Roy Schestowitz

• Post-Post ☞ https://tedium.co/2024/04/22/post-news-shutdown-twitter-alternatives/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:29:40

• "the Bureau of Land Management will force oil and gas companies to set aside more money to guarantee they plug old wells, preventing them from leaking oil, brine and toxic or climate-warming gasses" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/oil-companies-must-set-aside-more-money-to-plug-wells-a-new-rule-says-but-it-wont-be-enough | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:30:12

• GitHub comments abused to push malware via Microsoft repo URLs https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-comments-abused-to-push-malware-via-microsoft-repo-urls/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:31:06

• EU-Israel data transfer adequacy greenlit again: NGOs call for scrutiny over red flags ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/eu-israel-data-transfer/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:31:35

• Fedora Community Blog: Flock 2024 CFP extended to April 29th ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/flock-2024-cfp-extended-to-april-29th/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:32:40

• curl is just the hobby ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/04/22/curl-is-just-the-hobby/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:33:18

• Practical parsing with PEG and cpp-peglib ☞ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/practical-peg-parsing/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:34:09

• syncmail gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/04/23/syncmail.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:35:27

• AMD pushes forward with its Radeon stack open-sourcing plans — after being prodded by Tiny Corp ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-pushes-forward-with-its-radeon-stack-open-sourcing-plans-after-being-prodded-by-tiny-corp    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:38:00

• phoronix as paid mouthpiece of AMD https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-More-OSS-2024    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:38:39

• Raduko Weekly 2024.17 abaacab ~~ Xabddcabaacab ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2024/04/22/2024-17-abaacab-xabddcabaacab/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:39:18

• EPO Kangaroo Courts ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/eba-to-consider-claim-construction-questions-in-heat-not-burn-dispute/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:40:05

• new explanations of why UPC is illegal http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/04/upckat-court-of-appeal-gives-guidance.html?showComment=1713696711180#c5371956452825471142    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:41:00

• "It is thus very nice that the CoA of the UPC has decided on the possibility of changing the language of proceedings, but that this can induce a large amount of costs has never been made clear when the UPCA was ratified."    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:41:31

• Supreme Court Declines to Hear Vanda’s Patent Obviousness Appeal ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/04/supreme-declines-obviousness.html    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:41:58

• Hutterer: udev-hid-bpf: quickstart tooling to fix your HID devices with eBPF ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/970702/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:44:18

• Rumours of cannibalism in Haiti: True or false? ☞ https://observers.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-observers/20240422-rumours-cannibalism-haiti-true-or-false    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:45:00

• Thousands of Palo Alto Firewalls Potentially Impacted by Exploited Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/thousands-of-palo-alto-firewalls-potentially-impacted-by-exploited-vulnerability/    

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

• FIFA Said to Be Close to TV Deal With Fashion Company Apple for New Tournament ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/business/fifa-apple-tv-deal.html    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:45:59

• "store app" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/22/first-approved-emulator-app-appears-in-apples-app-store-under-new-rules/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:46:08

• A tech marketing test ☞ https://rubenerd.com/a-tech-marketing-test/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:47:00

• TTABlog Test: Are Backpacks, Wallets, and Purses Related to Cake Under Section 2(d)? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/04/ttablog-test-are-backpacks-wallets-and.html    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:47:16

• Social media platform X to challenge government order demanding removal of Sydney church stabbing posts ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/04/social-media-platform-x-to-challenge-government-order-demanding-removal-of-sydney-church-stabbing-posts/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:47:51

• List of Debian Suicides & Accidents ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/22/List_of_Debian_Suicides_Accidents.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:48:06

• Techdirt misses the point that Fentanylware (TikTok) isn't free speech but a weapon against it ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/22/lawmakers-who-insisted-the-us-govt-should-never-combat-foreign-influence-online-vote-to-combat-tiktoks-foreign-influence-online/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49:15

• TikTok Faces E.U. Inquiry Over ‘Addictive’ Features ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/technology/tiktok-eu-inquriy-addictive-features.html    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49:33

• The Fentanylware (TikTok) Ban Countdown Begins: Short-Form Giant Denies Emergency Staffing Shakeup and Starts Rallying Its Legal Defenses ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/22/tiktok-denies-emergency-staffing-shakeup-as-us-ban-looms/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49:57

• TikTok reportedly plans to challenge potential US ban in court ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/22/tiktok-reportedly-plans-challenge-potential-us-ban-court/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:50:20

• EU opens probe into ‘toxic’ Fentanylware (TikTok) Lite and addiction concerns ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/22/eu-opens-probe-toxic-tiktok-lite-addiction-concerns/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:50:33

• Commission opens proceedings against Fentanylware (TikTok) under the DSA regarding the launch of Fentanylware (TikTok) Lite in France and Spain, and communicates its intention to suspend the reward programme in the EU ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_24_2227    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:50:58

• Late Night GNU/Linux – Episode 278 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-278/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:51:59

• Mental Health Care Providers in Rural Areas ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-mental-health-chico-tester-mcdonough | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:52:35

• "Actually, this time is different" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/22/ctrl-alt-speech-the-difficulty-of-being-a-teen-online/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:53:08

• Jonathan Haidt on “The Anxious Generation” ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/jonathan-haidt-on-the-anxious-generation    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:53:29

• 367: Augmented Reality finally coming? Meta seems to think so ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-367/    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:54:05

• AI + LEGO = A Brickton Of Ideas ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/22/ai-lego-a-brickton-of-ideas/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:54:36

• "Most reverse engineering projects we see around here have some sort of practical endpoint in mind." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/22/ancient-cable-modem-reveals-its-rf-secrets/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:55:09

• "NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates To Earth" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/22/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:55:17

• Louder Raspberry Pi is an open-source home media center that is powered by Raspberry Pi Zero and a TI TAS5805M DAC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/04/22/louder-raspberry-pi-open-source-home-media-center-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-ti-tas5805m-dac/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:04:20

• Grotesque openwashing by Microsoft-funded 'news' site ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/22/fabric-platform-highlights-sas-microsoft-collaboration-sasinnovate/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:05:39

• "Remembering five things I was thankful for from this past week. The hardest part was picking just five. We had a beautiful day today. We even saw a few butterflies, in spite of snow still in the yard. Silas remarked to me that "butterflies look so cute when they're twinkling around." They do twinkle around! I loved that." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/emily/20240419.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:18:57

• A Stateless Workstation gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/workstation-going-stateless.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:19:37

• Flaming Fowl announces new game, development pause, and staff layoffs https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/flaming-fowl-new-game-staff-layoffs-2639466/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:23:59

• Windows TCO https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/2024/2024-04-22-uhg-updates-on-change-healthcare-cyberattack.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:25:50

• ALPHV = WINDOWS https://www.wsj.com/articles/change-healthcare-hackers-broke-in-nine-days-before-ransomware-attack-7119fdc6    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:26:29

• "A new version of Audacity, a popular open-source audio workstation, is available to download." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/audacity-3-5-released-with-cloud-saves-beat-detection-more    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:28:09

• "It adds support for the Asus DC201 dual 4K USB-C dock and Realtek Gen1 RTS541x HUB controllers." https://9to5linux.com/linux-firmware-updater-fwupd-1-9-17-adds-support-for-more-asus-and-realtek-devices    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:29:30

• "This is an alternative to the now defunct NVIDIA Gamestream, and you can use it as an alternative to things like Steam Link / Remote Play. The idea is that you set up Sunshine on your gaming PC, then use Moonlight to get the stream on your other devices. So you can play whatever you want across your many systems like Steam Deck, mobile and so on." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/sunshine-game-streaming-update-has-frame-timing-improvements-for-linux/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:29:48

• "Audacity, the renowned open-source audio editing software, has just been updated to version 3.5, and it's packed with features that are bound to excite both amateur and professional audio manipulators alike." https://betanews.com/2024/04/22/open-source-audacity-3-5/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:30:19

• ""The 'Parking Garage Rally Circuit' tour comes into a city, selects a parking garage, and temporarily turns it into an exciting rally course for a week-long competition. Each track in the game is styled as a unique parking garage that has been turned into a race course. Players will use a map of North America + UK to chart their course from track to track across the globe."" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/parking-garage-rally-circuit-coming-by-dev-of-jellycar-with-linux-steam-deck-support/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:33:44

• "This is an alternative to the now defunct NVIDIA Gamestream, and you can use it as an alternative to things like Steam Link / Remote Play. The idea is that you set up Sunshine on your gaming PC, then use Moonlight to get the stream on your other devices." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/sunshine-game-streaming-update-has-frame-timing-improvements-for-linux/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:34:06

• ""The 'Parking Garage Rally Circuit' tour comes into a city, selects a parking garage, and temporarily turns it into an exciting rally course for a week-long competition. Each track in the game is styled as a unique parking garage that has been turned into a race course." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/parking-garage-rally-circuit-coming-by-dev-of-jellycar-with-linux-steam-deck-support/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:34:13

• "There are more spins and editions than ever, with the GNOME-based Workstation edition plus half a dozen different desktop spins, as well as Server, IoT, Cloud and CoreOS editions, and more." https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/22/fedora_40_at_rc_stage/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:34:42

• "The server-centric, open-source Linux distribution's latest beta is available with plenty of updates, and it could be your new favorite desktop operating system. Here's why." https://www.zdnet.com/article/almalinux-9-4-beta-is-out-4-reasons-to-consider-it-for-your-desktop/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:35:03

• "A hobbyist has transformed a popular gaming handheld into a compact Linux terminal. Built around an Anbernic RG353V, the AnberDeck also adds a Blackberry BB9900 keyboard with a USB Type-C port, among other hardware changes." https://www.notebookcheck.net/AnberDeck-Popular-Anbernic-retro-gaming-handheld-transformed-into-Linux-terminal-with-DIY-project.829921.0.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:35:24

• "According to HTF Market Intelligence, the Linux Software Market is Anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 15.3% during the forecast period." https://www.whatech.com/og/markets-research/it/812330-linux-software-market-at-15-3-growth-value-trap-or-opportunity    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:35:44

• "On top of that, KDE Plasma 6 users got a new point release with more bug fixes, VirtualBox got a new release with support for Linux 6.8 and 6.9 kernels, and Clonezilla Live has a new release pathed against the recent XZ backdoor. Below you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for April 21st, 2024." https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-21st-2024    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:35:58

• "On top of that, KDE Plasma 6 users got a new point release with more bug fixes, VirtualBox got a new release with support for Linux 6.8 and 6.9 kernels, and Clonezilla Live has a new release pathed." [sic] https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-21st-2024    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:36:23

• Only 3 views each after 3 days. Torvalds the father does not have broad outreach like the son. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=CdtF0Nocbf0 https://yewtu.be/watch?v=i1N0hmmPEaM    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 00:38:52

• Greenwashing stunt from a president who sabotaged the environment many times while in public office https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/22/biden-unlocks-7-billion-solar-investment-on-earth-day/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:10:07

• The % of the "media" online that's mindless PR is rising, not so much because of fake (PR) 'news' sites but real sites going offline or no longer publishing.    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:11:11

• Critical thinking in "the media" isn't allowed anymore. Sceptics are 'insulting' the PR teams.    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:11:37

• Tesla's debt is rising https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:TSLA/explorer/total_debt    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:12:23

• US total debt has just passed 99.8 trillion dollars https://www.usdebtclock.org/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:12:53

• When debt is the "new currency" it may mean that "rich people" are just people whose bank account adds up the numbers that are borrowings    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:13:45

• A deficit economy cannot boast about success. It's all about liabilities, not assets.    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:14:15

• So one person works 3 jobs to get by (and die young, of course) while some other human vampires suck the "Capital" of their actual labour    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:15:06

• Elon Musk isn't from the US, but he's sucking the blood (or capital, through debt) of over 330 million Americans. This is only "success" in the sense of "successful white-collar crime".    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:15:55

• And unlike Bill Gates, instead of just buying (bribing) all the major media he's trying to buy what used to be a gateway to the media and filter (censorship)    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:16:46

• "Your loss is his gain. Dxc are a sh-t company, anyone would see moving to IBM as an upgrade! The fact you can’t realise that tells me all I need to know." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1sboTxZt    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:18:20

• "Holy cow, what a bunch of whine babys. Everyone knows Cameron Art has been the primary face of mandated RTO. Do a little research." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1saaoQTU    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:19:06

• IBM wants to buy MICROSOFTERS https://www.investors.com/news/technology/ibm-hcp-hashicorp-acquisition-report/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:19:53

• "As China focused on replacing hardware, IBM’s China revenues have steadily declined. It downsized its China research operations in Beijing in 2021, more than two decades after it opened." https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-technology-software-delete-america-2b8ea89f    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:21:04

• "About 15 years we worked together for different employers. We were not real friends but it was a long time seeing you every day before covid and chatted nearly daily after 2019. We talked about work stuff most of the time. But also about gaming, private stuff here and there. I nettled your wife with making you a big fallout fan. But we never met each other after work." gemini://seydaneen.nahtgards.de/leuchtturm/dwemerartefakte/blog/2024-04-23.gemini    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:23:56

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1260.jpg    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:24:20

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D911.jpg    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:24:25

• A Stateless Workstation gopher://dataswamp.org:70/1/~solene/article-workstation-going-stateless    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:24:49

• "On the technical front of things i am currently experimenting with CLISP as login shell on the DevTerm" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/230424.txt    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:25:54

• SJVN late. A month late: https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/canonical-unveils-12-years-support-ubuntu-lts    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:29:03

• "Flash forward to 2024, and this "who/cares" action comes to the attention of another man who identifies as "Trans". An employee of Red Hat named Lyude Paul. To give you an idea of the motivations of the actions which follow: Lyude Paul has a publicly stated goal of "bullying" anyone who does not adequately show respect to "Trans" issues, as shown in his social media posts." https://conservativenerds.locals.com/post/5503395/red-hat-vs-hyprland-silencing-political-undesirables    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:30:38

• "Flash forward to 2024, and this "who/cares" action comes to the attention of another man who identifies as "Trans". An employee of Red Hat named Lyude Paul. To give you an idea of the motivations of the actions which follow: Lyude Paul has a publicly stated goal of "bullying" anyone who does not adequately show respect to "Trans" issues" https://conservativenerds.locals.com/post/5503395/red-hat-vs-hyprland-silencing-political-undesirables    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:30:52

• "this "who/cares" action comes to the attention of another man who identifies as "Trans". An employee of Red Hat named Lyude Paul. To give you an idea of the motivations of the actions which follow: Lyude Paul has a publicly stated goal of "bullying" anyone who does not adequately show respect to "Trans" issues" https://conservativenerds.locals.com/post/5503395/red-hat-vs-hyprland-silencing-political-undesirables    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:31:09

• Migrate Microsoft Windows virtual machine to Oracle Linux KVM by virt-v2v blogs.oracle.com/scoter/post/migrate-microsoft-windows-to-oracle-linux-kvm    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:32:04

• IDG under China more or less defunct. Barely an article a month in https://www.infoworld.com/uk/category/linux/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:33:20

• This site sold out to the Bill Gates-connected Jim Zemlin https://www.mycomputertips.co.uk/318    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:34:02

• Jim Zemlin: I am against fraud. That's why I married a fraud and I am shilling for the fraud Bill Gates.    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:34:42

• LF-sponsored puff piece again by Adrian Bridgwater https://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2024/03/21/cncf-drives-efforts-to-standardize-ai-for-our-cloud-native-future/ They are buying the media to humiliate people who don't serve GAGAM http://techrights.org/o/2021/05/07/trolling-the-real-community/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:35:53

• Openwashing of plagiarism by Microsoft OSI. Again on Tuesday https://opensource.org/blog/author/mia-lykoulund https://opensource.org/blog/open-source-ai-definition-on-the-road-looking-back-and-forward    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:37:29

• "DEEP DIVE: AI" = sponsored by Microsoft    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:37:53

• Organisms https://yewtu.be/watch?v=nbh_NB6LNaI    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:38:35

• "Many organisations poised to migrate from Oracle Java SE will wonder how long the process will take. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer to that question, though. The time needed for a migration depends on at least half a dozen variables that are specific to an organisation..." https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Tips-for-migrating-to-OpenJDK    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:40:26

• "Kangaroo SME" sounds like bad naming https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581792/Fujifilm-plans-to-make-tape-easy-with-Kangaroo-SME-appliance    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:40:55

• Apple lawsuit history explained https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/Apple-lawsuit-history-explained    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:41:28

• Nick Vidal, Microsoft shill inside OSI, is now doing "Open Source AI + Supply Chain at OSI". So OSI is truly a Microsoft front group! It's over.    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:44:24

• Community Manager for the Open Source Initiative (OSI) is basically Microsoft. So Microsoft took over, ousted the founders. Microsoft is a cancer.    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:45:41

• No Linux stories since November? https://www.fudzilla.com/news/tag/linux    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:46:32

• "Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar, HashiCorp's co-founders, met at the University of Washington in 2008, where they worked on a research project together — an effort to make the groundbreaking public cloud technologies then being developed by Amazon and Microsoft available to scientists."    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:07:12

• IBM management has no idea what it's doing. ALL ABOUT BUZZWORDS and hype, infatuated by infantile cargo cults.    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:07:55

• And imagine IBM taking over THIS: https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-and-microsoft-extend-multi-year-collaboration-agreement    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:08:30

• Or this https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hashicorp-recognized-winner-microsoft-global-190400048.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:09:00

• Microsoft Partner of the Year. IBM: WE WANT IT!!    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:09:44

• They used to upload regularly. Now? Nothing in 9 months. https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:17:05

• OMG! We’re at forty! (Announcing the release of Fedora Linux 40) https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-40/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:20:09

• What’s new in Fedora Workstation 40 https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-40/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:20:34

• What’s New in Fedora KDE 40? https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-in-fedora-kde-40/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:20:55

• Russia Warns Europe: if You Take Our Assets, We Have a Response That Will Hurt https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-04-23/russia-warns-europe-if-you-take-our-assets-we-have-a-response-that-will-hurt    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:24:29

• Swiss Report Large Drop in Frozen Russian Assets https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-04-23/swiss-report-large-drop-in-frozen-russian-assets    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:24:56

• Russian authorities raid journalist Ksenia Klochkova´s apartment https://cpj.org/2024/04/russian-authorities-raid-journalist-ksenia-klochkovas-apartment/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:25:16

• 'Justification of Terrorism' according to a county that invades another and kills children https://gizmodo.com/facebook-meta-andy-stone-meta-russia-jail-terrorism-185142638    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:25:44

• Russian Space Junk Came Alarmingly Close to Smashing Into NASA Satellite https://gizmodo.com/russian-space-junk-very-close-smashing-nasa-satellite-1851425897    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:25:58

• Dutch football strips Vitesse of 18 points for slowing Russia sanctions investigation https://nltimes.nl/2024/04/19/dutch-football-strips-vitesse-18-points-slowing-russia-sanctions-investigation    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:28:09

• Russia finance probe https://www.dw.com/en/football-vitesse-docked-18-points-amid-russia-finance-probe/a-68876373    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:28:51

• Finland urges EU to help end migrant influx from Russia https://www.dw.com/en/finland-urges-eu-to-help-end-migrant-influx-from-russia/a-68868964 it's like "human shields" that Putin uses in offensive mode    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:28:57

• pro-Russian propaganda in the Czech Republic in the run-up to the EU elections https://www.dw.com/en/impact-of-pro-russian-propaganda-in-the-czech-republic-in-the-run-up-to-the-eu-elections/a-68873286    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:30:11

• Russian War Correspondent for Izvestia Killed in Ukraine https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-04-19/russian-war-correspondent-for-izvestia-killed-in-ukraine    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:30:44

• Ziggo takes down kids' broadcaster BabyTV after hackers again show Russian propaganda https://nltimes.nl/2024/04/18/ziggo-takes-kids-broadcaster-babytv-hackers-show-russian-propaganda    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:31:08

• Russia declares German foundation 'undesirable' https://www.dw.com/en/russia-declares-german-foundation-undesirable/a-68863930    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:31:47

• Poland is very vulnerable to Russia if it uses Windows this much https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/poland/#monthly-200901-202404    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:39:50

• "Using Tailscale with Home Assistant allows you to remotely access it without making it publicly accessible." ☛ https://pimylifeup.com/home-assistant-tailscale/ | Source: Pi My Life Up    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:10:39

• "It executes four types of monitors on different operating systems such as: [...]" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/fswatch-monitor-file-changes-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:11:35

• "The first is installing individual packages using package management tools such as apt-get, apt, aptitude, and synaptic. The second method is by using Tasksel" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/tasksel-install-group-software-debian-ubuntu/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:12:06

• "Both of which are available in either silver or black. The 14" model is priced 1,399€ EUR with the 16" model priced at 1,799€ EUR." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/slimbook-reveal-the-upgraded-slimbook-fedora-2-with-14-and-16-models/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:13:53

• "Ready for some more upgrades? Today Fedora Linux 40 has now been officially released bringing with it big upgrades with GNOME 46, KDE Plasma 6 and lots more. Plus the usual assortment of upgrades and enhancements to all the core applications." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/fedora-linux-40-is-officially-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:15:12

• "Trackline Express is a game all about getting your train across an unforgiving desert" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/trackline-express-is-a-quirky-funny-and-unique-journey/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:16:01

• Swarm Grinder 1.0 ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/shoot-through-a-mass-of-alien-cells-in-swarm-grinder-10-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:16:21

• OpenXR in Godot Engine ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/khronos-group-seeking-proposals-for-paid-work-to-improve-openxr-for-godot-engine/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:17:03

• "The Iranian Cartoonist Arrested For Her Art" https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-cartoonist-irgc-revolutionary-guards/32917568.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:18:21

• "The hostage crisis conversation too often gets lost in the Israel-Gaza Discourse: here’s why that must change" https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/04/22/the-hostage-crisis-conversation-too-often-gets-lost-in-the-israel-gaza-discourse-heres-why-that-must-change/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:18:41

• siliconangle is bribes by Microsoft, so siliconangle is openwashing crap that's proprietary: https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/23/microsoft-open-sources-pi-3-mini-small-language-model-outperforms-llama-2/ ("Microsoft open-sources Pi-3 Mini small language model that outperforms Meta's Llama 2")    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:19:39

• iophk: bytedance's tiktok has indeed changed the US, but for the worse unlike what the false hagiography above asserts https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/04/18/business/media/tiktok-ban-american-culture.html ("How TikTok Changed America")    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:20:03

• KILLBEAT ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/rhythm-shooter-roguelite-killbeat-sounds-like-a-real-blast/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:20:12

• Steam Deck Verified highlights for April 2024 ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/steam-deck-verified-highlights-for-april-2024/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:20:18

• "Generative AI threatens voter confidence in what's real" https://www.voanews.com/a/generative-ai-threatens-voter-confidence-in-what-s-real-/7582285.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:20:32

• EU https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2024/04/23/nar-eu-fruktar-folket-inskranks-yttrandefriheten/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:20:43

• "A fresh Desktop Steam Client Beta has been released, and it sounds like a useful one for those of you who do Remote Play. It's always nice to see more Remote Play fixes, because it often ends up as the least stable feature on Steam, especially on Linux." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/valve-tweak-4k-screen-scaling-on-linux-plus-more-remote-play-fixes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:20:51

• "Valve released another small SteamOS Preview update for Steam Deck, along with an additional Steam Client Beta update." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/steamos-3519-preview-out-for-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:20:56

• "Hip Flexors Get Weak When We Sit Too Much" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/07/09/0428252    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:22:01

• "Schoolchildren are converting to Islam 'out of fear' in German schools: Study warns Christians feel they are outsiders and are desperate to try and fit in since huge migrant influx" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13339659/Schoolchildren-converting-Islam-fear-German-schools.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:22:26

• The EPO repeatedly showed that it is above German law. It can break it any time.    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:23:22

• "more seriously than laws" https://www-bild-de.translate.goog/politik/inland/studie-schockt-politiker-muslimische-schueler-nehmen-koran-wichtiger-als-gesetze-6624d43076790e1ca24f9187?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:23:42

• "The Register asked Microsoft to confirm this, but was told by a spokesperson that the company didn't have anything further to share on the matter." https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/23/windows_11_cpu_requirements/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:25:53

• iophk: Microsoft "dodges an investigation which should have raised questions about DRM'd hardware and loss of control of the computer hardware. At least TheReg mentioned that there are 'alternative' operating systems even if they fail to name even one"    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:26:10

• Vista 11 is a cancer with Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/23/windows_11_cpu_requirements/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:27:08

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/unitedhealth-says-patient-data-exposed-in-change-healthcare-cyberattack/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:27:58

• Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/russia-hackers-cyberattack-tipton-indiana | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:28:05

• Windows TCO ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/politics/russia-linked-hacking-group-targets-indiana-water-plant/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:28:13

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/change-healthcare-admits-it-paid-ransomware-hackers/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:28:21

• Openwashing for the "dumb fucks" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/meta-headset-os-third-party-device-makers/243349/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:28:46

• "Both probes concern the alleged use of Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli NSO Group." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/spain-reopens-a-probe-into-a-pegasus-spyware-case-after-a-french-request-to-work-together/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:29:10

• "suspected spying on the cellphone of Spain's prime minister after receiving a request" ☛ https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2024-04-23/ty-article/spain-reopens-probe-into-israeli-made-pegasus-spyware/0000018f-0b4e-db42-a99f-afff33400000 | Source: Haaretz    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:29:28

• "An example of this was the 7 October attack by Hamas-led militants in Israel" ☛ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/global-terrorism-deaths-on-the-increase/ | Source: Defence Web    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:29:56

• "On Tuesday the Commission revealed that TikTok had not delivered either document within the overnight deadline it imposed." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/23/ec_tiktok_lite_investigation/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:30:12

• "Why it matters: After years of threats, the U.S. is preparing to follow through on its threats to ban TikTok." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/04/23/tiktok-ban-first-amendment-bytedance | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:30:52

• "The EU on Monday launched a probe into TikTok's spinoff Lite app and threatened to suspend an "addictive" feature on it" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-threatens-to-suspend-tiktok-lite-apps-addictive-rewards/articleshow/109515549.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:31:09

• "TikTok Lite, a slimmed down version of TikTok, launched in France and Spain in March. It is optimized for slower [Internet] connections..." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/eu-sets-tiktok-ultimatum-over-addictive-new-app-feature/a-68891902 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:31:49

• "We will see some attempts to block deportations legally." ☛ https://text.npr.org/1246368505 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:32:09

• "Panama reported a 2% increase in crossings through the Darién Gap in February compared to the previous month." ☛ https://text.npr.org/1244381584 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:32:34

• "Uninspected means officials cannot find a legitimate source for meat being sold to the public" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/halal-outlet-update-1.7181657 | Source: CBC    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:32:59

• " few generative AI products — which include ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Claude 2, DALL-E2, and Grammarly" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/generative-ai-could-raise-questions-for-federal-records-laws/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:36:57

• "Follow me below the fold as I discuss the article and finally get to why the sting in the tail is interesting." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2024/04/the-roach-motel-of-banking.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:37:21

• Former NASA Engineer ☛ https://futurism.com/former-nasa-engineer-thruster-no-propellant | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:37:36

• "After decades of research, Buhler says he and his team had shown unequivocally that a new, fundamental force was at work" ☛ https://thedebrief.org/nasa-veterans-propellantless-propulsion-drive-that-physics-says-shouldnt-work-just-produced-enough-thrust-to-defeat-earths-gravity/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:37:57

• "the administration’s Solar for All program" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/biden-designates-7-billion-to-make-solar-affordable-for-low-income-families/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:38:14

• "Baltimore's mayor and city council accused both the owner of the container ship Dali, Grace Ocean Private" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/04/23/baltimore-ship-negligence-claim-bridge-collapse | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:38:36

• "Each year, the Pentagon sends military officers to work for major corporations through the Secretary of Defense Executive Fellows (SDEF) program." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-pentagon-is-quietly-enlisting-its-officers-in-corporate-america/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:39:38

• "Just a half-dozen leadership and oversight requirements from the 2021 executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity remain unfinished" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/cybersecurity-executive-order-requirements-gao-omb-cisa/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:39:57

• "The app-tracking site Apple Censorship showed that the two apps were no longer available in China," ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/apple-04222024143916.html | Source: RFA    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:41:07

• "The four of them were released on April 16 but they were beaten and tortured during detention, and one of them even has a swollen cheek" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibet-land-grab-04222024202642.html | Source: RFA    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:42:41

• "Foreign Agents" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-foreign-agent-law-russia-journalism/32915946.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:43:01

• "told CPJ that they were filming an altercation" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/04/zambian-police-detain-2-journalists-make-them-delete-interviews-with-opposition/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:43:32

• "The Tuesday hearing was a technical appeal against an earlier decision to re-extend Gershkovich’s pre-trial detention until the end of June." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/moscow-court-denies-evan-gershkovich-s-latest-appeal-against-detention-/7581853.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:43:53

• "The 32-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested in late March 2023 in Yekaterinburg while on a reporting trip." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-gershkovich-appeal-detention-denied/32917613.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:44:30

• Today is Kurdish Journalism Day ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/today-is-kurdish-journalism-day-72885 | Source: ANF News    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:44:47

• "After winning a nationwide strike against the Big Three automakers last year, the UAW said" ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/real-talk-about-a-2028-general-strike | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:45:42

• "The European Union already requires companies to offer a two-year minimum warranty on products" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/23/24138499/eu-new-right-to-repair-rules-fix-after-warranty-expire | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:45:56

• "In a ruling, the FTC said the ban covers the vast majority of existing noncompete clauses." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/23/ftc-bans-noncompete-clauses-prevent-us-workers-changing-jobs/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:47:30

• "The US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a final rule that bans most noncompetes nationwide." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/noncompetes-are-dead-tech-workers-free-to-roam/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:47:38

• "the operators also find themselves in a catch-22 situation when it comes to deprecating legacy networks" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/dont-rush-2g-3g-shutdown-in-south-africa/243325/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:48:51

• [Old] "The good news is that the shift from fossil fuels to renewables has started to feed through to opex savings" ☛ https://data.gsmaintelligence.com/api-web/v2/research-file-download?id=54165956&file=241120-5G-energy.pdf |    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:48:59

• "Breaking up the tech monopolies is one of the best things we can do for cybersecurity." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/04/microsoft-and-security-incentives.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:51:34

• volkswagen ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/23/jane_mcalevey_uaw_volkswagen_us_labor | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:52:03

• "The plaintiff in the latest 10th Circuit case, Albert Bustillos, is an independent journalist and YouTuber." ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2024/04/23/10th-circuit-demand-for-id-requires-suspicion-of-a-crime/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:53:15

• "The web has become so interwoven with everyday life that it is easy to forget what an extraordinary accomplishment and treasure it is." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/04/generative-ai-search-llmo/678154/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:56:09

• "LLMs, large language models, which have been rebranded as AI, share a lot with the Evangelical tool." ☛ https://matduggan.com/ai-is/ | Source: Mat Duggan    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:56:27

• "Adobe’s image and video editing tools are widely used by creative professionals" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/full-ai-image-generation-photoshop/243386/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:57:46

• "What could go wrong?" ☛ https://futurism.com/police-ai-generates-police-reports-body-cam-footage | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 07:58:05

• "The "Thermonator," as it's known, was first teased by its manufacturer Throwflame last summer." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/company-selling-robot-dog-with-flamethrower | Source: Futurism    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 08:00:09

• "The Zscaler ThreatLabz 2024 Phishing Report does a deep dive into the world of phishing" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/23/zscaler-report-warns-ais-growing-role-sophisticated-phishing-attacks/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 08:00:21

• "The company published the findings as part of its annual report on cyber investigations Mandiant was involved in last year." ☛ https://therecord.media/chinese-russian-hackers-edge-devices | Source: The Record    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 08:01:45

• "That said: the name of the tool being “Reply Guy”? Honestly, no notes. What a perfect assessment of this [Internet] ruining tool." ☛ https://blast-o-rama.com/2024/04/23/of-course-an.html | Source: Marty Day    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 08:01:55

• "For years, people who have found Google search frustrating have been adding “Reddit” to the end of their search queries." ☛ https://www.404media.co/ai-is-poisoning-reddit-to-promote-products-and-game-google-with-parasite-seo/ | Source: 404 Media    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 08:02:03

• "The change prohibits doctors, insurers, healthcare clearinghouses" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/24/us_reproductive_health_data_hipaa/ | Source: The Register UK    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 08:04:30

• "In the glacial waters of the Lofoten archipelago in Norway's far north" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2189013.html | Source: RTL    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 08:04:43

• "The speakers stressed the need to counter the ‘plastic age’ and cited an international report indicating that microplastics and plastic" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/plastica-slow-poison-threatening-humanity-and-the-planet-experts-101713840994717.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 08:04:56

• "Published counterparts to look at the fraction of papers" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/04/prehistoric-when-do-authors-preprint-their-papers/ | Source: Rlang    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 08:05:51

• "A microphone array is hooked up to a Raspberry Pi which is programmed to listen to ambient sounds, record bird songs, and show audio curves." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-bird-uses-raspberry-pi-to-identify-different-species-singing-at-the-same-time/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 08:06:31

• "The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology voted unanimously in favor of the report Tuesday" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/pcast-white-house-science-advisors-ai-report-recommendations/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:06:53

• "For any particular physical tool you see applied to computing—mercury delay line memory" ☛ https://www.sicpers.info/2024/04/specific-physical-phenomena/ | Source: SICP    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:07:30

• "But that's what it will mean to my children. An antiquated time before their memories." ☛ https://flower.codes/2024/04/23/push-off.html | Source: Zach Flower    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:07:47

• "Hi, my name is Jason and I use fancy website analytics like a hit counter from the 90s." ☛ https://grepjason.sh/2024/hit-counter-from-the-90s | Source: Jason Burk    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:08:05

• "The more that I work with accessibility, the more I’m enjoying solving the smaller issues." ☛ https://mandarismoore.com/2024/04/23/long-alt-adrian.html | Source: Mandaris Moore    

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

• "I suspect what happened was that the scanner device scanned the code and one of the attempts got through and the backend " ☛ https://roytang.net/2024/04/anxiety-complaining/ | Source: Roy Tang    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:27:44

• "The IndieWeb in general is publishing oriented" ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2024/04/22/webbing-the-indieweb/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:27:54

• "404 pages are what appear when a server cannot locate a website or resource at a specific URL." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/404-page-the-error-sites-of-federal-agencies/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:28:05

• "This project uses a Regula 25 Cuckoo Clock movement which are very common and worn out ones should be cheap and easy to find." ☛ https://www.instructables.com/I-Cuckoo-Clock-Using-an-Arduino-Stepper-Motor-to-R/ | Source: Instructables    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:32:32

• "But what if I could go stateless? The best defense against data stealer is to own nothing, so let's go stateless!" ☛ https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2024-04-20-workstation-going-stateless.html | Source: Data Swamp    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:34:15

• "felt bad i went a few weeks without updating this here gemlog, so here i am." gemini://supernoctural.net/gemlog/2024-04-23.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:37:09

• "Do you ever want to profile some Ubuntu/Debian apps installed with apt-get, to see why they're slow, but all your symbols come out as..." ☛ https://www.markhansen.co.nz/profiling-ubuntu-debian-programs/ | Source: Mark Hansen    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:51:41

• "Dijkstra was famous for his spicy quips; he'd feel right at home on tech social media." ☛ https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/testing-can-show-the-presence-of-bugs-but-not-the/ | Source: Buttondown    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:52:09

• "Here’s the latest installment in the series on working with LLMS: [...]" ☛ https://blog.jonudell.net/2024/04/23/the-future-of-sql-conversational-hands-on-problem-solving/ | Source: Jon Udell    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 08:52:15

• "This interview has been edited for length and clarity." ☛ https://www.eff.org/pages/speaking-freely-obioma-okonkwo | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:14:44

• Right to Repair ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/podcast-episode-right-repair-catches-car | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:15:42

• "Director of Member Engagement Aaron Jue"... while all the big money comes from corporations and oligarchs ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/screen-printing-101-effs-spring-speakeasy-babylon-burning | Source: EFF http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation_Incorporated_is_Run_by_for_Corpo.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:17:46

• "Saudi Aramco-sponsored Climate Content" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/04/23/financial-times-reuters-pull-saudi-aramco-sponsored-climate-content/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:27:10

• frontex ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2024/04/23/frontex-now-drops-life-rafts-first-mission-in-the-mediterranean-allegedly-successful/ | Source: Site36    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:28:16

• "The Internet Archive is doubling down on its position that its digital lending library service operates under the bounds of fair use." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/there-is-more-to-copyright-than-financial-incentives-internet-archive-argues-in-court-240423/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:28:51

• "Long before the launch of Italy's Piracy Shield blocking system, ISP association ASSOProvider warned that trouble lay ahead" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/new-piracy-shield-legal-challenge-filed-at-italys-council-of-state-240423/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:29:03

• "Big Tech companies collect items such as: Where you go" ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/purism-differentiator-series-part-14-surveillance-capitalism/ | Source: Purism    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:30:58

• "The assumption is that if something you buy breaks, the only solution is to throw it away." ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/purism-differentiator-series-part-13-modularity-right-to-repair/ | Source: Purism    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:31:07

• "Waveshare has introduced the UGV Rover, a platform designed for compatibility with the widely-used Raspberry Pi SBCs, models 4 and 5." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/unmanned-ground-vehicle-rover-for-raspberry-pi-4-5-sbcs/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:31:41

• "The Fedora Project is pleased to announce that the latest version of the Fedora Linux operating system, Fedora Linux 40" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-fedora-linux-40 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:32:44

• "legislative package on Tuesday that would expand heirs’ property owners’ access to disaster relief" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/heirs-property-black-land-loss-disaster-relief-legislation-fletcher | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:33:58

• Photos Document the Demolition of a Black Community in Virginia ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/family-photos-of-shoe-lane-destruction | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:34:21

• Nine Kurdish journalists detained in house raids ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/nine-kurdish-journalists-detained-in-house-raids-294555    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:39:25

• Kubernetes 1.30: Validating Admission Policy Is Generally Available ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/04/24/validating-admission-policy-ga/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:41:24

• How To Install ClamAV on CentOS Stream 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-clamav-centos-stream-9/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:44:34

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

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:45:21

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

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:45:35

• How to Install Laravel PHP Framework with Nginx on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-laravel-framework-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:46:03

• How to Install and Configure Memcached on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-and-configure-memcached-on-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:46:33

• How to Install Sails.js Framework on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-sailsjs-framework-on-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:46:40

• How to Install Wiki.js with Apache2 Reverse Proxy on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-wikijs-with-apache2-reverse-proxy-on-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:46:49

• How to Install MongoDB on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://linuxhint.com/how-to-install-mongodb-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:48:19

• How to Upgrade to Fedora 40 from Fedora 39 ☞ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-upgrade-fedora-linux-to-latest-release/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:48:32

• Tesla mass layoffs slam Fremont and Palo Alto, with over 2,750 jobs lost https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/tesla-layoffs-bay-area-19418511.php    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:50:05

• Clown computing is one of the biggest bubbles https://nairametrics.com/2024/04/03/amazon-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-workers-in-its-cloud-computing-division/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:51:40

• "Tesla said it will lay off 6,020 employees in Texas and California on Tuesday when CEO Elon Musk is expected to outline the electric-vehicle maker's strategy to combat slowing demand and falling margins." https://m.economictimes.com/tech/technology/tesla-to-lay-off-over-6000-employees-in-texas-california-notices-show/amp_articleshow/109546923.cms    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:52:32

• Microsoft Bethesda shuts down entire studio https://fandomwire.com/fallouts-success-isnt-enough-to-stop-bethesda/ https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/23/23771828/microsoft-betheda-acquisition-starfield-playstation-exclusive    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 09:54:44

• Microsoft shutting down more offices (there have been layoffs every month this year) https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2024/04/23/microsoft-morrisville-office-lease-north-carolina.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:02:32

• AI AI something AI something something AI AI AI... all buzzwords, no substance https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibms-moment-truth-earnings-expected-230654255.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:14:33

• Stellantis Announces 2024 Layoffs Amidst Global Auto Market Turmoil https://onlinewiki.in/wiki/tech/internet/stellantis-announces-2024-layoffs-amidst-global-auto-market-turmoil/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:15:29

• Golang: How to Use Library Packages ☞ https://thenewstack.io/golang-how-to-use-library-packages/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:18:51

• How to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Debian 12 Bookworm GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.how2shout.com/linux/how-to-install-nvidia-drivers-on-debian-12-bookworm-linux/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:33:02

• fswatch – Track File and Directory Changes in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/fswatch-monitor-file-changes-linux/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:34:30

• Tasksel – Quickly Install Software Groups in Debian and Ubuntu ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/tasksel-install-group-software-debian-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:34:36

• How to Install JDownloader 2 in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/04/install-jdownloader-2-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:34:54

• Install & Change Boot Animation Screen Theme on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/04/boot-animation-theme-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:35:09

• EndeavourOS Gemini Lands with the KDE Plasma 6 Desktop Environment ☞ https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-gemini-lands-with-the-kde-plasma-6-desktop-environment    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:36:37

• EndeavourOS Gemini Brings Plasma 6 Integration ☞ https://linuxiac.com/endeavouros-gemini-brings-plasma-6-integration/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:36:46

• Plasma 6 with Wayland or X11 option and qt 6 ported Calamares, meet Gemini ☞ https://endeavouros.com/news/plasma-6-with-wayland-or-x11-option-and-qt-6-ported-calamares-meet-gemini/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:37:08

• Why I love named Parameters in Apache Groovy ☞ https://opensource.net/named-parameters-apache-groovy-improve-code/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:37:33

• Here’s What’s in the Foreign Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/politics/aid-bill-ukraine-israel-taiwan.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:41:07

• "Assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan is paired with legislation to impose fresh rounds of sanctions on Iran and Russia and a measure that could lead to a ban on Fentanylware (TikTok) in the United States" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/politics/aid-bill-ukraine-israel-taiwan.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:41:33

• What Can We Learn From Our Forever War in Ukraine? ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/chas_freeman/2024/04/22/what-can-we-learn-from-our-forever-war-in-ukraine/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:41:56

• Not every site on the Web is defending TB, COVID-19, gonorrhoea, and Fentanylware (TikTok)    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:42:33

• "Schools in different parts of the country sent messages to parents via the Wilma messaging system, urging them to discuss the matter with their children." https://yle.fi/a/74-20085377    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:44:42

• Senate passes $95B aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as Biden promises to sign bill ‘as soon it reaches my desk’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/04/23/us-news/senate-passes-95b-aid-package-for-ukraine-israel-and-taiwan-sends-to-biden-for-signature/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:47:44

• The war in Ukraine could reach a decision point by the NATO summit. Policymakers need to prepare now. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-war-in-ukraine-could-reach-a-decision-point-by-the-nato-summit/ "Washington on July 9-11." sounds weird... 9/11    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:48:13

• Russian bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid may force millions to flee ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russian-bombardment-of-ukraines-power-grid-may-force-millions-to-flee/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:48:26

• Ukraine suspends overseas consular services for military-age men ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240423-ukraine-suspends-overseas-consular-services-for-military-age-men    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:48:43

• Ukraine anti-corruption agency accuses food minister of illegally acquiring state-owned land ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/04/ukraine-anti-corruption-agency-accuses-food-minister-of-illegally-acquiring-state-owned-land/    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:49:47

• Russia border oblast governor reports 120 civilian deaths since start of Ukraine war ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/04/belgorod-governor-reports-on-civilian-casualties-since-start-of-ukraine-conflict/    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:50:16

• Ukraine Restricts Consular Services For Conscription-Age Men Living Abroad ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-consulates-conscription-age-men/32917472.html    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:50:40

• U.S. Report Highlights Worsening Human Rights Abuses In Russia, Iran, Afghanistan ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-human-rights-report-abuses-russia-iran-afghanistan-worsening/32917332.html    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:51:15

• Long-Delayed Ukraine Aid Bill Passes Procedural Hurdle In Senate ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-senate-vote-military-aid-kharkiv-tower-zelenskiy-biden/32917071.html    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:51:32

• U.K. To Announce Largest-Ever Military Support Package For Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-uk-military-support-sunak-increase/32916981.html    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:51:57

• Russia to Intensify Attacks on Western Arms Storage in Ukraine ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-to-Intensify-Attacks-on-Western-Arms-Storage-in-Ukraine-20240423-0005.html    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:52:21

• Biden Promises Quick Provision of Additional Arms to Ukraine ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Biden-Promises-Quick-Provision-of-Additional-Arms-to-Ukraine-20240423-0004.html    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:52:34

• Congress moves on Ukraine aid. Doubts about US leadership persist. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2024/0423/ukraine-american-aid-uncertain-future    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:52:48

• Moldova Is a Cautionary Tale for Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/opinion/moldova-russia-ukraine-war.html    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:53:07

• Senate Approves Aid Bill for Ukraine and Israel, Sending It to Biden ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/politics/senate-aid-package-ukraine-israel-taiwan.html    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:53:15

• Ukraine Could Receive Some U.S. Aid ‘Within Days’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/briefing/ukraine-aid-senate-trump-trial-testimony.html    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:53:24

• Project Maven ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/politics/ukraine-new-american-technology.html    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:54:12

• Wednesday Briefing: Senate Votes on Ukraine Aid ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/world/asia/senate-ukraine-trump-trial-asia.html    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, aPRIL 24, 2024 AT 10:54:26

• Latvian government backs move away from Russian in schools ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/23.04.2024-latvian-government-backs-move-away-from-russian-in-schools.a551514/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:55:20

• Latvian rapper Platina to be expelled from Russia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/23.04.2024-latvian-rapper-platina-to-be-expelled-from-russia.a551429/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:55:33

• Russian Cyberspies Deliver ‘GooseEgg’ Malware to Government Organizations ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-cyberspies-deliver-gooseegg-malware-to-government-organizations/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:56:19

• Russian court rejects jailed US journalist Gershkovich's detention appeal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240423-russian-court-rejects-jailed-us-journalist-gershkovich-s-detention-appeal    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:56:57

• Lithuanian minister turns to prosecutors over president’s report on Volkov’s attackers ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2257452/lithuanian-minister-turns-to-prosecutors-over-president-s-report-on-volkov-s-attackers    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:57:25

• Lithuanian MPs reject proposal to restrict Russian, Belarusian travel home ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2257205/lithuanian-mps-reject-proposal-to-restrict-russian-belarusian-travel-home    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:57:39

• Russian Deputy Defense Minister Detained On Suspicion Of Corruption ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-military-ivanov-bribery-arrest/32917822.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:57:49

• Five Suspects Named In Deadly Attack On Police In Russia's Karachai-Cherkessia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-karachai-cherkessia-police-attack/32917646.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:58:03

• U.S. Journalist Gershkovich's Appeal Against Russian Detention Denied ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-gershkovich-appeal-detention-denied/32917613.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:59:08

• No Russian Fencers At Paris Olympics, European Fencing Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-belarus-fencing-paris-olympics/32917601.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10:59:26

• Torture Conviction Of Five Russian Prison Officers Canceled, Sent Back For Retrial ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-prison-torture-conviction-retrial/32917457.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:03:16

• Court In Tatarstan Reinstates Fine For Activist Who Supported RFE/RL Journalist ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-alsu-kazan-case-yasaveyev-fined-placard-rferl/32917244.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:03:37

• Court in Russia Rejects Evan Gershkovich’s Appeal Against Detention ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/world/europe/russia-evan-gershkovich-appeal.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:04:00

• Timur Ivanov, Russian Deputy Defense Minister, Is Detained on Bribery Charges ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/world/europe/russia-deputy-defense-minister-bribery.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:06:12

• bribery ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/04/23/russia-s-deputy-defense-minister-arrested-for-bribery | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:06:47

• Prigozhin   

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:06:59

• Prigozhin ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/04/23/the-mascot-of-the-special-military-operation | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:07:16

• Mozilla dogfooding ☞ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2024/04/porting-a-cross-platform-gui-application-to-rust/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:09:15

• Strengthening GNU/Linux Security by Auditing with OpenSCAP ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/strengthening-linux-security-auditing-openscap    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:10:38

• What is the Difference Between XRDP and RDP ☞ https://www.how2shout.com/linux/what-is-the-difference-between-xrdp-and-rdp/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:10:46

• wattOS – lightweight GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wattos-lightweight-linux-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:13:36

• 10 Sparkling Free and Open Source CLI GNU/Linux Time Trackers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/timetrackers/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:13:54

• blendOS – lightweight atomic and declarative Arch system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/blendos-lightweight-atomic-declarative-arch-system/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:14:16

• Linux Candy: Fantascene – dynamic wallpaper ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-candy-fantascene-dynamic-wallpaper/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:14:36

• Installing Batocera: GNU/Linux Gaming Distribution ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/installing-batocera-linux-gaming-distribution.48360/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:15:16

• Niko Matsakis: Sized, DynSized, and Unsized ☞ https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2024/04/23/dynsized-unsized/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:16:34

• "Zephyr is an open-source real-time operating system, used mainly in embedded devices, with a focus on small systems, thanks to its very small footprint. This post is a quick startup guide to show how to run Zephyr on two different boards, from two different vendors: [...]" ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/getting-started-with-zephyr/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:17:13

• The not-so-silent type: Vulnerabilities across keyboard apps reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2024/04/vulnerabilities-across-keyboard-apps-reveal-keystrokes-to-network-eavesdroppers/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:19:06

• Firefox Nightly: Wall to Wall Improvements – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 159 ☞ https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2024/04/23/wall-to-wall-improvements-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-159/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:24:07

• Canonical, Ubuntu & Debian DebConf19 Diversity Girls email ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/23/Canonical_Ubuntu_Debian_DebConf19_Diversity_Girls_email.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:38:27

• Profiling apps installed from apt-get ☞ https://www.markhansen.co.nz/profiling-ubuntu-debian-programs/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:39:10

• Installing TrueType font files in Lubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2024/04/23/installing-truetype-font-files-in-lubuntu-22-04/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:39:39

• On DebConf and Debian 'Bedroom Nepotism' (Connected to Canonical, Red Hat, and Google) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/23/On_DebConf_and_Debian_Bedroom_Nepotism_Connected_to_Canonical_R.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:40:00

• QV version 20240423 pre-alpha released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202404/qv-version-20240423-pre-alpha-released.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:45:59

• Microsoft DRM Hack Could Allow Movie Downloads From Popular Streaming Services ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-drm-hacking-could-allow-movie-downloads-from-popular-streaming-services/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:47:23

• Chinese Keyboard App Vulnerabilities Explained ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2024/04/chinese-keyboard-app-vulnerabilities-explained/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:47:58

• Spain Reopens a Probe Into a Pegasus Spyware Case After a French Request to Work Together ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/spain-reopens-a-probe-into-a-pegasus-spyware-case-after-a-french-request-to-work-together/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:48:27

• g0v Summit 2024 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/event/g0v-summit-2024/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:49:02

• French air traffic controller strike threaten travel chaos at Paris airports ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240423-french-air-traffic-controller-strike-threaten-travel-chaos-at-paris-airports    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:49:34

• Junta attacks in Myanmar’s Bago region kill 8, displace 6,000 ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/bago-04232024143527.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:49:54

• Two-day strike shuts down private schools and daycares ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20085148    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:50:24

• Court strikes off Blue-Black Movement from Finland's party register ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20085113    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:50:52

• Hezbollah Claims Drone Attack 10 Miles Inside Israel ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/world/middleeast/hezbollah-strike-israel-lebanon.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:51:20

• April 20, 2024: Final Nail in America’s Coffin? ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/paul/2024/04/22/final-nail-in-americas-coffin/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 14:59:47

• Purism Differentiator Series, Part 14: Surveillance Capitalism ☞ https://puri.sm/posts/purism-differentiator-series-part-14-surveillance-capitalism/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:00:24

• Purism Differentiator Series, Part 13: Modularity & Right to Repair ☞ https://puri.sm/posts/purism-differentiator-series-part-13-modularity-right-to-repair/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:00:39

• How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me) ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/technology/general-motors-spying-driver-data-consent.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:01:25

• "Privacy issues have been at the root cause of so many concerns about the internet, but so many attempts to regulate privacy have been a total mess." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/23/any-privacy-law-is-going-to-require-some-compromise-is-apra-the-right-set-of-tradeoffs/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:01:57

• Iran, plunging into a regional conflict, cracks down on dissent at home ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/0423/Iran-hijab-surveillance-Israel-Mahsa-Amini    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:06:15

• "Let’s measure, with RHEL!" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/slow-low-consumption-system-more-energy-efficient-lets-measure-rhel | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:10:23

• Announcing Fedora GNU/Linux 40 ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-fedora-linux-40    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:11:16

• 24 Best Password Managers for GNU/Linux | Keep Your Password Safe ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-password-managers-for-linux/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:13:25

• Over at Tux Machines... ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/24/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:13:43

• Several Years After Vista 11 Came Out Few People in Africa Use It, Its Relative Share Declines (People Delete It and Move to BSD/GNU/Linux?) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/23/Several_Years_After_Vista_11_Came_Out_Few_People_in_Africa_Use_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:14:31

• [Video] Online Brigade Demands That the Person Who Started GNU/Linux is Denied Public Speaking (and Why FSF Cannot Mention His Speeches) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/22/Video_Online_Brigade_Demands_That_the_Person_Who_Started_GNU_Li.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:14:46

• Fedora 40 released, main Workstation edition includes GNOME 46 ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/fedora-40-released-main-workstation-edition-includes-gnome-46/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:17:26

• 7 GNU/Linux Commands to Help You with Disk Management ☞ https://www.techrepublic.com/resource-library/downloads/7-linux-commands-to-help-you-with-disk-management/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:17:50

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/970889/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:18:11

• Fedora 40 is now available and includes more spins than ever before ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/fedora-40-is-now-available-and-includes-more-spins-than-ever-before/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:23:17

• Fedora Magazine: OMG! We’re at forty! (Announcing the release of Fedora GNU/Linux 40) ☞ https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-40/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:24:06

• 6 features I'd like to see GNU/Linux borrow from MacOS ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/six-features-id-like-to-see-linux-borrow-from-macos/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:24:24

• Fedora Magazine: What’s New in Fedora KDE 40? ☞ https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-in-fedora-kde-40/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:26:05

• Unmanned Ground Vehicle Rover for Raspberry Pi 4 & 5 SBCs ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/unmanned-ground-vehicle-rover-for-raspberry-pi-4-5-sbcs/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:28:35

• The Official Flathub Website Just Got a Fab Revamp ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/flathub-website-new-look    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:29:18

• Data resiliency: 5 features of Portworx with Red Bait OpenShift Service on proprietary trap AWS ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/data-resiliency-5-features-portworx-red-hat-openshift-service-aws | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:30:29

• Internet sanctions as a response — diverging actions and mixed effects ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/04/24/internet-sanctions-as-a-response-diverging-actions-and-mixed-effects/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:31:26

• Yellowstone’s Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Park’s Ecosystem ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/science/yellowstone-wolves-elk-bison-climate-change.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 15:33:54

• Oscars Rule Change — More Composers Can Win ‘Best Original Score’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/22/oscar-rules-change-best-original-score/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:15:05

• Most Precise Measure Ever Brings Us Closer to Knowing The 'Ghost' Particle's True Mass ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/most-precise-measure-ever-brings-us-closer-to-knowing-the-ghost-particles-true-mass    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:15:32

• Physicists Can Finally Explain How Sand in an Hourglass Can Suddenly Stop Flowing ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-can-finally-explain-how-sand-in-an-hourglass-can-suddenly-stop-flowing    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:15:57

• 🔤SpellBinding: DIWORSM Wordo: CLANG gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-04-24.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:17:04

• Languages are a Funny Thing gemini://rawtext.club/~winter/gemlog/2024/4-24.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:18:56

• anarchy -- what I mean when I say it gemini://gemini.thebackupbox.net/~epoch/blog/anarchy    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:20:11

• Stunning Remains of Great White Shark's Giant Ancestors Reveal a Surprising Diet ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/stunning-remains-of-great-white-sharks-giant-ancestors-reveal-a-surprising-diet    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:21:25

• There's One Reason For Feeling Unwell at Work That Almost Half of Us Hide ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-one-reason-for-feeling-unwell-at-work-that-almost-half-of-us-hide    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:21:45

• Fragments of Bird Flu Virus Discovered in Milk ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/health/bird-flu-milk.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:22:04

• WHO Alert for Cholera Outbreak Around the World ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Who-Alert-Cholera-Outbreak-Around-World--20240423-0018.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:22:32

• Windows TCO: Stolen Change Healthcare data could contain information on ‘a substantial portion’ of Americans ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/stolen-change-healthcare-data-could-contain-information-on-a-substantial-portion-of-americans/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:24:27

• It Took Me Months To Get the ADHD Meds the DEA Says Are Overprescribed ☞ https://reason.com/2024/04/23/it-took-me-months-to-get-the-adhd-meds-the-dea-says-are-overprescribed/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:24:49

• Senior nursing student reflects on expectations, importance of clinicals ☞ https://kentwired.com/119432/latest-updates/senior-nursing-student-reflects-on-expectations-importance-of-clinicals/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:25:39

• North Korea officials visit Iran in a rare public trip ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korea-officials-visit-iran-in-a-rare-public-trip    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:26:41

• South Korean woman loses $70k to Elon Musk deepfake scam ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-woman-loses-70k-to-elon-musk-deepfake-scam    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:27:13

• "Children as young as 12 are working long hours as part of Kim Jong Un's development plan." ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/north-korea-construction-conscription-04232024135208.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:27:46

• Malaysian Navy Helicopters Collide Midair, Killing 10 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/world/asia/malaysia-navy-helicopters-crash.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:28:13

• Malaysia to roll out QR code immigration system for factory workers commuting to Singapore ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-to-roll-out-qr-code-immigration-system-for-factory-workers-commuting-to-singapore    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:28:40

• There's no idea for RFIDs anymore when almost everyone voluntarily carries around something more powerful to use against oneself    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:29:30

• Malaysia helicopter crash: Pilot spoke to parents an hour before the accident ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-helicopter-crash-pilot-spoke-to-parents-an-hour-before-the-accident    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:29:46

• Germany Arrests Far-Right Lawmaker’s Aide on Suspicion of Spying for China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/world/europe/germany-china-spying.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:30:48

• ‘It Is Desolate’: China’s Glut of Unused Car Factories ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/business/china-auto-factories-price-cuts.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:31:22

• "Badly in need of skilled labor" ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2024/0423/Lifting-a-stigma-in-China    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:31:58

• Only 700 Americans are studying in China. Will the US lose a generation of experts? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2024/0423/Only-700-Americans-are-studying-in-China.-Will-the-US-lose-a-generation-of-experts    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:32:17

• Tensions simmer near a shoal both China and the Philippines claim ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/southchinasea/nine-dash-line-04232024093601.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:32:38

• Is journalist Vicky Xu preparing to return to China? ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/afcl/fact-check-vicky-xu-04232024131753.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:33:00

• Analysts: US missile deployment expected to assist Philippines’ defense ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/southchinasea/missile-deployment-philippines-04232024135040.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:33:14

• Hong Kong schools ban books, warn teachers not to get 'political' ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hong-kong-schools-book-ban-04232024141733.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:33:29

• Germany arrests aide to far-right EU Parliament member on suspicion of spying for China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/23/germany-arrests-aide-to-far-right-eu-parliament-member-on-suspicion-of-spying-for-china/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:33:50

• Environmental report for planned Hong Kong tech hub given conditional approval despite green groups’ concerns ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/24/environmental-report-for-planned-hong-kong-tech-hub-given-conditional-approval-despite-green-groups-concerns/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:34:26

• Germany arrests aide to far-right MEP on suspicion of China espionage ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240423-germany-arrests-aide-far-right-mep-suspicion-china-espionage    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:34:55

• "Major TV providers lost another 5 million paying TV subscribers last year, as users increasingly jump from fat and expensive cable bundles, to streaming." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/23/the-future-of-streaming-tv-more-pointless-mergers-and-making-it-harder-to-cancel/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:36:01

• "Faced with the fact it can’t make a dent in the fentanyl trade, the DEA has opted to drum up panic" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/23/because-its-done-such-a-great-job-policing-illegal-drugs-the-dea-decides-its-time-to-start-engaging-in-legal-drug-hysteria/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:37:14

• Both are Koch-funded sites, both shilling Fentanylware and attacking the DEA https://reason.com/2024/04/23/it-took-me-months-to-get-the-adhd-meds-the-dea-says-are-overprescribed/ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/23/because-its-done-such-a-great-job-policing-illegal-drugs-the-dea-decides-its-time-to-start-engaging-in-legal-drug-hysteria/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:38:44

• "unprecedented DDoS campaign" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/04/23/cyberattackers-target-meduza-with-unprecedented-ddos-campaign-in-effort-to-disable-site | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:39:47

• Stefano Maffulli's (and Microsoft's) Openwashing Slant Initiative (OSI) Report Was Finalised a Few Months Ago, Revealing Only 3% of the Money Comes From Members/People ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/22/Stefano_Maffulli_s_and_Microsoft_s_Openwashing_Slant_Initiative.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:40:23

• DebConf8: who slept with who? Rooming list leaked ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/23/DebConf8_who_slept_with_who_Rooming_list_leaked.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:40:32

• Amaya Rodrigo Sastre, Holger Levsen & Debian DebConf6 fight ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/23/Amaya_Rodrigo_Sastre_Holger_Levsen_Debian_DebConf6_fight.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:40:38

• Gunnar Wolf & Debian Modern Slavery punishments ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/23/Gunnar_Wolf_Debian_Modern_Slavery_punishments.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:40:47

• Detecting suspicious transactions in the Wikimedia grants process ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/23/Detecting_suspicious_transactions_in_the_Wikimedia_grants_proce.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:40:55

• Volunteers wanted: Unknown Suspects team ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/24/Volunteers_wanted_Unknown_Suspects_team.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:41:02

• The EPO's Central Staff Committee (CSC) on New Ways of Working (NWoW) and “Bringing Teams Together” (BTT) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/24/The_EPO_s_Central_Staff_Committee_CSC_on_New_Ways_of_Working_NW.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:41:10

• [Meme] EPO: Breaking the Law as a Business Model ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/24/Meme_EPO_Breaking_the_Law_as_a_Business_Model.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:41:18

• Stardust Nightclub Tragedy, Unlawful killing, Censorship & Debian Scapegoating (updated) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/23/Stardust_Nightclub_Tragedy_Unlawful_killing_Censorship_Debian_S.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:41:29

• Development blog for GNOME Shell and Mutter: Notifications in 46 and beyond ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2024/04/23/notifications-46-and-beyond/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:42:19

• QEMU 9.0 Released with Raspberry Pi 4 Support, LoongArch KVM Acceleration ☞ https://9to5linux.com/qemu-9-0-released-with-raspberry-pi-4-support-loongarch-kvm-acceleration    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:43:08

• Slimbook Fedora 2 Laptops Launch with Fedora GNU/Linux 40 Workstation ☞ https://9to5linux.com/slimbook-fedora-2-laptops-launch-with-fedora-linux-40-workstation    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:43:15

• Fedora GNU/Linux 40 Officially Released with GNU/Linux Kernel 6.8, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://9to5linux.com/fedora-linux-40-officially-released-with-linux-kernel-6-8-heres-whats-new    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:43:22

• Tails 6.2 Anonymous GNU/Linux OS Improves Mitigation of Spectre v4 Vulnerability ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tails-6-2-anonymous-linux-os-improves-mitigation-of-spectre-v4-vulnerability    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:43:37

• Fedora Badges: New badge: Red Bait Summit 2024 ! ☞ https://badges.fedoraproject.org/badge/red-hat-summit-2024 IBM paying its slaves with NFTs    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:44:42

• Microsoft shutdown https://80.lv/articles/bethesda-reportedly-shut-down-its-french-division/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:46:52

• "It all comes down to Microsoft's big workforce reduction." https://80.lv/articles/bethesda-reportedly-shut-down-its-french-division    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:47:51

• Microsoft's widespread layoffs https://fandomwire.com/fallouts-success-isnt-enough-to-stop-bethesda/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:48:56

• "Can the 401K be converted to a self directed IRA?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1s6dOWDg    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:50:37

• "We’re not certain whether [Paul Gould]’s kid’s prosthetic elbow joint is intended for use by a real kid or is part of a robotics project — but it caught our eye for the way it packs the guts of a beefy-looking motorized joint into such a small space" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/23/an-elbow-joint-that-can/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 16:52:19

• "You know how the saying goes — they don’t make them like this anymore." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/23/80s-function-generator-is-both-beauty-and-beast/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:02:20

• oscillator ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/23/no-active-components-in-this-mysterious-audio-oscillator/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:02:39

• In Sierra Leone, Addicts Rob Graves to Produce ‘Zombie Drug’ ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/04/in-sierra-leone-addicts-rob-graves-to-produce-zombie-drug/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:03:52

• Ethnic Violence Still Plagues Central Africa Decades After Genocide ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/04/ethnic-violence-still-plagues-central-africa-decades-after-genocide/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:04:44

• With Envoy, AU Works to Combat Genocide, Hate ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/04/with-envoy-au-works-to-combat-genocide-hate/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:05:13

• Stubb in Sweden: "The post-Cold War period has ended" ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20085116    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:05:44

• Robins struggle with frozen ground as winter returns to Finland ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20085216    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:06:16

• Justice minister Meri accused of meddling in panels on judicial independence and racism ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20085250    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:06:31

• Fedora Magazine: Slimbook Fedora 2: New Ultrabooks for Fedora GNU/Linux 40 ☞ https://fedoramagazine.org/slimbook-fedora-2-new-ultrabooks-for-fedora-linux-40/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:07:05

• Prehistoric: when do authors preprint their papers? ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/04/prehistoric-when-do-authors-preprint-their-papers/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:13:01

• "The widespread and persistent use of Midazolam in UK suggests a possible policy of systemic euthanasia." https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2024/04/24/the-widespread-and-persistent-use-of-midazolam-in-uk-suggests-a-possible-policy-of-systemic-euthanasia/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:21:03

• Slimbook Fedora 2 Is a New GNU/Linux Laptop Powered by Fedora 40 ☞ https://linuxiac.com/slimbook-fedora-2-laptop/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:22:42

• Fedora 40 Released, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-40-released/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:24:13

• Tails 6.2 Expands Multilingual Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/tails-6-2-expands-multilingual-support/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:24:21

• Why You Should Consider AlmaLinux 9.4 Beta for Your Desktop ☞ https://linuxsecurity.com/news/desktop-security/almalinux-9-4-beta-desktop    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:25:05

• Programming Ada ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/23/programming-ada-first-steps-on-the-desktop/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:30:03

• Fedora Magazine: What’s new in Fedora Workstation 40 ☞ https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-40/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:30:27

• 'An Israeli-style Wagner Group': The ultra-Orthodox military unit in Washington’s crosshairs ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240423-netzah-yehuda-the-israeli-ultra-orthodox-military-unit-in-washington-crosshairs    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:31:09

• copyright misused ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/23/no-one-can-own-the-law-so-why-is-congress-advancing-a-bill-to-extend-copyright-to-it/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:32:15

• Bella Figura Music Acquires RAK Publishing ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/22/bella-figura-music-acquires-rak-publishing/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:32:22

• copyright ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/23/when-you-need-to-post-a-lengthy-legal-disclaimer-with-your-parody-song-you-know-copyright-is-broken/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:32:29

• Debian trademark: where does the value come from? ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/04/24/Debian_trademark_where_does_the_value_come_from.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:32:43

• UMKC School of Law Wins National Patent Application Drafting Competition ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/04/national-application-drafting-competition.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:33:08

• "a trademark bully is forced to walk back their bullying ways as a result of a public backlash." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/23/david-chang-issues-cds-over-chile-crunch-products-then-apologizes-and-promises-to-stop/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:33:49

• Struts "devmode": Still a problem ten years later, (Tue, Apr 23rd) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30866    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:34:35

• A Stateless Workstation ☞ https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2024-04-20-workstation-going-stateless.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:36:33

• Debian's MJG: oh, you're missing out if you don't go to FOSS conferences for the sex... https://techrights.org/n/2024/04/24/Girlfriends_Sex_Prostitution_Debian_at_DebConf22_Prizren_Kosovo.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:37:20

• How many of these women use Debian? How many of them wrote code? What is GAFAM busing them in for? https://techrights.org/n/2024/04/24/Girlfriends_Sex_Prostitution_Debian_at_DebConf22_Prizren_Kosovo.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:38:04

• [Meme] Missing Out: Sexual Favours http://techrights.org/o/2023/08/07/sexual-favours/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:38:31

• Fedora GNU/Linux 40 brings GNOME 46, GNU/Linux 6.8, and other updates ☞ https://liliputing.com/fedora-linux-40-brings-gnome-46-linux-6-8-and-other-updates/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:43:26

• "GNU/Linux operating systems pre-installed" ☞ https://liliputing.com/velocity-micro-notemagix-m15-meteor-lake-laptop-is-available-with-windows-or-linux/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:44:54

• Latvian schools to stop teaching Russian ☞ https://rubenerd.com/latvian-schools-to-stop-teaching-russian/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:45:38

• Daniel Pocock: Gunnar Wolf & Debian Modern Slavery punishments ☞ https://danielpocock.com/gunnar-wolf-debian-modern-slavery-punishments/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:46:04

• Daniel Pocock: Stardust Nightclub Tragedy, Unlawful killing, Censorship & Debian Scapegoating ☞ https://danielpocock.com/stardust-nightclub-tragedy-unlawful-killing-censorship-debian-scapegoating/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:46:27

• New Viral Variant Evolved Inside Man With Record COVID Infection ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-viral-variant-evolved-inside-man-with-record-covid-infection    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:47:03

• Fedora Extends Flock’s Call for Proposals to April 29 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2024/04/fedora-extends-flocks-call-for-proposals-to-april-29/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:47:50

• Pluralistic: "Humans in the loop" must detect the hardest-to-spot errors, at superhuman speed (23 Apr 2024) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/23/maximal-plausibility/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:48:07

• iPhone sales in China tumble 19.1% in 1Q2024, vivo shines ☞ https://itwire.com/mobility/iphone-sales-in-china-tumble-19-1-in-1q2024,-vivo-shines.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:49:24

• What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #2 – Christoph Kern and the Challenge of Keeping Surveillance Giant Google Secure ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2024/04/23/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-2-christoph-kern-and-the-challenge-of-keeping-google-secure/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:51:05

• Australia’s spy chief warns Hey Hi (AI) set to inflame radicalisation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-s-spy-chief-warns-ai-set-to-inflame-radicalisation    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:51:56

• How to Make Bash Function Return Value ☞ https://itsfoss.com/bash-function-return-value/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 17:56:19

• Spotify CEO is shocked by negative impact of recent layoffs https://www.thestreet.com/employment/spotify-ceo-is-shocked-by-negative-impact-of-recent-layoffs    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:28:18

• ‘Let’s talk raises. Let’s talk more bonuses’: Tech company’s all-hands meeting goes great. Then 85% of staffers get laid off https://www.dailydot.com/news/tech-company-laid-off-staff-after-bonus-promise/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:28:47

• "From Sega to Microsoft, industry giants are reducing their workforces at an alarming rate, raising concerns about the future continuity of game content." https://digitalchew.com/2024/04/24/gaming-industry-battles-layoffs-content-drought-looms/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:29:44

• One-year anniversary https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/message-red-hat-associates-today    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:31:01

• Microsoft and Security Incentives ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/04/microsoft-and-security-incentives.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:32:45

• ‘Ugly speech’ but not a surprise: Modi accused of anti-Muslim rhetoric on campaign trail ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240423-ugly-speech-but-not-a-surprise-modi-accused-of-anti-muslim-rhetoric-on-campaign-trail    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:33:40

• India’s largest opposition party urges election commission action against Modi’s alleged hate speech ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/04/indias-largest-opposition-party-urges-election-commission-action-against-modis-alleged-hate-speech/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:34:00

• Activists interrupt Chinese ambassador's Harvard speech ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-ambassador-harvard-speech-interrupted-04232024162731.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:34:27

• Modi accused of hate speech by his opponents, analysts say possible shift in polls strategy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/modi-accused-of-hate-speech-by-his-opponents-analysts-say-possible-shift-in-polls-strategy    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:34:48

• As graduation approaches, colleges struggle to balance free speech and safety ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2024/0423/college-campus-graduation-protests-safety-freespeech    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:35:16

• Student Editorial Boards Rebuke College Officials for Protest Decisions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/college-protest-editorial-voices.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:35:42

• FTC bans noncompete clauses that prevent US workers from changing jobs ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/23/ftc-bans-noncompete-clauses-prevent-us-workers-changing-jobs/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:51:14

• Revolut fraud complaints to Ombudsman outstrip all banks ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/revolut-fraud-complaints-to-ombudsman-outstrip-all-banks-aNVWh6O36Jfw    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:51:58

• Online banking security put to the test – how safe is your bank's website? ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/online-banking-security-put-to-the-test-how-safe-is-your-banks-website-a1hW09D9pQBJ    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:52:08

• Tech industry is the new defence industrial base ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/tech-industry-is-the-new-defence-industrial-base/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:52:41

• "A distortion of history" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/04/23/a-distortion-of-history | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:53:05

• SC730 module from Small Computer Central features the now-discontinued Zilog Z80 CPU ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/04/23/small-computer-central-sc730-zilog-z80-cpu-now-discontinued/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 18:58:59

• Navalny ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/04/24/russian-orthodox-church-head-suspends-priest-who-led-memorial-service-for-alexey-navalny | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:01:28

• Kangaroo Courts is the EPO, serving the corrupt and the dictators ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/04/23/t-1006-21-you-say-admissible-i-say-inadmissible-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:05:27

• What is Next for Enablement and Written Description of Antibody Claims? ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/04/enablement-description-antibody.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:05:50

• BIGTREETECH Pi 2 SBC and CB2 module for 3D printers now feature Rockchip RK3566 SoC with Gigabit Ethernet ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/04/24/bigtreetech-pi-2-sbc-cb2-module-3d-printers-rockchip-rk3566-gigabit/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:07:05

• The future of SQL: conversational hands-on problem solving ☞ https://blog.jonudell.net/2024/04/23/the-future-of-sql-conversational-hands-on-problem-solving/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:07:46

• Myanmar’s Young Rebels Find the Bright Sides to an Internet Blackout ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/world/asia/myanmar-rebels-internet.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:08:09

• The Importance of Strong Technical Communities and Partnerships in Africa ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2024/04/the-importance-of-strong-technical-communities-and-partnerships-in-africa/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:09:53

• Seems like Intel marketing spam, NOT reporting https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-cpu-dispensing-vending-machine-game-spotted-in-japan-one-user-got-a-core-i7-8700-for-dollar3 https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/liquid-cooling/intel-and-exxonmobil-working-on-advanced-liquid-cooling-laying-groundwork-for-2000w-tdp-xeon-chips    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:12:06

• PONZI SCHEME: Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) !!!! WE ARE WORTH A BILLION BUT have only 63 million. DO NOT WORRY!! Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) .. WE ARE THE FUTURE!! ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/23/perplexity-ai-lands-63m-funding-generative-ai-search-1b-valuation/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:17:11

• "Embracing the gen Hey Hi (AI) revolution". REVOLUTION! REVOLUTION! REVOLUTION! REVOLUTION! KEEP REPEATING THAT WORD. Microsoft-sponsored 'news' site. ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/23/leveraging-gen-ai-revolution-marketing-enhancement-sasinnovate/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:18:15

• "I’ve had to make rule for my events: The first person to mention AI owes everyone else a drink." https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:19:16

• Paxton ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/23/top-prosecutor-in-texas-doesnt-understand-court-rulings-celebrates-obvious-scotus-loss-as-a-win/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:20:24

• "fascist government" says a man from Apartheid South Africa ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/musk-targets-australian-senator-gun-laws-in-deepening-dispute-over-x-stabbing-content    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:21:05

• Minnesota sues Fridley used car dealership for misrepresenting vehicles, other fraudulent practices ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/04/23/mn-sues-midwest-car-search-fridley/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:21:25

• Restaurants slow to adopt eco-friendly alternatives as Hong Kong’s ban on single-use plastics takes effect ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/23/restaurants-slow-to-adopt-eco-friendly-alternatives-as-hong-kongs-ban-on-single-use-plastics-takes-effect/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:21:52

• Democratic operative behind Biden Hey Hi (AI) robocall says lawsuit won’t ‘get anywhere’ ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/kramer-ai-robocall-lawsuit-response/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:22:50

• The flaws in project-based carbon credit trading and the need for jurisdictional alternatives ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/the-flaws-in-project-based-carbon-credit-trading-and-the-need-for-jurisdictional-alternatives/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:23:17

• American Oversight Settles Lawsuit Over Records from Secret Wisconsin Impeachment Panel ☞ https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-settles-lawsuit-over-records-from-secret-wisconsin-impeachment-panel    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:23:55

• New Georgia Law Allows Birthing Centers To Open Without Needing Permission From Nearby Hospitals ☞ https://reason.com/2024/04/23/new-georgia-law-stops-hospitals-from-blocking-competition-from-birthing-centers/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:24:22

• Consumer electronics firm Framework raises US$17m for expansion ☞ https://itwire.com/hardware-and-storage/consumer-electronics-firm-framework-raises-us$17m-for-expansion.html    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:30:29

• OpenSSF Newsletter – April 2024 ☞ https://openssf.org/newsletter/2024/04/23/openssf-newsletter-april-2024/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:31:05

• rowhammer ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/04/23/new-jedec-ddr5-memory-specification-up-to-8800-mt-s-anti-rowhammer-features/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:31:28

• Ethiopia Teeters Amid Ethnic Conflicts ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/04/ethiopia-teeters-amid-ethnic-conflicts/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:32:18

• Creating a low-cost EV charging station with Arduino ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/04/23/creating-a-low-cost-ev-charging-station-with-arduino/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:33:45

• DIY shifter knob gets a beautiful integrated LED gear indicator ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/04/23/diy-shifter-knob-gets-a-beautiful-integrated-led-gear-indicator/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:33:52

• Microsoft Seemingly Closes Bethesda France https://insider-gaming.com/microsoft-seemingly-closes-bethesda-france/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:36:03

• "According to multiple people online, the company has shut down Bethesda France after 12 years. News of the closure began trickling out as partners posted about their time working with the company coming to an end."    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 19:37:00

• "Kennings are, for better or worse, less common in modern English than in Old Norse or Old English. Much of their use is poetic or imaginative, which is probably more suitable for the meadhall than what passes for a working environment these days. Time to invent some!" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/04/24/kenning.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 21:09:58

• April 24, 2024 - Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Martyr (R) gemini://leetaur.com/tlm-propers/entries/2024-04-24.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 21:10:21

• Differentiating myself (and Smol Earth) from the Amish gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/differentiating-myself-and-smol-earth-from-the-amish.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 21:10:58

• SFTP, VoIP, tea gopher://uberspace.net:70/0/~defanor/blog/2024-04-24-sftp-voip-tea.txt    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 21:11:30

• "today was probably my last time seeing my last remaining grandparent alive. i'm happy she was relatively lucid. she knew who i was, was very happy to see me, told me she dreamed of me. she asked about things and volunteered opinions, although she couldn't really hear or follow my answers too well, and fell asleep for most of my visit, exhausted by the small exchange we had." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/lastday    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 21:12:58

• $10 Million Bounty on Iranian Hackers for Cyber Attacks on US Gov, Defense Contractors ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/10-million-bounty-on-iranian-hackers-for-cyber-attacks-on-us-gov-defense-contractors/    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 21:14:22

• "It's unclear how many people are being laid off or which roles have been placed on the chopping block." https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/microsoft-is-making-layoffs-at-bethesda-france    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 21:17:08

• Microsoft and Amazon's AI deals are getting antitrust scrutiny in the U.K. https://qz.com/microsoft-amazon-ai-deals-uk-scrutiny-mistral-anthropic-1851433014 http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/01/It_s_Cheaper_to_Pay_Bribes_and_Produce_Press_Releases_Than_to_P.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 21:17:42