAs    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:07:22

• "“If you take care of your troops, they’re gonna take care of you, and they’ll accomplish any mission,” he said. “The Marine Corps makes you put your troops first. And the most important part of the FedEx equation is the frontline folks, not the people back at headquarters.”    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:07:42

• "Is the book good (meaning of sufficient merit to justify being associated with the imprint)?" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/02/forgotten-books-and-how-to-save-them/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:10:15

• "Telecoms regulator AGCOM has either downplayed, dismissed, or flat-out ignored" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-shield-influential-consumer-union-attempts-to-break-agcoms-silence-240402/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:10:42

• "Internet provider Frontier Communications asked a New York bankruptcy court to dismiss several piracy liability claims" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/court-denies-isps-request-to-dismiss-music-and-movie-piracy-liability-claims-240402/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:11:03

• Right of Publicity ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/george-carlin-estate-settles-ai-comedy-special-1234998317/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:13:15

• "The settlement meets the central demands laid out by the Carlin estate in the lawsuit filed on Jan. 25." ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2024/04/02/george-carlin-estate-settles-with-podcasters-over-fake-comedy-special-purportedly-generated-by-ai/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:13:29

• Right of Publicity ☛ https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/george-carlin-ai-impersonation-lawsuit-settlement-1235958396/ | Source: Variety    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:13:37

• "Kelly Carlin, the comedian’s daughter, issued a scathing statement about the AI-generated special when it was first released, calling it “a poorly-executed facsimile cobbled together by unscrupulous individuals.”" https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/george-carlin-ai-impersonation-lawsuit-settlement-1235958396/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:15:18

• "The lawsuit was among the first in what is likely to be an increasing number of major legal moves" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/george-carlin-estate-settles-podcasters-fake-comedy-special-108768490 | Source: ABC    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:16:46

• "Mr. Schiller declined to elaborate on whether the settlement included monetary damages" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/arts/george-carlins-settlement-ai-podcast.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:17:10

• "what’s believed to be the first resolution to a lawsuit" ☛ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/george-carlins-estate-settles-lawsuit-podcasters-over-ai-episode-1235865033/ | Source: Hollywood Reporter    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:17:45

• "None of the Defendants had permission to use Carlin’s likeness" ☛ https://apnews.com/article/george-carlin-artificial-intelligence-special-lawsuit-39d64f728f7a6a621f25d3f4789acadd | Source: Associated Press    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:18:25

• "The faked special has been widely condemned by Carlin’s fans and family members" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/26/24051476/dudesy-ai-generated-george-carlin-special-sued-by-late-comedians-estate | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:19:24

• "In paperwork filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Central District of Calif." ☛ https://www.thewrap.com/george-carlin-estate-settles-lawsuit-over-purported-ai-comedy-special/ | Source: The Wrap    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:19:56

• "Defendants took it upon themselves to “resurrect” Carlin" ☛ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.912662/gov.uscourts.cacd.912662.1.0.pdf | Source: Free Law Project    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:20:28

• "Meta allegedly starved its Facebook Watch video service to appease Netflix and sustain its ad monopoly," ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/02/meta_facebook_watch_netflix/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:22:47

• "wraps itself in a cloak" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24107719/iphone-security-apple-doj-monopoly-antitrust-lawsuit | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:23:06

• "on April 1" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/02/milcrosoft_teams_license_changes_global/ | Source: The Register UK http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Beware_the_Microsoft_Spin_in_Microsoft_and_Bill_Gates_Funded_Me.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:24:08

• "And then, at 14:34, I received an email telling me that they had been delivered." ☛ https://grahamcluley.com/amazon-refuses-to-refund-me-700-for-iphone-15-it-didnt-deliver/ | Source: Graham Cluley    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 11:24:17

• "This disaster occurred not only because of extreme weather factors" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/deforestation-in-indonesia-intensifies-severe-weather-climate-change-disasters-/7550231.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:02:06

• "Emergency services in the province have been concentrated to the east of the port city of Dumai" ☛ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/sumatra-firefighters-on-alert-as-burning-heralds-start-of-riau-dry-season/ | Source: Mongabay    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:02:23

• "New York’s congestion toll follows similar moves in cities like London, Milan, and Singapore." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2024/0402/Why-drivers-may-soon-pay-15-to-use-New-York-s-busiest-streets | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:04:18

• "We are anticipating similar numbers for this year" ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/pay-benefits/mil-money/2024/04/02/no-snakes-in-couches-what-to-know-for-a-smooth-pcs-move-in-2024/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:05:01

• "Why does Shen think those who know nothing about cryptocurrencies are the big winners?" ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2024/04/the-left-curve.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:05:14

• "This is more true for Tesla than most." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/04/02/tesla-car-sales-elon-musk-bubble-burst/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:05:32

• "It's very likely that Musk himself is contributing to the reputational downfall" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/buyers-avoiding-teslas-elon-musk-toxic | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:06:45

• "Caliber cited strong associations between Tesla's reputation and that of Musk for the scores." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/would-be-tesla-buyers-snub-company-musks-reputation-dips-2024-04-01/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:07:09

• "It took 35 full-time staff and nearly four months to review those plans" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2024/04/dod-to-automate-assessment-of-zero-trust-implementation-plans/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:09:25

• "Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/02/uk_us_ai_test_suites/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:09:39

• "Microsoft insiders offered their unfiltered opinions" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/insiders-worry-microsofts-ai-future-hitched-openais-wagon-1723900 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:10:44

• "Her touring milestone was one of many records Swift shattered over the past year" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/taylor-swift-net-worth-declared-billionaire-forbes-how-much-she-earns-eras-tour-101712107585991.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:11:06

• "The drop came after a regulatory filing, in which the company — ticker symbol DJT" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1242085620 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:11:56

• "What lessons should we draw from Delmer’s story, 80 years later" ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2024/04/hitler-putin-and-the-information-wars | Source: New Statesman    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:13:10

• "Seventy-two percent of Ukrainians use Telegram as their main source of information." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-04-02/ukraine-considers-banning-telegram-if-app-is-confirmed-as-threat-to-national-security.html | Source: El País    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:13:55

• ""blasphemy ☛ https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-04-01/dogma-the-controversial-religious-comedy-that-can-no-longer-be-seen-anywhere.html | Source: El País    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:14:47

• "Freedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal." ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/rishi-sunak-backs-jk-rowling-in-row-over-scotlands-new-hate-crime-laws-4576244 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:15:47

• "The suspects later abandoned the car, which is being examined by forensic experts, Scotland Yard said." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/uk-police-suspects-in-attack-on-iranian-journalist-fled-country/7554526.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:17:21

• "Turkish authorities must not disregard the news media’s legally protected right to observe the election" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/04/turkish-journalists-shot-at-banned-from-observing-vote-count-in-local-elections/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:17:47

• "According to a 127-page complaint filed Monday" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2024/04/01/kansas-newspaper-that-was-raided-by-marion-police-sues-officials-for-attack-on-free-press/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:18:10

• "spokeswoman for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2024/04/02/colorado-authorities-wrapping-up-investigation-into-marion-police-who-raided-kansas-newspaper/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:18:41

• "The Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday sustained Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of legislation" ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2024/04/02/sponsor-veto-of-bill-limiting-noncompete-clauses-hastens-race-to-bottom-for-labor/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:19:21

• "In August of 2018, the Widner kids—then ages 13, 11, nine, and seven—were members of a swim team" ☛ https://reason.com/2024/04/02/beth-widner-atlanta-georgia-kids-cps-parenting/ | Source: Reason    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:22:39

• "At least 13 countries around the world have adopted “right to disconnect” laws in recent years" ☛ https://qz.com/california-right-to-disconnect-stop-employer-messages-1851381959 | Source: Quartz    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:22:55

• "Prisoners are accustomed" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/02/captive-customers/#guillotine-watch | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:23:25

• "Now, a new report reveals job applicants are adapting to employers' use of AI" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/40-companies-will-use-ai-interview-job-applicants-report-1723901 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:23:43

• "Flannery Associates" ☛ https://qz.com/tech-billionaires-california-forever-case-court-ruling-1851383060 | Source: Quartz    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:25:20

• "California Forever’s parent company" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/judge-sides-tech-billionaires-california-forever-case-1851381794 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:25:48

• "A California law enforcement deputy told an unarmed 15-year-old girl to walk toward him" ☛ https://www.404media.co/officer-screamed-stop-shooting-her-while-police-killed-unarmed-teen-after-car-chase/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:27:00

• "The Digital Labor Card will be fully implemented in the industry and retail sectors as of July 1" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1235317/digital-labor-card-in-industry-and-retail/ | Source: Greece    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:27:39

• "Civil rights advocates are facing a Monday deadline to push the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/civil-rights-groups-decry-effort-to-punish-us-federal-inmates-for-social-media-use/articleshow/108958894.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:28:44

• "It’s a pretty fucking major tangible economic gain for low income workers" ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/lets-talk-about-the-20-an-hour-fast | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:28:54

• "Federal News Network wants to hear directly from current federal employees about their thoughts" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2024/04/survey-what-do-feds-think-about-return-to-office-and-telework-changes/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:29:38

• "This week’s Federal Report is being presented in four sections looking at how certain agencies" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2024/04/return-to-office-in-4-parts-fed-facing-the-may-5-deadline/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:29:47

• "Protesting at your office for the right to telework more captures those same vibes." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2024/04/labor-employees-show-up-to-protest-for-more-telework/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:30:27

• "The FCC told advocates on Tuesday of the plan to vote on the final rule at its April 25 meeting." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/fcc-to-vote-to-restore-net-neutrality-rules-reversing-donald-trump/articleshow/108989133.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:34:05

• "The commission voted 3-2 in October on the proposal to reinstate open internet rules adopted in 2015" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/technology/fcc-vote-restore-net-neutrality-rules-reversing-trump-2024-04-02/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:34:17

• net neutrality ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/02/fcc-to-vote-to-restore-net-neutrality-rules-reversing-trump-.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:34:26

• "We write in strong support of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC)" ☛ https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-wyden-blumenthal-klobuchar-urge-fcc-to-finalize-strong-net-neutrality-rule |    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:39:48

• "The vote is scheduled for the agency’s monthly open meeting on April 25." ☛ https://www.freepress.net/news/press-releases/fcc-chair-rosenworcel-announces-vote-april-25-restore-essential-net-neutrality | Source: Free Press    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:40:08

• Belgorod ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/04/02/safety-theater | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:41:30

• belarus ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/04/02/lukashenko-says-belarus-wants-peace-but-is-preparing-for-war | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:41:50

• after chechens were used to kill ukrainians for moscow ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/04/02/chechen-man-arrested-after-moscow-terrorist-attack-reportedly-dies-in-police-custody | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:42:23

• Unix Men has just posted SPAM again! PURE spam! ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/a-closer-look-at-remote-peering-technologies-and-techniques/ older: http://techrights.org/o/2023/04/29/janus-atienza-webspam/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/01/13/The_Web_Site_UNIXMen_Run_by_Janus_Atienza_is_Still_Posting_SPAM.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:44:29

• "Actually a pretty good selection for this month in Humble Choice with an overall set of pretty great looking games" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/humble-choice-for-april-has-terraformers-victoria-3-the-callisto-protocol/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:49:32

• "Released into Early Access today is Of Life and Land (prev called Circle of Kerzoven)" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/of-life-and-land-is-a-promising-settlement-building-game-with-rich-simulation-out-on-steam/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:50:28

• "Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, Clustertruck" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/get-famous-or-die-trying-grab-content-warning-free-for-the-next-few-hours/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:51:06

• "Thanks to all of Valve's effort with Proton" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/linux-share-on-steam-bounces-back-to-nearly-2pc-for-march-2024/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:59:59

• "If you somehow still don't own the Fallout games, and with the Amazon series coming up" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/get-a-whole-lot-of-fallout-games-in-this-fanatical-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 13:00:23

• "Another month down and Valve have released the list of what was popular on Steam Deck for March 2024." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/heres-the-most-played-steam-deck-games-from-march-2024/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 13:01:29

• "It's free, open source and full of features." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/free-settlers-ii-inspired-strategy-game-widelands-version-12-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 13:02:23

• "The Heroic Games Launcher version 2.14.0 has been released and with it some category customisation improvements" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/heroic-games-launcher-v214-has-gog-and-amazon-fixes-category-customization-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 13:02:46

• Wasting time and resources on back doors (Windows) https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/04/03/intro-windows-ops-readiness/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 13:06:19

• Flathub.. wrong approach! ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/flathub-now-prominently-notes-unverified-flatpak-apps/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 13:06:56

• 5 Best Microsoft Word Alternatives for GNU/Linux ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/microsoft-word-alternatives-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 13:07:49

• 5 Best Open-Source PDF Annotation Tools for Linux in 2024 ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/linux-pdf-annotation-tools/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 13:08:14

• ExxonKnew ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/04/02/global-climate-coalition-accuweather-science-extreme-weather-lawsuits/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 13:11:47

• tajikistan ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/04/02/not-so-long-ago-tajikistan-blamed-an-isis-attack-on-its-political-enemies-now-it-s-helping-russia-investigate-the-crocus-shooting | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 13:42:51

• "What Is Toddler Milk?" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/what-is-toddler-milk-marketing-to-parents | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 13:44:44

• guardianship ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-lawmakers-weigh-funding-for-guardianship-system | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:16:12

• "Download our new resource to help you identify areas of opportunity for making Computing engaging" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-resource-to-help-teachers-make-computing-culturally-relevant/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:16:50

• lobbyists ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/02/charter-lobbyists-sneak-language-into-ny-state-budget-bill-to-hamstring-community-broadband/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:17:23

• "allopathic medicine" ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2024/04/02/mark-sircus-tries-to-rebrand-quackery-as-natural-allopathic-medicine/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:18:12

• To Curb Bird Flu, Taxpayers Pay Millions to Kill Poultry. Is It Needed? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/science/bird-flu-aid-animal-welfare.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:24:24

• Maira Canal: Linux 6.8: AMD HDR and Raspberry Pi 5 ☞ https://mairacanal.github.io/linux-6-8-AMD-HDR-and-raspberry-pi-5/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:30:34

• Bibliography LIVE about the xz/lzma backdoor compromised to sshd through systemd ☞ https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/2024/04/02/384/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:30:56

• Russian and Belarusian real estate in Latvia revealed by Latvian Radio ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/features/02.04.2024-russian-and-belarusian-real-estate-in-latvia-revealed-by-latvian-radio.a548477/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:31:34

• Latvians asked to keep up donations to Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/02.04.2024-latvians-asked-to-keep-up-donations-to-ukraine.a548802/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:32:15

• Ukraine’s Economy Will, Ultimately, Lose It the War ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/ian_proud/2024/04/01/ukraines-economy-will-ultimately-lose-it-the-war/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:32:55

• French FM Séjourné 'strongly condemns' killing of Gaza aid workers ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/diplomacy/20240402-blinken-in-paris-for-talks-on-ukraine-gaza    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:33:27

• Zelensky lowers army conscription age from 27 to 25 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240402-zelensky-lowers-army-conscription-age-from-27-to-25    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:33:44

• Russia reports drone attacks on industrial site over 1,000 km from Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240402-russia-reports-drone-attacks-on-industrial-site-over-1-000-km-from-ukraine    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:37:41

• Libya leader’s home targeted with rocket-propelled grenades ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/04/libyan-prime-ministers-home-targeted-with-rocket/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:38:30

• More Ukrainian war refugees in Lithuania seek mental help ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2240299/more-ukrainian-war-refugees-in-lithuania-seek-mental-help    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:38:46

• Over half of Lithuanians are against sending troops to Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2240215/over-half-of-lithuanians-are-against-sending-troops-to-ukraine    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:39:04

• NATO Chief Floats 100 Billion-Euro Fund To Arm Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-ukraine-plan-weapons-funding/32888426.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:39:21

• Zelenskiy Signs Bill On Lowering Mobilization Age From 27 To 25 ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-lowers-mobilization-age/32888298.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:39:32

• In Paris, Blinken Warns Of 'Critical Moment' For Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-blinken-critical-moment-paris-visit-sejourne/32888018.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:40:01

• Ex-Mediazona Publisher Sentenced In Absentia In Moscow ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-verzilov-mediazone-sentenced-in-absentia/32887774.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:40:14

• Germany To Support Ukraine With 180,000 Artillery Shells Via Czech Initiative ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-artillery-shells-ukraine-czech-aid-initiative/32887628.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:40:38

• Missiles Hit Ukraine's Dnipro After Drone Attack On Industrial Targets Deep Inside Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukrainian-drone-attack-tartarstan-alabuga-economic-zone/32887624.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:40:59

• Kyiv Tells War Crimes Conference That Ukrainians 'Want To See Justice Delivered' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russian-war-crimes-conference-hague/32887438.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:41:11

• U.S. House Speaker Says 'Important Innovations' Could Help Bring Hard-Liners Along On Ukraine Aid ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-us-aid-johnson-important-innovations-hard-liners/32887401.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:41:27

• Ukraine Drones Hit Oil Refinery and Factory Deep in Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/europe/russia-ukraine-drone-strike.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:41:51

• Ukraine’s Arms Industry Is Growing, but Is It Growing Fast Enough? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/us/politics/ukraines-war-weapons-industry-russia.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:42:09

• Security service sees no sanction breach in sale of Russian billionaires' helicopter ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/02.04.2024-security-service-sees-no-sanction-breach-in-sale-of-russian-billionaires-helicopter.a548821/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:43:13

• US ratification of the ocean treaty will unlock deep sea mining ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/us-ratification-of-the-ocean-treaty-will-unlock-deep-sea-mining/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:43:58

• Russian frigate Marshall Shaposhnikov arrives in Massawa, Eritrea ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/russian-frigate-marshall-shaposhnikov-arrives-in-massawa-eritrea/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:44:54

• Fire-Safety Violations Alleged As Lawsuits Filed Over Crocus City Hall Terror Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-crocus-fire-lawsuits-terror-attack/32888255.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:45:07

• U.S. 'Deeply Concerned' Over Extension Of RFE/RL Journalist's Detention In Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kurmasheva-radio-free-europe-united-states-embassy-lynne-tracy/32888087.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:45:20

• Russian Activist Detained For Displaying Historical Flag Of Belarus ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-activist-makhov-detained-flag-belarus-historical/32888033.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:45:46

• Chief Engineer Of Russian Mine Detained Following Deadly Landslide ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-mine-amur-13-miners-dead-official-arrested/32887675.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:46:03

• Kyrgyz President Signs 'Foreign Representatives' Bill Into Law, Amid Criticism ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-foreign-representatives-agents-law-signed-japarov-president/32887665.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:46:29

• Chancellor Says Austria Needs To Deter Russian Infiltration Amid Spying Allegations ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/austria-russian-spying-ott-chancellor-nehammer-security/32887522.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:46:44

• 10th Person Charged Over Crocus City Hall Terror Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-crocus-attack-10-suspect-charged-yusufzoda/32887512.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:46:57

• Tuesday's papers: Losing money, betting on Nokia and a mystery smell ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20081668    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:47:52

• U.S. Intelligence Warning to Moscow Named Specific Target of Attack ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/us/politics/moscow-attack-us-warning.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:48:01

• Russia Flooding Africa With Disinformation ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/04/russia-flooding-africa-with-disinformation/ "aggressively using social control media and publishing fake news to gain influence."    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:48:46

• Belarusian citizen detained in Latvia for migrant transportation ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/02.04.2024-belarusian-citizen-detained-in-latvia-for-migrant-transportation.a548850/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:49:09

• Belarusian timber continues to enter Lithuania, EU – investigation ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2240412/belarusian-timber-continues-to-enter-lithuania-eu-investigation    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:49:37

• Moscow court arrests tenth person in relation to Crocus City Hall terror attack ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/04/moscow-court-arrests-tenth-person-in-relation-to-the-crocus-city-hall-terror-attack/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:50:28

• TTAB Says "No Dice" to Opposer's Claim of Functionality of Dice Box Configuration ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/03/dice-box.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:52:19

• copyright ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/02/riot-games-moonton-settle-copyright-dispute-after-7-years-of-drama/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:52:34

• The Bad Science Behind Jonathan Haidt's Call to Regulate Social Control Media ☞ https://reason.com/video/2024/04/02/the-bad-science-behind-jonathan-haidts-anti-social-media-crusade/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:53:34

• Aphantasia Is a Spectrum. Here's What It's Like to Have a Completely 'Blind Mind'. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/aphantasia-is-a-spectrum-heres-what-its-like-to-have-a-completely-blind-mind    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:56:02

• Ever Wanted a Brain Transplant? Here Are The Challenges We Face. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ever-wanted-a-brain-transplant-here-are-the-challenges-we-face    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:56:19

• Rare Genetic Variants Are Curiously Connected With Being Left-Handed ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-genetic-variants-are-curiously-connected-with-being-left-handed    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:56:47

• Wild Birds Seen Using Their Wings to Politely Gesture in a Surprising First ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/wild-birds-seen-using-their-wings-to-politely-gesture-in-a-surprising-first    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:57:09

• If You Want to Feel Young And Rejuvenated, One Habit Is Key ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/if-you-want-to-feel-young-and-rejuvenated-one-habit-is-key    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 14:57:52

• The Organ Is Still Working. But It’s Not in a Body Anymore. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/health/organ-transplants-perfusion.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:07:07

• Vietnamese political prisoner denied traditional medicine ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/vietnam-prisoner-tradional-medicine-04022024063137.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:07:27

• Central Valley hospital extends critical cardiac care with Stanford Med ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2024/04/01/central-valley-hospital-provides-critical-cardiac-care-with-stanford-med/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:07:51

• Korea Zinc agrees 40% fee cut to turn Teck's mined zinc into metal, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/korea-zinc-agrees-40-fee-cut-to-turn-tecks-mined-zinc-into-metal-sources-say    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:08:15

• North Korea says it test-fired new solid-fuel hypersonic missile ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korea-says-it-test-fired-new-solid-fuel-hypersonic-missile    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:08:39

• Korean Fusion Reactor Sets New Record For Sustaining 100 Million Degree Plasma ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/korean-fusion-reactor-sets-new-record-for-sustaining-100-million-degree-plasma    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:09:16

• Canadian Lawmaker Says China Had Chinese Students Vote for Him ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/canada/canada-election-china-han-dong.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:09:50

• China aims to break chokehold of US chipmaking sanctions — Naura Technology to develop lithography tools for the first time ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/china-aims-to-break-chokehold-of-us-chipmaking-sanctions-naura-technology-to-develop-lithography-tools-for-the-first-time    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:11:05

• China bans ‘former good friend’ from talking about Hong Kong ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-roach-hk-04022024021306.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:11:31

• Hainan collision anniversary stokes South China Sea tension ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/southchinasea/south-china-sea-china-us-collision-risks-04022024054352.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:11:56

• Myanmar junta hosts China’s envoy for border issue talks ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/china-myanmar-border-talks-04022024073333.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:12:32

• Xi and Biden hold first phone call in nearly 2 years ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xi-biden-call-04022024120008.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:13:02

• China names 30 places in Indian-controlled Arunachal Pradesh ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/arunachal-pradesh-04022024161146.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:13:18

• Did China Coast Guard ships ignore ‘prohibited waters’ around Taiwan’s Kinmen area? ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/afcl/fact-check-kinmen-boundary-waters-04022024202027.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:31:41

• Trading in debt-laden Chinese property developer Country Garden suspended in Hong Kong ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/03/trading-in-debt-laden-chinese-property-developer-country-garden-suspended-in-hong-kong/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:32:13

• Chinese naval task force visiting Mozambique ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/chinese-naval-task-force-visiting-mozambique/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:33:02

• Indianapolis PD ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/02/indianapolis-pd-test-drives-three-gunshot-detection-systems-decides-none-are-worth-paying-for/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:33:26

• Multiply Your Multimeter With Relays And USB ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/multiply-your-multimeter-with-relays-and-usb/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:35:41

• Shell script to create and sign certificates ☞ https://box.matto.nl/shell-script-to-create-and-sign-certificates.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:36:44

• NumPy Where in Python ☞ https://idroot.us/numpy-where-python/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:38:58

• Customize proprietary trap AWS cloud images with RHEL image builder and Packit ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/04/02/customize-aws-cloud-images-rhel-image-builder-and-packit    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:41:02

• Technical Writing Chat with Nathan Driver ☞ https://jamesg.blog/2024/04/02/technical-writing-chat/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:42:28

• Declassified NSA Newsletters ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/04/declassified-nsa-newsletters.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:43:25

• Firefox Nightly: Switch to Container Tabs – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 157 ☞ https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2024/04/02/switch-to-container-tabs-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-157/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:44:49

• Mozilla Thunderbird: Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest: March 2024 ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/04/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-march-24/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:48:39

• Sven Hoexter: PKIX: pathLen Constrain on Root Certificates ☞ http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/pkix_pathlen_rootca/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:49:06

• 🔴Live: Israel’s Herzog apologises for strike that killed Gaza aid workers ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240402-%F0%9F%94%B4live-israeli-strike-kills-four-foreign-aid-workers-and-palestinian-driver    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:50:54

• Iran warns Israel that it will 'punish' deadly strike on Damascus consular building ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240402-iran-vows-to-punish-israel-for-deadly-strike-on-embassy-annex    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:51:06

• China condemns Israeli air strikes that destroyed Iranian consular annex in Syria ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/02/china-condemns-israeli-air-strikes-that-destroyed-iranian-consular-annex-in-syria/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:51:25

• U.S. Says It Had 'Nothing To Do' With Strike On Iranian Consulate In Syria ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/united-states-denies-involvement-syria-strike-iran/32888433.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:51:40

• Tehran Vows Revenge For Damascus Embassy Attack It Blames On Israel ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-damascus-embassy-attack-revenge-israel/32887899.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:51:50

• Israeli Airstrike Kills World Central Kitchen Aid Workers ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Airstrike-Kills-World-Central-Kitchen-Aid-Workers-20240402-0011.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:52:07

• Australia outraged by death of aid worker in Israeli airstrike ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-outraged-by-death-of-aid-worker-in-israeli-air-strike    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:52:25

• Fatal strike on World Central Kitchen workers ripples across aid delivery ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/0402/Fatal-strike-on-World-Central-Kitchen-workers-ripples-across-aid-delivery    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:52:41

• Fears Grow That Syria Strikes Could Spur Retaliatory Attacks on Israel and U.S. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/syria-strikes-iran-israel-us.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:53:07

• What We Know About the Iranian Commanders Killed by Israel in Syria ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/iran-commanders-syria-strike-israel.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 15:53:15

• Israel’s Attack on Aid Workers Can Only Make Hunger in Gaza Worse ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/02/opinion/thepoint/gaza-aid-deaths    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:02:06

• Middle East Crisis: Israeli Strikes on Aid Convoy Prompts Condemnation and an Apology From Netanyahu ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/02/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:02:25

• Iran Says the Deadly Israeli Strike in Damascus Will Not Go Unanswered ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/israel-iran-damascus-strike.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:02:56

• Disinformation https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68724701    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:04:21

• A Timeline of Iran and Israel’s Shadow War Across the Middle East ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/iran-israel-attacks-shadow-war.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:04:45

• Wednesday Briefing: Aid Workers Killed in Gaza ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/asia/strike-aid-netanyahu-biden-asia.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:04:59

• Israeli Strikes Kill 7 Aid Workers in Gaza ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-aid-workers-killed.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:05:09

• What We Know About the World Central Kitchen Strike Victims in Gaza ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-victims.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:05:25

• Strike in Damascus Escalates Israel’s Undeclared War With Iran ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/iran-israel-damascus-strike.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:05:40

• What We Know About the Strike That Killed World Central Kitchen Workers in Gaza ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-workers-strike-gaza.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:05:53

• Gaza Aid Groups Fear for Safety After Strike on World Central Kitchen ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/gaza-aid-groups-strikes.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:06:00

• Microsoft is the OPPOSITE of privacy, but Microsoft pays siliconangle for propaganda, so facts don't seem to matter ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/02/microsoft-enhances-priva-service-five-new-privacy-management-features/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:06:59

• Hong Kong privacy watchdog finds ‘clear oversight’ in tech park data leak ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/02/hong-kong-privacy-watchdog-finds-clear-oversight-in-tech-park-data-leak/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:07:22

• Google and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Have Destroyed the Open Web (Chrome-ism Still Growing) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Google_and_Microsoft_Have_Destroyed_the_Open_Web_Chrome_ism_Sti.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:09:56

• Jussi Pakkanen: Aesthetics matter ☞ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2024/04/aesthetics-matter.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:10:10

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/967959/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:15:00

• Peter Czanik: The syslog-ng health check ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-health-check/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:15:56

• Peter Czanik: The syslog-ng health check ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-health-check    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:16:25

• Avaota A1 open-source hardware SBC is powered by Allwinner T527 octa-core Cortex-A55 SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/04/02/avaota-a1-open-source-hardware-sbc-allwinner-t527-octa-core-cortex-a55-soc/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:21:30

• Installing and Using Sysdig on Debian 12 or 11 GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.how2shout.com/linux/installing-and-using-sysdig-on-debian-12-or-11-linux/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:24:03

• Microsoft saying "no login required" for shitGPT just serves to confirm usage is going down and they are DESPERATE to show shareholders it's not dying away as the bubble pops. Sticking it everywhere in Vista 10 and 11 only pisses off users, maybe because fooling shareholders is a priority.    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:29:20

• 5 GNU/Linux network-related commands every new user should know ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-linux-network-related-commands-every-new-user-should-know/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:30:57

• Linux Mint 22 Adopts Pipewire, New GNU/Linux Kernel Cadence ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/linux-mint-22-adopts-pipewire-hwe-kernels    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:31:12

• Improve Your Efficiency in GNU/Linux Terminal With Aliases ☞ https://itsfoss.com/linux-alias/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:31:36

• "The F1C100S (and the F1C200S) is a super simple CPU to use – it’s QFN, it has RAM built-in, and it can run Linux. It just makes sense that we bring it up to you once again, this time, on this dual-board computer by [minilogic]" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/a-nifty-f1c100s-dual-board-computer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:33:26

• Fedora Community Blog: Join us! Restarting Community Ops team meetings in 2024 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/restarting-community-ops-2024/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:34:43

• More Than 1 in 4 Kids Are Chronically Absent From School, Report Shows ☞ https://reason.com/2024/04/02/more-than-1-in-4-kids-are-chronically-absent-from-school-report-shows/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:35:03

• Beyond the Jokes: April Fools’ Day through the Linux’s Lens ☞ https://linuxiac.com/beyond-the-jokes-april-fools-day-through-the-linux-lens/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:35:51

• Weekly status of Packit Team: Week 13 in Packit ☞ https://packit.dev/posts/weekly/2024/week-13    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:36:07

• Making the case for a multistakeholder approach ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/04/03/making-the-case-for-a-multistakeholder-approach/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:36:33

• The Abusive Monopolist Microsoft NDAs Keep Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Employees (and Former Employees) From Talking About Embarrassing (to Microsoft) Facts and Information About Crimes ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/The_Microsoft_NDAs_Keep_Microsoft_Employees_and_Former_Employee.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:38:47

• New Rumour: More Red Bait Layoffs on the Way ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/New_Rumour_More_Red_Hat_Layoffs_on_the_Way.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:38:59

• Not April 1 (or Easter) Anymore: April 2024 Has Started With Reports of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs; Every Month This Year Represents Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Not_April_1_or_Easter_Anymore_April_2024_Has_Started_With_Repor.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:39:15

• Amandine Jambert (cryptie), CNIL, FSFE Financial data breach ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Amandine_Jambert_cryptie_CNIL_FSFE_Financial_data_breach.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:39:24

• CNIL bosses approved Amandine Cryptie Jambert FSFE engagement ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/CNIL_bosses_approved_Amandine_Cryptie_Jambert_FSFE_engagement.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:39:32

• Beware the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Spin in Microsoft- and Famous Criminal Bill Gates-Funded 'Media' (the Real News is More Layoffs at Microsoft, Revealed This Month and Definitely Not a Prank) (updated) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Beware_the_Microsoft_Spin_in_Microsoft_and_Bill_Gates_Funded_Me.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:39:45

• The US Taxpayers Bail Out defective chip maker Intel (Like They Do Microsoft), Already Deep in Debt and Risking a Bankruptcy (updated) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/The_US_Taxpayers_Bail_Out_Intel_Like_They_Do_Microsoft_Already_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:40:05

• Software Patents worthless ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/04/invalidity-blockchain-gemstone.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:40:52

• Patent are not rights, they are a monopoly franchise and aren't protected like real rights ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/04/patent-rights-testing.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:41:55

• UPC is ILLEGAL!! http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/04/guestpost-does-judicial-composition-of.html?showComment=1712005127055#c7320813775746828298    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:42:46

• "Imagine you are the patent monopoly owner and you assert that my product X is infringing under Art 69 EPC. I reply with evidence that I was selling X before your priority date so your claim lacks novelty." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/03/discrepancies-in-description-should-be.html?showComment=1712068897484#c2222862452420590925    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:43:31

• Unified Patent Court has an EU treaty legality problem, said ex-CJEU judge Melchior Wathelet ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Unified_Patent_Court_has_an_EU_treaty_legality_problem_said_ex_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:43:59

• "Today, the basic patent monopoly EP 1 261 606 for active ingredient rivaroxaban expires in Europe, but the company still has a dosage patent monopoly with which it can monopolise the market" ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/why-bayer-is-fighting-so-hard-for-xarelto/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:44:43

• $4,000 for Atlantic IP Services entity Croga Innovations software patents prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/4/2/4000-for-atlantic-ip-services-entity-croga-innovations-software-patents-prior-art    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:45:10

• OpenXR & Monado: Recent progress and what's to come ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/openxr-and-monado-recent-progress-and-whats-to-come.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:45:58

• Best Practices and Strategic Insights to Dockerizing Your GNU/Linux Applications ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/best-practices-and-strategic-insights-dockerizing-your-linux-applications    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:47:05

• xfmpc – graphical GTK+ MPD client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xfmpc-graphical-gtk-mpd-client/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:47:36

• They Have Drowned Out Actual GNU/Linux News ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/They_Have_Drowned_Out_Actual_Linux_News.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:51:51

• Richard Stallman Was Right and What Happened in XZ Wasn't a "Linux" or Free Software Problem, It Was Social Engineering (This Happens in Proprietary Software Too and, in This Case, It Was Enabled by Microsoft's Proprietary Social Control Media Disguised as 'Codeforge') ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Richard_Stallman_Was_Right_and_What_Happened_in_XZ_Wasn_t_a_Lin.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:52:01

• Microsoft's backdoored Windows Vista 11 Continues Its Demise, in Many Countries Like Maharlika (Philippines) GNU/Linux Surges ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Microsoft_s_Windows_Vista_11_Continues_Its_Demise_in_Many_Count.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:52:12

• GNU/Linux is Bigger Than Mozilla Firefox ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/GNU_Linux_is_Bigger_Than_Mozilla_Firefox.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:52:20

• "given me a cough so fierce that I occasionally fall over." https://mwl.io/archives/23512    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:53:42

• 17 Free Open-Source Flat-File CMS in PHP (Laravel, Symphony, and Pure PHP) ☞ https://medevel.com/flat-gile-cms-1730/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:54:38

• Based on simple observations of a consistent track record, a Code of Conduct will always end up being muscled, manipulated, bent and distorted to justify sanctioning people with or without a valid argument/charisma who express their views about powerful people/corporations. They can twist anything as racism, sexism etc. post hoc.    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:56:50

• 17 Free Open-source WebGL Libraries with WebGPU Support ☞ https://medevel.com/webgl-libraries-1817/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:57:18

• 10 Free Portable DICOM Viewers To Display DICOM Images Directly from CD/ DVD and USB-Drive ☞ https://medevel.com/portable-dicom-viewers-1612/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:58:04

• But Google steals all your cookies at the browser and Web level; that's considered OK?☞ https://blog.chromium.org/2024/04/fighting-cookie-theft-using-device.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 16:59:53

• “Votes will not be counted”: Indian election disinformation ads and YouTube ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/indian-election-disinformation-ads-youtube/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:00:33

• YouTube approves disinformation ads in India ahead of general election ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/youtube-disinformation-ads-india-election-2024-en/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:01:04

• Install Docker on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://linuxhint.com/install-docker-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:01:33

• A Practical Guide to Data Normalization in R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/04/a-practical-guide-to-data-normalization-in-r/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:05:49

• Godot: Parallax2D Progress Report ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/parallax-progress-report/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:07:11

• LibreOffice project and community recap: March 2024 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/02/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-march-2024/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:08:39

• GNU GNU/Linux ssh magic tricks – reverse ssh tunnel – open source admin’s vpn and teamviewer replacement – how to use ssh into a network behind router-firewall and forward port of any device to localhost ☞ https://dwaves.de/2024/04/01/gnu-linux-ssh-magic-tricks-reverse-ssh-tunnel-open-source-admins-vpn-and-teamviewer-replacement-how-to-use-ssh-into-a-network-behind-router-firewall-and-forward-port-of-any-device-to-localhost/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:09:00

• GNU/Linux how to minimal desktop ubuntu ☞ https://dwaves.de/2024/04/01/gnu-linux-how-to-minimal-desktop-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:09:30

• GNU GNU/Linux mate desktop how to reset keyring password ☞ https://dwaves.de/2024/04/01/gnu-linux-mate-desktop-how-to-reset-keyring-password/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:09:52

• How to use Raspberry Pi to monitor network traffic ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-use-raspberry-pi-to-monitor-network-traffic    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:10:16

• Install Python 3.13, 3.12, or 3.11 on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.4 GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.how2shout.com/linux/how-to-install-python-3-13-3-12-or-3-11on-ubuntu-22-04-or-20-4-linux/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:11:51

• How to Install Docker on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.linuxtuto.com/how-to-install-docker-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:12:02

• 🔤SpellBinding: BDFLOTU Wordo: MOONS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-04-03.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:12:56

• On the notion that tops need to have experienced what they do to their bottoms gemini://flexibeast.space/gemlog/2024-04-03.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:14:03

• "I read Tyson Yunkaporta's "Write Story / Wrong Story" over Easter. At one stage he talks about compulsively filling in the ABC Political Compass to see whether he comes up with anything other than the bottom left-hand corner, and not feeling that the labels are adequate." gemini://notes.hugh.run/2024/2024-04-03.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:14:44

• Wednesday of Easter Week(W) gemini://leetaur.com/tlm-propers/entries/2024-04-03.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:15:39

• "Finally, as a partner noted, the saying seems to suggest that bottoming is merely a waystation on one's journey to the ultimate destination: being A Top™[b]. That is, bottoms are second-class; not being a top means you're not a sufficiently good bottom." gemini://flexibeast.space/gemlog/2021-01-31.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:17:40

• In the eyes of money collectors who only ever hangs out and speak to other money collectors, the size of your income or pile of money determines how good a person you are...    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:19:42

• Amazon to lay off hundreds of workers in its cloud computing division https://nairametrics.com/2024/04/03/amazon-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-workers-in-its-cloud-computing-division/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:23:49

• Microsoft-connected site offers Microsoft spin on Microsoft layoffs https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-reportedly-reduced-its-teams-workforce-to-put-more-people-on-copilot/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Beware_the_Microsoft_Spin_in_Microsoft_and_Bill_Gates_Funded_Me.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:25:15

• cargo ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/giant-sails-actually-help-cargo-ships-save-fuel-and-the-planet-in-turn/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:27:05

• Wear Testing Different 3D Printer Filaments ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/wear-testing-different-3d-printer-filaments/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:28:40

• Lamp Becomes Rotating, Illuminated Sign For Festival Table ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/lamp-becomes-rotating-illuminated-sign-for-festival-table/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:29:14

• Terrorist Blockades Prevent Aid from Reaching 500,000 in Burkina Faso ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/04/terrorist-blockades-prevent-aid-from-reaching-500000-in-burkina-faso/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:29:52

• Prudential Financial Data Breach Impacts 36,000 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/36000-impacted-by-prudential-financial-data-breach/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:32:54

• 3D Printed Whiteboard Marker Clips ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2024/04/02/3d-printed-whiteboard-marker-clips/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:35:24

• Israel says Al Jazeera is a security threat. The network says that’s a dangerous lie. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/0402/Israel-says-Al-Jazeera-is-a-security-threat.-The-network-says-that-s-a-dangerous-lie    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:36:17

• Linux Format 314 ☞ https://linuxformat.com/linux-format-314.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:37:50

• Grotesque spin from a Microsoft-connected site; he mostly saved Microsoft from bad publicity by shifting attention ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-employee-accidentally-saves-global-linux-meltdown-from-cve-2024-3094-xz-backdoor/ https://techrights.org/n/2024/03/31/Microsoft-Exchange-chaos-the-real-news.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:39:28

• Sparky news 2024/03 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2024-03/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:41:29

• Security Flaw in WP-Members Plugin Leads to Script Injection ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/security-flaw-in-wp-members-plugin-leads-to-script-injection/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:42:23

• NixOS is not reproducible ☞ https://linderud.dev/blog/nixos-is-not-reproducible/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:42:48

• More openwashing spam for TPM/back doors/DRM giant AMD, courtesy of AMD's bribed PR bunnies at phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-More-OSS-Hardware-Docs http://techrights.org/o/2022/02/03/techrights-statement-on-phoronix/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:44:51

• Richard Stallman: TiVo should say thank you to us, we can say "you're welcome"; don't thank TiVo for using Linux and "pioneering" LOCKDOWN, they don't give us anything, they just take. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=JQWtWXbkj6Y    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:47:10

• Without using the term "openwashing" RMS has spoken about this issue for a very long time    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:47:37

• "Can't load the video on this Invidious instance. YouTube is currently trying to block Invidious instances. Click here for more info about the issue."    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:48:08

• Journal of Free Speech Law: "Epistemic Disagreement, Institutional Analysis, and the First Amendment Status of Lies," by Prof. Mark Tushnet ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/02/journal-of-free-speech-law-epistemic-disagreement-institutional-analysis-and-the-first-amendment-status-of-lies-by-prof-mark-tushnet/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:49:51

• OWASP Data Breach Caused by Server Misconfiguration ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/owasp-data-breach-caused-by-server-misconfiguration/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:50:36

• Online cosmetics stores thrive in Taliban’s Afghanistan despite beauty parlour ban ☞ https://observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240402-online-cosmetics-stores-thrive-in-taliban-s-afghanistan-despite-beauty-parlour-ban    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:52:08

• Murata Type 2GT tiny LoRa module features Semtech LR1121 with Sub-GHz ISM, 2.4GHz, satellite S-Band support ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/04/03/murata-type-2gt-tiny-lora-module-semtech-lr1121-with-sub-ghz-ism-2-4ghz-satellite-s-band/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:52:47

• Cyber review board blames cascading Abusive Monopolist Microsoft failures for Chinese hack ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/microosft-csrb-china-hacking/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:53:43

• Only Google can steal cookies, according to Google ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-to-fight-cookie-theft-with-device-bound-session-credentials/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:55:57

• Piraten: Julian Assange wird auf Raten ausgeliefert ☞ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/piraten-julian-assange-wird-auf-raten-ausgeliefert/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 17:59:40

• Journal of Free Speech Law: "Democracy Harms and the First Amendment," by Prof. Deborah Pearlstein ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/02/journal-of-free-speech-law-democracy-harms-and-the-first-amendment-by-prof-deborah-pearlstein/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:00:10

• Citizen Lab submission to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China about the State of Human Rights in China ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2024/04/citizen-lab-submission-to-the-congressional-executive-commission-on-china-about-the-state-of-human-rights-in-china/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:00:39

• Qt 6.7 Released! ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.7-released    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:15:24

• A three-year journey to build a reaction wheel ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/04/02/a-three-year-journey-to-build-a-reaction-wheel/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:16:39

• Edith Wharton’s Italian Villas and their Gardens (1904) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/edith-wharton-italian-villas    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:17:21

• Mimesis, Expression, Construction: Fredric Jameson’s Seminar on Aesthetic Theory ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/mimesis-expression-construction    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:17:29

• Defense Department cybersecurity unit crosses extraordinary milestone ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2024/04/defense-department-cybersecurity-unit-crosses-extraordinary-milestone/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:20:56

• Hotel Self Check-In Kiosks Exposed Room Access Codes ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hotel-self-check-in-kiosks-exposed-room-access-codes/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:21:22

• Boat Dealer MarineMax Confirms Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/boat-dealer-marinemax-confirms-data-breach/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:21:57

• Belarus Files Charges Against Activist Who Attempted To Pay Tribute To Navalny ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-activist-arrested-navalny-tribute/32888432.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:27:58

• SoK 2024 - Implementing package management features from RKWard into Cantor via a GUI First Blog ☞ https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2024-02-14-cantor/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:28:34

• How to upgrade your Steam Deck's SSD for more storage and better performance ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/how-to-upgrade-steam-deck-ssd    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:29:37

• Pluralistic: Prison-tech company bribed jails to ban in-person visits (02 Apr 2024) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/02/captive-customers/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:30:20

• Goodbye Craig Maloney. ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1021/goodbye-craig-maloney    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:32:31

• mintCast 434 – Open Source, Close Malware ☞ https://mintcast.org/434-open-source-close-malware/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:35:30

• Linux Matters: Snappy Snap Snapshots ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/26/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:35:41

• WP Briefing: Episode 76: A WordPress 6.5 Sneak Peek ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2024/04/episode-76-a-wordpress-6-5-sneak-peek/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 18:35:50

• https://geminiprotocol.net/software/ and https://gemini.circumlunar.space/software/ are offline :/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:03:01

• cleveland ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/02/cleveland-plain-dealer-editor-shows-how-to-cover-trump-tell-the-truth/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:07:38

• 30 Years On, SANDF Faces Budgetary and Readiness Challenges ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/04/30-years-on-sandf-faces-budgetary-and-readiness-challenges/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:09:32

• RSF Accused of Rape in Conquered Territory ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/04/rsf-accused-of-rape-in-conquered-territory/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:11:12

• No laws barring election losers from joining district committees, Hong Kong home affairs minister says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/02/no-laws-barring-election-losers-from-joining-district-committees-hong-kong-home-affairs-minister-says/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:12:03

• Lithuania mulls easing construction rules in preparation for Rheinmetall project ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2240486/lithuania-mulls-easing-construction-rules-in-preparation-for-rheinmetall-project    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:12:20

• Trump sues two Trump Media co-founders, seeking to void their stock in the company ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/04/02/trump-sues-two-trump-media-co-founders-seeking-to-void-their-stock-in-the-company/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:12:44

• Israeli Army Withdraws From Major Gaza Hospital, Leaving Behind a Wasteland ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/gaza-al-shifa-hospital.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:14:14

• Texas Takes Intellectually Disabled Inmate Off Death Row ☞ https://reason.com/2024/04/02/texas-takes-intellectually-disabled-inmate-off-death-row/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:14:22

• An Hey Hi (AI) Researcher Takes On Election Deepfakes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/technology/an-ai-researcher-takes-on-election-deepfakes.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:18:49

• section 230 ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/02/hillary-clinton-joins-the-chorus-of-ignorant-pundits-insisting-section-230-must-go/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:19:22

• Linux Server Maintenance Checklist ☞ https://linuxstans.com/linux-server-maintenance-checklist/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:20:02

• Raspberry Pi 4 enable UART ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/raspberry-pi-4-enable-uart    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:20:27

• Set up Raspberry Pi as Router ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/set-up-raspberry-pi-as-router    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:20:42

• Setting Up a GNU/Linux Intrusion Detection System with AIDE ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/setting-up-a-linux-intrusion-detection-system-with-aide    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:21:12

• Fix Boot Problems on Ubuntu with “Boot Repair” ☞ https://fosspost.org/fix-boot-grub-problems-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:21:22

• How to Install Spotify Client in Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/04/install-spotify-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:22:10

• DIY ESP32 drone costs about $12 to make ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/04/02/low-cost-diy-esp32-drone-12-dollars/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:29:00

• Schools in North Korean province remain closed amid respiratory outbreak ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/illness-04022024183042.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:29:18

• "Are we giving up on near shore model? Will just be India in future + "AI"?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1rMxn0fn    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:30:26

• "IBM has already disclosed where they are heading. When IBM spunoff Kyndryl to a public company, they were required to disclose their go to market business model for developed marketplaces. (note every publicly held consulting/outsourcing company has to disclose this in their operating model). Kyndryl did this, and their NA model was 8% onshore, 20% near shore, and 72% offshore."    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:30:56

• "IBM's rush to reduce service labor cost is all great and everything (well, er...maybe not), but IBM is dumping its service lines of business. Kyndryl is gone, consulting is largely on the chopping block...that leaves manufacturing, software development and marketing, with maybe some emphasis on enterprise consulting and other stuff (cloud, AI, etc.) What kind of labor mix does that need and where will that labor reside?"    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:31:59

• "That is AKs plan what do you think the "I" stands for? Not International anymore". India business machines. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1rMxn0fn    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:32:56

• "Thank you for posting this information. Is the concern that investments in Fidelity Funds ,Target Date Funds, expanded Choice Window are adding additional costs to the employees either on initial investment, redemption or unruly management fees ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1rCupFsL    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:33:48

• "Arvinds's salary needs to be reduced not increased. Arvind also needs to go. We need younger blood that will bring back jobs to North America." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1rCX65GP    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:35:04

• "hence the layoffs, he wants a 100/yr like the big guys. More RAs to come next quarters. I expect a rolling reduction until there are about 100 left in Armonk. If you are not 100% billable your job will be offshored or given to someone else to do double or triple the workload to stay employed."    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:36:02

• "Maybe the incentives should be changed to reducing net debt which is out of control." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1rCX65GP    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:37:03

• IBM needs to pay about 3 billion dollars a year just in INTEREST on the debt. This is how a FAKE economy is made up.    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:38:02

• There is nothing "normal" about being in debt; nor there should be...    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:38:36

• Nations in "mass debt" are nations that spend money that does not exist and merely ends up in few pockets, like Soviet Union after its collapse. The oligarchs can hop to another nation when the debt turns into one giant dumpster fire.    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:39:52

• The Best of Reason: What if America Runs Out of Bombs? ☞ https://reason.com/podcast/2024/04/02/the-best-of-reason-what-if-america-runs-out-of-bombs/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:40:47

• What a Right-Wing Militia Sounds Like, from the Inside ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/podcast-dept/what-a-right-wing-militia-sounds-like-from-the-inside    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:40:58

• Biden reiterates US concerns over Fentanylware (TikTok) ownership to Pooh-tin Jinping ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240402-biden-reiterates-us-concern-over-tiktok-ownership-to-xi-jinping    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:42:04

• Will J.K. Rowling Do Time? ☞ https://reason.com/2024/04/02/will-j-k-rowling-do-time/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:42:33

• Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda: 'Ozempic Babies' – Just Fentanylware (TikTok) Hype or Does It Interfere With Birth Control? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ozempic-babies-just-tiktok-hype-or-does-it-interfere-with-birth-control    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:43:39

• Software Patents: $4,000 for NTECH multimedia patents prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/4/2/4000-for-ntech-multimedia-patents-prior-art    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:44:15

• George Carlin’s Estate Reaches Settlement After Hey Hi (AI) Podcast ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/arts/george-carlins-settlement-ai-podcast.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:44:51

• Add Surveillance Giant Google Garbageware Hey Hi (AI) Chatbot in Ubuntu 24.04/23.10 Panel ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/04/gemini-ai-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:45:34

• Thunderbird Progresses with Microsoft Backdoor Compatibility ☞ https://linuxiac.com/thunderbird-progresses-with-exchange-compatibility/    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:46:32

• The Critical Importance of Prioritizing Memory Safe Programming Languages ☞ https://linuxsecurity.com/news/security-trends/prioritizing-memory-safe-programming-languages    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:47:09

• The Rise of GNU/Linux Ransomware Targeting IoT Devices: Implications & Considerations ☞ https://linuxsecurity.com/news/iot-security/detecting-linux-ransomware    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:47:18

• Sudan: UNICEF Denounces Dangerous Situation of Millions of Children ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Sudan-UNICEF-Denounces-Dangerous-Situation-Millions-Children-20240402-0018.html    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:48:22

• Kela raises small child benefit ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20081676    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:49:42

• Housing benefit cuts come into force, payments to reduce with next assessment ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20081615    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:50:04

• One pupil dead in Vantaa school shooting ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20081687    

posted Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 19:50:39

• "I ordered an item from Amazon [1] the other day. The expected arrival time was Friday, but instead, it arrived today. On the front porch was an Amazon box, measuring 6″ × 9″ × 5″ (16cm × 23cm × 13cm for the more civilized amongst you)." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/04/03.1    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:43:29

• "So I'm reading the “Battery Replacement Installation Manual” for the battery I just bought [1] and as translated instructions go, it's not that bad. But there are some choice bits though …" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/04/03.2    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:44:20

• "There is a thing called Universal Unique Identifier (UUID). It is a way to randomly generate 128 bit number that it won't coincide¹ with any other number generated using the same algorithm; no coordination authority needed." gemini://tilde.pink/~kaction/log/2024-04-03.1.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:45:26

• "The term "Industrial Growth Society" was reportedly coined by Sigmund Kwaloy; a benefit over the punching bag that is Capitalism is that IGS includes nation states that dictate year-over-year growth." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/04/03/IGS.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:46:19

• SAPS has “strategies” and “key interventions” to fight crime and corruption ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/saps-has-strategies-and-key-interventions-to-fight-crime-and-corruption/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:49:11

• CISA faces resource challenge in implementing cyber reporting rules ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-circia-cyber-incident-reporting/ http://techrights.org/o/2023/03/21/microsoft-stacking-panels-2023/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:50:13

• India in the Quad: insider or outlier? ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/india-in-the-quad-insider-or-outlier/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:50:40

• Analysts: IS Establishes Foreign Fighter Hub as Terror Threats Rise ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/04/analysts-is-establishes-foreign-fighter-hub-as-terror-threats-rise/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:52:28

• How should we talk to children about the school shooting? ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20081786    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:53:54

• Vantaa school shooting: Tearful minister mourns "terrible event" ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20081711    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:54:19

• "IoT protocols are a relatively unexplored field compared to most PC-exposed protocols – it’s bothersome to need a whole radio setup before you can tinker on something, and often, for low-level experiments, just any radio won’t do." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/crash-iot-devices-through-protocol-fuzzing/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:55:03

• Sahel Civilians Stuck ‘Between a Rock and a Hard Place,’ As Terror Rivals Clash ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/04/sahel-civilians-stuck-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-as-terror-rivals-clash/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:55:28

• Canada’s biosecurity scandal: the risks of foreign interference in life sciences ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/canadas-biosecurity-scandal-the-risks-of-foreign-interference-in-life-sciences/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:55:53

• John Barth, a Novelist Who Found Possibility in a ‘Used-Up’ Form ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/books/review/john-barth-appreciation.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:56:31

• Love Sticks? There’s an Instagram for That. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/style/sticks-instagram-boone-hogg-logan-jugler.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:56:54

• ‘New Level of Escalation’ Between Algeria, Morocco ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/04/new-level-of-escalation-between-algeria-morocco/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:57:21

• "If we assume that they had a multilayered plan, that their every action was calculated and malicious, then we have to think about the full threat surface of using xz. This quickly gets into nightmare scenarios of the "trusting trust" variety." http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/reflections_on_distrusting_xz/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 01:59:28

• Free Software Activities March 2024 http://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_March_2024.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:01:34

• Clown computing bubble popping https://www.geekwire.com/2024/amazon-web-services-cuts-hundreds-of-jobs-in-sales-training-and-physical-stores-technology/ https://www.silverliningsinfo.com/multi-cloud/aws-layoffs-hit-hundreds-cull-continues https://www.neowin.net/news/amazon-web-services-will-lay-off-hundreds-of-team-members-as-it-faces-growing-competition/ Azure has had layoffs every year since 2020    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:06:19

• Bubbles implode https://nairametrics.com/2024/04/03/amazon-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-workers-in-its-cloud-computing-division/ https://ca.news.yahoo.com/amazon-services-lays-off-tech-134553827.html https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/amazon_aws_layoffs/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:07:15

• Clown computing "leader" https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/amazon-web-services-layoff/2024/04/03/id/1159643/ https://www.albawaba.com/business/amazon-cuts-hundreds-jobs-yet-another-employee-layoff-spree-1560226 https://www.etnownews.com/companies/amazon-layoffs-hundreds-of-jobs-cuts-in-these-divisions-article-109012854    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:08:05

• "What does this release have to offer, and is it worth bothering to install it?" https://www.makeuseof.com/ubuntu-24-04-should-you-upgrade/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:26:52

• OpenSSL Vulnerabilities Patched in Ubuntu 18.04 https://tuxcare.com/blog/openssl-vulnerabilities-patched-in-ubuntu-18-04/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:27:37

• "The attack resulted in access to patient data that included names and at least one of “addresses, birth dates, medical record numbers, health insurance plan member IDs, claims data, diagnosis and/or prescription information. For some patients, this information may have included their Social Security and/or driver’s license numbers.”" https://databreaches.net/ernest-health-rehabilitation-hospitals-notify-patients-of-ransom-attack-in-january/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:30:51

• "patient data that included names and at least one of “addresses, birth dates, medical record numbers, health insurance plan member IDs, claims data, diagnosis and/or prescription information. For some patients, this information may have included their Social Security and/or driver’s license numbers.”" https://databreaches.net/ernest-health-rehabilitation-hospitals-notify-patients-of-ransom-attack-in-january/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:31:06

• Proposed CorrectCare Breach Settlement Rejected Over Equitable Treatment https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/correctcare-breach-deal-rejected-over-equitable-treatment    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:31:31

• Indian government’s cloud spilled citizens’ personal data online for years https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/02/indian-government-cloud-spilled-citizens-personal-data-online-for-years/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:32:01

• Windows TCO https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2024/04/03/active-adversary-report-1h-2024/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:32:48

• "On February 9, an IT student who was searching the internet for exposed datasets noticed that ESP had an unsecured blob listed on GrayhatWarfare. Due to other work, “JLT” (as he has asked to be called on this site) did not start really investigating the leak until March 1." https://databreaches.net/no-need-to-hack-when-its-leaking-wednesday-edition-eyecare-services-partners-exposed-more-than-2-million-patients-ssn-researcher/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:33:59

• "Otolaryngology Associates, LLC (OA) has 13 locations throughout Indiana in Indianapolis, Greencastle, Greenfield, Kokomo, Noblesville, and Carmel. On April 1, the ENT (ears, nose, throat) practice notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of a data breach that affected 316,802 patients." https://databreaches.net/indiana-based-otolaryngology-associates-llc-notifies-316802-patients-about-february-cyberattack/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:34:28

• City of Hope updates a breach disclosure, reports 827,149 patients affected in ransomware attack last year https://databreaches.net/city-of-hope-updates-a-breach-disclosure-reports-827149-patients-affected-in-ransomware-attack-last-year/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:34:52

• "Unleash the super power of aliases in the terminal." https://itsfoss.com/linux-alias/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:37:14

• "This guide delves deep into the world of Dockerizing applications on Linux, covering best practices, deployment strategies, and much more to empower developers and DevOps professionals alike." https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/best-practices-and-strategic-insights-dockerizing-your-linux-applications    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:37:36

• "From the land of matryoshkas and balalaikas, ROSA, a developer of system and infrastructure software, has released ROSA Fresh 12.5. This new version of the Russian-developed operating system is a blend of significant improvements and fresh features, aimed at improving both convenience and security." https://betanews.com/2024/04/02/rosa-fresh-12-5-linux-russia/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:38:03

• It is not a volunteer, it is a Microsoft employee who in this case helped Microsoft distract from its own blunders https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24119342/xz-utils-linux-backdoor-attempt    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:40:29

• No, it was the ONLY contributor. That's NOT trusted. https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/backdoor-xz-utils-linux-open-source/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:42:03

• Microsoft propaganda. FUD means Microsoft LOVES Linux!! https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-employee-accidentally-saves-global-linux-meltdown-from-cve-2024-3094-xz-backdoor/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:42:58

• Kali is NOT for production machines! https://gbhackers.com/xz-utils-affects-kali-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:44:18

• Microsoft distracts from its own blunders: https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-xz-utils-backdoor-vulnerability-linux/ see http://techrights.org/n/2024/03/09/Microsoft_Just_Before_the_Weekend_We_Got_Cracked_and_It_s_Miles.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/03/31/Microsoft-Exchange-chaos-the-real-news.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:45:56

• No, he mostly helped distract from Microsoft's failures https://www.techopedia.com/news/microsoft-engineer-foils-major-linux-backdoor-plot see http://techrights.org/n/2024/03/09/Microsoft_Just_Before_the_Weekend_We_Got_Cracked_and_It_s_Miles.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/03/31/Microsoft-Exchange-chaos-the-real-news.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:47:51

• Microsoft spreads some more FUD to distract https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-releases-detailed-faqs-about-xz-utils-vulnerability-in-linux-systems/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 02:48:19

• ClockworkPi uConsole gopher://1436.ninja:70/0/Phlog/20240403.md    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:00:35

• gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D891.jpg    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:01:12

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1240.jpg    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:01:19

• TSMC rocked by quake https://qz.com/emails/daily-brief/1851385721/tsmc-rocked-by-quake    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:04:06

• Pfizer closure in Washington. ALL staff laid off. Did they damage people's body enough with their patented experiments? https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:09:32

• "Boot-licking mods are hiding negative posts once again. Personally, I thought this was a perfect description of the real IBM Tech Sales Experience ™" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1rSkobEK    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:11:40

• IBM/Red Hat employees were ALWAYS deranking or heckling links to Techrights online. They're like Novell. It's like a religion, facts are not permitted!    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:11:57

• OIN is imperialistic. It controls, e.g. by funding "orgs" through "events", what should otherwise have fronted for the COMMUNITY. So Microsoft, IBM et al control European policy, e.g. regarding software patents, via FSFE. Leak: http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/04/FSFE_Legal_Network_LLW_Conflict_of_Interest_Scandal_Polina_Mala.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:19:27

• Global cancer concerns https://yewtu.be/watch?v=mxBz-jHDy_w    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:52:17

• If you notice a LOT more people dying lately, you would not be wrong. In most countries, tje UK included, FAR more cases of vascular and cardiac illness, deaths have surged too (official numbers from the government).    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:53:29

• Calm and measured https://yewtu.be/watch?v=jQWtp-lCrq4    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:53:49

• Doctor advocates for her patients https://yewtu.be/watch?v=UIF2omTmFVM    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:54:08

• "The GNOME project announced GNOME 46 (code-named "Kathmandu") on March 20. The release has quite a few updates and improvements across user applications, developer tools, and under the hood. One thing stood out while looking over this release—a major emphasis on Flatpaks as the way to acquire and update GNOME software." https://lwn.net/Articles/966187/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:55:50

• Flatpaks are about stepping further away from Software Freedom    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:56:09

• High-performance computing with Ubuntu https://lwn.net/Articles/965516/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:57:12

• Hardening the kernel against heap-spraying attacks https://lwn.net/Articles/965837/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 03:57:45

• The conflict of interests they don't tell you about at LWN: Corbet is in LF, so he is slanted by Zemlin et al. Newly-hired Zonker comes from Red Hat (and others), so focuses on Red Hat things, promotes them. The other new hire is LGBT, covers many trans things there. We all have biases, let them be known at least.    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:01:54

• PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202404/page10.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:05:34

• "Since I worked for 35 years in health care, I have been acutely aware of these effects of daylight savings time, and the studies that supported those effects. I spent many years (about 1/3 of my work time) working the night shift, where the bi-annual time dance really didn't have much effect." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202404/editorial.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:07:13

• Why is a GNU/Linux site promoting Microsoft for Web search? It is not even private, it gives a false sense of privacy. https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202404/page06.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:08:45

• They should cover the "real" Gemini, not Google's attempt to hijack the term https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202404/page01.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:10:06

• Inkscape Tutorial Removing A Background https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202404/page03.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:10:33

• Two Quick, Simple Ways To Deactivate Xscreensaver Via A Bash Script https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202404/page04.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:10:56

• Money Manager EX Account Reconciliation https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202404/page05.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:11:23

• Download Ebook: Kubuntu Desktop 20.04 LTS KDE Plasma http://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2024/03/download-ebook-xubuntu-desktop-user-guide-2022.html http://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2024/03/download-ebook-kubuntu-desktop-2004-lts-kde-plasma.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:20:31

• Bank profit margin crunch to continue as customers shift deposits https://www.theage.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/bank-profit-margin-crunch-to-continue-as-customers-shift-deposits-20240327-p5ffr3.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:21:46

• Manchester City Chose Microsoft for a Web Site and, As Expected, It Doesn’t Work https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2024/03/28/manchester-city-microsoft-site/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:22:15

• Texas Judge Moves Late Fee Case to DC, Accusing Banks of Venue Shopping for Favorable Ruling https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-03-28/texas-judge-moves-late-fee-case-to-dc-accusing-banks-of-venue-shopping-for-favorable-ruling    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:22:43

• Cancer Expert, Professor Angus Dalgleish, Says mRNA Vaccines Must Be Banned Once and For All https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2024/04/04/angus-dalgleish-mrna/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 04:29:40

• What Would You Like to Ask Open Invention Network CEO Jerry Rosenthal? http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060924234258197    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 07:38:43

• Old: THE BUZZWORD shuffle https://www.pymnts.com/cpi-posts/microsoft-drastically-scales-back-metaverse-project-focuses-on-ai/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 08:50:52

• smolZINE — Issue 41 gemini://gemini.cyberbot.space/smolzine/smolzine-issue-41.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 08:52:03

• 33 years ago gemini://willowashmaple.smol.pub/2024-03-31-thirty-three-years-ago    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 08:53:36

• See Through Walls Like Superman https://www.sparkfun.com/news/10305    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 08:54:49

• The total solar eclipse in North America could help shed light on a persistent puzzle about the Sun https://theconversation.com/the-total-solar-eclipse-in-north-america-could-help-shed-light-on-a-persistent-puzzle-about-the-sun-226558    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 09:03:30

• Baltimore Key Bridge: how a domino effect brought it down in seconds https://theconversation.com/baltimore-key-bridge-how-a-domino-effect-brought-it-down-in-seconds-226785    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 09:05:29

• A rare condition makes other people’s faces look distorted. Why a new case is important https://theconversation.com/a-rare-condition-makes-other-peoples-faces-look-distorted-why-a-new-case-is-important-226430    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 09:06:12

• 🔤SpellBinding — CEHIMNY Wordo: MOULT gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-04-04.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 09:51:28

• Throwing robots at it gemini://idiomdrottning.org/scalability    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 09:52:11

• "Any punctuation marks at the beginning or end of a line will now hang over the edge, leaving you with nice clean blocks of text; no ragged edges." ☛ https://adactio.com/journal/21027 | Source: Jeremy Keith    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:05:41

• "Have you ever wondered if someone is watching your every move online?" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/what-is-whonix/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:06:02

• "One of the things I've had to wrestle with due to my move to reading my email with MH-E" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsSpecialSpaceCharacters | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:07:25

• "Is this your first time reading the Development Digest?" ☛ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/04/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-march-24/ | Source: Thunderbird    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:07:35

• "Jia Ta" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/jia-tan-xz-backdoor/ | Source: Wired | "By January 2023, Jia Tan’s code was being integrated into XZ Utils."    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:08:44

• "They’re out to get us · For me, the two big lessons from #XZ were first" ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/04/01/OSQI | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:08:50

• "The purpose of the certificates is to prevent browsers from complaining" ☛ https://box.matto.nl/shell-script-to-create-and-sign-certificates.html | Source: MJ Fransen    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:11:04

• "high-severity bug" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/google-patches-chrome-flaw-that-earned-hackers-42500-at-pwn2own/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:11:26

• "The new database, dubbed Valkey, is set to continue development on Redis 7.2.4." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/open_source_redis_alternative/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:15:38

• "In this blog, we're sharing with you all the ways you can socialize" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/there-are-plenty-of-ways-to-socialize-at-libreplanet-2024-cultivating-community | Source: FSF    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:16:13

• "A (brief) introduction to random boolean networks ... Random boolean networks follow a set of predefined rules. A network has: [...]" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2024/04/03/random-boolean-networks-compression/ | Source: James G    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:17:22

• "So let’s start with the story." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2024/04/03/upgrading-the-compiler-and-undefined-behaviour | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:17:50

• [Old] "As we can see there is an infinite number of natural transformations." ☛ https://beuke.org/natural-transformation/ | Source: Fabian Beuke    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:17:58

• "Inspired by Meta's original Python-based LLaMA driver" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/llamafile_performance_gains/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:18:48

• "At issue are the Signaling System Number 7 (SS7) and Diameter protocols" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/02/fcc_ss7_security/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:25:53

• "Office sector vacancy set a new record last quarter, inching up to a 19.8% vacancy rate" ☛ https://qz.com/office-vacancies-rto-remote-work-commercial-property-1851384453 | Source: Quartz    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:26:29

• "I love tagging systems for all the reasons Garrit mentions." ☛ https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2024/trees-vs-tags/ | Source: Luke Harris    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:26:59

• "While it's difficult to label Anderson as a single type of professional since" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/ross_anderson_obit/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:27:31

• "Now I am sort of bothered by this "existential" question." ☛ https://gabz.blog/post/for-posterity-cqs6snbp | Source: Gabriel    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:28:16

• "Don’t try to photograph it unless you’re an expert." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2024/04/nasas-solar-eclipse-explorer/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:30:52

• "Sure, I could break these notes down into smaller pieces." ☛ https://frankmeeuwsen.com/2024/04/03/embrace-the-messy.html | Source: Frank Meeuwsen    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:31:13

• "Intel has disclosed deepening operating losses for its foundry business" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/intels-chip-making-unit-7-billion-loss/242331/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:31:34

• "What did make a noticeable difference in my case is regular exercise." ☛ https://dolzhenko.me/blog/2024/04/coffee-hiatus/ |    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:32:03

• "Most PFAS studies have focused on the effects of consuming the substances." ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4569902-pfas-forever-chemicals-pervasive-how-to-avoid/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:32:36

• "Livers, like pretty much any human organ, are always in short supply." ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/scientists-inject-patient-new-liver | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:32:48

• "These patients usually require a liver transplant" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/cells-grow-liver-inside-patient/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:36:29

• "It's hard to avoid sugar when it's become a normal part of diets" ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/science/explained-what-is-sugar-and-what-would-happen-if-you-stopped-eating-it-5365540 | Source: NDTV    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:36:45

• "No matter what incantations I tried, with NFS, Samba, client, or server" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/macos-finder-still-bad-network-file-copies | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:37:59

• Proprietary: "For many years, we’ve been partnering with a security company called Doyensec" ☛ https://goteleport.com/blog/partnering-with-observa/ | Source: Teleport    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:38:32

• "The Ibis Budget brand is owned by French hospitality giant Accor." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/hotel-self-check-in-kiosks-exposed-room-access-codes/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:38:56

• "Following a gruelling negotiation process" ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/eu-ai-act-fails-to-set-gold-standard-for-human-rights/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:39:14

• "were put off by entry gates" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/amazon-cashierless-grocery-stores/242326/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:39:32

• "Microsoft's security culture was inadequate" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/scathing-federal-report-rips-microsoft-for-response-to-chinese-hack/7556113.html | Source: VOA News; Microsoft hopes to distract from it http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:43:18

• Windows TCO ☛ https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-shoddy-security-exposed-emails-chinese-hack-1851384073 | Source: Gizmodo http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:43:52

• Windows TCO ☛ https://qz.com/microsoft-china-hack-dhs-report-security-1851383631 | Source: Quartz http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:44:02

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.dhs.gov/news/2024/04/02/cyber-safety-review-board-releases-report-microsoft-online-exchange-incident-summer | Source: DHS http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:44:21

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/cisa_microsoft_exchange_online_china_report/ | Source: The Register UK http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:45:03

• Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/dhs-cascade-of-security-failures-microsoft-china-hack | Source: The Record http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:56:00

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/cyber-safety-review-board-releases-report-microsoft-online-exchange-incident-summer-2023 | Source: CISA http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:56:18

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/scathing-federal-report-rips-microsoft-for-shoddy-security-insincerity-in-response-to-chinese-hack/ | Source: Security Week http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:56:34

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/3/24119787/microsoft-cloud-email-hack-china-us-cyber-report | Source: The Verge http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:57:06

• Windows TCO ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/cyber-board-says-chinese-hack-of-us-officials-was-preventable/articleshow/108989438.cms | Source: India Times http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:57:29

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/missouri-county-hit-by-ransomware/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:57:40

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.jacksongov.org/Our-County/About-Us/Media-Releases?dlv_OC%20CL%20Public%20DocLib%20Relative=(=)(keyword=ransomware%20attack) |    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 10:57:59

• "Patrick Breyer MEP (German Pirate Party / Greens/EFA) and digital freedom" ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/europol-report-insistence-on-data-retention-contradicts-the-threats-presented/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:01:59

• "The winners were selected by a jury of journalists" ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/europol-and-biometric-surveillance-won-the-czech-big-brother-awards/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:02:14

• "I was an expert witness for the prosecution" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/04/class-action-lawsuit-against-googles-incognito-mode.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:02:55

• "As the Council’s legal service has confirmed" ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/full-chat-control-proposal-leaked-attack-on-digital-privacy-of-correspondence-and-secure-encryption/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:03:16

• "over 112,000 people" ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/new-eu-health-data-law-endangers-medical-secrecy/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:03:37

• "According to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgment in case C-61/22" ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/mandatory-fingerprints-on-ids-will-be-up-for-re-negotiation/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:04:21

• "With the growth of technology, we have seen a rise in surveillance [...] GNUnet comes into play here that is a free and open-source software" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/what-is-gnunet/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:04:56

• "A multi-media exhibition at UN headquarters in New York opens at 19h30" ☛ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/mine-action-day-to-be-marked-worldwide/x | Source: Defence Web    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:09:13

• "CNN–Don Hankey, the chairman and majority shareholder of Knight Specialty Insurance" ☛ https://kentwired.com/118124/world-nation/billionaire-whose-firm-backed-trumps-175-million-bond-reveals-how-the-deal-came-together/ | Source: The Kent Stater    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:09:27

• "Stephen Richer, the Maricopa County Recorder" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-officials-schooled-voter-registration-1234998834/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:10:38

• "Özer had vanished at a particularly precarious time in [cryptocurrency]’s annals" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/faruk-ozer-turkey-crypto-fraud/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:10:48

• "in 2019 Dr. Etzioni" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/technology/an-ai-researcher-takes-on-election-deepfakes.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:11:14

• "her watchdog agency has just 1,200 staff" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/02/ftc_boss_apple_daily_show/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:11:54

• "By blocking the accounts and groups of Społeczna Inicjatywa Narkopolityki" ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/win-against-facebook-giant-not-allowed-to-censor-content-at-will/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:12:33

• "Placing an order on the Eats app automatically opts you into using a driver-free delivery" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/uber_eats_waymo_delivery/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:14:56

• "I talked to Strossen last week about why she originally wrote the book" ☛ https://reason.com/2024/04/01/defending-pornography-on-feminist-grounds-a-qa-with-nadine-strossen/ | Source: Reason    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:15:18

• "At the time, police claimed that it was unclear whether the 15-year-old" ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/who-was-savannah-graziano-kidnapped-us-girl-shot-dead-by-cops-5366385 | Source: NDTV    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:15:40

• "illegally via Libya" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2183358.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:16:21

• "Undersea cables, also known as submarine communications cables" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/undersea-cables-backbone-global-internet/242361/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:16:47

• "The FCC announced that it would hold a vote to restore net neutrality" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/fcc_net_neutrality_reinstatement/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:16:55

• "reached a tipping point" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/03/spotify-royalty-limit-for-streams/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:18:41

• "This is the crux of the whole "Google Cycle". Google isn't a technology company." ☛ https://thomasrigby.com/posts/quoting-david-pierce-on-the-google-cycle/ | Source: Thomas Rigby    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:19:38

• "George Carlin’s estate has reached a settlement with the media company" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/3/24119785/ai-george-carlin-lawsuit-settled-artist-rights-alliance-protections | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:21:34

• "A new survey finds that 49% of Australia’s working musicians earned less than $6,000 AUD" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/03/australian-music-industry-survey/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:22:03

• "$17.1 billion in U.S. recorded music revenue" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/03/recorded-music-industry-revenue-inflation-adjustment-2023/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:22:25

• "Continuing our Kitchen Essentials series of interviews with leaders" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/04/03/kitchen-essentials-tracey-armstrong-ccc/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:22:53

• "The Foreign Trade Barriers Report published by the office of the USTR outlines "significant barriers" to exports" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-calls-out-eu-member-states-for-piracy-failings-in-trade-barriers-report-240403/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:26:35

• "Russia's full-blown invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 triggered a Western rightsholder exodus." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/russians-pirate-premier-league-add-their-own-graphics-commentary-240404/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:26:45

• "German Internet service providers block a list" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/publisher-reinforces-paywall-with-sci-hub-blockade-in-germany-240403/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:27:10

• "This tutorial focuses on installing the latest Linux OS on your USB drive" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/install-linux-os-on-usb-drive/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:27:53

• How To Create Development Environments With Nix-shell In Linux ☛ https://ostechnix.com/nix-shell-create-development-environments/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:28:20

• "(To read the complete Mozilla.ai publication on LLM evaluation, please visit the Mozilla.ai blog)" ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/ai-advancements-scaling-computational-power/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:30:21

• "The announcement that Google would remove the ability to track people using cookies" ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/privacy-security/googles-protected-audience-protects-advertisers/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:30:34

• "Episode 5: Contributing to openSUSE Leap - Project Structure" ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2024/04/03/workshop-series-continues-with-new-episodes/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:31:53

• "The ECM-ADLN-N97, designed by BCM Advanced Research, is a sophisticated 3.5” Single Board Computer" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/ecm-adln-n97-3-5-single-board-computer-incorporates-intel-alder-lake-n-processor/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:32:15

• "the collateral damage was the Nintendo 3DS" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/lemonade-is-an-attempt-to-continue-on-the-nintendo-3ds-emulator/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:34:25

• "An upcoming game from Crescent Moon Games and Those Dang Games is Screenbound" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/screenbound-is-a-platformer-where-you-play-in-2d-and-3d-together/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:34:47

• "Talberon Games have recently put up a brand new and improved demo for Superstar Strategy" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/superstar-strategy-is-a-turn-based-tactical-rpg-you-can-play-with-or-against-friends/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:38:30

• "We've all been there right? You paid for a game" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/stop-killing-games-is-a-new-campaign-to-stop-developers-making-games-unplayable/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:46:37

• "Cozy Space Survivors is an upcoming simple cozy time survival roguelite in space" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/cozy-space-survivors-is-a-sweet-time-survival-roguelite-in-space/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:47:02

• "Escape Simulator from Pine Studio has proven to be popular" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/escape-simulator-adds-vr-support-in-the-latest-free-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:47:48

• "The next version of the Linux performance overlay MangoHud is close" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/mangohud-072-rc1-adds-wayland-keybinds-a-time-label-and-bug-fixes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:48:06

• "Still Using Windows 10? Microsoft Will Charge Hundreds for Security Updates" https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-will-charge-you-windows-10-security-updates-1851385358 obviously Canonical and IBM/Red Hat are refusing to make hay with this    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:50:29

• "Amnesty International's Shocking Short Film Exposes How UK's Squalid Housing Kills Children" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amnesty-internationals-shocking-short-film-exposes-how-uks-squalid-housing-kills-children-1724103    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:51:02

• "Why is Saudi Arabia heading top UN women's rights forum?" https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-saudi-arabia-heading-top-un-gender-equality-forum/a-68721850    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:52:28

• "Some good news coming out of camp Linux Mint" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/linux-mint-22-moves-to-pipewire-will-ship-newer-kernels-after-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 11:53:15

• "first by the Inter-American Court to find a State responsible" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/historic-victory-human-rights-colombia-inter-american-court-finds-state-agencies | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:01:58

• "arbitrary surveillance of members of the Jose Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective (CAJAR), a Colombian human rights organization defending victims of political persecution and community activists for over 40 years." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/historic-victory-human-rights-colombia-inter-american-court-finds-state-agencies    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:02:31

• "Roughly nine years ago, KrebsOnSecurity profiled a Pakistan-based cybercrime group" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/04/the-manipulaters-improve-phishing-still-fail-at-opsec/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:02:57

• pr "industry" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/04/03/dozens-of-ad-pr-industry-directors-have-ties-to-heavily-polluting-industries/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:05:24

• chevron ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/04/03/chevron-owns-this-citys-news-site-many-stories-arent-told/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:10:05

• dna ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/03/new-jersey-sued-again-for-giving-cops-access-to-newborn-babies-dna/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:10:51

• copyright ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/03/fox-station-copyright-strikes-youtubers-documentary-over-use-of-1-minute-clip/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:11:13

• oysters ☛ https://therevelator.org/coastal-restoration-oyster-reefs/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:12:16

• "deadly violence" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/3/haiti_crisis_pierre_ives | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:12:41

• "two inspiring women in tech" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/careers-in-computer-science-two-perspectives/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:13:46

• "ProPublica sued in 2022" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-lawsuit-over-military-court-access-moves-forward | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:14:29

• Bits from Debian: Bits from the DPL ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2024/04/bits-from-the-dpl-april.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:46:02

• Ukraine’s Belarusian volunteers create headaches for Putin ally Lukashenka ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-belarusian-volunteers-create-headaches-for-putin-ally-lukashenka/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:51:41

• Ukraine’s allies divided over drone campaign targeting Russian refineries ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-allies-divided-over-drone-campaign-targeting-russian-refineries/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:51:58

• 'They put us all in front': Nepalese men recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20240403-they-put-us-all-in-front-nepalese-men-recruited-by-russia-to-fight-in-ukraine    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:52:18

• "Putin spokesman says warnings from U.S. about Moscow terrorist attack fall outside Kremlin’s purview" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/04/03/putin-spokesman-says-warnings-from-u-s-about-moscow-terrorist-attack-fall-outside-kremlin-s-purview | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:52:38

• Arnaud Rebillout: Firefox: Moving from the Debian package to the Flatpak app (long-term?) ☞ https://arnaudr.io/2024/04/03/firefox-moving-from-the-debian-package-to-the-flatpak-app-long-term/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:53:57

• Steps for Installing FreeOffice on Debian 12 GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.how2shout.com/linux/steps-for-freeoffice-installing-on-debian-12-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:55:01

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/968218/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:56:10

• Guido Günther: Free Software Activities March 2024 ☞ https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_March_2024.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:57:06

• Fake patent monopoly ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/viatris-and-schertenleib-invalidate-allergan-glaucoma-treatment-patent/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 12:57:56

• This robot dominates dart games ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/04/04/this-robot-dominates-dart-games/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:10:03

• Introducing the new Arduino PLC Starter Kit: Plug into the future of industrial automation ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/04/03/introducing-the-new-arduino-plc-starter-kit-plug-into-the-future-of-industrial-automation/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:10:51

• macOS Finder is still bad at network file copies ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/macos-finder-still-bad-network-file-copies    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:11:19

• How to Install Surveillance Giant Google Chrome in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/04/install-google-chrome-ubuntu-24-04-lts/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:15:37

• Ubuntu 24.04 Beta Delayed Due to XZ Open Source Attack ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/04/ubuntu-24-04-beta-delayed/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:15:45

• How To Install Nessus Scanner on Fedora 39 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nessus-scanner-fedora-39/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:16:50

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

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:16:59

• How To Install Thunderbird Mail on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-thunderbird-mail-manjaro/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:17:06

• How to install the LAMP stack on Rocky GNU/Linux ☞ https://osnote.com/how-to-install-lamp-stack-on-rocky-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:17:48

• How to start a blog with WordPress and LEMP in Ubuntu GNU/Linux ☞ https://osnote.com/how-to-start-a-blog-with-wordpress-and-lemp-in-ubuntu/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:18:01

• dnf5daemon-server: Incomplete fix of CVE-2024-1929 (CVE-2024-2746) ☞ https://security.opensuse.org/2024/04/03/dnf5daemon-resposdir-followup.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:20:28

• NATO at 75: The Alliance’s future lies in Ukraine’s victory against Russia ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/nato-at-75-the-alliances-future-lies-in-ukraines-victory-against-russia/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:25:38

• French defence minister Lecornu holds rare phone talks with Russia's Shoigu ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240403-french-defence-minister-lecornu-holds-rare-phone-talks-with-russia-s-shoigu    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:25:50

• Ukraine lowers age of military conscription to bolster armed forces in war with Russia ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/04/ukraine-lowers-age-of-military-conscription-to-bolster-armed-forces-in-war-with-russia/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:26:24

• Ukraine nationals begin filing claims for damages following Russia invasion ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/04/ukraine-nationals-begin-filing-claims-for-damages-following-russia-invasion/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:27:05

• Number of Ukrainians declines in Lithuania, migration from Central Asia on steep rise ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2241470/number-of-ukrainians-declines-in-lithuania-migration-from-central-asia-on-steep-rise    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:27:22

• EU must do more for Ukraine – Charles Michel in Vilnius ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2241087/eu-must-do-more-for-ukraine-charles-michel-in-vilnius    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:27:45

• French, Russian Defense Ministers Discuss Terrorist Attack, War In Ukraine In Rare Phone Call ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/france-russia-defense-shoigu-lecornu-phone-call-crocus-attack-ukraine/32889984.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:28:26

• Disabled Russian Anti-War Teen Loses Appeal Against Long Prison Sentence ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-anti-war-teen-balazeikin-prison-appeal-rejected/32889796.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:28:56

• Zelenskiy's Predecessor Poroshenko Says He Plans To Run For President ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-poroshenko-run-for-president-zelenskiy-war/32889626.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:29:40

• Japan Says It 'Will Not Waver' In Its Support For Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/japan-ukraine-support/32889511.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:34:03

• Kyrgyzstan To Stop Processing Russian Payment Cards Over U.S. Sanctions ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-russia-mir-sanctions/32889306.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:36:13

• NATO Ministers Mull Ways To Provide 'Reliable, Predictable' Support For Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-damages-register/32889233.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:38:07

• Russia Shakes Up Navy Command Amid Ukrainian Successes In Black Sea ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navy-leadership-shakeup/32889051.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:38:56

• Zelensky Issues Decrees to Get Soldiers for Ukrainian Forces ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Zelensky-Issues-Decrees-to-Get-Soldiers-for-Ukrainian-Forces-20240403-0009.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:39:11

• Stubb, Halla-aho visit Kyiv as Finland signs defence deal with Ukraine ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20081957    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:39:37

• Food Aid for Gazans Was Sent Back to Cyprus ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/briefing/food-aid-gaza-ukraine-draft-age.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:40:01

• NATO Weighs Taking Over Ukraine Defense Contact Group ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/europe/nato-ukraine-funding.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:40:19

• Zelensky Lowers Draft Age for Ukraine’s Depleted Army ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/europe/zelensky-ukraine-military-draft-age.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:40:50

• ‘The Russian Language Is Everywhere Again’: Exiles Cause Unease in Lithuania ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/europe/lithuania-russian-diaspora.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:41:03

• Thursday Briefing: Ukraine Lowers the Draft Age ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/asia/ukraine-draft-taiwan-quake-asia.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:41:28

• "Redirecting rage, reducing risk Political scientist Kirill Shamiev on what the Kremlin stands to gain by blaming Ukraine for the Moscow terrorist attack" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/04/03/redirecting-rage-reducing-risk | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:41:55

• Former MP Grevcova charged with justifying war crimes ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/03.04.2024-former-mp-grevcova-charged-with-justifying-war-crimes.a549029/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:42:20

• Russia-NATO relations in the context of confrontation ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/commentary/03.04.2024-russia-nato-relations-in-the-context-of-confrontation.a548987/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:43:00

• Chinese tanker targeted by Houthi anti-ship missiles ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/chinese-tanker-targeted-by-houthi-anti-ship-missiles/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:44:09

• Russia court extends pre-trial detention of Russian-American journalist until June 5 ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/04/russia-court-extends-pre-trial-detention-of-russian-american-journalist-until-june-5/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:44:39

• Lithuanian farmers say Russian vegetables with fake documents undermine prices ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2241203/lithuanian-farmers-say-russian-vegetables-with-fake-documents-undermine-prices    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:45:08

• Far-Right German Lawmaker Asked To Clarify Report That He Got Money From Pro-Russian Portal ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/afd-german-lawmaker-bystron-russian-portal-money/32889951.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:45:30

• Russian Alliances With North Korea, Iran Have Security Consequences, NATO Chief Warns ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-alliances-korea-iran-nato-consequences-stoltenberg/32889907.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:46:22

• Kazakh Airline Suspends Flights To Tatarstan's Capital Following Drone Attacks ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-airline-qazaq-suspends-flights-kazan-tatarstan-drone-attack/32889658.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:47:08

• Media Watchdog Calls For Repeal Of Kyrgyz 'Foreign Representatives' Law ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-media-law-repeal-committee-protect-journalists-japarov/32889557.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:48:19

• Head Of Memorial Rights Group's Successor May Face 3 Years In Prison ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-memorial-successor-chernyshov/32889320.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:48:58

• Soviet-Era Dissident Skobov Detained In St. Petersburg On Terrorism Charge ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-skobov-arrest-terrorism/32889294.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:49:40

• Georgia's Ruling Party To Reintroduce Controversial 'Foreign Agent' Bill ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-foreign-agent-bill-reintroduced/32889191.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:50:08

• U.S. Warning To Russia Reportedly Named Crocus Concert Hall ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-us-intelligence-crocus/32889127.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:50:39

• The US Did Not Warn Russia About Terrorist Attacks: Zakharova ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/The-US-Did-Not-Warn-Russia-About-Terrorist-Attacks-Zakharova-20240403-0005.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:51:07

• Russia-Japan Tensions Obstruct Peace Negotiations: Nozdrev ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Japan-Tensions-Obstruct-Peace-Negotiations-Nozdrev-20240403-0003.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:51:23

• Finland's eastern border to remain closed ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20081993    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:51:38

• "fleeing child pornography charges" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/04/04/pro-kremlin-telegram-channels-share-propaganda-video-featuring-u-s-city-councilor-who-joined-russian-army-after-fleeing-child-pornography-charges | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:52:56

• "In Russia’s Buryatia, authorities have revived a search for ‘separatists’ first launched under Stalin" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/04/03/in-russia-s-buryatia-authorities-revive-a-search-for-separatists-first-launched-under-stalin | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:53:12

• "Russia reports spike in army recruitment as citizens seek to ‘avenge’ Moscow terrorist attack victims" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/04/03/russia-reports-spike-in-army-recruitment-as-citizens-seek-to-avenge-moscow-terrorist-attack-victims | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:53:28

• Belarusian Imprisoned For Sending Cash To Opposition Groups ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-prison-financing-opposition/32889396.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 13:53:41

• ‘The Manipulaters’ Improve Phishing, Still Fail at Opsec ☞ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/04/the-manipulaters-improve-phishing-still-fail-at-opsec/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:23:06

• Bankruptcy Judge Rejects ISP Frontier Communications’ Dismissal Arguments in Long-Running Infringement Battle ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/03/frontier-communications-copyright-suit-update/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:25:17

• Summary Judgment Motion Backfires: C.D. Cal. Dismisses Kate Spade Appeal of TTAB Opposition Defeat ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/04/summary-judgment-motion-backfires-cd.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:25:44

• Which Operating System has the Most Vulnerabilities? ☞ https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5467882/which-operating-system-has-the-most-vulnerabilities    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:26:45

• How to Quickly Convert JPG to PDF on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/141431/how-to-quickly-convert-jpg-to-pdf-on-linux.htm    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:28:35

• Using random boolean networks in compression ☞ https://jamesg.blog/2024/04/03/random-boolean-networks-compression/ "Random boolean networks follow a set of predefined rules. A network has: [...]"    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:30:37

• MSI admits faulty heatsink design for cracked Z790 chipsets, begins replacing faulty units ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/msi-points-to-faulty-heatsink-design-for-cracked-z790-chipsets-begins-replacing-faulty-units    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:30:55

• Scaling Your Data to 0-1 in R: Understanding the Range ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/04/scaling-your-data-to-0-1-in-r-understanding-the-range/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:33:59

• Discover great_tables: The Python Answer to R’s {gt} Package for Table Formatting in Quarto and PyShiny ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/04/discover-great_tables-the-python-answer-to-rs-gt-package-for-table-formatting-in-quarto-and-pyshiny/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:34:35

• Mageia: Problems with servers ☞ https://blog.mageia.org/en/2024/04/03/problems-with-servers/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:35:31

• Improvements to static analysis in the GCC 14 compiler ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/04/03/improvements-static-analysis-gcc-14-compiler    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:36:31

• How to add debug support for Go stripped binaries ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/04/03/how-add-debug-support-go-stripped-binaries    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:37:08

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta Release Postponed Due to Security Concerns ☞ https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-24-04-lts-beta-release-postponed-due-to-security-concerns/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:37:26

• After a Recent SSH Vulnerability, Systemd Reduces Dependencies ☞ https://linuxiac.com/after-a-recent-ssh-vulnerability-systemd-reduces-dependencies/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:38:16

• OWASP Discloses Data Breach Attributed to Wiki Misconfiguration ☞ https://linuxsecurity.com/news/organizations-events/owasp-data-breach    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:39:17

• GitHub Actions means outsourcing the compiler to the NSA and the back doors fanatics at Microsoft. It is the very opposite of security, but sites like these don't strive for real advice on real security. ☞ https://linuxsecurity.com/news/security-projects/github-actions-enhancements    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:40:47

• AlmaLinux is NOT impacted by the XZ backdoor https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-04-02-xz-and-cve-2024-1086/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:42:34

• Redict 7.3.0 is now available https://redict.io/posts/2024-04-03-redict-7.3.0-released/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:45:34

• LWN hired from Red Hat and is working behind the scenes with Red Hat; this can lead to serious bias in the "reporting" ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/lwn-subscription-fedora-contributors/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:48:38

• FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC Running Linux: Multimedia ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/firebat-t8-plus-mini-pc-running-linux-multimedia/ "For this part in the series, we investigate the multimedia performance of the FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC under Ubuntu."    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:50:10

• 5 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Font Renderers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fonttools/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:50:43

• Alternatives to popular CLI tools: chmod ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternatives-popular-cli-tools-chmod/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:51:15

• 10 Best GNU/Linux Server Distros: Choose the Right One ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-linux-server-distro/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:53:38

• IBM is Leaving Money on the Table by Paying Massive Salaries to Its CEO While Culling Workers and Neglecting GNU/Linux ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/IBM_is_Leaving_Money_on_the_Table_by_Paying_Massive_Salaries_to.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:54:33

• Phoronix More Inclusive of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Propaganda ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Phoronix_More_Inclusive_of_Microsoft_Propaganda.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:54:45

• Over at Tux Machines... ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 19:55:00

• Kubuntu Brand Graphic Design Contest Deadline Extended! ☞ https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-brand-graphic-design-contest-deadline-extended/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:02:45

• Linux Firmware Update Utility Fwupd Will Use Zstd Compression for Future Releases ☞ https://9to5linux.com/linux-firmware-update-utility-fwupd-will-use-zstd-compression-for-future-releases    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:06:05

• Linux Kernel 6.7 Reaches End of Life, Users Urged to Upgrade to GNU/Linux Kernel 6.8 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-7-reaches-end-of-life-users-urged-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-8    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:06:17

• And here is LWN already showing its biases (same day); Red Hat pays for it ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/968297/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:07:55

• FSF Blogs: There are plenty of ways to socialize at LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/there-are-plenty-of-ways-to-socialize-at-libreplanet-2024-cultivating-community    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:08:10

• Four stable kernel updates ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/968250/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:10:35

• The Red Bait Layoffs Rumour Likely Right, as I.C.B.M. Prepares to Lay Off in Second Week of April, Triangle (North Carolina) Also Targeted (updated) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/The_Red_Hat_Layoffs_Rumour_Likely_Right_as_IBM_Prepares_to_Lay_.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:12:31

• Richard Stallman Explained How Proprietary Software Hides Rather Than Prevents Back Doors (updated) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Richard_Stallman_Explained_How_Proprietary_Software_Hides_Rathe.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:12:37

• Richard Stallman is Giving Talks in Italy Next Week ("Software Libre and Freedom in the Digital Society") (updated) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Richard_Stallman_is_Giving_Talks_in_Italy_Next_Week_Software_Li.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:12:44

• FSFE behavior standards ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/04/FSFE_behavior_standards.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:12:53

• FSFE Legal Network LLW Conflict of Interest Scandal: Polina Malaja, Open Invention Network ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/04/FSFE_Legal_Network_LLW_Conflict_of_Interest_Scandal_Polina_Mala.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:13:01

• Unwarranted Media Hysteria Over (Allegedly) China Almost Sneaking Compromised xz Into Stable, Production Operating Systems (It Failed) While the US Government Blames Abusive Monopolist Microsoft for Allowing China to Break Into Vital Government Systems Via backdoored Windows ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:13:09

• [Meme] War Criminals Endorse a "Code of Conduct" ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Meme_War_Criminals_Endorse_a_Code_of_Conduct.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:13:18

• FSFE, CCC, Erik Albers & secret punishments ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/FSFE_CCC_Erik_Albers_secret_punishments.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:13:25

• The US Taxpayers Bail Out defective chip maker Intel (Like They Do Microsoft), Already Deep in Debt and Risking a Bankruptcy ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/The_US_Taxpayers_Bail_Out_Intel_Like_They_Do_Microsoft_Already_.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:13:41

• Beware the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Spin in Microsoft- and Famous Criminal Bill Gates-Funded 'Media' (the Real News is More Layoffs at Microsoft, Revealed This Month and Definitely Not a Prank) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Beware_the_Microsoft_Spin_in_Microsoft_and_Bill_Gates_Funded_Me.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:13:47

• Christian Hergert: Custom Artifacts Directories ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2024/04/03/custom-artifacts-directories/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:25:14

• NASA Picks 3 Companies to Help Astronauts Drive Around the Moon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/science/moon-nasa-lunar-terrain-vehicle.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:29:30

• NASA Investigates Mystery 'Space Object' That Fell Into Florida Man's Home ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-investigates-mystery-space-object-that-fell-into-florida-mans-home    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:29:42

• Damaged DNA Could Warn of Parkinson's Long Before Symptoms ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/damaged-dna-could-warn-of-parkinsons-long-before-symptoms    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:30:11

• Largest Ever Bird Genome Study Unveils New 'Tree of Life', But One Species Is a Mystery ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/largest-ever-bird-genome-study-unveils-new-tree-of-life-but-one-species-is-a-mystery    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:30:19

• Scientists Discover 'Unusual' Third Path to Multicellular Lifeforms ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-unusual-third-path-to-multicellular-lifeforms    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:30:34

• Study Reveals Dusty Chaos May Be Key to Formation of Life-Building Space Molecules ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-dusty-chaos-may-be-key-to-formation-of-life-building-space-molecules    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:31:48

• Are Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic For You? Consider These Risks (And Benefits). ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/are-weight-loss-drugs-like-ozempic-for-you-consider-these-risks-and-benefits    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:31:56

• One Animal Spreads More Viruses Than Any Other And It's Not What You'd Think ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-animal-spreads-more-viruses-than-any-other-and-its-not-what-youd-think    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:32:10

• NASA Is Creating a 'Moon Standard Time' ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-is-creating-a-moon-standard-time    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:32:27

• Patient With Transplanted Pig Kidney Leaves Hospital for Home ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/health/pig-kidney-transplant-slayman.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:33:22

• Founder’s Campfire: Shobha Dasari on empowering chronic disease patients with Flair Health ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2024/04/02/founders-campfire-shobha-dasari-on-empowering-chronic-disease-patients-with-flair-health/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:33:39

• VA research into this disease will benefit the entire health system ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2024/04/va-research-into-this-disease-will-benefit-the-entire-health-system/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:34:32

• Thinking You Look Younger Has A Curious Link to How You Age ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/thinking-you-look-younger-has-a-curious-link-to-how-you-age    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:35:09

• Free textbooks for North Korean students who can pay for them in scrap paper ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/paper-04032024115643.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:36:05

• Korean EV supplier breaks ground on new plant in northern Mexico ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/korean-ev-supplier-breaks-ground-on-new-plant-in-northern-mexico/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:36:22

• They should delete Windows; so should their family members ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/americas/canada-china-2021-election.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:37:16

• U.S. and China Continue to Talk, but Economic Divide Remains Wide ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/us/politics/us-china-economic-divide.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:37:34

• Chinese chipmaker gains traction replacing American processors - Longsoon ships 10,000 chips into schools ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/loongson-ships-10000-cpus-in-pilot-test-with-50-schools-in-china    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:38:11

• 9 Dead in 7.3-Magnitude Quake in China's Taiwan ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/9-Dead-in-7.3-Magnitude-Quake-in-Chinas-Taiwan-20240403-0007.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:38:53

• ASEAN is now more pro-China than US: survey ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/southchinasea/asean-china-04032024035323.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:39:21

• China calls on Mexico to 'speed up' probe into drowning deaths ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/probe-04032024102336.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:39:42

• US committed to Australia nuclear subs deal, diplomat says ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/aukus-kurt-campbell-04032024132355.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:40:04

• Arab politicians praise China’s policies in Xinjiang ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-arab-politicians-04032024181101.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:40:20

• Phone call sees Joe Biden and Pooh-tin Jinping clash but seek to manage tensions ahead of US officials’ visit to China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/03/phone-call-sees-joe-biden-and-xi-jinping-clash-but-seek-to-manage-tensions-ahead-of-us-officials-visit-to-china/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:40:37

• In the Pacific Islands, US delay is an invitation for China to step in ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/in-the-pacific-islands-us-delay-is-an-invitation-for-china-to-step-in/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:41:30

• Mysterious light show over California was Chinese space junk falling to earth ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/04/03/us-news/mysterious-light-show-over-california-was-chinese-space-junk-falling-to-earth/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:41:47

• Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/03/republicans-keep-taking-credit-for-local-broadband-projects-funded-by-federal-bills-they-voted-against/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:42:15

• PCB ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/pcb-design-review-tinysparrow-a-module-for-can-hacking-needs/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:45:09

• Making The Halo 2 Battle Rifle Real ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/making-the-halo-2-battle-rifle-real/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:45:44

• A NanoVNA As A Dip Meter ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/a-nanovna-as-a-dip-meter/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:53:23

• Stephen Gallagher: One Week With KDE Plasma Workspaces 6 on Fedora 40 Beta (Vol. 1) ☞ https://sgallagh.wordpress.com/2024/04/03/one-week-with-kde-plasma-workspaces-6-on-fedora-40-beta-vol-1/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:54:26

• Programming Apprenticeships ☞ https://two-wrongs.com/programming-apprenticeships    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:57:13

• "iwm(4) on DragonFly has been updated, mostly with patches from the FreeBSD version of the network driver." ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2024/04/03/iwm4-updates/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 20:57:45

• Surveillance instead? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/03.04.2024-cash-may-no-longer-be-king-in-latvia.a549008/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:05:24

• Ubuntu Blog: OpenStack with Sunbeam as an on-prem extension of the OpenStack public cloud ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/openstack-with-sunbeam-as-an-on-prem-extension-of-the-openstack-public-cloud    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:07:28

• Melbourne’s apartment cityscape ☞ https://rubenerd.com/melbournes-apartment-cityscape/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:07:48

• UPC is illegal and unconstitutional to restore legitimacy of the EU it needs to be abolished ASAP. This is a case of EPO corruption spreading. ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/04/03/upc-saisie-contrefacon-part-iv-the-appeal-against-the-saisie-order/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:09:09

• Wednesday's papers: Shooting aftermath, clean steel decision and winter's return ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20081842    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:30:42

• Flags fly at half-mast as Finland mourns shooting ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20081870    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:30:53

• Police: Bullying motive in school shooting ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20081924    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:31:35

• "This could slowly kill our village": Rural depopulation hits services in one Finnish lakeland community ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20081895    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:32:09

• PitchBook: US venture capital deal activity hits five-year low in Q1 2024 ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/03/pitchbook-us-venture-capital-deal-activity-hits-five-year-low-q1-2024/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:32:45

• Turkey’s inflation surges to 68.5% in March ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/turkeys-inflation-surges-to-68-5-in-march-293833    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:34:17

• Inflation Cools in Eurozone, Nearing Central Bank’s Target ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/business/eurozone-inflation-germany.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:34:29

• How publishers will need to change subscription policies due to Digital Markets Bill ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/how-publishers-will-need-to-change-subscription-policies-due-to-digital-markets-bill/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:35:27

• UN? FBI? World Bank? Deepfake police chief used for compensation scam video ☞ https://www.netcraft.com/blog/fbi-worldbank-deepfake-scam-analysis/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:37:53

• Make A GPS Antenna Compatible With Same Manufacturer’s Receiver ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/make-a-gps-antenna-compatible-with-same-manufacturers-receiver/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:42:20

• "That’s why it’s nice to see this exploit of the Canon imageCLASS MF74XCdw series (MF742Cdw/MF743Cdw) by [blasty], triggerable over a network connection, with a story for our amusement." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/a-fun-exploit-for-canon-printers-brings-gdb-gifts/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:42:52

• Plasma 6 third review - laptop with Nvidia graphics ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-6-review-third.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:43:43

• Windows Update shenanigans, 2024 version ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-update-annoyances-2024.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:46:38

• How to enable/disable services for programs under WINE ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wine-services.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:47:18

• How to boot from USB drive in VirtualBox - Tutorial ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/virtualbox-raw-disk.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:47:46

• Dow Chemical’s 1945 ‘Perfectly Plain’ Test for Obviousness ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/04/chemicals-perfectly-obviousness.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:51:09

• In re Xencor: USPTO’s Inaction Following Federal Circuit Remand ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/04/inaction-following-federal.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:51:16

• Rader is corrupt, he got caught, and he's still lobbying with help from patent extremists ☞ https://patentlyo.com/hricik/2024/04/rader-statutory-text.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:51:24

• Collabora's WhisperFusion nominated for Embedded Award 2024 ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/collabora-whisperfusion-nominated-for-embedded-award-2024.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:52:01

• Mozilla is so corrupt that it now uploads its official documents though Microsoft proprietary spyware, mozilla . github . io    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:53:37

• "Where else do we need it? Not everything is on the web." ☞ https://blog.zgp.org/gpc-all-the-things/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:54:47

• The Great Achievements of Humanity gemini://thurk.org/blog/614.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:56:50

• "real web 1.0 hosting! on http!" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1786    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:57:59

• "Well, time flies and the Devterm is now about two months in my posession... and i really grew fond of it." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/devtermIII.txt    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:58:53

• Thinking about abandoning the smartphone gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/opting_out.txt    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 21:59:29

• I've returned gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1787    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:00:23

• Some thoughts and, yet even more thoughts gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1788    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:00:56

• April 4, 2024 - Thursday of Easter Week(W) gemini://leetaur.com/tlm-propers/entries/2024-04-04.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:01:27

• I Bought a New Old Laptop gemini://michaelnordmeyer.com/gemlog/2024-04-04-i-bought-a-new-old-laptop.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:02:00

• 4th April 2024 - Berlin Day 1 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20240404.txt    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:02:33

• Juggle + a couple mentions gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1712245063    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:03:30

• "the expansion of surveillance and spread of disinformation put digital rights under constant pressure in 2023." ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/2023-digital-rights-update-eastern-partnership-cso-meter/ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-3-april-2024/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:10:16

• Mandatory fingerprints on IDs will be up for re-negotiation ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/mandatory-fingerprints-on-ids-will-be-up-for-re-negotiation/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:11:00

• Fears Grow That Syria Strike Could Spur Retaliatory Attacks on Israel and U.S. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/syria-strikes-iran-israel-us.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:11:45

• Largest quake in 25 years strikes Taiwan, killing 9, injuring 900 ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/taiwan-quake-04022024212638.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:12:03

• Georgia residents could gain new power to strike fellow voters from the rolls ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2024/0403/georgia-republicans-voter-registration-bill    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:12:16

• New EU health data law endangers medical secrecy ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/new-eu-health-data-law-endangers-medical-secrecy/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:12:34

• Israel PM Netanyahu announces death of 7 aid workers in Gaza from ‘unintended strike’ ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/04/israel-pm-netanyahu-announces-death-of-7-aid-workers-in-gaza-from-an-unintended-strike/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:13:05

• 🔴Live: UK govt under pressure to suspend arms export licenses to Israel ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240403-%F0%9F%94%B4live-biden-outraged-over-israel-s-deadly-airstrike-on-aid-workers-in-gaza    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:13:18

• The Israeli raid on Damascus, an ‘unprecedented’ escalation of tensions ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240403-the-israeli-raid-on-damascus-an-unprecedented-escalation-of-tensions    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:13:32

• Biden slammed by Democrats and Republicans over response to Israeli airstrike that killed 7 aid workers in Gaza ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/04/03/us-news/biden-slammed-by-democrats-republicans-over-response-to-israeli-airstrike-that-killed-aid-workers-in-gaza/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:14:16

• Chef José Andrés alleges Israel targeted aid workers ‘car by car’ in deadly airstrike, Israel calls it ‘grave mistake’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/04/03/world-news/world-central-kitchen-founder-jose-andres-alleges-israel-targeted-aid-workers-car-by-car-in-deadly-airstrike-israel-admits-it-made-grave-mistake/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:14:47

• Protect rights online and off: Uganda’s court upholds criminalization of LGBTQ+ advocacy ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/uganda-court-lgbtq/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:15:41

• Europol and biometric surveillance “won” the Czech Big Brother Awards ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/europol-and-biometric-surveillance-won-the-czech-big-brother-awards/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:16:35

• Win against Facebook. Giant not allowed to censor content at will ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/win-against-facebook-giant-not-allowed-to-censor-content-at-will/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:17:01

• Framework 13 | Best Laptop Yet ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2024/04/03/framework-13-best-laptop-yet/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:20:10

• "After several years of litigation across the federal appellate courts" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/03/supreme-court-does-not-go-far-enough-in-determining-when-government-officials-are-barred-from-censoring-critics-on-social-media/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:21:53

• Some things you can learn from SSH traffic, (Wed, Apr 3rd) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30808    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:24:10

• Commission opens two in-depth investigations under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation in the solar photovoltaic sector ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_24_1803    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:24:55

• Ubuntu Blog: Creating Snaps on Ubuntu Touch ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/creating-snaps-on-ubuntu-touch    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:27:07

• List of Open Source suicides and accidents: volunteers and developers down ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/List_of_Open_Source_suicides_and_accidents_volunteers_and_devel.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:27:58

• Kansas Police Facing Lawsuit After Conducting 'Illegal' Raid Against Small-Town Paper ☞ https://reason.com/2024/04/03/kansas-police-facing-lawsuit-after-conducting-illegal-raid-against-small-town-paper/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:44:44

• Somalia: 31 Mln USD Deal to Boost Food Security ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Somalia-31-Mln-USD-Deal-to-Boost-Food-Security-20240403-0016.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:47:02

• Criminal Case Against Kyrgyz News Agency Suspended ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-24-kg-criminal-case-dropped-otorbaeva/32889897.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:47:20

• Reports of SANDF troops captured in the DRC dismissed as fake news ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/reports-of-sandf-troops-captured-in-the-drc-dismissed-as-fake-news/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:47:58

• Central and Eastern Europe needs to rethink its approach to energy security ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/central-and-eastern-europe-needs-to-rethink-its-approach-to-energy-security/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:48:40

• Report finds more than a fifth of S&P 500 firms hit by data breaches in 2023 ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/03/report-finds-fifth-sp-500-firms-hit-data-breaches-2023/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:49:45

• Windows TCO ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/missouri-county-hit-by-ransomware/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:50:36

• Critical Vulnerability Found in LayerSlider Plugin Installed on a Million WordPress Sites ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-found-in-layerslider-plugin-installed-on-a-million-wordpress-sites/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:51:32

• XZ Utils Backdoor Attack Brings Another Similar Incident to Light ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/xz-utils-backdoor-attack-brings-another-similar-incident-to-light/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:51:47

• "Due to a needed upgrade , we'll have to move the existing CentOS mailman instance (aka https://lists.centos.org) to a new server/host." ☞ https://blog.centos.org/2024/04/centos-mailing-lists-migration-to-mailman3/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 22:52:50

• Journal of Free Speech Law: "Weaponized from the Beginning," by Prof. John Fabian Witt ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/03/journal-of-free-speech-law-weaponized-from-the-beginning-by-prof-john-fabian-witt/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:04:07

• Defending Pornography in the Age of Safe Spaces: A Q&A With Nadine Strossen ☞ https://reason.com/2024/04/03/defending-pornography-in-the-age-of-safe-spaces-nadine-strossen/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:04:22

• Journal of Free Speech Law: My "When Are Lies Constitutionally Protected?" ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/03/journal-of-free-speech-law-my-when-are-lies-constitutionally-protected/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:04:35

• "Training materials for Scottish police say that actors performing a play could run afoul of the nation's new hate speech law, which bans communication that could stir up hatred of protected groups." ☞ https://reason.com/2024/04/03/brickbat-dont-forget-your-lines/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:05:01

• Senegal's newly elected president announces audit of oil, gas and mining sectors ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20240403-senegal-s-newly-elected-president-announces-audit-of-oil-gas-and-mining-sectors    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:05:21

• M5Stack BugC2 programmable robot base has an STM32 control chip and a four-way motor driver ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/04/03/m5stack-bugc2-programmable-robot-base-has-an-stm32-control-chip-and-a-four-way-motor-driver/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:05:50

• ESP-Prog-Adapter Makes Your ESP32 Tinkering Seamless ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/esp-prog-adapter-makes-your-esp32-tinkering-seamless/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:06:04

• How Should Reporters Cover Donald Trump? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-should-reporters-cover-donald-trump    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:07:57

• Censorship ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/03/techdirt-podcast-episode-385-how-important-will-the-murthy-case-be/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:08:35

• [Podcast] Digital sovereignty and standards ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/04/04/podcast-digital-sovereignty-and-standards/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:09:05

• FLOSS Weekly Episode 777: Asterisk ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/floss-weekly-episode-777-asterisk-wait-faxes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:10:20

• Destination Linux 364: DL Crew goes to SCaLE 21x, Largest Community GNU/Linux Expo in North America ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-364/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:11:23

• QV version 240403 pre-alpha ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202404/qv-version-240403-pre-alpha.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:14:03

• U.S. Charges 8 in Beer Heists That Targeted Trains and Warehouses ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/nyregion/jose-cesari-beer-scheme.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:15:26

• CVE and NVD – A Weak and Fractured Source of Vulnerability Truth ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cve-and-nvd-a-weak-and-fractured-source-of-vulnerability-truth/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:16:29

• Number of Chinese Devices in US Networks Growing Despite Bans ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/number-of-chinese-devices-in-us-networks-growing-despite-bans/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:30:54

• Zero trust for weapons systems will be a ‘heavy lift’ for DoD ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2024/04/zero-trust-for-weapons-systems-will-be-a-heavy-lift-for-dod/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:31:27

• Windows Onto History: The Defenestrations of Prague (1419–1997) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/windows-onto-history    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:32:03

• [Door creaks open. Footsteps]: Fredric Jameson’s Seminar on Aesthetic Theory ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/mimesis-expression-construction    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:32:18

• DeGirum ORCA M.2 and USB Edge Hey Hi (AI) accelerators support Tensorflow Lite and ONNX model formats ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/04/04/degirum-orca-m-2-and-usb-edge-ai-accelerators-support-tensorflow-lite-and-onnx-model-formats/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:33:22

• IDF Says UN Observers in Lebanon Were Wounded by Hezbollah Explosive ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/middleeast/un-lebanon-hezbollah.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:33:44

• EU’s Hey Hi (AI) Act fails to set gold standard for human rights ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/eu-ai-act-fails-to-set-gold-standard-for-human-rights/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:34:23

• Class-Action Lawsuit against Google’s Incognito Mode ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/04/class-action-lawsuit-against-googles-incognito-mode.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:40:25

• The 3 Body Problem's Chilling Social Media Parallel ☞ https://reason.com/2024/04/03/the-3-body-problems-chilling-social-media-parallel/ "From struggle sessions to cancel culture, the story depicts the terrors of surveillance authoritarianism."    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:41:10

• Event Wrap: ICANN 79 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/04/03/event-wrap-icann-79/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:41:37

• The Evolution of the Kubernetes Gateway API ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/the-evolution-of-the-kubernetes-gateway-api/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:42:08

• IBM layoffs https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/tech-layoffs-in-2024-touch-50000-ibm-dell-ericsson-and-vodafone-and-others-cut-100s-of-jobs-in-march/articleshow/108938140.cms https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/tech-layoffs-surge-in-2024-amazon-ibm-dell-and-others-slash-thousands-of-jobs-article-109030833    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:45:37

• Intel Layoffs: Staff in sales and marketing division affected https://stlawyers.ca/blog-news/intel-layoffs-sales-marketing-staff-2024/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:45:56

• The Taiwan Earthquake’s Aftermath in Photos ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/asia/the-taiwan-earthquakes-aftermath-in-photos.html    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:49:12

• Lack of liberal studies has ‘no impact’ on global recognition of Hong Kong university entry exam, authorities say ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/03/lack-of-liberal-studies-has-no-impact-on-global-recognition-of-hong-kong-university-entry-exam-authorities-say/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:50:06

• Distracting from mass layoffs at Apple? ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/03/quit-car-development-apple-now-reportedly-working-personal-robotics/ see http://techrights.org/n/2024/02/29/There_Will_Be_Lots_More_Apple_Layoffs_Already_Years_in_the_Maki.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:51:29

• CSRB castigates Microsoft, urges federal cloud security updates ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2024/04/csrb-castigates-microsoft-urges-federal-cloud-security-updates/ Microsoft is trying to distract from it http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/03/31/Microsoft-Exchange-chaos-the-real-news.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:53:21

• CSRB castigates Microsoft, urges federal cloud security updates ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2024/04/csrb-castigates-microsoft-urges-federal-cloud-security-updates/ Microsoft is trying to distract from it http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Unwarranted_Media_Hysteria_Over_Allegedly_China_Almost_Sneaking.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:54:18

• also http://techrights.org/n/2024/03/31/Microsoft-Exchange-chaos-the-real-news.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:54:23

• Scathing Federal Report Rips Abusive Monopolist Microsoft for Shoddy Security, Insincerity in Response to Chinese Hack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/scathing-federal-report-rips-microsoft-for-shoddy-security-insincerity-in-response-to-chinese-hack/    

posted Thursday, April 04, 2024 at 23:54:35

• Cyber review board blames cascading Abusive Monopolist Microsoft failures for Chinese hack ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-csrb-china-hacking/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:23:49

• 2023 Microsoft trap Azure breach: US rips Abusive Monopolist Microsoft over 'cascade of security failures' ☞ https://itwire.com/security/2023-azure-breach-us-rips-microsoft-over-cascade-of-security-failures.html    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:24:34

• Does Zuckerberg too pay MTR now for this propaganda? ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/03/1090601/threads-taiwanese-users-talk-politics/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:34:49

• "Pussy In Bio" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/03/elon-lost-the-spam-wars-to-pussy-in-bio-spam/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:35:34

• So much on the WWWeb that isn't chatbot generated spew or SPAM or SEO is SPONSORED (read: bribed-for) BS, or "marketing", disguised as articles... even "reviews" for Linux are now FAKE: https://techrights.org/n/2024/04/04/t_2__2_The_Corrupting_Influence_of_Money_in_the_Media_ZDNet_Com.shtml    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:37:19

• MTR or technologyreview does a TON of paid propaganda for Bill Gates and Microsoft. Why does MIT have a fetish for criminals?    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:38:35

• Newly updated Free software as per the FSF's directory https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/A2ps https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Flash_Drive_Data_Recovery https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Parallel    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:39:17

• FCC Set To Reinstate Title II Authority, Ensuring a Free and Open Internet ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/fcc-set-to-reinstate-title-ii-authority-ensuring-a-free-and-open-internet/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:39:54

• Less gemini://thelambdalab.xyz/phlog/2024-04-04-Less.txt    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:40:55

• "Shellshock or "bashdoor" is about ten years old now (September, 2014), and folks on a mailing list were confusing it with heartbleed (of similar vintage and severity but for OpenSSL), so now might be a good time for a trip down the old memory lane… rowhammer time! Can't touch this" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/04/04/shellshock.gmi    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:41:44

• Switching From iPhone to Android Is Easy. It’s the Aftermath That Stings. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/technology/personaltech/iphone-android-ios-apple.html http://techrights.org/n/2023/10/19/Google_Becoming_More_Like_Apple_User_Hostile_Lock_Down_Users_So.shtml    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:44:24

• NYT posting Fentanylware (TikTok) trash like it is "news" ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/style/carefluencer-social-media.html    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:45:17

• ‘Know-it-all’ TikToker fined for saying Ho Chi Minh City is full of criminals ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/tiktok-04032024142404.html fined by... criminals?    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:46:25

• $101+ CWWK X86-P1 fanless SBC and mini PC is powered by defective chip maker Intel N3050, N3160, or N3700 Braswell SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/04/03/cwwk-x86-p1-cheap-fanless-sbc-mini-pc-intel-n3050-n3160-or-n3700-braswell-soc/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:48:04

• Google Patches Exploited Pixel Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-patches-exploited-pixel-vulnerabilities/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:48:47

• AWS reportedly lets go hundreds of workers across multiple teams ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/03/aws-reportedly-lets-go-hundreds-workers-across-multiple-teams/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:49:56

• Top musicians ask for protection against AI, calling it ‘an assault on human creativity’ ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/02/top-musicians-ask-protection-ai-calling-assault-human-creativity/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:50:12

• Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Addressed in Ubuntu 18.04 https://tuxcare.com/blog/linux-kernel-vulnerabilities-addressed-in-ubuntu-18-04/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:51:17

• "Announced in a blog post, Mint's Clement Lefebvre mentioned various improvements coming like better localization support which will also use less disk space." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/linux-mint-22-moves-to-pipewire-will-ship-newer-kernels-after-release/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:51:43

• "Diabetes WA has disclosed a data breach affecting people who engaged with its telehealth service." https://www.itnews.com.au/news/diabetes-wa-reveals-data-breach-606727    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:53:41

• Hacked hospitals sending 326K letters to patients in Windsor, elsewhere https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/hacked-hospitals-sending-326k-letters-to-patients-in-windsor-elsewhere    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:54:03

• Cyber Safety Review Board Releases Report on Microsoft Online Exchange Incident from Summer 2023 https://databreaches.net/cyber-safety-review-board-releases-report-on-microsoft-online-exchange-incident-from-summer-2023/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/04/Microsoft_Enabled_China_to_Crack_US_Government_Systems_Now_It_B.shtml    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:55:08

• Windows TCO https://databreaches.net/threat-actors-walked-away-from-a-1-8-million-offer-because-the-victim-talked-to-the-media/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:56:02

• Florida Department of Juvenile Justice computer network hacked https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/04/florida-juvenile-justice-systems-offline-after-hacker-break-in/73207520007/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:56:51

• It is not Linux https://ladailypost.com/catch-of-the-week-backdoor-nearly-hits-linux/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 00:59:48

• "corporate support to regroup in response to the recent license change announced by the Redis company." https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/open_source_redis_alternative/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 01:00:19

• This headline is totally false. Many falsehoods in it. https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-utility-backdoor-leaves-nearly-every-distro-vulnerable/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 01:01:05

• Now comes SNAKEOIL! https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/a-new-xz-backdoor-scanner-will-be-able-to-safeguard-any-linux-binary-from-threats    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 01:01:51

• The Linux Security Journey — SUID (Saved User ID) https://medium.com/@boutnaru/the-linux-security-journey-suid-saved-user-id-f84a60a1c8d7    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 01:02:32

• Outrageous: Microsoft to charge $61 for Windows 10 updates -- consider switching to Linux! https://betanews.com/2024/04/03/microsoft-charge-windows-10-updates-linux/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 01:02:56

• "Renowned Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced today the end of life (EOL) for the Linux 6.7 kernel series, urging users to upgrade to the latest Linux 6.8 kernel as soon as possible." https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-7-reaches-end-of-life-users-urged-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-8    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 01:03:20

• "After the XZ backdoor fiasco, now open-source developers are looking for an alternative compression utility, and the obvious choice these days is Zstandard (also known as zstd for short), which provides a lossless data compression algorithm that proves to be faster than XZ when decompressing." https://9to5linux.com/linux-firmware-update-utility-fwupd-will-use-zstd-compression-for-future-releases    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 01:03:43

• Microsoft MVP sites amplifying "Linux" FUD to distract from China cracking Azure https://petri.com/xz-utils-vulnerability-linux-systems/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 01:04:57

• It is not Linux and the real, big news is about Azure and China https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/cyber-security-today-april-3-2024-new-linux-vulnerability-is-found-and-a-must-read-ransomware-case-study/560348    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 01:06:16

• "Nitrux's in-house desktop environment will finally make its debut." https://news.itsfoss.com/nitrux-maui/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 01:06:39

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D892.jpg    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 02:24:45

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1241.jpg    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 02:24:50

• Mathematically Transforming a Biased 6-Sided Dice Into an Unbiased 20-Sided Dice gemini://vigrey.com/journal/mathematically-transforming-a-biased-6-sided-dice-into-an-unbiased-20-sided-dice.gmi    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 02:25:41

• peak performance gemini://gemini.estradiol.cloud/~rumblestrips/journal/2024/2024-04-04-peak-performance.gmi    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 02:26:50

• Almost all the women in geminispace are not biological women    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 02:27:36

• The count of gemini capsules in gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi is at all-time high    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 02:29:00

• HEY HI layoffs https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/amazon-layoffs-continue/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:13:33

• "Illinois Hit by Mass Layoffs as Four Factories Close"    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:14:19

• iophk: "The big companies are 'hiring away' what they mistake as 'talent' from their competitors regarding AI experts but what they are doing instead is only poisoning their work culture with rotten samples."    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:15:56

• 2023: HEY HI!! 2024: HEY HI LAYOFFS!! 2025: BYE BYE.    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:16:30

• Intel and Biden Admin Announce up to $8.5 Billion in BAILOUTS!! As Intel is over 50 billion dollars in DEBT. https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:INTC/explorer/total_debt/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:18:45

• 11 months ago the US debt was almost 4 trillion dollars less. The total GDP of Russia is said to be around that. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:20:25

• Between May and February, e.g. 9 months, US debt grew about 3 trillion dollars https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:21:13

• They say Russia is 2.24 trillion USD (2022) in total GDP. So the US debt grows by "TWO RUSSIAS" every 6 months. What are these "ECONOMICS"???    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:22:20

• They say that the total GDP of Germany is 4.082 trillion USD (2022). So the US debt is now growing by a Germany each year? Sounds like a scam!    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:23:15

• India: our total GDP for 1.5 billion people is 3.417 trillion USD (2022). USA: bitch please! WE BORROW more than 3.417 trillion USD in one year and the economy is BOOMING! Say "Economists" whom we award some fake 'Nobels'...    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:24:46

• US federal debt reaches 34.7 trillion dollars soon, maybe 35 by May or June. Who's gonna pay all that back and HOW?? https://www.usdebtclock.org/ people focus on paying back their business and household debt first (total over 98 trillion now, about a million bucks per household)    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:28:41

• Even the Swiss https://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/04/credit-suisse-collapse-switzerland-revamping-financial-rulebook-ubs-heightened-scrutiny/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:32:00

• "A New York state appeals court said former ViacomCBS investors may sue Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and other banks that underwrote two stock offerings for the media company, upholding a ruling that banks fear could upend capital markets." https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/goldman-morgan-stanley-must-face-175420082.html    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:32:42

• Why are Indian Banks Resilient in the Face of Global Crises? https://www.asiabusinessoutlook.com/editors-column/why-are-indian-banks-resilient-in-the-face-of-global-crises-nwid-6320.html    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:33:18

• List of failed banks: 2009-2024 https://www.bankrate.com/banking/list-of-failed-banks/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:34:09

• 16 US banks failed under Trump, 5 under Biden. Now what the media has people thinking...    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:35:53

• The xz Issue Isn’t About Open Source https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10642-the-xz-issue-isnt-about-open-source see https://techrights.org/n/2024/04/03/Richard_Stallman_Explained_How_Proprietary_Software_Hides_Rathe.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Richard_Stallman_Was_Right_and_What_Happened_in_XZ_Wasn_t_a_Lin.shtml Proprietary worse    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:38:26

• proxmox Platinum Sponsor of DebConf24 https://bits.debian.org/2024/04/proxmox-platinum-debconf24.html    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 03:40:32

• German state decides to move away from Microsoft to Linux and LibreOffice https://www.neowin.net/news/german-state-decides-to-move-away-from-microsoft-to-linux-and-libreoffice/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 06:26:49

• German state ditches Windows, Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/04/germanys_northernmost_state_ditches_windows/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 06:27:27

• German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice https://www.zdnet.com/article/german-state-ditches-microsoft-for-linux-and-libreoffice/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 06:27:54

• German State Migrating 30,000 Computers to Linux and LibreOffice https://www.webpronews.com/german-state-migrating-30000-computers-to-linux-and-libreoffice/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 06:28:19

• German State Moving Tens of Thousands of PCs To Linux and LibreOffice https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/04/04/1920219/german-state-moving-tens-of-thousands-of-pcs-to-linux-and-libreoffice    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 06:28:50

• German state of Schleswig-Holstein abandons Microsoft, embraces Open-Source with Linux and LibreOffice https://mspoweruser.com/german-state-of-schleswig-holstein-abandons-microsoft-embraces-open-source-with-linux-and-libreoffice/    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 06:29:12

• "The Redis license change hurts no one except AWS and other cloud giants. If they gave back a little, they wouldn’t need watered-down forks." https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714688/the-bizarre-defense-of-trillion-dollar-cabals.html    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:15:52

• Typical Mac Asay    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:17:36

• "The PDF doesn’t have an embedded form, it’s just something they exported from their word processor." ☛ https://rg3.name/202404041641.html | Source: Ricardo García    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:33:34

• Move to OpenBSD · boucek.me ☛ https://boucek.me/blog/move-to-openbsd/ | Source: Marian Bouček    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:35:45

• "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 7.5." ☛ https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=171228266518952&w=2 | Source: Mailing list ARChives    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:35:57

• "The OpenBSD project has released OpenBSD 7.5, the project's 56th release" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240405061622 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:36:04

• "Is the Pi 5 + Penta SATA HAT the ultimate low-power NAS solution? Maybe." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/radxas-sata-hat-makes-compact-pi-5-nas | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:39:01

• "Arnov’s latest build is a 5V to 12V DC Pico-powered motor driver." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/this-wooden-pcs-fan-is-driven-by-raspberry-pi-pico/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:39:21

• "His first step was to make throws repeatable and predictable." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/04/04/this-robot-dominates-dart-games/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:40:57

• "Continue reading to find out more about the PLC Starter Kit." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/04/03/introducing-the-new-arduino-plc-starter-kit-plug-into-the-future-of-industrial-automation/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:41:04

• "Last year we took ownership of the Thunderbird Flatpak" ☛ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/04/thundersnap-why-were-helping-maintain-the-thunderbird-snap-on-linux/ | Source: Thunderbird    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:42:29

• "Just for clarity, does anyone know what "Unix-like operating systems"..." ☛ https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=171227941117852&w=2 | Source: Mailing list ARChives    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:44:43

• "Schleswig-Holstein will be a digital pioneer region" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/04/germanys_northernmost_state_ditches_windows/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:45:32

• "Other open source developers and security experts" ☛ https://www.404media.co/xz-backdoor-bullying-in-open-source-software-is-a-massive-security-vulnerability/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:46:15

• "George Rosamond is presenting on the 20th anniversary of I think the longest-lived BUG, NYCBUG, tonight" ☛ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2024/04/03/nycbug-20-years-tonight/ | Source: DragonFly BSD Digest    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:49:15

• "I was reminded of programming." ☛ https://two-wrongs.com/programming-apprenticeships | Source: Chris    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:49:56

• "There are a good number of support systems that support those weapon systems" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2024/04/zero-trust-for-weapons-systems-will-be-a-heavy-lift-for-dod/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:50:25

• "Thankfully, with the available ML libraries and the OpenAI embedding API" ☛ https://earthly.dev/blog/cosine_similarity_text_embeddings/ | Source: Earthly    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:51:04

• "Here’s the first Kagi follow-up" ☛ https://frankmeeuwsen.com/2024/04/04/i-am-already.html | Source: Frank Meeuwsen    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:52:53

• "Kagi update #2: Well thát escalated quickly…" ☛ https://frankmeeuwsen.com/2024/04/04/kagi-update-well.html | Source: Frank Meeuwsen    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:53:07

• "Kagi is a search engine that I have been spending $10 per month to use." ☛ https://www.404media.co/friendship-ended-with-google-now-kagi-is-my-best-friend/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:53:21

• "I am baffled by what has been happening as I posted in December last year" ☛ https://ericmwalk.blog/2024/04/04/still-sticking-with.html | Source: Eric Walker    

posted Friday, April 05, 2024 at 08:53:44

• "I've had "Site redesign" on my to do list since at least January 2023" ☛ https://roytang.net/2024/04/2024-site-update/ | Source: Roy Tang