Roy Schestowitz

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1446.jpg    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:18:31

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1096.jpg    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:18:38

• "The main reason I'm doing this is so that systemd can limit the memory available to the app. I'm hoping that this will force Perl to garbage-collect more often and that will show me if I do in fact have memory leaks in the code. I suspect I do, to be honest." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2024-10-27-traveller    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:19:29

• "I've done a bit of 6502 programming, and as a teen, wrote some game code snippets on an Atari800 and an Apple ][... By the time the NES came out I was busy dropping out of high school, hanging out with the wrong people, etc. Eventually jumped back into coding 68K machines, and entirely missed the NES until my kids started gaming." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Bucket-List/21256    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:20:23

• Stargazing 2024-10-25 gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20241026-0.gmi    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:22:16

• "Smart people start from local venues: a computer group, a small conference, maybe they push themselves a bit more and deliver a presentation online or, more often than not, they do it at the company they work for." gemini://gemini.abiscuola.com/gemlog/eth-talk.gmi    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:23:39

• "I started watching movies again maybe to rot less on youtube as I thought watching a 2 hour movie is better than spending those 2 hours watching shorts or reels and stuff." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2290    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:24:30

• "It's just so common (and so tolerated by so many) to see "Hermeticism" used in so expansive a way that it becomes effectively meaningless, whatever it refers to being up to anyone's whim despite that it actually can—and does—refer to something independent of individual whimsy." gemini://polyphanes.smol.pub/1729969277    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:25:21

• "I recently bought the Pinephone. I was thinking this would be an underpowered phone, which I don't need my phone to be a PS5. I don't need more than 3GB for a freaking phone. But my God, the Pinephone is a disaster." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20241025-pinephone_paperweight.txt    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:28:00

• "More about it: Projekt Z: Beyond Order is an atmospheric first-person zombie co-op shooter set in WW2. Play as a diverse crew of survivors, each with their own unique abilities, to unravel the secrets of the Nazi-controlled island. Build up your Hideout and manage your survivors to fight against the Projekte that the Nazis have created." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/zombie-co-op-fps-projekt-z-beyond-order-releases-spring-2025-with-linux-support/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:30:17

• "More about it: Projekt Z: Beyond Order is an atmospheric first-person zombie co-op shooter set in WW2. Play as a diverse crew of survivors, each with their own unique abilities, to unravel the secrets of the Nazi-controlled island." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/zombie-co-op-fps-projekt-z-beyond-order-releases-spring-2025-with-linux-support/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:30:31

• "There's one fix that's specific to the Steam Deck that Valve noted: "Fix overlay hanging for some games in Desktop mode after the game restarts itself". Plus one just for the Desktop client: "Fix a case where the wrong DPI scaling factor would be used for systems using a non-gnome based session with an active gnome-desktop-portal service."" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/steam-beta-removes-option-to-globally-disable-steam-play-plus-game-recording-improvements/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:30:52

• "There's one fix that's specific to the Steam Deck that Valve noted: "Fix overlay hanging for some games in Desktop mode after the game restarts itself"." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/steam-beta-removes-option-to-globally-disable-steam-play-plus-game-recording-improvements/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:31:08

• "That language reads as a direct response to the recent right-wing criticism. In April, former NPR business editor Uri Berliner published a lengthy essay in Bari Weiss‘s Free Press (4/9/24; FAIR.org, 4/24/24) arguing that NPR‘s “progressive worldview” influenced its journalism." https://fair.org/home/cpb-funds-ideological-overseers-at-npr-in-response-to-right-wing-criticism/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:53:10

• Wall Street media: let's casually push to people the lie that some companies are "worth" over 3,000 billion dollars. They're not, but faking worth allows more borrowings...    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:57:15

• "potential to benefit from generative AI" is just mindless vaporware: "IBM's shares fell about 4% in extended trading after rising more than 40% this year, as investors bet on the company's potential to benefit from generative AI through its software and consulting services." https://www.reuters.com/technology/ibm-beats-third-quarter-profit-estimates-software-strength-2024-10-23/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 03:59:57

• Baidu’s CEO Believes 99% of AI Companies Won’t Survive After the Bubble Bursts https://medium.com/@alvarodmn39/baidus-ceo-believes-99-of-ai-companies-won-t-survive-after-the-bubble-bursts-595d7dc8bc6c    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 04:00:50

• AI or efficient plagiarism? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/10/event-reminder-1-week-to-go-ipkat.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 04:03:22

• Combination of common architectural elements does not make orangery original http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/10/combination-of-common-architectural.html"    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 04:03:47

• EUIPO is pure corruption disguised as "justice" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/10/euipo-grand-board-finally-confirms.html http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 04:04:33

• India: Rape victims struggle to get justice https://www.dw.com/en/india-rape-victims-struggle-to-get-justice/a-70532084    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 04:06:09

• TR reader: "I'm watching The Penguin with Colin Farrell. It's like some Greek tragedy only with comic-book characters." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15435876/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 04:20:47

• 4 hours ago: Biography Richard Stallman https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=skIjD2l-MHU    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 04:33:23

• Drew DeVault: trans people need to lead us https://drewdevault.com/2023/04/24/2023-04-24-Who-leads-us.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 04:49:11

• Beijing bracing for trade war on all fronts https://www.dw.com/en/decoding-china-beijing-bracing-for-trade-war-on-all-fronts/a-70533454    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 06:37:00

• power plant failure https://www.dw.com/en/cuba-hit-by-island-wide-blackout-after-power-plant-failure/a-70539754 can they still call it "blackout"? Won't IBM and Microsoft complain that it is racist (while they themselves work for Hitler, literally)?    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 06:38:08

• human rights in Egypt are ignored https://www.dw.com/en/with-gaza-war-next-door-human-rights-in-egypt-are-ignored/a-70530051    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 06:38:46

• "Because your MFA happens through PAM and the details of this are opaque to OpenSSH's sshd" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/PAMSkipModuleWithPamAccess | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:28:59

• "Every time I've setup a server in the past decade the SSH keys have been set for me" ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/copy-ssh-keys-to-a-server/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:29:11

• "Here’s how I did it." ☛ https://yordi.me/step-by-step-guide-to-light-dark-mode-on-bear-blog/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:29:25

• [Old] "Secure Shell (SSH) is a popular network protocol for accessing a shell on (remote) systems." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2022/12/02/improving-sshs-security-with-sshfp-dns-records/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:29:34

• "Early this year, a court in the UK handed Paul Merrell a 12-month prison sentence for reselling pirate IPTV" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptvs-breaking-bad-headteacher-risked-more-than-most-paid-the-price-241026/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:32:17

• "The Israeli military killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip on October 17" ☛ https://fair.org/home/in-midst-of-palestinian-genocide-late-hamas-leader-scolded-for-eradicating-israel/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:39:20

• pennsylvania ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/election-ohio-wisconsin-michigan-pennsylvania-sherrod-brown-marcy-kaptur | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:39:59

• "Available now with Linux support from Passageway Games" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/check-out-the-classic-crpg-inspired-passageway-of-the-ancients-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:41:27

• "Another fresh Steam Client Beta for Desktop and Steam Deck fixing up some bugs" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/steam-beta-removes-option-to-globally-disable-steam-play-plus-game-recording-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:41:40

• "Become a one-person renovation crew with this latest Humble Bundle featuring House Flipper and House Flipper VR." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/get-house-flipper-house-flipper-vr-and-various-dlc-in-this-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:41:49

• "'Washington Post' won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5165353    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:45:19

• "Journal of day of the dalek (45994)" https://soylentnews.org/~day+of+the+dalek/journal/18677    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:45:30

• "Microsoft chief's bonus docked $5m for 'cascade of errors' that let China hack US" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/10/25/microsoft-chief-bonus-docked-cascade-errors-china-hack-us/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:50:11

• "Freeman hits 1st walk-off slam in World Series history as Dodgers top Yankees in Game 1" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5166038    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:50:25

• "Trump says on Joe Rogan podcast his biggest White House mistake was hiring ‘disloyal people’" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/26/trump-joe-rogan-podcast    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:50:40

• iTWire continues with spam https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-opinion/how-to-handle-software-copycats-in-business.html ("iTWire - How to handle software copycats in business") Sam is gone https://itwire.com/journalist/sam-varghese.html http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/17/Something_Has_Gone_Very_Wrong_at_iTWire.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:51:32

• "The man bubbling over with ideas" / "Mannen som bobler over av ideer - Spillhistorie.no" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://spillhistorie.no/2024/10/24/mannen-som-bobler-over-av-ideer/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:53:05

• "Labour donor says rich Brits opposing higher taxes should ‘f off’" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dale-vince-labour-donor-reeves-tax-b2636253.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:53:44

• "Democratic Belarus in the EU: here to stay" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2024/10/25/democratic-belarus-in-the-eu-here-to-stay/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:53:55

• "Michelle Obama blasts Donald Trump at Michigan rally" https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4955483-michelle-obama-blasts-donald-trump-michigan/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:54:04

• "This tutorial will help you use Tab Session Manager easily with examples." ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2024/10/how-to-use-tab-session-manager-on-firefox-browser.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:58:10

• "For two of openSUSE’s most notable Linux distributions" ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2024/10/26/leap-tw-get-makeovers/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 09:58:27

• "Orbbec unveiled the Orbbec Perceptor Developer Kit at ROSCon 2024 in Odense, Denmark" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/orbbec-introduces-perceptor-dev-kit-for-advanced-amr-development-with-nvidia-isaac/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:11:06

• "WIZnet recently introduced two new microcontroller boards with built-in Ethernet controllers, flash memory" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/wiznet-ethernet-enabled-microcontroller-boards-leverage-raspberry-pi-chipsets/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:11:32

• "Big company decision-makers don’t want to let smaller companies have their own "agentic" tools" ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/personal-ai-in-the-rugpull-economy/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:13:55

• "Large language models (LLMs) have enabled the generation of high-quality synthetic text" ☛ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08025-4 | Source: Nature    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:14:07

• "OpenAI has been fraught with leadership changes as executives pour out of the company" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/10/24/openai-researcher-copyright-law-violated/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:14:19

• "nearly 8 million monthly listeners" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/10/25/lily-allen-foot-pics-comments-spotify-streams/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:14:30

• "copyright world is currently trying to assert its control over the new world of generative AI " ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/25/german-court-laions-generative-ai-training-dataset-is-legal-thanks-to-eu-copyright-exceptions/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:14:51

• "But Publishing Is A Business, Monica" ☛ https://walledculture.org/the-truth-about-copyright-even-successful-authors-cant-live-on-the-royalties-publishers-pay-them/ | Source: Walled Culture    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:15:03

• "recreate the voices of late singers Bamba Bakya" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/ar-rahman-calls-ai-evil-says-its-misuse-in-music-can-lead-to-people-losing-jobs-we-need-to-bell-this-cat-101729954789504.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:16:18

• "flurry of trademark lawsuits" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/25/national-law-firm-learns-that-competitors-buying-google-adwords-still-isnt-trademark-infringement/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:19:48

• Digital Restrictions (DRM): "But not every technological gewgaw represents progress." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/modern-car-trends-we-really-really-hate/253933/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:21:30

• "overinflated the actual earnings achieved by most drivers by as much as 30%" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/26/24280303/lyft-fine-misleading-earnings-claims-ads-ftc-doj | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:22:19

• "In New York City, some drivers in previous years made as little as $6 an hour" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/10/uber-lyft-driver-lockouts-wages/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:22:37

• "According to a working paper by Michael Reich and Denis Sosinskiy of the Institute for Research on Labor" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/10/fast-food-minimum-wage-california/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:22:49

• "The panel’s speakers included Lydia Polgreen, New York Times opinion columnist" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/government/panel-of-renowned-journalists-visits-campus-to-discuss-upcoming-general-election/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:26:02

• "Bezos bought Washington Post a decade ago for 250000000 USD (25 million)." ☛ https://crys.site/blog/2024/bezos-washington-post/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:26:27

• "Bezos, as it happens, has billions of dollars in contracts before the federal government." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/10/washington-post-bezos-amazon-prime-cancel/680421/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:27:07

• "Here’s a new slogan that seems right for the sanctimonious-yet-venal brain trust at The Washington Post" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/washington-post-endorsement-david-shipley/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:27:29

• "Their decisions, coming less than two weeks from Election Day" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/10/25/news-media-endorsements-president-2024-election | Source: Axios    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:27:48

• "The day before the Washington Post news broke, bleary-eyed at 7am as I scanned through my email inbox" ☛ https://www.citationneeded.news/i-am-my-own-legal-department/ | Source: Molly White    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:28:02

• "For a small group of incarcerated journalists around the country, the situation provided a clear mandate" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/why-we-need-prison-journalism-more-than-ever/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:30:13

• "Khardin is a popular blogger, with over 127,000 subscribers to his Telegram channel." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-foreign-agents-astra-lekmanov/33174125.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:30:36

• "After the public broadcaster came under right-wing scrutiny in the spring for supposed left-wing bias" ☛ https://fair.org/home/cpb-funds-ideological-overseers-at-npr-in-response-to-right-wing-criticism/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:31:03

• "Lewis was previously the publisher at The Wall Street Journal, which is owned by right-wing billionaire" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/owner-jeff-bezos-reportedly-nixes-washington-post-endorsement-of-harris/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:31:46

• "foreign agent law" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/26/georgia-elections-russia-dream/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:32:14

• "super editors" ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/far-left-activists-elon-musk-asks-people-not-to-donate-to-wikipedia-6877213#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories | Source: NDTV    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:33:55

• "The report, which is almost fully redacted, was made public Friday after a lawsuit filed by the government" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5165395 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:34:13

• "weaponization of government" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/25/democracy-dies-in-darkness-helped-along-by-billionaire-cowardice/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:34:43

• "The Intelligence Community (IC) assesses that Russian actors manufactured and amplified" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-trump-harris-election-fake-video/33174319.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:40:31

• "The phony video was quickly debunked by local election officials and the district attorney" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5165593 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:40:47

• Raimondo ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/us/politics/intel-chips-biden.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:41:32

• "pro-opposition Formula and Mtavari Arkhi channels showed major gains" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-10-25/georgia-votes-in-election-seen-as-stark-choice-between-russia-and-west | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:41:52

• "unprecedented concentration of decision-making power" ☛ https://mhatta.medium.com/thoughts-on-the-new-digital-feudalism-a7a1e7c801b7 | Source: Masayuki Hatta    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:42:11

• "Directive 2014/23/EU on the award of concession contracts" ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14427-Evaluation-of-the-Public-Procurement-Directives_en | Source: European Commission    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:42:30

• "comprising of seven elephants" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/andhra-pradesh/warning-issued-as-elephants-spotted-in-parvathipuram-manyam-1833387 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:43:41

• "Over the next few years, we realized there are some nice things about leases" ☛ https://json.blog/2024/10/26/why-weve-leased.html | Source: Jason Becker    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:45:56

• "There are THREE systems (oh yes) that are reporting the output data from the farm." ☛ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2024/10/26/solar-farm-data-collection-begins/ | Source: Positech Games    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:46:21

• "During the night from Saturday to Sunday, the Nature and Environment Federation will be drawing attention" ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2024/10/26/light-pollution-awareness-annual-night-night | Source: NL Times    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:47:23

• "St. George Rainway, which is still under construction" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/st-george-rainway-1.7363970 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:47:38

• "lack of transparency in the hottest new sector of political advertising" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/26/social-media-influencers-election-money-campaigns/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:48:22

• "These billionaire owners are craven bastards" ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/your-opinions-can-be-bad-but-you | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:48:59

• "a tranche of new footage smuggled out of the centres housing those awaiting deportation" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/tens-of-thousands-suffer-in-saudi-detention-centres/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:49:09

• "prayer" ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/muslim-students-and-swinburne-university-in-prayer-room-row/ddiugmi8p | Source: SBS    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:53:54

• "the second anniversary of Musk's takeover of Twitter loom" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5156184 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:54:08

• "OCHA" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/azadi-briefing-afghanistan-aid-humanitarian-taliban/33173245.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:54:27

• "I want to pull the passages of the story that describe the when, what, and who" ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/10/25/if-putin-is-running-musk-trump-should-be-terrified/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:54:59

• "Danish journalist Carsten Norton, author of the book Bandekrigerne fra Værebro" ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20241025/how-hybrid-nordic-biker-gangs-are-starting-to-replace-the-hells-angels | Source: The Local SE    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:55:10

• "the department's public integrity" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2244335.html | Source: RTL    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:56:37

• "Populism has many faces, but its pattern is always the same." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/what-can-stop-the-rise-of-populism-in-germany-and-elsewhere/a-70585362 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:56:56

• "They’re all ready for, as one Trump adviser puts it" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-lawyers-subvert-2024-election-no-jail-1235143735/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:57:29

• "I spoke with Vox senior reporter Whizy Kim, who has been reporting on Musk, his fans" ☛ https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/380185/trump-elon-musk-election | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:57:44

• "As Election Day nears, uncertainty remains high over almost every aspect of the presidential race" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5165537 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:58:15

• [Old] "This project aimed to identify the driving factors that motivate people to volunteer" ☛ https://www.sr2.uk/reports/2024-TorRelayOperatorCommunityHealth.pdf |    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:58:53

• "Regardless of whether efficiency tracking practices are right or wrong in a moral sense" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-10-tracking-employees-productive.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:00:06

• "The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) was enacted in 1970 to ensure the accuracy" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/26/worker_surveillance_credit_reporting_privacy_requirement/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:00:19

• Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/kremlin-linked-apt29-hackers-target-ukrainian-state-agencies-espionage | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:01:06

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/z890-motherboards-are-having-instability-issues-with-windows-11-24h2-bios-updates-or-disable-igpud-required-to-update-windows | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:01:19

• "This week, we were talking about neural networks for the first time" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/10/more-neurons-in-the-hidden-layer-than-predictive-features-in-neural-nets/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:02:51

• "Wherever you stand on AI, it's undeniable that the tech has supercharged fraudsters." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/scammers-steal-houses-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:03:01

• "A few days later, she got an unexpected email, saying the seller was ready for a video call." ☛ https://www.nbcmiami.com/responds/title-fraud-scam-ai-artificial-intelligence-deepfakes/3423150/ |    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:13:49

• "Waymo, said on Friday it had closed a $5.6 billion funding round" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/alphabets-waymo-closes-5-6-billion-funding-to-expand-autonomous-ride-hailing-service/articleshow/114615892.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:14:03

• "Classic Macs based on Motorola 68K processors come with their own Macintosh ROM." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2024/10/26/a-brief-history-of-mac-firmware/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:14:53

• "Law enforcement agencies across the US are cracking down on a troubling spread of child sexual abuse imagery" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-images-are-spreading-law-enforcement-is-racing-to-stop-them/articleshow/114606182.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:15:03

• "The cars still have a safety driver behind the wheel" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-has-secretly-been-testing-robotaxis | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:15:27

• How To Install Chromium Browser on AlmaLinux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-chromium-browser-almalinux-9/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:16:21

• How To Install Apache NetBeans on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-apache-netbeans-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:16:44

• How To Install Apache NetBeans on AlmaLinux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-apache-netbeans-almalinux-9/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:17:04

• How To Install TYPO3 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-typo3-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:17:18

• The 'Linux' Foundation Scandal Nobody Talks About ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/26/The_Linux_Foundation_Scandal_Nobody_Talks_About.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:19:59

• Drew Earned Himself a Meme for His Latest Attack on the Founder of GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/26/Drew_Earned_Himself_a_Meme_for_His_Latest_Attack_on_the_Founder.shtml    

posted Sunday, O How To Install PeaZip on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-peazip-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:21:56

• How To Install SSH on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-ssh-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:22:04

• This is proprietary Microsoft spyware; why not help install Free alternatives instead? ☞ https://idroot.us/install-visual-studio-code-centos-stream-9/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:22:22

• What 'Linux' Foundation Did to Linux.com for Halloween (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/26/What_Linux_Foundation_Did_to_Linux_com_for_Halloween.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:23:16

• GNU World Order 587 ☞ http://gnuworldorder.info//audiophile/gnuWorldOrder_587_ogg.ogg    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:23:59

• PeaZip 10 Released with Revamped GUI Engine, Compression Presets, and More ☞ https://9to5linux.com/peazip-10-released-with-revamped-gui-engine-compression-presets-and-more    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:25:03

• Israeli strikes on Iran kill four soldiers ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-israeli-strikes-on-iran-kill-four-soldiers    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:26:14

• Iranians and Israelis react to Tel Aviv's attack on Tehran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-iranians-and-israelis-react-to-tel-aviv-s-attack-on-tehran    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:26:24

• Israeli strikes on Iran: ‘Mixed reactions’ among Iranians ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-israeli-strike-on-iran-mixed-reaction-among-iranians    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:26:34

• Israeli strikes on Iran: ‘Important junction’ in MidEast conflict ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-israeli-strikes-on-iran-important-junction-in-mideast-conflict    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:26:44

• Israel launches air strikes on Iran in retaliatory attack ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-israel-launches-air-strikes-on-iran-in-retaliatory-attack    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:26:54

• Experts react: Israel has hit back at Iran with airstrikes. Is this the road to war or an off-ramp? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react-israel-has-hit-back-at-iran-with-airstrikes-is-this-the-road-to-war-or-an-off-ramp/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:27:06

• Key points about Israel's deadly air strikes on Iran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241026-key-points-about-israel-s-retaliatory-air-strikes-on-iran    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:27:16

• Israeli strikes kill and wound dozens in Khan Younis ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-israeli-strikes-kill-and-wound-dozens-in-khan-younis    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:27:29

• Israeli targeting of out-of-service nuclear site in Iran crosses 'red line' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-israel-crosses-iranian-red-line-by-targeting-nuclear-facility    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:27:38

• Tel Aviv launches retaliatory strikes on Tehran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-israel-launches-retaliatory-attack-on-iran    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:27:49

• Iran says 'no limits' to determination to defend itself after Israeli strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241026-live-israeli-airstrike-on-tehran-caused-minimal-damage-iran-says    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:28:05

• Nordics and Baltics urge continued support for Ukraine at World Bank ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/26.10.2024-nordics-and-baltics-urge-continued-support-for-ukraine-at-world-bank.a574060/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:30:34

• Commission welcomes the consensus reached by G7 partners to collectively provide €45 billion in financial assistance to Ukraine ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_24_5473    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:30:44

• Zelensky calls for stop to North Korea’s troop deployments to Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-zelensky-calls-for-stop-to-north-korea-s-troop-deployment-to-russia    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:30:53

• 5 People, Including Teenager, Killed In Russian Strikes On Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-kherson-civilians/33174230.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:31:06

• North Korea involvement in Ukraine raises regional security risks, say analysts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-involvement-in-ukraine-raises-regional-security-risks-say-analysts    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:31:55

• Why Are North Korean Troops in Russia? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000009782894/why-north-korean-soldiers-are-in-russia.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:32:53

• Lithuanian tourists provide a boost to south-eastern Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/26.10.2024-lithuanian-tourists-provide-a-boost-to-south-eastern-latvia.a574062/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:33:14

• Georgia goes to polls: Choice between Russia and democratic EU ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-georgia-goes-to-polls-choice-between-russia-and-democratic-eu    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:33:30

• Georgians head to polls to vote in key parliamentary election ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-georgians-head-to-polls-to-vote-in-key-parliamentary-election    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:33:39

• Georgia votes in high-stakes election that could determine future in EU ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-georgia-votes-in-high-stakes-election-to-determine-future-in-eu    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:33:47

• Georgian Dream Hails Victory, Opposition Decries 'Stolen Election' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-crucial-elections-choice-russia-or-europe/33174003.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:34:01

• Welcome to Russia: Disinformation and LLM Spam From Guardian Digital (linuxsecurity.com) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/26/Welcome_to_Russia_Disinformation_and_LLM_Spam_From_Guardian_Dig.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:34:16

• Videos appear to show North Korean troops in Russia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/videos-appear-to-show-north-korean-troops-in-russia    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:34:41

• Pyongyang erects blockades along inter-Korean railways ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pyongyang-erects-blockades-along-inter-korean-railways    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:34:52

• "aising awareness of the origin of critical software used in your supply-chain is important, even if FLOSS - sad as it may be for various blameless individuals." ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2024-10-25.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:35:22

• Harald Welte: On Linux MAINTAINERS file removal of Russian developers ☞ https://laforge.gnumonks.org/blog/20241025-linux-maintainers-russian/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:36:36

• Republic of Georgia’s Ruling Party Claims Election Victory ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/world/europe/georgia-elections-russia-china-west.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:40:03

• "Some of what they're reporting sounds a little worrying." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/space-tourist-vision-deteriorate | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:42:32

• "Millionaire Bryan Johnson, CEO of a brain activity monitoring company" ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/millionaire-who-tries-anti-aging-hacks-fixes-posture-that-was-slowly-killing-his-brain-heres-how/articleshow/114610709.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:43:00

• "Psychedelic-assisted therapy is still awaiting official approval" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/10/psychedelics-nationalization-psilocybin-mdma-therapy/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:43:46

• "At home, we’d had months of me trying to get him to stop endlessly scrolling on his phone" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/relationships/how-excessive-phone-use-is-destroying-relationships/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:44:00

• "Now, every time I post a video about an IP KVM, someone asks me why they'd need one" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/jetkvm-tiny-ip-kvm-thats-not-apple-watch | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:48:46

• "The x86 instruction set has a somewhat peculiar set of SIMD integer multiply operations, and Intel’s particular implementation of several of these operations in their headline core designs has certain idiosyncrasies that have been there for literally over 25 years at this point." ☛ https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2024/10/26/why-those-particular-integer-multiplies/ | Source: Fabian “ryg” Giesen    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:49:13

• "The 5th annual Youth "Dream Rig" Essay Contest has begun to accept submissions." ☛ http://www.arrl.org/news/view/dream-rig-contest-underway | Source: ARRL    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:49:28

• "The ARRL Handbook is your complete guide to wireless technology, experimentation, practice" ☛ http://www.arrl.org/news/view/handbook-101-a-new-generation-of-amateur-radio | Source: ARRL    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:50:21

• "This is the 61st edition of People and Blogs" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-denny-henke | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:50:52

• "Compare that to the average salary of a preschool teacher in a public school classroom in 2022" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5144162 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:51:05

• "Translating it back to the language of topology: There is a unique global function" ☛ https://bartoszmilewski.com/2024/10/24/sheaves-as-virtual-objects/ | Source: Bartosz Milewski    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:52:07

• "A new study published October 23 in the journal Nature has revealed that the two cities..." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/two-lost-medieval-silk-road-cities-mapped-in-central-asia/a-70589851 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:52:25

• "For reference, that's nearly three times NASA's allocated budget for that year, $26.4 billion" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-economic-growth-more-than-budget | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:52:41

• "This morning I was thinking again how I could convert my old blogposts from 2000 to 2005" ☛ https://frankmeeuwsen.com/2024/10/26/easy-conversion-from.html | Source: Frank Meeuwsen    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:53:13

• "But comparing Open Source to big tech is like comparing an oven to a restaurant." ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/open-source-by-itself-is-no-alternative-for-big-tech/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:53:25

• Linux Out Loud 100: Rage Buys & Retro Vibes, 100 Episodes Strong ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-100/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:57:09

• This Week in Linux 283: GNU/Linux removes Russian maintainers, System76 ARM Desktop, New Raspberry Pi Hardware & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-283/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:57:18

• The Lies Are Winning ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/the-lies-are-winning    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:57:41

• Beyoncé endorses Harris, Rogan interviews Trump ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-beyonc%C3%A9-endorses-harris-rogan-interviews-trump    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:57:58

• 🔤SpellBinding: HOZRSUP Wordo: POOLS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-10-27.gmi    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:06:56

• "This may not be good advice; cron jobs may require a different environment than is set by a random user shell process (with who knows what set from who knows where), or may assume a different working directory." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/10/27/cron-soon.gmi    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:07:50

• "God, by his omnipotent power, has at all times and daily does take such care, and is so vigilant, for the wealth and preservation of his own, that thereby he disapproves of the wicked practices and evil intents of all, such as by any means whatsoever, that seek indirectly to conspire anything contrary to his holy will." gemini://thedevilsdarkcourt.com/arcane/witchcraft/newes_from_scotland.gmi    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:09:04

• "As I near forty, I've started to see friendships in a different light. When I was younger, connecting with people felt rather effortless. Friendships just happened, and I assumed they'd last, not a lifetime but at least as long as possible." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2291    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:10:34

• Several killed in overnight Russian missile strikes across Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241026-several-killed-in-overnight-russian-missile-strikes-across-ukraine    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:15:13

• Elon Musk reportedly has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/10/25/elon-musk-reportedly-regular-contact-vladimir-putin/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:15:37

• "right-to-repair" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/26/mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines-gain-a-dmca-exemption/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:16:10

• NSA is NOT "Obama", NSA is Harry S. Truman ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/25/NSA_is_NOT_Obama_NSA_is_Harry_S_Truman.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:17:09

• WATCH: “The Endgame is a World State, Popular Resistance Has Set Them Back” ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2024/10/26/watch-the-endgame-is-a-world-state-popular-resistance-has-set-them-back/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:17:48

• How to customize your Arduino Cloud IoT dashboards on the go ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/10/24/how-to-customize-your-arduino-cloud-iot-dashboards-on-the-go-2/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:18:59

• Did you Know How to Use prop.table function in R | Proportional Analysis ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/10/did-you-know-how-to-use-prop-table-function-in-r-proportional-analysis/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:19:27

• Thai YouTuber Nutty Arrested for £47 Million Forex Scam ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/thai-youtuber-nutty-arrested    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:19:58

• "This is the third part of a blog post series on comparing spatial patterns in raster data." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/10/comparison-of-spatial-patterns-in-continuous-raster-data-for-arbitrary-regions-using-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:21:57

• "promise to detect all lifetime safety defects" ☛ https://www.circle-lang.org/draft-profiles.html |    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:22:06

• "Hifitime is a precision-oriented time management library available in Rust and Python" ☛ https://nyxspace.com/hifitime/#time-scales |    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:22:17

• "The team aims to explore the motivations behind Wikipedia browsing" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-10-dancer-curiosity-style-wikipedia-browsing.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:26:46

• "free software activists from around the world come together in #fsf on Libera.Chat" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsd-meeting-recap-2024-10-25 | Source: FSF    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:27:54

• "For the first two days, we had a "mini-debcamp" with disparate group" ☛ https://blog.einval.com/2024/10/26#Cambridge-2024 | Source: Steve McIntyre    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:29:29

• "SVG images that are rendered..." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/26/svg-sandbox/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:30:45

• "The Browser Company today announced they're working on something new" ☛ https://crashthearcade.com/blog/2024/arc-s-second-act/ | Source: Mike Haynes    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:31:00

• "Ben Wood is a mobile phone fanatic and both the founder and curator of the Mobile Phone Museum" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/technology/old-phones-worth-money-4838655 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:31:51

• "The next minor release of RHEL will be RHEL 9.5, and there won't be a public beta…" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/26/almalinux_kitten/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:32:49

• "The problem: I have a laptop with built-in WiFi." ☛ https://crys.site/bsd/switching-wifi-eth/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:33:21

• "This is how I ended up maintaining a Linux system for my parents and my wife (and in a couple of years" ☛ https://chronicles.mad-scientist.club/tales/linux-desktop-for-the-family/ | Source: Gergely Nagy    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:34:22

• Comparison of spatial patterns in continuous raster data for arbitrary regions using R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/10/comparison-of-spatial-patterns-in-continuous-raster-data-for-arbitrary-regions-using-r/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:33:40

• Polyglot Maxxie and Minnie ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/10/polyglot-maxxie-and-minnie/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:33:49

• "We continued fixing bugs and making UI improvements this week." ☛ https://pointieststick.com/2024/10/26/this-week-in-plasma-all-screens-all-the-time/ | Source: Nate Graham    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:35:14

• Steve McIntyre: Mini-Debconf in Cambridge, October 10-13 2024 ☞ https://blog.einval.com/2024/10/26#Cambridge-2024    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:36:50

• Living in the Shadow of an American Election ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/living-in-the-shadow-of-an-american-election    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:37:28

• 14-Inch 4K ultra-wide touch display is optimized for Raspberry Pi and LattePanda boards, features USB Type-C and HDMI interfaces ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/10/27/14-inch-4k-ultra-wide-touch-display-for-raspberry-pi-and-lattepanda-boards/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:38:57

• Immigration on voters' minds in New York as city struggles to house migrants ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20241026-immigration-on-voters-minds-in-new-york-as-city-struggles-to-house-migrants    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:42:40

• DIY Laser Tag Project Does It In Style ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/26/diy-laser-tag-project-does-it-in-style/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:43:22

• Raspberry Pi 4 vs Pi 5: What's the Difference? ☞ https://itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-4-vs-5/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:46:45

• Using Arduino UNO to sync a visual neuroscience lab ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/10/23/using-arduino-uno-to-synch-a-visual-neuroscience-lab/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:47:11

• Cambodia releases journalist on bail after apology for posts allegedly inciting unrest ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/10/cambodia-releases-journalist-on-bail-after-apology-for-posts-allegedly-inciting-unrest/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:49:30

• Venezuela opposition party leader found dead after state security detention ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/10/venezuela-opposition-party-leader-found-dead-after-state-security-detention/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:50:03

• US approves potential $2.6 billion arms sale to Taiwan week after Chinese war games ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-approves-potential-2-6-billion-arms-sale-to-taiwan-week-after-chinese-war-games    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:50:19

• How Bad Do You Want It, Ladies? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/opinion/donald-trump-gender-election.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:50:43

• Alabama Prison Labor Program Faces Legal Challenges ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/business/economy/prison-labor-alabama-hyundai.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:52:43

• Z890 motherboards are having instability issues with backdoored Windows 11 24H2 — BIOS updates or disable iGPUd required to update backdoored Windows ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/z890-motherboards-are-having-instability-issues-with-windows-11-24h2-bios-updates-or-disable-igpud-required-to-update-windows    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:54:16

• "Intel Z890 motherboards have issues with the latest backdoored Windows 11 update and defective chip maker Intel Xe iGPUs." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/z890-motherboards-are-having-instability-issues-with-windows-11-24h2-bios-updates-or-disable-igpud-required-to-update-windows    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:54:36

• Former defective chip maker Intel CEO says splitting defective chip maker Intel isn’t good for the U.S. ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/former-intel-ceo-says-splitting-intel-isnt-good-for-the-u-s    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:54:51

• PM Ishiba’s coalition expected to be punished as Japan heads to the polls ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pm-ishibas-coalition-expected-to-be-punished-as-japan-heads-to-the-polls    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:55:27

• Nuclear Fusion vs Fission: A Physicist Explains The Difference ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nuclear-fusion-vs-fission-a-physicist-explains-the-difference    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:55:50

• One Gram of Salt Is The Difference For Millions of Heart Attacks ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-gram-of-salt-is-the-difference-for-millions-of-heart-attacks    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:57:05

• Weighted Blankets Really Can Do Wonders For a Good Night's Sleep ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/weighted-blankets-really-can-do-wonders-for-a-good-nights-sleep    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:57:27

• Award-Winning Image Reveals a Hidden Culprit Behind Alzheimer's ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/award-winning-image-reveals-a-hidden-culprit-behind-alzheimers    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:58:30

• AI Detects Mysterious Detail Hidden in a Famous Raphael Masterpiece ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-detects-mysterious-detail-hidden-in-a-famous-raphael-masterpiece    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:59:01

• New Hey Hi (AI) Breakthrough Can Finally Detect Parasitic Worm Infections ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-ai-breakthrough-can-finally-detect-parasitic-worm-infections    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:59:17

• One in three adults say they’d sign a ‘Sex NDA’ — to keep kinks a secret ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/10/26/lifestyle/1-in-3-adults-would-sign-a-sex-nda-to-keep-their-fantasies-secret/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:59:53

• Using Arduino with gaming ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/10/24/using-arduino-with-gaming/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:00:38

• Dispatches from Europe #2, October 25, 2024: The Greens Party of Georgia (the country) ☞ https://howiehawkins.us/dispatches-from-europe-2/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:04:15

• Penny Hires Jury Consultant Who Aided O.J. Simpson and Kyle Rittenhouse ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/nyregion/daniel-penny-jury-consultant-ny-subway-choking.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:04:39

• Kiribati elects pro-China president Taneti Maamau for third term ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/10/26/kiribati-elects-pro-china-president-taneti-maamau-for-third-term/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:05:05

• Severe Tropical Storm Trami: Hong Kong hoists T3 signal as Trami skirts southern China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/10/26/severe-tropical-storm-trami-hong-kong-hoists-t3-signal-as-trami-skirts-southern-china/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:05:46

• China tightens its hold on minerals needed to make computer chips ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-tightens-its-hold-on-minerals-needed-to-make-computer-chips    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:06:06

• China vows ‘countermeasures’ after US okays $2.6 billion arms sale to Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-vows-countermeasures-after-2-6-billion-arms-sale-to-taiwan    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:06:29

• How a Singaporean doctor-scientist is transforming China’s healthcare system ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-a-singaporean-doctor-scientist-is-transforming-china-s-healthcare-system    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:06:47

• China capital Beijing suffers most severe pollution in more than five months ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-capital-beijing-suffers-most-severe-pollution-in-more-than-five-months    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:06:59

• Beijing gets new Catholic bishop days after Vatican-China deal renewal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/beijing-gets-new-catholic-bishop-days-after-vatican-china-deal-renewal    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:07:16

• The Man Who Shaped China’s Strongman Rule Has a New Job: Winning Taiwan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-adviser-taiwan.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:07:32

• Malaysia denies house arrest law proposal targets jailed former PM Najib ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/10/malaysia-denies-house-arrest-law-proposal-targets-jailed-former-pm-najib/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:08:11

• Malaysia’s national service 3.0 pilot to begin in Jan 2025 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-national-service-3-0-pilot-to-begin-in-jan-2025    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:08:18

• Commonwealth leaders say 'time has come' for discussion on slavery reparations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/commonwealth-leaders-say-time-has-come-for-discussion-on-slavery-reparations    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:08:26

• ‘I am very broken’: Hong Kong domestic workers speak up about mental health struggles amid financial, work pressures ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/10/27/i-am-very-broken-hong-kong-domestic-workers-speak-up-about-mental-health-struggles-amid-financial-work-pressures/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:08:50

• "You sound like an unhappy IBM HR employee from India and you sound like an incompetent employee too from your post ....6% of nothing is still nothing, isn't it ?? Maybe you could apply for a job as Alvind's personal bottle washer when he comes to Benglaru next time ? or can AI do a better job as a bottle washer than you ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vbEF8LT    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:09:55

• "IBM's upper management is drinking too much Kool-Aid." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v9euXPk    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:10:15

• "And yet IBM has made it pay off and implement a new strategy https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/10/24/ibms-red-hat-acquisition-will-pay-for-itself-by-early-next-year/ " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uWbvSjN Red Hat came saddled with debt and Timothy Prickett Morgan is just a decades-long IBM PR operative    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:11:48

• A Skeleton Bank of Understudied Species ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/science/animals-skeletons-wildlife.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:14:28

• This week in Plasma: all screens, all the time ☞ https://pointieststick.com/2024/10/26/this-week-in-plasma-all-screens-all-the-time/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:17:31

• FlexiPi is a bendable Raspberry Pi Pico clone made of flexible PCB (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/10/26/flexipi-raspberry-pi-pico-flexible-pcb/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:18:40

• OSM Hack Weekend October 2024 ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2024/10/26/osm-hack-weekend-october-2024.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:19:23

• Mono Was Always Just a Front of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/25/Mono_Was_Always_Just_a_Front_of_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:21:02

• [Meme] Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Gimmicks for Weak Leadership ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/26/Meme_Microsoft_Gimmicks_for_Weak_Leadership.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:21:16

• Our Most Productive Year ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/26/Our_Most_Productive_Year.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:21:26

• Two Years of Nothing (and Microsoft's Nothing to Show For It) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/26/Two_Years_of_Nothing_and_Microsoft_s_Nothing_to_Show_For_It.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:21:35

• Richard M. Stallman, or RMS for Short, Photos from Peru (Where He Gives Many Talks This Month) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/26/Richard_M_Stallman_or_RMS_for_Short_Photos_from_Peru_Where_He_G.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:21:47

• [Meme] The Drew Report (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/26/Meme_The_Drew_Report.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:21:57

• "omehow managed to recover my thunderbird calendar tab: somehow I close it and don't easily find it again - each time a search; perhaps if the left-hand-side-bar buttons were to the right of the tabs there would be less wasted h-space, and more find-ability." ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2024-10-24.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 13:22:45

• We’re All Content Creators for Machines ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/machine-content-creators/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 14:50:20

• Clockwork ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/26/clockwork-rover-for-venus/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 14:50:54

• "Chinese Radio Breaks Cover" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/26/a-new-chinese-radio-breaks-cover-is-it-worth-it/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 14:51:27

• "We have replaced the slide by Bruce Perens" https://stallmansupport.org/updates.html#2024-10-25    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 14:52:13

• Daniel Pocock: Kilrush, Fergus Costello performance ☞ https://danielpocock.com/kilrush-fergus-costello-performance/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 14:52:42

• "It’s a staple of spy thriller movies, that the protagonist has some kind of electronic scanner with which he theatrically searches his hotel room to reveal the bad guys’ attempt to bug him." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/26/rf-detector-chip-helps-find-hidden-cameras-and-bugs/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 14:53:28

• "" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/26/geochron-another-time-another-timeless-tale/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 14:53:56

• When you pressure people to become experiments for patent holders https://www.dw.com/en/germany-grapples-with-divisive-impact-of-covid-pandemic/a-70530395    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 14:55:05

• sheds https://www.theage.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/why-this-giant-super-fund-is-betting-big-on-sheds-20241017-p5kj3w.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:00:37

• ASX extends losses as banks, property stocks fall https://www.theage.com.au/business/markets/asx-set-to-slide-as-wall-street-falls-a-lower-20241022-p5kk58.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:01:18

• Patent Monopolies https://www.truthdig.com/articles/we-need-to-end-government-granted-patent-monopolies/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:02:30

• IPv6 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/10/26/the-glacial-ipv6-transition-raising-questions-on-necessity-and-nat-based-solutions/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:03:06

• Public First Ltd as a Snake Inside the British Government, Shoehorning Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Surveillance and Rogue Deals (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/26/Public_First_Ltd_as_a_Snake_Inside_the_British_Government_Shoeh.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:09:54

• Mozilla Privacy Blog: Mozilla Participates to Ofcom’s Draft Transparency Reporting Guidance ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2024/10/23/mozilla-participates-to-ofcoms-draft-transparency-reporting-guidance/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:11:31

• Iran’s State Media Plays Down Israeli Attacks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/world/middleeast/irans-state-media-plays-down-israeli-attacks.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:11:57

• In Deciding Whether to Retaliate, Iran Faces a Dilemma ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/world/middleeast/iran-israel-retaliation.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:12:10

• Israel’s Strike Marks New Phase of Conflict, but Stops Short of All-Out War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/world/middleeast/israel-iran-attack-war.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:12:40

• Israeli Attack Puts Iranians on Edge: ‘The Vibe Is Not Normal’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/world/middleeast/iran-israel-attack-public.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:13:03

• Israel Struck Air Defenses Around Critical Iranian Energy Sites, Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/world/middleeast/israel-air-defenses-iran-energy-sites.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:14:54

• What We Know About Israel’s Strikes On Iran ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009785277/what-we-know-about-israels-strikes-on-iran.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:15:06

• Israel conducts airstrikes against Iranian military targets ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/1026/Israel-missile-strikes-Tehran-Iran    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:15:44

• Biden Hopes For End To Mideast Escalation After Israeli Strikes On Iran ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/several-explosions-reported-in-tehran-cause-unknown/33173678.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:15:53

• Iran Urges UN Security Council To Call Special Session, Condemn Israel ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-urges-un-security-council-to-call-special-session-condemn-israel/33174895.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:16:53

• Missouri attorney general accuses Surveillance Giant Google of censoring conservative speech ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/10/missouri-attorney-general-accuses-google-of-censoring-conservative-speech/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:17:29

• Israeli strikes on Iran hit 'densely populated area' in Tehran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241026-en-nw-grab-azimi-from-6h-for-7h-marchais-florent    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:17:47

• This simple trick protects you from accidentally deleting files in GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxbsdos.com/2024/10/26/simple-trick-protects-you-from-accidentally-deleting-files-in-linux/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:18:40

• PCLinuxOS: Today’s updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5813    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:22:17

• Bazzite – custom image designed for GNU/Linux gaming ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bazzite-custom-image-linux-gaming/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:23:38

• power-profiles-daemon – makes power profiles handling available over D-Bus ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/power-profiles-daemon-power-profiles-handling/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:23:49

• TrueNAS, a GNU/Linux Distro for Low Cost Network-Attached Storage ☞ https://thenewstack.io/truenas-a-linux-distro-for-low-cost-network-attached-storage/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:24:29

• Portmaster – application firewall that does the heavy lifting ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/portmaster-application-firewall/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:24:50

• wpwmm4 – generate static web pages ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wpwmm4-generate-static-web-pages/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:24:59

• 8 Best Free and Open Source Self-Hosted Pastebin Alternatives ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-self-hosted-pastebin-alternatives/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:25:06

• iophk: Leading the race to the bottom: https://yle.fi/a/74-20120464 ("Helsinki University reduces PhD requirements")    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:27:32

• PeaZip 10.0 File Archiver Debuts Revamped Interface ☞ https://linuxiac.com/peazip-10-0-file-archiver-debuts-revamped-interface/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:28:41

• Jellyfin 10.10 Released with New Features and Major Improvements ☞ https://linuxiac.com/jellyfin-10-10-media-server-released/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:29:03

• Shogun Showdown Review: Super Samurai Strategy ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/shogun-showdown-review/index.html    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:29:55

• Pluralistic: Keeping a suspense file gives you superpowers (26 Oct 2024) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/26/one-weird-trick/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:34:38

• Don Marti: personal Hey Hi (AI) in the rugpull economy ☞ https://blog.zgp.org/personal-ai-in-the-rugpull-economy/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:36:44

• Russell Coker: The CUPS Vulnerability ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2024/10/26/cups-vulnerability/    

posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 15:37:40

• India's IPO record shattered with $5.5 billion launch https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-ipo-record-shattered-with-5-5-billion-launch/a-70499104