Roy Schestowitz

• "If the OP can find another IT job, that's great. He's got almost 30 years in software and system admin. Finding a regular job is probably out of the question, but becoming an independent consultant is certainly a possibility (if he has the personality for it)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ssxFD75    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 01:16:50

• Review of Reputable, Functional, and Secure Email Service https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10711-review-of-reputable-functional-and-secure-email-service "Here I am focusing strongly on email. Some of the providers mentioned here provide other services (IM, video calls, groupware, etc.), and to the extent they do, I am ignoring them."    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 01:20:04

• Walmart Layoffs 2024. As if people don't need food anymore? Sure, Walmart sells other stuff. But when people are laid off from Walmart, then... well... what money to buy with?    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 01:23:33

• Money does not grow on trees. It grows on 5 maxed up "credit" cards and the Federal Reserve. Why NOT borrow for an UNKNOWN future like everybody else and have a blood pressure of 190+?    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 01:24:39

• Governments are beginning to understand that locals won't birth kids if they're on "gig economy" with no income security (longterm) and importing labour from another country poses a cultural and economic peril, even security risks. Governments like these have no longterm strategy at all, they just keep kicking the can down the road.    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 01:27:11

• "Under Armour is laying off workers as bloodbath of job cuts across US grows". Your average "gig workers" won't buy a $30 t-shirt.    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 01:27:59

• Cognizant issues layoff warning to employees    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 01:28:50

• RTO is the new RA    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 01:29:01

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1283.jpg    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 02:20:40

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D934.jpg    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 02:20:47

• Another bubble https://venturebeat.com/ai/replit-cuts-staff-by-30-amid-aggressive-ai-push-in-software-development/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 06:32:10

• Toshiba Layoffs: Electronics Firm To Fire 4000 Employees; Here’s Why https://news.abplive.com/business/toshiba-layoffs-tech-electronics-firm-to-fire-4000-employees-here-is-why-1688107    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 06:32:52

• "how about ASAP for the next round of layoffs after the sale of Qradar ? After all, AK desperately needs the money to pay for his bonus next year. Not to mention JG, JW, JA and JK need their cut too as they are getting on in years." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1syXmTpO    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 06:34:09

• Got CGISESH working. Simple demo. gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/stack/17032    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 06:40:58

• "I am still alive, even though I have been a very hard time at my $JOB, and I was almost close to resign from it. After 3 people resigning, although one eventually came back, the situation has slightly improved. As a matter of fact I am completely left alone and isolated like a renegade…" gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 06:41:26

• libreplanet 2024: still no upload. They lost data and try to recover some "lost" talks (or recordings thereof). https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 06:58:00

• UEFI 'secure' boot: "I've often wondered about this. I think that the FTC should be pursuing the issue." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2024-05/msg00014.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 06:58:48

• Being "in Wikipedia" more of a liability/time-waste than a privilege or status symbol, "honour" https://thedissenter.org/what-the-hell-is-with-ranias-wikipedia-page/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 07:33:24

• Linux: What is Linux Operating System? What is Linux Kernel? Linux Uses Cases & Linux Distributions https://yewtu.be/watch?v=J_ssXEwrRDg    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 07:45:53

• Visualizing potential solar PV generation vs smart meter electricity usage https://www.berrange.com/posts/2024/05/16/visualizing-potential-solar-pv-generation-vs-smart-meter-electricity-usage/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 07:59:24

• Linux Users Think About Things...Differently (DT LIVE!) https://yewtu.be/watch?v=pDU5sVNmXSE    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:19:48

• How mighty have fallen https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=freenode    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:20:52

• Under Armour is laying off workers as bloodbath of job cuts across US grows https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/under-armour-fourth-quarter-layoffs-b2546372.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:21:46

• Wall Street media: Wall Street OK, hence "economy" OK. Ignore 100 trillion dollars in debt. That doesn't matter to Wall Street.    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:22:26

• Even if eggs rise 10% in price, Wall Street won't care. If eggs rise 100% in price, Wall Street won't care. If eggs rise 1,000% in price, Wall Street won't care. Come on, peasant, go back to work!    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:23:25

• So Much for That: Microsoft Just Blew Up Its Gaming Strategy https://investorplace.com/2024/05/so-much-for-that-microsoft-just-blew-up-its-gaming-strategy/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:24:16

• Microsoft: we're the world's most valuable PONZI scheme.    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:24:42

• Microsoft: we're so rich that for 3 years in a row we have MASS LAYOFFS. https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/finance/news/1-microsoft-cuts-1-000-065510998.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:25:18

• Microsoft: we're so rich that banks gave us 111 billion dollars in "credit" (read: debt!)    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:26:00

• Includes companies killed by Microsoft https://blog.cheapism.com/7-companies-went-downhill-after-being-acquired/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:26:40

• "The acquisition led to massive layoffs and write-downs, and by 2016, Microsoft wrote off nearly the entire value of the acquisition and sold the remnants to a Finnish company called HMD Global. (RIP to Nokia's snake game; those sure were the days)." http://techrights.org/wiki/Nokia/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:27:05

• "Before the era of Zoom, Skype was all we had. A pioneering service in VoIP (voice over internet) technology, the app enabled users to make voice and video calls online. But in 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype for $8.5 billion."    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:27:39

• "Despite some integration successes at the start of the merger, Skype’s user experience deteriorated over time due to frequent changes and competition from other services like WhatsApp and Zoom." https://blog.cheapism.com/7-companies-went-downhill-after-being-acquired/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:27:48

• Toshiba: working 100 hours a week is not enough. U R FIRED. 4,000+ laid off.    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:28:43

• Layoffs are very seldom tied to workers' performance. It's a fuzzy misconception many still have.    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:29:20

• Many managers cannot even assess today's workers' performance because they have zero experience in the trade. MBAs know how to harass workers to the extent that it's legally "not dangerous".    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:30:17

• Way to distract from MASS layoffs in "successful" studios https://www.gamesindustry.biz/activision-opens-new-polish-studio-elsewhere-entertainment    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:54:33

• “They closed studios just to open a new one?”: Xbox and Activision Announcing ‘Elsewhere Entertainment’ in the Backdrop of 4 Studios Shutting Down is Impeccably Brutal Timing and in Very Bad Taste https://fandomwire.com/they-closed-studios-just-to-open-a-new-one-xbox-and-activision-announcing-elsewhere-entertainment-in-the-backdrop-of-4-studios-shutting-down-is-impeccably-brutal-timing-and-in-very-bad-taste/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:56:02

• GAMING.. the news cycle https://sg.news.yahoo.com/activision-launches-standalone-studio-elsewhere-154959671.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:56:44

• Microsoft: we are laying off TO GROW. Boardroom: moving forward, we shall grow by getting... smaller.    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:57:15

• The only thing still growing at Microsoft is the debt    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:57:36

• Even Bill Gates' scam (Gates "Foundation") is shrinking. Bill "too small", Melinda? http://techrights.org/o/2020/06/20/young-boys-and-the-express-stop-envelope/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:58:24

• And where the schmuk is the accountability anyway?? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 08:59:06

• 2 years have passed. http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/New-Office-Setup-After-Sirius the fish tank moved too. http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/New-Office-Setup-After-Sirius/20221008_072016    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:02:41

• Titus in the Hotseat on "Lunduke: The Alex Jones of Linux" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=P6IW6bJX0j0    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:03:33

• Bryan Lunduke 2019: f- YouTube! quit YouTube. Years later: I'm back on YouTube. Months later: YouTube is censoring/suspending me. Now: oh, I use YouTube for outreach. The mind does not have consistency.    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:05:12

• "Repousé à une date ultérieur. Du au congé, il n'était pas possible de l'organiser bien dans le temps disponible." It REALLY was delayed, not canceled. https://stallman.org/talks.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:07:51

• HOWEVER: " Upcoming talks [ No upcoming talks. ]" (last night it still mentioned the Paris talk; not anymore) https://stallman.org/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:08:28

• The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/science/spider-web-microphone-silk.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:14:25

• LXLE – Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux distribution with the LXDE desktop environment ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lxle-ubuntu-based-linux-distribution-lxde-desktop-environment/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:14:45

• RebornOS – modern Arch based distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rebornos-modern-arch-based-distribution/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:15:17

• cryMPD – minimalistic web-based MPD client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/crympd-minimalistic-web-based-mpd-client/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:15:45

• Vale – software to help you write with a consistent tone and style ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vale-software-write-consistent-tone-style/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:16:00

• 17 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Video Editors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/videoeditors/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:16:17

• GNOME OS Migrates to Systemd-Sysupdate ☞ https://linuxiac.com/gnome-os-migrates-to-systemd-sysupdate/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:16:38

• Tails 6.3 Rolls Out with Updated Tor Browser ☞ https://linuxiac.com/tails-6-3-rolls-out-with-updated-tor-browser/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:16:59

• Fedora GNU/Linux 38 users told to upgrade now or risk exposure to exploits ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/fedora-linux-38-users-told-to-upgrade-now-or-risk-exposure-to-exploits/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:17:24

• Fedora 38 End of Life On May 21, 2024: Upgrade Now! ☞ https://ostechnix.com/fedora-linux-38-end-of-life/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:17:56

• China and Russia Deepen Strategic Coordination Partnership ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/China-and-Russia-Deepen-Strategic-Coordination-Partnership-20240516-0001.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:18:52

• Putin, Pooh-tin Talk War In Ukraine As They Boast Stronger China-Russia Ties ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-xi-ukraine-china-russia-ties/32949868.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:19:04

• Anti-Putin Shaman To Remain In Harsh Psychiatric Clinic ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-gabyshev-shaman-putin-psychiatric-clinic-court/32949830.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:19:17

• Holy GNOME!    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:19:29

• Xi, Putin discuss ‘sovereignty’ ahead of US officials’ Taipei visit ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xiputin-beijing-summit-05162024062920.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:19:37

• Sino-Russian alliance has ‘concrete, tangible’ goals, analysts say ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/russia-putin-xi-05162024124450.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:19:46

• Linux.com Made Its First 'Article' in Over and Month, It Was 10 Words in Total, and It's Not About GNU/Linux (updated) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/05/17/Linux_com_Made_Its_First_Article_in_Over_and_Month_It_was_10_Wo.shtml    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:20:55

• Russia’s Vladimir Putin meets China’s Pooh-tin Jinping in Beijing to seek more support for war effort ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/05/16/russias-vladimir-putin-meets-chinas-xi-jinping-in-beijing-to-seek-more-support-for-war-effort/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:21:34

• A pariah in the West, how Russia’s Vladimir Putin finds fans in Beijing ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/05/16/a-pariah-in-the-west-how-russias-vladimir-putin-finds-fans-in-beijing/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:21:46

• Putin to push growing Moscow-Beijing trade in China's northeast ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/putin-to-push-growing-moscow-beijing-trade-in-chinas-northeast    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:21:56

• Behind Pooh-tin and Putin’s effusive rhetoric, issues remain for China-Russia ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/behind-xi-and-putin-s-effusive-rhetoric-issues-remain-for-china-russia-ties    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:22:34

• Top takeaways from Putin's trip to China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/top-takeaways-from-putins-trip-to-china    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:22:46

• Putin and Pooh-tin sign declaration on reinforcing strategic partnership ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240516-putin-xi-sign-statement-reinforcing-strategic-partnership-between-russia-and-china    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:23:00

• Russia gives British diplomat Adrian Coghill a week to leave Moscow https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-69023928    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:23:39

• Robert Dennard, I.C.B.M. Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/technology/robert-dennard-dead.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:24:43

• Putin and Pooh-tin Hail ‘New Model’ of Ties Between Powers in Show of Unity ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/world/asia/putin-xi-china-russia.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:25:29

• Attempted Assassination of Slovak Leader Puts Europe on Edge ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/world/europe/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-assassination-attempt.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:25:43

• Coming up: LibreOffice Technology Budapest 2024 Hackfest ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/05/16/coming-up-libreoffice-technology-budapest-2024-hackfest/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:26:45

• Ukrainians in Latvia mark Vyshyvanka Day ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/16.05.2024-ukrainians-in-latvia-mark-vyshyvanka-day.a554337/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:27:09

• A bold policy to protect the US by helping Ukraine stop Russian aggression ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/testimony/a-bold-policy-to-protect-the-us-by-helping-ukraine-stop-russian-aggression/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:30:25

• Anger and defiance in Kharkiv as advancing Russian troops draw closer ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/anger-and-defiance-in-kharkiv-as-advancing-russian-troops-draw-closer/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:30:44

• Zelensky says situation in Kharkiv 'extremely difficult' as Russia makes biggest gains in months ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240516-zelensky-says-situation-in-kharkiv-extremely-difficult-as-russia-makes-biggest-gains-in-months    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:30:55

• In Georgia, Russian émigrés see familiar Kremlin tactics ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240516-in-georgia-russian-%C3%A9migr%C3%A9s-see-familiar-kremlin-tactics    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:32:43

• Taiwan’s incoming leader Lai Ching-te to bolster ‘porcupine’ defence against China threat ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/05/17/taiwans-incoming-leader-lai-ching-te-to-bolster-porcupine-defence-against-china-threat/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:33:08

• Slovak officials say attempted assassination of PM Fico motivated by reduced Ukraine aid, other policy squabbles ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/05/slovak-officials-say-attempted-assassination-of-pm-fico-motivated-by-reduced-ukraine-aid-other-policy-squabbles/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:33:45

• Lithuanian entrepreneurs nominated for ‘national patron’ title for Ukraine support ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2274373/lithuanian-entrepreneurs-nominated-for-national-patron-title-for-ukraine-support    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:33:58

• U.S. Announces New Sanctions Over North Korea-Russia Arms Transfers ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-arms-north-korea-sanctions/32950497.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:34:12

• Fugitive Moldovan Oligarch Gets Russian Citizenship ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/fugitive-shor-moldova-russian-citizienship/32950124.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:35:36

• Ukrainian Attack on Donestk Leaves 4 Civilians Dead ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ukrainian-Attack-Donestk-Leaves-4-Civilians-Dead--20240516-0025.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:35:56

• Russian oil refinery fire after drone attack contained ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russian-oil-refinery-fire-after-drone-attack-contained    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:36:10

• As Russia Advances, NATO Considers Sending Trainers Into Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/politics/nato-ukraine.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:36:29

• Zelensky Visits Embattled Kharkiv as Russia Presses Broad Assaults ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/world/europe/ukraine-kharkiv-russia.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:36:53

• Friday Briefing: NATO Considers Sending Trainers to Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/world/asia/nato-ukraine-cohen-trump-asia.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:37:14

• Russia intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones overnight, Moscow says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240517-russia-intercepted-more-than-100-ukrainian-drones-overnight-moscow-says    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:37:32

• Ukraine Says It Shoots Down All 20 Drones Launched By Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-drones-kharkiv-synyehubov/32951064.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:37:42

• Two detained over espionage suspicions in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/16.05.2024-two-detained-over-espionage-suspicions-in-latvia.a554274/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:38:45

• Several parties refuse to participate in pre-election debates in Russian ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/election/16.05.2024-several-parties-refuse-to-participate-in-pre-election-debates-in-russian.a554220/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:38:59

• The US is banning the import of Russian nuclear fuel. Here’s why that matters. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-us-is-banning-the-import-of-russian-nuclear-fuel-heres-why-that-matters/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:39:12

• North Koreans worked remotely for American companies, US says ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/it-workers-remote-jobs-sanctions-05162024153246.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:39:27

• Russia Declares U.K. Defense Attache Persona Non Grata ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-expels-uk-defense-attache/32950376.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:39:46

• SOTA Independent News Outlet Labeled 'Undesirable' In Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/sota-undesirable-organization-russia/32950244.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:39:56

• Police Take Siberian Activist To Psychiatric Clinic Against Her Will ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-suvorova-krasnoyarsk-activist-psychiatric-clinic/32949890.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:40:14

• Close Associate Of Kadyrov Quits As Chechen Parliament's Speaker ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/daudov-resignation-speaker-chechnya-kadyrov/32949925.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:40:30

• Ex-Open Russia Activist's Sentence Reduced In A Case She Says Was Politically Motivated ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/milushkina-russia-khodorkovsky-sentence-replaced/32949791.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:40:44

• Kim Jong Un’s sister denies arms exchange with Russia, report says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korea-leaders-sister-denies-arms-exchange-with-russia-kcna-says    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:40:58

• Russia Expels British Diplomat After U.K. Booted His Counterpart ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/world/europe/russia-british-diplomat-expel.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:41:16

• Cuban asylum seekers resist deportation from Lithuania to Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2274505/cuban-asylum-seekers-resist-deportation-from-lithuania-to-belarus    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:41:54

• Moscow Court Extends Pretrial Detention For Suspects In Deadly Terrorist Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/attack-moscow-court-detention-tajik/32950221.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:42:03

• NetBSD’s New Policy: No Place for AI-Created Code ☞ https://linuxiac.com/netbsd-new-policy-prohibits-usage-of-ai-code/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:43:23

• Federal Judge Rejects Dismissal Motions in UMG v. Internet Archive ‘Great 78 Project’ Infringement Battle ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/05/16/great-78-project-lawsuit-dismissal-motion-order/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:44:46

• Ruby 3.4.0 preview1 Released ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/ruby-3-4-0-preview1-released/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:54:52

• The Only Thing the So-called 'Hey Hi Revolution' Gave Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is More Debt (updated) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/05/16/The_Only_Thing_the_So_called_Hey_Hi_Revolution_Gave_Microsoft_i.shtml    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:55:13

• Klipper? That's already taken by KDE though. https://medevel.com/mainsail-3d-print/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:56:40

• Faizul "Piju" 9M2PJU: A Comprehensive Guide to Setting Up an Email Server with Custom Domain on Ubuntu ☞ https://hamradio.my/a-comprehensive-guide-to-setting-up-an-email-server-with-custom-domain-on-ubuntu/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:57:39

• How to Install and Use PostgreSQL on Ubuntu ☞ https://vitux.com/ubuntu-postgresql/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:57:56

• NetBSD, plagiarism-generated code, spam, and truth ☞ https://rubenerd.com/netbsd-ai-generated-code-spam/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 09:58:46

• An assertiveness tip: state the outcome ☞ https://rubenerd.com/an-assertiveness-tip-state-the-outcome/ "been getting better at recently, but I still let people walk over me more than they should in social settings."    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:02:23

• Took a couple of days ☞ https://rubenerd.com/took-a-couple-of-days/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:02:45

• [GSoC 2024] Enhancing Tracker: Next-Gen Find Window and Functionalities ☞ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/calisto-mathias/2024-05-15_gsoc_2024_enhancing_tracker_next-gen_find_window_and_functionalities/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:03:39

• Everything Becomes Growth Hacking ☞ https://tedium.co/2024/05/16/everything-becomes-growth-hacking/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:04:44

• Microsoft Should Have Been Fined and Sanctioned Over UEFI 'Lockout' (Locking GNU/Linux Out of New PCs) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/05/17/Microsoft_Should_Have_Been_Fined_and_Sanctioned_Over_UEFI_Locko.shtml    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:04:57

• Download latest Ungoogled Chromium ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202405/download-latest-ungoogled-chromium.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:05:40

• PipeWire 1.2 Release Candidate Adds Explicit Sync and Snap Support ☞ https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-2-release-candidate-adds-explicit-sync-and-snap-support    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:13:18

• Faizul "Piju" 9M2PJU: Exploring the Adoption of Ubuntu in the Industrial Sector: A Comprehensive Analysis ☞ https://hamradio.my/exploring-the-adoption-of-ubuntu-in-the-industrial-sector-a-comprehensive-analysis/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:16:19

• EPIC Mainboard with PCIe x4 Slot and Dual 2.5 GbE Ports ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/epic-mainboard-with-pcie-x4-slot-and-dual-2-5-gbe-ports/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:17:11

• QCS6490 Vision-AI Development Kit: Featuring 13 TOPs NPU and 8-Core Kryo 670 CPU ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/qcs6490-vision-ai-development-kit-featuring-13-tops-npu-and-8-core-kryo-670-cpu/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:17:41

• FOSS Weekly #24.20: GNU/Linux Kernel 6.9, SnowflakeOS, Nvidia GPU Handling and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-24-20/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:20:56

• Implementing DRM format modifiers in NVK ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/implementing-drm-format-modifiers-in-nvk.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:21:30

• Android 15 Brings Improved Fraud and Malware Protections ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/android-15-brings-improved-fraud-and-malware-protections/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:21:48

• This is mostly about blocking people from efforts to install programs of their choice; that's not security, it is corporate babysitting    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:26:21

• accessnow used to be about Internet access. Now it's just BDS. https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/google-ai-war-gaza-israel/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:27:11

• And accessnow says "the war on Gaza", even though the war started FROM Gaza this past October    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:28:16

• Submission of comments on the Draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/submission-of-comments-on-the-draft-digital-competition-bill-2024/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:29:10

• What I look for in empirical software papers ☞ https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/what-i-look-for-in-empirical-software-papers/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:31:15

• JetBrains releases Aqua, a development environment for test automation ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/05/16/jetbrains-releases-aqua-development-environment-test-automation/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:31:49

• Easily build a robot car with the Car Base Board for the STM32F411 “Black Pill” board ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/05/16/build-robot-car-car-base-board-stm32f411-black-pill-board/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:32:11

• Sam Thursfield: Status update, 16/05/2024 – Learning Async Rust ☞ https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2024/05/16/status-update-16-05-2024-learning-async-rust/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:32:41

• HackBat – DIY open-source hardware Flipper Zero alternative features Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU, ESP8266 WiFi module, RF transceiver… ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/05/16/hackbat-diy-open-source-hardware-flipper-zero-alternative-features-raspberry-pi-rp2040-mcu-esp8266-wifi-module-rf-transceiver/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:34:25

• Openwashing and buzzword nonsense ☞ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/uk-ai-safety-institute-testing-platform/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:36:40

• BSD Now 559: Rainy WiFi Days ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/559    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:39:33

• Cloud developer tools startup Replit lays off 20% of its workforce amid generative Hey Hi (AI) push ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/05/16/cloud-developer-tools-startup-replit-lays-off-20-workforce-amid-generative-ai-push/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:40:20

• Understanding AddressSanitizer: Better memory safety for your code ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/05/16/understanding-addresssanitizer-better-memory-safety-for-your-code/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:41:46

• FDIC chair is grilled on Capitol Hill after report outlines agency’s toxic workplace culture ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2024/05/fdic-chair-is-grilled-on-capitol-hill-after-report-outlines-agencys-toxic-workplace-culture/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:45:55

• How To Install Miniconda on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-miniconda-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:46:25

• How To Install Miniconda on Fedora 40 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-miniconda-fedora-40/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:46:36

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

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:46:48

• How to Install TYPO3 CMS on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-typo3-cms-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:47:08

• How to Install Odoo 17 ERP Software on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-odoo-17-erp-software-on-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:47:19

• How patent monopoly examination technology caught up to the 21st century ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2024/05/how-patent-examination-technology-caught-up-to-the-21st-century/ it didn't, they just try to grant as much as possible    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:48:58

• TTAB Affirms Refusal to Register Muffler Configuration Due to Lack of Acquired Distinctiveness ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/05/ttab-affirms-refusal-to-register.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:50:30

• Refusal of entry for Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful: German Police must lift his Schengen ban immediately ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2024/05/16/refusal-of-entry-for-ghassan-abu-sittah-was-unlawful-german-police-must-lift-his-schengen-ban-immediately/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:51:24

• Neovim 0.10 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/973917/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:52:07

• Qt Online Installer and Qt Installer Framework 4.8.0 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-online-installer-and-qt-installer-framework-4.8.0-released    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:52:37

• This is Your Opportunity to Sponsor the Perl and Raku Conference 2024 ☞ https://www.perl.com/article/this-is-your-opportunity-to-sponsor-the-perl-and-raku-conference-2024/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:54:00

• Andy Wingo: on hoot, on boot ☞ https://wingolog.org/archives/2024/05/16/on-hoot-on-boot    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:54:35

• Stroke https://yewtu.be/watch?v=OLD3JIWqr6w    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:47:51

• "Sometimes I just want all newlines in a region to become hardened, for example when writing code or poetry." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/hardening-newlines | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:49:38

• "With that, we now have the ability to inline SVGs in CSS." ☛ https://erikarow.land/notes/how-to-embed-svg-in-css | Source: Erika Rowland    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:49:51

• /XTurningOffCapslock ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/XTurningOffCapslock | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:50:16

• "This is the only time I think it’s appropriate to call such works content." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/netbsd-ai-generated-code-spam/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:50:50

• "I have this old 2012-ish Mac Mini which has long since stopped getting OS updates from Apple." ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2024/05/15/ro/ | Source: Rachel    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:51:19

• "With all the new fabs being built in Germany and Japan, as well as the expansion of production capacity in China" ☛ https://www.anandtech.com/show/21397/tsmc-to-expand-specialty-capacity-by-50-introduce-4nm-lowpower-node | Source: AnandTech    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:54:38

• "After thinking about how I’d achieve something better, I’m as far along as the picture above." ☛ https://tangiblelife.net/makers-make | Source: Steve Ledlow    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:54:49

• "This ROV has two thrusters for propulsion and steering." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/05/16/an-ultra-affordable-diy-underwater-rov/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:55:00

• "Every week I check the local auction websites to see if there are any interesting vintage computer related things" ☛ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/2024/05/15/amiga-600-retro-restoration/ | Source: Andrew Hutchings    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:55:11

• "Digital-quality audio comes courtesy of an Adafruit MAX Mono Amp which pushes sound to the mini speaker." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/this-vintage-radio-streams-music-with-raspberry-pi-zero-w/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:55:25

• "For those of you who wait until Denuvo Anti-tamper gets removed from games, you'll be pleased to know Back 4 Blood is now free of it. Plus the developers fixed the anti-cheat recently." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/back-4-blood-gets-denuvo-anti-tamper-removed-and-an-anti-cheat-fix-for-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:00:59

• "SAMURAI WARRIORS 4 from Koei Tecmo is a hack and slash game originally released in 2014. And now the much expanded enhanced version is here with SAMURAI WARRIORS 4 DX." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/samurai-warriors-4-dx-arrives-on-steam-and-its-steam-deck-verified/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:01:40

• "The award-winning mining sandbox adventure game Core Keeper is now getting ready to leave Early Access with the big 1.0 arriving on August 27th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/underground-sandbox-adventure-core-keeper-hits-10-on-august-27/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:06:18

• "An update many have been waiting for, Caves of Qud, one of the best roguelikes ever has a Beta available that includes a huge overhaul to the UI. Much better for gamepad and Steam Deck players." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/caves-of-qud-gets-a-huge-new-beta-released-with-the-big-ui-redesign/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:06:57

• "The sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories has finally arrived with Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER now available with Linux support. No rating for Steam Deck yet but it does have controller support so it should work well." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/story-rich-adventure-read-only-memories-neurodiver-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:07:14

• "Ultimate Chicken Horse is easily one of the funniest and stupidest party-platformers I've ever played, and it just had a free content update with a big discount." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/ultimate-chicken-horse-gets-its-biggest-sale-yet-with-a-new-content-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:07:35

• "I'm apparently a total and complete sucker for anything that allows for short rounds of gameplay" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/towerful-defense-prologue-is-like-brotato-and-vampire-survivors-had-a-td-baby/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:07:57

• "Athenian Rhapsody might just be my new favourite release of 2024." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/athenian-rhapsody-is-a-rather-unhinged-undertale-like-and-stupidly-funny/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:08:53

• "Just recently NVK, the open source Nvidia Vulkan driver, merged in a new Vulkan extension that is rather important and means it will work properly with Gamescope." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/nvk-driver-gets-drm-format-modifiers-to-work-with-gamescope-in-mesa-24-1/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:09:54

• "Zero-Trust DNS" = BS https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/05/zero-trust-dns.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:12:08

• 15 Best Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Tools ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/kali-linux-web-penetration-testing-tools/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:15:10

• "Palo Alto Networks Announces Major Cybersecurity Partnership With IBM, Acquires QRadar SaaS Assets" https://www.securityweek.com/palo-alto-networks-teams-up-with-ibm-acquires-qradar-saas-assets/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:16:23

• iophk: Bytedance's Tiktok is very far from a 1A issue. "Billionaire Frank McCourt is organizing a people’s bid to buy TikTok" https://siliconangle.com/2024/05/15/billionaire-frank-mccourt-organizing-peoples-bid-buy-tiktok/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:16:44

• "Attempted Assassination of Slovak Leader Puts Europe on Edge" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/world/europe/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-assassination-attempt.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:16:59

• "Germany: Man jailed for life for train knife attack" https://www.dw.com/en/germany-man-jailed-for-life-for-train-knife-attack/a-69083335    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:17:14

• socialdemokraternas https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2024/05/16/socialdemokraternas-id-krav-for-sociala-media-hotar-det-fria-ordet/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:17:38

• "A new WiFi vulnerability is reportedly leading users to a SSID confusion attack." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/wifi-vulnerability-and-ssid-confusion-attack/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:19:41

• "The RIPE NCC Web Services team is embarking on an exciting new project to transition future RIPE Meeting sites" ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/phillip-oldham/refreshing-the-ripe-meeting-websites/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:20:33

• "I got some friends on a Computer Science course" ☛ https://thomasrigby.com/posts/my-technical-history/ | Source: Thomas Rigby    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:20:52

• "Had a great venting session with someone at work about the practices of micro-services" ☛ https://lmika.org/2024/05/17/had-a-great.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:21:50

• ">Okay so I’m just past the halfway mark on #WeblogPoMo2024, so thought I’d have a quick reflection on how it’s going so far." ☛ https://lewisdale.dev/post/weblogpomo-midway-check-in/ | Source: Lewis Dale    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:22:18

• "I’ll be 60 years old in July. It occurred to me that I’ll be dead before the photographs I take today are interesting" ☛ https://baty.blog/2024/05/photography-as-a-record-makes-less-sense-as-i-grow-old | Source: Jack Baty    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:25:00

• "I’m waiting for a data migration to finish, so I’ve naturally got migration scripts on my mind." ☛ https://lmika.org/2024/04/02/writing-good-data.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:25:13

• "After a short time, I lost energy for it. It’s not that it was terribly difficult, but I just didn’t feel like doing it." ☛ https://baty.blog/2024/05/taking-a-break-from-complicated-blogs | Source: Jack Baty    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:25:30

• "There are many differences between towns and cities." ☛ https://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2024-05-16-i-live-in-a-city-or-a-town.html | Source: Björn Wärmedal    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:25:50

• "Lee Vinsel has written recently to lament the poor choice of topic selection by ‘critical’ tech researchers" ☛ https://criticaledtech.com/2024/05/14/start-where-the-pain-is-notes-on-topic-selection-in-technology-studies-vinsel-2024/ | Source: Neil Selwyn    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:26:21

• "Behind on the talk and still reading a lot of research papers on empirical software engineering (ESE)." ☛ https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/what-i-look-for-in-empirical-software-papers/ | Source: Buttondown    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:26:59

• "The Harvard team established the practical makings of the first quantum [Internet]" ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/glimpse-of-next-generation-internet/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:27:12

• "While I one day wish to make it to the RSA Conference in person," ☛ https://blog.talosintelligence.com/threat-source-newsletter-may-16-2024/ | Source: Threat Source    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:29:10

• "We are all prone to getting lost and caught up in the hustle and bustle of day-to-day life." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/legacy-of-wisdom-security-lessons-inspired-by-my-father/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:29:49

• "In the end, all I really need is a good idea and the creative environment will sort itself out." ☛ https://tangiblelife.net/creative-environments | Source: Steve Ledlow    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:30:03

• "My "computer origin story" is varied and long-ranging." ☛ https://weblog.anniegreens.lol/2024/05/my-computer-origin-story | Source: Anne Sturdivant    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:30:13

• "Fifteen schools said they internally track student suicides." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/university-suicide-tracking-data-1.7205529 | Source: CBC    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:37:36

• "He's agreed to have the chip stay inside his head for a year as part of an experiment" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/first-neuralink-patient-alarmed-device-starts-glitching | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:37:57

• "Neuralink's first human implant hit a snag last week" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/did-neuralink-ignore-early-trial-risk-brain-implant-issues-plagued-lab-before-human-case-1724665 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:38:18

• "You don’t need to be aggressive or rude. State clearly, and unambiguously, what the outcome will be" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/an-assertiveness-tip-state-the-outcome/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:39:34

• "Center for Investigative Reporting, in partnership with The Trace and CBS News" ☛ https://revealnews.org/article/shot-by-a-civilian-wielding-a-police-gun/ | Source: The Center for Investigative Reporting    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:40:06

• "DSA obligations to mitigate the risks" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240516-eu-probes-facebook-instagram-over-child-protection | Source: France24    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:40:43

• "rabbit hole" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2196254.html | Source: RTL    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:40:52

• "Each strand of the investigation relates to Articles 28, 34, and 35 of the DSA respectively." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/16/eu_investigates_meta_over_its/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:43:33

• "The bloc’s executive arm, the European Commission, opened “formal proceedings” against the tech giant Thursday" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4668852-eu-investigating-meta-over-addictive-effects-of-facebook-instagram-on-children/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:43:53

• "The Commission said in a statement that systems of both Facebook and Instagram, including the algorithms" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/eu-probes-meta-over-child-protection-concerns/a-69096042 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:44:12

• "European Union regulators on Thursday opened investigations into the American tech giant Meta" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/business/eu-investigation-children-social-media-addiction-instagram-facebook.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:44:36

• "The Neuralink N1 implant has 64 threads, each thinner than a human hair" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/15/neuralink_loose_wires/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:45:16

• "The sources declined to be identified, citing confidentiality agreements they had signed with the company." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-neuralink-has-faced-issues-with-its-tiny-wires-years-sources-say-2024-05-15/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:45:48

• "opened a formal investigation into Facebook and Instagram" ☛ https://www.reformer.com/news/national/eu-probes-facebook-instagram-over-child-protection/article_9956eb95-b9cd-522b-bb95-e49fe8e8bbab.html | Source: Brattleboro Reformer, Vermont    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 13:45:59

• "The crook also bragged about stealing data belonging to the Pentagon and other national security agencies last month." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/15/us_army_contractor_data_loss/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:36:08

• "That report claims Apple has already begun work on building supply chains" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/16/apple_iphones_india/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:36:24

• "The driverless aspect is thanks to a foundation model capable of supporting Level 4 autonomous driving" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/17/apollo_go_profitable/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:38:00

• "Facebook’s recommendation algorithm is promoting fully nude" ☛ https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-hentai-is-viral-all-over-facebook/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:38:10

• "This is a summary of the games I am planning to tackle first on my Miyoo Mini Plus, some of them are new" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/what-games-will-i-play-anyway/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:38:29

• "Unsurprisingly Google has revealed that AI is going to be integrated pretty much everywhere" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/curation-search-and-the-future-of-the-web | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:38:56

• "Pete Brown said it well, "the vast majority of iPad owners are using the device to read Kindle books..."" ☛ https://louplummer.lol/post/the-phones-of-normal-people?ref=birchtree.me |    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:39:13

• "The pandemic seems to have shifted a bunch of Overton windows out of whack, seemingly simultaneously." ☛ https://weblog.anniegreens.lol/2024/05/ai-for-dummies | Source: Anne Sturdivant    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:41:53

• "But TR-3 is overdue due to problems with its software and delays in the production of key parts." ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/air/2024/05/16/lockheed-running-out-of-parking-space-amid-f-35-delays-says-watchdog/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:42:17

• "We’re excited to announce that the Arduino Cloud now supports Google Home™!" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/05/16/hey-google-meet-arduino-cloud/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:42:26

• "accuracy of some of the systems used by tractors" ☛ https://www.404media.co/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:42:36

• "When I spoke with Demis Hassabis, the executive leading Google’s AI charge, ahead of Google’s event" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/prepare-to-get-manipulated-by-emotionally-expressive-chatbots/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:44:13

• "Before processing data, an AI model turns it into mathematical objects known as vector embeddings" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/05/15/lancedb-raises-8m-speed-ai-models-open-source-vector-database/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:44:31

• "She sustained “multiple traumatic injuries” and was treated at the scene before being hospitalized." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-16/woman-gets-millions-after-getting-dragged-by-self-driving-taxi-in-san-francisco | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:44:40

• "I think I finally put a finger on what bothers me so much about the push for AI based searches." ☛ https://blast-o-rama.com/2024/05/16/on-why-ai.html | Source: Marty Day    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:44:51

• Windows TCO: "tool installed by default in Windows 11 that allows someone to share their PC" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/16/microsoft_quick_assist_crime/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:47:41

• Windows TCO: "According to the company, it learned in early November 2023 that a threat actor had gained access" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/nissan-data-breach-impacts-53000-employees/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:47:49

• Windows TCO: "the attackers copied certain files" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/personal-information-stolen-in-city-of-wichita-ransomware-attack/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:48:50

• Windows TCO: "We turned off our computer network." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/city-of-wichita-shuts-down-network-following-ransomware-attack/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:49:28

• Windows TCO: "develop, implement, and maintain written policies and procedures" ☛ https://therecord.media/sec-to-require-data-breach-plans-financial | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:49:39

• Windows TCO: "On first run, the LunarMail backdoor collects information on the environment variables" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/russian-hackers-used-two-new-backdoors/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:49:57

• Windows TCO: "announcement made on its Telegram channel" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/ghostsec-returns-to-hacktivism/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:50:06

• Windows TCO: "The latest: The chain can no longer fill prescriptions" ☛ https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/ransomware-update-ascension-cant-fill-prescriptions-its-michigan-pharmacies | Source: Bridge Michigan    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:50:14

• "Apple's recent iOS 17.5 update, which the company encouraged users to download as soon as possible" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ios-175-bug-new-update-brings-back-deleted-nsfw-photos-users-feel-uncomfortable-1724663 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:51:37

• "The problem is they don't want to do it." ☛ https://therecord.media/eu-failure-spyware-political-will | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:51:48

• "copyright infringement by a private individual" ☛ https://walledculture.org/top-eu-court-says-there-is-no-right-to-online-anonymity-because-copyright-is-more-important/ | Source: Walled Culture    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:52:09

• "In order to protect works covered by copyright or related rights against offences committed on the [Internet]" ☛ https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2024-04/cp240075en.pdf | Source: CJEU    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:52:20

• "Georgian Dream officials appear unmoved by these appeals." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/georgias-government-uses-kremlin-playbook-to-consolidate-grip-on-power/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:53:54

• "Some West Africa watchers, like Colin P. Clarke, the director of research at the Soufan Group" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/fact-check--nigerian-journalist-misleads-millions-on-x-accusing-us-of-colonial-behavior-in-the-sahel-/7613512.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:54:32

• "Some have suggested novel forms of arms control are required for the unique characteristics of thermobarics." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-gruesome-frontier-of-thermobaric-weapons/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:54:44

• "But that lie is starting to unravel" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/16/europes-migrant-crime-wave-is-coming-to-britain/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:54:58

• dawah ☛ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/05/islamic-state-group-uses-dawah-to-gain-support-in-mozambique/ | Source: ADF    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:55:22

• "Recent media investigations by Iran International and Semafor" ☛ https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4662640-how-iranian-infiltration-is-threatening-american-democracy/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:55:46

• "Levels of the compounds — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)" ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/4666833-forever-chemicals-entering-great-lakes-through-precipitation-and-air-study/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:56:28

• "These figures come from Microsoft's 2024 Environmental Sustainability Report" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/16/microsoft_co2_emissions/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:56:39

• "Microsoft’s producing a lot more planet-heating pollution now than it did when it made a bold climate pledge back in 2020." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157496/microsoft-ai-carbon-footprint-greenhouse-gas-emissions-grow-climate-pledge | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:57:09

• "State of play: Microsoft divulged on Wednesday that its 2023 emissions were 29.1% above 2020 levels." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/05/16/microsoft-ai-data-center-power | Source: Axios    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:57:18

• "Microsoft's carbon footprint has increased 30% compared to 2020" ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/15/microsofts-carbon-emissions-have-risen-30percent-since-2020-due-to-data-center-expansion.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:57:30

• "Smoldering combustion beneath northwest Canada's boreal forests has emerged onto the dry surface," ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/05/16/canada-zombie-wildfires-smoke-us | Source: Axios    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:58:47

• "Long before 2140 the block rewards will have shrunk to become insignificant compared to the fees." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2024/05/fee-only-bitcoin.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:59:31

• "energy-intensive Bitcoin mining brings serious environmental " ☛ https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/countries-say-no-to-bitcoin-mines/ | Source: Greenpeace    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:59:40

• "fired the entire company's 500-workers-strong" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-woman-fired-her-entire-department | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 15:59:58

• "V2G is a more distributed option for backup battery power." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/these-electric-school-buses-are-on-their-way-to-save-the-grid/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:00:32

• "The study examined 120 years of global data from copper mining companies" ☛ https://news.umich.edu/copper-cant-be-mined-fast-enough-to-electrify-the-us/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:00:40

• "Gero is co-author of the study, which was published last week in Nature Communications." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/sperm-whale-communication-1.7205012 | Source: CBC    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:01:54

• "I’d given just a few moments’ thought" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/i-went-undercover-secret-onlyfans-chatter-wasnt-pretty/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:03:13

• "cook the books." ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/hackers/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:03:39

• "free love-promoting German entrepreneur and self-taught economist" ☛ https://www.noemamag.com/what-if-money-expired/ | Source: Berggruen Insitute    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:03:48

• "introduced Tuesday by Reps. Troy Carter, D-La., and Bennie Thompson, D-Miss." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/house-bill-calls-on-cisa-to-form-ai-task-force/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:05:31

• "Before the policy, agencies and their contracting officials were limited to only data from their respective agencies" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/white-house-procurement-office-releases-data-circular/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:06:22

• "Strategic Management of Acquisition Data..." ☛ https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FACT-SHEET-OMB-Circular-A-137-Strategic-Management-of-Acquisition-Data-and-Information.pdf | Source: USA    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:06:32

• "Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA)" ☛ https://www.domaintools.com/resources/blog/new-draft-rule-on-ransomware-payments-and-cyber-incident-reporting/ | Source: DomainTools    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:07:13

• "But this is not really sustainable for long-term success and won’t make you a great developer, it will just make you a tool." ☛ https://vadimkravcenko.com/shorts/stand-out-and-dare-to-disagree/ | Source: Vadim Kravcenko    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:07:44

• "CISA confirmed his last day will be in June, but didn’t say exactly when." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/people/2024/05/second-senior-cyber-leader-this-week-to-exit-federal-service/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:08:51

• "As executive assistant director for cybersecurity, Goldstein has had his hands in many of CISA’s major undertakings" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/top-cisa-official-eric-goldstein-to-depart-agency-next-month/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:09:06

• "The confirmation came in an Expected Intention To Float announcement on the London Stock Exchange." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/15/raspberry_pi_perpares_to_boot/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:09:16

• Too much debt. Does he see the end of the company soon? ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/15/openai_cofounder_ilya_sutskever_leaves/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:09:35

• "Hundreds of millions of voters in all the 27 countries that make up the European Union are heading to polls" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/world/europe/european-union-2024-election-what-to-know.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:09:45

• "Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from some areas in the northeastern region of Kharkiv as Russian forces continue a new offensive" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/16/ukraine_russia | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:11:01

• "A big mess is brewing" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/05/16/a-big-mess-is-brewing | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:11:40

• "Putin always chooses the best" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/05/16/putin-always-chooses-the-best | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:11:48

• kharkiv ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/05/17/zelensky-ukrainian-army-has-halted-russian-advance-near-kharkiv | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:11:57

• "Different possibilities exist" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/05/17/different-possibilities-exist | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:12:27

• "Human Rights Watch has documented ethnic cleansing in the West Darfur region of Sudan by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/16/sudan_ethnic_cleansing | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:12:52

• BP and Shell ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/05/16/onward-rishi-sunak-governments-most-popular-think-tank-funded-shell-bp-equinor/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:13:11

• "Great 78" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archive-fails-to-dismiss-record-labels-copyright-lawsuit-240516/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:13:40

• "Tor Browser 13.5a8 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-135a8/ | Source: Tor    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:14:02

• "An internal report, obtained by 444. hu shows the extent of Russian hacking operations targeting Hungary's Foreign Ministry." ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2024/05/17/internal-documents-prove-russian-hackers-infiltrated-the-foreign-ministry | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:14:34

• "the dogged researchers and enthusiasts at The Serial Port channel on YouTube" ☛ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/archie-the-internets-first-search-engine-is-rescued-and-running/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:15:46

• "one of them will have at least 8 VMs on it" ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/evolution-2/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:16:06

• "It’s an article of faith and a point of fact that Hugo is the fastest static site generator (SSG) out there." ☛ https://www.brycewray.com/posts/2024/05/hugo-0-126-x-speedy-pages-data/ | Source: Bryce Wray    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:16:30

• "So the solution is just several hundred lines of Python code." ☛ https://blog.brixit.nl/automatic-case-design-for-kicad/ | Source: Martijn Braam    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:16:45

• ">Do we use technology, or does it use us?" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/15/1092350/technology-is-probably-changing-us-for-the-worse-or-so-we-always-think/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:17:40

• "Vitek has been working on R for a decade. He is currently working on the MaintainR 2021 project" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/05/enhancing-r-the-vision-and-impact-of-jan-viteks-maintainr-initiative/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:17:49

• "In this post we'll build a database in 400 lines of code with basic support for five standard SQL transaction levels: [...]" ☛ https://notes.eatonphil.com/2024-05-16-mvcc.html | Source: Phil Eaton    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:19:42

• "Just one week to go until RIPE 88 kicks off in Kraków." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/ripe-chair-team-reports-looking-forward-to-ripe-88/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:20:34

• "Gergely Daróczi, the founder and organizer of the Budapest Users of R Network" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/05/gergely-daroczis-journey-empowering-r-users-in-hungary/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:20:42

• (ASan), a compiler plugin"" ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/05/16/understanding-addresssanitizer-better-memory-safety-for-your-code/ | Source: Trail of Bits    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:22:11

• "In today’s data-driven world, the ability to create dynamic, interactive web applications is a highly valuable skill." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/05/shiny-and-beyond-mastering-interactive-web-applications-with-r-and-appsilon-packages/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:22:53

• "As I learn Rust step by step, I’ve listed some useful resources along the way." ☛ https://blog.lyokolux.space/posts/2024-05-15-a-list-of-rustlang-resources/ | Source: Lykolux    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:23:08

• "We will use the dlogis, plogis, qlogis, and rlogis functions to demonstrate each of these functions." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/05/logistic-function-in-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:24:24

• "Incident response comprises two intertwined, but distinct, activities: diagnosing and fixing." ☛ https://blog.danslimmon.com/2024/05/15/ask-questions-first-shoot-later/ | Source: Dan Slimmon    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:24:59

• "My work in this area started out as an experiment using data I collected for a different project." ☛ https://cprimozic.net/blog/building-embedding-visualizations-from-user-profiles/ | Source: Casey Primozic    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:25:13

• "At this point, you might have heard about our Nickel configuration language" ☛ https://www.tweag.io/blog/2024-05-16-nickel-programmable-lsp/ | Source: Modus Create LLC    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:25:22

• "Some of Australia’s foremost media and information experts, consulted in the AP4D report" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/digital-literacy-is-a-national-security-asset/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:26:33

• "Google Search is about to fundamentally change—for better or worse." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/google-io-end-of-google-search/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:26:46

• "Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Wednesday he will oppose bipartisan legislation coming out" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4665499-mcconnell-opposes-bill-to-ban-use-of-deceptive-ai-to-influence-elections/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:26:58

• "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/05/15/glory-to-hong-kong-blocked-by-google-youtube/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:27:38

• "the government enacted the ban" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/05/17/explainer-how-and-why-the-govt-banned-protest-song-glory-to-hong-kong/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:28:34

• "a court order granted a government request to ban" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/05/16/youtube-blocks-glory-to-hong-kong-protest-anthem/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:29:35

• "It’s unacceptable because it reflects a turn of the Georgian attitudes towards the civil society" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/foreign-agent-law-georgia-zurabishvili-kobakhidze-michel-katsarava/32949566.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:29:51

• "I appeared before the Senate committee that studied the bill in February 2022" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/05/s210filibuster/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:30:32

• "as part of his work" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/guatemala-court-opens-door-to-freeing-jailed-journalist-/7613841.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:31:51

• "The next day, on May 4, another armed soldier arrived at Katoto’s home and threatened the journalist’s family" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/05/drc-soldiers-threaten-to-kill-journalist-parfait-katoto-over-broadcasts/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:32:04

• "may be used to generate news content" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/gannett-ai-news-content | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:32:30

• Spewing garbage is not journalism ☛ https://digiday.com/media/gannetts-new-contract-language-around-ai-unsettles-local-union/ | Source: Digi Day    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:32:39

• "to create summaries" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/16/24158531/gannett-ai-generated-overviews-usa-today-memo | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:32:53

• "they appear below the AI-generated summary answer" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/publishers-google-ai-feature-website-traffic | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:33:15

• "On its surface that might sound convenient, but for news publishers" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/15/media/google-gemini-ai-search-news-outlet-impact/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:33:53

• it's wrong to rely on search engines and social control media for site traffic (do not be a supplicant)    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:34:27

• "On the evening of May 12, in Uganda’s western Buhweju District" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/05/ugandan-journalist-juliet-kyarisiima-beaten-and-robbed-while-covering-land-dispute/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:34:34

• "Tibetans who protested the seizure of their pasture land by Chinese authorities in Markham county" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/political-education-protest-land-grab-05162024171910.html | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:35:55

• "On May 3, graduate student workers at the University of Pennsylvania joined the growing ranks of unionized grad workers" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/05/graduate-workers-penn-union-organizing/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:36:52

• "Free-Range Kids" ☛ https://reason.com/2024/05/16/how-free-range-kids-became-an-answer-on-jeopardy/ | Source: Reason    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:37:45

• "Abbott’s demand for a review of Perry’s case followed pressure from former Fox News star Tucker Carlson" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2024/05/16/former-army-sergeant-convicted-of-killing-blm-protester-pardoned/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:38:14

• "Yet, somehow Ali misses his target, who jumps to the ground before running off." ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/15/amazon-worker-tries-shooting-supervisor-point-blank-gunned-down-cops/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:38:57

• "why she used her global reach to stand up for women." ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/jk-rowling-writes-essay-on-standing-up-for-women-for-new-book-on-campaign-to-protect-rights-4629745 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:39:41

• ">Worker productivity gains enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) are concentrated at the lower end of the skill" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4663552-how-ai-could-make-workers-more-productive-but-paid-less/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:40:19

• "On a list of bills HSGAC considered for advancement Wednesday morning" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2024/05/senators-delay-federal-telework-bill-to-consider-adding-work-from-home-supervision/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:40:49

• "The BGP behaves like an internet traffic controller, routing data as efficiently as possible." ☛ https://therecord.media/fcc-proposed-requirement-isps-bgp-security | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:41:51

• "The current combination of RIPE policies and rules for RIPE NCC membership enable IPv6 stockpiling." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/marco_schmidt/ipv6-stockpiling-a-trojan-horse-in-our-midst/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:42:05

• "Pornography and adult material aren’t allowed under Libyan law, therefore we removed the domain." ☛ https://priceonomics.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-ly/ |    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:42:17

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) company "Spotify is seriously pissing off music publishers – and not just with the mechanical-royalties decrease" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/05/15/spotify-music-publishers-dispute/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:43:13

• "In a sense, the people who say we can't pull wires anymore are right: these are relics of a lost civilization." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/16/symmetrical-10gb-for-119/#utopia | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:43:46

• "Android 15 will also better secure messaging with OTPs by hiding notifications and restricting [manually installed] apps' access." ☛ https://thenorthlines.com/major-ai-and-security-upgrades-announced-for-android-mobile-operating-system/ | Source: The North Lines IN    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:43:57

• "Two voice actors sued artificial-intelligence startup Lovo in Manhattan federal court on Thursday" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-05-16/ai-voiceover-company-stole-voices-of-actors-new-york-lawsuit-claims | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:44:37

• "He was interviewing my voice about the dangers of A.I. and the harms it might have on the entertainment industry" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/technology/ai-voice-clone-lawsuit.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:44:51

• "While Google is hard at work on creating an AI music sandbox" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/05/15/google-deepmind-music-ai-sandbox/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:45:55

• "The deal underscores Reddit's attempt to diversify beyond its advertising business" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/openai-strikes-deal-to-bring-reddit-content-to-chatgpt/articleshow/110191717.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:46:04

• "OpenAI has signed a deal for access to real-time content from Reddit’s data API" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/16/24158529/reddit-openai-chatgpt-api-access-advertising | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:46:13

• "a number of large AI companies were scraping its data" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/05/16/openai-agrees-deal-reddit-scrape-content-ai-training/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:46:22

• "ChatGPT and other OpenAI products will use Reddit's application programming interface" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/openai-strikes-deal-bring-reddit-content-chatgpt-2024-05-16/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 16:46:30

• Benben v0.5.0 Progress Update gemini://nanako.mooo.com/gemlog/2024-05-16-a.gmi    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:11:23

• 🔤SpellBinding: ACDEHWK Wordo: EPEES gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-05-17.gmi    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:11:54

• Uncaging the Self: A Journey Through Life    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:12:28

• "Presumably because the IDE forever beachballs or (in these glorious future days) pegs a few CPU cores to 100% for no discernible reason. Another (if perhaps outdated) angle here is "I use SCSI, not IDE". This might have been better to use back in the early 2000s, or never?" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/05/17/caesar.gmi    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:13:03

• Protocol Update: UDC and Code Blocks gemini://scrollprotocol.us.to/devlog/20240517.gmi    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:13:44

• "dwm" Dynamic Window Manager 2024-05-17 gemini://acastillog.flounder.online/gemlog/24/2024-05-17_Dynamic-Window-Manager.gmi    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:14:10

• Music players with support for classic winamp skins gemini://namno.duckdns.org/blog/2024-05-12.gmi    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:14:44

• Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and the Benefits of Beef ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/critics-at-large/kendrick-lamar-drake-and-the-benefits-of-beef    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:15:37

• Podcast 71: Daily Mail CEO Rich Caccappolo on keeping journalism free ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/podcast-future-of-media-explained/podcast-71-daily-mail-ceo-rich-caccappolo-on-keeping-journalism-free/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:15:55

• Stormy Daniels’s Biggest Role Yet ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/stormy-danielss-biggest-role-yet    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:16:09

• OpenShift Virtualization for vSphere admins: Introduction to network configurations ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/05/16/openshift-virtualization-vsphere-admins-introduction-network-configurations    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:17:06

• Using OpenShift 4's inspect for middleware troubleshooting ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/05/16/using-openshift-4s-inspect-middleware-troubleshooting    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:17:56

• Improve user experience in the Butane command-line utility ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/05/16/improve-user-experience-butane-command-line-utility    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:18:32

• Automating fapolicyd with RHEL system roles ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/automating-fapolicyd-rhel-system-roles    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:19:16

• GNU/Linux Reaches 6.5% in Canada (Including ChromeOS), Based on statCounter (updated) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/05/16/GNU_Linux_Reaches_6_5_in_Canada_Including_ChromeOS_Based_on_sta.shtml    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:19:23

• FUD Alert: 2024 is Not 2011 and Ebury is Not "Linux" ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/05/16/FUD_Alert_2024_is_Not_2011_and_Ebury_is_Not_Linux.shtml    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:19:43

• GNU/Linux Grows in Denmark, But Much of That is ChromeOS, Which Means No Freedom ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/05/16/GNU_Linux_Grows_in_Denmark_But_Much_of_That_is_ChromeOS_Which_M.shtml    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:19:53

• GNU/Linux in Malaysia: From 0.2 Percent to 6+ Percent ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2024/05/16/GNU_Linux_in_Malaysia_From_0_2_Percent_to_6_Percent.shtml    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:20:00

• Red Hat OpenShift as OpenTelemetry (OTLP) native platform ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openshift-opentelemetry-otlp-native-platform    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:20:50

• Riding buzzword waves https://www.cio.com/article/2098573/red-hat-seeks-to-shrink-it-skills-gap-with-lightspeed-gen-ai.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:26:47

• Red Hat staff writes articles and it's all about buzzwords https://www.itopstimes.com/ai/ai-at-the-industrial-edge-where-its-at-and-where-its-going/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:27:39

• greenwashing: "Red Hat’s Kepler is a winner in Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards." https://www.fastcompany.com/91073490/red-hat-world-changing-ideas-2024    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:28:33

• "Disclosure: IBM and Red Hat are RedMonk customers." Articles about Red Hat, sponsored by Red Hat. Then cited by Red Hat. https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2024/05/14/instructlab/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:29:47

• Israel's army says three hostages' bodies recovered https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c97z867r2ypo    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 17:33:02

• Windows just 30% in the US now? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/united-states-of-america/#monthly-200902-202405    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 18:27:01

• Musk axes entire Tesla division https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news/musk-axes-entire-tesla-division    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 18:29:20

• Fae Farm developer Phoenix Labs lays off staff and cancels projects in significant restructure https://www.eurogamer.net/fae-farm-developer-phoenix-labs-lays-off-staff-and-cancels-projects-in-significant-restructure    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 18:29:51

• Microsoft Shuts Down Nigeria’s Africa Dev’t Centre, Sacks Workers https://leadership.ng/microsoft-shuts-down-nigerias-africa-devt-centre-sacks-workers/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 18:31:16

• Microsoft 'lobbying' covers up the corruption https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/world-news-uk-watchdog-decides-not-to-investigate-microsofts-ai-partnership-with-frances-mistral-5972082.html    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 18:33:01

• Activision's New 'Elsewhere' Studio Is Exciting, But It Couldn't Have Come At A Worse Time https://www.dualshockers.com/activision-new-elsewhere-studio-couldnt-have-come-at-worse-time/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 18:34:00

• Addressing glibc Vulnerabilities in EOL Ubuntu https://tuxcare.com/blog/addressing-glibc-vulnerabilities-in-eol-ubuntu/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:06:42

• But is is proprietary https://itsfoss.com/install-onlyoffice-ubuntu/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:07:30

• proprietary also. omg. yes!!! proprietary!! omg omg omg https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/05/vmware-workstation-pro-is-now-free-to-use    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:08:28

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/973908/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:10:25

• The top three GNU/Linux 6.9 kernel upgrades ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-three-top-linux-6-9-kernel-improvements/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:11:29

• Fedora warns security updates for version 38 of its Linux distro will soon end https://www.techzine.eu/news/security/120058/fedora-warns-security-updates-for-version-38-of-its-linux-distro-will-soon-end/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:14:49

• New way to shift attention away from Smith's grilling for Microsoft getting cracked? https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kimsuky-hackers-deploy-new-linux-backdoor-in-attacks-on-south-korea/ see http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/05/15/Security_Patches_and_Linux_FUD_Blaming_Everything_on_Linux_Agai.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/05/16/FUD_Alert_2024_is_Not_2011_and_Ebury_is_Not_Linux.shtml    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:16:41

• Interesting timing because of Microsoft being under the microscope for mega-breach https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-kimsuky-serves-linux-trojan-a-25246    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:18:25

• It says "hackers used a Linus backdoor", so they clearly don't know what they write about, they just blindly relay FUD for sponsors.    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:19:22

• "Over the past few decades, quantum computing and its theoretical underpinnings have come a long way. Major tech companies like Google and IBM have made substantial investments in the field." https://www.itprotoday.com/linux/explore-growing-role-linux-quantum-computing    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:19:57

• "It seems NixOS is the new Arch Linux. It's the latest craze among the more advanced Linux users and now it is getting derivatives distros as well." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-24-20/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:20:21

• "The Fedora Project has put out an important warning for users still running Fedora Linux 38. If you want to keep yourself safe from security exploits, you need to upgrade to version 39 or 40 this week before support ends on May 21st." https://www.neowin.net/news/fedora-linux-38-users-told-to-upgrade-now-or-risk-exposure-to-exploits/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:20:52

• Microsofters looking for excuses to say "Linux backdoor" a few days before Microsoft cover-up and complete, total breach becoming a federal grilling? https://duo.com/decipher/kimsuky-apt-using-newly-discovered-gomir-linux-backdoor    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:22:22

• "The Release Candidate (RC) development version of the upcoming PipeWire 1.2 server for handling audio, video streams, and hardware on Linux is now available for public testing." https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-2-release-candidate-adds-explicit-sync-and-snap-support    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:28:45

• Are all Linux vendor kernels insecure? A new study says yes, but there's a fix ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/are-all-linux-vendor-kernels-insecure-a-new-study-says-yes-but-theres-a-fix/ instead of writing about Microsoft and Windows they try to change the topic to "Linux    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:47:50

• Third Chrome Zero-Day Patched by Surveillance Giant Google Within One Week ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/third-chrome-zero-day-patched-by-google-within-one-week/    

posted Friday, May 17, 2024 at 20:50:41

• "I’m coming full circle with the haiku form. As a teenager, when I first heard of them, I was told you wrote five, seven, five syllables. Sometimes 5-5-7." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/haiku    

posted Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 01:26:10

• "Part of the Volty MIR project, but can be used for non-interactive applications." gemini://yaky.dev/2024-05-16-android-boot-on-plug-launch-app-shutdown-on-condition/    

posted Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 01:26:59

• "Seeing moddedBear talking about using the pre-installed proprietary reader software on a Kobo made me want to recount my experiences with KOReader." gemini://gemini.thegonz.net/glog/240517-KOReader.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 01:27:37

• Announcing Smile Dog: The Movie (Maybe?) gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1845    

posted Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 01:29:28