Roy Schestowitz

• Flight Simulator ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/05/cranking-up-the-detail-in-a-flight-simulator-from-1992/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:01:55

• Teleportation ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/05/a-brief-history-of-teleportation/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:02:13

• The NFT Is Dead. Long Live the NFT? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/style/nft-boom-crash-prices.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:02:45

• Trump nominates Gail Slater to lead antitrust at DOJ and crypto backer Paul Atkins for head of SEC ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/04/trump-nominates-gail-slater-lead-antitrust-doj-crypto-backer-paul-atkins-head-sec/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:03:30

• Oil Production ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/05/unconventional-oil-production-all-you-need-to-know/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:07:23

• "Ever wondered if you could build a robot controlled by chemical reactions? [Marb] explores this wild concept in his video, merging chemistry and robotics in a way that feels straight out of sci-fi." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/05/gray-matter-on-a-chip-building-an-artificial-brain-with-luminol/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:07:51

• New Study Uncovers Best Meat And Dairy Substitutes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-uncovers-best-meat-and-dairy-substitutes    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:08:05

• First Ice-Free Day in Arctic Ocean Could Arrive This Decade, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/first-ice-free-day-in-arctic-ocean-could-arrive-this-decade-study-finds    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:08:13

• One Type of Chocolate Could Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk by 21% ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-type-of-chocolate-could-reduce-type-2-diabetes-risk-by-21    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:08:29

• Study Reveals Depression's Genetic Link to Heart Disease in Women ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-depressions-genetic-link-to-heart-disease-in-women    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:08:40

• Chicago School Kid Discovers New Cancer-Fighting Compound in Bird Poop ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/chicago-school-kid-discovers-new-cancer-fighting-compound-in-bird-poop    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:08:47

• Scientists Reveal How Our Solar System Could Capture a New Planet ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-how-our-solar-system-could-capture-a-new-planet    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:08:56

• Your Belly Fat Could Warn of Alzheimer's Decades Before Symptoms ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-belly-fat-could-warn-of-alzheimers-decades-before-symptoms    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:09:05

• Fish Can Pick Their Own Birthday, And We Finally Know How ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/fish-can-pick-their-own-birthday-and-we-finally-know-how    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:09:14

• Drinking Cocoa May Protect Your Body From Fatty Foods And Stress ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/drinking-cocoa-may-protect-your-body-from-fatty-foods-and-stress    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:09:31

• "Folding Keyboard Mod" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/05/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-folding-keyboard-mod/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:09:53

• "We will admit it. If we found a 386 motherboard as badly corroded as the one [Bits und Bolts] did, we would trash it—not him, though." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/05/how-corroded-can-a-motherboard-be/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:10:12

• Japan grants Philippines funding to boost naval capabilities ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/japan-grants-philippines-funding-to-boost-naval-capabilities    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:12:55

• The new stoic Argentine ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2024/1205/The-new-stoic-Argentine    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:13:13

• Pearl Jam Announces US Tour — Promises to Cancel ‘Above Face Value’ Resold Tickets ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/05/pearl-jam-us-tour-promise-ticket-prices/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:13:33

• Building a Unified Qt Hub: Your Ideas in Action ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/building-a-unified-qt-hub    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:14:11

• Kash Patel’s Bullets ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/12/05/kash-patels-bullets/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:14:49

• True Crime: Allan Pinkerton’s Thirty Years a Detective (1884) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/pinkerton-thirty-years-a-detective    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:15:32

• Lawmakers push for probe into Pentagon’s telecom security failures after historic cyberattack ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2024/12/lawmakers-push-for-probe-into-pentagons-telecom-security-failures-after-historic-cyberattack/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:15:54

• Jimmy Lai says he was ‘too optimistic’ about Hongkongers’ willingness to resist on eve of security law’s enactment ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/05/jimmy-lai-says-he-was-too-optimistic-about-hongkongers-willingness-to-resist-on-eve-of-security-laws-enactment/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:17:31

• 45 jailed democrats: 3 more seek to challenge convictions and sentences in landmark subversion case ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/05/45-jailed-democrats-3-more-seek-to-challenge-convictions-and-sentences-in-landmark-subversion-case/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:17:53

• Joe Biden aide says US would run out of munition in China war ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/05/joe-biden-aide-says-us-would-run-out-of-munition-in-china-war/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:18:21

• Wars mean higher revenues for international defence companies ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/wars-mean-higher-revenues-for-international-defence-companies/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:18:33

• Mexican authorities detain over 5,000 migrants in a single day ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-detains-5000-migrants-single-day/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:18:43

• Is secure boot on the main application processor enough? ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/is-secure-boot-on-the-main-application-processor-enough/ http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/ It is not about security at all    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:19:41

• U-M report: Program reduces homelessness, utility insecurity ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-report-program-reduces-homelessness-utility-insecurity/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:20:31

• FOSS Weekly #24.49: KDE's Own Distro, Cinnamon 6.4 ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-24-49/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:21:22

• New COSMIC Desktop Alpha Adds New Options, VRR Support ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/cosmic-desktop-alpha-4-changes    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:22:43

• Vulkan 1.4 Released with Updated Hey Hi (AI) 8K Video Rendering, and with More Extensions ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/vulkan-1-4-released-with-updated-api-8k-video-rendering-and-with-more-extensions/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:25:59

• Valve publishes Powered by SteamOS brand guidelines — logo readied for third-party hardware bundled with this Linux-based OS ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-publishes-powered-by-steamos-brand-guidelines-logo-readied-for-third-party-hardware-bundled-with-this-linux-based-os    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:26:55

• Linus Torvalds: AMD Intel's x86 levels are "completely broken garbage" that "needs to die" ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-amd-intels-x86-levels-are-completely-broken-garbage-that-needs-to-die/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:27:27

• How to Install and Set Up Mumble Voice Chat Software ☞ https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-and-setup-mumble-voice-chat-software/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:27:47

• Window Maker Live – installable GNU/Linux live distro ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/window-maker-live-installable-linux-distro/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:28:25

• Hopalong – simple Wayland compositor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hopalong-simple-wayland-compositor/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:28:52

• 11 Best Free and Open Source GUI Weather Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-free-weather-software/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:29:18

• Zenith – turbo-charged top utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zenith-turbo-charged-top-utility/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:29:42

• Linux Voice Assistants: Revolutionizing Human-Computer Interaction with Natural Language Processing ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-voice-assistants-revolutionizing-human-computer-interaction-natural-language    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:30:51

• Installing Midnight Commander (MC) on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/installing-midnight-commander-mc-on-almalinux-9-or-rocky/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:32:06

• Apertis v2024: the new Bookworm-based release for industrial embedded devices ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/apertis-v2024-the-new-bookworm-based-release-for-industrial-embedded-devices.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:32:52

• From Recommendations to Implementation: Increasing Access to Climate Data for Earth Intelligence ☞ https://creativecommons.org/2024/12/05/from-recommendations-to-implementation-increasing-access-to-climate-data-for-earth-intelligence    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:33:29

• Prevent: Thousands of children referred to counter terrorism programme last year ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/prevent-thousands-of-children-referred-to-counter-terrorism-programme-last-year/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:34:30

• Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2024: when digital rights collide with digital oppression ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/event/igf-2024/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:36:02

• Postal workers are fighting the gigification of a vital public service ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/postal-workers-strike-fighting-gigification-public-service/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:36:21

• French civil servants protest budget cuts, 'won't give up' regardless of next government ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241205-french-civil-servants-protest-budget-cuts-won-t-give-up-regardless-of-next-government    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:36:47

• So proudly saying it turned from journalism into SPAM (B2B) https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/time-ceo-jessica-sibley-says-b2b-shift-is-working-for-101-year-old-brand/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:37:31

• 12 Vietnamese soldiers on training exercise killed in accidental explosion ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/12-vietnamese-soldiers-on-training-exercise-killed-in-accidental-explosion    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:37:55

• Gazans With Disabilities Face ‘Impossible Times’ of Chaos and War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/world/middleeast/gaza-disabled.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:38:15

• Deadly Israeli Strike Hits Gaza Humanitarian Zone ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/world/middleeast/israel-strike-gaza-al-mawasi.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:38:24

• Hong Kong officials learn neighborhood surveillance from China ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/05/china-hong-kong-neighborhood-monitoring/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:39:13

• Sort of clickbait ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/contributed-content/its-time-to-make-kubernetes-disappear/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:40:41

• Peter Czanik: The syslog-ng Insider 2024-12: FreeBSD audit; 4.8.1; conferences ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2024-12-freebsd-audit-4-8-1-conferences    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:41:32

• What’s the Right OS for Your Embedded Device? ☞ https://www.kdab.com/whats-the-right-os-for-your-embedded-device/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:42:07

• Building Smarter Business Apps: 9 Open-Source Frameworks and Platforms for 2025 - Why Not Odoo? ☞ https://medevel.com/building-busines-apps-1900/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:42:57

• Turkey Considers Banning Social Media for Teens Under 16 ☞ https://medevel.com/turkey-considers-banning-social-media-for-teens-under-16/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:43:54

• Robotic Vision in Debian: Mastering Image Processing and Object Recognition for Intelligent Robots ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/robotic-vision-debian-mastering-image-processing-and-object-recognition-intelligent-robots    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:47:40

• The Datacenter Is The Accelerator ☞ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/05/the-datacenter-is-the-accelerator/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:48:27

• "Following U.S. sanctions, Putin lifts requirement for Gazprombank to handle all payments for Russian gas" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/06/putin-lifts-requirement-for-gazprombank-to-handle-all-payments-for-russian-gas-following-u-s-sanctions | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:49:18

• How to fight Russian sabotage: With ‘psyops’ and undersea drones. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2024/1205/russia-sabotage-europe-nato-china    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:49:30

• Kent professors and organizations helps students manage finals-related stress ☞ https://kentwired.com/125123/news/watch/videos/kent-professors-and-organizations-helps-students-manage-finals-related-stress/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:50:32

• Murata LBWA0ZZ2HK/HL low-power Wi-Fi HaLow modules can communicate over 2km ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/05/murata-lbwa0zz2hl-hk-low-power-sub-1-ghz-wi-fi-halow-modules-can-communicate-over-2km/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:51:59

• ‘Tis the Season for COSMIC Alpha 4! (System76 Blog) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1000927/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:52:32

• ‘Tis the Season for COSMIC Alpha 4! ☞ https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-4    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:53:26

• South Korean party spokesperson who grappled with martial law soldier insists she is not special ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/korean-party-spokesperson-who-grappled-with-martial-law-soldier-insists-she-is-not-special    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:54:07

• So why aren't Canonical and IBM capitalising it to promote GNU/Linux? Because Microsoft pays them to promote and resell Microsoft? ☞ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-having-a-tpm-is-non-negotiable-for-windows-11/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 00:57:16

• Ador Sues Over NewJeans Contract ‘Termination’ — Ousted CEO Accuses Hybe Execs of Communications Law Violations ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/05/ador-newjeans-lawsuit/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:01:39

• Jordan Neely’s Father Sues Daniel Penny, Accusing Him of Assault ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/nyregion/jordan-neely-father-daniel-penny-lawsuit-assault.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:02:37

• Coming for Selfies, Staying for Art: Dakar’s Biennale Draws Young Crowd ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/world/africa/dakar-biennale-youth-audience.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:02:58

• TMF award to help OPM modernize COBOL code via Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2024/12/tmf-award-to-help-opm-modernize-cobol-code-via-ai/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:03:34

• Exclusive: Feds are probing 764, The Com’s use of cybercriminal tactics to carry out violent crimes ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/the-com-764-cybercrime-violent-crime-fbi-intellignce-report/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:04:12

• Young people involved in one-fifth of Australian terrorism cases, says intelligence chief ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/young-people-involved-in-one-fifth-of-australian-terrorism-cases-intelligence-chief-says    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:04:31

• Government Finally Splits the Online Harms Bill: Never Too Late To Do The Right Thing…Or Is It? ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/12/governmentsplits63/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:14:49

• "A.I.-driven podcast" = trash... with Digital Restrictions (DRM) on top ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/style/spotify-wrapped-2024.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:34:24

• From accosting drug smugglers to herding livestock – just another day on SA border protection ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/from-accosting-drug-smugglers-to-herding-livestock-just-another-day-on-sa-border-protection/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:42:39

• 'Vindictive political culture': Since 1988, four South Korean presidents jailed, one died by suicide ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241205-vindictive-political-culture-since-1988-four-south-korean-presidents-jailed-one-died-by-suicide    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:43:03

• Chinese company that makes digital weapons now taking the lead on RISC-V in Linux... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-RFC-v2-64K-RISC-V-PS    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:44:02

• TikTik vs EU. "A pro-Russian outsider is suddenly close to the Romanian presidency" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/05/a-pro-russian-outsider-is-suddenly-close-to-the-romanian-presidency-declassified-documents-point-to-a-tiktok-influence-campaign | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:44:39

• Pluralistic: Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar's "The Big Fix" (05 Dec 2024) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/05/ted-rogers-is-a-dope/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:47:35

• "The identity crisis starts with its name. While the primary website is wubuntu.org, that name is rarely seen inside the OS itself." https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/05/wubuntu/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:56:30

• "Mozilla announced a series of major new features coming to Firefox in the next 12 months, including long-requested features such as native profile management, an option for vertical tabs, and a more intuitive URL bar search experience, and tab grouping." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/how-to-enable-firefox-tab-groups    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 01:58:16

• "Alongside the new alpha is a freshly-spun ISO of Pop!_OS 24.04 (Alpha), making it easy to check out the changes for yourself on a spare partition, USB drive, or virtual machine. But the COSMIC DE alphas are available on other distros too, including Arch Linux." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/cosmic-desktop-alpha-4-changes    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:01:18

• Microsoft pays IBM, Microsoft gets IBM to promote WINDOWS https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsofts-wsl-2-looks-like-it-could-be-getting-even-stronger-with-official-support-from-fedora    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:03:05

• The future of Mozilla is marketing people in charge of a former tech company https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/mozilla-new-brand-identity-unveiled see http://techrights.org/wiki/Mozilla/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:04:07

• Powered by SteamOS: Valve's Linux gaming OS prepares to expand beyond the Steam Deck https://www.techspot.com/news/105849-powered-steamos-valve-linux-gaming-os-prepares-expand.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:10:28

• "Linux is a good alternative to Windows: It's free, runs stably, and is supplied with updates for a long time. We present three systems that look particularly similar to Windows." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2532994/3-free-linux-distros-that-look-and-feel-like-windows.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:11:20

• "Nice to see that NVIDIA are continuing to clearly list the changes since their direct previous release, which is something I asked them to do at the start of this year. Previously, they were listing every single change each release when moving drivers between their named branches, which caused confusion." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/nvidia-565-77-stable-driver-for-linux-released/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:16:45

• "So it seems at launch, at least right now, it does indeed work on Steam Deck. Sticking it into Low overall details and the performance looked pretty good too above 50FPS. Not quite keeping 60FPS, but still pretty good, a few dips down into the 40s during heavy combat." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/free-to-play-monster-hunting-game-dauntless-now-on-steam-and-works-on-steam-deck-desktop-linux-needs-a-quick-fix/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:17:06

• Biased and ridiculous 'study' https://www.developer-tech.com/news/linux-foundation-releases-census-iii-open-source-report/ see https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/06/All_the_Red_Flags_in_New_Linux_Foundation_Report.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:18:35

• But they get LLMs making bot-written puff pieces about it https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/06/Brittany_Day_linuxsecurity_com_Reposing_Linux_Foundation_Micros.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:19:28

• "Under the hood, the new Alpine Linux release has up-to-date components, including GCC 14, LLVM 19, Node.js 20.11 LTS, Rust 1.83, Crystal 1.14, Go 1.23, PHP 8.4, Qt 6.8, and .NET 9.0." https://9to5linux.com/alpine-linux-3-21-released-with-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-initial-loongarch64-support    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:20:03

• "The Linux 6.12 kernel started making its way into the stable software repositories of various popular GNU/Linux distributions, including Arch Linux, openSUSE Tumbleweed, Fedora Linux, and others. Therefore, it’s highly recommended that you upgrade to Linux kernel 6.12 LTS as soon as possible." https://9to5linux.com/its-official-linux-kernel-6-12-will-be-lts-supported-for-multiple-years    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:20:25

• "Linux kernel 4.19, the last of the Linux 4.x kernel series, has now reached the end of its supported life as announced earlier on the Linux kernel mailing list by kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman." https://9to5linux.com/linux-4-19-the-last-of-the-linux-4-x-kernel-series-reaches-end-of-life    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:21:20

• "Linux kernel 6.11 is not a long-term support (LTS) branch so it was supported for only a couple of months with eleven maintenance updates" https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-11-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-12-lts    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:21:49

• "NVIDIA released today NVIDIA 565.77 as the first stable version of the NVIDIA 565 graphics driver series for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems with various improvements and multiple bug fixes." https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-565-linux-graphics-driver-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:22:17

• "For those still on Mesa 24.2, you should now be good to upgrade." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/mesa-24-3-1-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers-released/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:23:52

• "We already had one this week because Amazon did a double-drop. But not only that, they also surprise-dropped a bunch of extra games today that they didn't previously announce in support of their new Secret Level series. Some good stuff here for you." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/prime-gaming-december-5th-edition-for-steam-deck-linux-a-bunch-of-special-extras-were-added-this-week/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:24:46

• "Curiously, on Steam Deck with SteamOS 3.6, Proton 9.0-3 had the same issues but Proton Experimental did get into the game. Repeatedly testing Proton Experimental on Steam Deck and yes, it does go in-game. So back to Desktop and it still doesn't work there." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/delta-force-developer-mentions-they-will-look-at-supporting-steam-deck-linux/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:25:39

• EndeavourOS is a great way to enter the Arch Linux ecosystem https://www.xda-developers.com/thread/endevouros-great-for-arch-linux-beginners/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:30:16

• "If you're a Cinnamon desktop fan (or a fan of Linux Mint), you'll love the new version which offers exciting features sure to please anyone." https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-ways-the-new-cinnamon-desktop-is-better-than-your-default-linux-de-and-how-to-try-it/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:30:38

• Wine 10.0-rc1 https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-10.0-rc1    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:50:00

• Wine staging 10.0-rc1 release https://marc.info/?l=wine-devel&m=173352539819073&w=2    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 02:55:21

• Openwashing https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/when-infrastructure-as-code-met-devops-spacelift    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 03:21:20

• "Democrats spark outrage with desperate fundraising ploy amid layoffs"    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 04:13:55

• Indian media conflates EVERYTHING with "hey hi", comes up with headline "Should AI be blamed for sporadic layoffs in tech?"    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 04:15:08

• "Should THINGS be blamed for sporadic layoffs in tech?"    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 04:15:25

• "Should NEW STUFF be blamed for sporadic layoffs in tech?"    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 04:15:46

• "Should HUMANS be blamed for sporadic layoffs in tech?"    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 04:15:57

• HEY HI. Suddenly it's everywhere. You can even hey HEY HI SNEAKERS. Amazing!!    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 04:16:28

• MSM: blah blah blah Sam Altman blah blah blah Superintelligence    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 04:17:56

• It's Not the "Era of HEY HI", it's t he era of "Sam Altman sez"    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 04:18:04

• Superintelligence?? WHAT DOES IT BLOODY MEAN?? NOTHING!    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 04:18:09

• The MSM is just satirising itself at this point    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 04:18:33

• "Xbox leadership addressed Blizzard staff for the first time today"... only took them, what? Over a year??    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 04:19:14

• Where is the ACTUAL news, not "Sam Altman sez" pieces?    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 04:19:45

• Their DNA survives in diverse populations across the world https://theconversation.com/their-dna-survives-in-diverse-populations-across-the-world-but-who-were-the-denisovans-244441    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 07:57:10

• Better ways to recover metals needed for technology from electronic waste could benefit the environment and human health https://theconversation.com/better-ways-to-recover-metals-needed-for-technology-from-electronic-waste-could-benefit-the-environment-and-human-health-237182    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 07:58:15

• Why some book fans are leaving Amazon-owned Goodreads in wake of the U.S. election https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/goodreads-fans-leaving-election-1.7392369    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 07:59:19

• Amazon, Google, Meta accused of dodging Senate questions https://www.theage.com.au/technology/a-cheap-magic-trick-amazon-google-meta-accused-of-dodging-senate-questions-20241126-p5ktlc.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 07:59:35

• EU Closes Investigations Into Amazon, Starbucks and Fiat Tax Rulings https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-11-28/eu-closes-investigations-into-amazon-starbucks-and-fiat-tax-rulings    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 08:00:00

• 'Make Amazon Pay' https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amazon-workers-20-countries-strike-under-make-amazon-pay-will-uk-shoppers-affected-172906    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 08:00:22

• Renewed Battle Over Amazon Oil https://truthout.org/video/ecuadors-indigenous-communities-face-renewed-battle-over-amazon-oil/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 08:00:55

• "We've also adjusted the language of install-time permissions - aka sandbox holes - to be more clear that these represent advanced system access and the implications of adjusting them." https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-available-now/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 08:02:12

• ALTLinux 10.4 "Education" is out in Russia    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 08:02:47

• Armbian v24.11 https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-v24-11/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 08:03:40

• Dr.Parted 24.12 is out    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 08:11:55

• At the turn of the month, new ISOs of ArchBang 0112 and Arch 2024.12.01 too    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 08:12:31

• "another Linux distribution can be run in a container and within that container there is access to the entire package repository of that distribution." https://bkhome.org/news/202412/easyos-scarthgap-series-version-65-released.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 08:13:28

• Release Announcement: Nitrux 3.8.0 “db” https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-3-8-0/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 08:14:24

• "Sponsored by Netflix." https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.2R/announce/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 08:16:07

• Still a STEADY stream of new release of GNU/Linux releases. Many are community-led.    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 08:18:28

• FOSS Force is posting LF SPAM again (see latest update) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/03/It_s_FOSS_No_It_s_SPAM.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 11:58:11

• "The documents, obtained by FedScoop via a public records request" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/how-the-global-engagement-center-hopes-to-fight-deepfakes-abroad/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:30:37

• Digital Restrictions (DRM): "Since I last wrote about it, Bandcamp was acquired by Epic games (?) and then acquired from them by Songtradr" ☛ https://macwright.com/2024/12/06/bandcamp-wrapped.html | Source: Tom MacWright    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:31:05

• "AT&T plans to retire its copper network by 2029, aligning with its goal to expand fiber broadband to 50 million locations." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/how-att-plans-to-retire-copper/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:35:29

• "Dad used her degree to win custody of her only child." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/nighat-dad-digital-rights-foundation/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:36:40

• "My third-most-favorited post of the year was much funnier." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/12/wrapstodong/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:41:30

• "may be too big of a hill to climb." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24315123/arm-ceo-rene-haas-intel-ai-chips-samsung-changes | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:45:17

• "Palantir and Anduril, two leading defense technology firms" ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/pentagon/2024/12/06/defense-tech-firms-establish-ai-focused-consortium/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:45:40

• "The ability of anyone to buy into public companies does not solve the problem of the consolidation of corporate power." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/privatized-america | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:45:59

• "At Stripe, we had two abstractions for branching logic in production: flags, which were meant to be explicitly temporal (temporarily split-testing traffic" ☛ https://jmduke.com/posts/post/hidden-settings/ | Source: Justin Duke    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:49:11

• "I've talked about the surprise $20,000 SVOG audit and the $80,000 Content Mafia shakedown, but here are a few other "exceptional"" ☛ https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2024/12/06.html | Source: DNA Lounge    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:49:22

• "She and her husband purchased the land for $203,000 by working with the state through the Clean Ohio initiative." ☛ https://southeastohiomagazine.com/2024/12/05/arc-of-appalachia-preserves-what-it-can/ | Source: Southeast Ohio    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:53:22

• "Now local leaders fear mining at the site appears poised to begin soon as momentum gathers behind America’s nuclear resurgence." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/a-uranium-mining-boom-is-sweeping-through-texas-nuclear-energy/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:54:21

• "Which brings us to today: BTC prices are at all-time highs, besting their levels during the first boom." ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2024/11/28/will-crypto-damper-interest-in-ai.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:54:31

• "TikTok Faces U.S. Ban" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/business/media/tiktok-ban-court-decision.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:55:59

• "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday sided with the Justice Department, which argued that the U.S. government has the authority to ban TikTok based on the national security risk that the app could be pressured by the Chinese government to expose Americans’ data or influence what they see." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/06/tiktok-ban-court-ruling-justice-department-bytedance/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:56:23

• "A Federal Appeals Court Just Upheld the TikTok Ban." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/doj-tiktok-constitutional-lawsuit/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:58:50

• "The order from a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals preserves the bipartisan law President Joe Biden signed in April forcing ByteDance" ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2024/12/06/dc/federal-appeals-court-upholds-rapidly-approaching-tiktok-ban/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:59:11

• "In a text message, he said that his inspectors had seen a quadrupling of production of uranium enriched to 60 percent purity, just shy of the levels needed to produce a weapon." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/iran-nuclear-fuel.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 12:59:35

• "The company pledged to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/article/tiktok-ban.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:00:46

• "Ever since ByteDance bought the app in 2017, national security officials in the U.S. have been concerned about the Chinese government’s relationship with the company, and how the app the could be tapped to collect data on Americans, and even influence our social fabric." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2317334/could-a-vpn-circumvent-the-tiktok-ban.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:01:08

• "In its opinion, the court rejected challenges from TikTok and its users who argued the law violated various constitutional protections, including their First Amendment rights to free speech." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/federal-appeals-upholds-tiktok-divestiture-law-setting-stage-for-potential-us-ban/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:01:36

• "Content moderation decisions involve a combination of machine and human actions." ☛ https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2024/12/24-1113-2088317.pdf |    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:02:10

• "The court’s opinion (PDF) is not particularly long. As this is framed as a question of national security, the court gives substantial deference to the government’s assessment of TikTok’s threat." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/tiktok-loses-appeal/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:02:31

• "In this article we’ll look at where the various platforms are, how they are used and what some of the controversies are." ☛ https://smist08.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/social-media-wars/ | Source: Stephen Smith    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:02:45

• "Two survivors of the bombing — each 100 or older — are planning to return to Pearl Harbor on Saturday to observe the 83rd anniversary of the attack that thrust the U.S. into World War II." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-12-07/100-year-old-pearl-harbor-survivor-recalls-confusion-and-chaos-during-japanese-bombing-83-years-ago | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:02:57

• "There is, however, one endeavor that is still alive and moving forward, albeit somewhat gingerly: a suite of eight civil lawsuits, accusing Mr. Trump of inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/trump-jan-6-civil-cases.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:03:05

• "As an addendum to my recent post about running an IPv6-only network" ☛ https://blog.infected.systems/posts/2024-12-05-connecting-to-tor-from-ipv6-only-clients/ | Source: Alex Haydock    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:03:38

• "The question in today’s now is how we make Whitman’s knit of identity work when everyone everywhere also lives on a giant zero of absent distance between everything." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2024/11/25/the-interknit/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:04:06

• Seems like some large publishers are afraid of Techrights, as it became an informal if not self-appointed watchdog that calls out misuse of LLMs and sponsored (paid-for) fake 'articles'    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:12:23

• "In the wake of high-profile [breaches] affecting hundreds of millions of Americans, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing a rule limiting data brokers’ ability to sell Americans’ sensitive personal and financial information." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24311498/cfpb-rule-data-brokers-social-security-number-fico-score | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:12:45

• "The correct amount of ads for a publication that’s directly supported is zero. That’s the amount we should get." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/the-correct-amount-of-ads-is-zero | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:12:59

• "For individuals concerned about their data being shared by third parties, tools like digital data removal services can help by requesting data brokers to remove personal information, offering a proactive way to regain control over privacy." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/balancing-innovation-security-how-online-businesses-can-protect-user-data-1729330 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:39:34

• "Green noted there is bipartisan “frustration” on Capitol Hill about the scope of the most recent breach." ☛ https://therecord.media/cooperate-salt-typhoon-telecoms-probe | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:40:21

• "Rosenworcel said the FCC’s authority in this matter comes from Section 105 of CALEA — a single sentence that stipulates, without elaboration" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/05/fcc-salt-typhoon-cybersecurity-china/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:40:41

• "The proposal clarifies that telecommunications carriers’ duties extend not just to the equipment they use but how they manage their networks" ☛ https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-408015A1.pdf | Source: US FCC    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:40:58

• "The proposal centers on a draft Declaratory Ruling that puts a new interpretation on section 105 of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) as requiring telcos to take action to lock down their networks." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/06/salt_typhoon_fcc_proposal/ | Source: The Register UK http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/24/ESET_Finds_Rootkits_Does_Not_Explain_How_They_Get_Installed_Med.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:41:33

• "U.S. government agencies held a classified briefing for all senators on Wednesday concerning China’s alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to burrow deep into American telecommunications companies and steal data about U.S. calls." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/senators-vow-action-after-u-s-telecom-hacking/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:41:50

• "In some cases, the [intruders] were able to intercept audio and text. The group targeted officials from both presidential campaigns, including President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance." ☛ https://therecord.media/fbi-cisa-china-lurking-in-telecom-systems | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:42:03

• "indicated that the actors were on other parts of their network conducting reconnaissance before pivoting to the CALEA system and surrounding devices" ☛ https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2024/12/chinese-telecom-espionage-began-much-broader-aims-officials-say/401397/ | Source: Nextgov    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:42:52

• "The FCC announced the proposal after White House officials said the Chinese [cracking] group breached at least eight US telecommunications firms in a spying campaign that began up to two years ago." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/to-stop-chinas-salt-typhoon-fcc-to-force-telecoms-to-shore-up-defenses | Source: PC Mag    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:43:14

• "I've been thinking a lot about how social networks die, these past two years. It's an unusually personal topic" ☛ https://www.sandofsky.com/end-of-twitter/ | Source: Benjamin Sandofsky    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:44:19

• "In case the message isn’t clear yet, third-party kernel extensions are on their way out, particularly in Apple silicon systems." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2024/12/03/managing-kernel-extensions/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:44:34

• "Sam Altman’s OpenAI can’t make money by spending $2.35 for every $1 of ChatGPT it sells. It makes a loss on every query." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/06/openais-200-per-month-chatgpt-pro-maybe-theres-a-market/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:50:29

• "Since the GenAI boom, there’s been a wave of interest in building AI-based products. Many of these are B2B products which intend to make an old-school industry, like law and accounting, more efficient." ☛ https://emaggiori.com/advice-ai-based-products/ | Source: Emmanuel Maggiori    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:50:42

• "For the briefest of moments, I caught myself thinking even ChatGPT couldn't get this wrong." ☛ https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2024/7/ | Source: Markup from Hell    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:51:06

• "As is a common theme on this blog, I come back to the idea that internet discourse causes people to fall into very binary views of current events." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/ai-self-driving-and-evolving-your-opinions-on-new-tech-over-time/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:55:01

• "In recent years, commercial spyware has been deployed by more actors against a wider range of victims, but the prevailing narrative has still been that the malware is used in targeted attacks against an extremely small number of people." ☛ https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/12/1-phone-scanner-finds-seven-pegasus-spyware-infections/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:55:18

• "Researchers have long warned of the dangers of building relationships with chatbots. But an array of companies now offer AI companions to millions of people, who spend hours a day bonding with the tools." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/06/ai-companion-chai-research-character-ai/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:55:30

• "Facebook and LinkedIn is reacting with tens of thousands..." ☛ https://www.404media.co/brian-thompson-social-media-reactions-reddit-facebook-twitter/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:58:32

• Put   

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:59:01

• "Put every aspect of this tragic episode together and you have the rotten core of American health care." ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/390111/united-healthcare-ceo-shot-insurance-hospitals-doctors | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:59:15

• "It puts just enough friction between me and something that won’t benefit my future self, and still being able to use the app if I need to." ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/2024/12/03/babysitting-yourself.html | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 13:59:36

• "Back at the start of 2020, I wondered if common (x86 desktop) motherboards would ever have very many M.2 NVMe drive slots" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/MotherboardNVMeMultiSlotsII | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:00:17

• "Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2024, Fredrik talks to Ingrid af Sandeberg about AI and people’s perception of it." ☛ https://kodsnack.se/international/618/ | Source: Kodsnack    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:01:05

• "Cross-linguistic studies have revealed similar biases when people view images of events." ☛ https://theconversation.com/how-primate-eye-tracking-reveals-new-insights-into-the-evolution-of-language-245110 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:01:33

• "generative artificial intelligence allows us to generate infinite solutions" ☛ https://blog.ignaciobrasca.com/opinion/2024/11/29/entropy-reducer-solver.html | Source: Ignacio Brasca    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:06:38

• "How do you know what you're not allowed to see?" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/12/telescope-spooks/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:08:36

• "Next, an automated system would compare the image with previous images of the same tile." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/12/vera-rubin-telescope-spy-satellite/680814/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:09:29

• "This trip is busier than the first two: this time we plan to visit five different cities. We bought the JR Sanyo-San'in Area Pass to cover the shinkansen travels for most of the trip." ☛ https://roytang.net/2024/12/japan2024/ | Source: Roy Tang    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:11:18

• "This is the 67th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Erica Fustero and her blog, ericafustero.com" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-erica-fustero | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:11:48

• "This is a live reinterpretation of the SID tune that I submitted to the C64 Music compo at Mysdata 2024." ☛ http://www.linusakesson.net/music/withering-bytes/index.php | Source: Linus Åkesson    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:13:37

• "Dewayne also did a lot of what academics call fieldwork: in Tonga, tribal lands in New Mexico, the Dakotas, Montana. Nepal." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2024/11/25/remembering-dewayne-hendricks/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:14:24

• "The rest of this post will only make sense if we’re on the same page about what a technology and service business is." ☛ https://www.elliotcsmith.com/thoughts-on-service-and-tech-startups/ | Source: Elliot C Smith    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:14:50

• "Today I spent a few hours cleaning, oiling, and adjusting my new (to me) Remington Standard typewriter." ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2024/12/06/using-the-fold-a-matic-feature-of-the-remington-standard-to-clean-oil-and-adjust/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:25:33

• "Apple is known for the excruciating detail it puts into the design and engineering of its products. But stuff happens every once in a while—for example, when the Macintosh LC III was released in 1993" ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2542959/a-long-time-rumor-about-a-rare-macintosh-blunder-has-finally-been-proven-true.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:25:47

• "The fake CRT made by bitluni works in a similar manner, except it has a 405nm laser pointer instead of an electron beam, stepper motors instead of deflection coils" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/11/27/this-fake-crt-tv-works-using-lasers-and-uv-magic/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:32:42

• "new Steam Controller 2 that was leaked" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/valve-may-be-working-on-a-new-kind-of-steam-machine/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:34:00

• "Marvel Rivals is the next big multiplayer shooter" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/marvel-rivals-out-now-free-on-steam-and-works-on-steam-deck-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:34:28

• "GNOME Foundation are looking to hire" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/flathub-to-become-a-self-sustaining-entity-and-theyre-looking-to-hire-someone-to-help/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:35:00

• "Easily one of the best roguelikes ever made" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/epic-science-fantasy-roguelike-caves-of-qud-10-is-out-now-and-its-a-wild-ride/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:35:38

• RISC-V Linux Development Device ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/compact-risc-v-linux-development-device-with-usb-form-factor-powered-by-rockchip-rv1103/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:37:08

• "Where do we go from here?" https://heydingus.net/blog/2024/12/where-do-we-go-from-here    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:37:44

• "A Second Trump Term Is Set to Scramble Trade Alliances" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/trump-trade-alliances.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:37:58

• "The first and last Medals of Honor of World War II" https://taskandpurpose.com/history/first-last-medal-honor-wwii/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:38:11

• "China-Russia cooperation poses rising threat in Arctic, Pentagon warns" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/global/2024/12/07/china-russia-cooperation-poses-rising-threat-in-arctic-pentagon-warns/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:38:25

• "an upgrade of the cult-classic survival horror game" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/the-thing-remastered-from-nightdive-studios-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:39:34

• "massively multiplayer interplanetary crafting adventure" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/mmo-interplanetary-crafting-adventure-spacecraft-from-shiro-games-northgard-wartales-announced/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:40:16

• "Pest Apocalypse" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/pizza-delivery-bullet-heaven-pest-apocalypse-is-hilarious-chaos-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:42:40

• "over the next 11 days" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/humble-bundle-are-bringing-back-11-popular-game-bundles-for-a-limited-time/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:43:21

• "compatibility layer Wine" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/windows-compatibility-layer-wine-10-gets-a-first-release-candidate/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:43:54

• "Path of Exile 2 from Grinding Gear Games has officially arrived" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/path-of-exile-2-now-in-early-access-and-it-works-on-steam-deck-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:45:25

• FTC ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/ftc-rightfully-acts-against-so-called-ai-weapon-detection-company-evolv | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:48:34

• Parrot ☛ https://therevelator.org/species-spotlight-thick-billed-parrot/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:48:58

• "The ACE anti-piracy coalition sidelined dozens of sports streaming sites this week with action against dozens of domain names including Crackstream" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/ace-seizes-sports-piracy-domains-including-crackstream-and-streameast-clones-241206/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:49:29

• "Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing foreign buyers to pay for Russian gas through more than one financial institution." ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2024/12/06/hungary-requests-exemption-from-sanctions-against-gazprombank-putin-signs-new-decree | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:50:22

• "A Federal District Court in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) of 2021" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2024/12/06/court-stays-deadline-for-ids-and-mug-shots-of-corporate-principals/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:51:45

• Bandcamp wrapped ☞ https://macwright.com/2024/12/06/bandcamp-wrapped.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:56:55

• Why Fentanylware (TikTok) Faces a U.S. Ban, and What’s Next? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/article/tiktok-ban.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:58:50

• Federal appeals court upholds Fentanylware (TikTok) divestiture law, setting stage for potential US ban ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/federal-appeals-upholds-tiktok-divestiture-law-setting-stage-for-potential-us-ban/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 14:59:08

• "Sometimes, when writing tests in Pytest, I find myself using fixtures that the test function/method doesn’t directly reference." ☛ https://rednafi.com/python/inject_pytest_fixture/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:08:50

• "Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2024, Fredrik talks to IT security expert David Jacoby about his way into IT security." ☛ https://kodsnack.se/international/614/ | Source: Kodsnack    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:09:54

• "The Google C++ Style is widely adopted by projects. It contains a brace omission guideline in Looping and branching statements" ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/2024-12-01-clang-format-and-single-line-statements | Source: MaskRay    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:19:36

• "I have not included advent calendars that are single blog posts, image-only efforts with inaccessible images, or delivered only via email." ☛ https://adrianroselli.com/2024/12/development-advent-calendars-for-2024.html | Source: Adriaan Roselli    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:19:51

• "For each possible execution of a program according to its semantics, there exists a corresponding path through the graph." ☛ https://danilafe.com/blog/07_spa_agda_semantics_and_cfg/ | Source: Daniel Fedorin    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:21:51

• "One of the classical big reason to want union types in Go is so that one can implement the general pattern of an option type" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoUnionTypesAndZeroValues | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:22:21

• "As a consequence of catching up to some Clojure/conj talks, I discovered VSAs (Vector Symbolic Architectures)." ☛ https://blog.toast.cafe/status-24-11 | Source: Chloé Vulquin    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:22:42

• "While the first two should be regular classes offering both copy and move semantics" ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2024/11/27/non-movable-classes | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:24:09

• "One of my favorite traditions in the R community is the Advent of Code, a series of puzzles released at midnight EST from December 1st through 25th" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/advent-of-code-with-data-table-week-one/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:24:45

• "This proposal suggests adding new options that will allow the behavior of warnings to be controlled based on their diagnostic group." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/12/05/swift-proposal-precise-control-flags-over-compiler-warnings/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:25:08

• "Later I rewrote the regression test that was two steps (once you got all the credentials sorted out—thirty-five steps in the original test)" ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2024/12/06.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:25:37

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1136.jpg    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:38:55

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1486.jpg    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:39:02

• "All of the work I did previously on this project got corrupted, so I am stuck starting over. Thankfully not completely from scratch, as some mockup images have survived. That said, I have to relearn how to start a Game Boy project with RGBDS." gemini://vigrey.com/tarot/gb/log/1.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:41:58

• "Gnus was designed primary as a newsreader (think NNTP, newsgroups, Usenet). When you translate that paradigm to e-mail, you get a sort of "automatic inbox-zero", as the info manual puts it, where things vanish out of sight once you have read them or decide they are not interesting." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20241206-0.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:42:35

• "This book shelf [1] might seem silly, as it's literally “a book” shelf (a shelf for one book), but I don't think so—he overkills it on the design (I can appreciate that, having written an over-the-top 6809 assembler [2]) and has a unique conversation piece. In fact, I could use a two-book shelf myself, for the two-volume Oxford English Dictionary I have." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/12/06.2    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:43:08

• "This video about washing clothes in the Victorian era [1] popped up on my YouTubes feed." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/12/06.1    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:43:52

• 🔤SpellBinding: AEGRTUW Wordo: MINES gemini://warmedal.se/~antenna/index.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:44:48

• 🔤SpellBinding: AEGRTUW Wordo: MINES gemini://sdf.org/diggy/posts/2024/12/creation-lake-by-rachel-kushner.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:45:10

• "Before reading this novel I had heard that it was a different take on the spy genre, and it is that. The usual intricate plotting and edge-of-your-seat moments are mostly absent here." gemini://sdf.org/diggy/posts/2024/12/creation-lake-by-rachel-kushner.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:45:49

• "I think about scales sometimes. When you’re rating things from 1–5 or 1–10, it’s probably a good idea to think about what each score means." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2024/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:48:25

• "There's this weird idea about, that the UK Labour party promised to end "leasehold". That's not what they've actually been saying, and is not logically compatible with what they stated in their manifesto before they won this year's election." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2024-12-06_what-did-labour-actually-promise-on-leasehold.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:49:01

• "when propane nightmares become lucid dreams involving our poletriarch the tezpole i give myself over to feeling i am \~washed out abandon my source filmmaker backseat" gemini://wampa.smol.pub/tez-pole    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:51:59

• Links - Dec 7, 2024 gemini://binarydigit.smol.pub/1733554137    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:52:38

• "I've had a license key for this blog site for a while now, but have moved onto other apps. While I'm happy on Pika for regular blogging, I still want to use this space for something. It's meant to just write, and not be too image heavy, so maybe I'll make it a link blog, or a "tiny" blog." gemini://binarydigit.smol.pub/1733553910    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:53:16

• "You can approach the same interest in a completely different way and that alone would say a lot about the differences between each other." gemini://cyi1341.smol.pub/random46    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:54:03

• Notepad++ gemini://hyperborea.org/reviews/software/notepad-plus-plus.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:54:53

• Weekly links 5 gemini://sdf.org/diggy/posts/2024/11/weekly-links-5.gmi "One of several posts from someone doing a stint of seasonal work as a delivery driver. It's thoughtful and well written. I'd like to find more blogs with perspectives on different personal experiences like this."    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 15:55:48

• "How many people who were put on PIP actually deserved it? From where I’m standing, I’d say none at all. From the people i know in Software, close to 80 percent. Do you really walk around your slice of IBM and feel surrounded by high performance?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vRu45dP    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 16:47:55

• IBM layoffs. "It's the perfect holidays gift you never asked for or never wanted" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vOwwRTN    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 16:48:32

• "Of course, you should resign yourself to the fact that business executives and managers who lose money will not lose their jobs anytime soon. It's Alvind's way of saying "Melly Chlistmas everybordy and a Happy New Year 2025 to my shiny new CEO bonus"" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vOwwRTN    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 16:48:58

• "The UK's new Leasehold & Freehold Reform Act 2024 could partially be brought into force. I'm not convinced by the goverment's implied claim that no further measures can be commenced without consultation." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2024-12-07_commencing-the-uks-leasehold-reform-legislation.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 17:54:47

• Ukraine faces its most perilous winter yet ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/ukraine-faces-its-most-perilous-winter-yet/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:04:24

• Macron to hold talks with Zelensky, Trump on Notre-Dame ceremony sidelines ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241206-ukraine-s-zelensky-expected-in-paris-for-notre-dame-ceremony    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:04:37

• Ukraine war escalates as third anniversary approaches: What diplomatic and military role for EU? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20241206-ukraine-war-escalates-as-third-anniversary-approaches-what-diplomatic-and-military-role-for-eu    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:04:51

• Ukraine anti-collaboration laws criticized as ‘arbitrary’ ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/human-rights-watch-sheds-light-on-arbitrary-ukraine-anti-collaboration-laws/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:09:31

• South Korean soldier ‘fighting for Ukraine’ urges North Koreans to surrender ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/06/north-korea-south-soldier-ukraine/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:09:50

• Russian Strike Kills 10, Injures 20 In Southern Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-zaporizhzhya-kryviy-rih-zelenskiy-fedorov/33229760.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:10:02

• Kerch Bridge Traffic Halted As Explosions Reported In Russian-Occupied Crimea ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kerch-crimea-explosions-bridge/33228923.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:10:36

• China to send batteries to Europe via route bypassing Russia, says Kazakhstan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-to-send-batteries-to-europe-via-route-bypassing-russia-says-kazakhstan    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:18:13

• Canada Moves to Protect Arctic From Threats by Russia and China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/world/canada/canada-arctic-russia-china.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:20:08

• The V.I.P. Trains Shuttling World Leaders Like Biden to War-Torn Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/world/europe/ukraine-trains-leader-visits.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:20:28

• Romania annulled its presidential election results amid alleged Russian interference. What happens next? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/romania-annulled-its-presidential-election-results-amid-alleged-russian-interference-what-happens-next/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:22:18

• The threats posed by the global shadow fleet—and how to stop it ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/the-threats-posed-by-the-global-shadow-fleet-and-how-to-stop-it/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:22:37

• 'Unprecedented': HTS rebel group poses 'most serious challenge' yet to survival of Assad regime ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241206-unprecedented-most-serious-challenge-to-survival-of-assad-regime-since-2011-civil-war-began    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:23:02

• Lithuania’s would-be minister says stigmatising all Russian culture ‘completely wrong’ ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2432817/lithuania-s-would-be-minister-says-stigmatising-all-russian-culture-completely-wrong    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:23:27

• Syrian Rebels Advance Toward Homs As Thousands Flee ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/syrian-rebels-advance-homs-thousands-flee/33229244.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:23:43

• Turkey, Iran and Russia to meet in Doha on Saturday to discuss Syria, Turkish source says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/turkey-iran-and-russia-to-meet-in-doha-on-saturday-to-discuss-syria-turkish-source-says    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:24:24

• Romanian Court Annuls Presidential Election ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/world/europe/romania-election-court.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:24:56

• "Book prices in Russia set to increase by 7-10 percent in 2025" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/06/book-prices-in-russia-set-to-increase-by-7-10-percent-in-2025 | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:25:45

• ‘adversaries’ ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/06/new-russian-bill-would-target-foreigners-aiding-adversaries-with-up-to-15-years-in-prison | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:26:09

• Crimea ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/06/crimea-bridge-temporarily-closed-after-reported-drone-strikes-on-kerch | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:26:43

• Daugavpils tourism firms still offer trips to Belarus ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/06.12.2024-daugavpils-tourism-firms-still-offer-trips-to-belarus.a579184/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:26:57

• "Either we fight or end up as the next Belarus" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/06/either-we-fight-or-end-up-as-the-next-belarus | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:27:21

• Lithuania’s incoming interior minister plans to continue migrant pushbacks ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2432642/lithuania-s-incoming-interior-minister-plans-to-continue-migrant-pushbacks    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:27:31

• Romanian Court Annuls Presidential Election, Throws Process Into Chaos ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/lasconi-georgescu-runoff-romania/33228897.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:27:56

• Recognising the Communist TikTok drug has already infected the whole population with the Kremlin brain virus, making elections untenable (zombies or addicts casting ballots) ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/lasconi-georgescu-runoff-romania/33228897.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:29:52

• "Financial analyst Alexander Kolyandr explains Russian policymakers’ dwindling options amid growing monetary grief" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/06/financial-analyst-alexander-kolyandr-explains-russian-policymakers-dwindling-options-amid-growing-monetary-grief | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:31:21

• "Tulsi Gabbard’s former aides say she ‘regularly read and shared’ Russia Today propaganda" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/06/tulsi-gabbard-s-former-aides-say-she-regularly-read-and-shared-russia-today-propaganda | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:31:52

• "Russian Embassy in Damascus" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/06/russian-embassy-in-damascus-reminds-citizens-about-options-to-leave-syria | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:37:42

• "Internet clout culture, and the war." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/06/neo-nazi-street-attacks-are-making-a-comeback-in-russia-experts-link-it-to-2000s-nostalgia-internet-clout-culture-and-the-war | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:38:06

• Unhinged Russian JFK stowaway allegedly tried wild stunt at other airports — but still gets freed without bail ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/12/06/us-news/unhinged-russian-jfk-stowaway-allegedly-tried-wild-stunt-at-other-airports-and-still-gets-freed/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:38:23

• USPTO Webinar: "Failure-to-function refusals before the TTAB" - Dec. 17th at 2-3:30 ET ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/12/uspto-webinar-failure-to-function.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:38:38

• The "Code of Conduct" Must Die ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-code-of-conduct-must-die "The "CoC" concept has done more harm than good, weaponized against people in Linux, NixOS, Python, C++, openSUSE, Godot, and many other organizations."    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:39:14

• LibreOffice at LinuxDays 2024 in Prague ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/12/06/libreoffice-at-linuxdays-2024-in-prague/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:40:01

• Firefox Maker Rebrands as "Global Crew of Activists" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/firefox-maker-rebrands-as-global "Mozilla, facing the loss of 80% of their income and mass layoffs, pays for expensive rebranding."    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:40:30

• Lunduke v. Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot - "Cease Making Defamatory Statements" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/lunduke-v-chatgpt-cease-making-defamatory    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:46:36

• World Map using Python ☞ https://idroot.us/world-map-python/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:53:06

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

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:53:35

• How To Install AppImage on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-appimage-manjaro/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:53:55

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

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:54:19

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

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:54:58

• How To Watermark Image with Python ☞ https://idroot.us/watermark-image-python/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:55:16

• How to Find Top Memory and CPU-Consuming Processes in GNU/Linux ☞ https://tecadmin.net/how-to-find-top-memory-and-cpu-consuming-processes-in-linux/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:56:37

• Bálint Réczey: Firebuild 0.8.3 is out with 100+ fixes ☞ https://balintreczey.hu/blog/firebuild-0-8-3-is-out-with-100-fixes-and-experimental-macos-support/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:57:00

• Latest COSMIC Desktop Alpha Adds New Options, VRR Support ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/cosmic-desktop-alpha-4-changes    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 20:59:57

• "Gemini" as term hijacked by Google. Googlebombed by Google. https://www.cloudbooklet.com/gemini-ai-on-android    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:00:47

• All the Red Flags in New 'Linux' Foundation Report (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/06/All_the_Red_Flags_in_New_Linux_Foundation_Report.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:01:33

• Brittany Day (linuxsecurity.com) Reposing 'Linux' Foundation/Microsoft FUD Using LLMs, Probably Controlled by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/06/Brittany_Day_linuxsecurity_com_Reposing_Linux_Foundation_Micros.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:02:24

• "webinar"? Ads? ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/12/02/simplifying-iot-for-smarter-manufacturing-join-the-chat-with-arduino-aws-and-atlas-machine/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:03:22

• "In the first week of December 2024, Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal visited Heather Turner at the University of Warwick, UK. We spent the week co-working on the R Dev Guide and managed to close quite a few old issues" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/a-book-dash-for-the-r-development-guide/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:04:37

• "I highly recommend everyone to take part in those discussions to meet new people." ☛ https://archipylago.dev/blog/hallway-track-is-where-magic-happens/ | Source: Archipylago    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:04:53

• "In today’s post, I’m going to look at how Aurora DSQL is designed for availability, and how we work within the constraints of the laws of physics." ☛ https://brooker.co.za/blog/2024/12/06/inside-dsql-cap.html | Source: Marc Brooker    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:22:09

• "too interactive" ☛ https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/timeline-of-discovery.html | Source: James Stanley    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:22:47

• "scan their code for missing security" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/google-open-sources-security-patch-validation-tool-for-android/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:28:08

• "Over the course of the last few months some fine folks in the Linux community have been plugging away implementing support" ☛ https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2024/linux-on-yoga-7x-snapdragon/ | Source: Wesley Moore    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:29:23

• "This season, we look back on essentials like optimizing ZFS pool setups, tackling common benchmarking mistakes" ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/fall-2024-reads-open-source/ | Source: Klara    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:30:37

• "Okay, okay. First, lemme tell you. I unpeasanted myself. I got an iPhone. But hold your horses." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/iphone-local-music-kde-connect.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:31:21

• "Just kidding. The DOS Game Club is a low-key retro club where each month we play a DOS video game—on an emulator or using vintage hardware" ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2024/12/come-join-the-dos-game-club/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:32:45

• "For one reason or another, I've been thinking about some of the old forums I used to browse" ☛ https://yukinu.com/blog/2024/12/06/forum-games.html | Source: Yukinu    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:32:54

• "As a beginner Linux user, understanding package management is crucial for installing, updating, and removing software on your system." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/a-beginners-guide-to-package-management-in-linux/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:33:41

• "I recently read Julia Evans' Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering. Part of the reason is that almost every Unix program does some amount of buffering for what it prints (or writes) to standard output and standard error." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/BufferedIOBeforeStdio | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:33:57

• "We worked with the teams that could do the updates, waited for our TTL to expire and re-query the addresses to ensure they updated and reflected on the systems accordingly." ☛ https://claytonerrington.com/blog/its-always-dns/ | Source: Clayton Errington    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:34:12

• "I have designed my own web reader. With the web reader, I can subscribe to blogs and websites I like." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2024/12/06/reflections-on-debugging/ | Source: James G    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:34:27

• "Should you filter devices by MAC address on your Wi-Fi access point and/or network? Almost certainly not. But while I’ll probably get in trouble for admitting it, Clara and I do. We have for years, and it works fine for us." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/using-mac-address-filtering-in-2024/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:35:02

• "When those people see a fragment, it is devoid of its original context. So they end up going to some random location, or my homepage" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/12/change-wordpress-fragment-links-in-rss-feeds-to-be-permalinks/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:35:24

• "It finally happened. Today (1), I added the three hundred thousandth (yes, 300,000th) spamtrap address to my greytrapping setup, for the most part fished out of incoming traffic here, for spammers to consume." ☛ https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html | Source: Peter N M Hansteen    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:35:42

• "Two-factor authentication (TOTP) for PAM logins improves security." [sic] ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2024/12/06/leap-micro-released/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:39:05

• "Options for virtualizing" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/virtualization-retail-options-virtualizing-small-medium-and-large-store-systems | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:41:38

• "Testing, evaluation, and certification are key to the widespread deployment of open RAN." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/open-ran-revolution-power-collaborative-ecosystems | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:41:55

• EMEA Blog | Deutsche Telekom, Red Bait and I.C.B.M. collaborate on successful O-Cloud trial for Open RAN ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/deutsche-telekom-red-hat-and-ibm-collaborate-successful-o-cloud-trial-open-ran    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:42:49

• The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has Raised More Than Three Times More Money Than the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), Which Mostly Gets Money From Corporations, Including Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/05/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Has_Raised_More_Than_Three_Tim.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:43:24

• Fantastic Journalism by Brian Fagioli ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/05/Fantastic_Journalism_by_Brian_Fagioli.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:43:36

• Links 06/12/2024: Meal Changes and Internet Nostalgia ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/06/Links_06_12_2024_Meal_Changes_and_Internet_Nostalgia.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:44:52

• IBM Told the Media the Secret Mass Layoffs Would Carry on Till End of November, But They Still Happen This Month ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/06/IBM_Told_the_Media_the_Secret_Mass_Layoffs_Would_Carry_on_Till_.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:45:03

• The Register Exposed Many I.C.B.M. Scandals, Lawsuits, and Secret Layoffs. Now I.C.B.M. Pays The Register. ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/06/The_Register_Exposed_Many_IBM_Scandals_Lawsuits_and_Secret_Layo.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:45:11

• It’s time to ban Big Pharma’s advertising scheme ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/its-time-to-ban-big-pharmas-advertising-scheme/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:46:05

• Demi Moore Gives Touching Update On Bruce Willis’ Health After Dementia Diagnosis ☞ https://decider.com/2024/12/06/demi-moore-bruce-willis-health-dementia-diagnosis/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:46:18

• Explore planet Earth with Teek and Tom! ☞ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/dec24/teek-tom-new-series.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:46:42

• The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/opinion/united-health-care-ceo-shooting.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:47:04

• How the Messy Process of Milking Cows Can Spread Bird Flu ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/science/bird-flu-milk-dairy-h5n1.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:47:23

• KeepassXC gemini://sl1200.dystopic.world/art/passkeys-keepassxc.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:48:41

• Agriculture Department to Require Testing of U.S. Milk Supply for Bird Flu Virus ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/health/usda-bird-flu-milk-testing.html    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:49:19

• Are the Boeing astronauts actually stuck in space? Nope. ‘Living in space is super fun.’ ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2024/1206/astronauts-stuck-ISS-NASA-Boeing-mission    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:49:46

• Tibetan monk in poor health after his release from prison ☞ https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2024/12/06/released-monk-poor-health/    

posted Saturday, December 07, 2024 at 21:50:00