Roy Schestowitz

• 70-Year-Old With $1,622 Monthly Social Security Benefit Cuts Rent to $500 With This Simple Move https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/70-year-old-1622-monthly-social-security-benefit-cuts-rent-500-this-simple-move-1726864    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 03:08:25

• Windows TCO https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/09/13/ivanti-releases-security-update-cloud-services-appliance    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 03:08:56

• Indonesia’s Vulnerable Cybersecurity Puts SIPD at Risk https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/09/13/indonesias-vulnerable-cybersecurity-puts-sipd-at-risk/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 03:09:20

• 'Seditious' T-Shirt https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-09-15/first-conviction-under-hong-kongs-new-national-security-law-for-wearing-seditious-t-shirt    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 03:09:50

• Boomer Considers Divorce After Husband Refuses To Give Her Money https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/my-millionaire-husband-forced-me-take-social-security-62-boomer-considers-divorce-after-1726991    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 03:10:53

• Enterprise Linux Security Episode 99 - Overwhelming Infrastructure https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=1c6yt5GGdVU    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 03:11:27

• Taiwan Deepening Security Cooperation With US https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-09-18/taiwan-deepening-security-cooperation-with-us-other-allies Taiwan Security Bodies 'Paying Great Attention' to Hezbollah Beeper Explosions https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-09-18/taiwan-security-bodies-paying-great-attention-to-hezbollah-beeper-explosions    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 03:13:03

• Many IBM layoffs in Washington: https://stlawyers.ca/blog-news/ibm-layoffs-senior-programmers-sales-rebalancing/ but no notices shown here: https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 04:29:16

• Is WARN Act being quietly and gradually abandoned now that there are so many layoffs and "morale" is impacted?    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 04:29:47

• In past 3 months, on average, US debt grew 200 billion dollars (per month) https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 04:31:14

• And NO, it should not be "normal" for ANY country to be in debt. Some countries have no debt at all.    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 04:32:03

• "The FOSS community and products are there for controlling. It wouldn't be the case otherwise. MS/Windows for example. At the same time the FOSS wouldn't/couldn't be able to reach much consensus without structure. Speaking very broadly." https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/microsoft-employee-turns-smart-alec-when-systemd-wipes-part-of-someones-home-folder-4175738465/page2.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 04:33:40

• LF LE CA has fallen again, now 28. gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi "2577 (89.7 %) capsules are self-signed, 28 (1.0 %) use the Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt, 267 (9.3 %) are signed by another CA (may be not a trusted one)."    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 05:47:07

• Valkey 8 sets a new bar for open-source in-memory NoSQL data storage https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/valkey-8-sets-a-new-bar-for-open-source-in-memory-nosql-data-storage    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 06:03:37

• "Actually, accounting for inflation I (@2xmi) made more than 5x that 17LPA offer." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uCSZSqM    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 06:10:59

• What is the Fediverse? https://framatube.org/w/9dRFC6Ya11NCVeYKn8ZhiD    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 07:36:45

• Tso explains why he dumped WordPress. Switching to Hugo https://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2019/05/20/switching-to-hugo/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 07:53:23

• "On the other hand, PREEMPT_RT is one specific implementation aimed at enhancing the real-time capabilities of the Linux OS. Linux is not an RTOS, but the PREEMPT_RT collection of patches reduces the latency and improves the system’s responsiveness, making it more suitable for real-time applications." https://ubuntu.com/blog/real-time-linux-vs-rtos-2    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 08:20:46

• Energy Policy ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/09/22/energy-policy-should-not-be-in-hands-of-politicians-british-gas-boss-chris-oshea-tells-labour-minister/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 08:57:51

• "Former piracy giant RARBG closed its doors last year but as is often the case, the brand lives on through knockoff sites. Surprisingly, however, the original RARBG.to domain is back online as well, taking the shape of a shady Thai casino affiliate." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/rarbg-domain-now-points-to-a-thai-casino-site-240922/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:00:08

• "Valve appear to have some pretty ambitious future plans for Steam, as we've seen recently in a leak" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/valve-appear-to-be-testing-arm64-and-android-support-for-steam-on-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:14:53

• "Opinion | In Darfur, Rape Is Driving Famine" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/opinion/sudan-darfur-rape.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:15:17

• "Sudan’s civil war is rooted in its historical favouritism of Arab and Islamic identity" https://theconversation.com/sudans-civil-war-is-rooted-in-its-historical-favouritism-of-arab-and-islamic-identity-228533    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:15:30

• iophk: really increasing their campaign against LO, Calligra, and especially against open formats and standards file formats https://boingboing.net/2024/09/22/outsmart-the-microsoft-365-outages-own-office-with-no-strings-attached.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:16:04

• "Trump Will Stage an Emergency to Ban Jack Smith's Book Report" https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/09/22/trump-will-stage-an-emergency-to-ban-jack-smiths-book-report/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:16:19

• iophk: exposes microsoft use internal access to windows systemshttps://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&u=https://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000010714272.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:17:01

• Free all feeds https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https://etienne.pflieger.bzh/a-ecrit/free-all-the-feeds.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:18:51

• Billionaire Elon Musk Shared Memes Made by FSB Propaganda Machine https://www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-tesla-ceo-elon-musk-shared-memes-made-by-fsb-propaganda-machine    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:19:19

• Michael's Mail Book (and some of the others) https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/michaels-mail-bog-og-nogle-af-de-andre    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:20:07

• How to Install Elastic (ELK) Stack on Ubuntu 24.04 https://www.linuxtechi.com/how-to-install-elk-stack-on-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:51:12

• "Noble Numbat" ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2024/09/how-to-adjust-sound-volume-over-100-percent-on-ubuntu-2404.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:51:42

• KDE Weekly Update: Fixing Plasma 6.2 Bugs and New Features in Plasma 6.3 ☞ https://ostechnix.com/kde-weekly-update-fixing-plasma-6-2-bugs-and-new-features-in-plasma-6-3/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:52:28

• GNOME Weekly Update: GNOME 47 Released! ☞ https://ostechnix.com/gnome-weekly-update-gnome-47-released/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:54:07

• "Intel"?? In 2024? ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/ms-cf16-fanless-low-power-pico-itx-sbc-with-alder-lake-n-and-amston-lake-processors/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:57:41

• "However, Home Office officials unexpectedly rejected Loki Skywalker's passport application due to "copyright issues."" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/british-soldiers-7-year-old-son-named-after-movie-character-denied-passport-over-copyright-1727041 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 09:58:46

• "I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty familiar." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/they-stole-my-voice-ai | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:04:30

• "Website publishers use an ad server to manage space available for sale." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/google-allegedly-monopolised-ad-tech/252158/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:05:13

• "But it’s not just them who are in danger." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/opinion/russia-putin-kremlin.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:05:45

• Philip Chimento: It’s like cp -R but for your GUI ☞ https://ptomato.wordpress.com/2024/09/23/its-like-cp-r-but-for-your-gui/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:07:08

• "In February, VIGINUM, the French government body that monitors foreign digital interference" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-fake-news-disinformation-balkans/33126528.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:09:27

• [Old] "The video uses many of the same visuals as a real ad that Harris, the likely Democratic president nominee, released launching her campaign." ☛ https://apnews.com/article/parody-ad-ai-harris-musk-x-misleading-3a5df582f911a808d34f68b766aa3b8e | Source: Associated Press    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:10:39

• "That legislation also requires the platforms to design features which easily allow users to report deepfake content and authorizes candidates" ☛ https://therecord.media/california-enacts-law-regulating-deepfakes-election-harris | Source: The Record    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:11:01

• "Many radio stations and radio hosts that serve Latino audiences remain committed to broadcasting information that is true and factual." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/palabra/2024/09/spanish-language-radio-listeners-in-us-face-a-growing-threat-from-false-information.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:12:48

• "We aren’t surprised that this particular product design collaboration has come about." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/jony-ive-confirms-he-is-working-on-an-openai-hardware-design-project | Source: Tom's Hardware http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/16/Open_AI_Looks_Like_a_Company_Headed_Towards_Bankruptcy_Not_IPO_.shtml    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:15:43

• "Today’s East Finchley stands as a testament to another era." ☛ https://heliomass.com/posts/2422-station-stories-east-finchley/ | Source: Heliomass    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:17:39

• "PanelClix surveyed a representative group of over 1,200 parents with kids between the ages of 8 and 18." ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2024/09/23/parents-want-clear-age-guidelines-kids-smartphones | Source: NL Times    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:57:20

• "The 305mm "Morser M.11" howitzer shell, found last Wednesday, was used by the Austro-Hungarian army" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240922-300-kilo-wwi-bomb-removed-in-belgrade | Source: France24    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:58:07

• "A century-old artillery round weighing nearly 300 kilogrammes (660 pounds)" ☛ https://www.thedailystar.net/news/world/news/300-kilo-wwi-bomb-removed-belgrade-3709211 | Source: The Daily Star    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:58:23

• "migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea into Italy" ☛ https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/24601369.small-boats-total-passes-24-000-year-far-707-make-channel-crossing/ | Source: Newsquest Media Group Ltd    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:58:39

• "In June this year, Apple announced it would not roll out its HEY HI features under Apple" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apples-big-bet-on-ai-tech-faces-eu-regulations-hurdle/articleshow/113575685.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:00:48

• "The Biden administration has raised serious concerns about the collection of data by Chinese companies on U.S." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/us-to-propose-ban-on-chinese-software-hardware-in-connected-vehicles-sources-say/7794115.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:01:11

• "I'm afraid I have bad news for anyone with this yearning." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/TLSCertificatesNeverWellVerified | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:05:41

• "The big picture: At first blush, SocialAI, the all-bot platform, might sound like "pure artifice" or an "AI void"" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/09/22/social-media-ai-bot-app-x | Source: Axios    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:09:10

• "Anbernic has been releasing tons of devices ever since the SP came out, the RG40XXH, the RGB40XXV, the RGCube" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/the-gba-experience-i-wanted/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:09:31

• "When the idea of using an LLM as a search engine started floating around" ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/2024/09/22/no-hallucinating-thats.html | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:11:34

• "The original Macintosh running Classic Mac OS was dependent on a great many components" ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2024/09/21/a-brief-history-of-quickdraw-and-picts/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:13:39

• "So this week-end, I’ve searched for a real solution, and I’ve found SepiaSearch." ☛ https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/archives/2024/09/22/fuck-capitalism-in-general-and-fuck-youtube-in-particular/ | Source: Colin Leroy-Mira    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:13:54

• "One study done by the Defense Health Agency and released in April looked at cases of rhabdomyolysis in the U.S." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/tufts-university-lacrosse-hospitalized-navy-seals/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:16:42

• [Old] "A Nov. 16 study highlights how the ease of manipulating the Orange Book has caused pricing issues" ☛ https://time.com/6336840/patent-manipulation-insulin-prices/ | Source: Time    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:17:27

• [Old] "Insulin is the primary treatment for type 1 and some type 2 diabetes but remains costly in the United States" ☛ https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004309 | Source: PLOS    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:17:58

• [Old] "solutions to the insulin-cost crisis are being considered" ☛ https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293950/why-is-insulin-so-expensive | Source: Vox    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:18:38

• "PBMs are essentially the middlemen between drug manufacturers and insurance providers." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5121886 | Source: NPR    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:20:08

• [Old] "The number of patents listed with the FDA for approved insulins increased from 11 in 2004, to 28 in 2014, and 100" ☛ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00354-0/fulltext | Source: The Lancet    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:21:08

• [Old] "But in the United States, access to insulin had never been a problem" ☛ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5001219/ | Source: NIH    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:22:01

• "The bill also prohibits companies from sending notifications to people under 18 during school hours" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/newsom-children-social-media-bill.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:22:15

• "Over the last month I attended three different conferences around Tampa" ☛ https://connortumbleson.com/2024/09/23/conferences/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:23:44

• [Old] "Somehow I am organizing a conference called Have you tried rubbing a database on it?" ☛ https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/why-start-a-new-database-conference/ | Source: Jamie Brandon    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:24:34

• "2025 Feb 28. Put it in your calendar." ☛ https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/hytradboi-2025/ | Source: Jamie Brandon    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:24:59

• "linear graphs" ☛ https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Conway%27s+law |    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:33:46

• "In this sense, writing a great blog post is about listening." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/blogging-is-listening/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:34:26

• "I think it's healthy to step outside our comfort zone from time to time." ☛ https://birming.com/comfort-zone-challenges/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:34:39

• "I think they were also able to dump the remaining cruft at the office park as a result." ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2024/09/22/colo/ | Source: Rachel    

POSTED mONDAY, sEPTEMBER 23, 2024 AT 11:35:43

• "old servers of the late 80s" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/WorkstationsHadServerBooting | Source: University of Toronto    

POSTED mONDAY, sEPTEMBER 23, 2024 AT 11:36:05

• "Last time I was looking at letter spacing with my renderer to see how it compared to Google Chrome on Mac." ☛ https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2024-09-22-sdf-antialiasing/ | Source: Amit Patel    

POSTED mONDAY, sEPTEMBER 23, 2024 AT 11:36:30

• [Old] "To make it quick, I wish I had known about port forwarding and tunneling earlier" ☛ https://ittavern.com/visual-guide-to-ssh-tunneling-and-port-forwarding/ | Source: IT Tavern    

POSTED mONDAY, sEPTEMBER 23, 2024 AT 11:37:00

• "Even if you’re dead-set on having a single application serve both the marketing and application site" ☛ https://jmduke.com/posts/post/marketing-site/ |    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:38:09

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

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:45:43

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

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:46:45

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

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:47:38

• How To Install K9s on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-k9s-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:49:11

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

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:49:19

• Upgrade Terraform: How to upgrade Terraform version 0.11 to latest ☞ https://linuxtechlab.com/upgrade-terraform-how-to-upgrade-terraform-version-0-11-to-latest/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:51:38

• Upgrade Terraform: How to upgrade the Terraform code from 0.13 to latest ☞ https://linuxtechlab.com/how-to-upgrade-the-terraform-code-from-0-13-to-latest/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:52:30

• Upgrade Terraform: How to upgrade Terraform code from 0.12 to 0.13 ☞ https://linuxtechlab.com/how-to-upgrade-terraform-code-from-0-12-to-0-13/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:52:49

• How To Safely Upgrade Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://thenewstack.io/how-to-safely-upgrade-ubuntu-22-04-to-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:53:39

• How to install Umbraco CMS on Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04 or 20.04 LTS ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-umbraco-cms-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:53:56

• How to Install WordPress on Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04 LTS Server ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-22-04-lts-server/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:54:12

• How to install PrestaShop on Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04 Server ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-prestashop-on-ubuntu-22-04-server/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:54:31

• Cinnamon Spices – How to use Extensions in GNU/Linux Mint Cinnamon ☞ https://www.reallinuxuser.com/cinnamon-spices-how-to-use-extensions-in-linux-mint-cinnamon/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:55:51

• How to connect to serial devices with Tio on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/how-to-connect-to-serial-devices-with-tio-on-linux    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:56:17

• Joaquim Rocha: How to fork: Best practices and guide ☞ https://joaquimrocha.com/2023/09/23/how-to-fork/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:58:36

• Latest Russian ICBM Test May Have Failed, Satellite Images Suggest ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-icbm-sarmat-failure/33129866.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:59:09

• A Turkish brick in the BRICS bloc—is Turkey choosing between East and West? ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-turkish-brick-in-the-brics-bloc-is-turkey-choosing-between-east-and-west/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:59:19

• Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt Falls to 1% in Geminispace ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/22/Certificate_Authority_Let_s_Encrypt_Falls_to_1_in_Geminispace.shtml    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:59:32

• Torrential rainfall in Korea forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/torrential-rainfall-in-korea-forces-1500-to-evacuate-causes-widespread-damage-to-homes-roads    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:00:11

• Torrential rain in South Korea forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/torrential-rainfall-in-korea-forces-1500-to-evacuate-causes-widespread-damage-to-homes-roads    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:00:20

• Volodymyr Zelensky Has a Plan for Ukraine’s Victory ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/volodymyr-zelensky-has-a-plan-for-ukraines-victory    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:01:21

• Gunnar Wolf: 50 years of queries ☞ https://gwolf.org/2024/09/50-years-of-queries.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:02:00

• Zelensky lands in US to discuss 'victory plan' with Biden ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240922-zelensky-lands-in-us-to-discuss-war-plan-with-biden    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:02:30

• Zelenskiy Visits U.S. Arms Plant Ahead Of Meetings With World Leaders ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskiy-arms-plant-us/33129906.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:02:43

• Russian Killer Who Ate Human Heart Returns Home From Ukraine War ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-murderer-eating-heart-ukraine-war/33129854.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:02:54

• Moscow Says It Will Not Participate In Second Ukraine Peace Summit ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-peace-summit/33129820.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:03:35

• Kazakhstan Detains Russian Citizen Wanted By Moscow For Anti-War Stance ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-russia-war-arrest-wanted-list/33129799.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:04:08

• Mothers, Wives, Children Of Russian Soldiers Protest, Demand Demobilization ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-wives-soldiers-protest-ukraine-war/33129620.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:04:22

• 21 Wounded In Nighttime Russian Strikes On Kharkiv High-Rises ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drones-kharkiv-/33129584.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:04:35

• Takeaways From ‘The Deserter’ in The New York Times Magazine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/magazine/desertion-russian-army-ukraine-war.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:05:42

• Timescale's 2024 State of PostgreSQL Survey Open until Sept 30 ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/timescales-2024-state-of-postgresql-survey-open-until-sept-30-2935/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:06:25

• After '3 Strikes' (Watching YouTube Without Ads) YouTube Accuses You of Violating "YouTube's Terms of Service" (TOS), Blocks You From Watching Material (Even Your Own!) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/21/After_3_Strikes_Watching_YouTube_Without_Ads_YouTube_Accuses_Yo.shtml    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:06:41

• "Hey guys, welcome back to my R-tips newsletter." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/09/introducing-gt_summarytools-analyze-your-data-faster-with-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:08:25

• "Sometimes it feels a bit silly when a simple statistical model has a fancy-sounding name." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/09/a-bayesian-plackett-luce-model-in-stan-applied-to-pinball-championship-data/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:09:05

• "This short blog post is concerned with the latter scenario in Linux." ☛ https://mazzo.li/posts/uring-multiplex.html | Source: Francesco Mazzoli    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:09:54

• "I just tell people to either use an enum instead of a boolean" ☛ https://jmduke.com/posts/post/enums/ |    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:10:21

• "I think this is just a really cool technique" ☛ https://brioche.dev/blog/portable-dynamically-linked-pacakges-on-linux/ |    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:10:54

• "My fear is that we will refuse to avoid the mistakes of the Web 2.0 era and work to develop networks" ☛ https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2024/one-over-other/ | Source: Jacky Alciné    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:12:01

• "WP Engine is not WordPress" ☛ https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine/ | Source: WordPress    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:14:01

• "As pointed out by another person online" ☛ https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2024/against-microblogging/ | Source: Jacky Alciné    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:14:45

• "The admins running the Emacs.ch server have decided to shut it down. They gave everyone 90 days notice." ☛ https://macadie.info/2024/09/21/i-am-on-a-new-mastodon-server/ | Source: Eric MacAdie    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:15:16

• "I booted Debian Linux on a 4-bit intel microprocessor from 1971 - the first microprocessor in the world - the 4004." ☛ https://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=35.%20Linux4004 |    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:16:18

• "In addition, a few features and UI changes postponed from Plasma 6.2 have started to land in 6.3." ☛ https://pointieststick.com/2024/09/20/this-week-in-plasma-polishing-like-mad/ | Source: Nate Graham    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:19:44

• "We asked the folks here at The Verge what they have on their desks or in their offices that they keep just for the hell of it — because they like it, because it means something special, or just because." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/24248065/favorites-desk-toys-keepsakes | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:20:58

• Race to the Red Planet: China accelerates Mars mission timeline, signals confidence in exploration ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/race-to-the-red-planet-china-accelerates-mars-mission-timeline-signals-confidence-in-exploration    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:21:30

• IBM's Mishandling of CentOS, RHEL (Now Proprietary) and Software Patents Will Doom GNU/Linux as a Free System ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/22/IBM_s_Mishandling_of_CentOS_RHEL_Now_Proprietary_and_Software_P.shtml    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:21:46

• Unethically Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel With LLMs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/21/Unethically_Scraping_the_Bottom_of_the_Barrel_With_LLMs.shtml    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:22:06

• Beheadings in Twitter/X (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/22/Beheadings_in_Twitter_X.shtml    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:23:29

• [Meme] Teaser: Blackmail Artists (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/22/Meme_Teaser_Blackmail_Artists.shtml    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:23:40

• Undernet (IRC) Turning 32 Shortly and It Still Has About 16,000 Users Online (at Any Given Time) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/22/Undernet_IRC_Turning_32_Shortly_and_It_Still_Has_About_16_000_U.shtml    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:23:50

• Microsoft Will Collapse Piecewise ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/22/Microsoft_Will_Collapse_Piecewise.shtml    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:24:01

• A Year Since the Big Switch - Part I - Why We Moved Away From WordPress, Drupal, and MediaWiki (PHP and Dynamic, Database-Driven) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/22/A_Year_Since_the_Big_Switch_Part_I_Why_We_Moved_Away_From_WordP.shtml    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:24:11

• This Week in KDE Apps ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2024/09/22/this-week-in-kde-apps/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:34:40

• 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 22nd, 2024 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-september-22nd-2024    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:35:19

• 4 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for GnuPG ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-frontends-gnupg/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:35:57

• zoxide – smarter cd command ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zoxide-smarter-cd-command/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:36:19

• trashbhuwan – CLI trashing utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/trashbhuwan-cli-trashing-utility/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:36:37

• pm – switch between projects ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pm-switch-between-projects/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:37:10

• xhtml2pdf – HTML to PDF converter using Python ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xhtml2pdf-html-pdf-converter-python/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:37:34

• PDFio – PDF read/write library ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pdfio-pdf-read-write-library/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:37:55

• Back doors and Torvalds forced to accept what was a GPL violation years ago ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-accepts-microsofts-hyper-v-upgrade-so-next-gen-linux-boots-faster/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:40:14

• "I already run Debian 12, so I decided to install the metapackage on my system and return to the #! days for a bit. I quickly became disillusioned with the mouse-centric flow of Openbox, and also, look how they murdered my boy: [...]" gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2024-09-22.gmi    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:44:33

• 🔤SpellBinding — EGHIYWT Wordo: MYRRH gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-09-23.gmi    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:55:40

• "Mais bon sang, j’utilise aussi des logiciels propriétaires. Je lutte pour le logiciel libre, mais je ne suis (heureusement) pas Richard Stallman" gemini://ploum.net/2024-09-23-vieuxcons.gmi    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:56:37

• Firewire refuses to die, but needs help — as hardware becomes rarer, maintainer seeks volunteers for device testing ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/firewire-refuses-to-die-but-needs-help-as-hardware-becomes-rarer-maintainer-seeks-volunteers-for-device-testing    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:59:54

• Mike Microsoft... cannot call E.E.E. what it is https://www.phoronix.com/news/Windows-Dev-Kit-2023-Linux    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:02:16

• EasyOS and Bedrock GNU/Linux ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202409/easyos-and-bedrock-linux.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:03:37

• We moved our home DB to PostgreSQL ☞ https://rubenerd.com/moved-another-personal-project-to-postgres/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:04:14

• mintCast 446 – The Beauty of Cinnamon, and The Downfall of Redbox ☞ https://mintcast.org/446-the-beauty-of-cinnamon-and-the-downfall-of-redbox/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:09:01

• Open Source Security Podcast Episode 447 – The Tidelift 2024 open source maintainer report ☞ https://opensourcesecurity.io/2024/09/22/episode-447-the-tidelift-2024-open-source-maintainer-report/ Tidelift is Connected to Microsoft http://techrights.org/o/2022/04/19/tidelift-concern-troll/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:11:10

• Introducing OptimalTransportNetworks.jl: Optimal Transport Networks in Spatial Equilibrium ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/09/introducing-optimaltransportnetworks-jl-optimal-transport-networks-in-spatial-equilibrium/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:12:57

• KOL443 | Abortion: A Radically Decentralist Approach (PFS 2024) ☞ https://www.stephankinsella.com/paf-podcast/kol443-abortion-pfs-2024/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:13:54

• Linux Saloon 128 | Open Mic Night ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-saloon/ls-128/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:14:45

• Last week at The Lunduke Journal (Sep 15 - Sep 21, 2024) ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/last-week-at-the-lunduke-journal-277    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:14:58

• Coroot 1.4: Simplify PostgreSQL Monitoring (Open Source) ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/coroot-14-simplify-postgresql-monitoring-open-source-2915/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:15:55

• Justice is Not Silent: The Case Against One-Word Affirmances in the Federal Circuit ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/09/appellate-decision-reasoning.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:16:33

• Qubes OS Summit 2024 has concluded; videos now available ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2024/09/22/qubes-os-summit-2024-has-concluded-videos-now-available/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:17:41

• del – delete command with integrated undelete function ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/del-delete-command-integrated-undelete-function/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:20:38

• Israel and Hezbollah Threaten to Hit Harder, Raising Fears of All-Out War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-conflict.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:20:59

• Hezbollah says 'ready for all military possibilities' after Israel strikes southern Lebanon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240922-%F0%9F%94%B4-israel-army-strikes-hezbollah-targets-in-lebanon-after-rocket-fire    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:21:19

• SONOFF ZBMINIR2 tiny Zigbee 3.0 switch also works as a Zigbee router with up to 64 sub-devices ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/09/23/sonoff-zbminir2-tiny-zigbee-3-0-switch-also-works-as-a-zigbee-router-with-up-to-64-sub-devices/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:32:10

• pgEdge Distributed PostgreSQL: The Next Generation — Introducing pgEdge Platform v24.7, Constellation Release ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgedge-distributed-postgresql-the-next-generation-introducing-pgedge-platform-v247-constellation-release-2909/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:32:34

• Macron appoints new government in shift to right after weeks of uncertainty ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240921-france-s-macron-appoints-new-government-in-shift-to-right    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:38:55

• “All my life I’ve been obsessed with adolescence, drunk on it.” ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/b-side/all-my-life-ive-been-obsessed-with-adolescence-drunk-on-it/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:40:12

• Cytron Motion 2350 Pro Review: The RP2350 Robot Platform ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-pico/cytron-motion-2350-pro-review    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:41:40

• Manitoba Southern Chiefs’ Organization seeks legal personhood for Lake Winnipeg ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/09/manitoba-southern-chiefs-organization-seeks-legal-personhood-for-lake-winnipeg/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:42:59

• U.N. Meets Amid a Backdrop of Growing Chaos and Violence ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/world/middleeast/un-meeting-war-climate.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:43:15

• Israel’s Military Closes Al Jazeera’s Office in the West Bank ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/world/middleeast/al-jazeera-west-bank-raid.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:43:41

• "Hackfest, A New Event For Your European Calendar" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/hackfest-a-new-event-for-your-european-calendar/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:50:36

• Microplastics Seem to Be in Every Kind of Animal… Except One ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/microplastics-seem-to-be-in-every-kind-of-animal-except-one    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:50:57

• This Immortal Creature Can Create a Form of Cancer That's Contagious ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-immortal-creature-can-create-a-form-of-cancer-thats-contagious    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:51:12

• Owning a Cat Could Double Your Schizophrenia Risk, Research Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/owning-a-cat-could-double-your-schizophrenia-risk-research-suggests    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 13:51:25

• The Plants Gorillas Eat Could Harbor Powerful Antimicrobial Properties ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-plants-gorillas-eat-could-harbor-powerful-antimicrobial-properties    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:01:54

• Scientists Identified The Deadliest Hunters Among All Apex Predators ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identified-the-deadliest-hunters-among-all-apex-predators    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:02:07

• Evolution of breakdance: from streets to Olympics, Douglas Colon to Dominika Banevič ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2359967/evolution-of-breakdance-from-streets-to-olympics-douglas-colon-to-dominika-banevic    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:04:26

• "You browse Tumblr for a while, reblogging a picture of boxed water." ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/b-side/the-teenage-b-side/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:05:24

• "IPhone’s Electrically-Released Adhesive" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/hands-on-with-new-iphones-electrically-released-adhesive/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:05:52

• "Most of us have some form of an on-the-go toolkit, but how much thought have we put into its contents?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/the-tiny-toolkit-manifesto/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:06:36

• 3D Printing ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/3d-printing-a-wire-wrap-tool-emergency-fix-or-permanent-solution/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:07:00

• "Thanks a lot, Elon. Or maybe not, depending on how this report that China used Starlink signals to detect low-observable targets pans out." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/hackaday-links-september-22-2024/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:08:26

• Waveshare 4-inch E-ink Spectra 6 full-color e-paper display is designed for the Raspberry Pi ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/09/22/waveshare-4-inch-spectra-6-color-e-paper-display-raspberry-pi-5/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:15:48

• "The whole system ends up being quite small" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/__trashed-26/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:17:17

• "Whether you’re a landlubber or an old salt, you’ve got to appreciate the effort that [The Aussie boat guy] puts into cutting an old brass propeller down into a far smaller and sleeker specimen." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/brass-propeller-gets-impressive-hand-trimming/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:18:05

• A fake fact-checking article claims Trump’s running mate JD Vance killed his cat ☞ https://observers.france24.com/en/a-fake-fact-checking-article-claims-trump-s-running-mate-j-d-vance-killed-his-cat    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:18:52

• The teenage dream is dead ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/b-side/the-teenage-dream-is-dead/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:19:46

• Report: defective chip maker Intel mulls $5B investment offer from private equity firm Apollo ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/09/22/report-intel-mulls-5b-investment-offer-private-equity-firm-apollo/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:20:18

• Scientists Discover Signs of Water All Over The Moon's Surface ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-signs-of-water-all-over-the-moons-surface    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:20:40

• WP Engine is not WordPress ☞ https://kevquirk.com/blog/wp-engine-is-not-wordpress    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:21:04

• "Wow, Matt, salty much? This post is terrible and just screams ”I’m jealous of their success! Come use my service instead!” In my experience revisions were nothing but a pain in the arse anyway. I don't blame WP Engine for disabling them. You should probably take this post down, Matt. It’s fucking awful."    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:22:35

• LibreOffice 24.8: Best New Features ☞ https://www.debugpoint.com/libreoffice-24-8-features/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:23:30

• An introspective analysis: RPKI deployment under scrutiny ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/09/23/an-introspective-analysis-rpki-deployment-under-scrutiny/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:25:43

• Linux: Create and Connect to an NFS Share ☞ https://thenewstack.io/linux-create-and-connect-to-an-nfs-share/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:26:34

• Adnan Hodzic: Effortless GNU/Linux backups: Power of OpenZFS Snapshots on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://foolcontrol.org/?p=4781    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:28:41

• Easiest guide to install Terraform on Windows, GNU/Linux & MacOS ☞ https://linuxtechlab.com/easiest-guide-to-install-terraform-on-windows-linux-macos/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:29:20

• Kile - May Be The Best LaTeX IDE for Linux, backdoored Windows and macOS ☞ https://medevel.com/kile/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:29:37

• Upgrade Terraform : Upgrade Terraform code from 0.11 to 0.12 ☞ https://linuxtechlab.com/upgrade-terraform-upgrade-terraform-code-from-0-11-to-0-12/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:30:24

• Docker Build Args: Explain with Practical Examples ☞ https://linuxbuz.com/devops/docker-build-args-in-dockerfile    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:31:38

• Wine 9.18 Launches with Enhanced Features ☞ https://linuxiac.com/wine-9-18-launches-with-enhanced-features/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:31:51

• First Look at Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) Beta ☞ https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-beta/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:32:00

• COVID-19 Lockdowns Prematurely Aged Teenagers' Brains, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/covid-19-lockdowns-prematurely-aged-teenagers-brains-study-finds    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:32:32

• "As a Windows user, I switched to Linux successfully. And, you can too. Here's what I think." https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-difficult-easy-for-windows-user/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:34:02

• Linus Torvalds explains why aging Linux developers are a good thing https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/22/linus-torvalds-explains-why-aging-linux-developers-are-a-good-thing/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 14:35:19

• Floods in Europe caused by Vb conditions. What are they? https://www.dw.com/en/floods-in-europe-caused-by-vb-conditions-what-are-they/a-69264729    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:28:47

• Lots of lessons on the tech side https://www.dw.com/en/exploding-hezbollah-pagers-how-did-it-happen/a-70250960 but sensitive subject because people died    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:29:39

• Extreme weather: Flooding and wildfires across Europe https://www.dw.com/en/extreme-weather-flooding-and-wildfires-across-europe/live-70247619    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:30:09

• mould, yummy! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kirkland-signature-greek-yogurt-recall-1.7323522    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:31:00

• FBI https://www.dw.com/en/fbi-disrupts-major-chinese-hacking-group-director-says/a-70262349    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:31:18

• 'Ghost' used to be SSG, a benign piece of Free software https://www.dw.com/en/global-police-sting-topples-ghost-criminal-messaging-app/a-70250952    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:32:12

• Instead of giving peace a chance, giving China a chance https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/09/14/africa-at-a-crossroads-chinas-growing-influence-and-its-impact-on-global-relations/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:33:46

• "multipolar" since COVID-19 crashed economies (which really crashed themselves, due to greed) https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/09/13/portuguese-speaking-countries-in-africa-looking-for-strategic-autonomy-in-a-multipolar-world/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:34:28

• organ trading https://www.dw.com/en/concern-grows-over-illegal-organ-trading-across-africa/a-70242247    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:35:59

• digital Loonie https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bakx-boc-cbdc-digital-currency-1.7326887    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:36:25

• mercury poisoning https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/grassy-narrows-mercury-justice-rally-2024-1.7327222    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:37:29

• family's life during the Great Depression https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/first-person-teeth-heritage-1.7298790    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:38:39

• And nobody even checks that it buys these; more fraud likely https://www.markets.com/news/microsoft-inflates-its-stock-price-through-a-60-b-buyback-of-shares/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:40:42

• After so many layoffs, what’s even left of the games industry? https://mancunion.com/2024/09/23/after-so-many-layoffs-whats-even-left-of-the-games-industry/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:42:03

• IBM layoff hits thousands as company tries to keep it under wraps: Report ... catching up with the news a week late due to the NDAs https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/ibm-layoff-hits-thousands-as-company-tries-to-keep-it-under-wraps/article68672900.ece    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:43:53

• "It sounds sounds like typical IBM Legal arm twisting threats. No wonder many ex-employees get multi-million payouts when they sue after being laid off in the US, because IBM indulges in blatant age discrimination and robbery from it's laid off employees' paychecks." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uEUnDxk    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:47:25

• " Alvind and his Legal Pipmunks try to maintain a code of silence even better than the Italian Mafia when it comes to trying to enforce NDAs. But things leak out...of course. After all, Murphy's law strikes... again. " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uEUnDxk    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:47:46

• "USA corporations like IBM contribute to Indian jobs growth in a very significant manner." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uCSZSqM    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:49:04

• "“Covid proved remote works, and now it’s opened up the job market for globalization in that sense” ======> the tools and technology developed during COVID to perform jobs remotely have helped currently offshoring jobs to low area costs like India, México etc…" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uBbEGXe    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:49:48

• "Workforce rebalancing = yet another cover-up buzzword from the spin doctors @IBM How come you don't see any workforce rebalancing for middle and senior managers and executives ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uEocVRT    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:50:27

• "Unless you are a manager or executive, you won't see any workforce rebalancing in their ranks. But that doesn't mean they don't happen. On the contrary, managers and executives are "rebalanced" all the time. Sometimes they are RA'd, sometimes they are fired outright, and sometimes they are just demoted (manager to non-manager)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uEocVRT    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:50:44

• "More than 20 years at IBM ====> Too expensive and too complacent" "More than 20 years at IBM ====> Working at Walmart next" "More than 20 years at IBM ===> unemployable ====> Retirement" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uApmqCy    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:51:35

• "Please stop using global/worldworld figures. It is irrelevant. What matters for Americans is the percentage left in the US. This layoff appears to be around 15%. This is huge and is a mark of desperation by an incompetent IBM CEO and his Yes folk." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uBon1uZ    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:52:17

• "IBM CEO is highly regarded by the board and the investors because he saves them a lot money and keeps IBM out of bankruptcy" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uBon1uZ    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:52:34

• "Employees angry about RTO mandates have essentially no legal path to fight them" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uEkVPbf    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:54:19

• IBM, "I want to love my job, but as I sit here while perpetually waiting to get laid off, it’s hard to imagine things being much worse anywhere else. I mean, even fast food joints promote people who do good work, they certainly don’t lay them off. IBM, on the other hand, seems more interested in finding reasons to get rid of you. It gets tiring after a while." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uEbkS1V    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:56:10

• Tent dwelling in Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/homeless-senior-citizen-halifax-tent-encampment-1.7324946    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:58:11

• Italy's UniCredit raises eyebrows over Commerzbank move https://www.dw.com/en/italy-s-unicredit-raises-eyebrows-over-commerzbank-move/a-70206639    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 18:59:47

• Living near water is nice until.... https://www.dw.com/en/europe-floods-parts-of-vienna-without-power-as-river-rises/live-70220078    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 19:00:38

• Typhoon https://www.dw.com/en/shanghai-cancels-flights-as-china-braces-for-typhoon-bebinca/a-70222098    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 19:04:44

• Germany and Kenya sign skilled labor and migration agreement https://www.dw.com/en/germany-and-kenya-sign-skilled-labor-and-migration-agreement/a-70216082    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 19:06:02

• Google wins legal battle against EU over €1.5 billion fine https://www.dw.com/en/google-wins-legal-battle-against-eu-over-€1-5-billion-fine/a-70246709    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 19:13:53

• Netherlands seeks EU migration opt-out https://www.dw.com/en/netherlands-seeks-eu-migration-opt-out/a-7025101    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 19:15:27

• Tupperware files for bankruptcy https://www.dw.com/en/tupperware-files-for-bankruptcy-as-demand-shrinks/a-70245540    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 19:16:39

• China's technology drive leaves young people jobless https://www.dw.com/en/china-s-technology-drive-leaves-young-people-jobless/a-70187883    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 19:18:31

• financial deadlock https://www.dw.com/en/azerbaijan-unveils-cop29-agenda-amid-financial-deadlock/a-70241019    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 19:18:54

• INTC is NOT functioning anymore https://www.dw.com/en/germany-intel-delays-construction-of-magdeburg-factory/a-70235254 why bail it out? http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/The_US_Taxpayers_Bail_Out_Intel_Like_They_Do_Microsoft_Already_.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/28/Bailouts_Don_t_Work_The_Case_of_Intel_Shares_Down_Over_60_This_.shtml    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 19:25:20

• shruggs? https://www.dw.com/en/german-government-shruggs-off-intel-s-delayed-factory-plan/a-70241739    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 19:27:05

• They corrected the typo (in headline), not the URL. Standards have fallen at DW.    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 19:27:37

• How new technologies can mitigate the risks of flooding https://www.dw.com/en/how-new-technologies-can-mitigate-the-risks-of-flooding/a-70239314    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 19:35:53

• carbon tax step back https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2008-ndp-axe-the-tax-carbon-tax-david-eby-1.7323422    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:00:51

• work stoppage https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/air-canada-disruptions-chances-increasing-1.7322564    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:01:08

• Return to the office https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/federal-public-servant-ottawa-return-office-3-days-1.7321230    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:01:43

• Family of firefighter who died after accident at training school appalled at persisting safety issues https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/family-firefighter-died-training-accident-safety-issues-1.7323186    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:04:52

• How can Europe's auto industry survive? https://www.dw.com/en/volkswagen-crisis-how-can-europe-s-auto-industry-survive/a-70231806    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:05:30

• INTC https://www.dw.com/en/us-intel-s-factory-delay-adds-to-germany-s-economic-woes/a-7024173    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:12:31

• Feds expand list of Iranian officials barred from entering Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/expanding-list-iranian-officials-barred-from-entering-canada-1.7324088    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:14:15

• Winnipeg retiree who lost close to $650K in fraud scheme sues credit union and bank https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-retiree-fraud-credit-union-bank-1.7325174    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:15:53

• Anti-mining activist Juan Lopez shot dead https://www.dw.com/en/honduras-anti-mining-activist-juan-lopez-shot-dead/a-70223466    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:16:34

• strike https://www.dw.com/en/boeing-us-factory-workers-vote-to-strike/a-70205885    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:18:57

• "Friday we went to hear some classical music at the Tonhalle in Zürich. Thorvaldsdottir’s composition was amazing. Apparently there will be more Icelandic elements this season. 😄" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2024-09-22-holidays-at-home    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:44:08

• "I am in Home Depot, getting mulch and Halloween decorations." gemini://tilde.club/~mycrobe/journal/2024-09-21-f63fcb01f454454db2a13731a994f6cc/    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:44:43

• "Someone recently brought to my attention a FetLife post in which the writer described extreme bruising from kink play as “self harm” and “dangerous”, saying how she's not going to stand by and endorse those. In response, people are calling her “brave”." gemini://flexibeast.space/gemlog/2024-09-23.gmi    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:45:36

• 🍲 British Indian Restaurant Curry At Home gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/korruptor/blog/2024-09-23-BIR-Curry-At-Home.gmi    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:46:09

• "Wow, time really flies by this year.. most days it somehow feels like i would need at least 48 hours in the day to somehow get done what needs to get done. Its... frustrating somehow." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/230924.txt    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 20:47:11

• Oracle Clown Native Environment 2.0 blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/oracle-cloud-native-environment-20    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 21:35:26

• Don’t miss Insider Threat Awareness Month https://www.networkworld.com/article/3516240/dont-miss-insider-threat-awareness-month.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 21:36:21

• Viewing system performance details with the top command https://www.networkworld.com/article/3510751/viewing-system-performance-details-with-the-top-command.html    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 21:37:14

• GNU/Linux rose in Taiwan this month https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/taiwan#monthly-200902-202409    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 21:47:44

• Slower to adopt GNU/Linux than Asia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/argentina/#monthly-200902-202409 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/south-america/#monthly-200902-202409    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 21:55:56

• "A not uncommon concern in roguelike (or grid-based) games that seek more realism—putting aside how realistic motion is for a virtual character on a virtual grid—is whether to cost a diagonal move at 99 versus orthogonal moves at 70, more or less. Why these numbers?" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/09/23/diagonal-cost.gmi    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 23:18:30

• best of the /de\cent||ral\ized/ web gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2199 "i've enjoted the past six months on gemini ~t r e m e n d o u s l y~ it's been a truly cathartic online experience i've got to the point where i'm mostly hanging around gemini somewhere or other"    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 23:19:36

• active day gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2198    

posted Monday, September 23, 2024 at 23:20:06