Roy Schestowitz

• "Sleep is so important for ones health. I say this as someone who is currently suffering from a stretch of bad/reduced sleep and is really starting to feel the effects." gemini://gem.saayaa.space/gemlog/2024-07-20-sleep.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 00:24:03

• javascript one-liner horror story gemini://winter.entities.org.uk/log/2024-07-20_cursed-js.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 00:24:40

• 🎧 Fuckity Bye, Pioneer gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/korruptor/blog/2024-07-20-FuckityByePioneer.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 00:26:38

• "Today I hung out with a friend playing Atari games, so I didn't have time for much computing; however, I didn't use a newer computer so I didn't break any rules (and the Atari 7800 probably counts as old enough for the challenge anyway)." gemini://ddlyh.smol.pub/2024-day-7    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 00:27:18

• "I've been trying to figure out why I tend to hoard old coins. Not that old - 70's and 80's quarters mostly (although I do have an envelope full of pre-1965 silver coins too). There is a pile next to the monitor." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/stack/18728    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 00:28:00

• New: Happy birthday Julian #ASSANGE (London July 3 2024) https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4UfBIYeSTHw    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 00:59:46

• Lee Camp on Julian Assange's Long Deserved Freedom https://yewtu.be/watch?v=CsoMM3-45hQ    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 01:02:47

• Windows below 15% in Angola https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/angola/#monthly-200902-202407    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 01:12:54

• For the First Time, Linux Crosses 40% Market Share in France (Well, GNU/Linux and Android) http://techrights.org/o/2023/07/17/gnu-linux-and-android-in-france/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 01:16:08

• And this year/month too http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/02/Android_Linux_Blasting_Past_Windows_in_France_Highest_Desktop_S.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 01:16:31

• GNU/Linux at almost 5% in Gambia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/gambia/#monthly-200902-202407    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 01:18:25

• 7% in Guyana https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/guyana/#monthly-200902-202407    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 01:19:43

• Android in Honduras - highest in almost a decade https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/honduras/#monthly-200902-202407    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 01:20:51

• Federated States Of Micronesia: Android now half the market https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/micronesia/#monthly-200902-202407    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 01:25:15

• Windowd down to 30% in Mongolia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/mongolia/#monthly-200902-202407    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 01:26:16

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1348.jpg    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 02:14:27

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D999.jpg    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 02:14:38

• "One of the HDDs in my computer died. It contained my music collection, but fortunately I had that backed up, and restored onto one of the surviving disks." gopher://uberspace.net:70/0/~defanor/blog/2024-07-20-backups.txt    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 02:15:40

• "Summer is my iced tea szn, and in the group chat, we got comparing recipes." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2024/7-20.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 02:16:30

• Tech Layoffs Continue: What's Next? https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/tech-layoffs-continue-whats-next-1277 it's a bubble    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 02:17:45

• Many tech companies (and ROLES) create more problems than they sole. Broken windows.    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 02:18:21

• (solve)    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 02:18:29

• Tesla: how do we take automobiles that can last 30+ years and instead make them last barely 5?    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 02:19:08

• Windows TCO, photo https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-111891699,imgsize-2249877,width-400,resizemode-4/111891699.jpg    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 02:19:56

• Stop & Shop's CT store closing plans leave workers with unanswered questions on future employment https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/ct-stop-shop-closing-plans-workers-layoffs-19580143.php    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 02:20:35

• Because they did not use Windows in critical systems https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-outage-nse-and-bse-have-good-news-for-investors/articleshow/111891711.cms    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 02:21:56

• "AI is nothing more than automating labor. You can buy AI SW from a number of vendors, so everyone has the same ability to automate their labor. Will automating labor save IBM?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1toTX17z    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 03:45:55

• "It depends on how IBM decides to restructure that labor savings, and into what new products if any it will invest. If IBM doesn’t innovate with their savings, then they need to shrink as their current overhead is not competitive vs their competition" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1toTX17z    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 03:46:38

• Magic Leap Layoffs Follow Recent Google Partnership https://www.uploadvr.com/magic-leap-layoffs-2024/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 03:48:04

• Fortescue cuts 700 jobs, slows down green hydrogen plans https://www.mining.com/fortescue-cuts-700-jobs-slows-down-green-hydrogen-plans/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 03:48:26

• Apache Software Foundation is Retiring its Feather Logo https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/apache-software-foundation-retiring-feather-logo http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/07/19/Apache_Software_Foundation_Becomes_Politics.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 03:50:27

• "open" "hey hi" down SO sharply for 2 months in a row https://www.similarweb.com/website/openai.com/#ranking    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 03:53:00

• Even news articles [sic] about "hey hi" gradually become scarce, or negative/pessimistic    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 03:53:35

• Openwashing http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelabbott/2024/06/25/is-banking-going-open-source/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 03:54:34

• CAT5 is about cats like Windos/DOS is about OS.    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:02:30

• it's NOT Linux https://www.makeuseof.com/using-linux-improved-windows-experience/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:03:24

• Microsoft turns 50 next year. Imagine that. 50 years. Like the age difference between Bill Gates and the girls he fucks when his wife doesn't know.    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:04:58

• Why was this filed under "LINUX"? It is WINDOWS software. https://www.howtogeek.com/notepad-plus-plus-silent-updates/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:07:59

• Coming soon: Microsoft outages but Linux, not Windows. https://www.howtogeek.com/will-linux-run0-command-run-sudo-out-of-town/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:09:10

• "There are many ways to clean up or remove files, including using commands such as rm (remove), rmdir (remove directory), shred, and unlink." https://www.networkworld.com/article/2517515/how-to-get-rid-of-unneeded-files-on-linux.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:09:45

• Displaying dates and times on Linux https://www.networkworld.com/article/957404/displaying-dates-and-times-on-linux.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:10:09

• https://linuxhint.com/ has died. Nothing in months.    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:10:33

• Days before Windows didn't boot and Azure went offline https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4333777/mammoth-microsoft-patch-tuesday-fixes-zero-days-critical-bugs    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:12:10

• Asian Tech Roundup: Indian entrepreneurs call for 70-hour week https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4330782/asian-tech-roundup-indian-entrepreneurs-hour    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:12:44

• When back doors are everywhere this won't be a panacea https://www.computing.co.uk/feature/4337312/passwordless-mid-size-organisations-benefits-challenges    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:13:32

• Massive [Windows] outage hits airlines, hospitals and banks around the globe https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4337707/massive-outage-affects-airlines-hospitals-banks-globe    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:14:09

• Businesses/businesspeople to whom Windows is essential should never be essential to you; distance yourself from them or get stranded    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:15:22

• No activity in that site since "Thu, 06 Jun 2024 18:16:12 +0000" https://linuxhint.com/how-to-create-an-ubuntu-24-04-lts-virtual-machine-vm-on-proxmox-ve/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:19:34

• 'Linux Hint' Inactive for Nearly a Month (It Used to be Very Active) http://techrights.org/n/2024/06/24/Linux_Hint_Inactive_for_Nearly_a_Month_It_Used_to_be_Very_Activ.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:19:49

• WINDOWS outage, not "IT outage" https://theconversation.com/major-it-outage-brings-businesses-around-the-world-to-a-standstill-expert-explains-what-happened-and-why-235132    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:25:11

• Meditation can be harmful – and can even make mental health problems worse https://theconversation.com/meditation-can-be-harmful-and-can-even-make-mental-health-problems-worse-230435    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 04:25:55

• The Microsoft FUD has surfaced already. "BLAME LINUX". https://soylentnews.org/breakingnews/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=61568&page=1&cid=1364956#commentwrap    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 06:29:12

• "Tin hat bonanza: Conspiracy theories take off after global IT crash" https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2215466.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 09:51:25

• "The Microsoft IT meltdown in Mexico: What are the impacts?" https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/microsoft-it-meltdown-in-mexico-airports-border/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 09:51:37

• "Global IT glitch mostly misses Finland" https://yle.fi/a/74-20100527 not global, not IT -- Windows only, and that is not mentioned even once    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 09:52:30

• iophk: the spin increases, as Windows not even mentioned https://www.thelocal.se/20240719/breaking-european-travel-services-hit-by-major-global-it-glitch ("European travel services hit by major global [sic] IT [sic] glitch")    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 09:53:48

• "Photobucket Is Using Biometrics To Sell Your Photos to train AI and opting you IN by default" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/photobucket-is-using-biometrics-to-sell:1    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 09:54:06

• "CrowdStrike Bricking Windows Machines Around the World Grounding Planes and Blocking Media" https://soylentnews.org/breakingnews/article.pl?sid=24/07/19/1223234    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 09:54:18

• "Whoops! The Internet Broke." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/07/crowdstrike-outage-y2k/679117/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 09:54:32

• internet https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://idiomdrottning.org/internet-var-en-fluga    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 09:54:58

• s/CrowdStrike/Windows/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/crowdstrike-outage.html ("CrowdStrike Issue, Not Russia or China, Caused Tech Outage")    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 09:55:15

• "Airlines resume services after global [sic] IT [sic] crash wreaks havoc" https://www.voanews.com/a/airlines-resume-services-after-global-it-crash-wreaks-havoc/7705965.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 09:55:27

• lund https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/artikel/uppgifter-om-telefonstrul-pa-lunds-universitet/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:02:27

• iophk: lies right there in the headline: availability is one three components in the very definition of security https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/crowdstrike-says-widespread-disruptions-were-not-the-result-of-security-incident-or-cyberattack/articleshow/111861496.cms    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:03:10

• "From trains to retail, how [Windows] outage caused havoc across industries" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/19/from-trains-to-retail-how-crowdstrike-outage-caused-havoc-across-industries    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:03:37

• "Microsoft outage health latest: Major NHS trust declares 'critical incident' with other hospitals hit and thousands of GPs still caught in continuing [Windows] system chaos" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13652155/Microsoft-outage-health-latest-Major-NHS-trust-declares-critical-incident-hospitals-GPs-chaos.html TheFail on Microsoft    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:04:33

• "The European Union must keep funding free software - HedgeDoc" https://pad.public.cat/lettre-NCP-NGI    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:05:53

• "Blue screen of death decimates multiple industries: why the world shouldn't run on windows" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/blue-screen-of-death-decimates-multiple:6    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:06:05

• "Clowns and Jokers" https://idiomdrottning.org/clowns-and-jokers    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:06:55

• "CrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoft" https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/20/24202527/crowdstrike-microsoft-windows-bsod-outage    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:07:26

• "Rare Vintage Photos of Khevsur Warriors in Their Traditional Armor From the Early 20th Century" https://www.vintag.es/2024/07/khevsur-warriors.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:07:47

• "Ways that I pissed off the Mastodong Commentariat yesterday: [...]" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/07/ways-that-i-pissed-off-the-mastodong-commentariat-yesterday/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:08:07

• comment: "O'Hare's IT folks gave up on all the sign systems, so the airport was littered with these. This one, in particular, was an improvement over its usual fare reminding me that I'm not allowed to take water on planes because of chemistry that only exists in the fever dreams of fascists."    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:08:50

• Should have used GNU/Linux, could even emulate this https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-31-saves-the-day-during-crowdstrike-outage    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:09:42

• Microsoft becomes poor and heavily debt-ridden, trying to LOOK rich    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:11:02

• "Link-Busters has become the first anti-piracy company to report more than a billion 'copyright-infringing' URLs to Google search." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/link-busters-sent-a-billion-dmca-takedown-requests-to-google-search-240720/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:15:18

• "Sure, he tries to portray himself as “reasonable” and “scientific” by occasionally refuting even more bonkers conspiracy theorists, such as virus deniers" ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2024/07/20/steve-kirsch-goes-off-the-deep-end-over-the-moderna-vaccine/ |    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:15:53

• "Tenstorrent has announced the launch of its next-generation Wormhole chip, now featured in PCIe cards and workstations designed for scalable multi-chip development." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/tenstorrent-unveils-next-generation-wormhole-based-developer-kits-and-workstations/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:22:57

• "The Radxa ROCK 2A is a credit card-sized single-board computer with a form factor similar to the Raspberry Pi." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-like-sbc-powered-by-rk3528a-soc-and-pcie-2-0-support/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:23:09

• "The Radxa ROCK 2F is a small computing device designed for a wide range of uses, from development projects to multimedia setups." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-rock-2f-an-upcoming-compact-4k-computer-with-rockchip-rk3528a-and-wi-fi-6/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:23:26

• "This article provides a concise guide to Satellite Capsule Server deployment. First, I discuss planning considerations for deploying a Satellite Capsule Server." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/satellite-capsule-guide | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:23:39

• GSOC: Accident Week! ☞ https://soumyadghosh.github.io/website/interns/gsoc-2024/gsoc-week-3-week-7/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:24:20

• Gibbon – school management system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gibbon-school-management-system/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:25:21

• "opened an investigation into Google" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/italy-probes-google-over-alleged-unfair-user-data-practices/articleshow/111887598.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:29:18

• "This is exactly what we said would happen post-Blizzard merger, laments watchdog" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/20/microsoft_game_pass_ftc/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:29:45

• "Friday's breakdown was caused by a malfunctioning software update fed to Microsoft Windows" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2215448.html | Source: RTL    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:29:52

• "Axate works by setting up a secure digital wallet for readers" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/casual-payments-for-news/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:45:34

• "This suggests that Spotify wants to be more like YouTube, which, since the aughts" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/spotify-podcast-comments-social-media/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:45:45

• "The basic plan was the only tier that didn’t allow multiple users to stream simultaneously." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5046733 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:46:11

• "On Wednesday, Cheng hosted a press conference after being fired" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/19/wall-st-journal-union-urges-paper-to-reinstate-head-of-hong-kong-journalists-group-selina-cheng-amid-outcry/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:57:24

• "Initially, 258 Black sailors declined to return to work." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/black-sailors-exonerated-80-years-after-deadly-wwii-disaster-180984734/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:57:50

• "I prepare to leave Access Now after serving 15 years as its Executive Director" ☛ https://www.accessnow.org/a-pathway-forward-for-digital-rights/ | Source: AccessNow    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:58:12

• "Rejecting the Chinese embassy’s description of the Tibetan government-in-exile" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/tibetan-govt-in-exile-takes-on-chinese-embassy-says-tibet-not-internal-affair-101721409888299.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:58:26

• "Investigators never publicly presented a shred of evidence against 32-year-old Gershkovich" ☛ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/07/21/russia-for-gershkovich-a-prison-sentence-and-a-glimmer-of-hope_6692037_4.html | Source: Le Monde    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:04:19

• "Gershkovich, 32, was arrested March 29, 2023, while on a reporting trip to the Ural Mountains" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/espionage-trial-of-us-journalist-evan-gershkovich-in-russia-reaches-closing-arguments/7704539.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:04:40

• "This event shows that there is a real risk that journalists will be convicted again" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/mongolia-sentences-prominent-journalist-to-nearly-5-years-in-prison/7705478.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:04:54

• "The Moscow Times had been based in Russia for 30 years" ☛ https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2024/07/it-shows-emperor-has-no-clothes-interview-moscow-times-editor | Source: The Barents Observer    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:05:12

• "Topaloğlu has been a journalist for more than 15 years." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/journalist-topaloglu-deported-to-marmara-prison-74353 | Source: ANF News    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:05:51

• "We urge The Wall Street Journal and all news organisations to respect reporters’ rights" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/18/hong-kong-foreign-press-club-concerned-after-head-of-journalists-union-selina-cheng-fired-by-wall-street-journal/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:06:05

• "As reports of deaths have mounted, human rights groups condemned the security forces’ crackdown" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/world/asia/bangladesh-curfew-unrest.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:07:25

• "Using these and other keywords, CCDH searched top posts on X" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/in-south-asia-trump-shooting-is-used-to-push-political-narratives/7706116.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:07:57

• "During its most recent earnings call" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nvidia-likely-announce-surprise-positive-earnings-next-month-says-goldman-sachs-after-meeting-top-1725607 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:09:35

• "There’s a problem with this argument: No one has seemed to inform founders." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/donald-trump-and-silicon-valleys-billionaire-elegy/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:09:52

• "If you're wondering why the billionaire owners of the New York Times, Washington Post" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/07/irs-reports-collecting-1-billion-from-rich-households-back-taxes/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:10:22

• "One of the ways that security is people" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SecurityNeedsToConvince | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:15:13

• "As a result, many Dutch airports had to deal with frustrated travelers and chaotic logistics." ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2024/07/20/cybersecurity-company-crowdstrike-promises-full-transparency-windows-outage | Source: NL Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:15:20

• "The quality and usefulness of a social platform are a by-product of three factors: my inputs" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/should-you-give-up-social-media | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:15:29

• "This post describes a service I want from my online-map provider." ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/07/19/Short-Directions | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:16:52

• "Trump has made no secret his disdain for electric cars" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/trump-to-end-ev-mandate-if-elected/248317/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:17:02

• "Local markets become souvenir shops. You're left with tourist towns, not communities." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/07/20/tourism-crowds-barcelona-amsterdam-airbnb | Source: Axios    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:23:00

• "common tropes, idioms, and social media" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/enough-with-the-arrogant-attitudes-towards-extreme-heat/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:23:17

• "Some 20 flight attendants have been injured by exploding cans this summer" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5046378 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:23:32

• "The airline is also considering positioning refrigerated trailers at its warehouses" ☛ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/summer-heat-causing-soda-cans-to-burst-on-southwest-airlines-flights/ | Source: CBS    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:24:00

• "And then famously, spectacularly and eventually legally" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-rolling-stone-uva-hoax-turns-ten-a-time-capsule-of-the-2010s/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:26:33

• "New York Judge Paul Engelmayer" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/judge-dismisses-major-sec-charges-against-solarwinds-and-ciso/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:27:29

• "But his complaint is useful illustration of something larger." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/07/20/will-peter-baker-exhibit-the-same-tenacity-about-medical-records-on-the-trump-shooting-as-he-did-a-parkinsons-conspiracy-theory/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:27:59

• "He also said that the post was shared by those who knew it was a joke" ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/microsoft-outage-crowdstrike-vincent-flibustier-the-fake-crowdstrike-worker-who-crippled-windows-users-worldwide-6145878 | Source: NDTV    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:28:15

• "Fifty years since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus split the island in two" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240720-cyprus-still-starkly-divided-on-50-year-anniversary-of-turkish-invasion | Source: France24    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:28:57

• "The realities of ICBM operation are fascinating and incline one towards drama." ☛ https://computer.rip/2024-07-20-minuteman-missile-communications.html | Source: Computers Are Bad    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:30:08

• "According to the IAEA" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2215433.html | Source: RTL    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:31:01

• "With the looming TikTok ban in the United States" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/19/will-youtube-shorts-outpace-tiktok-soon/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:31:14

• "[...] Despite comments by Iran's new president, Masud Pezeshkian" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-nuclear-bomb-weeks/33043402.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:31:59

• "Industry executives said the consolidation is being driven" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/newsletters/morning-dispatch/digital-competition-bill-update-edtech-consolidates/articleshow/111849254.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:32:27

• "As Russia continues its criminal war, we must do more together to provide military" ☛ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/19.07.2024-silina-resisting-russian-evil-is-in-all-of-our-interests.a562015/ | Source: Latvia    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:32:58

• "Before the Bosnian War (1992–1995)" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/islamist-tendencies-in-the-western-balkans/a-69712314 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:33:07

• Windows TCO: "the country’s public institutions" ☛ https://www.plenglish.com/news/2024/07/20/microsofts-global-failure-with-no-major-impact-on-panama/ | Source: La Prensa Latina    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:37:48

• Windows TCO: "server hosted semi-structured and unstructured" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/medisecure-data-breach-impacts-12-9-million-individuals/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:38:06

• Windows TCO: "We have collected quotes from industry experts" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/the-massive-crowdstrike-outage/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:38:40

• Windows TCO: "A press release from the West Midlands Police" ☛ https://therecord.media/mgm-hack-teenager-arrest-britain | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:38:58

• Windows TCO: "Microsoft 365 posted on social media platform X that the company was “working on rerouting the impacted traffic to alternate systems to alleviate impact” and..." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20240719-global-cyber-outage-linked-to-microsoft-slams-travel-media-financial-telecom-sectors | Source: France24    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:40:25

• Windows TCO: "The affected routes include Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/microsoft-outage-24-flights-cancelled-at-hyderabad-airport-on-day-2/article68425409.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:40:42

• Windows TCO: "US-based endpoint security [sic] provider" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsofts-crowdstrike-leaves-business-black-and-blue-in-india/articleshow/111875237.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:41:11

• Windows TCO: "Worse yet, the bug needs to be addressed in person by IT professionals." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/microsoft-recommends-rebooting-blue-screen | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:41:42

• Windows TCO: "Cops in the UK have arrested a suspected member" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/19/uk_mgm_suspect_arrested/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:42:11

• Windows TCO: "Just hours after a faulty CrowdStrike file shut down Windows machines" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/19/cyber_criminals_quickly_exploit_crowdstrike/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:42:27

• Windows TCO: "trouble began with a small Windows software update" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/technology/crowdstrike-microsoft-outage-software.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:43:00

• Windows TCO: "APT41 used a combination of ANTSWORD and BLUEBEAM web shells" ☛ https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/apt41-arisen-from-dust/ | Source: Google    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:43:28

• Windows TCO: "Microsoft users reported being suddenly knocked" ☛ https://text.npr.org/g-s1-12222 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:44:04

• Windows TCO: "Much of the world faced online disarray Friday" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20240719-crowdstrike-massive-global-it-crash-what-you-need-to-know-microsoft-air-travel | Source: France24    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:44:12

• Windows TCO: "U.S. cybersecurity [sic] firm" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/without-backup-plans-global-it-outages-will-happen-again/articleshow/111869277.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:44:38

• Windows TCO: "The Ola chief has been advocating for Made-in-India technologies" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-outage-olas-bhavish-aggarwal-bats-for-stringent-data-localisation-norms/articleshow/111867585.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:45:23

• Windows TCO: "Microsoft's cloud services, particularly Azure, faced issues" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/newsletters/tech-top-5/microsoft-outage-puts-all-on-the-blink/articleshow/111865295.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:46:15

• Windows TCO: "Bank services in Australia and New Zealand were disrupted" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-outage-windows-pcs-it-systems-hit-due-to-crowdstrike-update/articleshow/111855944.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:47:17

• Windows TCO: "As if that weren’t enough" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/microsofts-global-outage-when-the-blue-screen-of-death-became-the-life-of-the-party-1811202 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:47:51

• "The Macintosh was intended to be different in many ways." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2024/07/20/managing-classic-mac-os-resources-in-resedit/ | Source: Eclectic Light Company    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:49:17

• "4. Our empirical findings suggest that transformer LLMs solve compositional tasks by reducing multi-step compositional reasoning into linearized subgraph" ☛ https://kliu.io/post/philosophy-of-language-modelling/ | Source: Kevin Liu    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:49:37

• "using bedding to suffocate her cousin" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-07-20/a-12-year-old-girl-is-accused-of-smothering-her-8-year-old-cousin-over-an-iphone | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:50:24

• "According to data from this association provided by Ramírez" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2024-07-19/tobacco-courts-young-women-with-covert-marketing-the-resurgence-of-cigarettes-among-influencers-and-celebrities.html | Source: El País    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:51:33

• "drone lesson plans come from some reputable sources including Khan Academy" ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2024/07/20/drone-lesson-plans/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:52:22

• "This was done as part of a new study" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/scientist-takes-psilocybin-scans-own-brain | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:53:08

• "We are on this unique threshold" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/apollo-astronauts-left-american-flags-boots-and-even-poop-on-the-moon-heres-why-these-artifacts-matter-180984736/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:53:18

• "One of the reasons I chose Bear for blogging about is the devotion the creator" ☛ https://birming.com/more-dedicated/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:56:09

• "One of the words that gets used a lot on the Indy Web is community, in a good way." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/the-power-of-online-community/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:57:04

• "As personal blogs are exploding again" ☛ https://weblog.anniegreens.lol/2024/07/your-blog-is-a-vulnerability | Source: Anne Sturdivant    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:57:53

• "Is it because of her camera, or perhaps she studied photography like crazy?" ☛ https://birming.com/creative-greatness/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:58:02

• "The hard part is making the time to do your creative work." ☛ https://nathansnelgrove.com/2024/07/how-to-make-something-every-day | Source: Nathaniel Snelgrove    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:58:45

• "Kev Quirk suggested Luke as a potential guest way back in September" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-luke-harris | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:59:23

• "All of this matters, and not just for aesthetic reasons." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/20/ransom-note-force-field/#antilibraries | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 11:59:42

• "Hey guys, welcome back to my R-tips newsletter." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/07/shockingly-fast-data-manipulation-in-r-with-polars/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:01:12

• Sort of Reverse with Raku ☛ https://raku-musings.com/sort-of-reverse.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:01:31

• "For the past couple of years, I’ve often asked myself this question" ☛ https://thejollyteapot.com/2024/07/20/what-else-can-i-remove | Source: Nicolas Magand    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:01:49

• "Saturday evening hobbyist" ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/home-cooked-situated-software/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:02:07

• "The vulnerability of combat helicopters has translated into a high number of losses" ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/global/europe/2024/07/19/drone-warfare-in-ukraine-prompts-fresh-thinking-in-helicopter-tactics/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:02:24

• "As our world becomes more interconnected by massive systems" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/07/microsoft-outage-technological-systems-fail/679110/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:02:40

• [Old] "Sterling Ball, a jovial, plain-talking businessman" ☛ https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/rockin-on-without-microsoft/ | Source: CNET    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:05:12

• "In the past few years SQLite (not SQL-light) has had a surge of popularity" ☛ https://reorchestrate.com/posts/sqlite-transactions/ |    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:05:40

• "Row pattern recognition (RPR) is a feature defined in the SQL standard." ☛ https://pgsqlpgpool.blogspot.com/2024/07/row-pattern-recognition-feature-for.html |    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:05:57

• "In my view, RCS is the next evolution of SMS and MMS." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/im-glad-iphones-are-getting-rcs/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:06:34

• "Such programmers are available off the shelf, and the simple models are quite cheap." ☛ http://www.linusakesson.net/software/avrprg64/index.php | Source: Linus Åkesson    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:08:07

• "Earlier this month was the Kickstart Amiga Expo, and my Amiga business" ☛ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/2024/07/19/restoration-of-a-special-amiga-4000-motherboard/ | Source: Andrew Hutchings    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:08:20

• "OpenAI is reportedly talking with chip designers, including Broadcom Inc." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/07/18/openai-reportedly-holding-talks-broadcom-others-develop-new-ai-server-chip/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:08:31

• "KaOS, a rolling-release KDE-centric Linux distro betting on the XFS file system" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kaos-linux-2024-07-released-heres-whats-new/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:09:06

• "These past two weeks were big for Wayland accessibility support" ☛ https://pointieststick.com/2024/07/19/this-past-two-weeks-in-kde-fixing-sticky-keys-and-the-worst-crashes/ | Source: Nate Graham    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:11:50

• "Even before then though, I’ve had this question in mind for quite a bit" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/i-want-modern-games-on-older-consoles/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:13:56

• "That’s what I think caused the gap. Heavy disk IO, low memory, high CPU." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2024/07/20/whats-this-gap-in-the-graphs/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:14:32

• "The (more) secure way to do a home wireless network (or networks) is relatively clear." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/HomeWifiSecureVsEasy | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:14:43

• Eyelash Extensions Can Be Seriously Dangerous, Expert Warns ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/eyelash-extensions-can-be-seriously-dangerous-expert-warns    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:15:20

• Mice That Eat Less Live Longer – And We May Finally Know Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mice-that-eat-less-live-longer-and-we-may-finally-know-why    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:15:33

• Astronomers Propose We Change The Definition of 'Planet' – Here's Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-propose-we-change-the-definition-of-planet-heres-why    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:15:48

• Antarctic Worms Have an Amazing Secret For Surviving Deadly Icy Water ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/antarctic-worms-have-an-amazing-secret-for-surviving-deadly-icy-water    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:23:15

• Ovarian Egg Cells Live an Unusually Long Time, And We Finally Know Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ovarian-egg-cells-live-an-unusually-long-time-and-we-finally-know-why    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:23:26

• Does a Shot of Olive Oil Really Prevent Hangovers? Here's The Science. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/does-a-shot-of-olive-oil-really-prevent-hangovers-heres-the-science    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:23:52

• Some Seniors Readily Step Back. Some Never Will. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/health/retirement-mental-health.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:24:02

• North Korea floats trash balloons towards South ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-floats-trash-balloons-towards-south    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:25:32

• South Korea edges ahead of rivals to build Europe’s nuclear reactors ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-edges-ahead-of-rivals-to-build-europe-s-nuclear-reactors    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:25:45

• ‘Happiness is most important’: Young Chinese turn their backs on white-collar jobs in favour of fulfilment ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/20/happiness-is-most-important-young-chinese-turn-their-backs-on-white-collar-jobs-in-favour-of-fulfilment/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:26:12

• Dozens Dead or Missing After China Highway Collapse ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/world/asia/china-highway-collapse.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:26:54

• Xi’s answer to critics: Persist! ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inflection-points/xis-answer-to-critics-persist/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:27:08

• Open External Links in AppImage for Login ☞ https://itsfoss.com/appimage-open-external-links/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:27:34

• KDE signs petition urging European Union to continue funding free software ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/2024_ngi_openletter/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:30:13

• The Buried Book That Helped Ukraine’s Literary Revival ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-publishing-buried-book.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:30:38

• Divisive Far-Right Politician in Ukraine Is Fatally Shot ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-iryna-farion-shot.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:30:47

• Former Ukrainian Deputy Known For Promoting Language Shot Dead In Lviv ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-farion-shooting-lviv-language-parliament/33043439.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:30:59

• Zelenskiy Congratulates Trump In Call, Agrees To 'Personal Meeting' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskiy-trump-call-election-2024/33043811.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:31:17

• 2 Dead After Ukrainian Energy Facilities Hit By Russian Drones, Missiles ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-energy-drone-attack/33043879.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:31:27

• Spain Detains 3 Over Cyberattacks On Pro-Ukrainian Nations ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/cybercrime-nato-russia-spain-ukraine/33044049.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:31:42

• Slovakia's Prime Minister Blasts Ukraine's Decision To Put LUKoil On Sanctions List ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-lukoil-russia-slovakia-fico-hungary/33044217.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:31:56

• 18-year-old Lithuanian volunteer in Ukraine: ‘I’ve always wanted to go there’ ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2319023/18-year-old-lithuanian-volunteer-in-ukraine-i-ve-always-wanted-to-go-there    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:32:09

• Rare Public Protest Held In Krasnodar Over Electricity Blackouts ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-krasnodar-protest-electricity-blackout-power/33044165.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:32:39

• North Korea’s closer ties with Russia risk China’s ire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-s-closer-ties-with-russia-risk-china-s-ire    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:33:02

• Windows Issue, Not Russia or China, Caused Tech Outage ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/crowdstrike-outage.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:33:27

• Belarus court sentences German national to death on mercenary activity charges ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/germany-national-sentenced-to-death-at-belarus-court-for-mercenary-activity-among-other-charges/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:33:53

• Story of Kamal sheds light on brutal reality of migrant pushbacks at Belarus-EU borders ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2322303/story-of-kamal-sheds-light-on-brutal-reality-of-migrant-pushbacks-at-belarus-eu-borders    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:34:12

• Belarus In Talks With Berlin Over German Man Sentenced To Death ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-germany-death-penalty-krieger-foreign-ministry/33044178.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:34:22

• Trump speaks to Zelensky, pledges to 'end the war' with Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240720-trump-speaks-to-zelensky-pledges-to-end-the-war-with-russia    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:34:55

• "This Vintage Computing Device Is No Baby Food" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/this-vintage-computing-device-is-no-baby-food/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:35:44

• Podcast: Master of Deceit, Episode 1 - The Secret Life of Mr. Wang ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-spying-united-states-wang-shujun-07192024122352.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:37:13

• Linux Out Loud 93: Blender Woes and Keyboard Pros ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-93/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:37:56

• For the First Time, Microsoft's "Market Share" in North Macedonia Falls to Only a Quarter ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/21/For_the_First_Time_Microsoft_s_Market_Share_in_North_Macedonia_.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:38:08

• Evan Versus Julian ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/21/Evan_Versus_Julian.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:38:20

• What The Internet Can Achieve When Put in the Hands of the Good People and Not Censored by the People Who Already Control the Mass Media ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/21/What_The_Internet_Can_Achieve_When_Put_in_the_Hands_of_the_Good.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:38:29

• Washington's WARN Site/Portal (That Excludes Many Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs) is Now Down for Many Hours, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Causes Major Outages and Incidents Worldwide (Even Deaths) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/19/Washington_s_WARN_Site_Portal_That_Excludes_Many_Microsoft_Layo.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:38:39

• Why Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is Laying Off So Many People in Nigeria ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Why_Microsoft_is_Laying_Off_So_Many_People_in_Nigeria.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:38:52

• [Meme] "System of a Down" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Meme_System_of_a_Down.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:39:00

• CardTunes Bluetooth Speaker ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/2024-business-card-challenge-cardtunes-bluetooth-speaker/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:39:31

• femtosecond ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/using-femtosecond-laser-pulses-to-induce-metastable-hidden-states-in-magnetite/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:40:03

• [Meme] Truth Hurts ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Meme_Truth_Hurts.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:40:31

• No Outage Here (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/No_Outage_Here.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:40:46

• WikiLeaks Wonders: Major Leaks That Shook the Worlds (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/21/WikiLeaks_Wonders_Major_Leaks_That_Shook_the_Worlds.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:40:53

• Global services slowly recovering after bug causes Windows chaos ☞ https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=4175739476&goto=newpost    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:42:14

• Joab Jackson and "The New Stack" Publishing Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Spam (E.E.E. Against Linux) for a Payment From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Joab_Jackson_and_The_New_Stack_Publishing_Microsoft_Spam_E_E_E_.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:42:28

• Today GNU/Linux Broke All-Time Record in statCounter Again ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Today_GNU_Linux_Broke_All_Time_Record_in_statCounter_Again.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:42:38

• How To Rename a Local and Remote Git Branch ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-rename-a-local-and-remote-git-branch/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:44:02

• How to Use the read Command in GNU/Linux with Examples ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/read-command-in-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:44:12

• How to Install XanMod Kernel on Debian 12/11/10 GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-xanmod-kernel-on-debian-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:44:23

• How to Install Surveillance Giant Google Web Designer on Debian 12/11/10 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-google-web-designer-on-debian-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:44:39

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

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:44:55

• How to Install WordPress with Apache on Debian 12/11/10 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-wordpress-with-apache-on-debian-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:45:14

• How to Install Mixxx on Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04 or 20.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mixxx-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:45:21

• Pluralistic: Hey Hi (AI) art has no anti-cooption immune system (20 Jul 2024) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/20/ransom-note-force-field/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:45:45

• How to Install FrostWire on Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04 or 20.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-frostwire-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:45:59

• How to Install Darkstat on Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04 or 20.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-darkstat-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:46:06

• Fire breaks out at Ireland asylum center in suspected arson incident ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/ireland-asylum-center-set-aflame-in-suspected-arson-incident/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:46:36

• Shark-infected Water on the Web ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/21/Shark_infected_Water_on_the_Web.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:47:18

• Geminispace Growing and Getting More Free (Independent) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Geminispace_Growing_and_Getting_More_Free_Independent.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:47:24

• GNU World Order 573 ☞ http://gnuworldorder.info//audiophile/gnuWorldOrder_573_ogg.ogg    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:48:04

• At least 11 dead, more than 30 missing after bridge collapses in northern China amid downpours, floods ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/20/at-least-11-dead-more-than-30-missing-after-bridge-collapses-in-northern-china-amid-downpours-floods/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:48:38

• King of the Mountain: using R to bag a Strava KOM ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/07/king-of-the-mountain-using-r-to-bag-a-strava-kom/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:49:16

• Rspamd 3.9 Adds New GPT Plugin for Improved Spam Filtering ☞ https://linuxiac.com/rspamd-3-9-adds-new-gpt-plugin-for-improved-spam-filtering/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:50:42

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Robotic Process Automation Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-robotic-process-automation-tools/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:51:09

• Agregore – minimal web browser for the distributed web ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/agregore-minimal-web-browser-distributed-web/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:51:41

• Psychologist Who Waterboarded C.I.A. Prisoners Defends Method’s Use in 9/11 Case ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/us/politics/cia-terrorism-waterboarded-prisoners.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:54:39

• The Turn of the Screw ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2024/07/20/the-turn-of-the-screw/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:55:27

• Moderna v Pfizer https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6RVt3qBKOwQ    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:04:34

• Houthi Drone Strike Highlights Dilemmas for Israel ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/world/middleeast/houthi-drone-strike-israel-tel-aviv.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:07:10

• Nigeria consumer protection agency fines Meta $220M for data privacy violations and mandates compliance with new data protection laws ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/nigeria-consumer-protection-agency-fines-meta-220m-for-data-privacy-violations-and-mandates-compliance-with-new-data-protection-laws/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:07:42

• Kevin Fenzi: Fedora Infra musings for the third week of july ☞ https://www.scrye.com/wordpress/nirik/2024/07/20/fedora-infra-musings-for-the-third-week-of-july/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:08:26

• Cachet: The Open Source Status Page System for Tracking Servers ☞ https://thenewstack.io/cachet-the-open-source-status-page-system-for-tracking-servers/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:09:18

• Airlines resume services after major global [WINDOWS] crash wreaks havoc ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240719-large-scale-it-outage-hits-companies-worldwide    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:10:33

• Online conspiracy theories abound after major global [Windows] crash ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20240720-online-conspiracy-theories-abound-after-major-global-it-crash    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:10:51

• Techrights Turns 18 in About 3 Months ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Techrights_Turns_18_in_About_3_Months.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:11:12

• Giving the False Impression That the R blogosphere is Microsoft's Microcosm ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Giving_the_False_Impression_That_the_R_blogosphere_is_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:11:22

• Expect Many More Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs After the Latest backdoored Windows Outages (Bonus: More Media Says Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Has Cut Half the Staff in Nigeria) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Expect_Many_More_Microsoft_Layoffs_After_the_Latest_Windows_Out.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:11:28

• Microsoft/Windows Has Fallen Well Below 1% (Now 0.7%) in American Samoa ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Microsoft_Windows_Has_Fallen_Well_Below_1_Now_0_7_in_American_S.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:11:37

• NFS and FS-Cache | Faster Performance with Distributed Storage ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2024/07/20/nfs-and-fs-cache-faster-performance-with-distributed-storage/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:12:08

• When (Software) Freedom is the Goal ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/When_Software_Freedom_is_the_Goal.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:15:05

• "Someone Must Have Taken the Bar Exam for You" Was Just Insult, Not Libel ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/07/20/someone-must-have-taken-the-bar-exam-for-you-was-just-insult-not-libel/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:16:20

• Josep Borrell pays a valedictory visit to Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/20.07.2024-josep-borrell-pays-a-valedictory-visit-to-latvia.a561890/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:17:29

• Paris Olympics preparations move up a gear ahead of opening ceremony ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240720-paris-olympics-preparations-move-up-a-gear    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:17:38

• UN human rights office expresses concern over disappearance of two Guinea activists ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/un-human-rights-office-expresses-concern-over-disappearance-of-two-guinea-activists/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:18:05

• At Trump Rally, Few Local Police Officers in Critical Area Before Shooting ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/us/politics/trump-rally-police-secret-service-shooting.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:18:18

• Death of Vietnam’s Top Leader Raises Questions of Succession ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/world/asia/vietnam-leadership-to-lam.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:18:38

• Blinken Says Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Is ‘Inside the 10-Yard Line’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/blinken-sullivan-gaza-cease-fire.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:18:55

• Trump Campaign Prepares Attack Plan for Harris in Case Biden Withdraws ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/us/politics/trump-harris-strategy.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:19:29

• The Hope if Biden Withdraws ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/opinion/trump-biden-america.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:19:38

• EEOC Gets $110K Settlement for Employer's Ignoring Religious Accommodation Requests as to Vaccine Mandate ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/07/20/eeoc-gets-110k-settlement-for-employers-ignoring-religious-accommodation-requests-as-to-vaccine-mandate/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:20:12

• Intel says 13th and 14th Gen mobile CPUs are crashing, but not due to the same bug as desktop chips — chipmaker blames common software and hardware issues ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-says-13th-and-14th-gen-mobile-cpus-are-crashing-but-not-due-to-the-same-bug-as-desktop-chips-chipmaker-blames-common-software-and-hardware-issues    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:20:40

• ZESA Net Metering: Zimbabweans With Solar Encouraged To Sell Their Excess Electricity Into National Grid ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2024/07/zesa-net-metering-zimbabweans-with-solar-encouraged-to-sell-their-excess-electricity-to-the-grid/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:21:49

• Scams Tied to the CrowdStrike Crash Have Bloomed. Here’s How to Stay Safe ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/business/crowdstrike-tech-outage-scams.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:22:32

• Israeli Jets Bomb Sites in Yemen Linked to Iran-Backed Houthis ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/world/middleeast/israel-houthis-yemen.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:22:50

• Newborn saved from dead mother's womb as Israeli strikes kill dozens across Gaza ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240720-gaza-hospital-says-newborn-saved-from-dead-mother-s-womb    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:23:19

• Israeli fighter jets strike Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah, military says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240720-israeli-fighter-jets-strike-yemen-s-houthi-held-port-city-of-hodeidah-military-says    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:23:46

• [Windows] incident sounds an alarm on critical infrastructure ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/07/20/crowdstrike-incident-sounds-alarm-critical-infrastructure/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:24:12

• CrowdStrike Says Logic Error Caused backdoored Windows BSOD Chaos ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/crowdstrike-says-logic-error-caused-windows-bsod-chaos/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:24:24

• CrowdStrike Provides Remediation Guidance After Software Update Causes Worldwide [Windows] Chaos ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/crowdstrike-provides-remediation-guidance-after-software-update-causes-worldwide-it-chaos/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:24:50

• What’s this gap in the graphs? ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2024/07/20/whats-this-gap-in-the-graphs/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:25:04

• Fill In The _____ ☞ https://tedium.co/2024/07/20/roger-price-mad-libs-droodles-history/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:26:01

• "[Ahron Wayne] succeeded in something he’s been trying to accomplish for some time: figuring out what’s inside a sealed Pokémon card packet without opening it." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/sealed-packs-of-pokemon-cards-give-up-their-secrets-without-opening-them/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:26:39

• "We were talking about a sweet hack this week, wherein [Alex] busts the encryption for his IP web cam firmware so that he can modify it later." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/do-your-research/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:27:20

• OpenHarmony, HarmonyOS Next, Deepin, Kylin, and openKylin: How China's Various Manoeuvres Away From backdoored Windows Get Covered in the West ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/21/OpenHarmony_HarmonyOS_Next_Deepin_Kylin_and_openKylin_How_China.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:29:05

• "In the latest installment, he’s looking at a pulse generator that uses bipolar transistors. So far, there are 43 videos covering different exercises." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/working-through-the-art-of-electronics-exercises/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:35:19

• "Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a field of ever-growing importance, with many startups and existing companies seeking to either improve on existing AM technologies or market new approaches." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/new-additive-manufacturing-contenders-hip-and-centrifugal-printing/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:35:49

• NovaCustom V56 Coreboot Laptop: Unboxing and First Impressions ☞ https://www.linuxtechmore.com/2024/07/novacustom-v56-coreboot-laptop-unboxing.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:38:47

• Native Language Projects – TDF’s Annual Report 2023 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/07/20/native-language-projects-tdfs-annual-report-2023/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:39:39

• Microsoft Has Managed to Make GNU/Linux Users Scared of Updating Their GNU/Linux PCs (Thanks to UEFI 'Secure' Boot's Boosters!) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Microsoft_Has_Managed_to_Make_GNU_Linux_Users_Scared_of_Updatin.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:39:56

• 39 million motherboards expected to be sold in 2024 — shipments recover to pre-pandemic levels ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/39-million-motherboards-expected-to-be-sold-in-2024    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:40:43

• Hong Kong microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung has a warning – another pandemic is inevitable ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/21/hong-kong-microbiologist-yuen-kwok-yung-has-a-warning-another-pandemic-is-inevitable/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:41:44

• The Blette Stick relies on Bluetooth 5.0 LE for off-grid messaging with up to 1.1km range ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/07/20/blette-stick-bluetooth-5-0-le-off-grid-messaging-1-1km-range/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:42:21

• [Meme] Hate Speech ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/21/Meme_Hate_Speech.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:42:31

• "Recently, Canonical released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems in Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service, expose sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code." https://tuxcare.com/blog/several-linux-kernel-azure-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-ubuntu/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:44:06

• How NVIDIA's open-source GPU drivers will benefit the Linux community https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/nvidia-open-sources-some-gpu-drivers-benefiting-linux-developers/story    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:45:18

• "More than 60 organizations have signed on to an open letter asking the EC to reconsider" https://lwn.net/Articles/982585/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:47:04

• Take Your Projects to New Heights with SparkFun RTK EVK https://www.sparkfun.com/news/11262    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:50:43

• Ohm My Goodness, We're Booked Solid https://www.sparkfun.com/news/11362    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:51:05

• "The release of OpenMandriva ROME 24.07 offers a timely Linux alternative for users considering a switch from Microsoft Windows 11, particularly in the wake of the recent Crowdstrike-induced BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) disaster. This rolling release integrates the latest from the Release Candidate, featuring updated packages and enhanced stability." https://betanews.com/2024/07/21/openmandriva-rome-24-07-linux-alternative-windows-11-crowdstrike-bsod/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:54:26

• 10 Best Linux Firewalls In 2024 https://cybersecuritynews.com/best-linux-firewalls/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:58:59

• Play Ransomware Group’s New Linux Variant Targets ESXi, Shows Ties With Prolific Puma https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/24/g/new-play-ransomware-linux-variant-targets-esxi-shows-ties-with-p.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 14:59:34

• global food system https://theconversation.com/the-global-food-system-is-owned-by-an-ever-smaller-number-of-companies-its-damaging-our-health-our-communities-and-the-planet-232414    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:07:59

• Supershoes https://theconversation.com/supershoes-have-transformed-competitive-distance-running-but-they-remain-controversial-234714    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:09:17

• Astronauts https://theconversation.com/astronauts-are-stuck-on-the-international-space-station-after-yet-more-problems-with-boeings-beleaguered-starliner-234409    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:10:12

• Neolithic farmers https://theconversation.com/did-plague-really-decimate-neolithic-farmers-5-200-years-ago-as-a-new-study-suggests-234505    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:10:43

• I finally sorted out my self-hosting stuff gemini://hyperreal.coffee/gemlog/2024-07-20-i-finally-sorted-out-my-self-hosting-stuff.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:20:00

• Hybrid Shadows, Chapter 3 started on Gemini gemini://lantashifiles.com/gemlog/entries/2024-07-20.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:20:39

• "It’s certainly true that historically, CLIs have lead themselves much much more readily to reproducing and automating tedious tasks, and that those automations can be shared. That’s the main point, and I’m right there joining the choir: [...]" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/clever-gui    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:21:45

• 🔤SpellBinding: DEFHISW Wordo: GOOFY gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-07-21.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:22:12

• Chapter Two: Compilation and Imagination gemini://whyread.us/en/computers/languages/henry--janet_for_mortals/chapter-02.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:22:53

• digital blips, their platforms, and the intent behind them gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2033    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:23:43

• new garden! gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2032    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:24:16

• "I couldn't fall asleep the other day because my brain kept wandering and wondering. One of these was the expressions 実は and 実に." gemini://siiky.srht.site/nihongo/jitsu.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:24:56

• Velouria blogs again! gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/velouria-blogs-again.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:25:32

• "I have always enjoyed creating things, but there are some things that inhibit my desire to create. I suppose it's a subtle form of perfectionism. I had never noticed my perfectionism before, until recently. I always look for the best way to do any given things, and that influences how I do things." gemini://kuumin.lol/logs/2024-07-21-pondering-on-life.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:26:35

• "If you know Go, I think you'll find the architecture of Oddmu to be very traditional: There is a list of actions it knows how to handle when it serves a site on the web and a list of commands it understands when called from the shell. Everything involving HTML or the RSS feed uses a Go template." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2024-07-21-what-is-hard-about-oddmu    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:27:13

• Ninth Sunday After Pentecost (G) gemini://leetaur.com/tlm-propers/entries/2024-07-21.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:29:32

• "I love talking about the block universe and the simulation hypothesis but it’s pretty unlikely that both are true at the same time, since good simulation design practice is to include some stochastic elements" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/block-sim    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:30:08

• "Y’all know how I go on and on about how evolution doesn’t have a goal in mind so when we say “we were designed to do such-and-such”, that’s kinda misleading. We’re always on the very edge of evolution, of trying to find a best fit between all kinds of tensions and forces pulling us hither and thither." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/best-world    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:30:58

• "Hi there. Thanks for reading. What a pleasant nook of the web. I really like the simplicity. I am here to learn, and to log my learning. I am not restricting myself to any particular topic, so we shall see." gemini://burgerwiththelot.smol.pub/1721532516    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:32:00

• "I am inspired by the current #OldComputerChallenge happening, and with an old laptop floating around, I'm keen to finally give Linux a crack. So, here we go. I know next to nothing about Linux so this could be a complete failure. If not, then this could be a useful guide for someone else diving in for the first time." gemini://burgerwiththelot.smol.pub/linux01    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:32:34

• Needed but missing title: "Canonical releases recovery tool to fix Windows machines hit by CrowdStrike issue" https://ubuntu.com/download/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 15:56:11

• Papua New Guinea: Windows below 15% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/papua-new-guinea/#monthly-200902-202407    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 16:00:25

• 16% in Pakistan https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/pakistan/#monthly-200902-202407    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 16:01:52

• Windows used to be 100% of Web requests in Peru? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/peru/#monthly-200903-202407 no longer even close to that...    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:00:19

• Winddows now down to 22% in Poland https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/poland/#monthly-200903-202407 worse than last month https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/05/In_Poland_Windows_Falls_Below_Quarter_Android_Up_to_60.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/19/Poland_is_Another_Country_Where_Bing_Lost_a_Lot_of_Market_Share.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:02:02

• Also down to 22% in Puerto Rico https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/puerto-rico/#monthly-200903-202407    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:02:42

• Desperate for income because XBox is losing so much money https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/20/microsoft_game_pass_ftc/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:05:39

• "Microsoft ought to lay-off every single employee in Redmond Washington. Then bulldoze down the entire Microsoft Campus to make room for a NASCAR track to be built using unemployment benefits Microsoft will deny all the Redmond workers." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tBS7bKq    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:06:21

• "No remorse from Sathya. On the happenings around the world. Whatever happened to empathy and sympathy" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tBJE5CL    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:07:28

• "List of Linux adopters" shows 2007 "Linux" (to make it seem old?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_adopters    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:17:28

• Homegrown Partners LLC shuts down. Everyone laid off. https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:34:19

• OpenELA Liberates Red Hat Enterprise Linux Source Code https://thenewstack.io/openela-liberates-red-hat-enterprise-linux-source-code/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:35:26

• Suspend mRNA https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Ue6mXBrUD6U    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:37:10

• ICBM CEO "AK doesn’t want dinosaurs lifers to retire comfortably from IBM ; instead he wants to replace them with younger, cheaper, hungrier peons brought over from one particular country." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ttxjGQo    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:39:14

• "Been at IBM for three years now. It’s obvious it’s in maintenance mode with tendencies towards downward spiraling. In other words, none of us have a future here worth staying. I will stay for another three to four months while actively looking for employment elsewhere. Don’t stay here longer than you absolutely have to." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tl7buy7    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:39:51

• "After reading all these post, it is clear we are watching once a great company on a path to diappear. Following the footsteps of Kodak and many others. What a shame! :-(" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1toTX17z    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:40:45

• It's quicker to say "hey hi" than "au to ma tion", but those are not the same thing and laziness is not an excuse. Also, Linux is a kernel, not an OS. The OS may be known as "fe do ra" or "su sa".    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:41:56

• Nobody tells you, nor anyone else, just call it "mike" instead of "microsoft" because "it's shorter". language is meant to reduce confusion or misconmmunication. (yes, "they" is plural, of course!)    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:43:44

• "Apps" refers to where all your data goes ("up" to the NSA).    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:44:10

• I don't say ga-noo because it's "too long", but "li nox" is just as long and yet "ku ber ne tis" is as long as GNU/Linux combined. Excuses much?    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:46:14

• FSF is now exactly 40 new members short of the target (200)    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 17:49:07

• "nursing" or crap substitute on the cheap? https://theconversation.com/robot-carers-redefining-nursing-for-the-21st-century-230462    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:06:31

• Humans are not even near the top https://theconversation.com/bigger-animals-dont-always-have-the-biggest-brains-relative-to-body-size-new-research-234730    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:07:03

• AI AI AI AI buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-eu-ai-act-has-been-published.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:08:58

• "IP" as misnomer here, of course... http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/guest-post-brat-phenomenon-exploring.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:09:39

• Being a 'night owl' might make your brain sharper https://www.dw.com/en/being-a-night-owl-might-make-your-brain-sharper/a-69616836    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:11:04

• Are EU-Vietnam human rights talks a lost cause? https://www.dw.com/en/are-eu-vietnam-human-rights-talks-a-lost-cause/a-69631970    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:13:07

• Zuckerberg as collaborator? https://gizmodo.com/meta-gives-trump-free-rein-on-instagram-facebook-again-2000470168 https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2024-07-13/facebook-lifts-restrictions-on-trump-giving-him-equal-footing-with-biden-on-the-social-media-site    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:14:20

• 'Malicious actors' could use X's blue checks to deceive users, EU says ttps://www.cbc.ca/news/business/twitter-x-blue-checks-eu-1.7261572    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:14:43

• Africa Proposes WTO Chief for Second Term, Document Shows https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-07-12/africa-proposes-wto-chief-for-second-term-document-shows    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:23:33

• Effective Collaboration Towards Africa’s Economic Growth https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/07/14/african-unions-g20-membership-effective-collaboration-towards-africas-economic-growth/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:24:48

• Colonialism is not charity https://www.dw.com/en/german-ties-in-west-africa-not-a-charity-campaign/a-69689918    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:25:08

• China’s approach to African Economic Development https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/07/18/chinas-approach-to-african-economic-development/ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-07-18/south-africas-new-government-to-prioritise-inclusive-economic-growth-ramaphosa    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:25:41

• FOOTWARE http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/nike-and-puma-fight-over-footware.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:26:47

• guest TVs in Germany http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/guest-post-cjeu-new-licensing-rules-for.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:27:04

• UPC is illegal and unconstitutional; in other words, it is not meant to even exist, but the court system is not captured by the crooks http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/upc-takes-strong-stance-on-therapeutic.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:29:17

• The EPO's own kangaroo court http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-nutritional-benefits-of-baby.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:29:49

• Tian Lu leaves IP Kat https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-ipkat-team-arrivals-farewell-and.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:30:39

• women who defied Nazi Germany https://www.dw.com/en/the-women-who-defied-nazi-germany/a-69617344    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:31:38

• 'The systematic evisceration of Cambodian civil society' https://www.dw.com/en/the-systematic-evisceration-of-cambodian-civil-society/a-69643918    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:32:02

• Serbia is eroding the rights of ethnic Albanians https://www.dw.com/en/passivation-how-serbia-is-eroding-the-rights-of-ethnic-albanians/a-69638770    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:33:54

• "They did it at all my previous places before the IT team (myself included) were laid off." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/07/20/1439227#1365076    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:35:19

• "Clear your system of MS products." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/07/20/1439227#1365076    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:36:49

• "and anything "cloud" while you are at it. As shown, it is a massive single point of failure." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/07/20/1439227#1365076    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:37:11

• "I've always thought that. But I don't understand the "thinking" of the decision makers who push critical business infrastructure onto "cloud" and Microsoft products. Well, thinking about it, maybe they've had (very) incompetent in-house IT people and "cloud" seems simpler. Also there's the blame-game thing- when things crash, it's easier to blame someone else rather than your own IT people." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/07/20/1439227#1365076    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:37:44

• "But I don't understand the "thinking" of the decision makers who push critical business infrastructure onto "cloud" and Microsoft products. Well, thinking about it, maybe they've had (very) incompetent in-house IT people and "cloud" seems simpler. Also there's the blame-game thing- when things crash, it's easier to blame someone else rather than your own IT people." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/07/20/1439227#1365076    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:37:58

• "Unfortunately, they then put their incompetent staff in charge of the cloud set-up... Perhaps the problem is in management (the ones who hired the incompetent people who hired the incompetent staff), but good luck getting them to order themselves fired." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/07/20/1439227#1365076    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:38:37

• "You don't "need" this company's bullshit product on any operating system. However, CrowdStrike is available for Linux." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/07/20/1439227#1365076    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:39:08

• "The fundamental question is why did CloudStrike even need to do anything that could prevent the damned OS from booting? Why did the OS even allow it?" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/07/20/1439227#1365076    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:40:12

• "Don't worry, they're already working on porting this vulnerability to systemd. Perhaps while they're at it, they could arrange for it to brick the motherboard by screwing up the UEFI." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/07/20/1439227#1365076 http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:40:44

• EleonORe ttp://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-eleonore-song.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:41:40

• BASMATI http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/guest-post-basmati-trade-mark-refused.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:42:02

• Climate Change Could Lead to Widespread Starvation "https://truthout.org/articles/oil-giant-predicted-climate-change-could-lead-to-widespread-starvation-in-1977/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:42:43

• Climate change is literally making our days longer https://www.vox.com/climate/361213/climate-change-is-literally-making-our-days-longer    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:43:22

• Climate and Political Heatwaves Kill https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/15/climate-and-political-heatwaves-kill/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:43:54

• HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI https://www.patentdocs.org/2024/07/uspto-publishes-updated-subject-matter-eligibility-guidance-focusing-on-ai.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:44:33

• § 101 killing shit patents https://www.patentdocs.org/2024/07/beteiro-llc-v-draftkings-inc-fed-cir-2024.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:45:30

• Senators Get Their Colleagues to Agree on Drug Patent Litigation Legislation https://www.patentdocs.org/2024/07/senators-get-their-colleagues-to-agree-on-drug-patent-litigation-legislation.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:45:59

• Malawi’s Farmers Face a Precarious Future From Climate Change-Related Storms https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/15/malawis-farmers-face-a-precarious-future-from-climate-change-related-storms/    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:46:57

• Only a few Dutch businesses are completely climate-neutral https://nltimes.nl/2024/07/14/dutch-businesses-completely-climate-neutral    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:51:04

• Millionaire and billionaire pollute FOR PROFIT, expecting VOLUNTEERS to come clean up the mess https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/tackle-climate-change-michigan-enlists-corps-volunteers    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 18:52:49

• The US is failing renters during extreme heat waves https://www.vox.com/climate/360019/climate-extreme-heat-ac-cooling-policy    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 22:31:48

• Energy ministers to discuss cost of living, supply https://www.theage.com.au/national/australia-news-live-cfmeu-fallout-continues-energy-ministers-to-discuss-cost-of-living-20240719-p5juwi.html    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 22:32:21

• IPJ condemns killing of journalist Ibrahim, urges Turkey and Iraq to launch investigation ttps://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/ipj-condemns-killing-of-journalist-ibrahim-urges-turkey-and-iraq-to-launch-investigation-74304    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 22:37:28

• Turkey becomes first country to ban Wattpad https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-becomes-first-country-to-ban-wattpad-297607    

posted Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 22:38:13

• Old Computer Challenge 2024 Recap gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~lettuce/occ-2024-recap.gmi    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 00:45:31

• Building my own Forth language gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~lettuce/building-forth.gmi    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 00:46:15

• Re: Get out of your echo chamber! gemini://idiomdrottning.org/re-get-out-of-your-echo-chamber "Free speech for me but not for thee as per ushe from the party of bookburning."    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 00:47:24

• "After I fixed the performance issue [1], I started looking around for some other issues to handle, and boy, did I find some." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/07/21.1    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 00:48:10

• week 29 recap gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/week29    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 00:50:25

• "I am inspired by the current #OldComputerChallenge happening, and with an old laptop floating around, I'm keen to finally give Linux a crack. So, here we go. I know next to nothing about Linux so this could be a complete failure. If not, then this could be a useful guide for someone else diving in for the first time." gemini://zkbro.smol.pub/linux01    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 00:51:24

• "Hi there. Thanks for reading. What a pleasant nook of the web. I really like the simplicity. I am here to learn, and to log my learning. I am not restricting myself to any particular topic, so we shall see. I have some things in mind however. Feel free to email me to say hello or offer feedback on anything I'm writing about. Thanks to the hosts for this public space." gemini://zkbro.smol.pub/1721532516    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 00:52:08

• "A lot was happening this month, but today I want to write about not so obvious theme, but a relevant one - cooking. I hadn't really cooked before, but as I will go to more mature life, I wanted to prepare myself to be able to make cheap, healthy and tasty meals." gemini://benex.flounder.online/gemlog/2024-07-21-UniPrep:_Cooking.gmi    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 00:52:51

• William and Harris: the next royalty?    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 00:53:09

• It won't work well, saying "nasty woman" to someone who isn't a Clinton and isn't "white". Trump's antics of women-bashing didn't work against Biden either.    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 00:54:38

• Multifamily Housing https://scheerpost.com/2024/07/19/canada-makes-an-unprecedented-push-for-multifamily-housing/    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 01:03:55

• IV injection https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/brigitte-cleroux-fake-nurse-guilty-1.7269979    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 01:04:21

• Supreme Court Affirms Platforms’ First Amendment Right to Curate Speech https://scheerpost.com/2024/07/18/supreme-court-affirms-platforms-first-amendment-right-to-curate-speech/    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 01:05:14

• Windows down by a lot in Bosnia And Herzegovina https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bosnia-and-herzegovina/#monthly-200902-202407    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 01:25:54

• Japan's drinks companies look to tap into foreign markets https://www.dw.com/en/japan-s-drinks-companies-look-to-tap-into-foreign-markets/a-69646738    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 01:54:27

• Already engaging in election interference too https://www.dw.com/en/elon-musk-s-x-platform-in-breach-of-eu-rules/a-69642525    

posted Monday, July 22, 2024 at 01:55:44