Roy Schestowitz

• "Only I get to edit the wiki these days and there is no way to leave a comment. Send me an email, instead. I love getting email! 😍" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2024-09-29-env-variables    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 01:16:08

• "There, I failed to get a simple string datatype test to work in the variant of D without a runtime. This could be very useful as a way to extend languages that have their own runtime, e.g. Lisp and Prolog dialects. However, when I tried this again, I got it to work this time." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/dbane/gemlog/2024-09-29.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 01:17:04

• Heat pumps: Why Germany's heating revolution is stalling https://www.dw.com/en/heat-pumps-why-germany-s-heating-revolution-is-stalling/a-70192621    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 01:17:38

• "I learned about MNT Reform on fedi. I had bought a Purism laptop in 2017 and I wasn’t happy. On a blog post in 2021 I mentioned the MNT Reform laptop for the first time. I mentioned the MNT Pocket Reform in 2022, on a blog post from 2020." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2024-09-29-pocket-status    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 01:19:01

• "I wrote this in GNOME text editor, and copy/pasting here. Fun flip through. WAY more cool shit in this magazine. Got it free at a laundromat donation shelf in South County. Mint condition, wild." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2217    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 01:19:52

• "I've only been in Geminispace for a bit over a week now and when I read about ROOPHLOCH, I thought "next year"." gemini://hanzbrix.pollux.casa/gemlog/20240930.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 01:21:58

• "there's multiple compositions in this picture" gemini://kdx.smol.pub/20240918_125247    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 01:23:31

• "You can have evolutionary process that explore different spaces. You can have stochastic processes - Markov Chains are one such. The act of "prompt engineering" is that of defining the initial state only. There's nothing in the term prompt engineering suggesting that there is any knowledge or control of how the state evolves" gemini://tirohia.smol.pub/1727647062    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 01:24:54

• "I went to the London Docklands Museum this weekend for the first time. It is housed in one of the West India warehouses making the museum structure part of the collection. There are several floors and it is probably more of an all-day visit than the afternoon we spent there." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/london-docklands-museum    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 01:25:40

• "It’s awful not user friendly and does not work as adverts" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uKgG28G "It can be packed into ELAs."    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 01:30:09

• Activision Blizzard Lays Off Hundreds of California Workers to Eliminate Redundancies https://www.inkl.com/news/activision-blizzard-lays-off-hundreds-of-california-workers-to-eliminate-redundancies https://www.gamereactor.eu/activision-blizzard-faces-more-layoffs-1438583/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 02:04:21

• "Better to be IBM than absorbed by the hideous monster that is Hock Tan and Broadcom." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ucy1eUg    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 03:09:13

• In the whole state of WASHINGTON only 13 people lost their job in September. Thank you, WARN, for the TRANSPARENCY! https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 03:10:26

• Does the WARN Act Still Matter in the United States? (Layoffs and Closure Transparency) http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/23/Does_the_WARN_Act_Still_Matter_in_the_United_States_Layoffs_and.shtml    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 03:11:06

• Looks like another war may "officially" start soon https://news.sky.com/story/tanks-gather-near-israeli-lebanon-border-as-defence-minister-hold-talks-over-expansion-of-idf-activity-13224353    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 03:21:00

• Tupperware https://www.dw.com/en/how-tupperware-parties-empowered-homebound-suburban-women/a-70273741    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 03:21:21

• Fridays for Future https://www.dw.com/en/fridays-for-future-protests-draw-75-000-in-germany/a-70287782    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 03:21:52

• Fact check: No iPhones, solar panels, laptops exploded in Lebanon https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-no-iphones-solar-panels-laptops-exploded-in-lebanon/a-70281061    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 03:51:58

• Fact check: Did Clinton call for jail over misinformation? https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-did-clinton-call-for-jail-over-misinformation/a-70279863    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 03:52:17

• Beijing's delicate EV mission in Europe https://www.dw.com/en/decoding-china-beijing-s-delicate-ev-mission-in-europe/a-70283919    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 03:52:57

• When it comes to MX, Microsoft is left with just about 700 servers in the whole world http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/25/Mail_MX_Server_Survey_for_August_2024_Microsoft_Has_Fallen_Belo.shtml latest: http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.202408/mxsurvey.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 04:32:04

• Richard M. Stallman: Una vida dedicada al Software Libre https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=BWaU_zXWoNY    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 07:43:36

• "The head of telecoms regulator AGCOM confirmed this week that a memorandum of understanding between the Prosecutor's Office, Guardia di Finanza, and AGCOM, heralds a new stage in Italy's fight against IPTV piracy." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptv-subscribers-warned-they-face-automated-fines-240929/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 08:08:54

• "Have an NVIDIA GPU? Use GE-Proton? You should probably make sure you're on GE-Proton 9-15 which was just released. This is a "hotfix" build to clear up some problems from the previous recent release." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/ge-proton-9-15-released-with-an-important-fix-for-nvidia-gpus/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 08:10:33

• "Over £20B In UK Govt It Contracts To Expire Soon. What Next?" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/09/27/1122256    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 08:22:33

• "Amnesty: Saudi-Arabien udfører dødsstraf i et uset højt omfang | Nyheder | DR" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/amnesty-saudi-arabien-udfoerer-doedsstraf-i-et-uset-hoejt-omfang    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 08:22:50

• "Moving From Open Source to Proprietary Licenses? Reactions Showed Minor Impact" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/09/26/1914201 Microsoft mouthpieces http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/13/RedMonk_September_the_Month_of_the_Mouth_of_Redmond_Still.shtml    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 08:23:27

• "In 1970, 12.6 percent of Americans were considered poor; in 2023, that number was 11.1 percent — or 36.8 million people. " https://www.vox.com/policy/374488/ending-poverty-america-policy-choice    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 08:24:04

• "... one in four (27.7%) active duty military families are food insecure compared to 13.5% of U.S. households. " https://www.armytimes.com/opinion/2024/09/28/why-food-insecurity-remains-a-challenge-for-troops-and-their-families/ what? does not having food not count as poor any more?    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 08:24:24

• "Writing in English" https://martin.town/writing-in-english/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 08:24:34

• "Many hit songs are missing from YouTube and YouTube Music as it negotiates a new deal with the performing rights organization SESAC." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/24257157/youtube-sesac-music-licensing-streaming | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 08:55:38

• "Songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, R.E.M., Burna Boy, Rush and many others are currently unplayable on YouTube in the U.S. due to a legal dispute between the platform and the performing rights organization SESAC." ☛ https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/adele-bob-dylan-songs-blocked-by-youtube-legal-dispute-1236159099/ | Source: Variety    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 08:55:48

• "The conclusion is quite damning." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/an-interesting-analysis-of-generative-model-fair-use/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 08:55:57

• "The free software community perceives a great threat from software patents." ☛ https://dpk.land/pubdmn.txt |    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:06:28

• [Old] "With the law interpreted one way for so long" ☛ http://www.bricklin.com/patentsandsoftware.htm | Source: Dan Bricklin    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:06:41

• [Old] "[...] The patent attorney explained to us the difficulty of obtaining a patent on software" ☛ http://www.bricklin.com/patenting.htm | Source: Dan Bricklin    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:06:50

• "It was on September 28, 1998 that Internet Explorer passed Netscape in market share for the first time." ☛ https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-internet-explorer-passed-netscape-for-the-first-time/ | Source: David L Farquhar    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:07:47

• "Britain's competition regulator said on Friday Amazon's artificial intelligence partnership with startup Anthropic" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/uk-clears-amazons-ai-partnership-with-anthropic/articleshow/113765324.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:07:57

• "The government last week concluded its main arguments in the case, US et al. v. Google" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/how-google-defended-itself-in-the-ad-tech-antitrust-trial/articleshow/113757024.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:08:13

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/hp-ink-cartridge-drm-bypass-demonstrated-using-physical-man-in-the-middle-attack | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:12:39

• "America has gone through many ups and downs since the civil rights era" ☛ https://www.vox.com/policy/374488/ending-poverty-america-policy-choice | Source: Vox    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:13:57

• "It was clear it was not meant for convenience. … It was clear it was predatory" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2024/09/29/some-states-want-to-make-it-easier-to-cancel-subscriptions/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:14:41

• "AFP's technical teams are working on the incident" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/afp-targeted-in-cyberattack/articleshow/113766822.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:22:30

• "The Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) district committee protested against the attack on the mediapersons." ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/2-mediapersons-manhandled/article68697361.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:22:49

• "Media watchdogs and journalists in Kazakhstan have raised fears that new regulations governing reporters" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/kazakh-journalists-worry-as-new-media-rules-come-into-force/7802843.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:23:08

• "Fayed covered up his sexual abuse by intimidating victims into signing NDAs in exchange for money" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/29/harrods-must-reveal-all-ndas-signed-by-mohamed-al-fayeds-victims-say-lawyers | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:27:21

• "Back then, many left-of-center commentators ignored the scandal or even justified Twitter’s actions" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/09/klippenstein-vance-musk-liberals-censorship/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:27:35

• "Such a system is particularly important for people in countries like China, Russia or Iran" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/dark-web-is-the-tor-browsing-network-still-secure/a-70342836 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:28:16

• "Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev suggested in his September 16 post on X that Ukraine "hired" Routh" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/russian-pushes-baseless-ukraine-ties-narrative-in-trump-assassination-attempt/7802212.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:29:07

• "passive news consumption" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/world/democracy-media-challenges.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:29:19

• "But it expects to lose roughly $5 billion this year after paying for costs related to running its services" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/openai-is-growing-fast-and-burning-through-piles-of-money/articleshow/113759128.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:31:41

• "Cisco has partnered with Flex for building the Chennai factory to produce advanced telecom technologies." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/cisco-opens-manufacturing-facility-in-chennai/articleshow/113748146.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:31:52

• "The research identified five elephant populations spread across Northern, Central, and Southern India." ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/new-study-reveals-five-genetically-distinct-population-of-asian-elephants-in-india/article68695216.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:34:57

• "Germany has launched a €1 billion ($1.11 billion) research plan" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-09-29/instructions-for-making-the-sun-how-the-race-for-nuclear-fusion-has-accelerated.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:36:36

• "El Nino induced drought that has incapacitated" ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/09/28/zambias-power-cost-of-living-crisis/ | Source: Lusaka ZM    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:37:02

• "This interview has been edited for length and clarity." ☛ https://www.vox.com/climate/374637/climate-ayana-elizabeth-johnson-what-if-we-get-it-right-gray-area | Source: Vox    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:38:10

• "Meta is restricting links on Threads, Instagram, and Facebook" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/28/24256815/meta-blocking-jd-vance-dossier-hack | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:41:42

• "the danger is not just theoretical." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240929-trojan-cars-why-the-us-fears-china-cyberattacks-on-electric-vehicles-russia | Source: France24    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:42:31

• "Here's what we know about the security situation in Sahel: [...]" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/attacks-by-islamic-extremists-are-rampant-in-africa-s-sahel/7799880.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:42:47

• "U.N. Women is calling for urgent action to protect women and girls and to provide them with access to food" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/sexual-violence-used-as-weapon-of-war-throughout-conflict-in-sudan/7802951.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:43:02

• "Peelian Principles" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/police-scotland-peelian-principles-ai-live-facial-recognition-technology-policing-by-consent-4800756 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:50:24

• "The simple answer from security experts as to how often a phone should be turned off completely is [...]" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2330195/how-often-should-you-turn-off-your-phone-heres-what-the-nsa-says.html | Source: PC World    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:50:45

• "Youth often use cellphones to access social media and social media is linked to poor mental health." ☛ https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/a-look-at-state-efforts-to-ban-cellphones-in-schools-and-implications-for-youth-mental-health/ |    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:55:02

• "It is time to accept that agriculture is a science one that requires a deep understanding of soil health" ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/09/27/zambias-dead-end-why-our-future-hinges-on-bold-action-in-energy-and-agriculture/ | Source: Lusaka ZM    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:55:22

• "Laser cutters, also sometimes called laser engravers, come in all shapes and sizes" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/best-picks/best-laser-cutters-and-engravers | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:56:13

• "My ideal commuting device is something akin to the original OQO from the 2000s" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/an-oqo-or-hand-386-successor-for-commuting/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 09:56:28

• "Driving the news: The share of working-age men in the labor market has been declining for decades" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/09/28/working-class-men-labor-market-losses | Source: Axios    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 10:50:28

• "For me, blogging is a snapshot – even if I'm writing about something that happened a long time ago." ☛ https://birming.com/snapshot-blogging/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 10:51:02

• "There’s little reason to not make some sort of backups of photos in 2024" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/safeguard-your-photos-in-the-digital-age/252496/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 10:51:21

• "I've always thought of Brevard [1] as a place safe from natural disasters, nestled as it is in the Appalachian Mountains [2]. It's not along a fault line so no earthquakes … oh wait a second … there is a fault line nearby [3]. But still, it's too far inland for anything horrible like a hurricane to worry about … oh … wait a second … Hurricane Helene is causing issues in the area [4]." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/09/29.1    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 10:53:15

• "I've always thought of Brevard [1] as a place safe from natural disasters, nestled as it is in the Appalachian Mountains [2]. It's not along a fault line so no earthquakes … oh wait a second … there is a fault line nearby [3]. But still, it's too far inland for anything horrible like a hurricane to worry about … oh … wait a second …" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/09/29.1    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 10:53:36

• "Swish is a proprietary app that’s like the Swedish equivalent to Venmo. It needs to die and a glimmer of hope lately since apparently kids are using a fake version of the app to rob and steal people which is wrong don’t do that but the Swish app itself is even more wrong." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/swish    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 10:54:33

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1419.jpg    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 10:55:10

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1070.jpg    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 10:55:24

• another ROOPHLOCH 2024 entry gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2024/20240929_soyness    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 10:56:17

• ROOPHLOCH 2024 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jdd/phlog/20240929-roophloch.txt    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 10:57:10

• Anbernic RG35XXSP XFCE gopher://1436.ninja:70/0/Phlog/20240929.md    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 10:59:40

• "As I always am, I've been doing some journaling lately. My recent entries have gathered a few thoughts that I'd like to make sure I hold on to; to that end, I'm going to write them out here. Hopefully, I'll remember to review these things and keep them in mind." gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2024-09-29.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:00:57

• "I've been thinking more about music recently. I suspect this is partially because I'm a little more relaxed, but I'm also wanting to prioritise understanding my own equipment more: currently Logic Pro, a Volca Drum, and another Korg product, the Minilogue analogue synth." gemini://notes.hugh.run/2024/2024-09-30.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:01:40

• Query ssh config and build a dynamic menu using ratmen gopher://box.matto.nl/0/query-ssh-config-and-build-a-dynamic-menu-using-ratmen.txt    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:02:36

• "In this post I write about the practice of creating a video game in a hobbyist approach. I describe a practice where one translates a board game into a video game. For me, the term hobbyist is used in order to contrast from the higher stakes of (semi) professional development, best practices, and conceptual novelty." gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~lettuce/hobby-games.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:03:34

• "No sooner than 24 hours after discovering the "smolweb" and the Gemini protocol after reading the FAQ[1], I'd already decided that I absolutely must have my own capsule and gemlog" gemini://capsule.valkyrieshowl.com/gemlog/creating-capsule-gempod-tiny-distroless-docker-images.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:04:21

• 🔤SpellBinding: AISYUVT Wordo: SAGAS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-09-30.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:05:03

• "Welcome back to Futurism! This isn't the Tower story I originally talked about, but here's a story about a network engineer who, with some help, works to correct a strange failure." gemini://blakes.dev/futurism/2024-09-26-short-story-tower-defender.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:10:37

• Lithuania’s Sabonis stars in new DRM spreader Netflix series about NBA ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2368187/lithuania-s-sabonis-stars-in-new-netflix-series-about-nba    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:17:43

• This Week in KDE Apps ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2024/09/29/this-week-in-kde-apps/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:18:05

• As important as Ukraine is, a Taiwan war must be Australia’s biggest worry ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/as-important-as-ukraine-is-a-taiwan-war-must-be-australias-biggest-worry/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:18:56

• Austria's far-right Freedom Party comes out ahead in legislative election ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240929-austrians-vote-in-tight-election-as-far-right-eyes-unprecedented-win    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:19:07

• Russia says it downed more than 100 Ukrainian drones in one of the war's largest barrages ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240929-russia-says-it-downed-more-than-100-ukrainian-drones-in-one-of-the-war-s-largest-barrages    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:38:52

• Chinese exports fuel Russia's 'war machine' in Ukraine, Blinken says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240928-blinken-questions-china-peace-push-over-russia-help    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:39:19

• China warns against ‘expansion’ of Ukraine war ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/09/29/china-warns-against-expansion-of-ukraine-war/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:39:44

• Ukrainian Drones Reach Deeper Into Russia As Biden Says Kyiv 'Will Win This War' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-drone-zaporizhzhya-volgograd/33139313.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:39:59

• Trojan cars: Why the US fears Chinese cyberattacks on electric vehicles ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240929-trojan-cars-why-the-us-fears-china-cyberattacks-on-electric-vehicles-russia    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:40:17

• South Korea accuses Russia of illegal arms trade with North Korea at UN ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/09/south-korea-accuses-russia-of-illegal-arms-trade-with-north-korea-at-un/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:41:27

• Russian PM Mishustin To Travel To Iran For Meeting With Pezeshkian ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-iran-mishustin-pezeshkian/33139566.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:42:00

• Put Vladimir Putin on Trial for War Crimes? That’s One Lawyer’s Demand. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/world/europe/vladimir-putin-war-crimes-robertson.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:42:49

• Russia to formalise revised nuclear doctrine in warning to the West ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240929-russia-to-formalise-revised-nuclear-doctrine-in-warning-to-the-west    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:43:15

• "I recently began the process of setting up my self-hosted1 cgit server as my main code forge." ☛ https://btxx.org/posts/git-auto-deploy/ | Source: Brad Taunt    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:44:44

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

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:45:37

• How To Install GNS3 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-gns3-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:45:59

• How To Disable IPv6 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/disable-ipv6-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:46:18

• systemd-boot? Oh, no, no thanks! Microsoft cancer ☞ https://copyninja.in/blog/sign_systemd_boot_trigger.html http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:46:43

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

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:47:03

• Psychologist Explains How to Stop Using Food as a Coping Mechanism ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/psychologist-explains-how-to-stop-using-food-as-a-coping-mechanism    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:48:03

• How to fight urban warming? Detroit chooses to plant green spaces. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2024/0929/How-to-fight-urban-warming-Detroit-chooses-to-plant-green-spaces    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:48:16

• Steam Deck Not Charging: How to Fix ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/steam-deck-not-charging-how-to-fix/index.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:48:45

• How to Install Lychee Photo Management System on Debian 12 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-lychee-photo-management-system-on-debian-12/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:49:00

• How To Install Docker Desktop on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-docker-desktop-linux-mint-22/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:49:34

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

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:49:53

• The Right to Remain Silent ☞ https://kevquirk.com/blog/the-right-to-remain-silent    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11:53:09

• "[…] this idea of starting reading old game magazines and experiencing the hardware and games" ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2024/09/experiencing-old-games-in-new-eras/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:04:21

• "It's not just nerds playing the game anymore." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/dungeons-and-dragons-50th-anniversary-1.7332423 | Source: CBC    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:04:37

• "Frustrated by getting Hugo to do as it is told I tried both Bear Blog and Pika." ☛ https://mark.hysted.com/back-to-wordpress/ | Source: Mark Hysted    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:05:13

• "The highly anticipated Q&A session with Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp US kicked off with him stating" ☛ https://wptavern.com/highlights-from-matt-mullenwegs-spiciest-word-camp-presentation-at-wordcamp-us-2024 | Source: WordPress    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:05:24

• "A lot of the talk is based on very direct comparisons between R and other software: [...]" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/09/making-r-work-in-government/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:05:53

• "Preprints are a key element of diamond open access" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/09/26/gates-foundation-shows-that-gold-open-access-was-a-mistake-and-diamond-open-access-is-the-future/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:06:28

• "This sample is using Tapir for describing HTTP endpoints." ☛ https://alexn.org/blog/2024/09/29/cancellable-http-server-client-requests-via-scala-s-tapir/?pk_campaign=rss | Source: Alexandru Nedelcu    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:06:51

• Lithuanian parties and foreign policy – Taiwan no longer a focus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2371473/lithuanian-parties-and-foreign-policy-taiwan-no-longer-a-focus    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:17:16

• We are all looking forward to Julian Assange's talk tomorrow. First since early 2019.    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:17:46

• Former Stand News editor sentenced to prison for sedition in Hong Kong ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/09/former-stand-news-editor-sentenced-to-prison-for-sedition-in-hong-kong/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:18:20

• Huawei guns for Nvidia market share in China — Ascend 910C GPU customer sampling begins ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/huawei-guns-for-nvidia-market-share-in-china-ascend-910c-gpu-customer-sampling-begins    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:18:46

• CRT ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/29/curing-crt-cataracts-freshens-up-retro-roundy-tvs/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:35:50

• "Rubbish Clock" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/29/seven-day-movement-makes-a-rubbish-clock/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:36:07

• China's PC shipments nosedive 6% amid weak demand. Bad for Windows.    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 13:14:27

• "Thinkpad 13 Gets NVMe Support With Three Jumpers" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/29/thinkpad-13-gets-nvme-support-with-three-jumpers/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 14:29:48

• "Syringe Slider" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/29/shoot-smooth-video-from-your-phone-with-the-syringe-slider/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 14:30:13

• A Spider Was Filmed Eating a Shrew, And You Can't Unsee This ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-spider-was-filmed-eating-a-shrew-and-you-cant-unsee-this    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 14:30:47

• Medical Imaging Technique Reveals What Truly Lies Beneath a Volcano ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/medical-imaging-technique-reveals-what-truly-lies-beneath-a-volcano    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 14:31:01

• Our Atmosphere Transforms Dust From The Sahara Into Minerals That Fuel Life ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/our-atmosphere-transforms-dust-from-the-sahara-into-minerals-that-fuel-life    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 14:31:18

• Not A Placebo: Study Finds Meditation Offers Genuine Pain Relief ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/not-a-placebo-study-finds-meditation-offers-genuine-pain-relief    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 14:31:27

• Stargazing: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-09-28 (publ. 2024-09-29) gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20240929-0.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 14:32:24

• I Trundle Not Along the Inside of a Fossilized Skull, but Onwards gemini://thurk.org/blog/630.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 14:33:16

• Chips that CRASH ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/intel-motherboard-partners-begin-to-roll-out-raptor-lake-microcode-updates-to-banish-vmin-shift-instabilities    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 14:35:11

• California Gov. Gavin Newsom shoots down divisive Hey Hi (AI) safety bill SB 1047 ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/09/29/california-governor-gavin-newsom-shoots-divisive-ai-safety-bill-sb-1047/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 14:57:33

• These Shattered Space helmet replicas stay video game accurate using an Arduino Nano ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/09/29/these-shattered-space-helmet-replicas-stay-video-game-accurate-using-an-arduino-nano/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 14:58:26

• Amarok 3.1.1 released ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2024/09/29/amarok-3.1.1-released/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 14:58:50

• u-blox X20 all-band GNSS module offers centimeter-level accuracy, u-blox F9 pin-to-pin compatibility ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/09/30/u-blox-x20-all-band-gnss-module-centimeter-level-accuracy-f9-compatibility/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:14:57

• Some SPI Flash Chip Nuances Worth Learning ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/29/some-spi-flash-chip-nuances-worth-learning/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:19:18

• "To anyone who has spent some time in photovoltaic (PV) power circles, the word ‘perovskite’ probably sounds familiar." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/09/29/first-tentative-sales-of-tandem-perovskite-silicon-pv-panels/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:19:49

• NASA Is Going Ahead With Plans to Set a Time Zone on The Moon ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-is-pushing-ahead-with-plans-to-set-a-time-zone-on-the-moon    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:23:02

• IBM (and Probably Red Hat) Layoffs Until the End of November ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/30/IBM_and_Probably_Red_Hat_Layoffs_Until_the_End_of_November.shtml    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:24:53

• This Week Julian Assange to Publicly Speak for First Time in Over Half a Decade ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/29/This_Week_Julian_Assange_to_Publicly_Speak_for_First_Time_in_Ov.shtml    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:25:09

• The Web is Large, But It Stopped Growing, It's Just Consolidating (Few Giant Companies Control the Chessboard) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/29/The_Web_is_Large_But_It_Stopped_Growing_It_s_Just_Consolidating.shtml    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:25:21

• Terrible System Design Wherein Servers Are Expected to Have Printers ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/29/Terrible_System_Design_Wherein_Servers_Are_Expected_to_Have_Pri.shtml    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:25:31

• Flaws Like CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175, CVE-2024-47176 and CVE-2024-47177 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/29/Flaws_Like_CVE_2024_47076_CVE_2024_47175_CVE_2024_47176_and_CVE.shtml    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:25:42

• Julian Assange on How to Assess the Impact of Publications (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/29/Julian_Assange_on_How_to_Assess_the_Impact_of_Publications.shtml    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:25:51

• Senate Committee Punts on PERA and PREVAIL—For Now ☞ https://patentprogress.org/2024/09/senate-committee-punts-on-pera-and-prevail-for-now/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:26:42

• The investment fraud refund lottery – will your bank help you? ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/the-investment-fraud-refund-lottery-will-your-bank-help-you-aFvOI5i20kjh    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:27:11

• Lazy Reading for 2024/09/29 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2024/09/29/lazy-reading-for-2024-09-29/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:27:42

• Setup Dual DE KDE Plasma 6.2 Beta && Cosmic on F41 Server and KDE Spin Nightly builds ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2024/09/setup-dual-de-kde-plasma-62-beta-cosmic.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:28:42

• California Passes Law Protecting Consumer Brain Data ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/science/california-neurorights-tech-law.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:29:28

• Canada parliamentary watchdog finds intelligence agency hiring practice violates privacy ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/09/canada-parliamentary-watchdog-finds-intelligence-agency-hiring-practice-violates-privacy/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:29:58

• https://danielpocock.com is offline    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:35:39

• Microsoft’s latest game division layoffs affect nearly 400 Activision-Blizzard employees https://massivelyop.com/2024/09/30/microsofts-latest-game-division-layoffs-affect-nearly-400-activision-blizzard-employees/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:37:43

• Nexon America lays off "small number" of staff https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nexon-america-lays-off-small-number-of-staff    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 15:38:35

• https://danielpocock.com still offline. Hopefully just a temporary glitch.    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:23:12

• "aiming to trickle out the numbers in an effort to avoid WARN Act notifications" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uKEcmhx    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:24:33

• "It’s normal for big companies to do that nowadays but there isn’t normally an NDA that says you can’t tell people you were laid off or is that not what it says?"    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:24:56

• "Adjusting for inflation, IBM revenue is shrinking by a few percent per year." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uIQpbV9    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:31:20

• Israel Strikes the Houthis, an Iranian Ally, in Yemen ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/world/middleeast/israel-strikes-houthis-yemen.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:37:20

• Netanyahu, Ignoring Allies and Defying Critics, Basks in a Rare Triumph ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/world/middleeast/netanyahu-israel-mideast.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:37:36

• Iran Projects Caution After Israeli Strikes Against Hezbollah ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/world/middleeast/iran-hezbollah-israel-nasrallah.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:37:53

• Why Stellantis, Owner of Chrysler, Jeep and Ram, Is Struggling ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/business/stellantis-jeep-dodge-strike.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:38:10

• Israel airstrike on residential building in Lebanon kills Hezbollah leader ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/09/israel-airstrike-kills-hezbollah-leader/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:39:12

• 🔴 Live: Israel pounds Hezbollah in Lebanon and strikes Yemen’s Houthis ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240929-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-israel-strikes-hezbollah-targets-in-lebanon-as-iran-vows-to-avenge-nasrallah-killing    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:39:33

• Entering The Fray ☞ https://tedium.co/2024/09/29/mkbhd-critics-turned-creators-history/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:41:07

• My Webcomic Journey: Merging Projects and Learning Along the Way ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1045/my-webcomic-journey-merging-projects-and-learning-along-the-way    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:41:52

• David Devoir.    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:42:07

• Episode 448 – What’s wrong with CISA? ☞ https://opensourcesecurity.io/2024/09/29/episode-448-whats-wrong-with-cisa/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:43:06

• Mozilla cargo cultists (who used to work for Microsoft) try to tilt CC to be more plagiarism-friendly ☞ https://blog.zgp.org/fair-use-alignment-chart/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:47:20

• Ganggajang, Sounds of Then ☞ https://rubenerd.com/ganggajang-sounds-of-then/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 16:59:45

• Hurricane Helene kills dozens as emergency supplies are rushed to North Carolina, Florida ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240929-hurricane-helene-kills-dozens-as-emergency-supplies-rushed-to-north-carolina-florida    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:00:05

• Spotlight on CNCF Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Working Group (DHHWG) ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/09/30/cncf-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-working-group-spotlight/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:00:23

• GAFAM casually conflates accessibility and diversity. Not the same thing.    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:01:40

• And diversity never means a plurality of political opinions, just groupthink (even closeted, out of fear).    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:02:22

• Social control media is topologically built to make anything but groupthink intolerable and almost impossible http://hintjens.com/blog:114    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:03:35

• "Use PeerTube? Like chill lofi music to study and relax to? Check out my playlist of chill lofi on PeerTube." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/dragfyre/20171 https://makertube.net/w/p/bacbZ7Hf3kVA3usY36Lx32    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:04:44

• SHEIN lays off 17 employees in SG despite local growth plans https://marketech-apac.com/shein-lays-off-17-employees-in-sg-despite-local-growth-plans/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:06:49

• Noting the differences in deploying R vs Python apps on Posit Connect ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/09/noting-the-differences-in-deploying-r-vs-python-apps-on-posit-connect/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:11:22

• Harris to Discuss Race and Police Brutality on Sports Podcast ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/arts/kamala-harris-all-the-smoke-podcast.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:12:00

• Linux Saloon 129 | Haiku ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-saloon/ls-129/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:12:28

• Conferences in September ☞ https://carlschwan.eu/2024/09/29/conferences-in-september/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:15:01

• Create a Docker Image From Running Container ☞ https://linuxbuz.com/devops/create-docker-image-from-a-container    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:15:25

• CachyOS September Update: Performance Gains and New Features ☞ https://linuxiac.com/cachyos-september-update-released/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:16:27

• GParted Live 1.6.0-10: Enhanced Stability and Updated Features ☞ https://linuxiac.com/gparted-live-1-6-0-10-released/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:16:39

• Linux: Recover Files From a Machine That Won’t Boot ☞ https://thenewstack.io/linux-recover-files-from-a-machine-that-wont-boot/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:18:18

• Amarok 3.1.1 Promises Smoother Performance and UI Fixes ☞ https://linuxiac.com/amarok-3-1-1-music-player/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:18:35

• Anaconda – system installer for Fedora, RHEL and other distributions ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/anaconda-system-installer/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:23:38

• jdvrif – hide files within a JPG cover image ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/jdvrif-hide-files-jpg-cover-image/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:24:36

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

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:24:52

• Another escalation: the fanatic running Israel needlessly wants to enter Lebanon by land as if the combatant are just a dozen people with a few rockets https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c981g8mrl8lt Endless War...    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:28:47

• The Arch GNU/Linux team is now working directly with Valve — SteamOS and Arch should both benefit greatly ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/the-arch-linux-team-is-now-working-directly-with-valve-steamos-and-arch-should-both-benefit-greatly    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:29:15

• How to Install Python 3.12 On Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.linuxtechi.com/install-python-on-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:32:10

• https://danielpocock.com/ still down but his OTHER sites are ONLINE and were online all along. Hopefully just an "oops".    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:41:38

• The gorgeous SDS 940 from 1966 ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-gorgeous-sds-940-from-1966/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:43:04

• "The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers." ☞ https://rubenerd.com/konrad-zuse-via-joshua-coleman/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 17:43:42

• VirtualBox 7.1.2 Adds Support for 3D Acceleration in ARM VMs ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/virtualbox-7-1-fixes-3d-acceleration-issues    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:03:10

• Radxa X4 review – An defective chip maker Intel N100 alternative to Raspberry Pi 5 tested with Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/09/29/radxa-x4-review-an-intel-n100-alternative-to-raspberry-pi-5-tested-with-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:03:37

• "The HiFiBerry DAC8x and HiFiBerry Amp4 Pro are two significant upgrades for enhancing audio capabilities on the Raspberry Pi 5." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/hifiberry-dac8x-and-amp4-pro-for-high-quality-multi-channel-and-stereo-sound/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:09:35

• "The ATOMS3R Camera Kit M12 is a compact, programmable IoT controller featuring a 3-megapixel OV3660 camera for high-resolution image capture." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-based-module-with-3mp-camera-and-9-axis-sensor-system/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:09:47

• CachyOS ISO Release for September 2024 Brings GNU/Linux Kernel 6.11 and Optimizations ☞ https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-release-for-september-2024-brings-linux-kernel-6-11-and-optimizations    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:10:02

• Linus Torvalds Announces First GNU/Linux Kernel 6.12 Release Candidate ☞ https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-6-12-release-candidate    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:10:38

• This simple action protects your GNU/Linux machine from recent CUPS vulnerabilities ☞ https://linuxbsdos.com/2024/09/29/this-simple-action-protects-your-linux-machine-from-recent-cups-vulnerabilities/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:16:58

• Half a day away https://www.reuters.com/world/wikileaks-assange-make-first-public-appearance-since-release-strasbourg-2024-09-25/ https://www.politico.eu/article/julian-assange-make-first-public-appearance-wikileaks-freedom-espionage-law/ some media will try to smear him hours beforehand, for sure...    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:23:48

• Assange To Highlight British Detention In First Comments Since Release https://www.barrons.com/amp/news/assange-to-highlight-british-detention-in-first-comments-since-release-393df1e4    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:24:48

• Live: Julian Assange speaks in Strasbourg on his detention and conviction https://uazmi.com/video/post/hzHktIKyt-w    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:25:50

• To read or not to read: Does COVID-19 belong in our books? ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/books/to-read-or-not-to-read-does-covid-19-belong-in-our-books/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:33:19

• For people who were less than 10 when Linux was first released it's hard to assess just to what extent Torvalds stole the thunder, brand, credit from GNU. No doubt, however, the MSM deliberately does not give GNU its dues. This way, in turn, it helps defund it. Lack of recognition leads to this.    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:38:05

• So companies that CLAIM they "support" Linux give money to LF, where only about 2% of this money will go to Linux. Usually they just funnel money via LF for their OPENWASHING PR campaigns. It's a scam.    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:39:13

• "Openwashing" became a very popular term in the media this year. Coined by Techrights 17 years ago.    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:39:47

• But of course the MSM can pretend that Torvalds invented and started it all. The "creation" "myth" needs false idols, who are more subservient to power.    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:40:41

• Torvalds is "cool" and "funny" for saying "dick-sucking contest", but RMS is a "pervert" for saying "quote child unquote".    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:41:53

• (Because calling a 17 year old person "child" is a tad misleading)    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:42:22

• "The worst country in the world right now should be easy to criticize without stuff like the Khazar myth, “they run the media” protocol ramblings, holocaust denial, or calls for genocide." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/antisemitism    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:45:11

• "I'm not a native blogger/phlogger/gemlogger. I do not often write articles." gemini://woffs.de/~woffs/2024-09-30-roophloch.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:46:56

• "Need to go to factory settings on your Ubuntu system but don't want to lose important data? The dconf tool is what you're looking for. It will reset Ubuntu back to what it was when you first installed it without intervening with other files." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-reset-ubuntu-to-default-settings-without-losing-data/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:50:18

• "In the second part of the Radxa X4 review, we will test Ubuntu 24.04 in more detail with some benchmarks and power consumption measurements to show how well it works (or not) compared to a Raspberry Pi 5. We will also test the 40-pin GPIO header on the Radxa X4 controlled through a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller." https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/09/29/radxa-x4-review-an-intel-n100-alternative-to-raspberry-pi-5-tested-with-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:50:52

• "In the second part of the Radxa X4 review, we will test Ubuntu 24.04 in more detail with some benchmarks and power consumption measurements to show how well it works (or not) compared to a Raspberry Pi 5." https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/09/29/radxa-x4-review-an-intel-n100-alternative-to-raspberry-pi-5-tested-with-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:51:09

• "Left" used to mean pro-peace, not pro-Putin, it used to mean peace, not terror sympathisers. Maybe social control media and online discourse assimilated the "left".    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:53:07

• Openwashing sponsored by LF, covered by LF operatives https://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2024/09/29/why-aws-gave-opensearch-to-the-linux-foundation/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:53:49

• "The Arch Linux-based and KDE Plasma-focused CachyOS distribution has a new ISO release for September 2024 adding various performance improvements and optimizations across the board." https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-release-for-september-2024-brings-linux-kernel-6-11-and-optimizations    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:54:32

• "Valve announced a new collaboration with the Arch Linux distribution. The company revealed it will provide financial backing for two crucial Arch Linux initiatives— a build service infrastructure and secure signing enclave." https://www.neowin.net/news/valve-steps-up-support-for-arch-linux-with-new-infrastructure/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:55:46

• "Valve and Linux have been making big strides lately, and now, it seems it's getting even better. Arch Linux has announced that it has struck a partnership with Valve that will help it do its job better. And given how the Steam Deck uses Arch Linux as a base, this will likely mean good things for gamers." https://www.xda-developers.com/arch-linux-valve-team-up/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:57:55

• Microsoft's operative Davey Winder still doing his best to deflect attention away from Microsoft's mess https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/09/28/new-chrome-security-warning-for-3-billion-windows-mac-linux-android-users/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 18:58:50

• "All I know about myself is that everything I do is to be acknowledged by someone to feel good about myself for actually doing something that brings value to someone. But by doing that I don't get to do what I like, but because I have been doing it for so long I don't even know what I want." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2218    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 19:48:52

• "Lacking better methods of melody construction, outline a scale in a DAW, or on a piece of paper, or whatever. With a Digital Audio Workstation you can usually put the melodic fragment on loop while you fiddle around with it for a maybe faster feedback cycle as to whether a change was good or not." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/09/30/cmelody.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 19:49:39

• Belarus https://www.dw.com/en/starting-a-new-life-after-political-imprisonment-in-belarus/a-70274513    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:07:16

• Progress? Or opposite? https://www.dw.com/en/south-carolina-carries-out-first-execution-in-13-years/a-70288247    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:07:40

• Lukashenko https://www.dw.com/en/recommended-a-belarusian-couple-political-prisoners-recently-pardoned-by-alexander-lukashenko-spoke-with-dw-about-their-time-in-prison/a-70274513    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:08:01

• solar array https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/microgrids-solar/new-jfk-terminal-will-utilize-novel-microgrid-nycs-largest-solar-array/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:08:36

• Maine https://jacobin.com/2024/09/maine-green-ows-unions-fishing/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:09:09

• Renewables on the rocks: Will the Inflation Reduction Act be repealed? https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/opinion-and-commentary/renewables-on-the-rocks-will-the-inflation-reduction-act-be-repealed/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:09:37

• The Energy Transition Will Be Public https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/09/19/the-energy-transition-will-be-public/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:10:29

• Drought Bites https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-09-19/brazil-likely-to-reinstate-daylight-saving-time-as-drought-cuts-hydropower-sources-say    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:11:22

• Seems like "THE WAR" started already https://news.sky.com/story/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-war-latest-sky-news-live-12978800    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:13:59

• Microsoft revisionism now? https://kotaku.com/blizzard-play-nice-overwatch-warcraft-diablo-call-duty-1851660909    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:16:39

• Samsung India laying off employees amid slowdown: ‘Senior executives removed’    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:17:10

• Verizon service down, users report phones are in ‘SOS’ mode https://insiderpaper.com/verizon-sos-mode-down/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:18:36

• New Post Office scandal report sparks call for 'fast action' as software is compared to Horizon https://news.sky.com/story/new-post-office-scandal-report-sparks-call-for-fast-action-as-software-is-compared-to-horizon-13225363    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:20:02

• Proprietary software kills. "Auditors found shortfalls of £79,000 at his branch in Greater Manchester in 1998 - he subsequently pleaded guilty to theft and false accounting."    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:21:09

• "Lebanese media are reporting heavy artillery fire in border towns in southern Lebanon. Sky News understands that some Lebanese Armed Forces troops are "repositioning" near the border." https://news.sky.com/story/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-war-latest-sky-news-live-12978800    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:22:33

• Twitter being Twitter https://gizmodo.com/journalist-suspended-on-free-speech-platform-x-after-publishing-stolen-trump-document-2000503970    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:23:09

• Ireland Drops Plans for Hate Speech Law, Minister Says https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-09-21/ireland-drops-plans-for-hate-speech-law-minister-says    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:24:32

• Freed Between the Lines https://www.projectcensored.org/freed-between-the-lines-banned-books-week/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:25:44

• Freed Between the Lines: A Banned Books Week Special https://www.projectcensored.org/freed-between-lines-banned-books-special/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:25:54

• "UN peacekeepers in Lebanon can no longer patrol border areas in the south due to heavy artillery fire from Israeli forces and Hezbollah, according to a UN spokesman." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg4qx62kkxxt    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:28:10

• "That gives you a pretty good indication that an incursion is likely, even highly likely, in the next hours." https://news.sky.com/story/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-war-latest-sky-news-live-12978800    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:29:56

• Syria’s Detainee Crisis https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/09/26/another-hollow-amnesty-will-not-solve-syrias-detainee-crisis    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:30:21

• eastern Germany https://www.dw.com/en/immigrants-in-eastern-germany-ask-leave-or-stay/a-70289695    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:35:57

• electronic devices https://www.dw.com/en/does-international-law-allow-electronic-devices-to-be-weaponized/a-70288140    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:36:32

• Many electronic devices already have TikTok, Pegasus etc. loaded, so they've been weaponised for ages    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:37:11

• double standards https://www.dw.com/en/are-western-double-standards-undermining-the-global-order/a-70289453    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:39:53

• pension reforms https://www.dw.com/en/swiss-voters-reject-biodiversity-pension-reforms/a-70295253    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:40:19

• "Public notices filed via WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) letters show that in California alone, IBM laid off 54 employees in Santa Clara County and 57 in San Francisco County" https://news.clearancejobs.com/2024/09/30/new-skillbridge-requirements-and-opm-extends-direct-hiring-authority-for-stem-jobs/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:43:17

• https://danielpocock.com/ offline for many hours already    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:49:05

• Or maybe it's just very aggressive firewalling due to DDOS again (like 6 weeks ago)?    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:50:15

• "reports suggest an Israeli ground incursion into Lebanon is "imminent"." https://news.sky.com/story/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-war-latest-sky-news-live-12978800    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:51:52

• Housing crisis https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/new-home-construction-1.7335150    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:52:23

• Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley Health Network To Pay $65M After Hackers Post Nude Photos Of Cancer Patients Online https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pennsylvanias-lehigh-valley-health-network-pay-65m-after-hackers-post-nude-photos-cancer-1727133    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:53:19

• 4,000 dead birds in Toronto https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/bird-photographer-of-the-year-2024-1.7332480    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:54:04

• death threat https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wilson-miao-death-threat-democracy-1.7334944    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:56:58

• Africa https://www.dw.com/en/how-turkey-is-competing-with-china-for-influence-in-africa/a-70301293    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 20:58:41

• Over 40% of public supports Turkey’s social media bans, survey finds https://bianet.org/haber/over-40-of-public-supports-turkeys-social-media-bans-survey-finds-299843    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 21:03:32

• ‘Ghost classes’ undermine Turkey’s education system, giving the wealthy an unfair edge https://bianet.org/haber/ghost-classes-undermine-turkeys-education-system-giving-the-wealthy-an-unfair-edge-299850    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 21:24:02

• Government concerned about public scrutiny in mandating workers back to office https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/remote-work-office-government-1.7332191 bad for the planet, too    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 21:38:16

• signs of flaws https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/titan-engineer-hull-flaws-1.7333460    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 21:38:53

• "Everyone knows plastic pollution is bad." https://www.vox.com/climate/373316/plastics-microplastics-humans-water-environment-health    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 21:40:18

• Inside Big Tech’s Race to “Climate Safe-Havens” https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/09/22/inside-big-techs-race-to-climate-safe-havens/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 21:41:00

• Pygmy hippo Moo Deng, the internet's favourite meatball, may soon get her own patent https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/moo-deng-hippo-patent-1.7327833    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 21:50:57

• UPC is illegal, but the litigation industry keeps pushing this abomination at risk to its own legitimacy http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/pharma-biotech-patent-litigation-summit.html    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 21:52:06

• Fix Congress https://jacobin.com/2024/09/congress-climate-change-regulation-harris/    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 21:52:47

• "The session's agenda includes the detention and trial of Julian Assange and its impact on human rights, as well as discussions on propaganda and freedom of information in Europe. In June of this year, the case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was dismissed, and the U.S. authorities withdrew the extradition request." https://turan.az/en/social/about-pace-we-dont-play-to-their-tune-relations-will-become-tense-785197    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 21:54:57

• Assange To Highlight British Detention In First Comments Since Release https://www.barrons.com/news/assange-to-highlight-british-detention-in-first-comments-since-release-393df1e4    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 21:56:07

• "So two characters were dual-classed three years ago, to turn a fighter into a fighter/magic-user, and turn a magic-user into a magic-user/fighter. That was a bit more time-consuming than I had expected." gemini://gem.hexandcounter.org/gemlog/posts/goldbox1.gmi    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 22:00:25

• "I just finished watering my minimum viable garden. After my family moved into our new home, I promised that I would start gardening... “eventually”." gemini://degrowther.smol.pub/20240930_minimum_viable_garden    

posted Monday, September 30, 2024 at 22:01:32