Roy Schestowitz

• BI has just mentioned IBM layoffs https://www.businessinsider.com/layoffs-sweeping-us-these-are-companies-making-cuts-2024    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 00:32:54

• Cancers https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=DX0hqmgO7pQ    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 02:33:27

• iophk: RMS will speak in Peru. I wonder about the adoption of FOSS in South and Central America. I presume it is popular in some areas but have really no data to go on.    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 04:39:03

• "The subsequent nationwide blackout, affecting millions of Italians, wasn't just a hapless IP address blunder." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/google-drive-blackout-in-italy-after-another-major-anti-piracy-blunder-241020/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:36:31

• "The ESA, which represents several major gaming companies, has shared an updated list of notorious piracy threats with the U.S. Government." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/game-companies-list-fitgirl-repacks-as-a-notorious-piracy-threat-241020/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:36:40

• "Falske it-medarbejdere fra Nordkorea infiltrerer vestlige virksomheder | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/falske-it-medarbejdere-fra-nordkorea-infiltrerer-vestlige-virksomheder    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:37:04

• "How to Read the Immunity Appendix" https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/10/20/how-to-read-the-immunity-appendix/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:37:12

• iophk: "It more that the 'web' has /become/ crap. It's implied but important to remind people that there was a breif period when it wasn't."    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:38:43

• My work in KDE: The end (for this blog series) ☞ https://redstrate.com/blog/2024/10/my-work-in-kde-the-end-for-this-blog-series/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:44:18

• [Meme] Plundering the Commons ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/19/Meme_Plundering_the_Commons.shtml    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:44:48

• [Meme] Mentality of a Loser ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/19/Meme_Mentality_of_a_Loser.shtml    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:44:57

• Nazi research into Jewish smell, Hitler's love of dogs and the SVP in Switzerland ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/20/Nazi_research_into_Jewish_smell_Hitler_s_love_of_dogs_and_the_S.shtml    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:45:05

• Swiss harassment judgment, paw behavior against black cats and Debian gossip ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/20/Swiss_harassment_judgment_paw_behavior_against_black_cats_and_D.shtml    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:45:16

• [Meme] Conducting Smear Campaigns That Bypass or Distract From the Real Issues at Hand (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/20/Meme_Conducting_Smear_Campaigns_That_Bypass_or_Distract_From_th.shtml    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:45:25

• How Aleksei Navalny’s Prison Diaries Got Published ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/books/booksupdate/how-aleksei-navalnys-prison-diaries-got-published.html    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:46:17

• "The All Things Open organization is pickling up the baton abandoned by Red Bait when it quit publishing OpenSource.com." ☞ https://fossforce.com/2024/10/ato-revives-the-opensource-com-community-abandoned-by-red-hat/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:47:29

• Vucic Thanks Putin For Russian Energy, Repeats Serbia Won't Sanction Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/vucic-putin-russia-serbia/33165548.html    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 06:47:45

• Layoffs In 2024: Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Announces Fresh Round Of Job Cuts    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 07:03:48

• "the vice president will chart her own course" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/20/kamala-harris-campaign-silicon-valley-democratic-support-big-tech/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 07:04:53

• "White, from Boise in Idaho, was among the protesters who gathered on October 15 outside the San Francisco headquarters of Uber" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/protestors-say-uber-and-lyft-are-still-failing-their-blind-passengers/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 07:05:14

• "Amnesty International called Friday for the immediate release of Thomas Allan Zgambo" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/10/zambia-urged-to-release-journalist-amid-deteriorating-press-freedom-and-human-rights-concerns/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 07:05:32

• "Something that the mainstream media is getting wrong when we’re talking about our podcast approach is" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/10/20/2024/how-donald-trumps-campaign-sees-the-media | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 07:05:48

• Standing up to tyrants https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3z4ydk90vo    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:21:00

• "Such public appeals are rare due to fear of reprisals from the government for speaking out against authorities" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibet-river-illegal-sand-mining-appeal-10202024163036.html | Source: RFA    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:22:52

• "women, life, freedom." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/what-is-jin-jiyan-azadi-300754 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:23:05

• "The fall from grace of any country does not happen abruptly or even in a big way at once." ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/10/20/one-at-a-time-how-zambia-is-falling-apart/ | Source: Lusaka ZM    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:23:16

• "That is more than a quarter of the total false narratives tracked by the group." ☛ https://www.reformer.com/news/national/beware-us-election-disinformation-masked-as-breaking-news/article_da6efd34-82ef-58ed-b523-52325c7091b7.html | Source: Brattleboro Reformer, Vermont    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:24:47

• "This tactic has had a conspicuous role in false US political narratives that have spread in 2024." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2242597.html | Source: RTL    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:25:01

• "software supply chain security is a way for corporations to avoid being blamed" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SupplyChainSecurityTwoVisions | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:25:38

• "Deciding on a content management system is a bit of a dance. You often have to deal with dozens, maybe hundreds" ☛ https://tedium.co/2024/10/20/wordpress-cms-alternatives-content-strategy-advice/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:26:01

• "Cuba's efforts to restore power to the island were derailed for a third time late on Saturday" ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/10/501_384611.html | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:26:31

• "An internal whistleblower complaint at Trump Media calls for CEO Devin Nunes to be fired" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-media-whistleblower-complaint-devin-nunes | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:28:02

• "The Progress 2028 site appears to be created by IMGE LLC" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/elon-musk-linked-dark-money-network-is-behind-fake-pro-harris-campaign-scheme/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:28:13

• "Building America’s Future will be publicly revealed in federal campaign finance filings on Tuesday" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/us/elections/trump-money-building-americas-future.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:28:23

• "If you are exhausted on the campaign trail" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2024/10/19/in-grand-rapids-harris-questions-whether-trump-is-fit-to-be-president-after-canceled-interviews/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:29:49

• "Kinsel grew up in a rough childhood. He went on to join the United States Marine Corps" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/history/john-kinsel-navajo-code-talker-dead/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:30:18

• "An estimated 400 Navajo Code Talkers served during World War II" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/navajo-code-talker-john-kinsel-dead.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:30:49

• "At the celebration of the 7th anniversary of the liberation of Raqqa from ISIS gangs, Hisên Osman" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/people-of-raqqa-celebrate-the-7th-year-of-freedom-75898 | Source: ANF News    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:31:07

• "Roy Larner, 55, was awarded a bravery honour after he was stabbed seven times confronting IS terrorists in 2017." ☛ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31053350/roy-larner-lion-of-london-bridge-movie/ | Source: The Sun    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:31:24

• "Suppose, not hypothetically" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/ForcedMFAIsASecondPassword | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:32:03

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/20/24274826/internet-archive-hackers-replying-zendesk-tickets | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:33:42

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/18/internet-archive-hack-wayback/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:33:54

• "Asia In Brief Baidu CEO Robin Li has proclaimed that hallucinations produced by large language models" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/20/asia_tech_news_roundup/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:34:49

• "Researchers with Seattle-based Protect AI plan to release a free, open source tool that can find zero-day vulnerabilities" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/20/python_zero_day_tool/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:35:08

• "According to a new paper published in the International Journal of Epidemiology" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/standing-desks-bad-for-you | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:35:33

• "The fact that most of the others don’t remember that remarkable frieze makes me realize how inconsistent" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/do-you-remember-school | Source: New Yorker    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:36:18

• "Children can't seem to stop themselves from gathering more information than they need to complete a task" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/kids-are-basically-wired-to-over-explore-study-finds | Source: Science Alert    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:36:28

• "But there are no rules other than the ones you set up yourself when it comes to blogging." ☛ https://birming.com/busy-blog/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:36:58

• "And it’s why someone like me" ☛ https://werd.io/view/6707fe1b68490c909b0770a2 | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:38:24

• "The MI index can be any one of the legal indices. So we iterate over the values." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/middle-hand.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:38:50

• "what does this have to do with Rust Async?" ☛ https://erikmcclure.com/blog/rust-async-makes-me-want-to-gouge-my-eyes-out/ | Source: Eric McClure    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:40:28

• "As you’ll see, I didn’t write most of the below…see Lua’s license." ☛ https://evanhahn.com/my-notes-from-the-lua-5.4-reference | Source: Evan Hahn    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:40:40

• "Supply chain management is essential in making sure that your company’" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/10/supply-chain-analysis-with-r-using-the-planr-package/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:40:53

• [Old] "When implemented in Snobol4, Eliza is dramatically shorter and simpler than the original Fortran program." ☛ https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/987452.987458 | Source: ACM    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:41:05

• "It’s also worth mentioning that Wine’s development infrastructure" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/wine-9-20-rolls-out-with-improved-directplay-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:41:57

• "The case is made from an old Ubiquiti access point." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-pico-drives-a-custom-simon-color-sequence-memory-game | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:42:37

• "That doesn’t mean, however, that I don’t take my hat off to Mark Shuttleworth’s creation’s huge impact on the Linux world." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/happy-20th-anniversary-ubuntu/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:43:25

• [Old] "the wake of the XZ backdoor" ☛ https://lwn.net/Articles/991088/ | Source: LWN    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:44:00

• "There's a new(ish) feature in CSS which allows you to set the way text is wrapped." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/10/you-can-use-text-wrap-balance-on-icons/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:44:41

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1092.jpg    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:47:56

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1440.jpg    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 08:48:04

• Real World Economics: Nobelists’ work seems obvious, yet still vital ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/10/20/real-world-economics-nobelists-work-seems-obvious-yet-still-vital/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:16:59

• US, Canadian navies sail through Taiwan Strait week after war games ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-canadian-navies-sail-through-taiwan-strait-week-after-war-games    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:17:32

• How To Install KeePassXC on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-keepassxc-opensuse/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:19:06

• How To Install Bitwarden on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-bitwarden-linux-mint-22/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:19:13

• How To Install Chromium on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-chromium-linux-mint-22/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:19:19

• How to Install Git on RHEL 9 | Rocky Linux 9 ⚓ https://www.linuxtechi.com/how-to-install-git-on-rhel/ ䷉ Source: LinuxTechi | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.linuxtechi.com/how-to-install-git-on-rhel/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:19:42

• How to update Ubuntu 24.04 to 24.10 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/how-to-update-ubuntu-24-04-to-24-10    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:20:05

• This Week in KDE Apps ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2024/10/20/this-week-in-kde-apps/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:20:27

• "One of the key issues in UK leasehold and fleecehold is the control and appointment of managing agents for blocks of flats." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2024-10-21_power-to-appoint-managing-agents.gmi    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:37:44

• "Arch while a wonderful operating system, is just one step above Gentoo in complexity (haven't tried Gentoo for years, but it used to be a lot of compiling). It is bleeding edge and very cool, but that means lots of fixes and breakages on larger upgrades." gemini://hanzbrix.pollux.casa/gemlog/20241020.gmi    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:39:05

• YOU'RE SO IMPRESSIVE (poem) gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2265    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:40:28

• CLORYUT Wordo: DEISM gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-10-21.gmi    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:41:46

• Feeling A Pong Of Nostalgia: Does It Hold Up In 2024? ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/20/feeling-a-pong-of-nostalgia-does-it-hold-up-in-2024/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 09:48:28

• Happy 20th Anniversary, Ubuntu! ☞ https://linuxiac.com/happy-20th-anniversary-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:07:06

• The m=√p rule for random forests ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/10/the-m%e2%88%9ap-rule-for-random-forests/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:07:55

• Griffin – very small static site generator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/griffin-very-small-static-site-generator/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:10:33

• 11 Best Free and Open Source Firewall Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-firewall-tools/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:12:05

• Silssig – static site generator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/silssig-static-site-generator/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:12:29

• Ptyxis – terminal for a container-oriented desktop ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ptyxis-terminal-container-oriented-desktop/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:12:46

• Intel’s NPU Driver for GNU/Linux is Now Available on the Snap Store ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/intels-npu-driver-for-linux-is-now-available-on-the-snap-store    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:13:51

• Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.7 Launches with GNU/Linux 6.11, GNOME 47.1, and More ☞ https://9to5linux.com/slackware-based-porteux-1-7-launches-with-linux-6-11-gnome-47-1-and-more    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:14:16

• New Ubuntu Community Council 2024 ☞ https://ubuntu-news.org/2024/10/20/new-ubuntu-community-council-2024/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:21:14

• ESP32 ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-c5-devkitc-1-with-240mhz-risc-v-processor-zigbee-and-thread-connectivity/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:21:44

• ESP32 ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-c61-devkitc-1-with-risc-v-single-core-processor-and-wi-fi-6-bluetooth-le-5/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:21:54

• "Thank you for enabling SSL on your site. I now feel comfortable enough logging in again." https://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36812/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:24:18

• "The ASUS NUC 14 Pro AI is a powerful, compact mini PC featuring the Intel Core Ultra processor (Series 2), which integrates CPU, GPU" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/asus-nuc-14-pro-ai-with-intel-core-ultra-processor-delivering-up-to-120-platform-tops/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:25:17

• World War I was the crucible of air power. Ukraine looks the same for drones ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/world-war-i-was-the-crucible-of-air-power-ukraine-looks-the-same-for-drones/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:25:49

• Zambia urged to release journalist amid deteriorating press freedom and human rights concerns ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/10/zambia-urged-to-release-journalist-amid-deteriorating-press-freedom-and-human-rights-concerns/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:33:21

• Russell Coker: MG4 Review ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2024/10/21/mg4-review/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:34:11

• Pimoroni Clipper 4G LTE Breakout Review: Easy IoT ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-pico/pimoroni-clipper-4g-lte-breakout-review    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:34:43

• Raspberry PI OS Lite: Headless Install, Setup and Configure ☞ https://peppe8o.com/install-raspberry-pi-os-lite-in-your-raspberry-pi/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:34:51

• GSoC'24 Okular | Coming to a Close ☞ https://prathamgandhi.github.io/posts/gsoc24-update4/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:35:41

• Live: Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah-linked finance group, reports Lebanese state media ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241020-live-at-least-73-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-northern-gaza-rescuers-and-officials-say    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:36:07

• U.S. Probing Reported Leak Of Israel's Plans For Iran Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/johnson-leak-israel-iran-missile-strike/33165634.html    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:36:31

• Israel Strikes Hezbollah-Affiliated Financial Branches Across Lebanon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/20/world/israel-hamas-yahya-sinwar-news    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:36:41

• Residents in Lebanon Flee as Israel Strikes Hezbollah-Affiliated Financial Institution ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/world/middleeast/israel-strike-lebanon-hezbollah.html    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:36:53

• Dozens Killed or Missing After Israeli Airstrike in Northern Gaza, Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-strike.html    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:37:14

• Shinobi: Build Your Own Free Surveillance CCTV NVR System in Minutes with Easy Docker Installation ☞ https://medevel.com/shinobi-install-docker-cctv/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:37:41

• Lazy Reading for 2024/10/20 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2024/10/20/lazy-reading-for-2024-10-20/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:38:05

• Why I’m skeptical of rewriting JavaScript tools in “faster” languages ☞ https://nolanlawson.com/2024/10/20/why-im-skeptical-of-rewriting-javascript-tools-in-faster-languages/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:38:31

• No Machining Required ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/20/diy-air-bearings-no-machining-required/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:39:23

• Bitwarden was never truly Free software, Phoronix...    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:39:54

• freemium is not freedom    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:40:18

• Access to Phoronix is also freemium and bias is up for sale. Send gifts to impact coverage.    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:41:01

• "With a classic typeface and traditional newspaper design, the mass-mailed Catholic Tribune newspapers carry signposts of legitimacy." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/church-no-affiliation-catholic-tribune-metric-media | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:41:32

• MIDI Controller In 24 Hours ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/20/a-parts-bin-midi-controller-in-24-hours/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:42:26

• I’ll stand for Russian president when Putin's gone, Navalny’s widow tells BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3z4ydk90vo    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:44:15

• Kernel prepatch 6.12-rc4 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/994843/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:44:57

• Seeed Studio launches ESP32-C6-powered 60GHz mmWave human fall detection and breathing/heartbeat detection sensor kits ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/10/21/seeed-studio-esp32-c6-60ghz-mmwave-human-fall-detection-and-breathing-heartbeat-detection-sensor-kits/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:46:30

• Stunning Fossil Reveals Fireflies Glowed When Dinosaurs Ruled Earth ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/stunning-fossil-reveals-fireflies-glowed-when-dinosaurs-ruled-earth    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:20:47

• The Mysterious Origins of a Rare Kind of Exploding Star Have Been Identified ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-mysterious-origins-of-a-rare-kind-of-exploding-star-have-been-identified    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:20:56

• This Fungus Appears to Be Able to Recognize Shapes, Study Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-fungus-appears-to-be-able-to-recognize-shapes-study-shows    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:21:07

• But maybe BOT traffic https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-world-monthly-2/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:21:58

• China’s Pooh-tin Jinping calls for troops to boost war preparedness, days after Taiwan military drills ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/10/20/chinas-xi-jinping-calls-for-troops-to-boost-war-preparedness-days-after-taiwan-military-drills/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:25:11

• US lawmakers demand federal probe into ties between China and consulting firm McKinsey ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/10/us-lawmakers-demand-federal-probe-into-ties-between-china-and-consulting-firm-mckinsey/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:26:08

• Forget Flipper, How About Capybara? ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/20/forget-flipper-how-about-capybara/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:26:41

• Trudeau has wrecked Canada-India political relations, says expelled envoy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/world/trudeau-has-wrecked-canada-india-political-relations-says-expelled-envoy    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:27:02

• Former India spy charged with plotting New York assassination of Sikh activist ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/10/former-indian-spy-charged-with-plotting-assassination-of-sikh-activist-in-new-york/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:27:22

• Vote-buying is illegal and Musk is literally bribing Trump now. This is just crime. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/elon-musk-million-dollar-petition.html    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:31:55

• DJI sues Pentagon over 'Chinese military company' designation — seeking to protect its business and reputation ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/dji-sues-pentagon-over-chinese-military-company-designation-seeking-to-protect-its-business-and-reputation    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:32:19

• Early Results Give Pro-Europe President Sandu Lead In Moldova Vote But EU Referendum Lagging ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/dual-votes-test-moldovans-european-future-moscow-s-reach/33164975.html    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:33:15

• Tugged Between East and West, Moldovans Vote in Pivotal Elections ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/world/europe/moldova-election-russia-eu.html    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:34:49

• Pro-Europe Georgians Rally As Crucial Parliamentary Elections Loom ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-election-dream-zurabishvili-saakashvili-russia-kobakhidze/33165650.html    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:35:17

• Moldova Wrestles With Its Future After Sandu's First-Round Win But 'No' Result On EU ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-vote-sandu-russia-meddling-european-union/33165749.html    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:35:30

• At least 87 killed or missing after Israeli strikes on north Gaza, Palestinian officials say ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241020-at-least-87-killed-or-missing-after-israeli-strikes-on-north-gaza-palestinian-officials-say    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:35:55

• Desiccant ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/20/figuring-out-the-most-efficient-way-to-reuse-bags-of-desiccant/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:38:54

• Tiny Robot Brain ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/20/the-design-process-for-a-tiny-robot-brain/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:39:32

• "Dropping degree mandates is just a way to tell existing employees "you're job doesn't require a degree (even though you have one) so we can pay a lot less now"." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v6dp9lF    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 13:03:19

• "If you pay peanuts, you hire monkeys.... That's why good US jobs are getting transferred to India even though it takes 3 or 4 Indian engineers to do the work on one US engineer. And they get it wrong !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v6dp9lF    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 13:03:25

• "IBM Hopes 'Spectacular' New NYC Office Will Entice Employees Back to Work... Dream on ! Another Watson Healthcare debacle in the making but brought to you by Alvind" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v66YMrf spending money on the CEO's glory while wasting budget that could be used to retain good workers.    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 13:05:01

• Francesco Lodolo: The (pre)history of Mozilla’s localization repository infrastructure ☞ https://www.yetanothertechblog.com/2024/10/20/the-prehistory-of-mozillas-localization-repository-infrastructure/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 13:33:59

• "What follows is some insights I stumbled across on YouTube by Thomas R. Howell. I will publish his thoughts here as a reference to both myself and those who also take something useful from these guiding principles." gemini://dazlab.uk/library/reading_list/r0001.gmi    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 13:35:35

• [Old] Reasons to use a bicycle gemini://xiu.smol.pub/2023-01-17-reasons-to-bicycle    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 13:36:57

• "To me, vultures are truly among the holiest of creatures, and one of the birds I love the most. Vultures purify the world, and in so doing maintain its beauty" gemini://polyphanes.smol.pub/1729511625    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 13:38:18

• Reboot at 18:00... 10 minutes. IRC downtime should not be long.    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 17:50:26

• Reason for reboot: new kernel, security patches applied    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 17:51:20

• "I'm just musing on the irony that my recent tilt towards digital detoxification is what drove me to Gemini in the first place. As someone who grew up around the birth of the World Wide Web," gemini://dazlab.uk/log/2024/0010.gmi    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 19:03:42

• "Chokepoint capitalism is a model of economic activity where goods flow from creators to consumers via a tightly controlled, corporate-owned channel. Chokepoints exist across a range of industries, but the current state of cultural markets in a ubiquitously digital world sees us in a situation where much of everyday life has been captured by big business." gemini://xiu.smol.pub/2024-10-21-booknotes-chokepoint-capitalism    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 19:04:30

• October update gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2024/OCT2024/entry-1    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 19:06:25

• "A new law governing social CONTROL media content in the U.K. and a layoff announcement from Meta impacted tech stocks last week." https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/tech-stock-roundup-uk-social-media-law-hits-stocks-netflix-11-tesla-earnings/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 19:32:18

• Meta Restructures Leading To Layoffs At WhatsApp And Instagram https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/meta-restructures-leading-to-layoffs-at-whatsapp-and-instagram-47665    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 19:32:58

• https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-how-i-made-ubuntu-look-like-macos/   

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 20:02:40

• Here’s How I Made Ubuntu Look Like macOS https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-how-i-made-ubuntu-look-like-macos/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 20:02:55

• Introduction To LINUX https://medium.com/@iamtux/introduction-to-linux-c185c16c572f    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 20:03:49

• "Transfer files between the devices, share clipboards, see some phone notifications on your laptop etc." https://itsfoss.com/gsconnect/    

posted Monday, October 21, 2024 at 20:04:22

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1093.jpg    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:07:00

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1441.jpg    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:07:06

• Retro Workshop, Part 3 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jdd/phlog/20241020-workshop-3.txt    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:08:31

• evolution revolution. gopher://gopher.club:70/1/users/gef/    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:10:06

• "Still the same nonsense about "AI replacing jobs at IBM". AI is not; our AI solutions are really bad and incapable of replacing a single human worker with even below average intelligence. Rather IBM is outsourcing massively to India - same old sh-t as Palmisano's Roadmap 2015. Call it "Roadmap 2025" given how much Arvind loves Elon Musk." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v5rGrnQ    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:15:23

• "These articles leave the impression that you either have skills or a degree but not both. Is sad to see this being argued at least for Computer science. while there is the ocasional brilliant guy that writes excellent code without a degree the majority of brilliant developers I have met and hire over the years got one." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v6dp9lF    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:16:24

• "An university career is more that’s the degree, is the analytical thinking, the core theory behind lots of concepts that prepare an student to adapt and understand a wide variety of topics." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v6dp9lF    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:16:55

• "While I prefer a candidate with 4+ years of studies, I have hired ppl with a 2 year college programing program, to me, that is the absolute minimum, I’ve seen good devs with math, physics or engineering background, but if the candidate has no formal education on a related field, or has done some short training on programming, or learned on the go is a pass from me." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v6dp9lF    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:17:38

• Or you could pretend to be SECURITY GURU because you studied biology...    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:18:09

• "Dropping degree mandates is just a way to tell existing employees "you're job doesn't require a degree (even though you have one) so we can pay a lot less now"." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v6dp9lF    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:18:46

• Business execs just said the quiet part out loud on RTO mandates — A quarter admit forcing staff back into the office was meant to make them quit https://www.itpro.com/business/business-strategy/business-execs-just-said-the-quiet-part-out-loud-on-rto-mandates-a-quarter-admit-forcing-staff-back-into-the-office-was-meant-to-make-them-quit-but-this-quiet-firing-practice-could-easily-backfire    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:20:17

• Indie Studio Head Thinks Big Publisher Arrogance Is Harming Game Development https://www.thegamer.com/indie-studio-big-publisher-arrogance-harming-game-development/    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:20:48

• Asia layoff tracker: latest on Love, Bonito, One Championship https://www.techinasia.com/visual-story/asia-layoff-tracker-shopback-slashes-195-jobs-propertyguru-cuts-79-positions    

posted Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 02:23:16