Roy Schestowitz

• Microsoft’s LinkedIn lays off 200 employees- The Information    

posted Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 23:58:28

• GM Layoffs: Firm Fires Employee Of 38 Years Via Email At 5 AM    

posted Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 23:59:02

• Teen Hack Club Launches Coding Challenge Across International Waters https://www.sparkfun.com/news/12417    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:02:53

• moonlight https://theconversation.com/five-animals-that-behave-differently-in-moonlight-242333    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:03:32

• Cacti https://theconversation.com/cacti-are-surprisingly-fragile-and-five-other-intriguing-facts-about-these-spiky-wonders-243218    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:03:50

• indifferent to bad behaviour by humans https://theconversation.com/unfair-decisions-by-ai-could-make-us-indifferent-to-bad-behaviour-by-humans-243536    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:06:02

• pipe dream https://theconversation.com/smart-homes-for-assisted-living-have-huge-potential-but-heres-why-theyre-still-mostly-a-pipe-dream-243780    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:07:44

• belief https://theconversation.com/what-delusions-can-tell-us-about-the-cognitive-nature-of-belief-243627    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:14:30

• US Labor Board Bans Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings in Ruling Against Amazon https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-11-13/us-labor-board-bans-mandatory-anti-union-meetings-in-ruling-against-amazon    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:15:05

• Labor Agency's Constitutionality https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-11-18/amazon-and-elon-musks-spacex-challenge-labor-agencys-constitutionality-in-federal-court    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:15:37

• Russian Doctor Jailed for 5-1/2 Years After Being Publicly Denounced https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-11-12/russian-doctor-denounced-online-is-jailed-for-spreading-fakes-about-russian-army    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:20:50

• 'Child-Free Propaganda' https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-11-12/russia-bans-child-free-propaganda-to-try-to-boost-birth-rat    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:21:07

• Doctor Accused of Criticizing Russia's War in Ukraine Is Convicted and Given Over 5 Years in Prison https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-11-12/doctor-accused-of-criticizing-russias-war-in-ukraine-is-convicted-and-given-over-5-years-in-prison    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:24:21

• Russian deserters risk deportation from Germany https://www.dw.com/en/russian-deserters-risk-deportation-from-germany/a-70773007    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:25:53

• Today, having caught up with news, Techrights resumes writing MANY articles    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 00:33:29

• "Let us toast this privileged fail son’s inability to pull IBM out of a decades-long relevance crisis. The over-under on his tenure? 18 months. His ability to fail upwards? Guaranteed. Cheers." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vAJx6gu    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 03:10:52

• Home Insurance cost up by about 30% this year (despite no claims ever made), but the government insists inflation is only 3%? Who are we being lied to by?    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 03:35:28

• General Court on design law: Principle of unicity of design and no interpretation favourable to the holder http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/general-court-on-design-law-principles.html    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 03:48:12

• Design reform reaches its finale: it is now Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 and Directive (EU) 2024/2823 http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/design-reform-reaches-its-finale-it-is.html    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 03:48:39

• UK Supreme Court finally issues ruling on "bad faith" trade mark applications in Sky v SkyKick http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/uk-supreme-court-finally-issues-ruling.html    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 03:49:19

• Why online scams are on the rise in India https://www.dw.com/en/why-online-scams-are-on-the-rise-in-india/a-70767368    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 03:49:50

• Europa Clipper https://xkcd.com/3011/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 03:51:14

• The Future of Orion https://xkcd.com/3012/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 03:51:34

• Kedging Cannon https://xkcd.com/3013/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 03:51:53

• Meta, TikTok And X Have One-Year Deadline To Prepare For Australia's Social Media Ban For Kids Under 16 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/meta-tiktok-x-have-one-year-deadline-prepare-australias-social-media-ban-kids-under-16-1728521    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 03:54:54

• TikTok does not work for YOU. You are used by its owners. https://www.maketecheasier.com/tik-tok-viral-tips-creator-program-member/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 03:55:48

• KaOS 2024.11 https://kaosx.us/news/2024/kaos11/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:00:08

• Oracle 9.5 out    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:02:57

• AlmaLinux 9.5 Release Notes https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-11-18-announcing-95-stable/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:05:39

• General Availability of AlmaLinux 9.5 Stable! https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-11-18-announcing-95-stable/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:06:15

• Linuxfx 11.24.04.2 is released    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:07:48

• TUXEDO OS 4-20241114 and Calculate 20241114 are also released    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:10:26

• Social Security https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-senate-has-6-weeks-pass-social-security-bill-that-would-increase-benefits-3m-americans-1728706    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:36:01

• scurvy https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/la-ronge-scurvy-study-food-security-1.7384721    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:37:31

• Enterprise Linux Security Episode 101 - Ransomware Health Risks https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=yk2Wcfp3kFc    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:40:54

• Solus 4.6 Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=BWAfrARbiHM    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:41:29

• Even RaspberryPi OS Has Jumped Onto Wayland https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=fzEWvNUCsN4    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:41:46

• 3 Ways To Try Linux Before Making The Switch https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Akadgu5A3O0    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:42:11

• My Hyprland And Waybar Configurations https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=c4g7kBg12-w    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:42:44

• GIMP 3 RC1 Has Finally Come!! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=GOE51Y9MpI8    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:43:04

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:44:34

• Xubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ZvImICk5kEI    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:44:41

• Intel's 3888.9% Linux Kernel Boost, Isn't What It Seems https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=OvLEx6fPVrg    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:45:04

• The Manjaro Linux Telemetry Situation https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=90y5vFgpdFk    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:49:43

• Linux Lite 7.2 overview | Simple Fast Free. https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=aePiQXb6sEY    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:50:00

• Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=RSZORYktg6o    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:50:43

• Fedora KDE Plasma Workstation Is REAL!!! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=XTWf83PpIig    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:50:59

• The Basics Of The Finger Command On Linux https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=8EwR64jMvYw    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 04:56:27

• Hong Kong Jails 45 Democracy Activists https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-11-18/hundreds-queue-for-sentencing-of-47-hong-kong-democrats    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:04:24

• 45 Sentenced to up to 10 Years in Prison in Hong Kong National Security Case https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-11-18/45-prominent-activists-will-be-sentenced-in-hong-kongs-biggest-national-security-case https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-45-activists-jailed-in-national-security-case/a-70816064 https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-11-19/hong-kong-pro-democracy-tycoon-lai-testifies-in-national-security-trial    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:05:26

• Also https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-11-19/former-hong-kong-publisher-jimmy-lai-begins-to-testify-in-his-national-security-trial    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:05:34

• Journalist attacked by business owner, security guards in Montenegro https://cpj.org/2024/11/journalist-attacked-by-business-owner-security-guards-in-montenegro/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:06:33

• YouTube is Trying to Self Destruct! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=FiMSJMPPvWI    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:07:50

• What If GNOME Had A First Party Distro https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=-yCBzrjIIsI    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:08:03

• Importing a frontend Javascript library without a build system https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/11/18/how-to-import-a-javascript-library/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:22:21

• Shell https://www.dw.com/en/shell-wins-appeal-against-order-to-cut-emissions/a-70757648    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:33:38

• Italy reaches deal with Lufthansa over sale of stake in ITA https://www.dw.com/en/italy-reaches-deal-with-lufthansa-over-sale-of-stake-in-ita/a-70759905    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:34:08

• Titans of Capital https://www.projectcensored.org/start-revolution-usurping-titans-capital/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:39:29

• Unplugging the News (and History) in San Francisco https://www.projectcensored.org/unplugging-news-history-in-san-francisco/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:40:36

• Censorship Over Gaza https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/vermont/articles/2024-11-15/ben-jerrys-lawsuit-accuses-parent-company-of-censorship-over-gaza    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:41:02

• "YouTube out here trying to hit the accelerator on Dead Internet Theory" https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=FiMSJMPPvWI    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 05:42:55

• Inflation https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/11/13/europes-economic-challenges-amid-energy-shocks-supply-chain-disruptions-and-inflation/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 06:03:02

• The criminals at Microsoft are barely talking about the mass layoffs. The criminals at Microsoft bribe what's left of the media to go along.    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 06:04:04

• avoid interfering with energy prices https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-michigan-ag-should-cease-lawfare-avoid-interfering-energy-prices    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 06:04:44

• Batteries Used to Store Energy https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-11-15/company-announces-nearly-712-million-project-in-kentucky-to-make-batteries-used-to-store-energy    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 06:05:11

• Trump Picks Fracking Company CEO Chris Wright to Head the Department of Energy https://truthout.org/articles/trump-picks-fracking-company-ceo-chris-wright-to-head-the-department-of-energy/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 06:06:27

• Android near all-time high? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share#monthly-200902-202411    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 06:09:15

• "assassination" ☛ https://thegrayzone.com/2024/11/23/evo-morales-grayzone-assassination/ | Source: The Gray Zone    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 09:53:29

• "Re-appointment of Lukashenko by Lukashenko" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/11/23/re-appointment-of-lukashenko-by-lukashenko-himself | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 09:53:53

• "telecoms regulator AGCOM insists that all is going to plan." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/agcom-piracy-shield-critic-receives-ominous-warning-comes-out-fighting-241122/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 09:54:55

• "Need some more first-person shooters? The Sci-Fi Shooters Humble Bundle really is a good deal" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/the-sci-fi-shooters-humble-bundle-is-a-top-deal-with-system-shock-prey-crysis-remastered-1-3/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 09:58:14

• "Closing in on the Wine 10 stable release now! Wine 9.22 has been released" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/wine-922-released-noting-the-wayland-driver-enabled-in-default-configuration/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 09:58:29

• "AI-Powered Robot Talks a Dozen Other Bots Into Quitting Their Jobs in Terrifying Security Footage" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/11/22/0247248    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:00:19

• "Sixth tourist dies in tainted alcohol case in Laos" https://www.voanews.com/a/sixth-tourist-dies-in-tainted-alcohol-case-in-laos/7873675.html    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:01:21

• "Twisted new details emerge in case of father who 'tried to choke teen daughter to death in honor killing'" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14112903/Lacey-Washington-father-strangle-honor-killing-home-abuse-family.html https://techrights.org/n/2024/05/30/The_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_is_About_to_Be_Served_Court.shtml    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:01:55

• "Washington Post editorial warns of potential Ukraine abandonment under Trump" https://thehill.com/policy/international/5006517-washington-post-editorial-warns-of-potential-ukraine-abandonment-under-trump/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:02:12

• "It's Election Season In Romania. Here's Everything You Need To Know." https://www.rferl.org/a/romanian-parliamentary-presidential-elections-2024/33210762.html    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:02:30

• "The New York Times vs. OpenAI: ChatGPT-skaberen har slettet data i retssag, hævder avisen | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/new-york-times-vs-openai-chatgpt-skaberen-har-slettet-data-i-retssag-haevder-avisen    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:02:44

• "Kor finst dei bibliotekpolitiske debattane? – Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2024/11/23/kor-finst-dei-bibliotekpolitiske-debattane/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:03:00

• "Noget har 'vredet' anker skævt på sabotagemistænkt kinesisk skib" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/moerklagt/noget-har-vredet-anker-skaevt-paa-sabotagemistaenkt-kinesisk-skib    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:03:13

• Layoffs: German Auto Tech Supplier Bosch To Cut Down About 5,500 Jobs In Coming Years    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:09:27

• Boeing lays off almost 700 employees in Missouri    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:09:50

• "It’s basically a modified paddle design, but it’s also pretty cool" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/11/23/3d-printed-boat-uses-tank-tracks-for-amphibious-propulsion/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:11:32

• "Optimized for industrial applications, it delivers robust performance in graphics, image processing, and artificial intelligence workloads." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/compulabs-ucm-imx95-with-nxp-i-mx-95-processor-real-time-cortex-m7-and-eiq-neutron-npu/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:13:13

• "The Milk-V Megrez incorporates the ESWIN EIC7700X system-on-chip." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/milk-v-launches-milk-v-megrez-pc-starting-at-199-00/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:13:42

• "get back on the radio”" ☛ https://radio.g4hsk.co.uk/2024/11/23/fun-on-10ghz-decoding-dl0shf-beacon-using-qo-100-system/ | Source: G8GKA    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:14:58

• "In this blog post, I discuss the construction of the Pentium and explain how these antenna diodes work." ☛ http://www.righto.com/2024/11/antenna-diodes-in-pentium-processor.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:15:12

• "The camera is designed to address the challenges of achieving high-quality imaging, functional versatility, and cost efficiency in a portable USB device." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/inviscam-a-compact-2mp-camera-for-low-light-and-low-power-applications/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:15:19

• "The ESP32-H2-WROOM-07 is a compact module featuring a RISC-V single-core 32-bit microprocessor and support for Bluetooth Low Energy." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/coin-sized-esp32-h2-wroom-07-risc-v-module-with-ble-thread-and-zigbee-support-for-2-13/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:15:30

• "The goal is to provide an overview of how to configure a single instance for port building with minimal effort." ☛ https://rsadowski.de/posts/2024-11-23-dpb-distributed-ports-builder/ | Source: Rafael Sadowski    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:16:35

• "One Billion Users" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/11/23/back-our-kickstarter-for-one-billion-users-the-social-media-card-game/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:17:40

• "It wasn't long ago when we shared a fun-looking Kickstarter for Vcc Labs' Raspberry Pi RP2040-powered Nova board." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-rp2040-matrix-lets-you-play-classic-snake-game | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:18:16

• "I have obsessed about this long enough, I think it's only fair I (and you!) get some content out of it." ☛ https://fasterthanli.me/articles/highlighted-code-in-slides | Source: Amos Wenger    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:21:43

• "I enjoy squeezing out the maximum value from a minimum of dollars so I ran the email server on a basic droplet." ☛ https://blog.paranoidpenguin.net/2024/11/moving-my-email-server-off-digitalocean/ | Source: Roger Comply    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:22:03

• "Analyzing an Encrypted Phishing PDF" ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31466 | Source: SANS    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:22:24

• "Our Prometheus setup delivers all alert messages through email, because we do everything through email" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/PrometheusMyQuietAlertMonitoring | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:25:04

• "Are you new to Linux and looking to learn the basics of text editing? Look no further than VI (or VIM)" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/11/a-beginners-guide-to-vi-and-vim-mastering-text-editing-in-linux/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:25:16

• "In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install Mattermost on Ubuntu 24.04 server." ☛ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-mattermost-on-ubuntu-24-04/ | Source: HowTo Forge    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:25:31

• "The "Where to next?" section of my website includes a small story in the footer that helps visitors to explore semi-hidden pages" ☛ https://yordi.me/personalizing-your-website-with-random-text-displays/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:25:40

• "There weren't that many Common Hardware Reference Platform PowerPC systems anyway" ☛ https://www.talospace.com/2024/11/chrp-support-gone-from-linux-kernel.html | Source: Talospace    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:26:26

• "One of the major highlights is its support for display mode virtualization." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/wine-9-22-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:27:41

• "The plots show different types of feature effects relevant in modeling: [...]" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/11/effect-plots-in-python-and-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:29:51

• "The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency is seeking a simple but tricky-to-execute approach to cybersecurity." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2024/11/darpa-tries-a-simple-but-profound-concept-to-improve-cybersecurity/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:30:01

• "In the spirit of our “Lost In Translation” series, we provide both high-quality Python and R code." ☛ https://lorentzen.ch/index.php/2024/11/23/effect-plots-in-python-and-r/ | Source: Michael's and Christian's blog    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:30:23

• "I often feel an intense jealousy of Ceefax, one of several commercially successful teletext services in the UK" ☛ https://computer.rip/2024-11-23-cablesoft.html | Source: Computers Are Bad    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:30:53

• "Client freedom, by analogy to the four freedoms, is the freedom to operate a third-party client to an API. Email, IRC, and RSS..." ☛ https://borretti.me/article/client-freedom | Source: Fernando Borretti    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:31:26

• "Why do I blog? Because I like to write." ☛ https://birming.com/why-blog/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:37:56

• "Social media video drives far more interactions than a text post, and that’s why platforms love it." ☛ https://tedium.co/2024/11/23/video-social-media-weaknesses/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:38:19

• "Returning relevant documents is the basis for a good search engine. The more relevant documents are on the first search page, the easier it is to find for what you are looking." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2024/11/23/search-filters-personal-blog/ | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:39:08

• "It is so vast it is thought to make up nearly 70% of the universe—while ordinary matter like all the stars and planets" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-11-dark-energy-universe-scientists.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:41:30

• "It happened to be a difficult time for me. On paper, I was a very good student with an average of over 90%" ☛ https://theconversation.com/mandelbrots-fractals-are-not-only-gorgeous-they-taught-mathematicians-how-to-model-the-real-world-244302 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:41:51

• "I'd also like to present a couple of variations of Müller's method that I think are useful and interesting" ☛ https://theorangeduck.com/page/variations-muller | Source: Daniel Holden    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:42:02

• "In a recent post I have shown that we can build linear combinations of model parameters (see here)." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/11/how-do-we-combine-errors-in-biology-the-delta-method-3/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:42:31

• "they found that the lunar core is very similar to that of Earth" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/its-official-scientists-have-confirmed-whats-inside-the-moon | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:42:47

• "A recent study from Brock University found a significant increase in classroom incivility since the pandemic." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/kids-ruder-classrooom-incivility-1.7390753 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:43:42

• "ChatGPT is the foe of teachers and students at all levels of education, keeping both teaching and learning from happening." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/22/gpt-in-the-classroom-openai-continues-its-education-push-with-two-new-courses-for-teachers/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:53:10

• While I don’t have the funds for a really great chair"" ☛ https://jarunmb.com/posts/new-office-chair | Source: MB    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 10:54:01

• "We last ran into Data General in the 1980s with the Data General/One" ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2024/05/with-powerpc-windows-ce-and-wiin-pad.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:00:56

• "Macs have used four different architectures for their Central Processing Units over the last 40 years." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2024/11/23/a-brief-history-of-mac-cpus/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:02:53

• "While the report doesn't go into specifics about the processor - it is likely based on a modified version of the MIPS ISA" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinese-desktop-pc-chipmaker-loongson-now-has-chips-running-the-tiangong-space-station-enabling-optical-remote-sensing-image-capturing-and-radiation-source-identification | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:03:06

• "These new Sanwa Ethernet cables immediately recall the design of Apple's "MagSafe" cables" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/magsafe-like-detachable-ethernet-cable-debuts-cat6-cables-available-up-to-10-gbe | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:03:46

• "It’s good advice. I took it myself, in fact, I’m still taking it. I did a media cleanse: no billionaire media" ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/11/23/now-what/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:05:50

• "When I say tiny, I mean tiny. It won’t take you more than a cup of tea to read it." ☛ https://gilest.org/spuds.html | Source: Giles Turnbull    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:06:53

• "an experimental social media app that was started in 2019 under Jack Dorsey" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/technology/bluesky-x-alternative.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:09:36

• "Chinese hackers, linked to China’s Ministry of State Security, infiltrated US telecommunications networks for over a year" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/emerging-details-of-chinese-hack-leave-us-officials-increasingly-concerned/articleshow/115607154.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:10:25

• "At this point I’m pretty sure that either they don’t know how to scale this game or they don’t care." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2024/11/23/day-4-and-you-still-cant-play-microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-as-sold/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:10:34

• "I sat there for a moment, staring at the ad–I wasn’t considering Apple’s recommendation" ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2530713/apple-has-crossed-a-line-with-imovie-ads.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:11:04

• "Over the course of this month, that’s changed. It added 700,000 new users in a week." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/23/24303502/bluesky-next-twitter-threads-x | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:11:49

• "Two decades later, these products (and many others that Google launched) are still free for everyone." ☛ https://otavio.cc/kagi/ | Source: Otávio C    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:14:10

• "I haven’t owned a cellphone since around 2017. For years I used an iPod Touch to send emails or encrypted text messages." ☛ https://www.404media.co/i-dont-own-a-cellphone-can-this-privacy-focused-network-change-that/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:14:33

• "Elsewhere, social media giant Meta has disclosed for the first time its efforts to combat the forced-labor compounds driving the surge in pig butchering scams on its platforms." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/andrew-tate-hack-undersea-cable-cut-iphone-graykey-salt-typhoon/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:14:46

• "Apple recognized that any fixed identifier could be used to track someone if the ID could be tied to records shared beyond a local network. When you connect to a wireless hotspot" ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/1940467/enhance-network-security-private-wi-fi-address.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:14:55

• "The top ten entries will receive a $5 million uncapped Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE)" ☛ https://therecord.media/rsa-conference-invests-50-million-sandbox-contest | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:15:28

• "According to a report, TikTok has reached out to Elon Musk for input on US matters." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-ceo-sought-musks-input-ahead-of-trump-administration/articleshow/115605484.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:28:29

• "During the campaign, President-elect Donald Trump had hailed what would become Project 2025 as a conservative roadmap" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-11-23/after-trumps-project-2025-denials-he-is-tapping-its-authors-and-influencers-for-key-roles | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:28:44

• "assessments of the gravity of the charges" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/11/donald-trump-legal-cases-charges/675531/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:29:25

• "An alarming number of those poised to be in the president-elect’s inner circle are accused of sexual misconduct." ☛ https://www.vox.com/culture/387404/trump-cabinet-nominations-matt-gaetz-pete-hegseth-rfk-elon-musk-linda-mcmahon | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:29:59

• "She had been kidnapped in Nigeria by a splinter group of Boko Haram, one of the world’s deadliest terrorist groups." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/world/africa/she-faked-a-religious-conversion-to-escape-terrorists.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:30:25

• "Australia’s communications minister Michelle Rowland has introduced a bill in parliament to ban children below 16 years of age" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/australia-to-ban-social-media-for-kids-in-line-with-stand-taken-by-india-eu-us/articleshow/115563896.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:30:49

• "proposed legislation that would ban children under 16" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/australia-rejects-elon-musks-claim-that-it-plans-to-control-access-to-internet/articleshow/115560187.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:32:37

• "About 10,000 North Korean soldiers were believed to be based in the Russian border region of Kursk, Austin said" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/north-korean-troops-massed-in-russia-to-enter-ukraine-war-soon-pentagon-chief-says/7874350.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:32:57

• "French President Emmanuel Macron marked on Saturday the 80th anniversary of Free French troops liberating the eastern city" ☛ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/11/23/france-marks-80-years-since-strasbourg-s-wwii-liberation_6733860_7.html | Source: Le Monde    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:33:40

• "In a first, Russia's APT28 hacking group appears to have remotely breached the Wi-Fi of an espionage target" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/russia-gru-apt28-wifi-daisy-chain-breach/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:36:32

• "As the WSJ notes, Musk’s followers have responded in exactly the way you’d expect" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/24303594/elon-musk-harassing-federal-workers-x | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:36:39

• "Even though West Africa has a long tradition of growing rice and often excellent places to do it" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/rice-loving-sierra-leone-wants-to-free-itself-from-imports-but-how-/7873018.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:43:55

• "Trump won anyway. Some voters might even have backed him because of his relentless falsehoods." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-11-22/trump-lied-extravagantly-and-still-won-does-truth-matter | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:45:33

• "But according to a new report by Unearthed, a Greenpeace investigative journalism team" ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/alliance-to-end-plastic-waste-greenpeace-investigation.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:46:50

• "Developing countries have been pushing rich countries for years to finance their attempts to battle the impact of climate change" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/cop29-walkout-over-investment-baku/33213406.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:47:22

• "delegates to the UN environment assembly adopted an ambitious resolution to develop the text" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-11-treaty-plastic-pollution.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:47:29

• "By phasing out sugar, we could spare land that could be rewilded and stock up on carbon." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/phasing-out-sugar-could-have-a-profound-effect-on-the-planet | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:48:16

• "Half the economies in the world are making the transition away from fossil fuel use" ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/energy-transition-countries-fossil-fuels-renewables.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:48:45

• "Several of his nominations are indicative of these goals." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/trump-wants-a-big-expansion-in-fossil-fuel-production-can-he-do-that/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:49:02

• "In 1923, Dunkley entered the history books with a fairly unlikely motor vehicle – a motorized perambulator" ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2024/11/the-dunkley-pramotor.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:50:19

• "His case doesn't appear to be a one-off. Several other owners chimed in to say they had the same issue as well." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/cybertruck-magnets | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:50:34

• "Researchers have found myriads of indications of perception, emotion, and self-awareness in animals." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2024/1122/farm-animal-rights-science-consciousness | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:51:47

• "South Dakota's next big industry" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/23/trump_noem_homeland_security/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 12:02:13

• "often-toxic tenor of public discourse" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/11/politics-dialogue-trust-speech-philosophy/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 12:02:29

• "In case you have difficulties opening Kent Overstreet's blog, Patreon has protective measures in place" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/bcachefs_linux/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:13:52

• "The best way to make things better is to begin. Create the conditions for others to join you. Persist." ☛ https://seths.blog/2024/11/toward-better-3/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:14:34

• "Bosch's spokeswoman said that some 3,800 of the job cuts are to be made in Germany." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/germany-bosch-to-cut-5000-jobs-with-car-industry-in-crisis/a-70862628 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:14:42

• "The HBO documentary The Truth Vs Alex Jones is gut-churning and will make your blood boil." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-11-23/alex-jones-the-great-liar-who-lost-in-court-but-not-entirely.html | Source: El País    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:15:18

• "unofficial election primary" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/11/23/who-are-the-45-hong-kong-pro-democracy-figures-jailed-for-subversion-part-i-primary-election-organisers-ex-district-councillors/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:16:31

• "The offence centred on an unofficial primary election held in July 2020 that aimed to help them win a controlling majority" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/11/24/who-are-the-45-hong-kong-pro-democracy-figures-jailed-for-subversion-part-ii-activists-ex-lawmakers/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:17:10

• "Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its attempt to wipe out Ukrainian identity has shone a bright light on the Kremlin's historical mistreatment of its own indigenous population" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-post-russia-free-nations-forum-terrorist-organization-separatism/33212336.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:17:16

• "New Statesman editor-in-chief Jason Cowley has announced his intention to step down at the end of the year. He will continue to write for the New Statesman as a columnist and essayist." ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2024/11/jason-cowley-to-stand-down-as-new-statesman-editor-in-chief-after-16-years | Source: New Statesman    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:19:03

• "Cowley will continue to write for the New Statesman as a columnist and essayist." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/jason-cowley-new-statesman-editor-steps-down/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:19:39

• "Cadwalladr is one of few serving Guardian or Observer journalists to have spoken out publicly about the proposal to transfer the title and its 70 staff to Tortoise Media despite widespread opposition." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/carole-cadwalladr-observer-tortoise-defies-warnings-management/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:20:38

• "create a new publicly traded company." ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5006095-trump-jr-musk-joke-about-buying-msnbc/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:37:27

• "The House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved it last year and it passed the House by voice vote in January." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2024/11/23/trump-tells-u-s-senate-republicans-they-must-kill-journalism-shield-law/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:37:41

• "Media Concierge, which also owns Irish newspapers including the Donegal Democrat and Limerick Leader through subsidiary Iconic Media Group, was one of National World’s original backers and already holds 27.8% of its shares." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/media-concierge-national-world-takeover/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:37:53

• "This article, from WaPo, is a remarkable example." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/11/23/wapo-enthusiastically-joins-trumps-attack-on-rule-of-law/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:38:07

• "The report, Recharge for Rights, alleges that BYD, Mitsubishi, and Hyundai" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-worlds-biggest-maker-of-evs-has-the-worst-appraisal-of-human-rights/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:43:14

• "During a special operation conducted by the SDF’s military operations teams in the city of Manbij" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/young-yazidi-man-kidnapped-by-isis-in-shengal-in-2014-freed-by-the-sdf-in-manbij-76469 | Source: ANF News    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:43:37

• "the officer yells for them to drop the knife" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-las-vegas-durham-steve-wolfson-clark-county-b2652619.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:44:08

• "Department [sic] of Government Efficiency" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2024/11/doge-leaders-seek-telework-rollback-but-agencies-say-it-improves-retention/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:45:05

• "this is a lesson that organized labor needs to learn very fast" ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/lean-into-the-punch | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:45:36

• "The reason for their newfound popularity is obvious: the rise and rise of algorithmic management tools, in which your boss is an app." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/23/hack-the-class-war/#robo-boss | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:46:39

• "Plaintiffs alleged that SafeRent racially discriminated in violation of the Fair Housing Act and broke related Massachusetts laws." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/21/whoops-ai-tenant-screening-tool-saferent-pays-2-28-million-settlement-for-being-massively-racist/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:46:49

• "In a conversation with a friend, I wrote down three things I want for the web: [...]" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2024/11/24/what-do-you-want-for-the-web/ | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 13:48:58

• "My PDF tools do not support encryption, you need to use another open source tool: qpdf, developed by Jay Berkenbilt." ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Analyzing+an+Encrypted+Phishing+PDF/31404 | Source: SANS    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:01:00

• "On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice submitted its recommendation for the breakup to US District Court Judge Amit Mehta" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/what-forcing-google-to-sell-chrome-could-mean/articleshow/115590671.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:01:58

• "US antitrust lawyers are calling on a judge to force the sale of Google's Chrome browser to limit the company's market clout" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2253145.html | Source: RTL    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:02:17

• "Oh, right, it was the United States vs Microsoft, aka Netscape vs Internet, in 1998." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/23/opinion_google_chrome/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:02:38

• "It’s amazing just how many of the trademark disputes we see and discuss here at Techdirt ultimately result from the USPTO granting trademarks that never should have been granted in the first place" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/11/22/kfc-sues-churchs-chicken-over-original-recipe-trademark-which-shouldnt-be-trademarkable/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:03:32

• "It now appears, it may have found some lead here." ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/worst-leak-in-streaming-history-our-team-is-update-on-netflix-hack-that-leaked-episodes-of-terminator-zero-squid-game-and-other-shows-online/articleshow/115609623.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:03:54

• "Baum’s novel and its sequels were major literary phenomena in their day." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/11/wicked-movie-wizard-of-oz-history/680782/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:04:13

• "The couple probably expected the school's administrators to cave to the fear of litigation — but they didn't." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/parents-sue-school-ai-homework | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:04:33

• Hundreds More Nazca Lines Emerge in Peru’s Desert ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/science/nazca-lines-peru-ai.html "With drones and A.I., researchers managed to double the number of mysterious geoglyphs in a matter of months."    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:06:24

• Indonesia’s national health insurer facing deficit could mean higher premiums for patients ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesias-national-health-insurer-facing-deficit-could-mean-higher-premiums-for-patients    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:15:24

• South Korea finds high levels of toxins in kids’ clothing sold on Chinese e-commerce sites ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-finds-excessive-levels-of-toxins-in-kids-clothing-sold-on-some-chinese-e-commerce-sites    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:15:46

• Green activists in S. Korea demand tough action on plastic waste at UN talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/green-activists-in-s.-korea-demand-tough-action-on-plastic-waste-at-un-talks    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:16:01

• The Rise of 4B in the Wake of Donald Trump’s Reëlection ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-rise-of-4b-in-the-wake-of-donald-trumps-reelection    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:16:21

• This Week in Plasma: Battery Charge Cycles in Info Center ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2024/11/23/this-week-in-plasma-battery-charge-cycles-in-info-center/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:16:48

• Decrypting a PDF With a User Password, (Sat, Nov 23rd) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31466    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:17:44

• "Mrs Maye Musk’s popularity is surging on Chinese social control media." ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/elon-musks-model-mother-sees-celebrity-take-off-in-china but social control media is very easy to game    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:28:02

• Cambodian trafficking victim describes forced marriage, abuse in China ☞ https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2024/11/23/cambodia-woman-forced-marriage-trafficked-china/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:28:24

• 3D Space Can Be Tiled With Corner-free Shapes ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/11/23/3d-space-can-be-tiled-with-corner-free-shapes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:29:54

• Close Shave For An Old Oscilloscope Saved With A Sticky Note ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/11/23/close-shave-for-an-old-oscilloscope-saved-with-a-sticky-note/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:30:24

• zino – next-generation framework for composable applications ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zino-next-generation-framework-for-composable-applications/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:39:45

• Vosk – offline speech recognition toolkit ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vosk-offline-speech-recognition-toolkit/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:40:00

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

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:40:09

• Quick PDF Join – joins multiple PDF files together ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/quick-pdf-join-multiple-pdf-files/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:40:53

• 9 Useful Free and Open Source Reverse Vulnerability Analysis Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-reverse-vulnerability-analysis-tools/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:43:05

• Koel – music streaming solution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/koel-music-streaming-solution/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:43:15

• Session – private messenger with no central servers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/session-private-messenger-no-central-servers/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:43:23

• metar – weather report tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/metar-weather-report-tool/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:45:23

• Adam Young: Adding stable to a blobless clone ☞ https://adam.younglogic.com/2024/11/adding-stable-to-a-blobless-clone/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:47:27

• Warp Is a Power User’s Dream Terminal for GNU/Linux ☞ https://thenewstack.io/warp-is-a-power-users-dream-terminal-for-linux/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:48:33

• gnuboot @ Savannah: GNU Boot November 2024 News ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10697    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:49:02

• Archinstall 3.0.1: Improved Partition Management and System Stability ☞ https://linuxiac.com/archinstall-3-0-1-released/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:49:36

• Quick flip out of container ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202411/quick-flip-out-of-container.html    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:51:19

• Topics We Lacked Time to Cover ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/22/Topics_We_Lacked_Time_to_Cover.shtml    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 14:51:37

• Not Ready For The Camera ☞ https://tedium.co/2024/11/23/video-social-media-weaknesses/ "Why hasn’t video completely killed text-based social control media, despite social platforms clearly favoring it? Simple: By its very nature, it excludes voices from the discussion."    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:00:37

• More than 55 killed in Israeli strikes, Lebanon says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241123-live-massive-israeli-airstrikes-hit-central-beirut    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:01:24

• Israel Strike Against Hezbollah in Lebanon Kills at Least 20 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/world/middleeast/israel-lebanon-beirut-airstrike.html    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:01:42

• ‘The Interview’: K-Pop Trained Rosé to Be ‘a Perfect Girl.’ Now She’s Trying to Be Herself. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/magazine/rose-blackpink-kpop.html    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:02:45

• 55 Days Into Hunger Strike, Activist’s Mother Says She ‘Won’t Back Down’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/world/europe/hunger-strike-laila-soueif-alaa-abd-el-fattah.html    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:03:15

• Madeleine Riffaud, ‘the Girl Who Saved Paris,’ Dies at 100 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/world/europe/madeleine-riffaud-dead.html    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:04:57

• IMF approves third review of Sri Lanka's $2.9 billion bailout ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/imf-approves-third-review-of-sri-lankas-2-9-billion-bailout    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:05:38

• Open Source, Forced Innovation ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/11/23/open-source-forced-innovation-and-making-good-products/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:09:37

• EPO Education: Workers Resort to Legal Actions (Many Cases) Against the Administration ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/22/EPO_Education_Workers_Resort_to_Legal_Actions_Many_Cases_Agains.shtml    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:11:08

• Israeli PM's speech was 'a declaration of war directed inside Israel' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241123-what-we-are-seeing-tonight-in-israel-is-a-civil-war-%E2%80%93-so-far-in-words    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:11:56

• Texas Supreme Court blocks deposition of state attorney general in whistleblower lawsuit ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/11/texas-supreme-court-blocks-deposition-of-state-attorney-general-in-whistleblower-lawsuit/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:13:42

• Wireshark 4.4.2 Released, (Sat, Nov 23rd) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31460    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:14:23

• Physicists Found an Entirely New Way of Measuring Time ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-found-an-entirely-new-way-of-measuring-time    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:15:45

• Aron D’Souza’s Enhanced Games May Happen. Should They? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/style/enhanced-games.html “superhumans"    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:16:12

• Stem Cells Grown in Space Turn Out to Have a Surprise Advantage ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/stem-cells-grown-in-space-turn-out-to-have-a-surprise-advantage    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:16:34

• Ancient Origins of Writing Traced to Mysterious 6,000-Year-Old Symbols ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-origins-of-writing-traced-to-mysterious-6000-year-old-symbols    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:16:48

• A Rare, Fatal Skin Disease Has Been Cured in Patients For The First Time ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-rare-fatal-skin-disease-has-been-cured-in-patients-for-the-first-time    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:17:02

• Australia dumps plan for fines for social control media giants enabling misinformation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-dumps-plan-for-fines-for-social-media-giants-enabling-misinformation    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:17:58

• As landmark national security case concludes, Hong Kong turns the page on a troubled chapter ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/as-landmark-national-security-case-concludes-hong-kong-turns-the-page-on-a-troubled-chapter    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:19:01

• Uzbek President Fires Top Officials Amid Assassination Attempt Scandal ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbek-president-fires-top-officials-assassination-attempt-scandal/33213337.html    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:19:20

• What happens when China puts boots on the ground in Myanmar? ☞ https://rfa.org/english/opinions/2024/11/23/opinion-myanmar-china-security/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:19:28

• Israel prosecutors indict prime minister’s aid for leaking information to German newspaper ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/11/israel-prosecutors-indict-prime-ministers-aid-for-leaking-information-to-german-newspaper/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:19:48

• National security guidelines for Hong Kong civil servants: Could this be too much of a good thing? ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/11/23/national-security-guidelines-for-hong-kong-civil-servants-could-this-be-too-much-of-a-good-thing/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:20:21

• New Zealand police enforce ban on gang symbols within minutes of prohibiting legislation coming into effect ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/11/new-zealand-police-enforce-ban-on-gang-symbols-within-minutes/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:21:32

• Waveshare RoArm-M2 ESP32 robotic arms offer four degrees of freedom, various servo options ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/11/23/waveshare-roarm-m2-esp32-robotic-arms-offer-four-degrees-of-freedom-various-servo-options/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:22:22

• Fix for FoxtrotGPS ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202411/fix-for-foxtrotgps.html    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:23:22

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

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:24:46

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

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:24:59

• How To Set Docker Environment Variables ☞ https://idroot.us/set-docker-environment-variables/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:25:16

• How to Install Homebrew on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-homebrew-on-almalinux-9-or-rocky-linux/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:25:36

• How to Install Bootstrap 5 on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-bootstrap-5-on-almalinux-9-or-rocky-linux/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:25:54

• How To Install Apache Spark on Fedora 41 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-apache-spark-fedora-41/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:27:01

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

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:27:17

• How To Install WireGuard on Fedora 41 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-wireguard-fedora-41/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:27:24

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1123.jpg    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:40:56

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1473.jpg    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:41:01

• "Obviously Gemtext looks nice as a format for viewing text, but this is something more. There’s minimal transformation to go from the Markdown I write in to the page that gets displayed, but it still feels a bit more pleasant than reading the Markdown. I think this tiny bit of transformation is created a few unexpected effects in my brain space." gemini://thatit.be/2024-11-22-06-41-56.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:41:51

• "This is something I got into this week on a total whim. I’ve been working my way through the “starting point” labs on Hack The Box where they give you different challenges to hack into a virtual server that’s been set up for you." gemini://moddedbear.xyz/logs/2024-11-23-week-notes-003.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:42:33

• "After getting that scam email, I realized that it was completely under Zoho's control when they would stop IMAP support for grandfathered free accounts. They haven't announced anything saying they'd stop support, but about 2 weeks ago, they changed the imap and smtp sendpoints for the grandfathered accounts." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/but-do-i-really-need-this-digital-downsizing.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:43:16

• 🔤SpellBinding: BDIRTYU Wordo: STRAW gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-11-24.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:43:55

• Moondogs and Snakedancing gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2393    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:44:39

• "In the morning the weather its so warm and shiny, but after afternoon, thunder and lightning,also rain ☔ always come." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2392    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:45:26

• "It has two sd card slots, one for booting and one for holding ROMs and other files. The system comes with a pre-installed sd-card image with more ROMs preinstalled than I could ever play. The hardware is around 1GB ram, 4 cores, and a 640x480 display. It kind of makes me want to put a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W in the same form factor." gemini://thatit.be/2024-11-12-09-00-53.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:46:36

• "what a week. very busy. also i stopped keeping logs so... i hope i can remember what happened based on the long-form journal that hosts an entire collection of random junk." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/week47    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:47:37

• "A student's role is to learn from a teacher, and to do so to the best of their ability. If they don't trust the teacher, then they shouldn't be their student, sure, but beyond that, the teacher should always—always—be given the benefit of the doubt." gemini://polyphanes.smol.pub/1732460981    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 15:48:25

• GIANT billboard today (Sunday) said, "Black FriDAY WEEK". Yes, now they try to override the entire WEEK with the fake shopping holiday... in a country that does not even have Thanksgiving. Truly sick corporate takeover.    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 16:01:37

• FSF fund-raising now above 41k USD    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 16:42:11

• It's not "a new Linux backdoor", it's pure FUD https://securityaffairs.com/171299/apt/china-linked-apt-gelsemium-linux-backdoor.html https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/24/ESET_Finds_Rootkits_Does_Not_Explain_How_They_Get_Installed_Med.shtml    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 16:45:39

• "Warp does have a bit of a learning curve, but once you get how it works, you will find it to be terminal nirvana." https://thenewstack.io/warp-is-a-power-users-dream-terminal-for-linux/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 16:46:22

• "At long last, this free, open-source alternative to expensive engineering software like Autodesk Fusion 360, AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS etc., finally issued its first, formal stable release." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/freecad-1-0-released-open-source-cad-software    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 16:46:48

• 23andMe, supported by Richard Branson, announces major layoffs and strategy shift following data breach    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 17:25:25

• Energy shock: €17,000 circuit court claim, threat of judgment for fraudulent charges https://danielpocock.com/energy-shock-17000-circuit-court-claim-threat-judgment-fraudulent-charges/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 18:10:11

• Accepted linux 6.1.119-1 (source) into stable-security https://tracker.debian.org/news/1587787/accepted-linux-61119-1-source-into-stable-security/ high severity; https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1062421 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1085762 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1086447 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1087602    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 18:28:39

• maybe high because of quantity, not quality; some of these are chromium specific or bluetooth, which servers tend to lack    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 18:29:50

• US total debt now almost 103 trillion and moving up fast https://www.usdebtclock.org/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 19:03:42

• US debt 1950: we'll back that back eventually. 1960s: OK, maybe not, but we have gold reserves. 1970s: OK, maybe not, just print more money. 1980s: let's invade countries to impose our currency on them. 1990s: the cold war is over, everybody uses the dollar now. 2001: let's spent more on wars. 2010: let the national debt double every decade, it's OK.    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 19:07:12

• (pay that back)    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 19:08:18

• "In my case, there was no summer vacation. I was on the way to an event in the United States. Opening up the red envelope, I found court documents insisting that I have used €17,000 of energy in the eighteen months that the home has been vacant." https://danielpocock.com/energy-shock-17000-circuit-court-claim-threat-judgment-fraudulent-charges/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 19:09:33

• "It's been 22 years since I as a young lad took up watching Top Gear. It might only have been 20 or 19 years for me, but regardless, I was still a teenager." gemini://hanzbrix.pollux.casa/gemlog/20241124.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 19:50:07

• ALLEN DAM gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2024-11-17Allen_Dam.txt    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 19:50:59

• "Every so often, someone asks Cory Doctorow if he's going to sign up for Bluesky. I've seen a couple of these, and the answer is always no, with an asterisk: he isn't interested in new platforms unless he can exit without switching costs." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2024/11-24.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 19:51:54

• "Hello all. I was ambling my way home after a beer or two, and happened to glance down the alleyway and saw the sign for the Midnight Pub. I strolled up, but was not sure whether to enter. I waited outside for a bit listening to some of the conversations. What I heard made me think it was my kind of place - so here I am." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2394    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 19:53:03

• "Hola! Happy Hacking to all hackers, DIY, Creators and tinkers out there." gemini://rek2.hispagatos.org/Fall-update/    

posted Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 19:54:15