Roy Schestowitz

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1025.jpg    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 01:45:11

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1374.jpg    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 01:45:17

• "I've always loved archeology and when Time Team ended there was a bit of a cultural gap in my life. For a while I subscribed to Archeology Today, but I'm not sure I've got the time to properly read a magazine currently. I haven't even been to the British Museum in ages." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/antiqvvs    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 01:46:18

• "But ironically, the overshoot the other way is ignored and soon the question of which Defines the Structural will clearly have reversed. But that MUST not be given notice." gemini://orpfm.smol.pub/2024-08-15-amusing    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 01:47:19

• Stasi murder in Berlin 50 years ago on trial https://www.dw.com/en/germany-stasi-murder-in-berlin-50-years-ago-on-trial/a-69895138    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 01:58:19

• Dictatorial Tendencies https://www.dw.com/en/guinea-bissau-popular-resistance-against-dictatorial-tendencies/a-69896039    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 01:58:46

• "digital revolution" https://www.dw.com/en/kenya-what-next-for-gen-z-s-digital-revolution/a-69889803    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 01:59:12

• benzene = cancer https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/benzene-removal-environmental-justice-1.7290869    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 02:00:21

• Common fears https://www.dw.com/en/philippines-vietnam-coast-guards-hold-first-joint-drills/a-6990141    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 02:01:38

• Boeing https://www.dw.com/en/boeing-in-turbulence-as-kelly-ortberg-becomes-new-ceo/a-69853844    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 02:03:41

• Elon Musk uses X to meddle in world politics ttps://www.dw.com/en/how-elon-musk-uses-x-to-meddle-in-world-politics/a-69888687    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 02:04:11

• tree planting campaigns https://www.dw.com/en/most-tree-planting-campaigns-fail-what-has-to-change/a-69821119    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 02:07:50

• How can Deutsche Bahn turn things around? https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-rail-crisis-how-can-deutsche-bahn-turn-things-around/a-69855637    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 02:10:36

• Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-false-claims-fuel-ethnic-tensions-in-bangladesh/a-69870923    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 02:11:53

• Windows down by a lot in Moldova https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/moldova/#monthly-200902-202408 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/moldova/#monthly-200902-202408    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 02:14:02

• Vista 11 also https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/moldova/#monthly-200902-202408    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 02:14:37

• GNU/Linux up in Greece this month https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/greece/#monthly-200902-202408    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 02:29:27

• https://inv.nadeko.net: "Everything is back to normal. Remember that this is experimental and can break at any time thanks to youtube. Report any issues in the guestbook. Thank you for waiting."    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 06:47:10

• Still not many live instances (Google the assassin) https://redirect.invidious.io/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 06:47:47

• What is Google cracked down on actual crimes instead of totally legit Invidious instances?    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 06:48:27

• Remember that no page in Invidious is illegal unless it is actually Google (YouTube) serving illegal "content"    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 06:48:55

• Microsoft down to 67% in Polish desktops? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/poland/#monthly-200901-202408 20% overall? https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/11/Microsoft_Has_Collapsed_in_Poland_20_of_Web_Requests_Are_Window.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 07:51:21

• National security risk: too much Windows https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/ukraine/#monthly-200901-202408    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 07:54:42

• "Cox Communications has filed a petition at the Supreme Court, requesting a review of a Fourth Circuit ruling that held the company liable for pirating subscribers." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/cox-asks-supreme-court-to-protect-internet-subscribers-from-piracy-terminations-240815/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:05:18

• "Valve have released yet another Beta for the upcoming release of Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6, this time fixing some really annoying issues." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/steam-deck-steamos-3610-beta-tenth-times-the-charm-fixes-some-real-nuisances/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:06:15

• "I'm sure you've all seen some of the more playful user reviews on Steam, but they're not exactly helpful for figuring out if you want to buy a game and so Valve have a new "Helpfulness System" they're testing." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/valve-attempts-to-deal-with-jokes-memes-and-ascii-art-reviews-on-steam/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:06:41

• "Mesa 24.2.0 is out now bringing with it the usual advancements for open source OpenGL and Vulkan graphics drivers on Linux." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/mesa-24-2-0-released-with-a-new-shader-cache-implementation/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:07:01

• "For those interested in the Until Dawn remake from Ballistic Moon and PlayStation Publishing LLC, it's set to arrive on October 4th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/until-dawn-remake-arrives-on-pc-october-4-requires-psn-account/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:08:45

• "There's plenty of good news in the latest Dwarf Fortress update, unless you're a macOS gamer that is. A fresh Beta update is out now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/dwarf-fortress-adds-dwarf-babies-an-upgraded-adventure-mode-and-more-but-macos-cancelled/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:09:10

• "Looks like the Godot team went all-out for the Godot Engine 4.3 release, bringing this royalty-free open source game engine into a bright future." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/godot-engine-43-is-out-now-with-huge-new-features-and-a-fancy-release-page/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:10:59

• "Making it perhaps easier than ever to get more stores and launchers onto your Steam Deck, the NonSteamLaunchers plugin for Decky Loader is now available." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/nonsteamlaunchers-decky-loader-plugin-for-steam-deck-released/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:12:26

• "Might be time for another run in Stellaris with the Cosmic Storms announced today to release on September 10th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/stellaris-cosmic-storms-expansion-will-launch-september-10/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:12:40

• "we did our work on an extremely short schedule" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/2-fast-2-legal-how-eff-helped-security-researcher-during-def-con-32 | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:16:21

• "Uber Contributor" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/eff-honored-def-con-32-uber-contributor | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:16:41

• "Travel blacklists target political critics" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2024/08/15/travel-blacklists-target-political-critics/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:17:31

• "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 Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:18:12

• "Monkeypox: WHO, Africa’s CDC declare mpox a public health emergency. Will it change anything?" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/366903/mpox-monkeypox-africa-continental-emergency-drc-who-clade    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:18:21

• "Sweden reports 1st case of mpox variant outside Africa" https://thehill.com/policy/international/4829696-sweden-mpox-outbreak-who-health-emergency/ how many excess deaths due to COVID-19 there though? Does the regime care?    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:18:55

• "aeva black" = Microsoft. As usual, Microsofters are being used to smear "FOSS", leveraging GitHub social engineering for FUD. https://cyberscoop.com/open-source-security-trust-xz-utils/ ("Zero trust: How the ‘Jia Tan’ hack complicated open-source software")    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:19:54

• Famous criminal. When will he be arrested a third time around? https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/artikel/bill-gates-satsning-i-ornskoldsvik-laggs-ned/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:20:48

• Just a little catch up https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2024/08/15/litt-oppsnapp-berre/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:21:15

• "With the stakes this high, no legal resources are being spared. Many millions of dollars have been poured into this legal battle since 2012, and the end is still nowhere in sight." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/kim-dotcoms-extradition-to-the-u-s-given-green-light-by-new-zealand-240815/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:39:19

• "As the founder and former CEO of Megaupload" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/15/24220920/kim-dotcom-megaupload-us-extradition-trial | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:39:38

• "Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/kim-dotcom-be-extradited-new-zealand-after-12-year-fight-with-us-2024-08-15/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:39:57

• "In a post to social media, Dotcom said Goldsmith's decision showed New Zealand was an "obedient US colony in the South Pacific"." ☛ https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/525270/justice-minister-signs-kim-dotcom-s-extradition-order | Source: RNZ    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:40:14

• "The company's chief marketing officer Finn Batato and chief technical officer and co-founder Mathias Ortmann, both from Germany" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/kim-dotcom-to-be-extradited-from-new-zealand-after-12-year-fight-with-us/7743594.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:40:34

• "A New Zealand court previously ruled in 2015 that Mr Dotcom be extradited to the US to face online piracy charges." ☛ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-15/kim-dotcom-to-be-extradited-to-the-us/104231474 | Source: ABC    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:41:00

• "Some California residents will be able to add their driver’s licenses and state IDs to Apple Wallet soon, Apple announced Thursday." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/15/24221196/apple-wallet-drivers-license-california-mdl-pilot | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:43:33

• "I know that Matt works in payments so he definitely loves Apple opening up the NFC chip for payments (including double tap to pay)" ☛ https://json.blog/2024/08/14/im-worried-about.html | Source: Jason Becker    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:44:05

• "That is a fair argument. Apple says its cut reflects services it provides, mostly marketing" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/patreon-in-app-purchases/ |    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:44:30

• "Businesses then pay for the right for their own text to be prominently displayed alongside genuine search results." ☛ https://theconversation.com/google-monopoly-ruling-where-the-tech-giant-goes-from-here-236569 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:44:58

• "If Judge Amit Mehta rules that way in Washington in the months ahead" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/15/google-court-monopoly/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:45:21

• "In the Epic Games case this week, the FTC" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/15/google_monopoly_fix/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:46:06

• "gender apartheid." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-girls-education-access-taliban/33079700.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:47:25

• "When we say Donald Trump is a scab, this is what we mean" ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4827083-uaw-president-trump-doesnt-care-about-working-class-people/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:49:19

• Deepin GNU/Linux 23 Released, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/deepin-linux-23-released/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:49:59

• Robbins Changed His Mind, Funtoo Shifts to “Hobby Mode” ☞ https://linuxiac.com/robbins-changed-his-mind-funtoo-shift-to-hobby-mode/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:50:32

• Yash – yet another shell ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/yash-yet-another-shell/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:50:59

• minerl – blog-aware static site generator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/minerl-blog-aware-static-site-generator/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:51:22

• Incus – modern, secure and powerful system container and virtual machine manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/incus-modern-secure-powerful-system-container-virtual-machine-manager/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:51:33

• Ubuntu 24.10 Will Include ‘Warty Warthog’ Easter Eggs ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/ubuntu-24-10-anniversary-easter-eggs    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:52:36

• Freedom of the Press ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/14/looks-like-the-judge-who-oked-a-raid-on-a-small-town-paper-didnt-read-the-warrants-until-after-shed-signed-them/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:54:57

• "Microsoft warns that merely typing in several Microsoft 365 apps can cause the app itself to unexpectedly crash" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2428439/oh-damn-word-and-outlook-will-now-crash-when-you-type.html | Source: PC World    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:56:16

• "Security experts are ratcheting up the urgency for Windows sysadmins to patch a pre-auth remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows TCP/IP stack, warning that zero-click exploitation is very likely." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/zero-click-exploit-concerns-drive-urgent-patching-of-windows-tcp-ip-flaw/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:56:27

• Windows TCO ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/nationalpublicdata-com-hack-exposes-a-nations-data/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 08:57:03

• "Salehi was initially arrested in October 2022" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-rapper-salehi-acquitted-protests-released/33079057.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:00:00

• "A court in the Ural Mountains region of Yekaterinburg sentenced U.S.-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in prison" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/08/15/us-russian-woman-jailed-12-years-for-donating-money-to-pro-ukraine-charity-a86029 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:00:09

• Joerg Jaspert: Electric Car, Vacation trip ☞ https://blog.ganneff.de/2024/08/electric-car.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:00:43

• "The company’s latest quarterly review, released on Thursday" ☛ https://therecord.media/meta-troll-networks-iran-russia-election | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:14:05

• "You have something dangerous — two of the most influential men in the world undermining democracy with lies." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2024-08-15/2024-election-chabria-column-harris-press-politics | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:14:25

• "made the decision to step away from his current role" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/15/cisco_cuts_workforce/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:15:32

• "At present, social media platforms such as TikTok, X, Facebook and YouTube" ☛ https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-online-safety-act-and-why-have-riots-reopened-debates-about-it-236654 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:16:13

• "In an earnings report, Cisco posted net income of $2.16 billion in its most recent quarter" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/technology/cisco-layoffs.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:16:26

• "Hyperscale companies accounted for 41 percent of the entire global bit barn presence last year" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/15/hyperscale_capacity_global_research/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:17:37

• "Reno, the fastest-warming city in the U.S. I am haunted by Keiko Ogura’s words" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-08-15/fire-wildfire-smoke-heat-climate-children-healthcare | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:18:28

• "Fire has always been a part of Yamamoto’s Karuk culture, but until recently, state and federal authorities saw all fires as bad" ☛ https://www.vox.com/climate/366765/megafires-climate-indigenous-controlled-burns | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:18:43

• "That probably reflects the division over Brexit a disaster inflicted on the young" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2024/08/15/young-men-arent-shifting-right/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:19:24

• "Sufficient access to clean, reliable, affordable drinking water is a human right" ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/367224/clean-drinking-water-access-four-billion-science-study | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:20:45

• "Safe drinking water access is a human right" ☛ https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh9578 | Source: AAAS    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:21:06

• "The difference in the WHO and UN’s estimates and the new estimate has to do, on some level, with the data" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/08/15/2024/global-access-to-safe-drinking-water-may-be-significantly-overestimated | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:23:07

• "In January 2022, the EPA issued a notice that Jackson’s water system violated the federal Safe Drinking Water Act." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-08-15/water-crisis-in-mississippi-capital-developed-during-failures-in-oversight-watchdog-says | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:23:17

• "But, in my opinion, that’s not the most important financial windfall to question. The ongoing Saudi funding of Trump is" ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/08/15/the-saudi-payments-to-trump-are-more-important-than-the-suspected-egyptian-one/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:25:04

• "Africans made up as much as half the French contingent, soldiers from what are now some two dozen independent countries." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-08-15/france-honors-african-soldiers-who-helped-liberate-the-french-riviera-from-nazis-80-years-ago | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:25:16

• "Much of the second part of the day's events were canceled because of storm warnings" ☛ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/08/15/leaders-mark-sacrifices-of-african-soldiers-at-commemoration-of-provence-landings_6715855_4.html | Source: Le Monde    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:25:31

• "Yet cyberspace has morphed into a Hobbesian fusion of anarchy and tyranny" ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/08/we-must-break-up-the-tech-platforms-that-threaten-our-democracy | Source: New Statesman    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:27:00

• "Weird to see them bragging that you can get hallucinogenic" ☛ https://crashthearcade.com/post/11290/ | Source: Mike Haynes    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:28:24

• "nudify" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-15/san-francisco-sues-deepfake-websites-that-create-ai-generated-nudes | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:29:25

• "Common Crawl" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/15/robot_took_my_job/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:29:44

• "The rule allows the FTC to strengthen enforcement and seek civil penalties against violators." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/14/ftc-cracks-fake-reviews-influencer-misconduct-new-rule/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:30:07

• "I decided for some reason to try to install Fortnite on my Mac. Let me walk you through all the steps I took to do so: [...]" ☛ https://aj.bourg.family/how-do-you-even-computer/ | Source: AJ Bourg    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:30:37

• "But the more she stared at the brand’s orange-and-black logo slapped across the top of the hand" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/08/prosthetic-limb-branding-bebionic/679461/?utm_source=feed | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:31:38

• "In our new paper published in Nature, we have traced the Altar Stone’s source to north-east Scotland" ☛ https://theconversation.com/stonehenges-giant-altar-stone-came-all-the-way-from-north-east-scotland-heres-how-we-worked-out-this-astonishing-new-finding-236630 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:32:42

• "Yup. You’ve read that title correctly. I’ve started the process of rebuilding my personal site here." ☛ https://remkusdevries.com/rebuilding-documenting-my-site/ | Source: Remkus de Vries    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:33:36

• "It's more being critical. Do I have a use for this? Will this be useful when I'm gone? If not remove it." ☛ https://davidjohnmead.com/posts/2024-08-15-death-cleaning/ | Source: David Mead    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:34:06

• "This "seeing" isn't limited to creative pursuits." ☛ https://birming.com/art-seeing/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:34:46

• "Guess what the resolution was? Simplifying everything. Now I’m swinging great and enjoying myself." ☛ https://piccalil.li/links/just-build-websites/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:34:56

• 🔤SpellBinding — AEGRSTZ Wordo: FLUSH gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-08-16.gmi    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:38:10

• "In his excellent book "The Unsettling of America", Wendell Berry notes that the kind of knowledge acquired through farming is not specialized, but it is specific. The farmer becomes intimately acquainted with his land: he recognizes the hills and troughs" gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2024/202408/20240815-overgeneralization.gmi    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:38:55

• "Although it's still not sure if the "Gaming Corner" I introduced in my previous post will really become a regular feature, I've taken a step in that direction by making a dedicated page for it, and I copied my Marmoreal Tomb unboxing and initial impressions, and my Dragon's Crown review, to that page." gemini://ythraverse.xyz/gemlog/entries/240815.gmi    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:39:39

• "These algorithms are part of three NIST standards that have been finalized: [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/08/nist-releases-first-post-quantum-encryption-algorithms.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:56:25

• "Announcing Issuance of Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) FIPS 203" ☛ https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-14/pdf/2024-17956.pdf |    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:56:41

• "NIST is encouraging computer system administrators to begin transitioning to the new standards as soon as possible." ☛ https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/nist-releases-first-3-finalized-post-quantum-encryption-standards | Source: US NIST    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:57:32

• [Old] "Quantum computers are probably coming, though we don’t know when—and when they arrive, they will, most likely" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2024/05/lattice-based-cryptosystems-and-quantum-cryptanalysis.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:57:57

• "Today’s post is about Context Managers" ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/write-more-pythonic-code-with-context-managers/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:59:09

• "The four iterators are product, permutations, combinations and combinations with replacements." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/combinatoric-iterators-from-itertools/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 09:59:21

• "By now most of you have heard of the Great CrowdStrike Outage of 2024." ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/crowdstrike/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:00:57

• "Of course we often don’t realize how noisy the errors have gotten until things are already well out of hand." ☛ https://blog.danslimmon.com/2024/08/15/putting-a-meaningful-dent-in-your-error-backlog/ | Source: Dan Slimmon    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:01:04

• "Because Trail of Bits supports the open-source community and encourages the adoption of post-quantum algorithms" ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/08/15/we-wrote-the-code-and-the-code-won/ | Source: Trail of Bits    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:01:13

• "In the context of my final year internship at Tweag" ☛ https://www.tweag.io/blog/2024-08-15-type-lets/ | Source: Modus Create LLC    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:01:20

• "Version 0.102 of Game of Trees has been released and the port updated." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240814203918 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:01:30

• "The Mickey Mouse titan contends the widower who brought the case waived his right to a court trial " ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/15/disney_plus_death_lawsuit_waive/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:05:42

• "Disney says Piccolo agreed to similar language again when purchasing park tickets online in September 2023." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5074830 | Source: NPR    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:05:49

• "Recently I prepared some of my books for free access on the Web (after gaining agreement from the publishers)." ☛ https://bertrandmeyer.com/2024/08/15/freely-accessible-books/ | Source: Bertrand Meyer    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:06:46

• "The Call for Proposals will be available soon, with registration opening in September." ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/event-calendar/fall-2024-freebsd-summit/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:06:57

• "Thanks to Howie M for contributing this ware!" ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2024/name-that-ware-august-2024/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:07:56

• "The ware for July 2024 is an Ingenico Axium DX8000." ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2024/winner-name-that-ware-july-2024/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:08:10

• "The Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller adds an HSTX (High-Speed Serial Transmit) interface adding the PIOs" ☛ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/15/raspberry-pi-rp2350-hstx-high-speed-serial-transmit-interface/ | Source: CNX Software    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:08:35

• "Today, Deepin, a Debian-based Linux distribution developed by the Chinese company Deepin Technology" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/deepin-linux-23-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:09:15

• "EZR23 model. In browser, go to the router server address, eg 192.168.30.1, and log in." ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2024/08/15/cellularrouter-openwrt-and-luci-updating-firmware/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:09:37

• "the year is 2024, and i want to know my disk space usage." ☛ https://j3s.sh/thought/trainwreck-design.html | Source: Jes Olson    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:10:37

• "The general question of 'where does your traffic stop' is mostly answered by the venerable traceroute." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/TracerouteToPortNote | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:10:46

• "The venerable traceroute command sort of reports the hops your packets take to reach a host" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/TracerouteFirewallRealization | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:10:54

• How To Install Python 2 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-python-2-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:11:22

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

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:11:35

• How To Install Docker Desktop on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-docker-desktop-debian-12/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:11:46

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

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:11:59

• Installing Pure-FTPd on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/installing-pure-ftpd-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:12:13

• New Downsizing from Dell, defective chip maker Intel Push 2024 Tech Layoffs Over 150,000 ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/new-downsizing-from-dell-intel-push    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:13:41

• Netflix managers "will not hire this white guy because we have too many white people" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/netflix-managers-will-not-hire-this    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:14:23

• "Now, obviously, this is merely one statement from a former employee... but it is an incredibly prominent former employee. And Netflix has made it very public (such as in their regular "Inclusion Reports") that hiring fewer White people is a specific, official goal of the company." https://lunduke.locals.com/post/6000228/netflix-managers-will-not-hire-this-white-guy-because-we-have-too-many-white-people    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:15:43

• Earth's 13-Month Record Heat Streak Is Over. So What Happens Now? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-13-month-record-heat-streak-is-over-so-what-happens-now    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:18:12

• Weird Fish Breaks Largest Animal Genome Record With 30x Our DNA ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/weird-fish-breaks-largest-animal-genome-record-with-30x-our-dna    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:18:32

• Using CBD And THC During Pregnancy Could Harm Developing Brains ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/using-cbd-and-thc-during-pregnancy-could-harm-developing-brains    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:18:46

• Study Finds Humans Age Faster at 2 Sharp Peaks – Here's When to Expect Them ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-finds-humans-age-faster-at-2-sharp-peaks-heres-when-to-expect-them    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:18:59

• A Vital Fluid Protects Your Most Important Organ. What Happens if It Fails? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-vital-fluid-protects-your-most-important-organ-what-happens-if-it-fails    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:19:18

• 123 Maya Glyphs Found on Huge Stone Reveal Secrets of a Lost City ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/123-maya-glyphs-found-on-huge-stone-reveal-secrets-of-a-lost-city    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:35:20

• Shocking Study Says No, Cold Isn't Making Your Joints Ache. So What's Going on? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/shocking-study-says-no-cold-isnt-making-your-joints-ache-so-whats-going-on    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:35:47

• Adam Young: Metaprogramming in bash ☞ https://adam.younglogic.com/2024/08/metaprogramming-in-bash/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:36:44

• Kremlin shocked, but undeterred, by Ukraine’s Kursk incursion ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2024/0815/kursk-ukraine-incursion-russia-putin    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:37:29

• Ukraine’s Incursion Into Kursk Region of Russia Flips the Script on Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/world/europe/ukraine-russia-incursion-putin.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:37:46

• Severe typhoon Ampil approaching Japan disrupts flights, trains ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/severe-typhoon-ampil-approaching-japan-disrupts-flights-trains    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 11:00:24

• ChromeOS 6% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/philippines/#monthly-200903-202407    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 11:37:48

• Seychelles: Android leapfrogging Windows https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/seychelles/#monthly-200903-202408    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 11:39:53

• 4% for GNU/Linux in Slovakia, almost all-time high https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/slovakia-(slovak-republic)/#monthly-200903-202408    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 11:41:30

• Windows steadily declining in Turkey https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/turkey/#monthly-200903-202408    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 11:42:54

• Latvian youths interviewed for Belarusian propaganda ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/15.08.2024-latvian-youths-interviewed-for-belarusian-propaganda.a565106/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:35:51

• Liepāja rallies against paid parking ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/15.08.2024-liepaja-rallies-against-paid-parking.a565150/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:36:14

• Russian Sentenced to Prison in US for Selling Stolen Information ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-sentenced-to-prison-in-us-for-selling-stolen-information/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:36:29

• Russian state-sponsored phishing campaign targets Western NGOs and diplomats ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/15/russian-state-sponsored-phishing-campaign-targets-western-ngos-diplomats/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:36:50

• Russian Tu-22M3 Bomber Crashes In Siberia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-siberia-bomber-jet-crash/33080286.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:37:10

• Russian Convicted Of Failing To Report Anti-War Arson Plot ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-arson-denunciation-recruiting/33079744.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:37:25

• U.S. Citizen Ordered To 2-Month Pretrial Detention By Russian Court ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-american-jailed-hooliganism/33078759.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:37:48

• New Highs for Android in Russia, But It's Reportedly Working on Its Own Linux-Based Operating Systems (GAFAM-Free) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/15/New_Highs_for_Android_in_Russia_But_It_s_Reportedly_Working_on_.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:37:58

• Belarusian exiles in Vilnius fight off KGB infiltration, recruitment attempts ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2337733/belarusian-exiles-in-vilnius-fight-off-kgb-infiltration-recruitment-attempts    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:38:14

• "A crime against their own people" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/15/a-crime-against-their-own-people | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:38:53

• "ongoing incursion into the Kursk region" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/15/shifting-the-war-to-russia-s-territory | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:39:15

• Friday Briefing: Ukraine Takes a Russian Town ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/briefing/ukraine-incursion-russia-mpox-sweden-harris-biden.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:40:48

• Russia Sentences U.S. Citizen to 12 Years in Prison on Treason Charges ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/world/europe/american-russia-treason.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:41:05

• Ukraine Claims to Capture Sudzha, Zelensky Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/world/europe/russia-ukraine-airfields-kursk.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:41:28

• Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia Reveals a Dramatic Shift ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/us/politics/ukraine-incursion-russia-kursk.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:41:39

• How far will Ukraine’s allies let it go against Russia? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2024/0815/ukraine-russia-west-weighs-weapons-rules    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:41:53

• Why Russians want YouTube back ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2024/0815/Why-Russians-want-YouTube-back    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:42:08

• In Ukraine, this firefighter and all-round rescuer seeks to provide hope ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2024/0815/ukraine-russia-war-firefighter-rescuer-evacuations    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:42:21

• Ukraine Claims Full Control Of Sudzha, Sets Up Military Command ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-kursk-evacuations-humanitarian/33079550.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:42:34

• Dual U.S.-Russian Citizen Sentenced To 12 Years For Treason In Yekaterinburg ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-karelina-donation-treason-prison/33079852.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:42:55

• EU Criticizes Claims of Intelligence Cooperation Between Belgrade and Moscow ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-russia-vulin-manturov-european-union-ukraine/33080456.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:43:15

• Biden and Harris Made a Joint Appearance ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/briefing/biden-harris-joint-appearance-ukraine-advance-russia.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:43:38

• Russian American sentenced with treason for financing Ukraine charity ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/russian-american-sentenced-with-treason-for-financing-ukraine-charity/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:44:43

• Ukraine controls 82 Russian settlements, opens administrative office in occupied Kursk ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240815-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-russia-to-evacuate-thousands-more-from-kursk-region-as-ukrainian-army-advances    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:45:15

• US-Russian citizen sentenced to 12 years for $52 donation to Ukrainian charity ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240815-russian-court-sentences-us-citizen-prison-52-donation-ukraine-charity    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:45:58

• Kursk incursion: Ukrainian General Oleksandr Syrsky shifts the focus of the war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240815-kursk-incursion-ukrainian-general-oleksandr-syrsky-shifts-focus-war-russia    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:46:31

• Russian-Iranian military cooperation: How much can they depend on each other? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/russia-iran-military-cooperation/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:46:49

• The Kremlin is cutting Russia’s last information ties to the outside world ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-kremlin-is-cutting-russias-last-information-ties-to-the-outside-world/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:47:16

• Ukrainian investigators believe Russia sourced electronics via Baltic states ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/15.08.2024-ukrainian-investigators-believe-russia-sourced-electronics-via-baltic-states.a565140/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:47:57

• "The ASUS Q670M-EM-A is a Micro ATX motherboard equipped with an LGA1700 socket, making it compatible with Intel’s 14th, 13th, and 12th Gen Core processors, as well as Pentium and Celeron CPUs." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/q670m-em-a-asus-micro-atx-motherboard-with-lga1700-socket-for-14th-13th-and-12th-gen-cpus/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:49:09

• Sam Thursfield: Status update, 15/08/2024 ☞ https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2024/08/15/status-update-15-08-2024/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:50:30

• North Korea’s Kim and Russia’s Putin vow deeper ties on Korean liberation day ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-koreas-kim-and-russias-putin-vow-deeper-ties-on-korean-liberation-day    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:50:49

• Ukraine’s invasion of Russia exposes the folly of the West’s escalation fears ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-invasion-of-russia-exposes-the-folly-of-the-wests-escalation-fears/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:51:50

• Companies' fear these days: saying "server" without "cloud", saying "cloud" without "smart", and saying "smart" without "hey hi" (AI). It tanks the stock if you fire people without saying "AI" in the statement...    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:53:05

• Ukraine’s Kursk offensive marks Putin’s third major humiliation of the war ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/ukraines-kursk-offensive-marks-putins-third-major-humiliation-of-the-war/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:53:49

• What's new in version 7.1 of Red Hat’s Migration Toolkit for Applications ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/08/15/whats-new-version-71-red-hats-migration-toolkit-applications    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:55:31

• "refuses to open criminal investigation into Navalny’s death," ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/15/they-re-trying-to-cover-it-up | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:56:03

• Yulia Navalnaya Disputes Russian Report on Cause of Husband’s Death ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/world/europe/russia-navalny-putin.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:56:18

• Navalny's Widow Scorns Official Document Describing Opposition Leader's Cause Of Death ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/navalny-navalnaya-death-certificate-document-cause/33080235.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:56:31

• Kubernetes 1.31: Read Only Volumes Based On OCI Artifacts (alpha) ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/08/16/kubernetes-1-31-image-volume-source/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:57:21

• Kubernetes 1.31: Prevent PersistentVolume Leaks When Deleting out of Order ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/08/16/kubernetes-1-31-prevent-persistentvolume-leaks-when-deleting-out-of-order/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:57:42

• Kubernetes 1.31: MatchLabelKeys in PodAffinity graduates to beta ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/08/16/matchlabelkeys-podaffinity/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 14:58:30

• Kubernetes 1.31: VolumeAttributesClass for Volume Modification Beta ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/08/15/kubernetes-1-31-volume-attributes-class/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:01:40

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

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:01:57

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

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:07:45

• Mpox Outbreak: What to Know About Symptoms and Risks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/world/africa/mpox-outbreak-symptoms-risks.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:07:55

• Mpox: Disease Expert Explains Why It's Now a Global Health Emergency ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mpox-disease-expert-explains-why-its-now-a-global-health-emergency    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:08:10

• Sweden reports first case of new monkeypox strain outside Africa ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240815-sweden-reports-first-case-new-monkeypox-strain-outside-africa-mpox    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:08:19

• Telehealth opens up new possibilities in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/15.08.2024-telehealth-opens-up-new-possibilities-in-latvia.a565130/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:10:44

• Appeal to help young cancer patient pay for treatment ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/15.08.2024-appeal-to-help-young-cancer-patient-pay-for-treatment.a565155/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:10:54

• British Columbia, Canada human rights commissioner’s report highlights systemic inequalities in province ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/british-columbia-canada-human-rights-commissioners-report-highlights-systemic-inequalities-in-province/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:11:13

• Age tech is exploding. The ‘modern grandma’ market wants more than health aids. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2024/0815/tech-market-startups-baby-boomers-ageism    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:11:33

• South Korean president proposes official dialogue channel with North Korea ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/south-koreas-yoon-proposes-dialogue-08152024010142.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:23:48

• In Senegal, a rare look inside an abandoned North Korean Embassy ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/north-korea-embassy-overseas-workers-08152024163209.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:23:58

• America Can’t Produce the Weapons It Needs for the Future. This Could Help. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/world/australia/us-australia-uk-weapons-exports.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:24:24

• China top diplomat meets Myanmar leader, junta denies coup rumors ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/wang-yi-min-aung-hlaing-08142024165825.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:24:51

• Myanmar’s old army leader calls on China to help restore stability ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/than-shwe-china-wang-08152024075016.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:25:04

• INTERVIEW: ‘I will never kowtow to them and never compromise’ ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/kiwi-chow-hong-kong-movie-director-interview-08152024124354.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:25:22

• Activists vow to fight China's bid for new 'super embassy' in London ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-london-embassy-08152024143246.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:27:50

• HVS targets global markets in hydrogen truck deal with Hybot ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/hvs-targets-global-markets-in-hydrogen-truck-deal-with-hybot/2113724.article/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:28:13

• "Australian grids have long run a two-tiered pricing scheme for electricity." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/15/austrailas-controlled-loads-are-in-hot-water/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:29:55

• "Help The LEGO Camera Become A Reality" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/15/help-the-lego-camera-become-a-reality/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:30:21

• Create a CRUD Example with FastAPI and MySQL Then Deploy using Docker and Docker Compose ☞ https://medevel.com/fastapi-and-mysql-crud-docker/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:32:49

• A closer look at Raspberry Pi RP2350’s HSTX high-speed serial transmit interface ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/15/raspberry-pi-rp2350-hstx-high-speed-serial-transmit-interface/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:33:49

• SolarWinds Issues Hotfix for Critical Web Help Desk Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/solarwinds-issues-hotfix-for-critical-web-help-desk-vulnerability/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:34:19

• A shifty tail about unit testing ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2024/08/15/a-shifty-tail-about-unit-testing/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:34:37

• New report identifies critical vulnerabilities found in open-source tools used in Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/15/new-report-identifies-critical-vulnerabilities-found-open-source-tools-used-ai/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:35:20

• Open Source Residential Energy Storage ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/15/open-source-residential-energy-storage/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:39:39

• Hong Kong finance chief urges banks to boost help for small businesses as 74% expect cashflow to be key challenge ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/15/hong-kong-finance-chief-urges-banks-to-boost-help-for-small-businesses-as-74-expect-cashflow-to-be-key-challenge/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:40:37

• Alexander Ramsay put himself in charge of an illegal fake court system in collusion with the corrupt EPO; this is very serious crime at the very heart of Europe and there is no independence here ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/alexander-ramsay-the-new-cms-will-be-independent-of-the-epo/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:41:49

• iCharts multimedia patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/8/14/icharts-multimedia-patent-prior-art-found    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:42:24

• $2,000 for Big Will messaging patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/8/14/2000-for-big-will-messaging-patent-prior-art    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:42:46

• Policy Considerations: The On-Sale Bar for Secret Processes ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/08/secret.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:43:18

• Daniel Cantarín's Response to Alexandre Oliva's Talk on Achieving Software Freedom in the Age of Platform Decay (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/15/Daniel_Cantarin_s_Response_to_Alexandre_Oliva_s_Talk_on_Achievi.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:44:13

• "Microsoft is a Sponsor of The New Stack." (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/15/Microsoft_is_a_Sponsor_of_The_New_Stack.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:44:33

• To Understand Cisco's Mass Layoffs Look at the Company's Soaring Debt (Same at Microsoft) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/15/To_Understand_Cisco_s_Mass_Layoffs_Look_at_the_Company_s_Soarin.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:44:43

• Windows Flying Low at 25% ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/15/Windows_Flying_Low_at_25.shtml    

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

• [Meme] Long Texts You Never Bother Reading (Because Life is Too Short, Unlike Those Texts) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/15/Meme_Long_Texts_You_Never_Bother_Reading_Because_Life_is_Too_Sh.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:45:01

• Upcoming Series: Terms of Service (TOS) Under the Microscope, FSF Party, Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Scandals, Clowns, and More ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/15/Upcoming_Series_Terms_of_Service_TOS_Under_the_Microscope_FSF_P.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:46:02

• Software Freedom in Perspective - Part 5 - When Richard Stallman Came to Argentina ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/15/Software_Freedom_in_Perspective_Part_5_When_Richard_Stallman_Ca.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:46:11

• Stabbings to Show Trials: 9 Simple Steps to Criminalize Free Speech ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2024/08/15/stabbings-to-show-trials-9-simple-steps-to-criminalize-free-speech/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:46:58

• European and American Censors Want War With Elon Musk ☞ https://reason.com/2024/08/15/elon-musk-x-thierry-breton-eu-speech-trump/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:47:20

• India PM Modi used hate speech to fuel his 2024 political campaign: HRW ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/india-pm-modi-used-hate-speech-to-fuel-his-2024-political-campaign-hrw/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:48:03

• US colleges revise rules on free speech in hopes of containing anti-war demonstrations ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/08/15/us-colleges-revise-rules-on-free-speech-in-hopes-of-containing-anti-war-demonstrations/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:48:38

• Harris Gonna Code Switch ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/opinion/harris-code-switch.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:49:02

• First Major Study Links Cannabis Use Disorder to Deadly Cancers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/first-major-study-links-cannabis-use-disorder-to-deadly-cancers    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:50:49

• "The second annual Rise25 Awards in Dublin wasn’t just about celebrating 25 AI leaders. It was about mapping out the future." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/rise25-dublin/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:51:19

• Can Steam Deck, ROG Ally, And Legion GO Run ‘Black Myth: Wukong’? ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2024/08/15/black-myth-wukong-benchmarked-on-steam-deck-rog-ally-legion-go/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:52:09

• FOSS Weekly #24.33: COSMIC Desktop Arrives, KDE Widgets, Chrome Extensions, and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-24-33/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:52:59

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

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:53:25

• FTC v. Amazon: Why a Properly Defined Market Is Important in Antitrust Analysis ☞ https://project-disco.org/competition/ftc-v-amazon-why-a-properly-defined-market-is-important-in-antitrust-analysis/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:54:22

• Plasma Dialer 24.08 is out ☞ https://plasma-mobile.org/2024/08/14/plasma-dialer-24.08/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:55:17

• BMP180 Barometric pressure/temperature sensor with Arduino Uno ☞ https://peppe8o.com/bmp180-arduino-barometric-pressure-temperature-sensor/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:55:49

• Wales optimism about federal cyber is stronger than ever ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/ask-the-cio/2024/08/wales-optimism-about-federal-cyber-is-stronger-than-ever/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:56:52

• Zero-Click Exploit Concerns Drive Urgent Patching of backdoored Windows TCP/IP Flaw ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/zero-click-exploit-concerns-drive-urgent-patching-of-windows-tcp-ip-flaw/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:57:15

• Ransomware Attacks on Industrial Firms Surged in Q2 2024 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-attacks-on-industrial-firms-surged-in-q2-2024/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 15:57:35

• Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, Says Ransomware Attackers Stole Corrupted, Unusable Data ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/mayor-of-columbus-ohio-says-ransomware-attackers-stole-corrupted-unusable-data/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:01:15

• AutoCanada Hit by Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/autocanada-hit-by-cyberattack/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:01:36

• Palo Alto Networks Patches Unauthenticated Command Execution Flaw in Cortex XSOAR ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/palo-alto-networks-patches-unauthenticated-command-execution-flaw-in-cortex-xsoar/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:02:18

• Misconfigured access controls expose sensitive data on Oracle NetSuite websites ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/15/misconfigured-access-controls-expose-sensitive-data-oracle-netsuite-websites/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:02:40

• The Road to Digital Discrimination Is Paved With Good Intentions: Why Universal Service Depends Upon a Disparate Impact Standard ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/the-road-to-digital-discrimination-is-paved-with-good-intentions/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:03:09

• Australia must pick a ministerial lane for counter-terrorism responsibility ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-must-pick-a-ministerial-lane-for-counter-terrorism-responsibility/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:03:59

• Red lines and reconciliation: Turkey and Syria’s diplomatic gamble ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/turkey-syria-reconciliation-ypg-sdf/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:05:08

• The UN finally advances a convention on cybercrime . . . and no one is happy about it ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-un-finally-adopts-a-convention-on-cybercrime-and-no-one-is-happy/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:05:36

• Sudan’s army has been battling to keep Darfur’s El Fasher from paramilitary forces – why the city’s so important ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/sudans-army-has-been-battling-to-keep-darfurs-el-fasher-from-paramilitary-forces-why-the-citys-so-important/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:08:30

• Angola’s crackdown on protesters could fuel separatist violence ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/angolas-crackdown-on-protesters-could-fuel-separatist-violence/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:08:50

• GUAC v0.8.0 Released ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2024/08/15/guac-v0-8-0-released/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:10:40

• Lawsuit Over Tweet Urging University to Fire Professor for Alleged "Racism, Sexism, and Transphobia" Can Go Forward ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/08/14/lawsuit-over-tweet-urging-university-to-fire-professor-for-alleged-racism-sexism-and-transphobia-can-go-forward/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:11:45

• Four Years After Buying Barry Manilow’s Catalog, Hipgnosis Is Suing Over a Bonus Payments Dispute ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/14/barry-manilow-hipgnosis-lawsuit/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:12:10

• Jimmy Lai appeal judge, UK’s David Neuberger, withdraws from media freedom NGO’s advisory panel ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/15/breaking-jimmy-lai-appeal-judge-uks-david-neuberger-withdraws-from-media-freedom-ngos-advisory-panel/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:12:40

• San Francisco Moves to Lead Fight Against Deepfake Nudes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/us/deepfake-pornography-lawsuit-san-francisco.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:12:59

• After Shooting, Texas State Fair Bans Guns. Republicans Want Them Back. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/us/texas-state-fair-guns-paxton.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:13:15

• Sexual misconduct at Coast Guard is a fleet-wide problem, congressional probe finds ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2024/08/sexual-misconduct-at-coast-guard-is-a-fleet-wide-problem-congressional-probe-finds/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:13:53

• Your first GPU algorithm: Scan/prefix sum ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/08/15/your-first-gpu-algorithm-scanprefix-sum    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:14:38

• All That Glitters ☞ https://tedium.co/2024/08/15/gold-platinum-records-not-real/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:15:39

• Congratulations to Romania, Where backdoored Windows is Now "Minority Market Share" Platform ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/15/Congratulations_to_Romania_Where_Windows_is_Now_Minority_Market.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:16:20

• ESP32 ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-s3-based-wican-pro-an-obd-scanner-for-vehicle-diagnostics-and-home-assistant-integration/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:17:00

• "In Linux, set environment variables to define system behaviour. Ensure that all applications work as they are intended to." ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/linux-set-environment-variables-an-explanatory-guide/ | Source: Unix Men    

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

• Pigsty Supplementary APT/YUM Repository with 254 additional PostgreSQL Extensions! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pigsty-supplementary-aptyum-repository-with-254-additional-postgresql-extensions-2913/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:18:12

• Meet our Public Sector team at Technet Augusta 2024 ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/meet-our-public-sector-team-at-technet-augusta-2024    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:18:35

• "In Ubuntu, enable SSH to securely manage and access your servers and network devices remotely. SSH is short for Secure Shell." ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/ubuntu-enable-ssh-with-this-clear-and-concise-guide/ | Source: Unix Men    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:19:25

• "Pip is very important for managing packages and dependencies, if you are working with Python on a device running Ubuntu." ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/install-pip-ubuntu-a-detailed-guide-to-cover-every-step/ | Source: Unix Men    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:19:34

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/985845/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:22:14

• 4,000 Gemini Capsules ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/15/4_000_Gemini_Capsules.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:22:26

• Why It Matters That 4,000 Gemini Capsules Are Known to Lupa and Why Gemini Protocol Matters to Us ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/15/Why_It_Matters_That_4_000_Gemini_Capsules_Are_Known_to_Lupa_and.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:22:42

• Hong Kong police superintendent accused of molesting colleague was like ‘tribal chief,’ court hears ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/15/hong-kong-police-superintendent-accused-of-molesting-colleague-was-like-tribal-chief-court-hears/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:29:15

• Vietnamese activist found guilty of anti-state propaganda ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/hanoi-court-jails-tuyen-08152024025925.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:29:32

• Public Access to FAA Hearings on Alleged Passenger Misconduct ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/08/15/public-access-to-faa-hearings-on-alleged-passenger-misconduct/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:30:04

• Mastering Matrix Concatenation in R: A Guide to rbind() and cbind() ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/mastering-matrix-concatenation-in-r-a-guide-to-rbind-and-cbind/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:31:01

• Debian 11 ‘Bullseye’ Enters Long Term Support Phase ☞ https://linuxiac.com/debian-11-bullseye-enters-lts-phase/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:32:37

• Mesa 24.2 Unveils OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.3 Hey Hi (AI) Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/mesa-24-2-opengl-vulkan-api/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:33:22

• BSD Now 572: Where's my backup? ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/572    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:35:49

• mintCast 443.5 – Mint 22 – Any Thoughts? ☞ https://mintcast.org/443-5-mint-22-any-thoughts/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:36:27

• Internet mogul Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to US ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240815-internet-mogul-kim-dotcom-to-be-extradited-from-new-zealand-to-us    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:37:44

• More Local News Caught in Flood of Unrelated Copyright Takedown Requests ☞ https://lumendatabase.org/blog_entries/local-news-false-positives    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:38:21

• Three Administrative Trademark Judges Added to TTAB Roster ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/08/three-administrative-trademark-judges.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:39:05

• Godot 4.3, a shared effort ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/godot-4-3-a-shared-effort/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:40:28

• Membership Committee elections: Townhall sessions with the candidates ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/08/15/membershi-committee-elections-townhall-sessions-with-the-candidates/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:41:30

• How to stop Receiving Spam Emails on GNU/Linux with SpamAssassin ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-stop-receiving-spam-emails-on-linux-with-spamassassin/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:42:05

• How to Avoid Time Drifts on Your GNU/Linux Servers with Chrony ☞ https://thenewstack.io/how-to-avoid-time-drifts-on-your-linux-servers-with-chrony/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:42:27

• How To check LXD/Incus container BTRFS disk usage on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-check-lxd-incus-container-btrfs-disk-usage-on-linux/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:43:42

• How to Install Git on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.linuxtuto.com/how-to-install-git-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:43:50

• Bring value to Day 0 and Day 1 operations with Red Hat and Dynatrace ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/bring-value-day-0-and-day-1-operations-red-hat-and-dynatrace | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:48:52

• The D(M)ARC side of the email reporting system ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/08/15/the-dmarc-side-of-the-email-reporting-system/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:49:12

• So the Department of Energy emailed me ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/08/14/so-the-department-of-energy-emailed-me/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 16:57:16

• Ebook of “Run Your Own Mail Server” off to early backers ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/23731    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:05:21

• 57: I Play the Heavy ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/23728    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:05:49

• Tomas Tomecek: Running logdetective service in containers with CUDA on EC2 ☞ https://blog.tomecek.net/post/running-logdetective-service-on-cuda-ec2/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:07:50

• Kubernetes 1.31 Streamlines Range of Functions and Tasks ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/kubernetes-1-31-streamlines-range-of-functions-and-tasks/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:09:40

• Apache Airflow 2.10 arrives to usher in a new era of Hey Hi (AI) data orchestration ☞ https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/do-you-know-where-your-data-comes-from-apache-airflow-does-and-its-getting-updated-to-advance-data-orchestration/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:10:10

• 5.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Taiwan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/world/asia/taiwan-earthquake.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:10:38

• Google Disrupts Iranian Cracking Activity Targeting US Presidential Election ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-disrupts-iranian-hacking-activity-targeting-us-presidential-election/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/13/The_Corporate_Media_Says_Microsoft_the_Security_Culprit_Not_Exp.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:11:37

• Google Confirms an Iranian Group Is Trying to Access Emails Linked to Both US Presidential Campaigns ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-confirms-an-iranian-group-is-trying-to-access-emails-linked-to-both-us-presidential-campaigns/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:11:54

• NFL's Facial Recognition Technology Sparks Fears of Fan Surveillance ☞ https://reason.com/2024/08/15/nfls-facial-recognition-technology-sparks-fears-of-fan-surveillance/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:12:42

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

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:13:24

• When The Pandemic Came, Zoos Shut, And Animals Began to Act Differently ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/when-the-pandemic-came-zoos-shut-and-animals-began-to-act-differently    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:14:00

• China's senior tourists could be a silver lining for travel firms ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-senior-tourists-could-be-a-silver-lining-for-travel-firms    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:14:29

• Free Software Foundation Says ‘Goodbye’ to Its Boston Headquarters on Friday ☞ https://fossforce.com/2024/08/free-software-foundation-says-goodbye-to-its-boston-headquarters-on-friday/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:14:51

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 560 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2024/08/14/this-week-in-rust-560/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:15:35

• César Báez and Daniel Di Martino: What Happened in Venezuela's Election? ☞ https://reason.com/podcast/2024/08/15/cesar-baez-and-daniel-di-martino-what-happened-in-venezuelas-election/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:16:48

• Dementia magazine launched as side project secures major headline sponsor ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/dementia-magazine-launched-as-side-project-secures-major-headline-sponsor/    

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

• 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 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/14/In_Chile_Microsoft_s_Web_Browser_a_Chrome_Copycat_Fell_to_3_6_A.shtml    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:21:41

• The Decision in Google’s Monopolization Case May Benefit Competitors More Than Consumers ☞ https://project-disco.org/competition/the-decision-in-googles-monopolization-case-may-benefit-competitors-more-than-consumers/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:25:19

• Generate Python Bindings for C++ code using Shiboken ☞ https://alcarazzam.dev/posts/generate-python-bindings-shiboken/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:26:09

• The US wants to scan the faces of migrant kids at the border ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/14/1096534/homeland-security-facial-recognition-immigration-border/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:27:14

• Sketches ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1039/sketches    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:28:01

• Firefly EC-R3576PC FD is an Embedded Large-Model Computer based on Rockchip RK3576 processor ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/15/firefly-ec-r3576pc-fd-is-an-embedded-large-model-computer-based-on-rk3576-processor/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:28:26

• WAL-G 3.0.3 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/wal-g-303-released-2911/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:28:58

• Pgpool-II 4.5.3, 4.4.8, 4.3.11, 4.2.18 and 4.1.21 released. ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgpool-ii-453-448-4311-4218-and-4121-released-2914/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:29:07

• UK NGO Prisoners Abroad stands by trustee judge David Neuberger amid pressure over Jimmy Lai appeal ruling ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/16/uk-ngo-prisoners-abroad-stands-by-trustee-judge-david-neuberger-amid-pressure-over-jimmy-lai-appeal-ruling/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:35:24

• For Apple to spank disobedient sweatshop slaves? https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/14/apple-reportedly-moving-forward-ipad-like-home-device-robotic-arm/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:36:22

• "Early Heat Death Issues" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/15/edge-lit-thin-lcd-tvs-are-having-early-heat-death-issues/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 17:59:53

• Sunchronizer ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/15/the-sunchronizer-keeps-your-solar-panel-aligned/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 18:00:15

• 3D Printed Rod ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/15/make-a-catch-with-a-3d-printed-rod/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 18:10:41

• Newspaper ABCs: Sunday People sees biggest print decline in July ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-newspapers-uk-abc-monthly-circulation-figures-2/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 18:11:38

• Glass Nanoparticles ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/15/uc-berkeley-prints-glass-nanoparticles/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 18:12:46

• 100% proprietary ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/15/cockroach-labs-changes-self-hosting-license-single-enterprise-model/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 18:19:04

• Mainland Chinese food brands make inroads in Hong Kong as int’l eateries retreat, researchers say ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/15/mainland-chinese-food-brands-make-inroads-in-hong-kong-as-intl-eateries-retreat-researchers-says/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:21:40

• Bulgarian President Radev Signs Law Banning LGBT 'Promotion' In Schools ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgaria-lgbt-law-veto-letter/33079866.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:22:41

• Emotions Help Us Think Straight ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/opinion/emotions-feelings-intelligence.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:23:29

• Barbie's Final Joke May Have Inspired a Spike in Internet Searches ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/barbies-final-joke-may-have-inspired-a-spike-in-internet-searches    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:23:41

• Mexico’s housing prices surge nearly 10% in 2024, outstripping inflation ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/home-cost-mexico-2024/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:24:43

• The IRA two years on: A signpost of the new economic policy consensus ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-ira-two-years-on-a-signpost-of-the-new-economic-policy-consensus/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:25:11

• From the Community | Stanford’s counterproposal will cut effective wages for graduate workers ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2024/08/15/stanford-counterproposal-cut-graduate-workers-wages/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:26:05

• The US government is still spending big on climate ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/15/1096648/inflation-reduction-act-two-years/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:26:28

• Chamber Says White House Announcement on Medicare Drug Prices Threatens Patient Access ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2024/08/15/chamber-says-white-house-announcement-medicare-drug-prices-threatens-patient-access/id=180170/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:26:47

• 2026 Prices for Drugs That Are Subject to Negotiations ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/us/politics/drug-prices-medicare-negotiations.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:27:00

• Kiribati election: Results show pro-China leader retains parliamentary seat ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/15/kiribati-election-results-show-pro-china-leader-retains-parliamentary-seat/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:28:23

• Wireshark 4.4.0rc1's Custom Columns, (Thu, Aug 15th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31174    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:29:23

• AgencyOS: is a Self-hosted System for Digital Agencies and Startups ☞ https://medevel.com/agencyos/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:30:03

• Vrite is an Open-source Self-hosted Collaborative Writing Platform for Teams, Communities and Agencies ☞ https://medevel.com/vrite/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:30:16

• Red Hat published junk pieces about buzzwords, then promotes these https://www.financederivative.com/will-ai-lead-to-the-promised-land-of-resilient-modernisation-in-financial-services/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:33:05

• Red Hat admits adopting a "new buzz phrase in the car industry" https://autotechinsight.ihsmarkit.com/news/5277441/embracing-the-shift-to-software-defined-vehicles-q-a-with-red-hat    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:34:11

• Red Hat is all about the buzzwords, and people who aren't technical write its articles about these https://www.infoworld.com/article/3482087/what-generative-ai-can-do-for-sysadmins.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:35:47

• "Ubuntu 24.10 is released in October and will mark the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu. So it’s only fitting that the release offer a few ‘easter eggs’ in honour if its past." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/ubuntu-24-10-anniversary-easter-eggs    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:36:47

• "Switching away from Ubuntu, again, to try Archcraft. Here's what I think!" https://news.itsfoss.com/archcraft-experience/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:37:22

• Linux embarrasses Windows 11 when it comes to games performance with AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs – but I won’t be switching operating systems just yet https://www.techradar.com/computing/cpu/linux-embarrasses-windows-11-when-it-comes-to-games-performance-with-amd-ryzen-9000-cpus-but-i-wont-be-switching-operating-systems-just-yet    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:38:37

• Deploy an In-House Chat Server with Linux and Zulip https://thenewstack.io/deploy-an-in-house-chat-server-with-linux-and-zulip/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:39:46

• "The system repository in deepin V23 has undergone a comprehensive upgrade, stabilizing over 8,000 core packages to boost system security and provide extensive support for new hardware architectures such as ARM64, RISC-V, and LoongArch64." https://betanews.com/2024/08/15/forget-microsoft-windows-11-the-chinese-made-deepin-linux-23-is-the-operating-system-you-really-want/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:40:26

• "Several security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel. These issues could potentially be exploited by malicious actors to compromise system integrity and steal sensitive data." https://tuxcare.com/blog/patching-recent-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities-with-kernelcare/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:41:08

• "Handheld gaming has come a long way and Valve's Steam Deck has been a big contributor in recent years. And it might be getting even better." https://fandomwire.com/valve-will-support-steamos-on-rog-ally/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:44:13

• █████ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/feed/?format=rss ██████████████████████ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 20:15:29 +0000 ███████ Former Surveillance Giant Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says Hey Hi (AI) Companies Steal IP Then ‘Hire A Whole Bunch of Lawyers to Go Clean the Mess Up’ — In an Interview Now Taken Offline    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:45:45

• "Schmidt’s comments about work from home costing Surveillance Giant Google the Hey Hi (AI) race"☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/15/eric-schmidt-ai-companies-commentary/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:46:11

• Iran increases phishing attempts on U.S., Israeli targets ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/iran-israel-hacking-phishing/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:47:05

• Google rolls out Hey Hi (AI) Overviews to more countries amid publisher scrutiny ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/15/google-rolls-ai-overviews-countries-amid-publisher-scrutiny/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:48:54

• Google to remove potentially risky app from Pixel devices following security report ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/15/google-remove-potentially-risky-app-pixel-devices-following-security-report/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:50:53

• "Critical Shortages" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/wildfires-forest-service-firefighters-preparedness-level-five | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:51:24

• "recyclable" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/plastics-industry-redefine-recyclable-ftc-grocery-bags | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:51:45

• Debian LTS Team takes over Debian 11 security updates from today ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/debian-lts-team-takes-over-debian-11-security-updates-from-today/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:52:22

• 10 Best Free and Open Source Perl Static Site Generators ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-perl-static-site-generators/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:53:12

• Peter Czanik: The syslog-ng Insider 2024-08: 4.8.0 release; Prometheus; Amazon GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2024-08-4-8-0-release-prometheus-amazon-linux    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:54:08

• Deploy an In-House Chat Server with GNU/Linux and Zulip ☞ https://thenewstack.io/deploy-an-in-house-chat-server-with-linux-and-zulip/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:54:23

• Split Browser is a minimal free browser for Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS ☞ https://medevel.com/split-browser/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:56:41

• 21 Free File Encryption Tools for Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS ☞ https://medevel.com/21-free-file-encryption-tools-for-windows-linux-and-macos-in-2024/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:57:37

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Vladik Brutal - 2024-08-14 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2024-08-14-edition/index.html    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:58:21

• How to Use Chattr Command in GNU/Linux (for Beginners) ☞ https://linuxtldr.com/chattr-command/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 20:59:26

• Mastering Cross-platform Desktop Apps ☞ https://www.kdab.com/mastering-cross-platform-desktop-apps/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 21:00:26

• "Net Zero Scrutiny Group Chair Urged Not to Resurrect ‘Failed’ Project" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/15/net-zero-scrutiny-group-chair-craig-mackinlay-urged-not-resurrect-failed-project-conservatives/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 21:01:25

• "Shell Oil Non-Profit Donated to Anti-Climate Groups Behind Project 2025" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/15/revealed-shell-oil-non-profit-donated-to-anti-climate-groups-behind-project-2025/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 21:01:38

• "BLM to Protect ND Drinking Water, Yet Continues Oil Leasing Under Missouri River" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/15/bureau-of-land-management-blm-to-protect-nd-drinking-water-yet-continues-oil-leasing-under-missouri-river/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 21:02:07

• ‘Bleak picture’: China’s industrial growth slows, unemployment rises ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/15/bleak-picture-chinas-industrial-growth-slows-unemployment-rises/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 21:02:31

• Pluralistic: Fashion Company Apple vs the "free market" (15 Aug 2024) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/15/private-law/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 21:03:00

• "Meet Felicity. Felicity is, first and foremost and like many who live predominantly off-grid, a gardener. She spends her time taking care of her plants and tending the soil around the self-built shed in the middle of the bush she calls home." gemini://thelambdalab.xyz/phlog/2024-08-16-Offline-BBSing.txt    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 21:44:04

• "A while ago I wondered about self-published indexes. We have software to generate feeds. Why not software to generate indexes? Back then I proposed a JSON format. Today I finally took a look at JSON Feed. I think it has everything we need." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2024-08-16-json-feed-for-indexes    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 21:44:56

• "“Let me google it for you” was a bad reply back in the days; these days telling somebody “to google something” is insulting because we all know how aggravating it is to spend time and energy against privacy invasions and sifting through the AI slop and the grifters." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2024-06-22-lieu    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 21:46:39

• ClueCon 2024 photos https://danielpocock.com/cluecon-2024-photos/    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 21:55:42

• Microsoft United did NOT wear the Microsoft-trained uniform. So it won. https://www.premierleague.com/matchweek/18390/blog    

posted Friday, August 16, 2024 at 21:57:58