Roy Schestowitz

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1026.jpg    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 03:36:19

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1375.jpg    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 03:36:24

• News and Links (publ. 2024-08-16) gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20240816-0.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 03:37:25

• "When I was young I very much wanted this hat. It looks beautiful in real life as well. I'm not sure I could carry it off but I think I still probably very much want it." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/indiana-jones-hat    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 03:38:21

• Buddhism, the Second Precept and Piracy gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2079    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 03:38:58

• Becoming more selfish gopher://rawtext.club:70/0/~left_adjoint/phlog/2024-08-16.txt    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 04:14:15

• "fellow SDFer, nm03, asks a question on his phlog[1] about the speed of pkgin upgrade being really slow." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/canfood/phlog/2024-08-06    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 04:15:45

• "Recently, it has come to light with the release of the 4th generation Tacoma truck, that Toyota didn't actually install frame mounted bumper stops and instead relied on shock-mounted bumper stops." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/canfood/phlog/2024-08-15    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 04:16:48

• "I’ve been paying attention to Information Architects for a while. I have happy memories writing in Writer (although I’ve since moved on to other tools) and their Presenter was a soft pass since I hadn’t needed to run PowerPoint at all and didn’t expect to in the near future." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2024/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 04:17:19

• New SLOP about Microsoft Layoffs https://thehiltonian.com/the-impact-of-microsoft-layoffs-a-comprehensive-overview/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 04:24:19

• "Unless you are the Security VP or CTO..all other IAM colleagues of 20+ have been laid off...bye ISVG..feature complete!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tNO3Fbm    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 04:25:06

• Gulag still drowning in SLOP? Seems so.    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 04:27:08

• Debian: oh, you're no longer willing to work for free? SO GET OUT!! And better watch out, as if you speak out about bad things, we'll defame you, too! So better keep quiet!    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 04:29:53

• RcppEigen 0.3.4.0.1 on CRAN: Minor Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2024/08/16#rcppeigen_0.3.4.0.1    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 04:31:31

• "Prominent YouTuber, ThePrimeagen, shares story of multiple Netflix managers discriminating based on skin color." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/netflix-managers-will-not-hire-this    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 04:32:37

• When it comes to search, Romania is all Google https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/romania/#monthly-200902-202408    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 05:05:52

• Was the Microsoft ad on the uniform CANCELED? https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=5VM9zKyfk9E    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 05:33:59

• "While it is not in any way officially supported by Valve, they have now released Windows drivers for the newer Steam Deck OLED model." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/valve-released-windows-drivers-for-steam-deck-oled-but-no-official-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:41:24

• "Hunt: Showdown had a huge update and rebranded to Hunt: Showdown 1896, but the update came with breakage on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/hunt-showdown-1896-broke-on-linux-steam-deck-heres-the-quick-fix-for-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:41:36

• "Ready to go on an adventure? Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged from Revolution Software Ltd is ready to release on September 19." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/broken-sword-shadow-of-the-templars-reforged-releases-september-19/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:42:06

• "If you have a Steering Wheel, oversteer feels like an essential tool on Linux to allow you to configure it properly and a new release is out with version 0.8.3." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/steering-wheel-manager-oversteer-adds-support-for-more-wheels-and-flatpak/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:45:38

• "If you love your classic RTS games, especially those from Westwood like Command & Conquer and Red Alert, you need to play the OpenRA mod Command & Conquer - Combined Arms." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/free-classic-rts-openra-mod-command-conquer-combined-arms-has-a-huge-overhaul/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:46:02

• "It's also one of the most wishlisted games on Steam, after the demo clearly hooked a lot of people in." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/chilled-castle-doodling-game-tiny-glade-releases-september-23-and-the-demo-is-back/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:47:35

• "Factorio is a game about building and automating, but it's also all about defending from vicious aliens and the new lot coming in Factorio: Space Age look like the stuff of nightmares." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/these-new-factorio-enemies-coming-in-factorio-space-age-look-horrifying/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:50:07

• "Urged to fight Harris on policy, Trump reverts to old shtick" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2024/0816/trump-press-conference-election-swing-states    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:51:19

• "Mr. Trump, meanwhile, seems unsure how to recalibrate against a fresh, younger opponent, with fewer than 100 days until the election." https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2024/0816/trump-press-conference-election-swing-states    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:51:28

• mandating fake security and spying devices https://thecyberexpress.com/microsoft-mandatory-mfa-azure-sign-ins/ ("Azure Sign-ins: Microsoft Makes MFA Mandatory")    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:51:49

• "Time to cut some shapes, and I don't mean on the dance floor. Factory-building sim shapez 2 is out now in Early Access with Linux support. Note: Key provided by GameDriveNL." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/shapez-2-is-an-absurdly-great-and-accessible-factory-building-game-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:51:58

• "The game that started it all and has been cloned repeatedly, Vampire Survivors has another free update out with The Darkasso update." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/vampire-survivors-gets-free-content-in-the-darkasso-update-online-co-op-still-in-development/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:52:04

• "The developer of Farlanders, Andriy Bychkovskyi, has revealed their next game with Super Loco World, a train building management and automation sim." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/get-ready-to-paint-the-world-in-tracks-with-super-loco-world-from-the-farlanders-creator/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:52:14

• "Using Highlander to highlight project absurdities" https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/16/microsoft_highlander/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:57:30

• Max Schrems complains about the Swedish data supervision: The case processing is not adequate https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/max-schrems-klager-over-det-svenske-datatilsyn-sagsbehandlingen-er-ikke-fyldestgoerende    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:57:58

• "FreeBSD at 30 Years: Its Secrets to Success By: Marshall Kirk McKusick" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUj2vCKtegU&list=PLeF8ZihVdpFfct_WnzwObWtj4y9qH3H7X&index=2    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:58:11

• "Village rallies behind 'keyboard warrior' jailed over a single Facebook post" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/15/keyboard-warrior-mosque-blown-up-jailing-over-the-top/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:58:51

• "Stephen King posts eerie reminder of why Trump picked new VP" https://boingboing.net/2024/07/18/stephen-king-posts-bone-chilling-reminder-of-why-trump-had-to-pick-new-vp-running-mate.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:59:15

• "So the Department of Energy Emailed Me" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/08/15/1741224    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:59:31

• "Cisco is Cutting Over 4,000 Jobs for the Second Time This Year" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/08/15/1732241 http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/15/To_Understand_Cisco_s_Mass_Layoffs_Look_at_the_Company_s_Soarin.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 07:59:59

• "Trump invokes Medal of Honor recipients as 'hit by bullets' or 'dead'" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/trump-medal-of-honor-donor/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:00:21

• "Trump belittles Medal of Honor award in campaign speech" https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/08/16/trump-belittles-medal-of-honor-award-in-campaign-speech/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:00:36

• "Swedish police to be posted to Denmark to try to stop gangs [sic] recruiting children" https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/16/swedish-police-to-be-posted-to-denmark-to-try-to-stop-gangs-recruiting-children    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:00:50

• iophk: hint - the problem is not with the COBOL code https://techcentral.co.za/time-the-banks-did-something-legacy-it/249696/ ("It's time the banks did something about legacy IT")    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:01:27

• And not another part of the system? https://therecord.media/jenkins-vulnerability-india-npci-ransomware-attack ("Ransomware attack on Indian payment system traced back to Jenkins bug")    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:02:35

• A drastic phenomenon is plaguing Finnish schools - A radical solution from single parent Jaana https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&u=https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/75affbff-743f-4843-988f-95eb0f6ab0c7    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:04:21

• Walz calls Orban a dictator on Fox News ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2024/08/16/walz-calls-orban-a-dictator-on-fox-news | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:39:13

• "In December 2022, music industry giants including BMG, UMG, and Capitol, filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/billion-dollar-music-piracy-lawsuit-against-optimum-is-over-permanently-2400816/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:39:50

• "Larissa Knapp, the MPA's new Chief Content Protection Officer" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/ace-shuts-us-based-pirate-iptv-services-poor-security-costs-2m-240816/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:39:59

• "the state's digital license plate vendor, Reviver, and Assemblymember Wilso" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/digital-license-plates-and-deal-never-had-chance | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:40:38

• reporters ☛ https://thedissenter.org/how-chicago-police-respond-to-dnc-protests-will-impact-reporters-freedom/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:41:13

• 16 Things to Do (for Yourself and the Planet) Before Summer’s End ☛ https://therevelator.org/summer-2024/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:42:18

• "Isabel, a computer science teacher at Barton Peveril Sixth Form College" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/celebrating-the-community-isabel/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:42:56

• Deepin 23 Released: A Detailed Look at What’s New ☞ https://ostechnix.com/deepin-23-released/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:02:20

• "Self-service provisioning reduces administrative effort and delivers resources to developers faster." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/scaling-ai-and-out-edge-red-hat-and-dynatrace | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:03:17

• "Linux offers two popular tools for this purpose: SCP (Secure Copy) and Rsync. Both provide a secure and convenient way to transfer files between local or remote machines." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/file-transfer-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:04:32

• Tails 6.6 Improves Persistent Storage and Adds Support for Newer Hardware ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tails-6-6-improves-persistent-storage-and-adds-support-for-newer-hardware    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:04:43

• Now It's "Official": Over 4,000 Known Gemini Capsules in Lupa ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Now_It_s_Official_Over_4_000_Known_Gemini_Capsules_in_Lupa.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:05:10

• Mesa 24.2 Open-Source Graphics Stack Defaults to New Shader Cache ☞ https://9to5linux.com/mesa-24-2-open-source-graphics-stack-defaults-to-new-shader-cache    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:05:45

• "unjust enrichment" ☛ https://www.404media.co/nvidia-sued-for-scraping-youtube-after-404-media-investigation/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:09:21

• "But what you can do going forward is stop any of your chatbot interactions from being used for AI training." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/dont-want-chatbots-using-your-conversations-for-ai-training-some-let-you-opt-out/articleshow/112570226.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:09:51

• "The company’s chief marketing officer, Finn Batato, and chief technical officer and co-founder" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/kim-dotcom-to-be-extradited-to-the-us/249776/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:10:18

• "The saga stretches to the 2012 arrest of Dotcom in a dramatic raid on his Auckland mansion" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-08-16/kim-dotcom-loses-12-year-fight-to-halt-deportation-from-new-zealand-to-face-us-copyright-case | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:14:14

• "suing Verizon for the alleged ‘pervasive’ copyright infringement" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/15/kim-dotcom-extradited-to-the-united-states/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:14:41

• "Dotcom indicated that his plan to stay in New Zealand – where he has been a permanent resident since 2010" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/16/kim_dotcom_us_extradition/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:16:52

• "German-born Dotcom, who has New Zealand residency" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-08-15/kim-dotcom-to-be-extradited-from-new-zealand-after-12-year-fight-with-us | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:17:11

• "Whoops—cameras were running and Schmidt is in fact, being quoted here." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/15/eric-schmidt-ai-companies-commentary/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:17:19

• Pluralistic: MIT libraries are thriving without Elsevier (16 Aug 2024) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/16/the-public-sphere/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:32:32

• "cuts to funding for the Council for Mass Media in Finland (acronymed JSN in Finnish)" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20105482 | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:46:52

• "news deserts" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2024/08/15/better-way-to-do-news/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:47:01

• "free speech absolutist" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/16/can-we-finally-stop-pretending-elon-musk-is-a-free-speech-absolutist-hes-not/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:49:45

• "Officials are blaming [Internet] service providers for the slowdown" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistanis-frustrated-by-slowdown-in-internet-service/7744351.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:49:54

• "arrested after criticizing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a vox pop in İzmir" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/woman-faces-jail-term-after-criticizing-erdogan-over-instagram-ban-in-vox-pop-298669 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:50:06

• "Tuyen was arrested on February 29, 2024, for criticizing the government on social media." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/vietnam-youtuber-and-activist-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-anti-state-propaganda/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:54:36

• "making, storing, disseminating" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/hanoi-court-jails-tuyen-08152024025925.html | Source: RFA    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:55:12

• "It is easy to see why Putin may now have decided to block YouTube." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-kremlin-is-cutting-russias-last-information-ties-to-the-outside-world/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:55:36

• "Nguyen, who has been in detention since he was arrested at home in February" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/08/vietnam-sentences-blogger-nguyen-chi-tuyen-to-5-years-in-prison/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:55:50

• "The center, which opened to the public in September 2023" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/dalai-lama-knee-surgery-08162024165355.html | Source: RFA    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:57:28

• "because of an earlier violation of Iran's headscarf law" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/activists-iran-police-shot-woman-while-trying-to-seize-her-car-over-hijab-law-violation-/7743532.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:57:40

• "In a 141-8 vote, University of Michigan Residence Staff voted in favor of unionization" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/administration/umich-resstaff-vote-to-unionize-in-141-8-vote/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:57:56

• "A Detroit judge who ordered a teenager into jail clothes and handcuffs on a field trip" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/detroit-judge-suspended-for-handcuffing-teen-girl-who-fell-asleep-on-court-field-trip-101723829883226.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:58:10

• "U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Garnett in the Southern District of New York said in her 69-page ruling" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2024-08-16/judge-blocks-plans-for-sports-joint-streaming-venture-among-fox-espn-and-warner-brothers | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:58:42

• "Note that Windows says this update won't apply to systems that dual-boot Windows and Linux." ☛ https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=427297 |    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:59:21

• "This section is a step by step for resetting SBAT efi variable (aka. SbatLevelRT)." ☛ https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:UEFI#Reset_SBAT_string_for_booting_to_old_shim_in_old_Leap_image |    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 09:59:40

• "But in efficiently delivering what people seem to want" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/16/1096276/spotify-algorithms-music-discovery-ux/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:00:12

• "Every artist, performer and creator on Patreon is about to get screwed out of 30% of their gross revenue" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/15/private-law/#thirty-percent-vig | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:00:51

• "Apple already applies this fee to many other apps and providers on their App Store" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-patreon-app-store-1.7296083?cmp=rss | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:01:17

• "But in August 2020, Apple and Alphabet's Google removed Fortnite from their app stores for violating their guidelines" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/fortnite-returns-on-iphones-in-eu-globally-on-android/articleshow/112567922.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:01:32

• "Through rallying support around the Digital Markets Act from EU regulators" ☛ https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/fortnite-apple-devices-europe-epic-games-store-android-1236106727/ | Source: Variety    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:02:00

• "I can see why website owners would want to do this" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/google-ai-summaries-indexing/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:02:27

• "The Justice Department doesn’t exist to figure out Alphabet’s business model nor does it care to." ☛ https://micro.webology.dev/2024/08/14/breaking-up-google.html | Source: Jeff Triplett    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:02:39

• "I’ve been hoping for it" ☛ https://jimmitchell.org/2024/08/drivers-licenses-and-state-ids-in-apple-wallet-are-coming-soon-to-california/ | Source: Jim Mitchell    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:02:56

• "Californians will soon be able to add their driver’s licenses and state IDs to Apple Wallet" ☛ https://macdailynews.com/2024/08/15/drivers-licenses-and-state-ids-in-apple-wallet-are-coming-soon-to-california/ |    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:03:28

• "While there’s no evidence these examples swayed any large number of votes" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/ai-disinformation-lessons-from-the-uks-election/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:05:27

• "The false video was part of a growing wave of election-related content created by artificial intelligence." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2024/08/16/ai-will-play-a-role-in-election-misinformation-experts-are-trying-to-fight-back/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:05:45

• "Casey Newton on Platformer: X Is Just a Political Project Now" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/what-is-x-in-2024/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:07:19

• "Markéta Gregorová represents the Czech Pirate Party in the European Parliament since 2019." ☛ https://netzpolitik.org/2024/the-eu-parliaments-last-pirate-you-can-make-a-change-even-if-you-are-low-in-numbers/ | Source: Netzpolitik    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:07:50

• "While Cisco did not specify the exact number of positions to be eliminated" ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/cisco-to-lay-off-6000-employees-ceo-says-were-now-returning-/articleshow/112550072.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:08:20

• "The State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee voted on Thursday to endorse an amended version of the bill, S.B. 1047" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/technology/california-ai-bill-amended.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:08:36

• "Digital infrastructure solutions provider US Signal has acquired Detroit North Data Centre at 1035" ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/data-centres/us-signal-acquires-new-data-centre-in-michigan.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:09:50

• "We are using two tools for this research. The first is an online appraisal system by Edmunds" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/evs-are-losing-up-to-50-percent-of-their-value-in-one-year/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:10:03

• "Wood generally doesn’t preserve well in watery environments, so Bronze Age Scandinavian boats are (pretty much)" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-markers-of-scandinavias-missing-bronze-age-boatyards-were-hiding-in-plain-sight-180984880/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:10:29

• "Before we get into what behavior changes big and small could mean for your out-of-control electric bill" ☛ https://www.vox.com/technology/366885/utility-power-bill-price-clean-energy | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:10:45

• "Initially, Ali worked by himself. But after companies showed interest, he set up his own charcoal business." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/former-charcoal-trader-in-somalia-turns-environmentalist-/7744552.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:11:35

• "A network of social media accounts used Meta to promote a fictitious political advocacy group" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/15/meta-foreign-influence-fake-accounts/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:12:42

• "Google’s Threat Analysis Group also said this week that it had observed Iranian-backed efforts to step" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/openai-bans-accounts-linked-to-covert-iranian-influence-operation/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:13:03

• "The plan lays out some goals and targets for the new technology." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5078616 | Source: NPR    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:13:40

• "During this testing work [...] The challenge is simple: use these tools to set up your RP2350 into its standard secure mode" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/can-you-hack-our-new-chip/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:14:54

• "Finally, this week, it published a Security Incident page confirming a few details but leaving many other questions unanswered." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24222112/data-breach-national-public-data-2-9-billion-ssn | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:16:42

• "The data isn't always accurate, but it seems to involve two troves of information." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/national-public-data-breach-leak/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:16:53

• "Phones and computers used by government workers in Flint, Michigan are facing outages due to a ransomware attack that began on Wednesday." ☛ https://therecord.media/ransomare-flint-incident-cyberattack-fbi-investigating | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:17:08

• "However, the number of attacks nearly doubled in Q2 compared to Q1" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-attacks-on-industrial-firms-surged-in-q2-2024/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:18:11

• "The press is reporting a critical Windows vulnerability affecting IPv6." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/08/new-windows-ipv6-zero-click-vulnerability.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:18:55

• "This threat actor had previously exploited a zero-day tracked as CVE-2024-21412 to bypass Windows protections in attacks aimed at financial market traders." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/copy2pwn-zero-day-exploited-to-bypass-windows-protections/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:19:01

• "Apparently, at long last, the U.S. government is losing trust in Microsoft." ☛ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/computer-security-is-a-political-struggle/ | Source: The Cyber Show    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:22:22

• "The researchers analyzed government AI regulations and guidelines" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ai-models-risk-rank-studies/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:22:39

• "AI-powered “undressing”" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221651/ai-deepfake-nude-undressing-websites-lawsuit-sanfrancisco | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:22:50

• "I’m starting to feel this too" ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/2024/08/16/when-its-time.html | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:22:58

• "But another part is that despite achieving massive success" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/is-this-the-slow-decline-of-the-apple-cult/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:23:15

• "He spent the next seven years specializing in ancient codebreaking" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ai-doctor-roeland-decorte-future-industries/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:24:03

• "Drone Show Market Analysis" ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2024/08/16/money-on-drone-shows/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:24:33

• "Korea does not have a law that universally restricts student cellphone use." ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/08/281_380709.html?utm_source=fl | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:25:59

• "I didn't go to college, so I don't have any stories to relate there" ☛ https://louplummer.lol/school-days/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:26:13

• "Today I’d like to focus on where it all got started." ☛ https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2024/08/16/career/ | Source: Herman Õunapuu    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:26:27

• "This extreme activity also comes with greater geomagnetic disturbance, which cause higher absorption of HF signals." ☛ http://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-k7ra-solar-update-841 | Source: ARRL    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:26:57

• "This is the 51st edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-ploum | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:28:11

• "For me, it’s the opposite. When I write on my phone, I stop and “overthink” things" ☛ https://birming.com/write-your-way/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:28:29

• "There are so many things in life that you can simply “opt out” of." ☛ https://rscottjones.com/you-can-opt-out-of-stuff-you-hate/ | Source: R Scott Jones    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:29:01

• "Back in the ancient times of 1985, the Amiga 1000 Computer made its debut in a splashy event at New York City’s Lincoln Center." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/08/16/digital-archiving-andy-warhols-lost-amiga-art-found/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:29:12

• "The White House National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) advisory board says GPS" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2024/08/gps-governance-should-expand-beyond-dod-presidents-advisory-board-says/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:30:03

• "Today, we’re going to expand on previous uses of the grepl() function where we looked" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/mastering-grepl-with-multiple-patterns-in-base-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:31:49

• "The first step was to recreate the seating chart for the Hackney Empire." ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/building-a-seating-plan-for-relay-10/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:32:11

• "This article explores the differences between the account and utxo transaction models" ☛ https://mmapped.blog/posts/30-transaction-models | Source: Roman Kashitsyn    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:32:21

• "Here's how the scholarly publishing scam works: academics do original scholarly research" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/16/the-public-sphere/#not-the-elsevier | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:32:55

• "Oxide use CockroachDB for their product's control plane database." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/16/whither-cockroachdb/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:34:14

• "4. Keeping our code “source available” so the ideas behind CockroachDB can help foster innovation across the ecosystem" ☛ https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/enterprise-license-announcement/ |    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:34:50

• "ParadeDB has been licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License 3.0 — also known as AGPL" ☛ https://blog.paradedb.com/pages/agpl |    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:35:04

• "Wondering why sometimes people paste stuff into your forms and it comes out double- or triple-spaced?" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/08/gmails-absolutely-horrific-markup-and-how-chrome-makes-it-worse/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:36:07

• "Half a year after its previous 1.3 release, ClamAV, a mainstay in the open-source antivirus world developed by Cisco Talos" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/clamav-antivirus-1-4-ends-32-bit-linux-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:37:39

• "Swiss company Punkt makes a wonderful feature phone called the Punkt MP02" ☛ https://bored.horse/post/punkt-digital-balance-challenge-2024/ | Source: Thord D Hedengren    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:39:21

• "The tech review world has been full of murky deals between companies and influencers for years" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221755/google-team-pixel-reviews-influencers | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:39:32

• "There are discussions in development circles about Arm powered laptops since forever." ☛ https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2024/08/16/arm-laptops-for-normal-users/ | Source: Marcin Juszkiewicz    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:42:31

• [Old] "The RPi's are all housed in a nine drawer cabinet with rear exhaust fans." ☛ https://hackaday.io/project/175094-raspberry-pi-ceph-cluster | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:42:55

• "I've written about DOSBox many times before, as early as 2006 when I created this website." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/dosbox-images-enlarge-hd-uhd.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:44:19

• "With over 500 contributors who have collectively made over 3,500 commits" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/godot-4-3-open-source-game-engine-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:45:24

• "That’s not to say this model doesn’t have its limitations" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/managed-storage-with-ceph | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:46:39

• "It's a trite observation that there's nothing so permanent as a temporary solution" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/WorkaroundsAreForeverByDefault | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:46:54

• "What we need is some sort of private server to which we can upload files very easily from our phones, tablets, or laptop" ☛ https://scvalex.net/posts/70/ |    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:47:02

• "Arm, known for building the architecture behind many SoCs" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/arm-reportedly-developing-gaming-gpu-in-israel-to-compete-with-nvidia-and-intel | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:51:59

• [Old] "This certificate attests that the productg "Nftables (Linux kernel subsystem)" ☛ https://cyber.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/document_type/ANSSI-CSPN-2024_02En_0.pdf |    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:52:14

• How To Install Bpftool on AlmaLinux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-bpftool-almalinux-9/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:56:15

• How To Install Clang on AlmaLinux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-clang-almalinux-9/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:56:45

• How To Install Tor Browser on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-tor-browser-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:57:03

• How to Install and Configure Fail2ban on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://tecadmin.net/how-to-install-and-configure-fail2ban-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:58:36

• [Meme] Gemini is Different, So What? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Meme_Gemini_is_Different_So_What.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10:59:15

• How to Install and Configure Fail2ban on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://tecadmin.net/how-to-install-and-configure-fail2ban-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:00:19

• Openwashing for Microsoft et al, calling proprietary plagiarism "open" ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/mark-collier-voices-of-the-open-source-ai-definition    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:02:52

• A Fresh Perspective on Things ☞ https://blog.broulik.de/2024/08/a-fresh-perspective-on-things/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:36:49

• Luckfox Pico Mini – A tiny Arm GNU/Linux camera board based on Rockchip RV1103 SoC with 64MB on-chip RAM ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/16/luckfox-pico-mini-tiny-arm-linux-camera-board-rockchip-rv1103-64mb-ram/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:37:31

• Godot 4.3 Open-Source Game Engine Released, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/godot-4-3-open-source-game-engine-released/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:38:39

• ClamAV Antivirus 1.4 Ends 32-Bit GNU/Linux Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/clamav-antivirus-1-4-ends-32-bit-linux-support/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:39:03

• 7 Top Free and Open Source Groovy Web Frameworks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-groovy-web-frameworks/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:43:39

• Paper Clip – edit PDF document metadata ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/paper-clip-edit-pdf-document-metadata/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:43:56

• Micronaut – full stack Java framework ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/micronaut-full-stack-java-framework/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:44:13

• VisioNomicon – leverages GPT-4o to rename image files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/visionomicon-leverages-gpt-4o-rename-image-files/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:44:30

• Nerves – craft and deploy bulletproof embedded software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nerves-craft-deploy-bulletproof-embedded-software/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:44:48

• Ancient Egyptian Scribes Suffered Ergonomic Injuries ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/science/ancient-scribes-ergonomic-injuries.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:45:50

• ANOTHER bailout ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/texas-instruments-set-to-receive-up-to-dollar16-billion-in-chips-and-science-act-funding-for-utah-and-texas-fabs-expansion    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:46:39

• Nigeria moves to establish ammunition production factory, expand local defence industry ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/nigeria-moves-to-establish-ammunition-production-factory-expand-local-defence-industry/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:56:28

• 'Bad Omen': Ancient Pyramid in Mexico Collapses Into Pile of Rubble ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bad-omen-ancient-pyramid-in-mexico-collapses-into-pile-of-rubble    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:56:48

• Physics Breakthrough Predicts When a System Is About to Go Critical ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physics-breakthrough-predicts-when-a-system-is-about-to-go-critical    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:57:04

• We Finally Know Where The Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs Came From ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-where-the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-came-from    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:57:16

• Superconductor Feature Seen Operating at Temperatures Once Thought Impossible ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/superconductor-feature-seen-operating-at-temperatures-once-thought-impossible    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:57:33

• Scientists Reveal How They Identified The Ancestor of All Life on Earth ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-how-they-identified-the-ancestor-of-all-life-on-earth    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:57:45

• The UN Calls for a Temporary Truce to Fight Polio in Gaza ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/middleeast/gaza-polio-crisis.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:58:04

• Mexico issues alert over possible mpox outbreak ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-issues-alert-over-possible-mpox-outbreak/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:58:31

• Don't risk your life for a mushroom, military police advise ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/16.08.2024-dont-risk-your-life-for-a-mushroom-military-police-advise.a565247/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:58:52

• No suspicions of monkeypox outbreaks in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/16.08.2024-no-suspicions-of-monkeypox-outbreaks-in-latvia.a565331/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:59:20

• Palestine’s Mahmoud Abbas faces protest in Turkish parliament ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/palestines-mahmoud-abbas-faces-protest-in-turkish-parliament-298639    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:59:58

• China's Zhongshan frees seized Nigerian presidential jet ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-zhongshan-frees-seized-nigerian-presidential-jet    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:00:29

• Ukraine’s Russia incursion gamble leaves enemy in shock, allies guessing ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240816-ukraine-russia-incursion-gamble-leaves-enemy-shock-allies-guessing-kursk    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:02:40

• Russian troops close in on key Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk amid ongoing incursion ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240816-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-kremlin-aide-says-nato-west-helped-plan-ukraine-s-russia-incursion    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:02:57

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

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:03:19

• Russia Summons Italian Ambassador Over Journalists Reporting From Kursk ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-kursk-ambassador-summoned-journalists-rai/33081836.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:03:34

• Heads Of Military Recruitment Centers Detained Near Kyiv ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-recruitment-military-bribes/33081817.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:04:03

• Ukrainian Commander Says Troops Continue To Advance In Russia's Kursk Region ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kursk-civilians-ukraine-camps/33081283.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:04:14

• Ukrainian Given 10 1/2-Year Sentence For Spying In Russian-Occupied Kherson ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-kherson-horobtsova-spying/33081026.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:04:29

• Kerch Bridge Traffic Halted Overnight As Blasts Reported Over Russian-Occupied Crimea ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-crimea-drones-kerch-bridge/33080939.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:04:48

• Russia's Yandex 5 Times Bigger Than Microsoft... in Ukraine ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Russia_s_Yandex_5_Times_Bigger_Than_Microsoft_in_Ukraine.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:05:08

• Russia Closes In on Key Eastern Ukrainian City Despite Kursk Incursion ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/europe/russia-ukraine-pokrovsk-kursk.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:05:32

• Ukraine’s Push Into Russia Met Early Success. Where Does It Go From Here? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/europe/ukraine-russia-kursk-incursion.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:06:00

• "Toy soldiers Fresh out of high school, Russian teens are joining the army and heading to the front lines in Ukraine. Many are dying on their first mission." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/16/toy-soldiers | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:06:23

• 'We are ready' says Latvian Defense Minister at eastern border ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/16.08.2024-we-are-ready-says-latvian-defense-minister-at-eastern-border.a565380/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:06:46

• Will consumers feel Latvia's grid reconnection? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/16.08.2024-will-consumers-feel-latvias-grid-reconnection.a565263/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:07:00

• Western, Russian Civil Society Targeted in Sophisticated Phishing Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/western-russian-civil-society-targeted-in-sophisticated-phishing-attacks/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:07:17

• New Banshee Stealer macOS Malware Priced at $3,000 Per Month ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-banshee-stealer-macos-malware-priced-at-3000-per-month/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:12:47

• The UN cybercrime convention: a victory for state sovereignty ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-un-cybercrime-convention-a-victory-for-state-sovereignty/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:13:14

• A new US, Russia, China nuclear arms race spells danger ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-new-us-russia-china-nuclear-arms-race-spells-danger/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:16:26

• What’s the final score? An overview of Russian disinformation about the 2024 Olympics ☞ https://observers.france24.com/en/what-s-the-final-score-an-overview-of-russian-disinformation-on-the-2024-olympics    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:16:58

• Ministry proposes ending Lithuania’s customs cooperation agreements with Russia, Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2340105/ministry-proposes-ending-lithuania-s-customs-cooperation-agreements-with-russia-belarus    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:17:14

• Lithuanian company fined €1.27m for breaching Russia sanctions ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2340032/lithuanian-company-fined-eur1-27m-for-breaching-russia-sanctions    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:17:24

• Russia Extends Detention Of Moscow Concert Hall Attack Suspects ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-tajikistan-terrorism-crocus-court-suspects-custody-extended/33081728.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:17:40

• FBI Raids Home Of Russian-American Political Analyst Dmitri Simes ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/simes-fbi-raid-russia-interference-ritter/33081271.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:17:52

• Biden Welcomes Russian Oppositionist Kara-Murza To White House ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-prisoners-murza-swap-biden-dissident/33080954.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:18:06

• "Treason Charges" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/16/builders-in-solidarity | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:18:20

• Lukashenka Pardons 30 People Convicted Of 'Protest Crimes' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-pardon-lukashenka-political-prisoner/33081745.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:18:39

• Swiss Sanctions Target Belarusian Rights Abusers ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/lukashenka-switzerland-abuse-sanctions-/33081114.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:18:52

• Legally residing Belarusians will be allowed to enter Lithuania by car – customs ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2340128/legally-residing-belarusians-will-be-allowed-to-enter-lithuania-by-car-customs    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:18:59

• Tsikhanouskaya Vows To Continue Fight For Political Prisoners In Belarus After 30 Pardoned ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-pardon-lukashenka-political-prisoner/33081745.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:19:17

• Microsofters cannot distinguish between reporting crimes to the police (their crimes) and "swatting" (typically a prank)    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:36:43

• Removing a Distraction gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2024/202408/20240816-removing-a-distraction.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:47:51

• "I'm looking forward to lunch tomorrow. I have a little routine I like to do on the weekends in the summer or whenever the weather is nice. It's simple. I make some lunch, pack it up with a water bottle and take it down to a local park that has some nice views[1]." gemini://axxuy.xyz/posts/2024/saturdaypicnic.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:48:51

• 🔤SpellBinding: CEYINXG Wordo: FETOR gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-08-17.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:50:17

• "Recently I realised that my data is in far too few places. Worse than that, I realised that I've lost far too much data through being careless like this." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2080    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:51:49

• Down to 56 now! "2550 (90.0 %) capsules are self-signed, 56 (2.0 %) use the Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt, 228 (8.0 %) are signed by another CA (may be not a trusted one)."    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:54:17

• US meets Myanmar opposition, pledges expanded support ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-meets-myanmar-opposition-pledges-expanded-support    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:21:49

• Vietnam’s top leader to visit China from Sunday ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/to-lam-visits-china-08152024232758.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:22:11

• US approves AUKUS defense sharing deal ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/aukus-pillar-2-defense-base-itar-exemptions-08162024141351.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:22:34

• China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says country supports Myanmar junta’s plan for elections ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/16/chinas-foreign-minister-wang-yi-says-country-supports-myanmar-juntas-plan-for-elections/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:23:04

• China to screen arrivals for mpox as Pakistan reports first case of deadly virus ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240816-china-to-screen-people-and-goods-entering-the-country-for-mpox    

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

• "If you’re thinking about building a single tiny game or even a platform, you might be tempted to use a single button for everything." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/16/2024-tiny-games-contest-salsa-one-handheld-requires-no-pcb/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:24:43

• MI5 transcripts reveal exploits of Fleet Street’s ‘murder gang’ of reporters ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/mi5-transcripts-reveal-exploits-of-fleet-streets-murder-gang-of-reporters/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:25:57

• EU issues request for information to Meta in connection with DSA probe ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/16/eu-issues-request-information-meta-connection-dsa-probe/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:27:38

• "Screwdriver Mange" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/16/fighting-the-scourge-of-screwdriver-mange/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:29:12

• "[Mellow_Labs] wanted an Everything Presence Lite kite but found it was always out of stock. Therefore, he decided to create his own." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/16/roll-your-own-presence-sensor/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:30:04

• "A feature of many modern network-connected entertainment devices is that they will play streamed music while on standby mode." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/16/a-usa-feature-for-a-europe-market-sony-receiver/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:30:39

• The ACLU's Response to My Post on the Fifth Circuit's Smith Ruling—And My Reply to the ACLU ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/08/16/the-aclus-response-to-my-post-on-the-fifth-circuits-smith-ruling-and-my-reply-to-the-aclu/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:31:41

• Late Night Tackles Trump’s Tic Tac Show and Tell ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/arts/television/late-night-trump-tic-tac.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:33:01

• Cox Takes Its Battle Against the Major Labels to the Supreme Court, Asking Justices to Address ‘Confusion, Disruption, and Chaos’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/15/cox-takes-battle-major-labels-supreme-court/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:33:54

• New radio channel to promote best of Latvian hiphop ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/music/16.08.2024-new-radio-channel-to-promote-best-of-latvian-hiphop.a565271/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:34:28

• How Elon Musk Deepfake Scam Took Over the Internet ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/how-elon-musk-deepfake-scam-took-over-the-internet    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:34:43

• San Francisco goes after websites that make Hey Hi (AI) deepfake nudes of women and girls ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/08/16/san-francisco-goes-after-websites-that-make-ai-deepfake-nudes-of-women-and-girls-2/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:35:30

• California advances Hey Hi (AI) regulation bill amid Silicon Valley concerns ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/15/california-advances-ai-regulation-bill-amid-silicon-valley-concerns/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:40:22

• Localizing spin box prefixes/suffixes ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2024/08/16/kf6-localized-spin-box-prefix-suffix.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:43:26

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

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 15:44:10

• Event Wrap: IDNOG 9 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/08/16/event-wrap-idnog-9/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:11:25

• Four policy proposals up for community discussion at APNIC 58 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/08/16/four-policy-proposals-up-for-community-discussion-at-apnic-58/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:11:48

• Bus Pirate 5XL and 6 hardware debugging tools utilize Raspberry Pi RP2350A and RP2350B microcontrollers ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/16/bus-pirate-5xl-and-6-hardware-debugging-tools-utilize-raspberry-pi-rp2350a-and-rp2350b-microcontrollers/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:13:12

• It's not "open source"; they relay an openwashing lie ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/15/hermes-3-super-creative-version-open-source-llama-3-1-llm-struggles-inner-conflict/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:14:49

• Defense Side Amici Support for Tighter Reins on Damages Expert Testimony ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/08/defense-support-testimony.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:17:03

• Twitter as X-Rated Hatred: Criticising Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is Not OK, Calling for Beheadings (With Bounties on People's Heads) is OK (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Twitter_as_X_Rated_Hatred_Criticising_Microsoft_is_Not_OK_Calli.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:17:25

• Balancing Activism Against (or With) Basic Necessities and Daniel Cantarín on Our Collective Battle for Software Freedom Around the World (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Balancing_Activism_Against_or_With_Basic_Necessities_and_Daniel.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:17:32

• We Were Right All Along and the Collaborators of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Helped Competition Crimes of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/We_Were_Right_All_Along_and_the_Collaborators_of_Microsoft_Help.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:17:40

• [Meme] The New backdoored Windows Slogan ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Meme_The_New_Windows_Slogan.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:17:50

• Addendum: Associate's Notes on Free Software as a Labour Issue and the Connectivity Swindles ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Addendum_Associate_s_Notes_on_Free_Software_as_a_Labour_Issue_a.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:17:59

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

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:18:31

• Microsofters Infiltrating Roles of Authority and Government Positions to Protect Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and to FUD Microsoft's Competition ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Microsofters_Infiltrating_Roles_of_Authority_and_Government_Pos.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:18:52

• [Meme] What Freedom Means to I.C.B.M. ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Meme_What_Freedom_Means_to_IBM.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:19:01

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

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:19:09

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

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:19:18

• Karpenter Carves Out Keener Kubernetes Compute Consumption ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/topics/cloudnativedevelopment/karpenter-carves-out-keener-kubernetes-compute-consumption/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:20:18

• "You may have heard about a very large data breach, exposing the Social Security numbers of three billion individuals." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/16/this-week-in-security-three-billion-ss-numbers-ipv6-rce-and-ring-2/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:20:46

• Kamala Harris vows to tackle price gouging, ease cost of living in economy plan ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240816-kamala-harris-vows-tackle-price-gouging-ease-cost-of-living-economy-plan-democrats-us    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:22:52

• Kim Jong Un shocks listeners by using South Korean terms in speech ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/north-korea-south-korea-korean-wave-language-dialects-kim-jong-un-speech-yalu-river-flood-08162024111909.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:23:37

• Dalai Lama talks about life in exile in first speech since surgery ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/dalai-lama-knee-surgery-08162024165355.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:23:52

• Harris urges a ban on price gouging: Will that keep food inflation down? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2024/0816/kamala-harris-speech-food-price-gouging    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:24:06

• How to resize DOSBox screenshots without losing quality ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/dosbox-images-enlarge-hd-uhd.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:26:05

• Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 275 released ☞ https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-275-released/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:26:38

• Hong Kong immigration officers arrest 3 photographers over suspected illegal work ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/16/hong-kong-immigration-officers-arrest-3-photographers-over-suspected-illegal-work/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:27:09

• Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper urges columnists to be ‘prudent’ and ‘law-abiding,’ or else ‘crisis may come’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/16/hong-kongs-ming-pao-newspaper-urges-columnists-to-be-prudent-and-law-abiding-or-else-crisis-may-come/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:40:59

• China to start screening arrivals for Mpox symptoms after WHO declares virus a global health emergency ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/16/china-to-start-screening-arrivals-for-mpox-symptoms-after-who-declares-virus-a-global-health-emergency/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:41:17

• Mastercard Layoffs: Firm Set To Fire 3% Of Employees Worldwide Before Sept 30 https://news.abplive.com/business/mastercard-layoffs-firm-set-to-fire-3-percent-of-employees-worldwide-before-sept-30-1710856    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:43:20

• Ubisoft cuts 45 more jobs from its US San Francisco and NC offices https://www.neowin.net/amp/ubisoft-cuts-45-more-jobs-from-its-us-san-francisco-and-nc-offices/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:43:41

• "Tech giants like Google, IBM, Apple, Amazon, SAP, Meta, and Microsoft have contributed to these staggering figures, indicating a major recalibration within the job market." https://www.news18.com/tech/layoff-crisis-hit-over-130000-employees-till-august-expert-highlights-workforce-recovery-scenario-9018548.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:44:54

• Radxa ROCK E20C “Mini Network Titan” features 2.0 GHz Rockchip RK3528A SoC, dual GbE, metal case ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/16/radxa-rock-e20c-mini-network-titan-features-2-0-ghz-rockchip-rk3528a-soc-dual-gbe-metal-case/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:46:26

• Abluetech PTR7002 WiFi 6 and PTR5302 WiFi 6 and BLE 5.4 modules feature Nordic Semi nRF7002/nRF5340 wireless chips ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/16/abluetech-ptr7002-wifi-6-and-ptr5302-wifi-6-and-ble-5-4-modules-feature-nordic-semi-nrf7002-nrf5340-wireless-chips/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:47:21

• AK said: I’m gonna replace older IBMers with cheaper H1Bs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1u2ybGtU    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:48:05

• Apple Changes App Store Rules ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/technology/apple-epic-spotify-app-stores.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:50:02

• GitHub Actions Artifacts Leak Tokens and Expose Cloud Services and Repositories ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/github-actions-artifacts-leak-tokens-and-expose-cloud-services-and-repositories/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:50:37

• Microsoft is enabling BitLocker device encryption by default on backdoored Windows 11 ☞ https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220138/microsoft-bitlocker-device-encryption-windows-11-default except it is back doored and thus illusion of security http://techrights.org/o/2015/11/14/microsoft-bitlocker-has-bugback-doors-windows-laptopdesktop-encryption-just-a-farce/ http://techrights.org/o/2014/07/31/microsoft-back-doors-admission/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:52:48

• Turns out people want to use computers for work, not ads ☞ https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-temporarily-pumps-the-brakes-on-its-intrusive-windows-11-ads-after-receiving-constant-backlash-from-windows-10-users    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:54:05

• Windows TCO ☞ https://www.techradar.com/pro/unlicensed-onedrive-business-accounts-are-about-to-be-automatically-locked-by-microsoft-and-youll-even-have-to-pay-to-get-them-back    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:55:09

• Windows was always technically behind; it bribes, cheated and committed serious competition crimes to stay in the game ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/windows-11-preview-build-sees-fat32-partition-size-increased-to-2tb-after-30-years    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:56:55

• TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals - Outcome? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/08/ttablog-test-three-recent-section-2d.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:57:27

• New update of AAAAXY ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/AAAAXY and also ECantorix ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/ECantorix    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:57:58

• From 99% in 2012 to 27% in 2024: How Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lost Georgia ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/From_99_in_2012_to_27_in_2024_How_Microsoft_Lost_Georgia.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 17:58:45

• Linux Plumbers Conference: Registration is now reopened ☞ https://lpc.events/blog/current/index.php/2024/08/16/registration-is-now-reopened/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:03:23

• www-zh-cn @ Savannah: Join us in saying goodbye to our beloved FSF office on August 16! ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10665    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:04:06

• "the Canadarm2 performs a range of very essential functions on the outside of the ISS, such as moving equipment around and supporting astronauts during EVAs." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/16/canadarm2-scores-milestone-with-catching-its-50th-spacecraft/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:06:16

• How to Disable IPv6 in Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/08/disable-ipv6-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:08:32

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/985980/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:08:53

• How to Install Thunderbird DEB on Ubuntu 24.04 (Not Snap) ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/install-thunderbird-deb-not-snap-in-ubuntu-24-04    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:11:56

• MakuluLinux Morpheus Hey Hi (AI) teaser ☞ http://www.makululinux.com/wp/2024/08/16/makululinux-morpheus-ai-teaser/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:13:06

• Stein’s Law ☞ https://rubenerd.com/steins-law/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:17:21

• "The system, by one estimate, is twice as long as it should be for a city of this size. Much of it has been in disrepair for years; some parts are more than 100 years old." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis-state-inspection | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:18:23

• "He was one of several dozen Chinese immigrants who had spent months working without pay at the farm in Oklahoma." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-illegal-marijuana-farm-workers-inside-story-china-immigrants | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:18:34

• Mesos – cluster manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mesos-cluster-manager/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:18:57

• Kevin Fenzi: Infra and Releng workshop at flock 2024 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/wordpress/nirik/2024/08/15/infra-and-releng-workshop-at-flock-2024/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:22:17

• Las Vegas didn’t fold during Windows outage ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/2024-crowdstrike-outage-impact-vegas/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:23:47

• China fires into Myanmar after junta airstrike on border, group says ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/china-border-firing-kia-08162024073013.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:24:01

• Humans in the Hey Hi (AI) loop: the data labelers behind some of the most powerful LLMs' training datasets ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/explainer/5357/humans-ai-loop-data-labelers-behind-some-most-powerful-llms-training-datasets    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:24:32

• Advertising blocklists unfairly targeted coverage from Olympics and Euros ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/news-advertising-blocklists-olympics/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:26:30

• Cloud Misconfigurations Expose 110,000 Domains to Extortion in Widespread Campaign ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cloud-misconfigurations-expose-110000-domains-to-extortion-in-widespread-campaign/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:28:41

• Moving past security hurdles to interagency collaboration ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2024/08/moving-past-security-hurdles-to-interagency-collaboration/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:28:50

• In Other News: 400 CNAs, Crash Reports, Schlatter Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-400-cnas-crash-reports-schlatter-cyberattack/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:29:10

• SolarWinds Web Help Desk Vulnerability Possibly Exploited as Zero-Day ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/solarwinds-web-help-desk-vulnerability-possibly-exploited-as-zero-day/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:29:31

• Antoine Beaupré: Why I should be running Debian unstable right now ☞ https://anarc.at/blog/2024-08-15-why-trixie/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:30:46

• Going GNU/Linux #459 · Networking – Part 2 ☞ https://goinglinux.com/shownotes.html#glp459    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:31:35

• Hackaday Podcast ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/16/hackaday-podcast-episode-284-laser-fault-injection-console-hacks-and-too-much-audio/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:37:21

• How to break free of Spotify’s algorithm ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/16/1096276/spotify-algorithms-music-discovery-ux/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:38:43

• Ukraine Moves To Ratify ICC Statute ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-icc-rome-ratification/33080921.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:39:28

• KOL438 | The Rational Egoist: Debating the Moral Status of Intellectual Property: Part I ☞ https://www.stephankinsella.com/paf-podcast/kol438-rational-egoist-debating-ip-part-i/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:40:24

• Create software templates for VMs with OpenShift Virtualization ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/08/16/create-software-templates-vms-openshift-virtualization    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:41:59

• Scan-N-Plan with the ORBBEC Femto-Mega ☞ https://rosindustrial.org/news/2024/8/12/scan-n-plan-with-the-orbbec-femto-mega    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:42:33

• North Korean leader hails deepening ties with Russia ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/kim-putin-russia-ties-08162024011518.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:45:24

• Clown Computing ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/16/Clown_Computing.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:45:36

• Russian President Putin To Visit Azerbaijan For Talks With Aliyev ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-azerbaijan-putin-aliyev-partnership/33081792.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:45:45

• I Discovered This Tiny Feature in Ubuntu 24.04 and I Love it ☞ https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-bluetooth-battery-status/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:46:04

• Zaporizhzhia ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/16/sheer-madness | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:47:13

• Remi Collet: PHP version 8.2.23RC1 and 8.3.11RC1 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2024/08/16/PHP-version-8.2.23RC1-and-8.3.11RC1    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:48:44

• Shell script to set up an LXD / Incus (Linux Containers) lab for testing purpose ☞ https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/shell-script-to-set-up-an-lxd-incus-linux-containers-lab-for-testing-purpose/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:49:13

• 2 ways to install Flameshot Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/2-ways-to-install-flameshot-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:49:34

• House lawmakers push Commerce Department to probe Chinese Wi-Fi router company ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/commerce-department-investigation-chinese-wifi-router-company/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:50:07

• SA makes progress in combatting human trafficking but Cuban doctors still exploited ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/sa-makes-progress-in-combatting-human-trafficking-but-cuban-doctors-still-exploited/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:50:35

• Insights and highlights from DEF CON 32 ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/insights-and-highlights-from-def-con-32/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:51:53

• Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 33 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-33/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:52:23

• Are Laws Restricting Mask-Wearing in Public Constitutional? ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/08/16/are-laws-restricting-mask-wearing-in-public-constitutional/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:55:09

• How Kamala Harris Can Be a Pro-Voting Rights President ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/how-kamala-harris-can-be-a-pro-voting-rights-president    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:55:35

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2024/33 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2024/08/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2024-33/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:56:02

• Gentoo GNU/Linux drops IA-64 (Itanium) support ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/986030/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:57:33

• Why Every Data Scientist Needs the janitor Package ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/why-every-data-scientist-needs-the-janitor-package/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:58:40

• Mastering grepl with Multiple Patterns in Base R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/mastering-grepl-with-multiple-patterns-in-base-r/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 18:58:57

• Swiss NPE Palmira Acquires Toshiba’s Wi-Fi 4 & 5 Portfolio ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/8/16/toshibas-wifi-4-5-portfolio    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:01:46

• Brazil, Colombia call for new Venezuela elections as opposition cries foul ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240815-brazil-colombia-venezuela-elections-us    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:02:42

• Kamala Harris Blames ‘Price Gouging’ for Grocery Inflation. Here’s What Economists Say. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/business/economy/kamala-harris-inflation-price-gouging.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:03:20

• A caring response to mpox ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2024/0816/A-caring-response-to-mpox    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:04:25

• COVID-19 is on the upswing in the US ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/08/16/covid-19-is-on-the-upswing-in-the-us/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:04:44

• Hong Kong welcomes 3.9 million visitors in July, 24% less than before Covid-19 pandemic ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/16/hong-kong-welcomes-3-9-million-visitors-in-july-24-less-than-before-covid-19-pandemic/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:05:03

• Gen Z ditching smartphones for point and shoot cameras as vintage tech makes a comeback: ‘Gives off a certain vibe’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/lifestyle/gen-z-turning-to-digital-cameras-smartphone-photos-so-last-year/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:05:35

• TikTok promotes pro-China bias on Tibet, Taiwan, Uyghurs: study ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tiktok-promotes-pro-china-bias-on-tibet-taiwan-uyghurs-study-08162024102338.html http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/02/Montana_s_TikTok_Ban_Was_to_Protect_Free_Speech_and_the_United_.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:07:18

• Cultural conrol ambitions ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/15/chinese-tech-giant-ai-streaming-platform/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:08:58

• Outsourcing to Fentanylware (TikTok) is misguided ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/16/post-malone-new-album-f-1-trillion-tiktok/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:09:55

• TikTok Doubles Down on Forced-Sale Law Opposition, Says the DOJ ‘Misstates Where Sensitive U.S. User Data Resides’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/16/tiktok-ban-doj-reply-brief/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:10:17

• "So, I have CricketWireless, it is a 5gb plan, so no Hotspot option, which means my laptop (the HP14, cool-y named x2600) is an offline device. I keep it on Airplane Mode, and just transfer any/all new documents/content/etc over to it via USB-C and the phone." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2081    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:11:26

• How to Install Thunderbird DEB on Ubuntu 24.04 (Not Snap) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/install-thunderbird-deb-not-snap-in-ubuntu-24-04    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:14:59

• Ubuntu tip of the day: Install Ubuntu Restricted Extras https://www.xda-developers.com/thread/ubuntu-tip-of-the-day-install-restricted-extras/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:15:50

• "Thankfully, Valve have been really quick at times when this sort of thing happens to bigger games. And once again, Valve to the rescue. Use this fix at your own risk though, as it can cause other issues, it will also affect any other games you currently have set to Proton Experimental." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/hunt-showdown-1896-broke-on-linux-steam-deck-heres-the-quick-fix-for-now/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:18:02

• "Two versions are offered: the Pico Mini A with a microSD card slot or the Pico Mini B with an extra 128MB SPI NAND flash. Both boards are a shorter version of the Luckfox Pico with similar features but additional GPIOs and the Luckfox Pico Plus model also adds an RJ45 Ethernet port." https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/16/luckfox-pico-mini-tiny-arm-linux-camera-board-rockchip-rv1103-64mb-ram/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:18:25

• Deepin 23 launches with atomic updates and support for more CPU architectures https://www.notebookcheck.net/Deepin-23-launches-with-atomic-updates-and-support-for-more-CPU-architectures.876134.0.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:18:56

• "You'd be surprised how many problems a Linux system can have if its time is not synchronized correctly. Here's how to use Chrony to get NTP in line." https://thenewstack.io/how-to-avoid-time-drifts-on-your-linux-servers-with-chrony/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:20:41

• "Mesa 24.2 brings support for new Vulkan extensions for the RADV (Radeon Vulkan) graphics driver, including VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering_local_read, VK_EXT_legacy_vertex_attributes, VK_MESA_image_alignment_control, VK_KHR_maintenance7, and VK_EXT_shader_replicated_composites. RADV also received 10-bit support." https://9to5linux.com/mesa-24-2-open-source-graphics-stack-defaults-to-new-shader-cache    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:21:00

• "smoothing the path to Linux kernel development with Rust." https://www.infoworld.com/article/3487254/rust-team-announces-2024-development-goals.html    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:21:40

• Even Microsoft reruns these stories https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/windows-11-is-losing-in-gaming-performance/ar-AA1oS5ZV    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:22:37

• But this is the original https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-ryzen-9000-linux-gaming/    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:22:56

• Overall good news though 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 Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:23:45

• Hybrid Shadows - Arrested gemini://lantashifiles.com/gemlog/entries/2024-08-17.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 19:42:02

• "I just pulled all the weeds from my garden. Yes, an actual garden that I was allotted next to my front patio. Every apartment has a large (15x6 ft?) spot between their front patio and the sidewalk, and mine currently has (had) weeds and mulch." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2082    

posted Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 01:42:34

• Second Gemlog? gemini://nanako.mooo.com/pagan-gemlog/2024-08-17-a.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 01:43:44

• "After doing a lot of thinking and soul searching, I've decided to start a second gemlog that'll focus on some of the religious stuff I hinted at in my last post." gemini://nanako.mooo.com/gemlog/2024-08-17-a.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 01:44:41

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1027.jpg    

posted Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 01:45:20

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1376.jpg    

posted Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 01:45:26

• Far-right turn in the West, Kier Starmer and La France Insoumise gemini://sysrq.in/article/en/kagarlitsky-2024-07.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 01:46:17

• "I've enjoyed a lot of books from the prize's short and longlists in the past so it was nice to see what was in the shortlist. There are a few titles like Dispersal, Late Light and Bothy that I would love to read but at the moment my backlog includes "Blue Machine" so I should probably give that a bit more time." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/wainwright-prize-2024-shortlist    

posted Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 01:49:53

• "dude, this is such an insufferable pain in the ass - I don't "want" to be through with a friendship, and I never would, as I have few friendships, and she knows this, hence why the absences in response, the un-seen messages and un-returned e-mails." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2083    

posted Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 01:50:34