Roy Schestowitz

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1373.jpg    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 02:46:20

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posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 02:46:28

• Software Developer Jobs In Decline? https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/17403-software-developer-jobs-in-decline.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 03:16:35

• CEO Who Laid Off 1,800 Workers Claimed That 1,050 Of Them Were ‘Underperformers’ — Hurting Their Chances Of Getting Another Job https://www.yourtango.com/self/intuit-ceo-laid-off-1800-workers-claimed-most-were-underperformers    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 03:18:23

• Sonos Struggles to Repair Broken App Amid Layoffs of 100 Employees.. What’s Next for the Audio Giant? https://news.faharas.net/15003/sonos-still-trying-to-fix/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 03:24:41

• "So what, listening to some music, this russian music really gets me in the mood. I just sit here, as comfortably as I can, sipping my beer and looking at the pubgoers, and try to catch an interesting conversation here and there." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2075    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 03:30:31

• "It is not easy trying to uncondition myself from the harmful thoughts, train of thoughts, and mental patterns that were quite literally forced on my by those who claimed they were doing this "for my own good"." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2074    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 03:31:26

• A month and a week til the academic year gopher://rawtext.club:70/0/~left_adjoint/phlog/2024-08-13.txt    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 03:34:48

• Unicorn gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/unicorn    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 03:36:15

• "In his phlog "Man pages" [1], Alex Schroeder praises man pages and states that software developers should prefer man pages above README's, HTML-files, and web pages for the documentation of their software." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/re-man-pages-kensanata.txt    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 03:37:55

• Android to surpass Windows this year? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/russian-federation/#monthly-200902-202408 see http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Russia_develops_an_alternative_to_Android_and_iOS_News_az.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 04:20:12

• The complexity of BUSL transformation https://lwn.net/Articles/984249/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 04:21:09

• Divvi Up: privacy-respecting telemetry aggregation https://lwn.net/Articles/983843/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 04:21:45

• Maximal min() and max() https://lwn.net/Articles/983965/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 04:22:55

• CRIB: checkpoint/restore in BPF https://lwn.net/Articles/984313/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 04:23:18

• Handling filesystem interruptibility https://lwn.net/Articles/983714/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 04:23:44

• CircuitPython: Python for microcontrollers, simplified https://lwn.net/Articles/983870/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 04:24:27

• Russia's GNU/Linux share growing http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/02/statCounter_Starts_Publishing_Preliminary_August_Data_We_Start_.shtml latest: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/russian-federation/#monthly-200901-202408    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 04:26:46

• Global stock market crash: What's next for investors? https://www.dw.com/en/global-stock-market-crash-what-s-next-for-investors/a-69859838    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:29:21

• Germany: Industrial orders up for first time in 6 months https://www.dw.com/en/germany-industrial-orders-up-for-first-time-in-6-months/a-69866613 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-budget-dispute-threatens-government-s-stability/a-69868759    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:29:56

• detainment for a tweet https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/andrew-abbass-denied-hearing-1.7284710    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:32:07

• Man thought he was paying power bill by phone; he got a scammer instead https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/man-thought-he-was-paying-power-bill-by-phone-got-scammer-instead-1.7283580    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:32:59

• "Dear Fellowlship, today’s homily is about one of the fields that we most rejoiced in when we were youngsters 15 years ago: client-side attacks and harmless information leaks" ☛ https://adepts.of0x.cc/css-history-leaks/ | Source: Of0x    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:37:15

• "I had occasion today to rename a load of image files from the default _MG_1234.JPG to a more manageable 2015-05-12-10-15.jpg. As there were 1,500 or so I didn't want to do it manually." ☛ https://thomasrigby.com/posts/til-bulk-rename-images-by-exif-data-on-linux-using-jhead/ | Source: Thomas Rigby    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:37:27

• "I've used the excellent lazydocker before, but only occasionally, reverting to the docker CLI for most of my monitoring work." ☛ https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2024/08/24/using-lazydocker-with-ssh-based-remote-contexts/ | Source: DJ Adams    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:37:37

• "I'm a big fan of OpenVMS. You can read all my OpenVMS articles here." ☛ https://raymii.org/s/blog/OpenVMS_x86_E9.2-3_fixes_CDE_and_adds_Guest_Console.html | Source: Remy Van Elst    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:39:05

• "OpenVMS on x86 is now available for hobbyists! Almost a year after the official release" ☛ https://raymii.org/s/blog/OpenVMS_9.2_for_x86_Getting_Started.html | Source: Remy Van Elst    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:39:14

• "Following the removal of IA-64 (Itanium) support in the Linux kernel and glibc" ☛ https://www.gentoo.org/news/2024/08/14/Gentoo-drops-IA-64-support.html | Source: Gentoo    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:40:46

• "all ia64 keywords will be dropped" ☛ https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2024-08-07-removal-ia64.html | Source: Gentoo    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:40:59

• "Developed by Intel in collaboration with HP and launched in 2001" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/gentoo-linux-to-phase-out-itanium-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:41:16

• "Here’s the setup, which Pineboards says took about an hour to get working." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-5-and-external-amd-gpu-used-to-play-4k-open-source-kart-racing-game-pineboards-demos-supertuxkart-using-hat-upcity-lite-board | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:45:33

• "For now, here is all the excellent stuff that everyone worked so hard to bring you on launch" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/our-rp2350-partners-made-all-this-excellent-stuff-for-you/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:45:40

• "The Raspberry Pi is nothing if not a device for tinkerers and hobbyists to do their worst" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/14/still_waiting_for_a_pi/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:45:52

• "With this launch, Akeana feels it's ready to challenge both RISC-V peers and Arm." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/13/akeana_riscv_cpus/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:46:05

• "a startup that develops chips based on the RISC-V processor architecture" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/13/risc-v-chip-startup-akeana-launches-100m-funding/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:46:22

• "To show us your project" ☛ https://www.sparkfun.com/news/11494 | Source: SparkFun Electronics    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:46:33

• "Debian, one of the most esteemed and widely used Linux distributions" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/debian-11-bullseye-enters-lts-phase/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:46:47

• "A US judge last week handed Google a major legal blow" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/new-google-pixel-9-phones-flaunt-ai-capabilities/articleshow/112509923.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:49:01

• "Although Google has kept the details on the Tensor G4 close to the vest" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/13/google-announces-new-lineup-ai-powered-pixel-9-phones-pixel-watch-3/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:49:09

• "Thanks to Lou I came across Followgraph this evening." ☛ https://wand3r.net/followgraph/ | Source: Brandon    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:51:17

• "for the first time" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/OpenSSHPerSourcePenaltiesThings | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:51:28

• "Octo now supports dates and times." ☛ https://yottadb.com/dates-and-times-in-octo/ | Source: YottaDB    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:51:59

• "Batocera 40 got released last Sunday (2024-08-11) packing a lot of fixes, new goodies, emulator updates and extra hardware support." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/retro-gaming-linux-distribution-batocera-40-released/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:52:46

• "This is a bit of a win for consumers I think, as some developers were making a right mess of their Steam store pages as Valve have now announced some big changes." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/steam-store-pages-are-about-to-get-a-lot-cleaner-valve-puts-an-end-to-game-advert-spam/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:53:03

• "We've known for a long time that Valve planned to get the newer SteamOS that's on the Steam Deck out for more systems, but they've been a bit quiet on it." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/valve-confirm-plan-to-get-steam-decks-steamos-on-the-rog-ally-and-more-handhelds/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:53:16

• Media as SPAM https://www.capeindependent.com/article/private-water-company-leading-the-way-in-service-delivery ("Private water company leading the way in service delivery | The Cape Independent")    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:55:39

• "DAWN’s Statement on Biden Administration’s Resumption of Offensive Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia" https://dawnmena.org/dawns-statement-on-biden-administrations-resumption-of-offensive-weapons-sales-to-saudi-arabia/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:55:50

• "Iterative Building and Decision Making" https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/iterative-building-and-decision-making/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:56:02

• "The Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Humble Bundle has launched, and once again you've got a good deal to bag some quality games for cheaps." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/the-beamdog-owlcat-rpg-humble-bundle-has-some-killer-games-in-it/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:56:11

• "Two Point Studios are back with another quirky building and management sim. Following up on the successful releases of Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus the next in the series is Two Point Museum." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/two-point-museum-announced-from-the-devs-of-two-point-hospital-two-point-campus/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:56:31

• "Developer ellraiser of TNgineers is back again with another wonderful casual exploration, discovery and breeding sim. While APICO had you do beekeeping, Mudborne has you breed all sorts of Frogs." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/go-capture-and-breed-some-frogs-in-the-mudborne-demo-from-the-devs-of-beekeeping-sim-apico/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:56:39

• "A fresh Steam Beta Client has been released for Desktop and Steam Deck, with a few fixes and upgrades and the change for Steam Families is especially nice." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/valve-upgrades-steam-families-and-game-recording-in-the-latest-steam-beta/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:56:50

• "US Patent Application 10/890,635 - Walking through walls training system" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/08/us-patent-application-10-890635-walking-through-walls-training-system/ iophk: speaks volumes to the quality of review at the USPTO    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:59:21

• Danish authorities are strict with IT suppliers: "It's definitely not good for competition, and it's definitely not good for prices" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/danske-myndigheder-er-stavnsbundet-til-it-leverandoerer-det-er-bestemt-ikke-godt-konkurrencen-og-det    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 07:59:50

• This is Donald Trump's vice presidential candidate https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=http://martenssonsmeningar.se/2024/08/det-har-ar-donald-trumps-vicepresidentkandidat/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:00:14

• What are Musk and the EU arguing about? Really? https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2024/08/14/vad-ar-det-musk-och-eu-brakar-om-egentligen/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:00:39

• BitLocker = BACK DOORS https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220138/microsoft-bitlocker-device-encryption-windows-11-default ("Microsoft is enabling BitLocker device encryption by default on Windows 11") http://techrights.org/o/2014/07/31/microsoft-back-doors-admission/ http://techrights.org/o/2015/11/14/microsoft-bitlocker-has-bugback-doors-windows-laptopdesktop-encryption-just-a-farce/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:01:17

• hardware DRM https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/this-car-headlamp-has-cryptographic-keys:c ("This car headlamp has cryptographic keys that restrict repair. HEADLIGHTS DO NOT NEED CRYPTOGRAPHY!!")    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:01:35

• "The BSDCan 2024 video playlist is now complete and available on both YouTube and Peertube." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240814053159 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:02:07

• "In support of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirement to collect attestations" ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/08/14/so-the-department-of-energy-emailed-me/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:02:44

• "I don’t consider myself exceptional in any regard" ☛ https://soatok.blog/2024/08/14/security-issues-in-matrixs-olm-library/ | Source: Dhole Moments    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:03:13

• "Welcome to another exciting R programming tutorial!" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/mastering-string-concatenation-of-vectors-in-r-base-r-stringr-stringi-and-glue/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:03:29

• "Texttools is a python script running a tkinter GUI." ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/texttools-dot-py/ |    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:04:03

• "I’m honored that the Python Software Foundation announced yesterday..." ☛ https://www.paulox.net/2024/08/14/python-software-foundation-fellow-member/ | Source: Paolo Melchiorre    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:04:18

• "However, it’s not a secret that massive offers were integral" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/14/barry-manilow-hipgnosis-lawsuit/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:18:52

• "Dutch-based copyright enforcement group BREIN has taken down a large language dataset" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/copyright-group-takes-down-dutch-language-ai-dataset/articleshow/112510543.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:19:10

• "But I do know that Patreon should never have been at risk of this awkward moment in the first place." ☛ https://tedium.co/2024/08/13/patreon-apple-platform-risks/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:19:34

• "double-press the side button" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/apple-opens-up-nfc-to-payment-apps-world-wide-not-just-in-the-eu/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:19:47

• "The Justice Department and state attorneys general are discussing various scenarios" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/technology/google-monopoly-antitrust-justice-department.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:20:05

• "The law that Reagan neutered? The Robinson-Patman Act, a very boring-sounding law" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/14/the-price-is-wright/#enforcement-priorities | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:20:25

• "Copper-based DSL technology – the most common form of which in South Africa is ADSL" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/adsl-is-at-deaths-door-in-south-africa/249679/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:25:01

• "India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) on Tuesday directed telcos to stop calls from unregistered telemarketers" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/14/indian_telco_telemarketer_blacklist/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:25:13

• "In a major step to curb the increasing number of spam calls" ☛ https://trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/PR_No.51of2024.pdf |    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:25:22

• "I am committed to addressing this matter with the utmost diligence" ☛ https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/a-teen-was-falling-asleep-during-a-courtroom-field-trip-she-ended-up-in-cuffs-and-jail-clothes-1.7001068 | Source: CTV News    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:26:52

• "The system, called Hola iBot, allowed FBI analysts to plot peoples’ physical movements" ☛ https://www.404media.co/inside-the-fbis-dashboard-for-wiretapping-the-world/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:27:18

• "US workers—both unionized and nonunionized—cannot be fired for engaging in protected strikes" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/uaw-donald-trump-elon-musk-labor-charges/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:27:40

• "Sylvester Danson Kahyana has written poetry and children’s literature" ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/08/how-a-few-facebook-posts-brought-heat-on-ugandan-professor/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:30:09

• "Afghanistan is the only country where girls are banned from education" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/hrw-finds-taliban-in-afghanistan-responsible-for-most-serious-womens-rights-crisis/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:30:30

• "They have banished women and girls from almost all areas of public life." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/afghan-life-remains-dire-as-taliban-mark-3-years-of-rule/a-69937540 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:32:32

• "The Taliban have created the world’s most serious women’s rights crisis since taking power in Afghanistan on August 15, 2021" ☛ https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/11/afghanistan-taliban-tighten-grip-3-years-rule | Source: HRW    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:32:45

• "Culture wars and rewards The Taliban supreme leader sits atop a pyramid-like ruling system as a paragon of virtue" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/taliban-have-ruled-afghanistan-for-3-years-here-are-5-things-to-know-1816291 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:32:54

• "On August 15, 2021, Kabul fell to the Taliban." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inside-the-talibans-gender-apartheid/i-was-imprisoned-and-tortured-by-the-taliban-for-protesting-gender-apartheid-in-afghanistan/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:33:02

• "I still blame Putin" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/14/i-still-blame-putin | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:42:27

• "special operation" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/15/the-special-military-operation-just-got-extended | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:50:03

• "ex bodyguard" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/14/rumor-has-it-putin-tasked-his-ex-bodyguard-with-ending-ukraine-s-cross-border-offensive-is-alexey-dyumin-really-russia-s-shadow-defense-minister | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:50:19

• Kursk ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/14/the-kursk-gambit | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 08:50:40

• "The IBAHRI told HKFP that, earlier this summer" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/14/uk-judge-neuberger-who-ruled-in-jimmy-lai-case-mulls-role-on-intl-media-freedom-panel-legal-body-says/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:12:57

• "In recent weeks, the Taliban-run Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/taliban-use-license-suspensions-arrests-closures-to-pressure-media-in-afghanistan/7743020.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:14:01

• "Press Gazette’s latest research suggests at least 293 local newspapers have closed since 2005." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/local-newspaper-closures-uk-2022-to-2024/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:14:11

• "The Mongolian government must halt its escalating use of lawfare" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/08/cpj-urges-mongolia-not-to-contest-investigative-journalists-appeal-against-conviction/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:14:27

• "Benjamin Franklin wrote and published Poor Richard's Almanack annually from 1732 to 1758." ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2024/08/14/#poor-richards-almanack | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:14:39

• "As Engadget reports, Rep. Jerry Nadler" ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/democrat-calls-for-investigation-into-x-for-political-misinformation-censorship | Source: PC Mag    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:27:13

• "Nadler cited reports that Grok, X’s AI chatbot" ☛ https://www.engadget.com/social-media/now-its-democrats-who-want-the-house-to-investigate-x-for-political-censorship-180048710.html | Source: Engadget    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:27:26

• "Wednesday’s shutdown, which Meta announced earlier this year" ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2024/08/14/meta-kills-off-misinformation-tracking-tool-crowdtangle-despite-pleas-from-researchers-journalists-2/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:27:57

• "Together, these dramatic changes will demand the ongoing vigilance of legislators" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/protecting-our-elections-against-tech-enabled-disinformation/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:28:10

• "Aside from the novel use of "AI" as a verb" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/kamala-harris-rally-crowds-ai-trump-conspiracy/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:28:24

• "On August 8, a contentious saga on drastically divergent views of how to address cybercrime" ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-un-finally-adopts-a-convention-on-cybercrime-and-no-one-is-happy/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:30:31

• "Cisco had already announced one major round of layoffs back in February" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/14/cisco-reveals-plan-cut-thousands-jobs-beats-earnings-forecasts/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:30:52

• "The policy framework is the “first step” in developing a national AI policy for South Africa" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-national-ai-policy-framework/249672/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:31:13

• "Further additional time is being provided to solicit comments/suggestions till 15 October, 2024." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/14/indian_government_bins_tech_bill/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:31:55

• "In this blog, I’ll examine the CRA’s impact on open source" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-cyber-resilience-act-what-it-means-for-open-source | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:32:14

• "Most recently, AT&T found itself in lukewarm water for lying about a satellite calling service" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/14/att-gets-a-wrist-slap-for-advertising-a-satellite-calling-service-that-doesnt-exist/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:32:26

• "After 20 years living in the Oakland Zoo" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-14/bay-area-zoo-elephant-exhibit-closed | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:38:33

• "Riot acquired 1 million common shares of Bitfarms on Tuesday" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/bitcoin-miner-riot-platforms-raises-stake-in-rival-bitfarms-to-18-9/articleshow/112514406.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:42:02

• "Middle East Technical University" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/fish-cant-survive-beyond-30-meters-of-depth-in-turkeys-marmara-sea-due-to-oxygen-depletion-298540 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:42:29

• "A [cracker] group known as "APT42" linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2223566.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:44:49

• "Google said Wednesday that an Iranian group linked to the country's Revolutionary Guard" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/google-says-iranian-group-trying-to-hack-us-presidential-campaigns/7743104.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:45:04

• "The Turkish government had imposed the ban from August 2 to August 10" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/instagram-continues-to-censor-hamas-posts-despite-agreement-with-turkey-298565 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:45:20

• "This dog limits the risk for soldiers and increases operational capabilities." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240808-ukraine-to-unleash-robot-dogs-on-its-front-lines | Source: France24    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:45:31

• "EU leaders can do all the damage control they want" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/as-orban-assaults-democracy-eu-must-boldly-reclaim-its-integrity/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:48:57

• "county election security" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2024/08/14/ford-county-clerk-claims-compliance-with-kansas-legislatures-subpoena-on-election-security-audit/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:49:05

• "As Boyd explained at a conference in June, the key question for OBIM" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/14/1096534/homeland-security-facial-recognition-immigration-border/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:50:38

• "Texas is suing General Motors for collecting driver data without consent" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/08/texas-sues-gm-for-collecting-driving-data-without-consent.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:51:10

• "With the lack of a detailed" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/13/business/texas-sues-general-motors-driver-data/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:52:17

• "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued General Motors for its false, deceptive" ☛ https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-general-motors-unlawfully-collecting-drivers-private-data-and |    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:56:57

• "For those who don’t know" ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/avast/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:57:11

• "I understand the desire here, but passkeys are not passwords." ☛ https://notes.neatnik.net/2024/08/passkeys-are-not-passwords | Source: Adam Newbold    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 09:57:48

• Windows TCO: "GitHub repositories have become a crucial part of modern software development" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/researchers-exploit-github-actions-artifacts/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:02:11

• Windows TCO: "One of my hunting rules hit on potentially malicious PowerShell code." ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31168 | Source: SANS    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:05:03

• Windows TCO: "Threats exploiting operational technology (OT) vulnerabilities" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2024/08/the-time-is-now-to-up-the-federal-ot-security-game/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:05:45

• Windows TCO: "Jerico Pictures, which operates National Public Data (NPD)" ☛ https://www.itpro.com/security/data-breaches/national-public-data-breach-lawsuit-claims-nearly-three-billion-people-had-personal-data-exposed | Source: IT Pro    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:06:09

• Windows TCO: "According to a class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-08-13/hacker-claims-theft-of-every-american-social-security-number | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:07:14

• Windows TCO: "Maybe we’ll get around to uncertainty over whether Stone was the account whence" ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/08/13/after-serving-as-a-pawn-for-russia-roger-stone-became-a-pwn-of-iran/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:08:18

• Windows TCO: "SPAM and abuse remain persistent challenges across various digital platforms" ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/jolita-puzakova/innovative-approaches-to-combating-spam-lessons-from-ip-leasing/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:08:53

• Windows TCO: "Though it did not disclose the form of malware" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/12/services-swiss-manufacturer-schlatter-disrupted-likely-ransomware-attack/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:10:00

• Windows TCO: "Despite a law enforcement takedown six months ago" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/13/lockbit_ransomware_stats/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:11:08

• Windows TCO: "The first notable appearance of the moniker "J P Morgan" dates back to 2011" ☛ https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/ransomware-kingpin-who-called-himself-j-p-morgan-extradited-united-states | Source: Tripwire    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:12:37

• Windows TCO: "More and more of the nation’s drinking water systems are becoming automated." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2024/08/is-epa-policing-enough-for-cyber-attacks-on-water-systems/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:13:38

• Windows TCO: "Tenable Research discovered critical vulnerabilities" ☛ https://www.tenable.com/blog/compromising-microsofts-ai-healthcare-chatbot-service |    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:19:28

• Windows TCO: "privilege escalation issues in Microsoft Azure's cloud-based Health Bot" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/microsoft-azure-ai-health-bot-infected-with-critical-vulnerabilities | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:20:06

• Windows TCO: "Microsoft’s Azure Health" [sic] ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/azure-health-bot-service-vulnerabilities-possibly-exposed-sensitive-data/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:21:35

• Windows TCO: "using a malicious external host" ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/worrying-security-vulnerabilities-found-in-microsofts-ai-healthcare-bots | Source: PC Mag    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:22:29

• iophk: This has dragged on so long that I forgot to check on it: "Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith signs Kim Dotcoms extradition order" https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/justice-minister-signs-kim-dotcoms-extradition-order/ZIO7RHMUS5B3NCKUEW4QH5C4V4/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:25:42

• iophk: It's essential to point out Megaupload was functionally no different than the others like Box, Dropbox, Spideroak, OneDrive, etc. It's also essential to point out that none of the media point that out.    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:26:01

• a side goal: (Kim Dotcom also) http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/03/The_Father_John_Shipton_The_Goal_of_The_US_Government_Was_to_Ba.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:27:07

• the us press raid was mentioned last night by daniel pocock. he distributed material about it after his talk. https://danielpocock.com/marion-record-police-raid-anniversary-securing-small-business-journalists/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:28:36

• "In an update to the IT giant's Service Agreement, which takes effect on September 30, 2024" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/14/microsoft_services_agreement_update_warns/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:29:35

• "Don’t change your prompt." ☛ https://timkellogg.me/blog/2024/08/14/prompt-caching | Source: Tim Kellogg    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:29:53

• "Uber has spent millions trying to get a proposal on the Nevada ballot" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/business/uber-nevada-referendum.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:30:10

• "help prevent disasters and place guardrails" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/technology/ai-california-bill-silicon-valley.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:37:13

• "Re-branding isn’t going to save ShotSpotter." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/13/pittsburgh-might-be-the-latest-major-city-to-drop-shotspotter-after-years-of-underwhelming-results/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:37:27

• "The seven winners — made up of university researchers, students and others" ☛ https://therecord.media/darpa-awards-14-million-ai-code-review | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:37:55

• "Specifically, Foundry claims that if a customer reserves 1,000 GPUs for X number of hours" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/13/foundry_gpu_cloud/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:51:33

• "A new version of Intel's microcode limits the voltage applied to the Raptor Lake family" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/12/raptor_lake_cpu_microcode_patch/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:51:55

• "let's measure productivity" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/life/productivity.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:52:46

• "reading levels ready for college." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-14/how-teaching-reading-in-every-high-school-class-can-improve-literacy | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:53:42

• "But the new investigation, led by Australian scientists" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/shock-as-research-shows-stonehenge-stone-comes-from-scotland-4741235 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:54:22

• "Gemini encourages a slower pace of web browsing" ☛ https://mediocregopher.com/gemini.gmi | Source: Mediocregopher    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:55:38

• "Independent Web: A broader collection of individuals who build and maintain their websites" ☛ https://flamedfury.com/posts/indieweb-101/#wait-whats-the-difference-between-the-indieweb-and-the-independent-web | Source: Flamed Fury    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:55:46

• "Someone kindly mentioned that a link I POSSEd to Mastodon seemed to be broken." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/panic-stations | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:55:54

• "I don't fault anyone who blogs anonymously or chooses not to reveal much personal info." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/i-just-gotta-be-me/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:56:08

• "But then how should I approach its translation?" ☛ https://sive.rs/bpt | Source: Derek Sivers    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:56:19

• "In our study on DMARC published in the Proceedings of the 2024 Passive and Active Measurement Conference" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/08/15/the-dmarc-side-of-the-email-reporting-system/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:59:04

• "The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/nists-shield-against-quantum-computing-attacks/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:59:12

• "A fourth algorithm – FN-DSA [PDF] (originally called FALCON)" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/14/nist_postquantum_standards/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:59:20

• "The three new standards have been designed to ensure that digital communications remain secure" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/13/nist-releases-federal-information-process-standards-post-quantum-cryptography/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:59:31

• "NIST earlier today released three finalized post-quantum encryption standards." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2024/08/white-house-to-require-post-quantum-encryption-plans-from-agencies/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 10:59:38

• With BoycottNovell there was the risk of trademark-based SLAPP, like Avis did and Walmart got away with (by bribing) PeopleOfWalmart. Some airlines did the same. ICANN will fail miserably if it lets the criticised corporations muzzle critics at DNS level. See Debian/SPI. Ridiculous! The whole 'IP' 'system' [sic] is rich people's protectionism racket.    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:05:39

• Plus, over time the Web and the Net both gravitate more and more towards censorship, censors, and presumption of "guilt" (criticising the corrupt makes one 'guilty')    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:06:30

• "In the two decades that preceded the COVID pandemic, I used to run table-top roleplaying games at gaming conventions." gemini://asquare.srht.site/gemlog/blurb.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:12:23

• "“Rön” is a good Swedish word. It’s used to mean “science’s best current guesses, current understanding, with full awareness that that might change completely if we learn more”. I’m not too fond of even weak Sapir-Whorf but maybe that one word is pretty good and maybe I’m pretty glad I got to grow up with it as core vocab." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/findings    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:13:06

• 🔤SpellBinding: DGHOTUY Wordo: OPIUM gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-08-15.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:13:48

• "Who has two thumbs and just got a confirmed place at university?" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/hellfire103/19086    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:14:28

• "In the unlikely event that there's anyone left in the UK who hasn't been completely desensitized to the perils" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/two-iptv-pirates-sentenced-to-prison-but-after-5-years-questions-remain-240814/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:16:02

• "Popular shadow library LibGen appears to be struggling with technical problems." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/popular-shadow-library-libgen-breaks-down-amidst-legal-troubles-240814/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:16:18

• "Inspiration for Communities" ☛ https://therevelator.org/te-awa-tupua-act/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:16:41

• uvalde ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-police-failed-turn-over-body-camera-video-robb-elementary | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:17:03

• heritage foundation ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-2025-billionaire-donor-heritage-foundation-donald-trump-jd-vance-charles-koch-peter-coors/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:18:38

• patent ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/eff-presses-federal-circuit-make-patent-case-filings-public | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:19:02

• "In this segment, we will cover additional Awk features, specifically special patterns: BEGIN and END. These special features will be useful as we expand our exploration of complex Awk operations." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/learn-use-awk-special-patterns-begin-and-end/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:53:36

• Vim Find and Replace: A Complete Guide to Mastery ☞ https://www.unixmen.com/vim-find-and-replace-a-complete-guide-to-mastery/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:54:08

• Software Freedom in Perspective - Part 4 - Daniel on Linux-based Mobile Platforms in LATAM (Latin America) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Software_Freedom_in_Perspective_Part_4_Daniel_on_Linux_based_Mo.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:54:18

• "SSH (Secure Shell) can be very unforgiving and throw up a plethora of errors for the slightest errors." ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/how-to-fix-the-error-kex_exchange_identification-read-connection-reset-by-peer/ | Source: Unix Men    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:55:35

• Kubernetes v1.31: Accelerating Cluster Performance with Consistent Reads from Cache https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/08/15/consistent-read-from-cache-beta/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:56:30

• "As an organization expands its customer base and global reach and enhances its digital offerings and services, it also increases the need for staff to manage a growing number of platforms and resolve any incidents that arise in the environment." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/quickly-identify-and-automatically-remediate-issues-your-it-environment | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:58:19

• "AI models are now flourishing everywhere but this raises the question: how many of them are operationalized solutions with a robust AI model training, versioning and deployment backend?" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/addressing-complexity-ai-and-edge-operationalization | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:58:31

• "Concatenating (in simpler words: combining) strings is a basic task that can help you dynamically process user input" ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/bash-concatenate-strings-easily-with-our-simple-guide/ | Source: Unix Men    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:59:25

• Gentoo GNU/Linux drops IA-64 (Itanium) support ☞ https://www.gentoo.org/news/2024/08/14/Gentoo-drops-IA-64-support.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 12:03:54

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 12:04:24

• Gentoo GNU/Linux to Phase Out Itanium Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/gentoo-linux-to-phase-out-itanium-support/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 12:04:30

• Raspberry Pi 5 and external AMD GPU used to play 4K open-source kart racing game — Pineboards demos SuperTuxKart using Hat uPCIty Lite board ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-5-and-external-amd-gpu-used-to-play-4k-open-source-kart-racing-game-pineboards-demos-supertuxkart-using-hat-upcity-lite-board    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 12:04:59

• Dates and Times in Octo ☞ https://yottadb.com/dates-and-times-in-octo/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 12:05:41

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 12:09:24

• Texas Sues GM for Collecting Driving Data without Consent ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/08/texas-sues-gm-for-collecting-driving-data-without-consent.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 12:09:29

• UK local newspaper closures update: 293 now gone since 2005 ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/local-newspaper-closures-uk-2022-to-2024/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 12:11:19

• Immich 1.112 Brings Material Color Theming in the Mobile App ☞ https://linuxiac.com/immich-1-112-brings-material-color-theming/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:12:39

• Oreon: A Fresh AlmaLinux-Based Distro Designed for Desktop Users ☞ https://linuxiac.com/oreon-linux/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:13:00

• I Just Removed Ubuntu for Archcraft and my Linux PC Looks Awesome! https://news.itsfoss.com/archcraft-experience/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:13:31

• Proton VPN Browser Extensions Now Available to Free Plan Users ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/proton-vpn-browser-extensions-available-to-free-users    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:13:52

• 6 Best Free and Open Source OS-level Virtualization ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-os-level-virtualization/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:14:13

• rkt – application container engine ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rkt-application-container-engine/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:14:31

• moove – manipulate file names and locations ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/moove-manipulate-file-names-locations/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:14:50

• Letterpress – create attractive ASCII art ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/letterpress-create-attractive-ascii-art/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:15:09

• Stable kernels 6.10.5, 6.6.46, and 6.1.105 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/985669/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:15:43

• "I have been gowning through the release notes of Vim from 1999 until today, and the release notes of Emacs from the same period." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/reading-old-release-notes.txt    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:17:16

• The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (W) gemini://leetaur.com/tlm-propers/entries/2024-08-15.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:17:56

• Family Planning Patent Style: Allergan, Cellect, and the ODP Maze ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/08/family-planning-patent-style-allergan-cellect-and-the-odp-maze.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:19:48

• Daniel Pocock - Use of Technology in European Parliament Election Campaign (Public Talk) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Daniel_Pocock_Use_of_Technology_in_European_Parliament_Election.shtml video was removed for copyright reasons :(    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:20:25

• How Proprietary Chaffbot Company Will Decrease the Losses ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/How_OpenAI_Will_Decrease_the_Losses.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:20:36

• Giving Control to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is Always a Dire, Huge Mistake ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Giving_Control_to_Microsoft_is_Always_a_Dire_Huge_Mistake.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:20:48

• Dear Mr. President, A word on the composition of the Opposition Division – Part II ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/08/14/dear-mr-president-a-word-on-the-composition-of-the-opposition-division-part-ii/ EPO is a big pile of corruption    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:21:38

• UPC is illegal, but this site was paid to lie for and promote the illegal ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/whats-on-at-the-smaller-local-divisions/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:22:23

• It's also paid to give those fake awards so that lawyers can pretend to be "award winning" ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/nominees-in-ip-for-juve-awards-germany-2024-announced/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:23:12

• Founders That Sell Their Company to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Speak Out ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Founders_That_Sell_Their_Company_to_Microsoft_Speak_Out.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:23:25

• This is How You Give Abusive Monopolist Microsoft More Control Over LibreOffice Both as Software and as a Project ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/This_is_How_You_Give_Microsoft_More_Control_Over_LibreOffice_Bo.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:23:37

• [Meme] "New Chapter in the FSF." ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Meme_New_Chapter_in_the_FSF.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:23:50

• There is No I in "GAFAM" and Soon There Won't be I At All (Like Novell Vanished, Not Overnight, as It Took Over a Decade) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/There_is_No_I_in_GAFAM_and_Soon_There_Won_t_be_I_At_All_Like_No.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:24:00

• It's a "sm0l" World and It Won't Outsource to the Pentagon Anymore ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/It_s_a_sm0l_World_and_It_Won_t_Outsource_to_the_Pentagon_Anymor.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:24:09

• The News Vacuum ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/The_News_Vacuum.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:31:05

• x86 Lowered the Standards of Hardware Products ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/x86_Lowered_the_Standards_of_Hardware_Products.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:31:12

• Former Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub CEO and Mono Chief Nat Friedman Donated to Ron Paul, Manipulated the Media, Censored Embarrassing Information ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/12/Former_GitHub_CEO_and_Mono_Chief_Nat_Friendman_Donated_to_Ron_P.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:31:20

• Whimsical Parade of Banksy Animals Sends Fans on a Giddy Hunt ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/world/europe/banksy-london-street-art.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:33:04

• Nordic Investment Bank reports increased profits ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/14.08.2024-nordic-investment-bank-reports-increased-profits.a564992/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:33:25

• Ukraine Security Service charges deputy energy minister in bribery case ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/ukraine-security-service-charges-deputy-energy-minister-in-bribery-case/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:33:48

• Russia moving troops from Kaliningrad to Kursk, says Lithuanian minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2338859/russia-moving-troops-from-kaliningrad-to-kursk-says-lithuanian-minister    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:33:58

• Ukraine controls 74 Russian settlements in Kursk region, Zelensky says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240813-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-russia-steps-up-air-attacks-on-ukraine-as-kyiv-touts-gains-in-kursk-region    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:34:10

• Russia Launches Ballistic Missile Strike On Odesa As Ukrainian Forces Advance In Kursk Region ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-kursk-belgorod-fighting/33077989.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:34:29

• Russian Ruble Rebounds After Touching 10-Month Low ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ruble-market-trading-dollar-rebound/33078929.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:34:42

• Man Involved In Nemtsov's Killing Reportedly On Guard Duty In Ukraine's Occupied Mariupol ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-eskerkhanov-nemtsov-murder-pardon/33078234.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:34:59

• Poland Says Received German Request To Arrest Suspect In Nord Stream Probe ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-nord-stream-warrant-ukraine/33078109.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:35:13

• Senior U.S. Diplomat Holds Talks In Kyiv ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-us-diplomacy-obrien/33078087.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:35:27

• US weapons help Ukraine advance. Will concerns about corruption put that at risk? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2024/0814/defense-weapons-ukraine-corruption-war-russia    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:35:42

• Russia Begins Moving Some Troops From Ukraine to Repel Kyiv’s Offensive ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/world/europe/russia-ukraine-kursk-incursion-troops.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:35:58

• Germany Issues Arrest Warrant for Ukrainian Over Nord Stream Explosion ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/world/europe/nord-stream-explosion-germany-ukraine-arrest-warrant.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:36:12

• Hunter Biden Sought State Department Help for Burisma ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/us/politics/hunter-biden-ukrainian-company.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:36:31

• Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia: What to Know ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/article/ukraine-russia-kursk-incursion-war.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:36:56

• Rivers of Phish: Sophisticated Phishing Targets Russia’s Perceived Enemies Around the Globe ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2024/08/sophisticated-phishing-targets-russias-perceived-enemies-around-the-globe/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:37:22

• COLDRIVER https://citizenlab.ca/2024/08/sophisticated-phishing-targets-russias-perceived-enemies-around-the-globe/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:37:39

• Spear phishing cases from Eastern Europe in 2022-2024: a technical brief ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/russian-phishing-technical-brief/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:37:52

• Caught on the net: Russia-linked phishing campaigns ensnare Russian and Belarusian civil society, as well as international NGOs ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/russian-phishing-campaigns/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:38:22

• Russian hacking campaign targets rights groups, media, former US ambassador ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/russian-hacking-campaign-targets-rights-groups-media-former-us-ambassador/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:43:20

• Old: Head of Microsoft Romania Quits, Entryism Revisited http://techrights.org/o/2010/10/20/exodus-reaches-romanian-msft/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:57:05

• Serbian Deputy PM Discusses Improving Belgrade's Ties With Russia In Lavrov Meeting ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/vulin-lavrov-meeting-sanctions-partnership/33078761.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:57:53

• U.S. Citizen Detained In Russia For Allegedly Attacking Police Officer ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/american-citizen-detainment-moscow-russia/33078759.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:58:15

• Russia Quits Framework Convention For Protection Of National Minorities ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/framework-convention-council-europe-protection-minorities-russia-quit/33078689.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:58:29

• Russia develops an alternative to Android and iOS | News.az ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Russia_develops_an_alternative_to_Android_and_iOS_News_az.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:58:40

• Germany issues arrest warrant for Ukrainian suspect over Nord Stream sabotage ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240814-germany-issues-arrest-warrant-ukrainian-man-nord-stream-sabotage-russia-gas-pipelines    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:59:08

• 🔴 Live: Ukraine to organise evacuation corridors as Russian civilians flee Kursk region ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240814-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-russia-s-belgorod-region-declares-state-of-emergency-amid-ukrainian-bombardment    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:59:21

• Countering terrorism in Africa requires effective multilateral responses ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/countering-terrorism-in-africa-requires-effective-multilateral-responses/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 15:59:49

• Another 500 drones to go from Latvia to Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/14.08.2024-another-500-drones-to-go-from-latvia-to-ukraine.a564961/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:00:06

• Tivoisation and Decommodification in Clown Computing ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Tivoisation_and_Decommodification_in_Clown_Computing.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:00:21

• Now it is SIX thousand, not FOUR https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/cisco-layoffs-company-to-cut-jobs-of-6-000-employees-amid-ai-pivot-101723710190948.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:01:04

• BUT DO NOT WORRY, WE DO THE HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI !!! WE DOIN' GOOD!!!    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:01:23

• "Hey, some worthless dip sh-t of an exec probably got a big bonus for this idea." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tZsBbPM    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:03:11

• IBM. "I was told by a 1st line Leader on Monday that the RA is being announced next week. I know it’s affecting CIO, not sure about other groups." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tXcS5UL    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:04:14

• "With all of the endless layoffs at IBM it is clear that IBM won't be employing a lot of US (United States). It has now moved to dumping high performers to save a buck (higher band) - the rumored September bloodbath. So I honestly no longer give a sh-t about what IBM does well." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tSSZUie    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:05:19

• "Bled blue for 25 years but I can honestly say Arvind can go fu-k himself. Worst CEO in history." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tSSZUie    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:05:30

• SummitStone CEO explains 75 layoffs https://bizwest.com/2024/08/14/summitstone-ceo-explains-75-layoffs/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:06:15

• SoftBank scraps AI chips tie-up plan with Intel, FT reports https://headtopics.com/ca/softbank-scraps-ai-chips-tie-up-plan-with-intel-ft-reports-57432412    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:06:41

• Astronomers Witness Dark Matter Go Rogue in Epic Galaxy Cluster Collision ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-witness-dark-matter-go-rogue-in-epic-galaxy-cluster-collision    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:07:57

• For Stonehenge’s Altar Stone, an Improbably Long Ancient Journey ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/science/stonehenge-altar-scotland.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:08:11

• Earth's Climate Faces Risk of No Return If Warming Exceeds 1.5 °C ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-climate-faces-risk-of-no-return-if-warming-exceeds-1-5-c    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:08:32

• 'Comet' Tail of Speeding Star Cluster Solves 100-Year-Old Cosmic Puzzle ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/comet-tail-of-speeding-star-cluster-solves-100-year-old-cosmic-puzzle    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:08:43

• FDA Rejects MDMA For PTSD. What Does This Mean For Future Psychedelic Medications? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/fda-rejects-mdma-for-ptsd-what-does-this-mean-for-future-psychedelic-medications    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:08:57

• Hopeful Parkinson's Study Shows Risk of Dementia Is Lower Than Feared ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hopeful-parkinsons-study-shows-risk-of-dementia-is-lower-than-feared    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:09:11

• Surprising Signs of Neanderthal Adaptability Discovered in Ancient Rock Shelter ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprising-signs-of-neanderthal-adaptability-discovered-in-ancient-rock-shelter    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:09:50

• Stonehenge's Altar Stone May Have Journeyed Nearly 500 Miles ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/stonehenges-altar-stone-may-have-journeyed-nearly-500-miles    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:09:59

• Wealthy Nations Must Prioritize the Global Fight Against Mpox ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/13/opinion/thepoint/mpox-global-health-emergency    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:10:24

• New York’s Promising Experiment in Making the Subways Safer ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/opinion/nyc-subway-safety-criminal-justice.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:10:41

• What to Know About Mpox After the Global Health Emergency Alert ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/world/africa/mpox-what-to-know.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:11:10

• W.H.O. Declares Global Emergency Over New Mpox Outbreak ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/health/mpox-who-emergency-africa.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:11:24

• Surgeon general hones dual focus on mental health, gun violence ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/08/14/surgeon-general-hones-dual-focus-on-mental-health-gun-violence/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:11:35

• Iran Summons Veteran Rights Lawyer To Prison For Signing Letter Against Political Executions ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-seifzadeh-summons-prison-executions/33078179.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:11:57

• WHO declares monkeypox a global public health emergency ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20240814-who-declares-monkeypox-a-global-public-health-emergency    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:12:14

• People still listen to the World Health Organization? After all those scandals?    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:12:47

• WHO Declares Monkeypox a “Global Emergency”…again ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2024/08/14/who-declares-monkeypox-a-global-emergency-again/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:12:55

• So one person dies from some disease. But meanwhile they ignore 1,200+ MORE Brits than usual dying EVERY WEEK after botched experimental response to COVID-19... 4 years later!    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:14:12

• Does WHO still field many bribes from Jeffrey Esptein's best friend? How does it justify this conflict of interest and moral deficit?    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:15:04

• Oropouche Virus Outbreak Hits Europe as First Deaths Confirmed in Brazil ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/oropouche-virus-outbreak-hits-europe-as-first-deaths-confirmed-in-brazil    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:15:19

• Why does state pay for some cancer patients and not others? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/14.08.2024-why-does-state-pay-for-some-cancer-patients-and-not-others.a564970/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:15:40

• If they claim to value life, they will start by INVESTIGATING the international excess deaths, which have NOTHING to do with this "monkeypox" (that they no longer call "monkeypox" because it's racist now that it impacts Africa)    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:16:52

• Save our soil – Latvia's efforts to improve its earthy environment ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/features/14.08.2024-save-our-soil-latvias-efforts-to-improve-its-earthy-environment.a559651/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:17:15

• Governments truly valuing lives is like corporations seriously valuing ethics. It tends to get in the way. Lives and cannon fodder are not the same thing. Because cannon fodder is the turning of the living into dead.    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:18:35

• If the cynical media carries on expressing worries for some new disease while ignoring millions who STILL die after COVID-19 (because of it or side effect of experimental vaccines), the main casualty will be trust in media. But the media thinks short term: how to sell things. Right now.    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:19:58

• European Commission is already selling experimental thing. Way to bail out extinct companies? With their patent licences? ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_24_4244    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:21:04

• Myanmar junta chief, China FM discuss 'stability' as clashes rage ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/myanmar-junta-chief-china-fm-discuss-stability-as-clashes-rage    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:21:41

• China says it ‘destroyed large network’ of Taiwanese spies ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/taiwan-spies-network-08142024004356.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:21:51

• Hong Kong court allows legal challenge against approval of large-scale tech hub study to advance ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/14/hong-kong-court-allows-legal-challenge-against-approval-of-large-scale-tech-hub-study-to-advance/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:22:15

• The case for the United States and China working together in space ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-case-for-the-united-states-and-china-working-together-in-space/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:22:45

• Tim Walz taught at China’s state-run Macau Polytechnic University until at least 2007 ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/08/14/us-news/walzs-china-ties-under-scrutiny/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:23:09

• FPGA ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/14/a-really-low-level-guide-to-doing-ethernet-on-an-fpga/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:23:47

• "Pimp Your Probes" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/14/hacker-tactic-pimp-your-probes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:24:09

• Deploying Dancer Apps (Addendum) ☞ https://www.perl.com/article/deploying-dancer-apps-addendum/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:24:44

• "Open-Source Firmware" is grotesque openwashing by a site that takes bribes from AMD https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Open-Source-FW-Strategy    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:25:24

• Everything is open and green now. Everything. To the point where the "reals" - not the fakes - are impossible to identify.    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:26:03

• "Personal Protection Order" Statute May Be Unconstitutional to the Extent It Authorizes Ex Parte Orders That Restrict Speech ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/08/14/personal-protection-order-statute-may-be-unconstitutional-to-the-extent-it-authorizes-ex-parte-orders-that-restrict-speech/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:26:25

• San Francisco City Council Targets Free Speech To Cover Up Its Own Housing Failures ☞ https://reason.com/2024/08/14/san-francisco-city-council-targets-free-speech-to-cover-up-its-own-housing-failures/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:26:34

• Hastie: what would I do as the next minister for defence ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/hastie-what-would-i-do-as-the-next-minister-for-defence/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:26:53

• Human rights organisation urges Algeria government to repeal new amendments to the Penal Code ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/human-rights-organisation-urges-algeria-government-to-repeal-new-amendments-to-the-penal-code/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:27:16

• Red Cross president says international humanitarian law under strain ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/red-cross-president-says-international-humanitarian-law-under-strain/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:27:37

• RSF: Erdoğan’s 10 years of presidency marked by legal harassment, censorship against journalists ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/rsf-erdogans-10-years-of-presidency-marked-by-legal-harassment-censorship-against-journalists-298576    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:28:06

• Introducing Labels and Bug Report Links ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2024/08/14/introduction-labels-and-foster-collab//    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:28:33

• Valve Makes It Official: SteamOS Will Support The ASUS ROG Ally ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2024/08/14/valve-makes-it-official-steamos-will-support-the-asus-rog-ally/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:29:12

• Middle East Crisis: Palestinian Authority Leader’s Visit Highlights Turkey’s Unique Role in Gaza Conflict ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/14/world/israel-iran-hamas-gaza-war    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:29:58

• Suspected online resale of public hospital medication to be probed by Hong Kong Hospital Authority ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/14/suspected-online-resale-of-public-hospital-medication-to-be-probed-by-hong-kong-hospital-authority/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:30:43

• "Entangled photons are an ideal choice for large-scale networks employing quantum encryption or similar, as photons can use fiber-optical cables to transmit them." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/14/entangled-photons-maintained-using-existing-fiber-under-nycs-streets/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:31:14

• 5 Open-source Heart Monitor with Arduino Projects ☞ https://medevel.com/heart-monitor-with-ardiuno-1500/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:31:35

• 12 Open-source Free DNS Servers for DevOps and Enterprise ☞ https://medevel.com/dns-servers-1200/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:32:02

• Infisical is an Open-source Secret Management System for Teams ☞ https://medevel.com/infisical-os-secretops/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:32:40

• BigFDM is an Open-source Large Scale 3D Printer ☞ https://medevel.com/bigfdm-3d-printing/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:33:26

• ICS Patch Tuesday: Advisories Released by Siemens, Schneider, Rockwell, Aveva ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ics-patch-tuesday-advisories-released-by-siemens-schneider-rockwell-aveva/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:33:48

• Twotrees SK1 3D printer review – Part 2: Enclosure kit and Hey Hi (AI) camera ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/14/twotrees-sk1-3d-printer-review-part-2-enclosure-kit-and-ai-camera/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:35:03

• The first Realtek RTL8157 5Gbps Ethernet to USB 3.2 adapters are now available for $35 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/14/the-first-realtek-rtl8157-5gbps-ethernet-to-usb-3-2-adapters/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:35:28

• Foxconn Is Building an Electric Car Factory Next to Where It Makes iPhones ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/business/china-foxconn-apple-ev.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:36:19

• The value of language: What a machine can’t grasp ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-eds/the-value-of-language-what-a-machine-cant-grasp/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:37:09

• Microsoft August 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 9 zero-days, 6 exploited ☞ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-august-2024-patch-tuesday-fixes-9-zero-days-6-exploited/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:38:07

• Windows TCO ☞ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-issue-that-sent-pcs-into-bitlocker-recovery/ BitLocker = back doors http://techrights.org/o/2014/07/31/microsoft-back-doors-admission/ http://techrights.org/o/2015/11/14/microsoft-bitlocker-has-bugback-doors-windows-laptopdesktop-encryption-just-a-farce/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:39:11

• China fires lawyer who blew whistle on illegal sale of dead bodies ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dead-body-sales-lawyer-whistleblower-fired-08142024123533.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:39:32

• Veteran foreign reporter in fight for justice over medical trial injuries ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/veteran-foreign-reporter-in-fight-for-justice-over-medical-trial-injuries/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:40:32

• Federal appeals court rules that geofence warrants are unconstitutional ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/13/federal-appeals-court-rules-geofence-warrants-unconstitutional/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:40:53

• EU Commissioner just warned Elon Musk over dangerous content and it backfired badly ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/13/eu-commissioner-just-warned-elon-musk-dangerous-content-backfired-badly/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:41:32

• Coffee shop chatter, August 2024 ☞ https://rubenerd.com/coffee-shop-chatter-august-2024/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:43:33

• Fedora Community Blog: Heroes of Fedora – Fedora 39 Contributions ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/heroes-of-fedora-fedora-39-contributions/ and slaves of IBM http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Heroes_of_Fedora_Are_Just_Salaried_Employees_of_IBM_But_Communi.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:44:49

• 14 Best Free and Open Source Email Servers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-email-servers/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:45:26

• Waybar: An All-round Status Bar for most Window Managers ☞ https://www.unixmen.com/waybar-an-all-round-status-bar-for-most-window-managers/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:45:56

• Software Freedom in Perspective - Part 3 - GNU/Linux in Argentinian Desktops/Laptops ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Software_Freedom_in_Perspective_Part_3_GNU_Linux_in_Argentinian.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:46:23

• AND ads! https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-ryzen-9950x-9900x see http://techrights.org/o/2022/02/03/techrights-statement-on-phoronix/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:48:06

• Phoronix: we convent "gifts" into "reviews"    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:48:39

• (convert)    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:48:49

• Openwashing nonsense and "ethical" for good measure ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Foundation-Adopts-OMI-to-Foster-Ethical-LLMs http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/13/Openwashing_by_Linux_Foundation_No_Connection_to_Linux_Absent_a.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:50:24

• Lukas Märdian: Netplan v1.1 released ☞ https://blog.slyon.de/2024/08/14/netplan-v1-1-released/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:50:56

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/985654/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:51:10

• PyCharm 2024.2 Released! Wayland Rendering Support & New Hey Hi (AI) Features ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/08/pycharm-wayland-rendering/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:51:30

• Sparky 2024.08 Rolls Out with Home Partition Encryption ☞ https://linuxiac.com/sparky-2024-08-rolls-out-with-home-partition-encryption/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:52:14

• Wildfires ☛ https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/help-us-report-on-housing-problems-maui-wildfires | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:52:44

• "Landlords Profit Off Wildfire Crisis" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/maui-wildifre-evictions-fema | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:53:07

• Kubernetes v1.31: PersistentVolume Last Phase Transition Time Moves to GA ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/08/14/last-phase-transition-time-ga/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:53:32

• Kubernetes 1.31: Moving cgroup v1 Support into Maintenance Mode ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/08/14/kubernetes-1-31-moving-cgroup-v1-support-maintenance-mode/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:54:27

• Android About to Fly Past backdoored Windows in Portugal (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Android_About_to_Fly_Past_Windows_in_Portugal.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:55:15

• Switching to Caddy: A Viable Alternative to Nginx and Apache? Install and Run Your First Site ☞ https://medevel.com/caddy/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 16:55:34

• Sophos joins Unified Patents ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/8/14/sophos-joins-unified-patents    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:01:41

• Demand better privacy: hold Bumble accountable ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/bumble-privacy/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:02:16

• 🔴 Live: US, Israeli officials to attend Qatar peace talks without Hamas ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240814-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-us-weapons-israel-gaza-death-toll    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:02:55

• Boost Your Network Security with Technitium DNS Server: An Open-Source Solution for DNS Privacy ☞ https://medevel.com/technitium-dns-server/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:04:32

• A Ruling That Eliminates Important Privacy Rights in Many Stored Internet Contents—And The Legal Challenge to It ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/08/14/a-ruling-that-eliminates-important-privacy-rights-in-many-stored-internet-contents-and-the-legal-challenge-to-it/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:05:19

• Montana S. Ct.: Abortion Parental Consent Law Violates State Constitution's Express Right to Privacy ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/08/14/montana-s-ct-abortion-parental-consent-law-violates-state-constitutions-express-right-to-privacy/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:05:33

• X faces European complaints over alleged data privacy violations ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/x-faces-european-complaints-over-alleged-data-privacy-violations/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:08:35

• FTC enters Surveillance Giant Google v. Epic Games case and hints that Surveillance Giant Google should be broken up ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/13/ftc-enters-google-v-epic-games-case-hints-google-broken/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:10:36

• "IPCamViewer is an open-source self-hosted project designed to provide a simple and effective way to view and manage IP cameras." ☞ https://medevel.com/ipcamviewer-features-and-installation-guide/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:11:10

• In Chile, Microsoft's Web Browser (a Chrome Copycat) Fell to 3.6%, About the Same as Firefox and Opera and Less Than Safari, Yandex Browser, Surveillance Giant Google Chrome (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/In_Chile_Microsoft_s_Web_Browser_a_Chrome_Copycat_Fell_to_3_6_A.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:11:20

• Windows TCO: slow TCP connect on backdoored Windows ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/08/14/slow-tcp-connect-on-windows/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:12:21

• Also Windows TCO ☞ https://xeiaso.net/shitposts/no-way-to-prevent-this/CVE-2024-38063/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:13:48

• ! Avi Alkalay ¡: Your Next Laptop Won’t Be “Intel Inside” ☞ https://avi.alkalay.net/2024/08/intel-inside-not.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:14:16

• "Heroes of Fedora" Are Just Salaried Employees of I.C.B.M. (But "Community" is Just Sounding a Lot Nicer) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Heroes_of_Fedora_Are_Just_Salaried_Employees_of_IBM_But_Communi.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:14:24

• Introducing Tempo Monolithic mode ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/08/14/introducing-tempo-monolithic-mode    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:14:59

• Ex-Puebla governor linked to journalist’s 2005 torture freed from pretrial detention ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/puebla-governor-house-arrest/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:15:17

• Laravel Tutorial: Creating a Headless System with Vercel PostgreSQL and CRUD Operations ☞ https://medevel.com/laravel-tutorial-crud-vercel-postgres/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:23:27

• PyHoster: Nginx alternative built To manage multiple website instances. ☞ https://medevel.com/pyhoster-server/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:24:02

• 3dfier - Free Open-Source Tool for Transforming 2D Data into 3D Models ☞ https://medevel.com/3dfier/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:24:48

• Wonder3D: Converts any Image to 3D Model using Cross-Domain Diffusion ☞ https://medevel.com/wonder3d/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:26:12

• EU Commissioner urges Elon Musk to comply with EU law in letter ahead of Trump interview ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/eu-commissioner-urges-elon-musk-to-comply-with-eu-law-in-letter-ahead-of-trump-interview/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:27:20

• Bangladesh former PM calls for investigation into deadly protest violence during national unrest ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/bangladesh-former-pm-calls-for-investigation-into-deadly-protest-violence-during-national-unrest/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:27:44

• printBed is a Free Web-based Asset Management App ☞ https://medevel.com/printbed-3d-printing/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:31:03

• MakerGear Micro is an Open-Source 3D-Printable 3D-Printer ☞ https://medevel.com/makergear-3d-printer/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:31:20

• Unconfirmed Hack of 2.9 Billion Records at National Public Data Sparks Media Frenzy Amid Lawsuits ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/unconfirmed-hack-of-2-9-billion-records-at-national-public-data-sparks-media-frenzy-amid-lawsuits/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:34:39

• Unlocking the Front Door: Phishing Emails Remain a Top Cyber Threat Despite MFA ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/unlocking-the-front-door-phishing-emails-remain-a-top-cyber-threat-despite-mfa/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:35:05

• Fortinet, Zoom Patch Multiple Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-zoom-patch-multiple-vulnerabilities/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:35:35

• Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD Address Over 110 Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chipmaker-patch-tuesday-intel-amd-address-over-110-vulnerabilities/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:36:06

• Old but newly-updated: 10 Best GNU/Linux Desktop Environments of All Time ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/best-linux-desktop-environments/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:37:30

• EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.8.4 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202408/easyos-kirkstone-series-version-584.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:38:32

• This Raspberry Pi zero pairs display teaches how to work with negative numbers ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-raspberry-pi-zero-pairs-display-teaches-how-to-work-with-negative-numbers    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:38:51

• How to Install and Use Flatpak on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-and-use-flatpak-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts-linux/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:39:12

• How to increase Swap Space in Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04 LTS ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-increase-swap-space-in-ubuntu-22-04-lts-jammy/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:39:29

• How To Use Inheritance in Python ☞ https://thenewstack.io/how-to-use-inheritance-in-python/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:39:56

• sed Command in GNU/Linux with Examples ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/sed-command-in-linux-with-examples/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:40:30

• How to Install R and RStudio on Fedora 40 or 39 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-r-and-r-studio-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:40:37

• cURL Command in GNU/Linux with 30 Practical Examples ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/curl-command-in-linux/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:40:43

• How To Copy and Paste in Vim ☞ https://idroot.us/copy-paste-vim/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:41:18

• How To Install VLC Media Player on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-vlc-media-player-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:41:27

• Our first home server, and rekindling that joy ☞ https://rubenerd.com/our-first-home-server-and-rekindling-that-joy/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:41:55

• "Social [sic] Media [sic] Speech Cases" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/through-line-suprme-courts-social-media-cases-same-first-amendment-rules-apply | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:42:40

• "This summer marks the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Join EFF for a livestream discussion about restrictions to reproductive healthcare and the choices people seeking an abortion must face in the digital age where everything is connected" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/effecting-change-reproductive-justice-digital-age | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:43:06

• Almost Nothing of Invidious Left Online (YouTube is Attacking Gateways) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/Almost_Nothing_of_Invidious_Left_Online_YouTube_is_Attacking_Ga.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:45:52

• YouTube Has Thrown Free Software Users Into a Crisis ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/YouTube_Has_Thrown_Free_Software_Users_Into_a_Crisis.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:46:03

• Dylan McCall: GUADEC 2024 ☞ https://dylanmc.ca//-/blog/2024/08/13/guadec-2024/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:46:47

• Ivanti Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Neurons for ITSM, Virtual Traffic Manager ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ivanti-patches-critical-vulnerabilities-in-neurons-for-itsm-virtual-traffic-manager/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:48:01

• 460k Impacted by Kootenai Health Ransomware Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/460k-impacted-by-kootenai-health-ransomware-attack/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:48:16

• Security Issues in Matrix’s Olm Library ☞ https://soatok.blog/2024/08/14/security-issues-in-matrixs-olm-library/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:48:51

• Critical minerals investment must avoid the mistakes of the past in African mining ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/critical-minerals-investment-must-avoid-the-mistakes-of-the-past-in-african-mining/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:49:14

• Mchunu condemns corrupt cops who assaulted, robbed civilian ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/mchunu-condemns-corrupt-cops-who-assaulted-robbed-civilian/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:49:36

• US soldier pleads guilty to selling sensitive military information to China ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240813-us-soldier-pleads-guilty-to-selling-sensitive-military-information-to-china    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:49:47

• Chinese ex-naval captain charged over entering Taiwan illegally said he wanted to ‘defect’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/14/chinese-ex-naval-captain-charged-over-entering-taiwan-illegally-said-he-wanted-to-defect/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:50:13

• US soldier Korbein Schultz pleads guilty to selling national defence secrets to China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/14/us-soldier-korbein-schultz-pleads-guilty-to-selling-national-defence-secrets-to-china/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:50:45

• US Homeland Security says asylum migrants at Canada border have less time with lawyers as part of new security policies ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/us-homeland-security-says-asylum-migrants-at-canada-border-have-less-time-with-lawyers-as-part-of-new-security-policies/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:51:11

• Germany Minister of Interior announces intention to extend border controls ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/germany-minister-of-interior-announces-intention-to-extend-border-controls/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:51:31

• UN’s migration agency warns of multiple crises in Sudan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/uns-migration-agency-warns-of-multiple-crises-in-sudan/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:51:47

• Police order better treatment of delivery riders after one is humiliated ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-delivery-drivers-08142024122031.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:52:13

• Announcing SigstoreCon: Supply Chain Day! ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2024/08/14/announcing-sigstorecon-supply-chain-day/ Lockdowns disguised as security isn't security, it's more like DRM and it's very dangerous    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:53:13

• Precedential No. 19: Red-White-and-Blue Mark Not Confusable with Red-Top Mark for Fence Posts, Says TTAB ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/08/precedential-no-19-red-white-and-blue.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:53:53

• "Drafting ‘Dangerous’ Trump Agenda" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-2025-tory-candidates-ties-heritage-foundation-donald-trump-robert-jenrick-priti-patel/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:54:56

• "Greenwashing" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/uk-advertising-standards-authority-regulator-greenwashing-allegations-shell-ads/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:55:03

• Intel Assigns Jewish Israeli Employee to Manager Who Publicly Calls for His Murder ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/intel-assigns-jewish-israeli-employee    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:55:15

• Mariah Carey, Sony Music, UMG Move to Toss ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Infringement Lawsuit ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/14/mariah-carey-sony-music-infringement-lawsuit-christmas-song/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:55:39

• WTF is "TikToker"? ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/amnesty-international-urges-immediate-release-of-detained-angola-tiktoker/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:56:47

• Amnesty International urged Angola authorities to immediately release Angolan cashew eater    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:57:48

• Amnesty International urged Angola authorities to immediately release Angolan Subaru driver    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:57:55

• Amnesty International urged Angola authorities to immediately release Angolan person-with-zoom-account    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:58:01

• TikTok is not a country, but it is controlled by one    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:58:23

• Covid prevalence on slight increase in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/14.08.2024-covid-prevalence-on-slight-increase-in-latvia.a565030/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:59:15

• WHO: Mexico has 5th highest COVID test positivity rate globally ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/covid-cases-hospitalizations-rising-mexico/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:59:25

• UK Excess Deaths Remain Obscenely High (Mortality Still About 12% Higher Than Before the Pandemic) ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2024/08/14/mortality-week-30/ "We see an increase of more than 10% each week and this week is no exception: Week 30 in 2019 saw 9,112 deaths in England in Wales or 9,023 on average between 2014 and 2019. This year? 10,169."    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 17:59:55

• It killed almost nobody. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cdc-declares-mpox-a-continental-emergency-can-we-prevent-a-pandemic    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:00:29

• 2 Bases in Germany Placed on Heightened Alert Over Suspicious Episodes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/world/europe/germany-military-bases-contaminants-nato.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:00:58

• 4 or 5 of the latest stories in FOSS Force smell like PR, not real stories https://fossforce.com/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:02:13

• Evaluating Ubuntu Server and Oracle Linux: Which Operating System Excels in Database Management? ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/evaluating-ubuntu-server-and-oracle-linux-which-operating-system-excels-database-management    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:03:34

• CBP settles class action lawsuit that says it discriminated against pregnant employees ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2024/08/cbp-settles-class-action-lawsuit-that-says-it-discriminated-against-pregnant-employees/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:05:40

• Widower of doctor who suffered fatal allergic reaction rips Disney+ subscription defense: ‘Borders on absurd’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/08/14/us-news/widower-blasts-disneys-bid-to-toss-lawsuit-absurd/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:06:16

• Songwriter Lawsuit Against PRS for Music Intensifies As Open Letter Takes Aim At Fee Structure & Transparency ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/14/prs-for-music-songwriter-lawsuit-update/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:06:48

• Bangladesh Editors’ Council urges government to withdraw cases against journalists ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/bangladesh-editors-council-urges-government-to-withdraw-cases-against-journalists/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:07:16

• Venezuelan lawmakers consider laws to restrict NGO registration and funding ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240814-venezuelan-lawmakers-consider-laws-to-restrict-ngo-registration-and-funding    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:07:35

• Palestinian-American plaintiffs file suit against US Attorney General over placement on terrorism watchlist ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/palestinian-american-plaintiffs-file-suit-against-us-attorney-general-over-placement-on-terrorism-watchlist/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:08:04

• Seven charged under UK terrorism laws for Palestine Action protest ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/seven-charged-under-uk-terrorism-laws-for-palestine-action-protest/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:08:21

• Canada First Nations sue Ontario over Mining Act alleging treaty rights violations ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/canada-first-nations-sue-ontario-over-mining-act-alleging-treaty-rights-violations/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:08:52

• Sexual misconduct policy review paused pending federal action ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/sexual-misconduct-policy-review-paused-pending-federal-action/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:10:54

• The only way to end Midtown chaos is to forcibly take the mentally ill off the streets ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/08/14/opinion/ny-must-restore-involuntary-commitment-to-end-midtown-chaos/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:11:17

• Horses Show Unexpected Intelligence With Strategic Thinking in Game Play ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/horses-show-unexpected-intelligence-with-strategic-thinking-in-game-play    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:11:42

• Does a video show Israeli intelligence reaction to Haniyeh’s death? ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/afcl/afcl-israel-intelligence-haniyeh-08142024035026.html Verdict: False    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:12:37

• Huawei already has a new chip to rival Nvidia's Hey Hi (AI) GPUs — Ascend 910C aims to replace Nvidia's Blackwell in China ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/huawei-already-has-a-new-chip-to-rival-nvidia-ai-gpus    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:12:59

• These Modern Homesteaders Live Off the Grid, but They’re Extremely Online ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/style/off-grid-homesteading-nate-petroski.html "In corners of the internet — and in wooded, undeveloped parts of the country — young men are documenting their efforts to to live off the land."    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:14:01

• Japanese PM Kishida announces he will not seek re-election in September ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240814-japanese-pm-kishida-announces-he-will-not-seek-re-election-in-september    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:14:16

• Inflation Cools to 2.9%, Shoring Up Case for a Fed Rate Cut ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/business/cpi-inflation-july.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:15:23

• Harris’s Economic Plans: The Good, the Bad and the Unnecessary ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/13/opinion/thepoint/harris-economic-plans    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:15:30

• Inflation Progress Cheers Biden and Democrats ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/business/inflation-biden-harris-democrats.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:15:38

• Akeana unveils 10 RISC-V cores suitable for microcontrollers up to data center chips ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/15/akeana-unveils-10-risc-v-cores-suitable-for-microcontrollers-up-to-data-center-chips/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:16:06

• A self-service approach to building virtual machines at scale ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/08/14/self-service-approach-building-virtual-machines-scale    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:16:38

• A lack of income, same issue as YouTube ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/14/soundcloud-streaming-isnt-enough-soundcloud-store/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:17:25

• Which? Shorts podcast: should you be worried about deepfakes? ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/which-shorts-podcast-should-you-be-worried-about-deepfakes-aA5br8m8k7af    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:17:47

• Handheld Oscilloscope Meter Reviewed ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/14/handheld-oscilloscope-meter-reviewed/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:18:43

• "Sim racing is a lot more complex than playing Need For Speed 3: Hot Pursuit." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/14/handsome-sim-racing-button-box-is-a-super-easy-build/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:19:03

• "how Workbrew helps businesses actually use Homebrew, and why you might even want to run Homebrew on a Linux machine!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/14/floss-weekly-episode-796-homebrew-im-more-of-a-whopper-guy/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:19:43

• Autonomous Boat Plots Lake Beds ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/14/autonomous-boat-plots-lake-beds/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:20:33

• This series is merely PROOF that WSL is an ATTACK on Linux, the Microsoft sites are shilling it. https://redmondmag.com/articles/2024/08/13/lessons-learned-about-windows-subsystem-for-linux.aspx    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:21:47

• "Performance is a key differentiator when assessing the suitability of an OS for database workloads" https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/evaluating-ubuntu-server-and-oracle-linux-which-operating-system-excels-database-management    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:22:08

• Ubuntu tip of the day: Remember to install GPU drivers https://www.xda-developers.com/thread/ubuntu-tip-of-the-day-remember-to-install-gpu-drivers/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:22:53

• How To Deploy ROS 2 on Ubuntu 22.04: A Step-by-Step Guide https://www.itprotoday.com/digital-transformation/how-to-deploy-ros-2-on-ubuntu-22-04-a-step-by-step-guide    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:23:15

• "Canonical has released critical security updates to address two vulnerabilities in Python, a popular programming language. These vulnerabilities pose significant risks to systems running Python, and it is crucial to apply the necessary updates to secure your Ubuntu systems." https://tuxcare.com/blog/two-python-vulnerabilities-addressed-in-ubuntu/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:23:47

• "To update your current installation, press Start from the system list or any games list in EmulationStation, navigate to Updates & Downloads, set your Update Type option to "Stable" channel and select "Start Update"." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/retro-gaming-linux-distribution-batocera-40-released/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:25:28

• "If Linux is your OS, these closed-source email apps offer great features and user-friendly interfaces." https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-best-closed-source-email-apps-for-linux/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:25:48

• How to Use the touch Command on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-use-the-touch-command-on-linux/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:26:19

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:26:48

• "This refresh brings Thunderbird and Tor Browser up to date, as well as packing support for new hardware and improving the persistent storage capabilities of this Debian-based piece of code, which targets those seeking complete Internet anonymity." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Tails-6-6-live-Linux-launches-with-persistent-storage-improvements-and-multiple-fixes.875656.0.html    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:26:53

• "The update brings all packages upgraded from Debian and Sparky's testing repositories as of August 12, 2024. The distribution includes the latest Linux kernel 6.10.3, with additional versions like 6.10.4 and long-term support iterations available in Sparky's repositories." https://betanews.com/2024/08/14/sparkylinux-2024-08-microsoft-windows-11/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:27:16

• Openwashing https://www.telcotitans.com/deutsche-telekomwatch/dt-sees-bright-future-for-access-40-project-after-linux-foundation-swap/8368.article    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:27:57

• "Linux users love to keep their hands on the keyboard. These are the shortcuts I use every day to maximize efficiency." https://www.zdnet.com/article/these-are-the-linux-keyboard-shortcuts-i-use-every-day/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:28:19

• CMS mess https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/steven-j.vaughan-nichols/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:28:56

• He hardly covers Linux anymore! https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/steven-vaughan-nichols/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:29:44

• Jack Wallen does, and it seems he's the last one left there https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-most-beautiful-linux-distributions-equal-parts-user-friendly-and-eye-candy/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:30:13

• "In the title, Linux Nobara came out faster in the average framerates as well as the percentile lows, indicating a better and smoother overall gaming experience on Linux." https://www.neowin.net/news/switching-to-linux-from-windows-11-24h2-for-performance-could-be-wiser-on-amd-ryzen-9000/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:30:37

• "Quite exciting to see another big RTS enter the market, as someone who absolutely adores these types of games and what I've played of it has been quite promising. Still plenty of rough edges, but that's expected for an unfinished game." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/ex-blizzard-devs-new-rts-stormgate-out-in-early-access-works-on-linux-but-may-need-a-small-fix/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:31:34

• "i've been eaten alive by so many mosquitos. even with all the repellant, i keep getting nipped. the positives is that i've seen more butterflies and dragonflies floating around my yard now - and hummingbirds!" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2076    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 18:49:01

• Silent? Recession? https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethedwards/2024/08/15/the-silent-venture-capital--startup-recession/    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:09:12

• "The U.S. unemployment rate has been fairly steady in the last year, and currently dances around a mere 4.3 percent, according to the latest from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics." https://www.crn.com/news/channel-news/2024/the-10-biggest-tech-company-layoffs-of-2024-so-far    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:10:13

• US Job Cuts: Google, Amazon, Tesla Hit Indians? https://www.indiaherald.com/Breaking/Read/994736217/US-Job-Cuts-Google-Amazon-Tesla-Hit-Indians    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:10:42

• Australia spy chief: Foreign meddling common, by friends too https://www.dw.com/en/australia-spy-chief-foreign-meddling-common-by-friends-too/a-69910427    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:22:46

• Geneva Conventions https://www.dw.com/en/geneva-conventions-at-75-crossroads-for-international-law/a-69887818    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:23:07

• Guinea-Bissau escalates crackdown on press freedom https://www.dw.com/en/guinea-bissau-escalates-crackdown-on-press-freedom/a-69896039    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:23:30

• Justin Trudeau Is No Marxist https://jacobin.com/2024/08/trudeau-poilievre-canada-marxism    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:31:27

• struggling to get there https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-global-tourism-top-10-1.7275540    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:31:51

• attract medical staff https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rural-communities-incentives-doctors-1.7285489    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:32:18

• e-bike https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-fire-electronic-bicycles-1.7285333    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:32:43

• Chinese EV imports https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gm-canada-ev-tariffs-china-1.7286093    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:37:53

• Corn https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2024-08-07/farmers-honor-peanuts-creator-charles-m-schulz-with-corn-mazes-across-us-and-in-canada    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:38:24

• water from the moon https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-company-canadian-space-agency-aqualunar-challenge-1.7279786    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:38:31

• From selling land on the moon to water on the moon. How many more pillars does the valuation Ponzi scheme possess?    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:39:19

• The MSM makes it sound like the objective is to make rents higher and higher https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/national-rent-report-rentals-urbanation-july-2024-1.7287521    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:40:52

• weak job market https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bank-of-canada-summary-of-deliberations-august-1.7287622    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:41:14

• boost economy, jobs https://www.dw.com/en/bangladesh-yunus-has-work-cut-out-to-boost-economy-jobs/a-69903113 https://www.dw.com/en/bangladesh-chief-justice-steps-down-amid-demonstrations/a-69908435    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:42:15

• Stoned and unemployed https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fentanyl-produced-in-canada-1.7275200    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:44:31

• water shortages https://www.dw.com/en/how-massive-holes-in-berlin-help-fight-water-shortages/a-69864142    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:45:07

• silica https://www.dw.com/en/why-silica-dust-could-become-the-new-asbestos-health-risk/a-69875518    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:47:08

• Move Forward Party https://www.dw.com/en/thailand-court-dissolves-opposition-move-forward-party/a-69875899    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:48:01

• China appeals to WTO over European tariffs on electric cars https://www.dw.com/en/china-appeals-to-wto-over-european-tariffs-on-electric-cars/a-69901677    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:49:36

• Maduro cracks down on X https://www.dw.com/en/venezuela-s-maduro-cracks-down-on-x-election-dissent/a-69909508    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:50:18

• 'existential threat' if Canada doesn't impose tariffs on China https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/steel-aluminum-existential-threat-1.7288870    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:51:30

• Post-Absurdism gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/postabsurdism    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:59:32

• "I have this backlog of writing that I should post, but that I also don't really like anymore." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/backlog    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 22:01:15

• "I didn't know the slashes in a URL indicated that. I didn't know MOST of the info contained within this post. Now I do :)" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2078    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 22:06:09

• "Fate Core is a tabletop roleplaying game first published by Evil Hat in 2013. Despite being over 10 years old, it remains one of my favorite RPG systems of all time. Fate offers me things that no other system does and I want to share what makes it so great." gemini://zelena.flounder.online/gemlog/2024-08-15_The_Fate_RPG_Is_Still_Worth_Playing.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 22:06:44

• "I was mind-meandering, thinking to myself, and came across medicine, (big) pharma, disease, health, et al. And pondered how many cosmetic conditions there are out there. I don't mean dementia, or schizophrenia, or depression (which are always backed by chemical proof" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2077    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 22:07:33

• Press https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/union-agrees-in-principle-to-postmedia-bid-for-atlantic-newspaper-chain-1.7288770    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 22:08:40

• lithium mining project https://www.dw.com/en/serbia-protests-over-vast-rio-tinto-lithium-mining-project/a-69910000    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 22:09:28

• UK looks to overcome damaging skills 'deficit' https://www.dw.com/en/uk-looks-to-overcome-damaging-skills-deficit/a-69855808    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 22:10:12

• PTSD treatment https://www.dw.com/en/us-fda-says-no-to-pyschedlic-mdma-as-ptsd-treatment/a-69905240    

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 22:10:55

• "After writing the roughest of sketches yesterday, and describing it in words today, I'm convinced it works. It's just a dumb backtracking algorithm after all. The complication stems from the data structures (which are generic, not lists), and the requirements." gemini://siiky.srht.site/petri_nets/log010.gmi    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 01:43:19