Roy Schestowitz

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1350.jpg    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 02:59:32

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1001.jpg    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 02:59:38

• What Are Friends For? gemini://gem.saayaa.space/gemlog/2024-07-22-friends.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 03:00:30

• "Awoke mildly THC disoriented. Got mad at the estimated cost of a treadmill stress test later in the day. Wife talked me down. She's amazing." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2034    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 03:01:30

• "Apology would mean admission of guilt and hence more loss of money to deal with the mess. So Sathya better stop talking about Leadership and Compassion and all the fancy 'I am holier than thou" speeches. July academic holiday season, so many families and children travelling worldwide. #Happy International Blue Screen Day" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tBJE5CL    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 03:04:03

• "If only the C-suite were to be replaced by WatsonX…" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tDRnMgh    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 03:43:07

• Stella Assange: "I’ve signed an open letter condemning the prison terms for the #WholeTruthFive (WTF). The length of the prison sentences should shock everyone, including broader interest groups, especially free speech groups in the UK. The UN has already called out the draconian sentences. The @AttorneyGeneral must intervene. 👇 http://defendourjuries.org/wtf "    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:09:17

• Yet another toxic Linux user https://yewtu.be/watch?v=-oTEDjtirlM    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:16:58

• "Heaven help any company that adopts WatsonX because some IBM salesperson convinces them that it's performing better than expected. Imagine HR departments across the world replacing people for the hot garbage that is AskHR, then imagine the McDonald's order taking system that they just fired IBM for running your health care and banking" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tDRnMgh    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:18:18

• "Would you get on a plane, train, or automobile running some version of WatsonX? Would you even trust WatsonX to tell you the time correctly? How long before the body counts and the lawsuits?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tDRnMgh    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:18:36

• The real news is, SOMEONE LEFT. A Microsoft propaganda outlet put it like this: https://www.axios.com/2024/07/09/linkedin-communications-nicole-leverich    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:21:35

• ICBM CEO "AK should be replaced by AI" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tDRnMgh    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:23:15

• "The Akismet WordPress anti-spam plugin has changed it’s policy to not run on sites that have adverts which includes mine" https://etbe.coker.com.au/2024/07/23/blog-comments-2/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:54:53

• "ZOOM Platform put out a major update for FlatOut 1, 2 and Ultimate Carnage with all three now Steam Deck Verified." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/flatout-1-2-and-ultimate-carnage-now-steam-deck-verified-with-steam-workshop-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:55:56

• "Oxygen Not Included has a new expansion out with The Frosty Planet Pack, which seems like a chill way to blow through another few hundred hours." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/oxygen-not-included-the-frosty-planet-pack-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:56:07

• "Once you've blasted through The Immortal Lock quake mod I covered recently, why not jump into BONK JAM which is quite hilarious looking." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/its-officially-hammer-time-in-the-bonk-jam-mod-for-quake/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:56:16

• "Poor old Vampires, they've been through a lot right? Well as a Vampire Therapist, it's your job to deal with all their weird issues." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/guide-vampires-through-centuries-of-emotional-baggage-in-vampire-therapist-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:56:25

• "Build various contraptions in an almost Zachtronics-like automation puzzle game, Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory is quite reasonably priced and is available now with a demo you can try too." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/open-ended-physics-building-puzzler-captain-contraptions-chocolate-factory-is-out-now-with-a-demo/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:56:45

• "In November 2022, we started a side project in my company, a video game called Cuprum 2929. Because I love Linux (being a full user since 2009) and I'm the owner of the company, I made the bold decision to fully develop it on Linux." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/developing-a-video-game-with-unreal-engine-5-on-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:57:06

• "License" https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/license process and business method patents    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:57:48

• "Biden drops out: What does this mean for US foreign policy?" https://www.vox.com/world-politics/361768/2024-election-biden-foreign-policy-trump-china-ukraine-russia    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:57:57

• "Democrats Are Making a Huge Mistake" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/kamala-harris-democrat-mini-primary/679187/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:58:10

• breach again https://www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release/michigan-medicine-notifies-patients-health-information-breach-2 poisoned with gratuitous javascript    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:58:30

• "Who is Running America? - Craig Murray" https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/07/who-is-running-america/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:58:40

• "Nine Princes in Amber (Roger Zelazny, 1970)" https://michal.sapka.me/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/nine-princes-in-amber/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:58:55

• "Brr Wants A Job" https://brr.fyi/posts/brr-wants-a-job    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 04:59:13

• iophk: that is a provable lie because Availability is a core tenet of security. "Kurtz said in an X post Friday that the outages were not caused by “a security or cyber incident” and that the company has since issued a fix." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/07/22/house-committee-calls-crowdstrike-ceo-testify-global-outage/ ("House committee calls on CrowdStrike CEO to testify on global IT outage")    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:00:04

• "CrowdStrike issues go beyond Windows: company's security software has reportedly been causing Linux kernel panics since at least April" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/crowdstrike-issues-go-beyond-windows-companys-security-software-has-reportedly-been-causing-kernel-panics-since-at-least-april    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:00:25

• almost no money will go into creating internal systems https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/crowdstrike-bug-crashes-billions-of:8 ("Crowdstrike Bug Crashes Billions of Computers")    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:00:46

• iophk: no mention of supported formats https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/22/was-the-ipod-killed-too-soon-astell-kern-music-player/ ("Was the iPod Killed Too Soon? — New Music Player Emerges")    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:01:07

• "Trump Almighty: The Republican Party Deifies The Donald - DER SPIEGEL" https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/trump-almighty-the-republican-party-deifies-the-donald-a-f415b04a-5ae9-4cfb-869a-c4484ca64cfb    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:01:20

• "Bloobs Adventure is an idle game with a difference, bringing together adventuring and RPG styled mechanics into a more casual game." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/immersive-idle-rpg-bloobs-adventure-recently-got-lots-of-steam-deck-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:01:54

• "Trialforge Studio and Tate Multimedia are bringing their party-based soulslike set in a harsh world where Faith clashes with Science to Steam on August 8th and it should be good to go for Steam Deck players." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/party-based-soulslike-deathbound-aims-to-be-steam-deck-verified-at-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:01:58

• "If you need some more interesting games for Steam Deck (and desktop Linux!), Fanatical launched the Build your own Play on the Go - Elite Collection." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/fanatical-just-launched-an-elite-collection-steam-deck-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:02:03

• Corbet the PATRON/MASTER, telling trans people what not to say about trans issues (he's not trans himself). What next? Will he tell Native Americans what they cannot say about ASF, e.g. that Apache (software) actually gave them good publicity and a loud minority makes them look like a somewhat of a pest? (Corbet is NOT Native) http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/23/Censorship_in_Eklektix_s_Linux_Weekly_News_LWN.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:05:06

• Renaming Apache things would harm Native Americans too. Their textbooks would be outdated. Go buy new textbooks.    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:05:42

• Some people's "idea" of activism is, "HEY, LET'S MAKE PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE RENAME STUFF!". Many who do this cannot campaign or code, so they just try to interfere with the lives of those who do. To them, being a nuisance is "being important".    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:07:15

• How did the "let's rename master" expedition come along? What was accomplished? Nothing?    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:07:49

• "Antivax lawyer" ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2024/07/22/antivax-lawyer-aaron-siri-misrepresents-vaccine-safety-testing/ |    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:08:40

• baby formula ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/baby-formula-regulation-biden-administration-europe-taiwan | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:08:57

• "rape kits" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/maryland-moves-to-process-rape-kits-backlog | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:09:12

• "continue the convention of referring to the President of the United States as the most powerful man" ☛ https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/07/who-is-running-america/ | Source: Craig Murray    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:09:40

• italy ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2024/07/22/much-less-seaborne-migration-to-italy-government-in-rome-and-u-n-report/ | Source: Site36    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:09:50

• "Despite the best efforts of YouTube and rightsholders" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirated-movies-flood-youtube-millions-of-views-on-compromised-channels-240722/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:10:15

• "A few days after popular pirate streaming site Fmovies seemingly shut down for good" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/fmovies-sister-sites-shut-down-redirect-to-pirate-streaming-alternatives-240722/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:10:23

• ads ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/07/22/worlds-biggest-meat-and-dairy-companies-spend-more-on-ads-than-cutting-emissions-new-report/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:10:44

• Beavers ☛ https://therevelator.org/beaver-seekers/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:11:01

• "UN surveillance treaty" ☛ https://www.eff.org/press/releases/media-briefing-eff-partners-warn-un-member-states-are-poised-approve-dangerous | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:11:22

• "This detailed guide explains what ExifTool is, how to install ExifTool on Linux..." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/manage-image-metadata-using-exiftool/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:13:54

• "There are countless clown storage platforms that provide safe and secure storage space for your files." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/internxt-cloud-storage/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:14:46

• "Every command you type in the terminal gets recorded in the history and can be retried using the history command." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/10-lesser-known-linux-commands-part-2/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:15:19

• "OpenShift Virtualization enables you to migrate your existing virtual machine (VM)-based workloads to Red Hat OpenShift" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-openshift-virtualization-416 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:16:55

• "Insights image builder has recently added the first boot script configuration feature" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/first-boot-scripts-with-Insights-image-builder | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:17:03

• Data Security Only a Maniac Could Love | LINUX Unplugged 572 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/572/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:21:37

• How to Install PhotoQT on GNU/Linux Mint 22, 21 or 20 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-photoqt-on-linux-mint/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:22:19

• How to Install Terminator on GNU/Linux Mint 22, 21 or 20 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-terminator-on-linux-mint/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:22:30

• How to Open .gz and .tgz Files in GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-open-gz-tgz-files-in-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:22:37

• How to Install Darktable on Debian 12, 11 or 10 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-darktable-on-debian-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:22:46

• How To Create Users on GNU/Linux ☞ https://idroot.us/create-users-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:23:10

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

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:23:24

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

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:23:38

• How to Install OnlyOffice on Fedora 40 or 39 GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/install-onlyoffice-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:23:46

• How to Install PostgreSQL 14 on Fedora 40 or 39 GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-postgresql-14-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:24:02

• How to Install Zabbix Server on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://tecadmin.net/how-to-install-zabbix-server-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:24:28

• How to Install R on Debian 12, 11, or 10 GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-r-programming-language-on-debian-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:24:38

• NGINX If Else Directives: Understanding Its Usage ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/nginx-if-else-directives-understanding-its-usage/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:24:44

• ​​Try OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) and integrate with Apache Camel ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/07/22/try-openshift-ai-and-integrate-apache-camel    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:26:35

• A quick look at large language models with Node.js, Podman desktop, and the Granite model ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/07/22/quick-look-large-language-models-nodejs-podman-desktop-and-granite-model    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:27:35

• Protecting your models made easy with Authorino ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/07/22/protecting-your-models-made-easy-authorino    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:30:23

• 5 myths about platform engineering, debunked ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/07/22/5-myths-about-platform-engineering-debunked    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:31:23

• For Good Reason, Apache Foundation Says ‘Goodbye’ to Iconic Feather Logo ☞ https://fossforce.com/2024/07/apache-foundation-says-goodbye-to-iconic-feather-logo/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/23/Censorship_in_Eklektix_s_Linux_Weekly_News_LWN.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:33:58

• The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 210: Meredith Lilly on the Trade Risks Behind Canada’s Digital Services Tax and Mandated Streaming Payments ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/07/law-bytes-podcast-episode-210/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:34:45

• "I’m certain this was a difficult decision for the company." ☛ https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/reacquired/ | Source: Ethan Marcotte    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:35:53

• "the CrowdStrike incident exposed several glaring weaknesses in our current approach" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/crowdstrike-glitch-sounds-a-cybersecurity-alarm-we-cannot-ignore/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:36:23

• "Just imagine if there wasn't a video, what the narrative would have been" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bodycam-video-illinois-police-shooting-sonya-massey-1.7271928 | Source: CBC    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:37:59

• "The judge ordered Meta to eliminate the offending language" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/22/meta_layoff_severance_agreements/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:38:06

• "VOA’s sister outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, or RFE/RL, in Prague" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-convicts-2nd-american-journalist-in-secret-trial/7707995.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:38:32

• pulitzer ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/florida-judge-allows-donald-trumps-defamation-suit-against-pulitzer-to-continue/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:38:46

• "The government has also declared Monday a public holiday, with only essential services running." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/internet-hasn-t-been-restored-in-bangladesh-despite-apparent-calm-following-deadly-protests-101721641924973.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:39:07

• "Africa’s space industry presents the United States with economic opportunity." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/why-the-united-states-needs-a-robust-strategy-for-space-cooperation-with-africa/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:40:30

• "Since the voluntary commitments were signed" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/22/1095193/ai-companies-promised-the-white-house-to-self-regulate-one-year-ago-whats-changed/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:40:43

• "Adding the fact that researchers found “no effect” from the cash on several measures of physical health and welfare" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altmans-big-basic-income-study-is-finally-out/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:40:52

• "Many entrepreneurs and VCs have grown anxious seeing few sizable startup exits materialize so far in 2024." ☛ https://thenorthlines.com/could-alphabets-rumored-23b-acquisition-of-cybersecurity-unicorn-wiz-spark-a-revival-in-vc/ | Source: The North Lines IN    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:41:14

• "We were astonished to find that male elephants, typically considered to have loose social ties" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-07-biologists-male-elephants-infrasonic-rumbles.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:42:10

• GNU/Linux has risen above 6% in Asia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/asia/#monthly-200902-202407    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 05:43:30

• "Witnesses told police Frost had pushed approximately 11 Bird scooters into the river or adjacent canal" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51075771/man-charged-with-throwing-11-electric-scooters-in-idaho-river | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:08:42

• "The report indicates a trend of increasing repression against climate activists across Europe." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/european-governments-suppress-climate-activism-according-to-hrw-report/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:09:25

• "What the Trump War Room neglected to mention yesterday is that a jury acquitted Stallings of all charges" ☛ https://reason.com/2024/07/22/the-trump-campaign-wont-stop-lying-about-a-minnesota-man-acquitted-of-shooting-at-police/ | Source: Reason    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:10:14

• Overpopulation ☛ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-07-22/californias-water-usage-is-down-takeaways-from-times-drought-tracker | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:10:44

• "The top U_N_ envoy for Syria told the Security Council the threat of terrorism is “resurging” with attacks by Islamic State" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-07-22/un-envoy-warns-that-threat-of-terrorism-is-resurging-with-attacks-by-islamic-state-extremists | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:11:17

• "Venezuela: A playbook for digital repression" ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/how-venezuela-became-a-model-for-digital-authoritarianism/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:11:53

• "The plaintiffs also obtained Offline Access Request Response Reports (OARRRs) from Oracle" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/22/oracle_settles_privacy_case/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:12:41

• "Today, [Surveillance] Slack introduced the first four widgets for the iOS version of its mobile app." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/22/24203924/slack-iphone-ipad-ios-ipados-widgets | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:13:02

• Openwashing ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/22/vmware_cloud_migration_options/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:13:25

• Windows TCO: "The scope of the disruptions has also caught the attention of government regulators" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/crowdstrike-more-machines-fixed-as-customers-regulators-await-details-on-what-caused-meltdown-/7708509.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:15:22

• Windows TCO: "ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/22/europol_says_ransomware_takedowns_make/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:15:50

• Windows TCO: "The letter signals that the cleanup for the technical failure is far from over for CrowdStrike." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/22/24203984/crowdstrike-ceo-testimony-house-homeland-security-outage | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:16:19

• Windows TCO: "And this is the reason why on Friday, planes couldn’t fly and people died as hospitals were down." ☛ https://michal.sapka.me/blog/2024/crowdstrike/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:17:14

• Windows TCO: "A worldwide IT outage on Friday struck multiple government agencies." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2024/07/though-the-defense-department-managed-to-go-unscathed-through-the-crowdstrike-outage-it-remains-on-the-alert/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:17:48

• Windows TCO: "Patient information for nearly 57,000 people may have been shared" ☛ https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigan-medicine-latest-health-care-system-be-hit-cyberattack | Source: Bridge Michigan    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:18:14

• Windows TCO: "This closure affected all 36 courthouses in the county" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-22/la-county-court-ransomware | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:19:13

• Windows TCO: "largest IT [sic] outage in history" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/21/business/crowdstrike-outage-cost/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:19:49

• Windows TCO: "Hospitals, GPs, pharmacies, banks, supermarkets and millions of businesses have also been impacted." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/microsoft-it-outage-crowdstrike-windows-flights-latest-update-b2583539.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:20:47

• [Old] Windows TCO: "Kurtz was McAfee's chief technology officer at the time. Months later, Intel acquired McAfee." ☛ https://www.businessinsider.com/crowdstrike-ceo-george-kurtz-tech-outage-microsoft-mcafee-2024-7 | Source: Business Insider    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:21:29

• Windows TCO: "Besides, the entire employee base including non-technical folks uses Linux desktops to reduce the attack surface." ☛ https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/how-does-zerodha-ensure-safety-of-users-from-cyber-fraud-in-ai-era-nithin-kamath-unveils-the-secret-formula-11689388880962.html | Source: HT Digital Streams Ltd    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:22:55

• Windows TCO: "Delta has offered no timetable for resumption of normal operations and has already cancelled another 305 flights" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/delta-cancelled-flights-1.7270889?cmp=rss | Source: CBC    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:23:16

• Windows TCO: "For Microsoft, the problem was made worse because the company released an update to its Azure cloud computing" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2024/07/21/massive-it-outage-spotlights-major-vulnerabilities-in-the-global-information-ecosystem/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:23:59

• Windows TCO: "The global IT [sic] outage on 19 July serves as a stark reminder of our vulnerability to technological failures." ☛ https://theconversation.com/microsoft-crowdstrike-outage-how-a-single-software-update-was-able-to-cause-it-chaos-across-the-globe-235165 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:24:21

• "The people of San Francisco haven’t always been kind to Waymo’s growing fleet of driverless taxis." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/waymo-sues-alleged-driverless-car-attackers/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:25:40

• "Apple’s road from kexts to System Extensions has been long, controversial" ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2024/07/22/could-our-macs-be-crowdstruck/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:26:05

• "Some of these fears are misplaced. Anyone who expects that a program can create music and replace human artistry is wrong" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/07/generative-ai-music-suno-udio/679114/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:26:25

• "To help you better understand what’s going on, we’ve put together a list of some of the most common AI terms." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/24201441/ai-terminology-explained-humans | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:31:54

• "For the past few weeks, I’ve been producing slop." ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/2024/07/22/producing-slop.html | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:32:15

• "Content slop is a strange term, but it describes the mass-produced, often AI-generated, surface-level content that constitutes a large portion of the [Internet] now. It has three characteristics, but I stick to Ryan Broderick’s first outlining feature, which states that “to the user, the viewer, the customer, it feels worthless.”"    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:33:09

• Let's Encrypt has fallen to 100 today //gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:35:36

• "I've been playing solitaire again lately, after leaving it for many years. I have been playing with a physical deck of cards, but of course I cannot help but remember the many (too many) hours I spent on Microsoft Solitaire. there's no reason to miss at, I can play exactly the same game with my cards." gemini://axxuy.xyz/posts/2024/solitaire.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:36:56

• "We visited some of my in-laws last week as part of a larger reunion. One couple flew in from overseas to join us. We are very close to this particular couple, and it was very difficult to say goodbye when the time came for us to leave." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2024/202407/20240722-2024-week-27-28-29-status-and-photos.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:37:43

• "It's a small drawing in "ASCII art" (though I doubt this is "true" ASCII characters) that is, indeed, The Midnight as shown at the top of Midnight.pub, but I removed a fair bit of crowded detail, and (to me) indecipherable characters throughout, and modded the building/city backdrop behind the Pub, as well" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2035    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:39:13

• "In mid-June I caught COVID-19 for, I'm pretty sure, the first time." ☛ https://harihareswara.net/posts/2024/things-i-wish-id-done-before-catching-covid/ | Source: Sumana Harihareswara    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:43:28

• "PVC comes in both rigid and flexible forms, and is used to make water pipes, plastic bottles, flooring, and packaging." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/plastic-was-found-inside-more-than-50-of-plaques-from-clogged-arteries | Source: Science Alert    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:44:00

• "California has “very high” coronavirus levels in its wastewater — one of 21 states in that category" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-22/covid-california-worse-than-last-sumer | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:44:10

• "Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Q-UGV) sold to law enforcement" ☛ https://www.404media.co/dhs-has-a-ddos-robot-to-disable-internet-of-things-booby-traps-inside-homes/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:49:07

• "In object files, certain code patterns embed data within instructions or transitions occur between instruction sets." ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/2024-07-21-mapping-symbols-rethinking-for-efficiency | Source: MaskRay    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:49:37

• "Coleman was even more doubtful when Provost Paul Courant, the university’s chief academic officer" ☛ https://record.umich.edu/articles/it-happened-at-michigan-digitizing-the-university-library/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:50:52

• "Adam Csenki, who teaches music at a Moray secondary school" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/the-teacher-behind-the-push-to-ban-mobile-phones-in-scotland-schools-and-follow-england-policy-4707990 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:51:04

• "Sometimes I lead workshops (usually via group videocall)." ☛ https://harihareswara.net/posts/2024/make-room-for-big-news/ | Source: Sumana Harihareswara    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:51:13

• "Writing notes is less about the content of those notes being available later." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/notes-are-a-tool-for/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:52:30

• "On July 19, 1977, the first GPS satellite signal" ☛ https://www.abc27.com/digital-originals/on-this-date-the-first-gps-signal/ |    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:58:04

• "Now you can Read Practical SVG on the web, here on this site, for free." ☛ https://chriscoyier.net/2024/07/22/practical-svg-is-now-free-to-read-online/ | Source: Chris Coyier    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:58:16

• "Of course, having that high number of visual components in a typical JavaFX user interface" ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/2024-07-22-javafx-nodes-versus-canvas/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:58:49

• "You can improve your Bash immediately by running all scripts you write through shellcheck, a Bash linter" ☛ https://www.simplermachines.com/how-to-write-better-bash-than-chatgpt/ | Source: Nat Bennett    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 07:59:45

• "This post will tell you how we brought device trust to the Web" ☛ https://goteleport.com/blog/device-trust-for-web-challenges-and-solutions/ | Source: Teleport    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:01:05

• "Hello, R users! Today, we’re going to talk about a fundamental yet essential aspect of data manipulation" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/07/how-to-concatenate-strings-in-r-3/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:01:14

• "Recent versions of C++ (C++20) have a new feature: concepts." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2024/07/22/does-c-allow-template-specialization-by-concepts/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:01:37

• "Last week's blog post accidentally got published a few hours early." ☛ https://ntietz.com/blog/til-testing-future-using-faketime/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:01:50

• Open Data: "Spatial index systems – which segment datapoints with location to distinct, tiled regions – are a great tool for quickly joining one location dataset with another. But outside of GIS nerds (my people), such join mechanisms are under-utilized. Mostly because getting your data to the point where it can be manipulated and mapped to tiles is still too complex." ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2024/07/22/enriching-csvs-with-h3.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:02:56

• "The R Consortium recently interviewed Myles Mitchell, co-organizer of the Leeds Data Science group" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/07/empowering-the-r-community-insights-from-myles-mitchell-of-the-leeds-data-science-group/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:03:30

• Open Data: "Spatial index systems – which segment datapoints with location to distinct, tiled regions – are a great tool for quickly joining one location dataset with another. But outside of GIS nerds (my people)" ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2024/07/22/enriching-csvs-with-h3.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:04:19

• "In one of the projects I'm working—a custom job board for a company in the energy and infrastructure industry" ☛ http://flower.codes/2024/07/22/duplicating-a-database-record-in-laravel.html | Source: Zach Flower    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:05:45

• "Google LLC has scrapped its plans to phase out Chrome’s support for third-party cookies." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/07/22/google-no-longer-plans-end-support-third-party-cookies-chrome/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:06:52

• Endpoint sovereignty: Why the CrowdStrike outage is just the beginning.    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:11:58

• Endpoint sovereignty: Why the CrowdStrike outage is just the beginning. https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/endpoint-sovereignty    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:12:06

• Endpoint "security" is a dumb idea https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/endpoint-sovereignty    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:13:49

• "The missing interface capability, reported back on Friday, November 12, 1999, was closed on Monday, July 22." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/22/mozilla_thunderbird_ffix/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:16:09

• "This weekend in Berlin PulkoMandy and I attended an Coding sprint in Berlin to work on Renga, the XMPP client for Haiku." ☛ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/nephele/2024-07-21_xmpp_coding_sprint_berlin/ | Source: HaikuOS    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:16:16

• Cellebrite ☛ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-18/fbi-used-new-cellebrite-software-to-access-trump-shooter-s-phone | Source: Bloomberg    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:16:55

• "So one thing I've followed closely is how easy it is for me to get my own software running on RISC-V boards." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/state-docker-on-popular-risc-v-platforms | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:18:30

• "I was originally going to opt for a microcontroller as the basis for my modchip" ☛ https://kennedn.com/blog/posts/fridgepwn/ |    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:18:37

• "Node-RED displays graphs showing the current water level and the change in level over time." ☛ https://www.instructables.com/Water-Tank-Level-With-Node-RED-Dashboard-and-Influ/ | Source: Instructables    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:18:45

• "The M.2 HAT+ adapter board converts between the PCIe connector on Raspberry Pi 5 and a single M.2 M key edge connector." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/using-m-2-hat-with-raspberry-pi-5/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:18:55

• "VA-API is an open-source library and API specification" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240721165445 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:28:12

• "I thought it was interesting how difficult it was for a modern kid to adapt to videogames with a controller." ☛ https://roytang.net/2024/07/6yogamer/ | Source: Roy Tang    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:34:18

• "This is handy for one-off transfers where the host doesn’t warrant an inclusion in your ~/.ssh/config file." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/rsync-with-a-different-ssh-port/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:36:17

• "I’ve never used a CDN, partly because this blog has always been a scrappy place to experiment" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/performance-issues-from-europe/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:36:36

• "One of the moderately peculiar aspects of our environment is that we still have general Unix multiuser systems" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/OurGiantLoginServer | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:37:01

• "Almost the entire employee base, including non-technical folks, uses Linux laptops. I use Zorin (Linux)" ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/zerodha-ceo-nithin-kamath-reshares-this-2023-tweet-to-tell-what-saved-them-from-microsoft-outage/articleshow/111919261.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:37:42

• Ukrainian FM Kuleba To Visit China ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kuleba-china-visit/33045910.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:39:20

• Zelenskiy Thanks Biden, Says Ukraine Respects 'Difficult But Strong Decision' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskiy-biden-trump-harris/33045626.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:39:43

• Rosneft Refinery Damaged In Drone Attack, Local Russian Officials Say ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-drones-tuapse-rosneft-refinery/33045565.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:39:56

• The Decathlete Who Picked Up a Gun ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/world/olympics/ukraine-war-athletes-dead.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:40:26

• Biden Shepherded Europe on Ukraine and NATO. What Happens Now? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/world/europe/biden-ukraine-nato.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:40:45

• Ukraine Strikes Debt Restructuring Deal With Creditors ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/world/europe/ukraine-debt-deal.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:40:59

• Windows TCO ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/two-members-of-lockbit-ransomware-group-plead-guilty-in-us-court/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:42:18

• US Sanctions Russian Hacktivists for Targeting Critical Infrastructure ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-sanctions-russian-hacktivists-for-targeting-critical-infrastructure/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:43:25

• As Russia’s Caucasus influence falls, filling the gap isn’t simple ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/as-russias-caucasus-influence-falls-filling-the-gap-isnt-simple/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:43:57

• Russian Court Sentences RFE/RL Journalist Kurmasheva To 6 1/2 Years In Prison ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-rferl-journalist-kurmasheva-convicted-sentenced/33046171.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:44:12

• Explosion Destroys Shopping Center In Southwestern Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-shopping-center-apsheronsk/33045941.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:47:47

• Head Of Stalin Bust Knocked Off In Town Near Moscow ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-stalin-bust-zvenigorod/33045998.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:48:09

• Tajik, Uzbek Teenagers Charged With Attempted Murder After Brawl With Russian Lawmaker ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-tajik-uzbek-teenagers-brawl-duma/33045880.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:48:51

• Warrants Issued For Russian Anti-War Activists In Exile ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-warrants-vesna-antiwar-movement/33045802.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:49:01

• Growing cooperation between Russia and China in Arctic, Pentagon says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/growing-cooperation-between-russia-and-china-in-arctic-pentagon-says    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:49:26

• Russia Sentences Alsu Kurmasheva, American Editor, to a Penal Colony ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/world/europe/alsu-kurmasheva-sentence-russia.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:49:39

• A New Candidate Must Now Defend Biden’s Legacy Abroad ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/us/politics/biden-legacy-harris-nato.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:49:57

• "You wanted to go to Russia? Then go die for it." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/07/22/you-wanted-to-go-to-russia-then-go-die-for-it | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:52:04

• "Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva sentenced to 6.5 years in prison in secret trial" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/07/22/russian-american-journalist-alsu-kurmasheva-sentenced-to-6-5-years-in-prison-in-secret-trial | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:52:25

• Belarusian Opposition Politician Kazlou Released After 30 Months In Prison ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-release-kazlou-opposition/33045967.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:53:17

• Belarusian Activist On Trial For Helping Families Of Political Prisoners ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-serheyenka-helping-political-prisoners/33046003.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:53:34

• Lithuanian border guards report rise in secondary migration via Latvia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2324053/lithuanian-border-guards-report-rise-in-secondary-migration-via-latvia    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:53:58

• Border Guard: Migrant flow from Belarus to Latvia picks up again ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/22.07.2024-border-guard-migrant-flow-from-belarus-to-latvia-picks-up-again.a562269/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:54:14

• Hungary, Slovakia Seek EU Consultation Procedure With Ukraine Over LUKoil Ban ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-lukoil-slovakia-hungary-lukoil-sanctions/33046190.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:56:52

• Belarusian Woman Gets 6 Years In Prison For Sending Money To Regiment In Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/natallya-levaya-belarus-kastus-kalinouski-regiment-ukraine-war-brest-belarus/33046377.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:57:05

• Ukraine Strikes Preliminary Deal To Restructure $20 Billion Debt ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-debt-restructuring-investors/33046512.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:58:42

• Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to visit China for talks on ending Russia’s invasion ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/22/ukraine-foreign-minister-dmytro-kuleba-to-visit-china-for-talks-on-ending-russias-invasion/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:59:09

• Gaza, Ukraine and China: How Biden can still move the dial on foreign policy ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240722-ukraine-china-gaza-biden-drops-out-us-foreign-policy-israel-hamas-netanyahu    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 08:59:39

• Ukraine's top diplomat in Beijing for talks on ending war with Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240723-ukraine-s-top-diplomat-in-beijing-for-talks-on-ending-war-with-russia    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:00:07

• US rapper Snoop Dogg to carry Olympic torch ahead of Paris opening ceremony ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240722-us-rapper-snoop-dogg-olympic-torch-paris-opening-ceremony    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:00:36

• Andriy Yermak: Ukraine and NATO are restoring Europe’s security architecture ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/andriy-yermak-ukraine-and-nato-are-restoring-europes-security-architecture/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:00:54

• Rīga opens temporary housing for Ukrainian refugees ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/22.07.2024-riga-opens-temporary-housing-for-ukrainian-refugees.a562262/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:01:18

• AppleTalk ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/bluetooth-printer-works-with-appletalk/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:01:47

• dhcpcd replacing dhclient for Trixie... or perhaps networkd? ☞ http://q-funk.blogspot.com/2024/07/dhcpcd-replacing-dhclient-for-trixie-or.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:05:52

• VLC 3.0.21 packaged for Slackware ☞ https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/vlc-3-0-21-packaged-for-slackware/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:06:44

• You can contribute to KDE with non-C++ code ☞ https://rabbitictranslator.com/contribute-to-kde-without-cpp/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:07:20

• Week 8 recap ☞ https://kenlo.hashnode.dev/week-8-recap    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:08:08

• Ubuntu Kylin – official Chinese version of Ubuntu ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ubuntu-kylin-official-chinese-version/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:08:31

• 8 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Student Information Systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/studentinformationsystems/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:08:56

• 7 Useful Free and Open Source Flatpak Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-flatpak-tools/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:09:16

• Wave Terminal – AI-native terminal built for seamless workflows ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wave-terminal-ai-native-terminal/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:09:58

• CrowdStrike Outage Exposes backdoored Windows Risks: Why GNU/Linux is the Better Choice ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/crowdstrike-outage-exposes-windows-risks-why-linux-is-the-better-choice.51037/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:11:52

• How to Convert WebM Videos to Any Format in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.maketecheasier.com/convert-webm-videos-linux/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:12:28

• For the First Time Since May Linux.com ('Linux' Foundation) Published Something. It's All Spam. (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/For_the_First_Time_Since_May_Linux_com_Linux_Foundation_Publish.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:15:18

• GNU/Linux Usage in Guadeloupe Rises Closer to International Average, Based on Web Data Collected by statCounter (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/GNU_Linux_Usage_in_Guadeloupe_Rises_Closer_to_International_Ave.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:15:26

• The Ludicrous Idea That GNU/Linux is a "Poor Man's" Operating System ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/The_Ludicrous_Idea_That_GNU_Linux_is_a_Poor_Man_s_Operating_Sys.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:15:39

• A Quick Guide on How to Install Python 3 on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.linuxbuzz.com/install-python-on-ubuntu/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:16:12

• Honduras: backdoored Windows Down, Android Peaking Again (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/Honduras_Windows_Down_Android_Peaking_Again.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:18:33

• Protesters in Kenya Need Software That is Free (Libre) and Supports Real Encryption in Order to Avoid Capture and Torture (Sometimes Execution) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/Protesters_in_Kenya_Need_Software_That_is_Free_Libre_and_Suppor.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:19:14

• Kazakh Court Commences Trial in High-Profile Prison Torture Case ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/former-kazakh-prison-guards-trial-torture-activist-timur-danebaev-inmates/33046220.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:19:33

• Build Mobile and Web Apps Fast: 9 Leading Low-Code and No-Code Platforms ☞ https://medevel.com/mobile-web-app-low-code-97178/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:22:47

• Top 15 Open-Source Headless Browsers for Automation: Testing, Scraping, and Beyond ☞ https://medevel.com/headless-browsers-17739/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:23:21

• 16 Free and Open-source Chess Engines ☞ https://medevel.com/chess-engines-1734/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:24:03

• MidnightBSD 3.2 Released https://www.midnightbsd.org/notes/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:25:18

• 2024.30 Part of the Toolbox ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2024/07/22/2024-30-part-of-the-toolbox/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:27:08

• UN special rapporteur urges accountability mechanism for 1980s Iran atrocity crimes ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/un-special-rapporteur-presses-for-international-accountability-mechanism-for-1980s-iran-atrocity-crimes/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:27:34

• [Meme] Signs of a Dying Patent Office ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/Meme_Signs_of_a_Dying_Patent_Office.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:28:30

• This Month's General Consultative Committee (GCC) Webchat ('Meeting') Covered the European Patent Office's Attacks on Its Own Interpreters ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/This_Month_s_General_Consultative_Committee_GCC_Webchat_Meeting.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:28:38

• A Byzantine European Patent Office Where Staff Must Beg for Help With Contraception (Worse Than the Rest of Europe) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/A_Byzantine_European_Patent_Office_Where_Staff_Must_Beg_for_Hel.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:28:47

• Software Patents https://ipwatchdog.com/2024/07/22/cafc-invalidates-remaining-claim-data-transmission-patent-remands-substitute-claims-collateral-estoppel-determination/id=179164/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:29:12

• 'Stones' of Undigested Fruit, Hair, And Even Gum Can Hide in Your Gut For Years ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/stones-of-undigested-fruit-hair-and-even-gum-can-hide-in-your-gut-for-years    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:30:22

• Something Strange Happens to Your Eyes When You Breathe ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/something-strange-happens-to-your-eyes-when-you-breathe    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:31:01

• This Simple Evening Routine Could Be The Key to Better Sleep ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-simple-evening-routine-could-be-the-key-to-better-sleep    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:31:29

• Why Does The Plague Keep Coming Back to Plague Humans? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/why-does-the-plague-keep-coming-back-to-plague-humans    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:31:58

• New 'Missing Link' Black Hole Spotted Lurking in The Galactic Center ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-missing-link-black-hole-spotted-lurking-in-the-galactic-center    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:32:38

• Mysterious 'Dark Oxygen' Discovered at Bottom of Ocean Stuns Scientists ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-dark-oxygen-discovered-at-bottom-of-ocean-stuns-scientists    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:32:51

• Natural Compound in Olives May Help Fight Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/natural-compound-in-olives-may-help-fight-obesity-and-type-2-diabetes    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:33:16

• 🔤SpellBinding: GYLMOTH Wordo: LORRY gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-07-23.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:56:57

• FOMO («fear of missing out») gemini://aperalesf.flounder.online/gemlog/2024-07-17_no-pasa-nada-por-quedarnos-fuera.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:58:00

• Let's Encrypt About to Fall Below 100 (Capsules) in Geminispace, It's Basically in a Freefall ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/Let_s_Encrypt_About_to_Fall_Below_100_Capsules_in_Geminispace_I.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:59:16

• [Meme] The Latest in the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows Blame Game (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/Meme_The_Latest_in_the_Microsoft_Windows_Blame_Game.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 09:59:59

• Why the Media is Dying (It Sucks, No Mentally Healthy People Will Tolerate This for Long) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/Why_the_Media_is_Dying_It_Sucks_No_Mentally_Healthy_People_Will.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:00:10

• Microsoft Eliminates 67% of the Building Occupancy - That's Some Truly Massive Layoffs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/Microsoft_Eliminates_67_of_the_Building_Occupancy_That_s_Some_T.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:01:12

• [Teaser] EPO Run by Children ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/Teaser_EPO_Run_by_Children.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:01:23

• [Meme] Ex-Twitter (X) Will Reject the Concept of a Female President ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/Meme_Twitter_X_Will_Reject_the_Concept_of_a_Female_President.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:01:32

• Second Family Photo of Julian Assange Since His Release (First Since His Birthday) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/Second_Family_Photo_of_Julian_Assange_Since_His_Release_First_S.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:01:40

• The Impact of OFTC's Latest Changes on the Perceived Scale of IRC Globally ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/The_Impact_of_OFTC_s_Latest_Changes_on_the_Perceived_Scale_of_I.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:01:54

• New: Why They Really Went After Assange ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/New_Why_They_Really_Went_After_Assange.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:02:07

• Pluralistic: Unpersoned (22 Jul 2024) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/22/degoogled/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:03:16

• Late Night Linux – Episode 291 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-291/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:04:50

• WP Briefing: Episode 84: A WordPress 6.6 Sneak Peek ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2024/07/episode-84-a-wordpress-6-6-sneak-peek/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:05:35

• Kremlin-Friendly Reporter Expelled From German Investigative Journalism Association ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-seipel-journalism-putin-books/33045717.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:07:17

• "The final GNU/Linux Mint 22 disk images are undergoing checks before they're released. Due to the number of bugs that needed fixing, users have had to wait longer to get their hands on Mint 22." https://www.neowin.net/news/the-final-linux-mint-22-isos-are-undergoing-final-checks-before-the-release/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:17:00

• First Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha with COSMIC DE Drops on August 8 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/pop_os-24-04-alpha-with-cosmic-drops-on-august-8    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:17:21

• Tiling Shell GNOME Extension Adds New Way to Tile backdoored Windows Quickly ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/tiling-shell-adds-another-way-to-tile-windows-quickly    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:28:28

• Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 849 ☞ https://ubuntu-news.org/2024/07/22/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-849/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:49:19

• Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/982845/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:49:33

• CrowdStrike Incident Leveraged for Malware Delivery, Phishing, Scams ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/crowdstrike-incident-leveraged-for-malware-delivery-phishing-scams/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:50:33

• OpenMandriva Lx 24.07 Released ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/OpenMandriva-Lx-24.07-Released    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:51:10

• Stella Assange uses social control media to do "Where's Waldo?" with Julian. She'd be better off starting her own site rather than offloading to Alphabet, Musk etc. https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 12:46:23

• IOW, Wikipedia remains far too dependent on or reliant on the very same companies it need to be fighting, exposing etc.    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 12:46:50

• You cannot beat company X (not "X" the company) by leveraging the "services" of company X. If you become EFFECTIVE, as you might, they WILL shut you down. Misuse of power when some threshold reached. Live and learn, do not repeat the mistakes other made and hope you'll be the "lucky" one, the exception.    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 12:48:33

• Some Wikileaks staff used GMail. It didn't work out too well at the end. The only thing Google did for them was, it informed them they they had been sold out to the US government (in court).    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 12:49:19

• In Bangladesh barely 20% of Windows users are on Vista 11. What a disaster for Microsoft! https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/bangladesh/#monthly-200902-202407    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 12:53:12

• Julian Assange’s First Family Photo, Revealed https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=srobn6hybWM    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 14:57:17

• Terrorism as "free speech" https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=JYgGzQUdXfI    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:09:53

• 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 21st, 2024 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-july-21st-2024    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:10:31

• Chinese language PETs ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202407/chinese-language-pets.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:11:10

• Andy Wingo: finalizers, guardians, phantom references, et cetera ☞ https://wingolog.org/archives/2024/07/22/finalizers-guardians-phantom-references-et-cetera    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:12:14

• Now-patched Telegram for Android vulnerability exposed users to malicious videos ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/07/22/now-patched-telegram-android-vulnerability-exposed-users-malicious-videos/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:12:37

• Though the Defense Department managed to go unscathed through the Crowdstrike outage, it remains on the alert ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2024/07/though-the-defense-department-managed-to-go-unscathed-through-the-crowdstrike-outage-it-remains-on-the-alert/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:20:05

• Windows being brought in by fake "IT" people ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/expert-reveals-how-largest-it-outage-in-history-actually-happened    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:20:36

• ArcelorMittal steelworks strike in Michoacán ends after 55 days ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/arcelormittal-steelworks-strike-in-michoacan-ends/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:21:01

• Alarm about deploying Windows ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/crowdstrike-glitch-sounds-a-cybersecurity-alarm-we-cannot-ignore/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:22:14

• Cyber security means sticking with trusted, not any, providers ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/cyber-security-means-sticking-with-trusted-not-any-providers/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:22:35

• "widespread crashes of backdoored Windows systems." ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31098    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:22:59

• Windows outage, not "Tech Outage" ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/technology/crowdstrike-outage-congress-hearing.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:24:16

• Middle East Crisis: Israeli Forces Strike in Humanitarian Zone; Scores Reported Killed ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/22/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:24:31

• FCC, Tracfone Wireless reach $16M cyber and privacy settlement ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/fcc-tracfone-wireless-reach-16m-cyber-and-privacy-settlement/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:25:25

• XMPP Coding Sprint Berlin ☞ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/nephele/2024-07-21_xmpp_coding_sprint_berlin/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:27:24

• Michigan Medicine notifies patients of health information breach ☞ https://www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release/michigan-medicine-notifies-patients-health-information-breach-2    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:28:05

• Children's hospital to offer free feminine hygiene products ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/22.07.2024-childrens-hospital-to-offer-free-feminine-hygiene-products.a562299/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:28:47

• Public invited to help clean up Latvia's lakes and the Baltic Sea ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/environment/22.07.2024-public-invited-to-help-clean-up-latvias-lakes-and-the-baltic-sea.a562319/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:29:00

• Founder of Kakao, South Korean Tech Giant, Arrested Over K-Pop Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/business/kakao-founder-arrest-warrant-south-korea.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:29:23

• North Korean state media weighs in on U.S. election ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korean-state-media-weighs-in-on-us-election    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:29:35

• Propaganda video warns North Koreans not to watch South Korean media ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/propaganda-video-warns-about-watching-south-korean-media-07222024151658.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:29:48

• In Malaysia, royal families take turns on the throne. This king rides a motorbike. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2024/0722/new-Malaysian-king    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:33:28

• "My employer, Elastic, has a number of philanthropic initiatives but definitely the one I love the most is the Volunteering Time Off (VTO). We are given 40 hours per year from our working hours to contribute to projects and initiatives we care about. Employees have full freedom to choose what they want to do with that time and are encouraged to use it." gemini://jorgesanz.net/posts/2024-07-23-elastic-volunteering-time-off/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:35:14

• "You *can* use a third-party regular expression library if you really have to, I dunno, validate an email address or something. But most of the time, if you’re writing Janet, you’ll be writing PEGs instead." gemini://whyread.us/en/computers/languages/henry--janet_for_mortals/chapter-04.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:36:18

• "I look forward to finding some time to read it. I have used Janet for a few small tools in the last 1-2 years. I always liked the idea of LISP-like languages, using Clojure for a bit, and writing a few small things in elisp, trying to use a dozen or so Scheme variants" gemini://gem.hexandcounter.org/gemlog/posts/janet.gmi    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:37:05

• "Mostly fiddling with the regular expressions. Adding an optional comma. Making it case-insensitive. The usual, I guess." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2024-07-23-ngircd-and-munin    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:37:42

• Time passes too fast... gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2036    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:38:50

• first CLI post gemini://zkbro.smol.pub/first-cli    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 15:39:34

• 1MDB fugitive Low must forfeit his mother’s trio of ‘flawless’ diamonds ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/1mdb-fugitive-low-must-forfeit-mom-s-trio-of-flawless-diamonds    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:11:01

• China is hosting talks between the two main Palestinian factions, but expectations are low. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/world/middleeast/china-hosts-talks-between-the-two-main-palestinian-factions-but-expectations-are-low.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:11:12

• Nvidia preparing a China-focused variant of its B200 Blackwell Hey Hi (AI) GPU to comply with US export regulations ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-preparing-a-china-focused-variant-of-its-b200-blackwell-ai-gpu-to-comply-with-us-export-regulations    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:11:28

• Did the BillBC report that China abused aliens on the moon? ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/afcl/afcl-china-alien-abuse-07212024225756.html Verdict: False    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:11:54

• Second Thomas Shoal: deal or no deal? ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/southchinasea/china-philippines-second-thomas-shoal-07222024043003.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:12:07

• Well, youtube is really utterly bad, tough it maybe depends on how one slices the catalogue. Well, if only more people _stopped_ uploading to it... we'd not even to check what's on there. This is a really bad near-monopoly.    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:14:00

• YouTube is connected to the US gov like ByteDance is connected to CPC, so TikTok is something one cannot compete with financially. The taxpayers foot the LOSSES.    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:14:45

• Interview: Beijing reaction to Hong Kong protests 'tragedy' for city's autonomy ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-usa-foreign-interference-diplomat-07222024120755.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:18:00

• China and Philippines reach agreement on resupply missions to warship in disputed South China Sea ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/china-and-philippines-reach-agreement-on-resupply-missions-to-warship-in-disputed-south-china-sea/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:18:16

• China’s central bank cuts key interest rates to boost lending, kickstart economic growth ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/22/chinas-central-bank-cuts-key-interest-rates-to-boost-lending-kickstart-economic-growth/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:29:17

• Historic Hong Kong tofu brand admits importing bean curd from China after food safety checks expose origin ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/23/historic-hong-kong-tofu-brand-admits-importing-bean-curd-from-china-after-food-safety-checks-expose-origin/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:29:40

• These are illegal, unconstitutional kangaroo courts, cheered on by patent extremists and the litigation microcosm ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/07/22/upcs-first-ruling-on-an-infringement-action-by-the-paris-local-division/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:31:30

• Illegal and fake "courts" - a stain on the EU and showing that EPO corruption has spread deep into the injustice system ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/07/22/first-lessons-on-validity-before-the-upc/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:32:17

• Fake security turns out to be a fake occupation https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-careers/lessons-from-layoffs-in-cybersecurity    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:34:34

• "Instead, about a year into the job, Bradley received a call and was informed that a human resources representative was in attendance. Since then, Bradley has been searching for a new role, but it has been difficult. The layoff, he says, has had both financial and psychological effects." Like gulagboy. https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-careers/lessons-from-layoffs-in-cybersecurity    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:35:21

• Fake news in social control media https://www.gizbot.com/news/microsoft-employee-drives-auto-in-bengaluru-to-fight-loneliness-011-099507.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:36:47

• RTO as strategy of causing many people to resign: "UPS Scraps Remote Work Following Layoffs: What’s Next?"    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:37:29

• Mortal Kombat Developer NetherRealm Hit With Layoffs - News https://www.vgchartz.com/article/461819/mortal-kombat-developer-netherrealm-hit-with-layoffs/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:38:10

• Windows at 13% in India https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/india/#monthly-200902-202407    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:39:52

• "While "loving" Linux as much as it does, it still has it's secret deal with the OEMs to ensure it never goes out preinstalled on an x86 computer. The "year of the Linux desktop" will never happen until that changes." https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/microsoft-employee-turns-smart-alec-when-systemd-wipes-part-of-someones-home-folder-4175738465/page2.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:40:41

• Michael Hill: Renaming multiple files ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/mdhill/2024/07/22/renaming-multiple-files/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:41:25

• After Harris Declines, Senator Will Preside at Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/world/middleeast/kamala-harris-netanyahu-congress-speech.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:51:55

• Philippine President Marcos bans offshore gaming operations allegedly linked to crime ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/philippines-southchinasea-marcos-chinese-07222024155234.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:53:35

• "(sponsored)" = WINDOWS SPAM we get paid to push in a "Linux" site https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/07/22/save-150-or-200-on-geekom-a8-ryzen-9-8945hs-mini-pc/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:54:30

• EU finds that Meta’s ad-free tier may be in breach of consumer protection rules ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/07/22/eu-finds-metas-ad-free-tier-may-breach-consumer-protection-rules/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:55:21

• Following focus on security, Hong Kong should take ‘credible steps’ to maintain openness, EU envoy says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/22/following-focus-on-security-hong-kong-should-take-credible-steps-to-maintain-openness-eu-envoy-says/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:56:02

• Photos: Curfew mostly empties Dhaka’s streets following days of violence ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/bangladesh-civil-unrest-07222024183203.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:56:40

• 'Dark Oxygen' in depths of Pacific Ocean prompts new theories on life's origins ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240723-dark-oxygen-pacific-ocean-life-origins    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 16:56:57

• So expect layoffs at IBM and maybe McDonalds will hire those from IBM to take orders https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mcdonalds-ends-ai-drive-thru-185100301.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:00:36

• "The company had worked with IBM on a global partnership to develop and test AI-driven ordering technology at some of its restaurants." https://nptelegraph.com/life-entertainment/nation-world/food-drink/mcdonald-s-pulls-ai-ordering-from-drive-thrus-for-now/article_a1fa493b-3f86-5254-92f1-22e0baf6f704.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:01:33

• WINDOWS outage, not "cyber outage". BSOD is a Windows thing. https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0719/1460816-bsod-crowdstrike-windows/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:02:23

• Proprietary software kills https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-explained-everything-you-need-to-know    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:04:10

• Dubious that vapourware demand (hint hint McDonalds) resulted in "profits" (maybe cooking the books) https://www.cityam.com/ibm-ai-demand-boosts-uk-profit-by-more-than-100m/ https://www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/ibm-uks-profits-soar-over-29594258 Down is up. "According to newly-filed accounts with Companies House, the firm’s revenue dipped slightly from £3.1bn to £3bn in the year."    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:07:36

• The CHRO of IBM details a huge mistake in getting its workforce onboard with buzzwords https://fortune.com/2024/07/12/ibm-chro-lessons-from-initial-ai-rollout/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:09:51

• IBM-SPONSORED IBM puff piece https://www.itjungle.com/2024/07/22/ibm-i-ptf-guide-volume-26-number-28/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:11:22

• IBM keeps paying the media to help pretend that IBM is still relevant and still important    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:11:51

• Raspberry Pi RP2040-based Pico Video4 display board features 4 composite video outputs ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/07/23/raspberry-pi-rp2040-based-pico-video4-display-board-features-4-composite-video-outputs/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:12:25

• TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Likelihood of Confusion Appeals Turn Out? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/07/ttablog-test-how-did-these-three_22.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:13:41

• One problem is this: "His post on X (formerly Twitter) said" ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/pakistan-lodges-complaint-against-germany-after-protesters-break-into-frankfurt-consulate-and-take-down-national-flag/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:22:22

• Facebookers fined, warned about posting information about Nguyen Phu Trong ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/facebookers-fined-warned-posting-information-nguyen-phu-trong-07222024164456.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:23:51

• Cycling bridge collapses in Bieriņi, Rīga ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/22.07.2024-cycling-bridge-collapses-in-bierini-riga.a562276/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 17:24:03

• Finance minister: Mexico ‘must produce more’ amid growing trade deficit with China ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/mexico-china-produce-more-growing-trade-deficit-reciprocal/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:26:33

• railway in Iran ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/07/22/charting-new-routes | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:26:53

• Reviewing Nuclear Accidents ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/reviewing-nuclear-accidents-separating-fact-from-fiction/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:27:19

• Solid State 6AK8 Tube ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/making-a-solid-state-6ak8-tube/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:27:44

• City AM signs content sharing deal with Reach and brings back familiar face as editor ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/city-am-editor-deal-reach/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:28:37

• ‘The hardest thing to put together’: Inside election night at the UK’s biggest broadcasters ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/general-election-night-broadcasters-itn-channel-4-itv-sky-bbc/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:29:12

• Telegraph sale: Mail owner exits race, Nadhim Zahawi ‘plots £600m bid’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/telegraph-sale-latest-bidders-investors-spectator/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:29:42

• No, it's by definition about misleading and harming people's minds ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/advertising-association-claims-industry-is-a-force-for-good/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:30:49

• "Infrared" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/small-mammals-appear-to-have-a-secret-infrared-sense/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:31:13

• Baron Harkonnen ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/a-throne-for-lego-baron-harkonnen/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:31:55

• continuous wave (CW) ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/cw-not-hard-enough-try-this-tiny-paddle/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:32:14

• US court jails Marine who performed Nazi salute during 2021 Capitol attack ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/us-columbia-court-jailed-marine-for-performing-nazi-salute-during-2021-capitol-attack/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:32:41

• NXP Semiconductor’s stock falls on weak outlook ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/07/22/nxp-semiconductors-stock-falls-weak-outlook/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:33:07

• Intel finally announces a solution for CPU crashing and instability problems — claims elevated voltages are the root cause; patch coming by mid-August [Updated] ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-finally-announces-a-solution-for-cpu-crashing-errors-claims-elevated-voltages-are-the-root-cause-fix-coming-by-mid-august    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:39:24

• Intel says patch is coming to fix processor instability problem plaguing gamers for months ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/07/22/intel-says-patch-coming-fix-long-standing-cpu-instability-problem-plagued-gamers-months/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:40:27

• "Sure, Jan. IBM's new boyfriend who lives in another city and no one has ever seen just loves WatsonX." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tEQRl2e    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:41:25

• iophk: killing of coreutils by replacing it with rusty (buggy, new) code under a non-reciprocal license while lying about it being 'more permissive' https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/23/opinion_column/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:45:35

• Legislating compassion: From bullfighting bans to domestic violence protections ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Points-of-Progress/2024/0722/progress-roundup-bullfighting-domestic-violence    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:46:57

• Georgian Opposition Lawmakers Challenge 'Foreign Agent' Law In Constitutional Court ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-opposition-lawmakers-lawsuit-foreign-agents-appeal-georgian-dream/33046339.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:47:24

• Colombia president apologizes for corruption scandal while opening new Congressional session ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/colombia-president-apologizes-for-corruption-scandal-while-opening-new-congressional-session/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:48:00

• Nigeria court orders electoral commission to hold governors accountable for election violence ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/nigeria-court-orders-inec-to-hold-governors-accountable-for-election-violence/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:48:24

• SoundExchange Files Missing-Payments Suit Against AccuRadio, Seeking Owed Royalties, An Injunction, and More ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/22/soundexchange-accuradio-lawsuit/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:48:53

• Judge Refuses to Toss SoundExchange vs. SiriusXM — But Agrees to Shift the Action to New York ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/22/judge-refuses-to-toss-soundexchange-vs-siriusxm/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:49:31

• Nina Jankowicz's Libel Lawsuit Against Fox News Network Dismissed by Federal Judge ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/07/22/nina-jankowiczs-libel-lawsuit-against-fox-news-network-dismissed-by-federal-judge/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:49:49

• Latvia's oddest museums: RSU Anatomy Museum, Rīga ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/22.07.2024-latvias-oddest-museums-rsu-anatomy-museum-riga.a561880/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:50:43

• Journalists are on the target and have no legal security anymore! ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/journalists-are-on-the-target-and-have-no-legal-security-anymore-297724    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:50:59

• Iran's Revolutionary Guards Intercept UAE-Managed Tanker ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-oil-tanker-seized-uae-ambrey/33046506.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:51:30

• Xi Jinping vows to boost security, strengthen Communist Party control over economy ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xi-jin-ping-communist-party-chinese-economy-07222024141234.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:51:57

• Global Windows outage caused no major damage in Lithuania – official ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2323973/global-it-outage-caused-no-major-damage-in-lithuania-official    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:52:42

• 2 border checkpoints to adopt new ‘joint’ immigration clearance measures, Hong Kong’s security chief says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/22/2-border-checkpoints-to-adopt-new-joint-immigration-clearance-measures-hong-kongs-security-chief-says/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:53:30

• Bangladesh PM Hasina says opposition to blame for deadly unrest, maintains curfew ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240722-bangladesh-pm-hasina-says-opposition-to-blame-for-deadly-unrest-maintains-curfew    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:53:44

• 'We are ready', Macron says as France gears up for Paris Olympics amid tight security ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240721-we-re-ready-say-paris-olympics-organisers    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:53:56

• ‘Empty streets’: Paris restaurants struggle amid Olympic security ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240722-empty-streets-paris-restaurants-struggle-amid-olympic-security    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:54:29

• Security tightened for Israel's Olympic delegation in Paris amid Gaza tensions ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240722-security-tightened-for-israel-s-olympic-delegation-in-paris-amid-gaza-tensions    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:54:55

• California Officials Say Largest Trial Court in US Victim of Ransomware Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/california-officials-say-largest-trial-court-in-us-victim-of-ransomware-attack/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:56:20

• Taiwan curtails annual war games as Typhoon Gaemi barrels towards island ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-curtails-annual-war-games-as-typhoon-gaemi-barrels-towards-island    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 18:57:39

• Game-Changing Drug Access Could Help End HIV Pandemic, Says UNAIDS ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/game-changing-drug-access-could-help-end-hiv-pandemic-says-unaids    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:02:15

• Far Right Spreads Baseless Claims About Biden’s Whereabouts ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/business/media/where-is-biden-disinfo.html    

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

• The True Extent of Long COVID Is Still Emerging – But Here's What We Know ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-true-extent-of-long-covid-is-still-emerging-but-heres-what-we-know    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:02:53

• What every developer should know about time ☞ https://medium.com/@davidebriani/what-every-developer-should-know-about-time-9668ea0ae693    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:03:28

• Lattice Semi Certus-NX-09 and Certus-NX-28 small footprint, low-power FPGAs feature optional PCIe Gen2 interface ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/07/22/lattice-semi-certus-nx-09-certus-nx-28-small-footprint-low-power-fpga-pcie-gen2-interface/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:03:54

• Kobalt, Prescription Songs, and Others Sue More Than a Dozen NBA Teams for Alleged Copyright Infringement on a ‘Variety of Consumer-Facing Platforms’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/22/kobalt-nba-copyright-infringement-lawsuits/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:04:18

• Unified Patents represented at WIPO Assemblies 2024 ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/7/22/unified-patents-represented-at-wipo-assemblies-2024 http://techrights.org/wiki/WIPO/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:05:02

• "Prior to 2015, over 35% of patents were examined by assistant examiners. Since 2020, this number has plummeted to less than 20%" ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/07/examiners-implications-prosecution.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:05:44

• "platforms often reach out to government actors they perceive as authoritative sources of information." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/supreme-court-dodges-key-question-murthy-v-missouri-and-dismisses-case-failing | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:06:24

• Patent Dispute Report: 2024 Mid-Year Report ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/7/22/patent-dispute-report-2024-mid-year-report    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:07:08

• UPC is illegal and unconstitutional; it should not judge patents at all and must not even exist ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/paris-central-division-rejects-confirms-important-edwards-lifesciences-patent/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:08:01

• Safety Equipment Giant Cadre Holdings Hit by Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/safety-equipment-giant-cadre-holdings-hit-by-cyberattack/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:08:41

• Flatpak KCM – Flatpak Permissions Management ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/flatpak-kcm-permissions-management/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:09:03

• What's new on CPAN - June 2024 ☞ https://www..com/article/what-s-new-on-cpan-june-2024/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:09:27

• Lennart Poettering (Microsoft) with the next nasty plan https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-Auto-Boot-Assessment    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:18:07

• CentOS Infrastructure Update Q2 2024 ☞ https://blog.centos.org/2024/07/centos-infrastructure-update-q2-2024/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:20:41

• Indie dev reverse-engineers Asus proprietary XG eGPU connector to work with unsupported devices — open-source GPU docking station embraces ROG Ally and ROG Flow ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/indie-dev-reverse-engineers-asus-proprietary-xg-egpu-connector-to-work-with-unsupported-devices    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:21:18

• GitHub Copilot Alternatives: Best Open Source LLMs for Coding ☞ https://itsfoss.com/coding-llms-copilot-alternatives/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:21:35

• SagireEdge Hey Hi (AI) 600 SMARC SoM and devkit feature Qualcomm QCS6490 AIoT processor for Edge Hey Hi (AI) applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/07/23/sagireedge-ai-600-smarc-som-and-devkit-feature-qualcomm-qcs6490-aiot-processor-for-edge-ai-applications/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:22:34

• Banks hesitant to reestablish regional branches in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/22.07.2024-banks-hesitant-to-reestablish-regional-branches-in-latvia.a562210/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:24:21

• Latvians got frequently scammed in first half of year ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/22.07.2024-latvians-got-frequently-scammed-in-first-half-of-year.a562208/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:24:29

• FBReader (Qt-Based eBook Reader) Now Supports DRM EPUBs ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/fbreader-2-1-released-readium-lcp-drm    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:25:27

• Suspected Scattered Spider Member Arrested in UK ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/suspected-scattered-spider-member-arrested-in-uk/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:25:48

• Privacy Badger ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/why-privacy-badger-opts-you-out-googles-privacy-sandbox | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:26:18

• Jailed Former Daghestani Minister Reportedly Hospitalized After Suicide Attempt ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-daghestan-magomedov-suicide-attempt/33045773.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:26:38

• Ancient CRT monitor hits astonishing 700Hz — resolution reduced to just 120p to reach extraordinary refresh rate ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/ancient-crt-monitor-hits-700hz-resolution-compromised-to-just-120p-to-reach-extraordinary-refresh-rate    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:27:36

• Philip Withnall: GUADEC 2024 ☞ https://tecnocode.co.uk/2024/07/22/guadec-2024/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:28:21

• Brendan Gregg: No More Blue Fridays ☞ http://www.brendangregg.com/blog//2024-07-22/no-more-blue-fridays.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:28:43

• Bootstrap Confidence Intervals: Exports in Japan ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/07/bootstrap-confidence-intervals-exports-in-japan/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:29:53

• {Shiny.Telemetry} 0.3.0: Track User Behavior In Your Shiny Applications ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/07/shiny-telemetry-0-3-0-track-user-behavior-in-your-shiny-applications/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:30:02

• Forecasting uncertainty: sequential split conformal prediction + Block bootstrap (web app) ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/07/forecasting-uncertainty-sequential-split-conformal-prediction-block-bootstrap-web-app/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:30:10

• Audacity 3.6.1 Update Fixes Critical Crashes ☞ https://linuxiac.com/audacity-3-6-1-update-fixes-critical-crashes/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:30:45

• LZ4 1.10 Lossless Compression Algorithm Released ☞ https://linuxiac.com/lz4-1-10-lossless-compression-algorithm-released/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:31:05

• 22 Free and Open-source Desktop Automation for Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS ☞ https://medevel.com/os-desktop-automation/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:32:02

• Mechanical Intelligence And Counterfeit Humanity ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/mechanical-intelligence-and-counterfeit-humanity/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:32:32

• Fentanylware (TikTok) is a CPC propaganda tool, hardly a wise approach here ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/style/olympians-unboxing-sponsored-gear.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:33:00

• China controlling access to Korean pop (south, not north) ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/21/tiktok-goes-all-out-for-bts-jimin-with-a-dedicated-in-app-hub/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:33:30

• "Testing supported games on a Linux system from Steam. Here's how it went." https://news.itsfoss.com/native-linux-game-experience/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:34:32

• "The latest update, which began rolling out through the GNOME Extensions website this weekend, adds yet another intuitive way to tile windows as you work." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/tiling-shell-adds-another-way-to-tile-windows-quickly    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:34:55

• I installed Kubernetes on my old PC - here’s how I did it https://www.xda-developers.com/kubernetes-old-pc-guide/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:35:29

• "The newest upgrade to the independent Linux distro sounds good for users annoyed by Wayland." https://news.itsfoss.com/openmandriva-rome-24-07-release/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:36:16

• Pushing Microsoft talking points: https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20240722-crowdstrike-debian-rocky-linux/ https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4338038/crowdstrike-updates-caused-linux-outages-april see http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/22/Meme_The_Latest_in_the_Microsoft_Windows_Blame_Game.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:37:25

• The issue here is not Linux but proprietary garbage from a company that violates and attacks the licence of Linux https://thehackernews.com/2024/07/new-linux-variant-of-play-ransomware.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:38:30

• Bad bad linux... NOT SECURE... naughty Linux, says Microsoft media amid WINDOWS fiasco    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:39:06

• "This release also ships with the latest GNOME 46.3 and LXQt 2.0 desktop environments as dedicated editions." https://9to5linux.com/openmandriva-lx-24-07-rome-released-with-kde-plasma-6-linux-6-10    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:39:26

• More Microsoft spin in the press https://www.techspot.com/news/103899-crowdstrike-also-broke-debian-rocky-linux-earlier-year.html see http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/07/22/Microsoft_s_Evolving_Blame_Shifting_Impact_Belittling_Narrative.shtml    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:41:39

• Of course Microsoft propagandist Simon Sharwood join in the FUD https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/21/crowdstrike_linux_crashes_restoration_tools/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:42:14

• Maybe "nobody noticed" because hardly anyone uses that proprietary junk outside Windows. See https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/endpoint-sovereignty/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:42:48

• So the Microsoft boosters miss the point this is a WINDOWS program and many put that on mission-critical systems that should have never run Windows in the first place    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:43:38

• Microsoft took about 3 days to come up with this lame spin and then use publications it bribes (ad money) to disseminate and mislead    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:44:17

• Microsoft: Windows catastrophe. Let's Googlebomb "Linux" for a false sense of attribution to "Linux" 'feeling' right and adequate.    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 19:47:32

• "Apparently there's a way to have Oddµ and Eglot cooperate in Emacs using Marksman." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2024-07-23-eglot    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 20:04:13

• "The code of Hammurabi is one of the oldest and most well preserved legal texts and at some point supposedly governed the ancient Babylonians." gopher://tilde.club:70/0/~user18130814200115/posts/0024-fundamental-laws.txt    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 20:05:32

• AM Radio gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~visiblink/phlog/20240723    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 20:06:47

• Swimming, soccer, and surveillance: Paris preps for an AI-monitored Olympics https://www.popsci.com/technology/paris-olympics-ai-surveillance/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 20:32:54

• 7 months later only one RMS talk uploaded this year to https://www.gnu.org/audio-video/philosophy-recordings.html there are many more, some online, and not added    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 20:38:19

• After getting 2 talks effectively canceled, twice in a row, RMS has had no (or advertised no) public talks https://stallman.org/talks.html    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 20:39:31

• Reuters should point out how many people they laid off: "Spotify reports record quarterly earnings, shares jump 14% in premarket trade". But those "earnings" are the cost cuts... they shrank a lot as a company.    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 20:41:02

• Number of employees at Chinese game companies decreased by more than 10k people in 2023, new study finds https://gameworldobserver.com/2024/07/23/china-game-companies-employees-reduced-by-10k-in-2023    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 20:41:27

• "Kaspersky .. Will lay off dozens of employees and leave the U.S. market completely following a U.S. government order that banned the sale of the company’s software due to security risks." https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/17/tech-layoffs-2024-list/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 20:45:21

• Data breaches linked to mass layoffs: How corporate cuts could cause cybersecurity crisis ...1 hour ago: "IBM weren’t spared, leaving thousands of skilled workers suddenly jobless." https://studyfinds.org/data-breaches-linked-to-mass-layoffs/    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 20:47:58

• "Supposedly Chromebook is built to withstand those events, considering that lots of schoolchildren use them, and school districts and government agencies buy them. Still then, I did not expect my laptop to survive this." gemini://willowashmaple.smol.pub/2024-07-23-chromebook-most-badass-computer    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 20:51:44

• "Yet, all keyboard and trackpad functions survived unscathed, and the audio speakers work just as good. And this is a $249 ASUS model I bought used for $100."    

posted Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 20:52:08