Roy Schestowitz

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1034.jpg    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 03:59:14

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1383.jpg    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 03:59:19

• "There was still one bug left with mod_blog [1]—it would crash with a memory corruption error (thanks to checking in glibc [2] when doing a POST. I only found the bug because I was using the old web interface to make sure I had the right credentials when testing the PUT method [3]." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/08/24.1    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:00:03

• "Some time in the late oughts I tried sup, a promising try built in ruby and which sported gmail-like threading by default. But it was slow, and never really did well with the HTML email that's just a constant of modern (and even late-oughts) life." gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~tjp/gl/2024-08-24-aerc-surprised-me.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:00:43

• "I couldnt find any prebuilt Molly-Brown Containers so i had to build one myself. Thanks to the help of MinimalistWolf on Reddit i got an Example Dockerfile which i had to edit a bit to fit my needs." gemini://gemini.wolffy.eu/gemlog/gemini.wolffy.eu/gemlog/2024-08-23-Setup-Gemini-capsule.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:01:37

• "Fluentd is a data collector and unification tool which helps me map the data from Molly-Brown's Error and Access logs to Prometheus and Grafana." gemini://gemini.wolffy.eu/gemlog/2024-08-24-Setting-up-Fluentd.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:02:24

• "Dorothy, in plain old boring Kansas. Black and white film, unhappy with her upbringing. Toto is her only friend, refuge in the world. Until that world, the tornado, strikes her house, then she gets drifted to another land. The world of fierce demands, of natural intensity - beckoning her ("more must be")." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2096    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:03:16

• The Quiet Era gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2097    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:03:45

• "Whenever I hear Apple nerds talking about Apple’s App Store fees — generally to complain about how they’re too high and apply to too many things — I think of what the world must look like from Apple’s perspective, and then think of this voice line" gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2024/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:05:16

• Windows down sharply in Canada this month https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/canada/#monthly-200902-202408    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:14:51

• Windows down to about 20% in Nepal https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/nepal/#monthly-200902-202408    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:18:03

• "Popular pirate streaming site Fmovies shut down this summer, with several sister sites following suit. These sites were redirected to new streaming portals, purportedly operated by different individuals." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/ace-goes-after-fmovies-sister-site-successors-240824/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:55:32

• "suspends" ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2024/08/24/rfk-jr-drops-out-and-backs-donald-trump/ |    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:56:38

• "Just recently I reported on Valve adding a new feature to Steam user reviews, showing off who played mostly on Steam Deck and now they've made this even easier." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/valve-made-it-even-easier-to-see-who-played-on-steam-deck-in-user-reviews/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:57:22

• "Deadlock, perhaps the worst kept secret from Valve, has now been softly revealed as the latest game from the maker of Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal and Team Fortress 2." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/deadlock-from-valve-no-longer-a-secret-store-page-is-up-and-we-can-finally-talk-about-it/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:57:39

• "Valve released a couple more Steam Beta Client releases recently for both Steam Deck and Desktop so here's all you need to know." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/steam-deck-gets-a-global-resolution-override-in-latest-beta-plus-more-desktop-steam-fixes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:57:55

• "The Wine 9.16 development release is now available for this compatibility layer to run Windows apps and games on Linux. Here's all that's changed." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/wine-916-released-with-more-wayland-work-and-an-initial-driver-store-implementation/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:58:15

• "NVIDIA is currently investigating a bug where their drivers are crashing on modern kernels (6.10+). This appears to happen across drivers 550, 555 and even the latest 560." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/nvidia-driver-with-linux-kernel-6-10-causing-kernel-oops/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 04:58:29

• telegram https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://itavisen.no/2024/08/24/telegram-grunder-arrestert-i-frankrike-for-grove-lovbrudd/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:03:26

• iophk: marketeering campaign to spread sales and disinformation recall their earlier whisper campaign against Netware, and other such campaigns https://techcentral.co.za/microsoft-security-summit-crowdstrike/250256/ ("Microsoft to host security summit after CrowdStrike disaster")    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:04:02

• "Column: Trump's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Convention Week" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-08-24/column-trump-spent-the-past-week-trying-to-disrupt-harris-parade-it-doesnt-appear-to-have-worked    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:04:15

• "Could Elon Musk actually be arrested and X cancelled?" https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4844641-could-elon-musk-actually-be-arrested-and-x-cancelled/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:04:32

• BECAUSE WHO NEEDS CLINICAL TRIALS ANYWAY??? https://truthout.org/articles/summer-covid-wave-prompts-early-emergency-approval-of-new-vaccines/ ("Summer COVID Wave Prompts Early Emergency Approval of New Vaccines | Truthout")    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:05:03

• Minister will shut down encrypted messages. Professor calls it "extremely far-reaching" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/minister-vil-lukke-krypterede-beskeder-ned-professor-kalder-det-ekstremt-vidtgaaende    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:05:39

• LINKSPAM disguised as 'article': "Frontend development company solutions that are eco-friendly are what the world is looking forward to." ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/sustainable-web-development-how-frontend-companies-are-going-green/ | Source: Unix Men    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:07:24

• KDE Plasma 6.2 ☛ https://ostechnix.com/per-monitor-brightness-control-in-kde-plasma-6-2-0/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:08:07

• "KDE Developer Nate Graham is back with his usual KDE weekly update blog post with interesting updates. This week's KDE updates bring a focus on quality-of-life features, enhancing both productivity and user experience." https://ostechnix.com/kde-weekly-update-enhancements-for-productivity-and-user-experience/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:09:31

• "stop using the song" ☛ https://www.politicususa.com/2024/08/24/the-isaac-hayes-estate-granted-emergency-hearing-in-lawsuit-against-trump.html |    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:14:26

• "Upon information and belief, Defendants Mr. Trump and the Trump Campaign began publicly performing" ☛ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69058301/isaac-hayes-enterprises-llc-v-trump/ | Source: Court Listener    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:14:47

• "Is this the future we want? Imagine if Isaac Newton's name was erased" ☛ https://justine.lol/history/ | Source: Justine Tunney    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:15:12

• "Once the Foo caught wind of the wild scene in AZ, the band sent Trump a clear message: Don't do that!" ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2024/08/24/donald-trump-foo-fighters-song-hero-no-permission-rally/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:15:48

• "Yesterday this proposal for a new symbol for the fediverse was making the rounds." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts-on-symbols | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:16:34

• "Open Web Advocacy (OWA), a group formed to advance the interests of web developers" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/24/apple_eu_browser_defaults/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:18:21

• "the result in part of the Biden administration’s relatively aggressive approach to antitrust" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/08/google-monopoly-antitrust-search-platform/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:18:36

• "it is so "bad" that I cannot count the number of times" ☛ https://unixdigest.com/articles/only-one-reason-why-windows-is-the-dominating-os-on-the-pc-desktop.html | Source: UNIXdigest    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:19:14

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/23/spotify-south-korea-refund-policy-scrutiny/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:20:01

• "Yet these phenomena pose a hazard to our global communication networks." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/hidden-undersea-avalanches-are-a-big-problem-for-the-internet | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:20:40

• "Women are now required to cover their entire bodies, including their faces" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/taliban-imposes-new-restrictions-on-women-bans-public-speaking-1818871 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:22:19

• "After repeated knocking, Fortson opened the door while holding his handgun at his side, pointed down." ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2024/08/23/ex-sheriffs-deputy-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-florida-airman/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:22:28

• "The monument designation permanently banned new uranium mining" ☛ https://text.npr.org/g-s1-19378 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:22:35

• "Iranian state news site Tasnim published a video Monday of Arezou Badri" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-tries-to-downplay-hijab-connection-to-police-shooting-of-woman-/7755200.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:22:44

• "The force has publicly punished offenders, often violently." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-taliban-morality-police-arrests/33090049.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:22:52

• "Journalist Ibrahim Êzidî stated that the KDP had a hand in the attack in Sulaymaniyah" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/yazidi-journalists-turkey-s-attacks-will-not-stop-us-74964 | Source: ANF News    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:32:39

• "The Friday bombing killed Gulistan Tara, 40, a Kurdish journalist from Turkey and Hero Bahadin" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/dozens-protest-iraq-drone-strike-that-killed-two-journalists-/7755813.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:32:47

• "Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain has been under court protection since March" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/postmedia-begins-takeover-of-parts-of-saltwire-network-1.7302773?cmp=rss | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:33:02

• "Condemning the killing of the journalists as a violation of international law" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/journalists-killed-in-suspected-turkish-airstrike-in-iraqs-kurdistan-region-298911 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:35:57

• "Media workers and journalists attending the press conference held by the Women's Press Union (YRJ)" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/women-journalists-call-for-action-to-end-the-attacks-against-the-free-press-74961 | Source: ANF News    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:38:33

• "Ala Talabani, a former Iraqi parliamentarian" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/ala-talabani-targeting-of-journalists-is-an-unacceptable-attack-74962 | Source: ANF News    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:38:43

• "Öznur Değer and Deniz Tekin, a judicial correspondent for the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA)" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/court-blocks-social-media-accounts-of-two-kurdish-journalists-298930 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:39:39

• "All the while, these newly unpleasant facets of X are being brandished by the pro-censorship “left”" ☛ https://off-guardian.org/2024/08/22/how-and-why-they-sell-x-as-a-bastion-of-free-speech/ | Source: Off Guardian    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:40:00

• "Timothy Mellon has poured over $165 million into the election so far" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/its-no-surprise-rfk-jr-endorsed-trump-theyre-backed-by-the-same-billionaire/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:41:00

• "Generative AI skills, or the ability to build algorithms that produce text" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2024/08/24/where-exactly-are-all-the-ai-jobs/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:41:12

• "I dislike using mobile banking apps for several reasons: [...]" ☛ https://roytang.net/2024/08/mobile-banking/ | Source: Roy Tang    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:41:39

• Upside of Microsoft attacking dual boots: 1) more people hear about GNU/Linux on laptops/desktops (who didn't know before. 2) those who already use it hate [sic] Microsoft more, i.e. better understand what sort of company they deal with. 3) some dual boots will delete Windows altogether.    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:44:26

• Only crackpots would still tell you that UEFI is better for your security    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:44:47

• "When LA hosted the Games in 1932, it had an extensive public transportation system" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-car-free-los-angeles-olympics-will-work/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:52:20

• "In 1918, thirty female traffic officers were hired in Washington D.C. Leola was one of the first" ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2024/08/leola-king.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:52:31

• "Much of the climate movement is now pouring its energies into combating disinformation." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/08/climate-disinformation-green-transition-workers/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:58:30

• "The authorities of Vilnius are starting a 1.54-million-euro effort to clean unsanctioned graffiti." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2345567/vilnius-to-spend-eur1-5m-on-graffiti-clean-up | Source: LRT    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 05:59:14

• "A point about RealPage: the problems it causes are due to its proprietary nature and the proprietary algorithms it misuses to exploit pricing" -iophk    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:01:22

• "Trump uttered over 30,000 lies in his first term, according to The Washington Post" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-08-24/to-understand-trump-read-the-journalist-who-saw-hitler-coming.html | Source: El País    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:04:26

• Overpopulation ☛ https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4844270-time-is-running-out-to-solve-the-colorado-river-water-crisis/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:04:42

• "Inmates claiming to be motivated by radical [sic] Islam and armed with makeshift knives" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/world/europe/russia-prison-mutiny.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:11:47

• "Earlier this summer, Parliament approved amendments to the Border Act" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20107040?origin=rss | Source: YLE    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:11:56

• "Bad news: lots of Nazi imagery and propaganda is flowing freely on social media." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2024/08/23/tiktoks-bizarre-priorities-blurring-cigarettes-but-allowing-nazi-propaganda.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:12:05

• "Knife-wielding inmates killed at least three Russian prison guards Friday in a prison siege" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/08/23/police-neutralize-4-inmates-after-hostage-standoff-at-volgograd-region-prison-a86125 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:12:19

• "an act of terror against the security and freedom of this country." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/islamic-state-group-claims-responsibility-for-knife-attack-in-solingen-germany-that-killed-3-1818875 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:12:32

• "ISIS, a militant Islamist group, claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/germany-solingen-festival-attack-1.7303920 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:12:49

• "The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the knife attack in Solingen, Germany" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240824-%F0%9F%94%B4-islamic-state-group-claims-responsibility-for-deadly-knife-attack-in-solingen-germany | Source: France24    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:12:57

• "The concern here isn’t the usual fear of data leaked to the model or prompt injection security" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/23/microsoft-copilot-data-governance/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:14:24

• "The Federal Bureau of Investigation fails to properly label, store, and secure decommissioned" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-exposing-sensitive-data-via-improper-handling-of-storage-devices-audit/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:39:00

• "Lots of people are asking why Anthropic and OpenAI don't support OAuth" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/24/oauth-llms/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:39:30

• "Though he's not entirely sure how it happened" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-startup-rickrolling | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:40:21

• "A bill aimed at regulating powerful artificial intelligence models is under consideration" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/california-artificial-intelligence-bill-divides-silicon-valley/articleshow/112764706.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:40:44

• "has more open-source developers than America" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/meta-spotify-ceos-take-aim-at-european-ai-regulations/articleshow/112753639.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:41:14

• "But this is not the first time a glitch like this has been reported." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/porn-video-runs-on-ad-board-at-delhis-connaught-place-case-filed-6410307 | Source: NDTV    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:41:31

• "Durov is suspected of failing to take action to curb the criminal use of his platform." ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/08/501_381150.html | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:42:14

• "Based in Dubai, Telegram was founded by Russian-born Durov." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/ceo-of-telegram-messaging-app-arrested-in-france-say-french-media/7756070.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:43:04

• "Durov, who is estimated by Forbes to have a fortune of $15.5bn (£12bn)" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/aug/24/telegram-app-founder-pavel-durov-arrested-at-french-airport | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:43:32

• "The encrypted Telegram, with close to one billion users" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/telegram-messaging-app-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-france-tf1-tv-says-2024-08-24/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:44:50

• "a source close to the investigation told TF1" ☛ https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-816149 | Source: Jerusalem Post    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:44:58

• "Telegram is the main social media network through which open-source information [sic]" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/08/25/telegram-boss-pavel-durov-detained-in-france-french-media-a86138 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:45:07

• "Telegram allows groups of up to 2,00,000 members" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/telegram-messaging-app-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-in-france-tf1-tv-says/article68563734.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:45:16

• "Russia began blocking Telegram in 2018 after the app refused to comply with a court order" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/who-is-pavel-durov-ceo-messaging-app-telegram-2024-08-25/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:45:24

• "Pavel Durov, the co-founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram" ☛ https://nypost.com/2024/08/24/world-news/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-arrested-at-paris-airport-report/ | Source: NYPost    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:45:33

• "Durov was arrested on a warrant for offenses related to the popular messaging app" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-arrested-in-france/a-70042055 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:45:41

• "Catch up quick" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/08/22/ai-llms-black-box-interpretability-evaluation | Source: Axios    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:45:49

• "California's proposed bill on AI regulation" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/anthropic-says-california-ai-bills-benefits-likely-outweigh-costs/articleshow/112733592.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 06:45:56

• "The health hazards of microplastics within the human body are not yet well-known." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/plastic-is-building-up-in-our-brains-scientists-say-its-a-global-emergency/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:00:02

• "near-death studies pioneer Elisabeth Kübler-Ross" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/digital-culture/the-five-stages-of-social-media-mourning-tragedy/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:00:15

• "drones" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/world/europe/ukraine-land-mines-drones.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:01:39

• "Humans have recovered just four tardigrade specimens that became trapped in oozy" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/tardigrades-trapped-in-amber-reveal-secrets-from-millions-of-years-ago | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:02:54

• "After months of tests and debate, NASA decided test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2024/0824/nasa-astronauts-iss-spacex-boeing-starliner | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:03:32

• "Everything should be made as simple as possible" ☛ https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2024/08/04/white-lies-in-teaching/ |    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:04:12

• "Breaking down the stats from the team at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz)" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-many-of-us-have-hidden-perfect-pitch-without-knowing-it | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:05:01

• "This year's challenge began Wednesday with Airientation in Oulu, Finland" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/knowles-air-guitar-world-championships-1.7304220 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:05:18

• "After one year and a half I can say that I finished my first and biggest "coding" project. What is left are details, which are important because details make the difference, but the inner structure and modules have been finished, and in many cases even refactored!" gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:11:21

• Metric basics gemini://idiomdrottning.org/metric    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:12:43

• 5 🔤SpellBinding: FILUSTM Wordo: MOTTO gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~tjp/gl/2024-08-24-aerc-surprised-me.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:14:34

• 🔤SpellBinding: FILUSTM Wordo: MOTTO gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-08-25.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:15:00

• The King of Elfland’s Daughter gemini://pennywhether.xyz/articles/Books/king-elfland-daughter.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:16:15

• NIST realises that software patents are ruining encryption https://groups.google.com/a/list.nist.gov/g/pqc-forum/c/Fm4cDfsx65s/m/F63mixuWBAA    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:24:42

• "I don't have any particular objection to programs that want to output in their own format" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/JSONLeastBadFormat | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:45:08

• "As you go into the world of Linux" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/unlocking-the-power-of-the-linux-shell/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:46:37

• "After some thought, I figured out a way." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2024/08/24.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:47:59

• "A key idea is here is to fix one of the biggest usability problems with standard SQL" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/24/pipe-syntax-in-sql/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:48:29

• "Adding a footnote to a ggplot2 plot in R can enhance the information" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/add-footnote-to-ggplot2/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:49:07

• "One of the most popular packages for creating visualizations in R is ggplot2" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/adding-subtitles-in-ggplot2/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:49:43

• "Now on to the other error …" ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2024/08/23.2 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:50:00

• "In this article, we will explore how to use the dplyr package to calculate the correlation" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/correlation-by-group-in-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:50:57

• "If you've been paying attention to the security news recently" ☛ https://blog.isosceles.com/openssh-backdoors/ |    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:51:06

• "Before accessing the archive, members should ensure they are first logged in to the ARRL" ☛ http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-expands-publications-archive | Source: ARRL    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:52:32

• "The Ernakulam Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held that all possible avenues" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/notices-can-be-sent-by-whatsapp-to-evasive-parties-says-rights-panel/article68563007.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:53:50

• "It should also be possible to modify the system for any purpose" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/22/1097224/we-finally-have-a-definition-for-open-source-ai/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:54:06

• "If you write a project to scratch your itch and a bunch of other people decide to use it too" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/PopularityAndOSSMoralObligations | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:54:23

• "In this article, we start a journey — a quest, if you will — through the realms of SQL and R." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/sql-of-the-rings-one-language-to-query-them-all-with-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:01:41

• Ancient Tablets Foretold Doom Awaiting Babylonian Kings ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/science/omens-babylonians-tablets-eclipses.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:06:44

• NASA Extends Boeing Starliner Astronauts’ Space Station Stay to 2025 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/science/nasa-boeing-starliner-astronauts.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:06:54

• "For anyone who, like me, didn’t instantly understand the ramifications of that subject line: xlock is a userspace screen-locking program that blanks your screen until a password is entered" ☛ https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2024/08/22/overcommit/ |    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:07:35

• "In this tutorial, I will explain how to configure the Rsyslog server on the Ubuntu 24.04 server." ☛ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-setup-rsyslog-server-on-ubuntu-24-04/ | Source: HowTo Forge    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:10:31

• "The internal machine's OBS streams RTMP to a localhost nginx (config) which uplinks to an AWS nginx" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/08/just-play-the-damned-video/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:10:41

• [Old] "HTML and CSS are mostly designed for being rendered on a screen and are quite limited for advanced" ☛ https://www.michaelperrin.fr/blog/2019/11/printing-the-web-part-2-html-and-css-for-printing-books |    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:10:56

• "It's worth emphasizing: All configuration/details about ZFS is stored on the disks themselves." ☛ https://neil.computer/notes/how-to-setup-minimal-zfs-nas-without-truenas/ |    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:11:11

• "All files from the original import of OpenBSD have now been modified (or deleted). [...]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240824114631 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:12:11

• "Maybe you’re: [...]" ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2024/08/24/what-typwriter-related-projects-are-you-working-on-this-weekend/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:12:50

• "We've uploaded new builds to our SourceForge page." ☛ https://blog.blissos.org/bliss-06-updates/ |    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:17:52

• August 2024 Web Server Survey ☞ https://www.netcraft.com/blog/august-2024-web-server-survey/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:44:14

• "FreshRSS, one of the most respected self-hosted RSS feed aggregators that allow users to compile news and articles from various online sources into one streamlined interface, has just rolled out its latest version, 1.24.2
  " ☛ https://linuxiac.com/freshrss-1-24-2-rss-agregator/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 12:45:04

• "One of the things that we love about the modern era of computing is the increasing ease by which you can roll your own custom computer" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/24/flying-lotus-is-a-framework-powered-portable-all-in-one-computer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:15:14

• "Unexpected Serial Ports" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/24/a-journey-into-unexpected-serial-ports/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:15:54

• Message by President von der Leyen on the occasion of Ukraine Independence Day ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_24_4342 "Your freedom is our freedom. Your security is our security."    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:17:13

• Ukrainian drone pilots already training in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/24.08.2024-ukrainian-drone-pilots-already-training-in-latvia.a566212/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:17:25

• Zelensky boasts after Ukraine successfully uses homegrown drone to strike Russia target: ‘Enemy has been defeated’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/08/24/world-news/zelensky-boasts-after-ukraine-successfully-uses-homegrown-drone-to-strike-russia-target-enemy-has-been-defeated/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:17:42

• Moscow, Kyiv swap 230 prisoners of war on Ukraine’s Independence Day ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240824-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-war-has-returned-to-russia-says-zelensky-in-ukraine-s-independence-day-speech    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:17:54

• Ukrainian soldiers defend Donbas town of Chasiv Yar as fighting intensifies ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240824-ukrainian-soldiers-defend-chasiv-yar-as-fighnting-intensifies    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:18:07

• Zelenskiy Signs Law Banning Russian Orthodox Church In Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-orthodox-religion-ban/33091200.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:18:18

• Kyiv, Moscow Swap Prisoners As Ukraine Marks Independence Day ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-independence-day-war-zelenskiy/33090816.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:18:27

• GNU/Linux in Russian Federation Since Invasion of Ukraine ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/24/GNU_Linux_in_Russian_Federation_Since_Invasion_of_Ukraine.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:18:45

• Zelensky Independence Day Speech Praises Ukraine’s Russia Offensive ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/world/europe/zelensky-independence-day-ukraine-russia-prisoner.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:18:59

• "Looking at Ventoy2Disk.sh & friends, I'm quite perplex as to why it's so convoluted: I see absolutely no reason to bundle a shell binary alongside. Even if you require bash features it's quite easy to test if bash is present and rerun oneself with it without a separate script." https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/199    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:20:38

• "There are more BLOBS than source code." https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:21:16

• "Stranger yet still, a video by Veronica Explains (@vkc) on how to create bootable USB flash drives got flooded by comments heavily suggesting the use of Ventoy and even being somewhat accusing because Veronica didn't advertise Ventoy" https://theres.life/@arraybolt3/112910860206028596    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:22:12

• "I was just told I'm threatening the Ventoy "community" by [checks notes] not mentioning it enough in my video. Had someone say they're coming after my systems now. 🙃 Didn't think I was going to be putting up my harassment defenses over a boot tool, but here we are." https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/112909908783309972    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 13:23:11

• Barclay de Tolly statue can stay, decides Rīga ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/history/24.08.2024-barclay-de-tolly-statue-can-stay-decides-riga.a566207/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:15:15

• Hostage-Taking Crisis In Russian Prison Ends With 8 Dead ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/prison-russia-hostage-islamic-state/33089980.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:16:30

• Community announces the Getting Started Guide 24.8 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/08/24/community-announces-the-getting-started-guide-24-8/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:18:45

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

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:22:01

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

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:22:21

• Russell Coker: Wifi 6E Mesh ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2024/08/24/wifi-6e-mesh/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:26:16

• Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) MONEY GROWS ON TREES!!!! https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/imagination-shifts-ai-strategy-and-abandons-npus-company-secures-dollar100m-in-financing    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:27:25

• Plan Beats No Plan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/opinion/harris-trump-housing-inflation.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:28:43

• Need To Know Git? Start Here ☞ https://thenewstack.io/need-to-know-git-start-here/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:29:09

• The Milky Way's Ultimate Fate Could Come Down to a Coin Toss ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-milky-ways-ultimate-fate-could-come-down-to-a-coin-toss    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:29:54

• Lucid Dreamers Drove Virtual Cars While Asleep in Incredible Experiment ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/lucid-dreamers-drove-virtual-cars-while-asleep-in-incredible-experiment    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:30:02

• Man pleads guilty to planting explosive device outside Alabama Attorney General’s office ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/man-pleads-guilty-to-planting-explosive-device-outside-alabama-attorney-generals-office/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:31:15

• We Still Waddle the Waddle ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/23/We_Still_Waddle_the_Waddle.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:33:18

• Almost 10 Press Releases or Press Articles About the Shiny New Release of LibreOffice 24.8, Which Now Does Better Encryption of ODF Files ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/24/Almost_10_Press_Releases_or_Press_Articles_About_the_Shiny_New_.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:33:28

• Only Fools Still Use "Twitter" (Which is Dead; It's Called "X", Officially Controlled by Dictators Who X-ecute Their Critics) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/24/Only_Fools_Still_Use_Twitter_Which_is_Dead_It_s_Called_X_Offici.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:33:39

• RealPage Should be Put Out of Business, Not Penalised ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/24/RealPage_Should_be_Put_Out_of_Business_Not_Penalised.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:33:49

• [Meme] Still Waiting for a Statement From Red Bait (IBM) About 'Secure Boot' Looking Out (or Zapping) Dual Boots ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/24/Meme_Still_Waiting_for_a_Statement_From_Red_Hat_IBM_About_Secur.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:34:10

• Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part II - Forced Arbitration in TOS (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/24/Terms_of_Service_TOS_Under_Scrutiny_Part_II_Forced_Arbitration_.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:34:22

• Microsoft Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub is Losing Loads of Money, Has Loads of Layoffs, Shuts Down Whole Offices, and Is a Proprietary Bubble (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/24/Microsoft_GitHub_is_Losing_Loads_of_Money_Has_Loads_of_Layoffs_.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:34:35

• How College Campuses Are Trying to Manage Protests During an Election Year ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/us/universities-campus-protests-rules.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:58:51

• ‘Run, Kamala, Run’: Mention of Harris’s Father Was a Rare Homage to a Fleeting Figure ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/us/politics/kamala-harris-father.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 14:59:28

• China's largest Core i9-14900K gaming cafe has suffered from instability issues since 2023 — the flagship store has 171 gaming PCs with Core i9-14900K chips ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinas-largest-core-i9-14900k-gaming-cafe-has-suffered-from-instability-issues-since-2023-the-flagship-store-has-171-gaming-pcs-with-core-i9-14900k-chips    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:12:04

• Steam Beta client updates release for Steam Deck and desktop client — update addresses game recording issues and some finer Steam Deck controls ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/steam-beta-client-updates-release-for-steam-deck-and-desktop-client-update-addresses-game-recording-issues-and-some-finer-steam-deck-controls    

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

• This is his punishment for saying no to "secure boot" and other Microsoft crackpots http://techrights.org/o/2021/11/21/sending-linus-torvalds-to-therapists/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:19:07

• Raspberry Pi CatBot monitors for stray cats and texts you a photo ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-catbot-monitors-for-stray-cats-and-texts-you-a-photo    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:19:46

• W0W! some "journalismsmsmsms..." ... in NY Times.... U GO GURL!!! https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/style/dnc-fashion-photos.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:21:04

• "" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/24/meta-cancels-augmented-reality-headset-after-apple-vision-pro-falls-flat/ | Source: Hackaday    

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

• If someone tries to show you HEY HI or LLM (plagiarism, licence violations disguised) as "coding"... or even quality assurance for code, you will know it's just not there. Not a "not there YET" because YET implies it's feasible and will happen. Coding is still a skill and a trade. Shitty sentence generators are NOT journalism.    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:26:52

• Inside Elon Musk’s Chaotic Revamp of Ex-Twitter Blue ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/technology/elon-musk-twitter-blue.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:27:14

• Elon Musk’s X Is Leaving San Francisco. City Officials Say ‘Good Riddance.’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/technology/elon-musk-x-san-francisco.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:27:24

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppEigen 0.3.4.0.2 on CRAN: Micro Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2024/08/24#rcppeigen_0.3.4.0.2    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:38:40

• Adding real-time local voice controls to a SMARS Quad Mod robot with an Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/08/24/adding-real-time-local-voice-controls-to-a-smars-quad-mod-robot-with-an-arduino-rp2040-connect/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:40:00

• New Raspberry PI Pico 2 Released ☞ https://peppe8o.com/new-raspberry-pi-pico-2-released/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:41:07

• Why there is more to media ethics than Hong Kong’s security chief suggests ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/24/why-there-is-more-to-media-ethics-than-hong-kongs-security-chief-suggests/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:47:14

• Texas leads suit against Biden administration over policies supporting undocumented immigrants ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/texas-leads-suit-against-biden-administration-over-policies-supporting-undocumented-immigrants/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:47:39

• Amid Medicaid ‘unwinding,’ many states wind up expanding ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/08/24/amid-medicaid-unwinding-many-states-wind-up-expanding/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:48:16

• Smart ingredient swaps for healthy fall baking ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/08/24/smart-ingredient-swaps-for-healthy-fall-baking/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:48:28

• South Korean Beekeepers Find Meaning Working Near the DMZ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/world/asia/south-korea-dmz-honey.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:48:57

• A far cry from sweet and sour: Hong Kongers bring their food to the UK ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hong-kong-food-in-uk-08222024102415.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:49:12

• UK’s Keir Starmer tells China’s Pooh-tin Jinping he hopes for ‘honest’ talks in first call between leaders ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/24/uks-keir-starmer-tells-chinas-xi-jinping-he-hopes-for-honest-talks-in-first-call-between-leaders/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:49:31

• No, because it's not about security but exactly the opposite of it ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2024/08/24/secure-boot-worth-using/ http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:51:15

• Kamala Harris’s “Different Kind of Hope Campaign” ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/kamala-harriss-different-kind-of-hope-campaign    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:51:36

• “your actual contribution to gentoo project is now pure shit!” ☞ https://www.mpagano.com/blog/?p=320    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:51:58

• Working Strategies: Revisiting working from home 4 years later ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/08/24/working-strategies-revisiting-working-from-home-4-years-later/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 15:58:48

• iophk: Torvalds "looks dreadful and has suffered from the CoC pushers. There's no longer any serious hindrance from him now that he has been moved out of the controlling position and replaced. If they can stress him to death there won't even be any symbolic opposition to the microsoftianism."    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:01:28

• "dellapex" = Dell bribes us to make many fake 'reports' like these while the company flounders https://siliconangle.com/2024/08/24/dell-apex-multicloud-dellapex/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:16:38

• Polar-centred maps by @ellis2013nz ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/polar-centred-maps-by-ellis2013nz/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:18:27

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Sound Systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-sound-systems/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:20:57

• catimg – renders images in the terminal ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/catimg-renders-images-terminal/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:21:14

• sndio – small audio and MIDI framework ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sndio-small-audio-midi-framework/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:21:34

• pxv – instant feature rich terminal image viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pxv-instant-feature-rich-terminal-image-viewer/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:22:04

• Podman – manage containers and images ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/podman-manage-containers-images/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:23:07

• ALSA – Advanced GNU/Linux Sound Architecture ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/alsa-advanced-linux-sound-architecture/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:23:18

• iv – command-line image viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/iv-command-line-image-viewer/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:23:42

• FreshRSS 1.24.2 Rolls Out New Security Features and Extensions ☞ https://linuxiac.com/freshrss-1-24-2-rss-agregator/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:24:29

• Linus Torvalds Begins Expressing Regrets Merging Bcachefs ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Bcachefs-Regrets    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:24:36

• From Jungle to GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/23/From_Jungle_to_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:24:44

• A Forest of Slop: What the Web is Becoming, Even for 'Linux' News ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/24/A_Forest_of_Slop_What_the_Web_is_Becoming_Even_for_Linux_News.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:24:55

• Move over, text: Video is the new medium of our lives ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/24/1096621/video-cultural-impact-learning-communication/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:28:40

• Disable Keyboard, Mouse, or Lid from Waking up Your Ubuntu PC ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/08/wake-up-ubuntu-pc/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:30:04

• IDF orders new evacuations in Gaza after overnight raids kill 36 ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/08/24/world-news/israeli-soldiers/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:37:09

• Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks set to resume in Cairo as fighting rages in Gaza ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240824-ceasefire-talks-set-to-resume-in-cairo-as-fighting-rages-in-gaza    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:37:17

• Hamas Agrees to Meet With Mediators in Cairo Ahead of Cease-Fire Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-war.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:37:28

• Tamnjong Larry Tabeh: Wrapping Up My Outreachy Internship ☞ https://medium.com/@larrytabeh/wrapping-up-my-outreachy-internship-3cdca99cf2f5    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:40:36

• Harmonic Mean ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/24/intuitive-explanation-of-arithmetic-geometric-harmonic-mean/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:41:44

• "This USB-C PD stepper driver aims to change that" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/24/compact-driver-powers-steppers-with-usb-c-pd/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:42:08

• USB-C = PROPRIETARY computer that is ALSO a cable    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:42:34

• No connection to original USB except the shape and name    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:43:02

• 'Microsoft India' now talks of mass layoffs is terms like meaningless buzzwords to confuse the gullible https://www.latestly.com/technology/infosys-layoffs-not-coming-any-time-soon-on-account-of-generative-ai-says-ceo-salil-parekh-6215041.html    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:45:53

• MOSFETs ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/24/comparing-aliexpress-vs-lcsc-sourced-mosfets/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:46:52

• A 2D Scanner To Make 3D Thing ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/08/24/using-a-2d-scanner-to-make-3d-things/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:48:47

• "The DC-ROMA RISC-V Pad II boasts a 10.1 inch (1920×1200) IPS 10-point touch display, and is powered by the same SpacemiT K1 SoC found in their RISC-V Ubuntu laptop (which launched with a confused set of pricing tiers and availability)." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/dc-doma-pad-ii-risc-v-tablet-runs-ubuntu    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:51:10

• The problem is not in Linux; it comes from somewhere else https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stealthy-sedexp-linux-malware-evaded-detection-for-two-years/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:53:00

• Dumping Ubuntu for better distros https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-stopped-using-ubuntu/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:53:35

• "The Linux distributions tested on the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X included Arch Linux, CachyOS, Clear Linux, Fedora Workstation 40, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and a recent daily snapshot of Ubuntu 24.10 in its current development form." https://www.fudzilla.com/news/59573-amd-s-latest-ryzen-9-9950x-goes-like-the-clappers-on-linux    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:53:57

• "After a couple of years in development, Linux Deepin 23 arrives, with some new shiny that throws shade on the leading Western desktop distros." https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/23/deepin_23/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:54:16

• Good to see this in MSM! https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4350009/linux-hits-heights-desktop-market-share-climbs    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:54:35

• The vandal paints itself as saviour https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-shares-temp-fix-for-linux-boot-issues-on-dual-boot-systems/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:55:35

• Microsoft confirms it is culpable for the Microsoft sabotage: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-confirms-august-updates-break-linux-boot-in-dual-boot-systems/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:57:39

• "The Linux distributions tested on the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X included Arch Linux, CachyOS, Clear Linux, Fedora Workstation 40, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and a recent daily snapshot of Ubuntu 24.10 in its current development form." https://www.fudzilla.com/news/59573-amd-s-latest-ryzen-9-9950x-goes-like-the-clappers-on-linux    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:58:39

• "I would say Ubuntu is the perfect distro for Linux beginners. It has all the basic stuff you need for your day-to-day computing needs. However, it's not perfect, and unfortunately, it has failed to meet my particular demands. Here's a quick look at some of the problems I had with Ubuntu that finally forced me to jump ships." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-stopped-using-ubuntu/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:58:55

• No HEY HI hype https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-talks-ai-rust-adoption-and-why-the-linux-kernel-is-the-only-thing-that-matters/ see http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/25/Torvalds_Still_Calls_the_Hey_Hi_AI_Bluff_Some_People_Are_Upset.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 16:59:33

• "but it was the first email where I said, ‘Hey, I've been working on this thing since April, and it's almost ready now.’ And here we are literally a third of a century later – 33 years plus four months – and it's still almost ready!" https://diginomica.com/kubecon-china-33-and-third-linux-long-player-so-why-does-linus-torvalds-hate-ai    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 17:00:26

• When will it be ready, Linus? When Microsoft employees put actual "BSOD" in it? Oh, wait.    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 17:00:53

• As trustworthy as the Communist Party of China https://news.itsfoss.com/protonvpn-wireguard-linux/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 17:01:23

• Crackpots and criminals who use anonymity software to do their crime online with impunity told us THIS was "security" https://www.techradar.com/pro/dual-boot-windows-and-linux-systems-warn-something-has-gone-seriously-wrong-following-microsoft-update    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 17:02:07

• Microsoft breaks Linux dual-booting https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-japanese-auto-security-feds-tap-encrypted-messages-microsoft-breaks-linux-dual-booting/ see http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/25/Before_and_After_Microsoft_Destroyed_Dual_Boot_Setups_With_Help.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 17:02:46

• Microsoft is NOT EVEN DENYING that it did this https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-confirms-august-updates-break-linux-boot-in-dual-boot-systems/ http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 17:03:22

• People who say privacy and phone (as in smartphone) in the same... clearly dishonest or ignorant https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/23/Anonymous_SIM_Not_the_Same_as_Anonymous_Phone_Ownership.shtml https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2012/03/16/uk-phones-and-freedom/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 17:05:14

• Older: The incredible power of bullshit gemini://nader.pm/the-incredible-power-of-bullshit/    

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

• week34   

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 17:27:37

• "the "good things" post already outlined big items from this week. the health consult thing on tuesday really wrecked my week, just by how out of the ordinary it was. routine out the window, needing to recover from the people-ing and figuring out a new place etc. i'm really happy things are moving forward and are relatively simple!" gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/week34    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 17:27:43

• Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost (G) gemini://leetaur.com/tlm-propers/entries/2024-08-25.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 17:28:11

• "You've probably heard of hybrid project management, but you've never received any guidance on how to do it. Well, that ends today because I'm going to give you an easy-to-understand, easy-to-follow approach to building your very own hybrid project management system!" gemini://nader.pm/a-complete-guide-to-hybrid-project-management/    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 17:29:04

• So ironic, saying Torvalds is too rude while saying "shit" and "fuck" every other sentence and talking about wanting to stab people (illegal, even the language can be reported to cops), code for sexual favours (probably illegal), among worse things    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 19:01:40

• "If you are sick of the constant outsourcing of jobs email ABC News at the address below and tell them to ask at the next Presidential debate about the loss of White Collar jobs like IT to India. They hear about it enough then they will ask. Sooner or later all jobs will be in India if we don't stand up" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ubYtjgu    

posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 20:34:34